"Testicular cancer, it ain't no joy," according to punksters Oi Polloi. If you want to keep your anaconda happy, make sure your family jewels are in order. We conclude with some advice for the men out there (who have a vested interest in certain tender spheres). They do a bluegrass version, and while they retain much of the innuendo of the original, they clean it up its explicit details with a humorous twist. Postmodern Jukebox, an internet phenomenon who achieved fame and fortune through their Youtube video covers of popular songs, put a delightful spin on Nicki Minaj's rap number. Nice buns are also the focus of Anaconda. For Sinead O'Connor it's Curly Locks (and who can blame her!) For the gentlemen of Queen, it's the derriere as they sing the praises of Fat Bottomed Girls. Sometimes it's a single aspect of a person's looks that hold special appeal. Smoke City tells of the appeal of the human form in Mr. The most meaningful curves, in fact, are on ourselves. The song has a double meaning - alluding to the curves of the waitress he has his eye on. We try to build our roads as straight as we can, but while barrelling down the highway, our 18-wheeler belching Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves can lead to trouble as The Little Willies point out. We fight the natural order by building straight lines but our efforts sometimes come to naught. He tries to find her again, searching through carousels and arcades. But as part of an itinerant band, heis on the move and loses touch. They ride together in the Tunnel of Love at an amusement park. Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits meets a girl under the lights of a "big wheel" of fortune, lit up in bright neon. It's not just in sports that we find curves, circles and spheres. Each game has its heroes and Natalie Cole asks Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball? Not only was Robinson an All-Star for six consecutive seasons, and the MVP in 1949, he was the first African American to play in the major leagues, breaking the colour barrier for all time. Many games are played with balls, be it basketball, football or baseball. Spheres play a big role in human amusement. The Dickies celebrate this awesome shape with Walk Like an Egg, a quirky but captivating little song. One of the most pleasing shapes is the egg. Here on Earth nature also favours curves over straight lines. That Lucky Old Sun, thinks Ray Charles, "got nothin' to do but roll around heaven all day". In mythology we attach anthropomorphic qualities to these orbs, just speeding through space with out a care while we slave away. Swedish jazzmen, the Esbjörn Svensson Trio, imagine what it must have been like for the world's first man in space to see that great curve of blue and white with the ethereal Gagarin's Point of View.įrom Earth we look up and see the stars and the moon. Al's journey takes him by those great orbs of the solar system – Mars, Mercury and Saturn, of which Titan is the largest moon.Įarth seen from space must be an awesome sight. Al Stewart brings us a bit closer to home, seduced by the Sirens of Titan. So we start with Loquat doing some Time Bending, contemplating time and space and possible life on faraway planets - "parallel places, unreachable sights". Even out in the cosmos, everything is curves and spheres.
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