Showing posts with label 1980s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1980s. Show all posts

Sunday, September 25, 2016

Cold Blooded (Cold Hearted - Paula Abdul)

He's a cold blooded snake, can't thermoregulate

Oh oh, he'll just sit and wait

For his prey to come along, and then he'll use his fangs

Oh to pump, venom in their veins, oh

 

You're the one turnin' up the heat, anytime he needs it

But you turn it down and then he's off and sunnin' in the road

You're the one with mice to eat, anything to feed him

Do you really think he wants to snuggle? He's just cold.

 

He's a cold blooded snake, can't thermoregulate

Oh oh, he'll just sit and wait

For his prey to come along, and then he'll use his fangs

Oh to pump, venom in their veins, oh

 

It was only yesterday, he was out there slith'rin'

Then he met a python and his loyalty began to stray

All the world's a heating lamp, he's been sunning with her an'

When it comes to hunting, pythons take his breath away

 

He's a cold blooded snake, can't thermoregulate

Oh oh, he'll just sit and wait

For his prey to come along, and then he'll use his fangs

Oh to pump, venom in their veins, oh

 

You could find a pet that's better, girl, he's an ectothermic guy

You deserve a fuzzy puppy, girl, he's c-cold as ice

Cold as ice, he's cold as ice, he's cold as ice

Stay away from him, girl

 

C-c-cold blooded

C-c-cold blooded snake

C-c-cold blooded

C-c-cold blooded snake

 

He's a cold blooded snake, can't thermoregulate

Oh oh, he'll just sit and wait

For his prey to come along, and then he'll use his fangs

Oh to pump, venom in their veins, oh

 

He's got milky eyes, know what that implies

Gonna shed his skin, girl, don't let him win

 

He's a cold blooded snake, can't thermoregulate

Oh oh, he'll just sit and wait

For his prey to come along, and then he'll use his fangs

Oh to pump, venom in their veins, oh

 

He's a cold blooded snake, can't thermoregulate

Oh oh, he'll just sit and wait

For his prey to come along

Saturday, September 24, 2016

Krypton Girl (Uptown Girl - Billy Joel)

(Yes, I am a nerd. I think we've established that by now. And I am a nerd who is really excited for the new season of Supergirl and who thinks Kara and Winn are adorable together. I'm not incredibly proud of some of the rhymes, but I got a rhyme for "Phantom Zone" that totally fits with the story so... I'm pleased.)


Krypton girl

She'd been living in her red sun world

And then destruction of her world began

and she was sent to care for Superman

 

That was the plan. But now he's all grown

'Cause she was stuck inside the Phantom Zone

She crashed on Earth, a normal life began,

And now she's working with an Earthling man

That's what I am

 

And she gets coffee and food for Cat Grant

Her sister was forced to kill Kara's aunt

 

She'll see I'm not so tough

Just because

I'm in love with a Krypton girl

You know I've seen her fly; she spins and twirls

She's getting sick of fighting Maxwell Lord

And all the aliens Fort Rozz once stored

She's getting bored

 

Krypton girl

You know I love it when her cape unfurls

If Jimmy Olsen's dating Lucy, then

She'll understand what kind of guy I've been

And then I'll Winn

 

And when she's flying

She's looking so fine

And I'm just sighing

I hope she'll be mine

 

She'll say I'm not so tough

Just because

I'm in love

With a Supergirl

She'd been living in her red sun world

As long as anyone from Krypton can

And now she's looking for an Earthling man

That's what I am

Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Opportunities (Let's Kill Adolf Hitler) (Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money) - Pet Shop Boys)

(I'm not generally the biggest fan of the Eleventh Doctor, but I quite enjoyed the episode Let's Kill Hitler, and Mels' line "You've got a time machine, I've got a gun; let's kill Hitler" had me humming Pet Shop Boys all day. Yes, I know, I'm a total nerd.)


I've got a gun, you've got a box

Let's kill Adolf Hitler

You've got a TARDIS, I've got a gun

Let's kill Adolf


I've had enough of scheming and messing around with jerks

My car is in a field, I'm afraid it doesn't work

I'm looking for a Doctor, to kill him is my aim

I'll answer your question, if you'll tell me your name


I've got a gun, you've got a box

Let's kill Adolf Hitler

You've got a TARDIS, I've got a gun

Let's kill Adolf Hitler


You can tell I'm educated, the Silence trained me well

An archaeologist, I'm locked up in a cell

I can handle any sonic, choose the perfect time

If you've got the police box, I have got the crime



Oh, there's a lot of opportunities

If you know when to take them, you know?

There's a lot of opportunities

If there aren't, you can make them

Make or break them


I've got a gun, you've got a box

Let's kill Adolf Hitler

Let's kill Adolf

Hitler


Now you're poisoned by my lipstick, from the Judas trees

I'll sacrifice my lives, now let's synch our diaries

I'm looking for a Doctor, regardless of how long

it takes. I'll marry him, because I'm River Song


Let's

(Got a gun)

Kill

(Got a TARDIS)

Let's kill Adolf Hitler

(Ooh Hitler)

(Let's)

You've got a box

(Kill)


I've got a gun

Let's kill Adolf Hitler

(Ooh Hitler)

I've got a gun

(Got a gun)

You've got a box

(Got a box)

Let's kill Adolf Hitler

(Ooh Hitler)

Hitler

Sunday, April 17, 2016

Making Radium (On the Radio - Donna Summer)

(Because, many historical anachronisms notwithstanding, I like to believe that Marie and Pierre Curie celebrated their Nobel Prize in Physics with a Donna Summer dance party. And yes, I know the prize wasn't technically for making radium, but more for the discovery of and work with radiation and that the Radium Girls weren't happening around that time. Don't think I don't care and obsess over scientific accuracy; I do, but sometimes a little bit of inaccuracy fits the song better.)


Someone won the Nobel Prize for making radium

And they'll get a medal made of gold

They must have overlooked my contributions and experiments

They said the laureates

were Pierre and Becquerel


Whoa You were mad, complained to them, and so they added me

Now I'll get a Nobel medal too

We can't go there in person; we're too busy working here in Pare-ee

But they're celebrating us, in Sweden for


making Radium

Whoa, oh, oh

making Radium

Whoa oh oh oh

making Radium

Whoa, oh, oh

making Radium

Whoa, oh, oh


Now, now

Don't it kinda strike you sad when you hear our work

is being used to make all the watch faces glow

The girls who paint them ingest the radium, and they get sick

It causes pain and anemia, death and woe


Whoa, oh, yeah, yeah

And it made me feel proud when I heard you say

You couldn't find the elements by yourself

And now in my heart I know radiation's making me sick

But they're celebrating us, in Sweden for


making Radium

Whoa, oh, oh

making Radium

Whoa, oh, oh

making Radium

Whoa, oh, oh

making Radium

Whoa oh oh

making Radium


If you think that love can't be found making radium

Well come right in you may find an isotope

'Cause now I'm sitting here with my daughter and her Nobel Prize

They're celebrating us, in Sweden for


making Radium

Whoa, oh, oh

making Radium

Whoa, oh, oh

making Radium

Whoa, oh, oh

making Radium

Whoa oh oh

making Radium
 

Saturday, March 19, 2016

Agrabah (Africa - Toto)

(Fun fact: This was almost a Star Wars parody named "Dagobah.")


I hear Abu chattering tonight

But she hears only whispers of archaic old traditions

We'll take a midnight carpet flight

I've made a wish to be a prince via magical transitions

I found a genie along the way

Hoping to find a lamp for an old man who was Jafar in disguise

He turned to me as if to say, "Hurry Al, she's waiting there for you"


It's gonna take a lot to take me away from you

There's nothing that a bad guy named Jafar could ever do

I bless the sands down in Agrabah

Gonna take some time to show the girl a whole new world


Iago schemes all through the night

As he grows greedy, longing for some power in his feathered hands

I know that I must do what's right

As sure as the Cave of Wonders rises like a tiger above the Agrabah sands

The lamp was hidden deep inside, among gold and jewels and treasure hoards


It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you

There's nothing that a bad guy named Jafar could ever do

I bless the sands down in Agrabah

Gonna take some time to show the girl a whole new world


Hurry Al, she's waiting there for you


It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you

There's nothing that a bad guy named Jafar could ever do

I bless the sands down in Agrabah

I bless the sands down in Agrabah

(I bless the sands )

I bless the sands down in Agrabah

(I bless the sands

I bless the sands down in Agrabah

I bless the sands down in Agrabah

(Ah, gonna take the time)

Gonna take some time to free the genie from his lamp

Sunday, February 21, 2016

Pi r squared (Hip to be Square - Huey Lewis and the News)

I used to be a renegade, I used to guesstimate

But I couldn't tell if I was right; I couldn't validate

Now I'm using formulae, and my results, I'll share

You might think it's harder, but I say that's unfair

Determining circumferences,


Just use pi r squared


I like my math with variables, I like geometry

I measure angles every day in trigonometry

They tell me that it's difficult, but this I do declare:

If you want to measure circles, you have to be aware

for there is no denying that you


Must use pi r squared


It's not too hard to figure out, you use math every day

And those who choose to estimate are all in disarray

You see them doing homework, they're struggling to survive

Without my favorite constant, three point one four one five

Don't tell me that it's useless, Don't tell me you don't care

Take it from me


Just use pi r squared


Here, there, and everywhere

Pi r, Just use pi r squared

Here, there, and everywhere

Friday, February 19, 2016

Claymation (Vacation - The Go-Go's)

Can't seem to get my mind off of you

Back here at home with nothing to do

I thought I would play

I found some clay

Tomorrow I start a new filmmaking venture


When I saw Sledgehammer, I should have run

But I thought Gumby was such fun

I see, I was wrong

And it takes so long

I should have known all along this would be awful


A week for thirty

seconds of tape

Two weeks for sixty and my

Actors won't stay in the right shape


Claymation, all I ever wanted

Claymation, using up old clay

Claymation, something to pass the time


Claymation, all I never wanted

Claymation, nightmares made of clay

Claymation, wasting all my spare time


Three weeks of filming

I want to scream

Four weeks go by me and I

Still haven't finished even one scene


Claymation, all I never wanted

Claymation, nightmares made of clay

Claymation, wasting all my spare time

Materia Girl (Material Girl - Madonna)

(Because every Madonna song can be improved with the addition of Yuffie Kisaragi from Final Fantasy VII. Having not played the game in over ten years, it's weird how much random information about it is still stored in my brain.)

Players want me

Players seek me

But to their dismay,

If they don't give experience then

I just run away


They can't take their eyes off me

I'll steal then run quite far (quite far)

Only boys with the strong attacks

Can fill my Limit bar


'Cause we are living in a Materia world

And I am a Materia girl

You know that we are living in a Materia world

And I am a Materia girl


Orbs on hand

can add Commands

Manipulate and Throw

If they can't raise my level then I

Have to let them go


Some are dumb and some can summon

Giant Chocobos (oh no)

But the boys who save their gil can

Cure my Wutai woes


'Cause we're living in a Materia world

And I am a Materia girl

You know that we are living in a Materia world

And I am a Materia girl

Living in a Materia world

And I am a Materia girl

You know that we are living in a Materia world

And I am a Materia girl

Living in a Materia world (Materia)

Living in a Materia world

Living in a Materia world (Materia)

Living in a Materia world


Bosses come and bosses go

My father's number five

Experience has made me strong

And now I'm gonna thrive


'Cause everybody's living in a Materia world

And I am a Materia girl

Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Yummy Brains (Morning Train - Sheena Easton)

(The Walking Dead, from the point of view of a romantic zombie. Yes, I know they're called "walkers," but "zombies" works better in the song. And that they don't eat brains. Creative license.)


I wake up every morning, I stumble out of bed

Shuffling and a’ moaning, just like the walking dead

It seems to take forever and people always hide

‘Til they look at the flowers, then they start to die


Cause the moment that we bite them, the virus starts to kill

The moment that we bite them, everything’s a thrill

Nighttime at the prison, push the wall

Then to Alexandria, swarm it all


My zombie eats the yummy brain

Bites the Atlanta Five and then

He brings the others home again

And we eat Carol’s cookies


He takes me to Woodbury or to Terminus

To the Talking Dead set, so we can chew on Chris

Always when we meet them, I take a bite

Only when we eat them, makes me feel alright


My zombie eats the yummy brain

Bites the Atlanta Five and then

He brings the others home again

And we wear Eugene's mullet


All day they’re hunting us, shooting at us constantly

I’m biting Bob for him and he’s biting Dale for me

When he gives me a brain, I don’t ask where its from

We’ll eat a friend so we don’t end up "In Memoriam"


My zombie eats the yummy brain

Bites the Atlanta Five and then

He brings the others home again

And we share Carol’s cookies

Monday, February 15, 2016

Land Before Time (Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper)

(The story of the first - and best - Land Before Time movie.)


Playing with my friend, I chase a hopper into a pond

Caught by a sharptooth, now my mom will not respond

Earthshake, Cera

Families left behind

Tree stars and memories,

Great Valley


You could have come with me; I'm walking alone instead

You find a sharptooth and you think that he is dead

But you're wrong, he wakes, you run to me

and Petrie and Ducky


You were scared, you show off, and then we find Spike

Land Before Time

Petrie can't fly and Ducky says "yup, yup, yup"

Land Before Time


We get lost, Petrie looks, and he smells Ducky

Land Before Time

Past the longneck-shaped rock, and the mountains on fire

Land Before Time


After the sharptooth dies and Petrie has learned to fly

Following clouds shaped like my mom up in the sky

Tree stars far as the eye can see

Great Valley, you and me


If you're lost we can go to the Great Valley

Land Before Time

No more sharptooths to catch you, tree stars are waiting

Land Before Time