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Hats off to Katie Melua
Those familiar with Katie Melua's latest single If You Were A Sailboat will no doubt have winced at some of the tortuous metaphors she uses to express her deep devotion to a loved one (if you were a cowboy I would trail you, if you were a sailboat I would sail you etc. etc.)
Much rib-tickling fun was had the other week by listeners to Mark Ratcliffe's Radio 2 show who were invited to chip in some daft metaphors of their own.
Katie got wind of this and rather than sulk, or throw a hissy fit as most pop stars would if their precious "work" was poked fun at in this way, offered to cobble together a new version from the listeners' lines and record it live in the Radio 2 studio. And here it is ...
A good egg is Katie. Easy on the eye too.
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Katie Melua
You have to give her points.
Katie Melua
She re-recorded that one about the bicycles in Beijing to reflect how many "light years from the edge" we apparently are after a scientist wrote in to Radio 2 to quibble, too. Game girl. Good work Katie.
Katie Melua
Get a grip goddamn it - what next? James Blunt he was only following orders, he's not so bad?
Good idea.
Good idea.
13.7 billion light-years from the edge
Here's Simon Singh's scientific correction of part of Katie Melua's Beijing bicycles song: http://tinyurl.com/yr6bme
I didn't know she'd re-recorded that too, Skirky?
Nice lady, pleasant tunes, crazy lyrics - what's not to like?
It's Batt Man's fault
She's been working with Mike Batt - So I blame it on him.
Well hello
I suppose that this Richard Lowe is the self-same who subscribed to BRUISED a number of years ago now.
If so, hello Richard, how are you and your wife? Naomi if I remember well - a Ralph McTell connection of course.
Mike
Katie Melua
Her and the womble man stole it all off Evan Dando anyway:
If I was in the fridge, would you open the door?
If I was the grass, would you mow your lawn?
If I was your body, would you still wear clothes?
If I was a booger, would you blow your nose?
Would you keep it? would you eat it?
Im just tryin to give myself a reason, for being around.
If I was the front porch swing would you let me hang?
If I was the dance floor would you shake your thing?
If I was a rubber check would you let me bounce
Up and down inside your bank account?
Would ya trust me, not to break you?
Im just tryin really hard to make you,
Notice me being around.
If I was a haircut would you wear a hat?
If I was a maid, could I clean your flat?
If I was the carpet would ya wipe your feet,
In time to save me from mud off the street?
If you like me, if you love me,
Why dont you get down on your knees
And scrub me?
Im a little grubby
From being around.
Missed opportunity
Why on earth did she not sing "if you were a radio station you'd be Radio 2"?