....gawd bless 'er, used to think that the words to the Skye Boat Song were "Larry The Lamb was born to be king."

I used to sing "Wash my cotton socks, i'm in the nude!" as the opening line to Reward by Teardrop Explodes.....not for comedic effect I may add. I genuinely thought that was what Julian Cope sang.

Town Called Malice

(by me, so no one else is to blame)

http://www.wordmagazine.co.uk/content/david-coverdale-what-a-fruity-voic...

on Pride and Joy from the Coverdale Page album. If you didn't know any better you'd think he was singing:

Take me to your river, baby
Take me to your sea
Purify my soul
and pour your horsehit over me.

I always thought the Dan were singing "Polonius, my old friend", in some obscure reference to "Hamlet". It wasn't until I heard the cover version of the song by Sara Isaksson and Rebecka Törnqvist that I realised that it was Thelonious.

Polonius!!

With Steely Dan I am wondering how many lyrics I have misheard as F+B weren't ones for the printed lyric sheet...
Mind you a lot of the actual lyrics have the feel of misheard ones......."take your big black cow and get outta here" - a dark coloured drink unless I am mistaken??

listening to my PF 1968-72 Best Of* this morning and I thought Gilmour sang, "Someone ate the soldier in their sleep" during The Nile Song.

* Pink Floyd – Best Of 1968-72 (12 Songs)

1. "Let There Be More Light" (from Saucerful of Secrets) - 5:38
Not a good song but it does have an interesting bass riff. It's either this or "Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun" as I need a song from the underwhelming Saucerful of Secrets album. "Set The Controls" is a well regarded song but it's already available on the Echoes 2CD Best Of.

2. "The Nile Song" (from More or Relics) - 3:26
A very enjoyable thrashing heavy metal track. Has high curiosity value and it's one of the few genuinely good songs they recorded during this era.

3. "Cymbaline" (from More) - 4:50
A good song. Interesting lyrics.

4. "Biding My Time" (from Relics) – 5:18
A good song and is only available on the Relics compilation so it has rarity value.

5. "Careful with That Axe, Eugene" (Live) (from Ummagumma) - 8:50
A fan favourite. This live recording is much better than the studio version available on the Relics compilation. Also has the added bonus of getting a song from the Ummagumma live disc onto this Best Of.

6. "Grantchester Meadows" (from Ummagumma) - 5:53 (Sound effects should removed from the start and end)
It's only here as I want one track to cover the Ummagumma studio album. This is the best track (in fact it's the only option) from a bad collection of "songs".

7. "Fat Old Sun" (from Atom Heart Mother) - 5:24
A fan favourite and Gilmour talks highly of it. Gilmour said it was a companion piece to "Grantchester Meadows" so they have been sequenced back to back.

8. "If" (from Atom Heart Mother) - 4:31
An okay song; and the lyrics deal with madness so it points the way towards Dark Side Of The Moon.

9. "Echoes" (full length version from Meddle) - 23:43
"Echoes" covers the Meddle album so extensively that more songs from that album are not needed.

10. "Wot's... Uh the Deal" (from Obscured by Clouds) - 5:08
The Obscured by Clouds album is pretty decent and has a quite a few good songs on it. This has a nice piano riff on it that is untypical of Pink Floyd.

11. "The Gold It's in the..." (from Obscured by Clouds) - 3:07
A good rock song.

12. "Free Four" (from Obscured by Clouds) - 4:15
A very good song and the lyrics deal with madness, war and the passage of time; making it the perfect closing track as it points the listener towards Dark Side Of The Moon which is the next album they recorded.

(Lionel Richie: "Hello")

The Police: a year has passed since I broke my nose.