Curses

I hardly ever swear. If I drop something, I say "oh, sugar." If someone cuts me off in traffic, I call the bad driver an idiot or a turkey.

However, I do say bad words when I sing along to my CD's. Here are a few of my favorite songs with swear words:

Precious by Pretenders

Pretenders (Musical group). Pretenders. New York, NY: Sire Records, 1980.

Lawyers Guns and Money by Warren Zevon

Zevon, Warren. Excitable Boy. New York, NY: Elektra/Asylum, 1978.

You sexy ________ by Prince

Prince. [Love Symbol]. Burbank, CA: Paisley Park, 1992.

Jet Airliner by Steve Miller Band

Steve Miller Band, and Steve Miller. Book of Dreams. Hollywood, CA: Capitol, 1977.

_____ Camaro by The Dead Milkmen

Dead Milkmen (Musical group). Big Lizard in My Backyard. El Segundo, Calif: Restless, 1985.

Lon Chaney and David Watts

Today at work, my friends from the Archives Department were talking about old movies, and I heard Lon Chaney's name mentioned. My ears perked up and I interrupted: "Excuse me, did you just say Lon Chaney? Isn't he the guy in the Warren Zevon song?" My friends said, "What song? Lon Chaney or Lon Chaney, Jr.?" I replied, "Both!" and broke out into song:

Well, I saw Lon Chaney walkin' with the queen, doin' the werewolves of London.
I saw Lon Chaney Jr. walkin' with the queen, doin' the werewolves of London . . .

Don't worry--I refrained from howling. Since I was on a roll, and since the Archives Department is working on a Dalí project, I also serenaded them with the Pixies' hit, Debaser.

got me a movie
i want you to know
slicing up eyeballs
i want you to know
girlie so groovy
i want you to know
don't know about you
but i am un chien andalusia . . .

Then my friends and I talked on and on about Salvador Dalí and his crazy projects. (He shares credit with Luis Buñuel for the surrealist film, Un Chien Andalou.)


And speaking of song references . . .

Who the heck is David Watts?

Warren Zevon was so cool.

Warren Zevon was the coolest. I'm so very grateful that I had the opportunity to catch a live performance before he fell ill. Zevon's talking was almost as good as his music.

Much to my husband's dismay, I've been singing Lawyers, Guns and Money all day.