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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMy son just posted this Beatles tune to his FB page and dedicated it to Willard Rmoney
Enjoy!
Peepsite
(113 posts)librechik
(30,674 posts)cuz mr taxman is so flippity floppity
Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,760 posts)miser. To be fair, though, the top rate in Britain at the time he wrote Taxman was above 90% I believe.
Taxman (Harrison)
Let me tell you how it will be,
There's one for you, nineteen for me,
Cause I'm the Taxman,
Yeah, I'm the Taxman.
Should five per cent appear too small,
Be thankful I don't take it all,
Cause I'm the Taxman,
Yeah, I'm the Taxman.
If you drive a car, I'll tax the street,
If you try to sit, I'll tax your seat,
If you get too cold, I'll tax the heat,
If you take a walk, I'll tax your feet.
Taxman.
Cause I'm the Taxman,
Yeah, I'm the Taxman.
Don't ask me what I want it for
(Taxman Mister Wilson)
If you don't want to pay some more
(Taxman Mister Heath),
Cause I'm the Taxman,
Yeah, I'm the Taxman.
Now my advice for those who die,
Declare the pennies on your eyes,
Cause I'm the Taxman,
Yeah, I'm the Taxman.
And you're working for no-one but me,
Taxman.
Permanut
(5,602 posts)R$ is gonna be singin' "I'm a Loser" this time tomorrow.
mick063
(2,424 posts)I have listened to this group more than you could ever imagine (I'm 54)
I listen to them on my ipod to this day. They never get old and especially this song.
I love this song.
Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,760 posts)karynnj
(59,503 posts)Last edited Wed Nov 7, 2012, 09:18 PM - Edit history (1)
I even took my transistor radio to school and listened through classes - hiding the cord under my hair. (My hair was thin enough that it was more likely that the teachers ignored it because I was a top student and in the large classes of that time, they had more serious problems to deal with.)
This year my husband and one of my daughters and I visited Liverpool and went on the National Trust tour (strongly recommended if you go there) of Johns and Paul's homes. (My daughter was studying in London for a year, so we and a British friend spent their long Easter vacation exploring parts of England, Wales and Ireland. )
Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,760 posts)been acquired by the National Trust. Paul's Forthlin Road home was on the tour then, but it was closed when we were there.
I hope to get back there some day and do those tours and spend more time in other London and Liverpool Beatles haunts.
I was only in second grade when I was introduced to the VeeJay album a few months before they did Sullivan, but I knew they were something special and have been obsessed ever since. I love lots of bands and many musical genres, but, for me, nothing will ever compare to Beatles music.
I love your transistor radio story, though, I'm not quite sure I get what "listening through glasses" means. Do tell!
karynnj
(59,503 posts)I listened through classes - especially math ones.
ChazII
(6,204 posts)was my guess before I clicked to open the thread and listen to the clip.
No DUplicitous DUpe
(2,994 posts)ChazII
(6,204 posts)think alike?
renate
(13,776 posts)What a perfect song! (I also like the suggestion of "I'm a Loser," but let's not be mean-spirited. Oh, what the heck, that one's good too. Or "Nowhere Man." Or "Fool on the Hill."
oldhippydude
(2,514 posts)Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,760 posts)I'm looking through you, where did you go
I thought I knew you, what did I know
You don't look different, but you have changed
I'm looking through you, you're not the same
Your lips are moving, I cannot hear
Your voice is soothing, but the words aren't clear
You don't sound different, I've learned the game.
I'm looking through you, you're not the same
Why, tell me why, did you not treat me right?
Love has a nasty habit of disappearing overnight
You're thinking of me, the same old way
You were above me, but not today
The only difference is you're down there
I'm looking through you, and you're nowhere
Why, tell me why, did you not treat me right?
Love has a nasty habit of disappearing overnight
I'm looking through you, where did you go
I thought I knew you, what did I know
You don't look different, but you have changed
I'm looking through you, you're not the same
Yeah! Oh baby you changed!
Aah! I'm looking through you!
Yeah! I'm looking through you!
You've changed, you've changed, you've changed, you've changed, yes you've changed!
oldhippydude
(2,514 posts)early stuff... maybe revolver, or rubber soul..great song
Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,760 posts)MgtPA
(1,022 posts)Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,760 posts)Have you seen the little piggies crawling in the dirt?
And for all the little piggies life is getting worse,
Always having dirt to play around in.
Have you seen the bigger piggies in their starched white shirts?
You will find the bigger piggies stirring up the dirt,
Always have clean shirts to play around in.
In their sties with all their backing they don't care what goes on around,
In their eyes there's something lacking,
What they need's a damn good whacking.
Everywhere there's lots of piggies living piggie lives,
You can see them out for dinner with their piggie wives,
Clutching forks and knives to eat their bacon
LTR
(13,227 posts)Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,760 posts)rbrnmw
(7,160 posts)what'll he'll be doing so he doesn't have to show his face
kalli007
(683 posts)[link:
|Rock You Like a Hurricane
Because it rocks, and because of this line
"The wolf is hungry
He runs the show
He's licking his lips
He's ready to win
On the hunt tonight"
Buns_of_Fire
(17,175 posts)Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)making all his nowhere plans for nobody
Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,760 posts)He's a real Nowhere Man,
Sitting in his Nowhere Land,
Making all his Nowhere plans for nobody.
Doesn't have a point of view,
Knows not where he's going to,
Isn't he a bit like you and me?
Nowhere man please listen,
You don't know what you're missing,
Nowhere Man, the world is at your command.
He's as blind as he can be,
Just sees what he wants to see,
Nowhere Man can you see me at all?
Nowhere Man don't worry,
Take your time, don't hurry,
Leave it all till somebody else,
Lends you a hand.
Doesn't have a point of view,
Knows not where he's going to,
Isn't he a bit like you and me?
Nowhere Man please listen,
You don't know what you're missing,
Nowhere Man, the world is at your command.
He's a real Nowhere Man,
Sitting in his Nowhere Land,
Making all his Nowhere plans for nobody.
Making all his Nowhere plans for nobody.
Making all his Nowhere plans for nobody.
Romney YouTube Version:
(Great points, though the sound is crappy and not the Beatles.)
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)how old's your son? (I'm an old Beatlemaniac.)