It might be little but it's loud: the "Bob George" lyrics poll

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Poll Results

Option	Votes
That skinny motherfucker with the high voice?	7
This is your conscience, motherfucker	2
Since when did u have a job?	1
Is Mr. George home?	1
The reddish-brown one	1
No, No	1
B-O-B, spell the shit backwards, what'd it say	1
Same motherfuckin' shit	1
Bob, ain't that a bitch?	1
Why can't we just dance?	1
Bob	0
(Come out with your hands up)	0
Ain't that a bitch?	0
C'mon, c'mon	0
U said u was funky	0
Hey Bob, if u're out there, let me see u dance	0
Got ya	0
Gotcha	0
Oh	0
Bob, ain't that a bitch?	0
No, No	0
And put on that wig I bought U	0
I'll kick your ass (This is your last warning)	0
Think I won't? (Oh no! The nigger's got a laser)	0
Bob, ain't that a bitch?	0
Turn it out	0
U said u were funky, c'mon	0
Let me see u dance	0
Bob, if u're out there	0
I'll kick your ass... twice	0
Who the fuck do u think this is?	0
Wit' yo' little almond-shaped head ass	0
I don't talk about u, I don't talk about u	0
No, fuck that, fuck that	0
Well, why can't we just dance?	0
What's wrong with u?	0
Why don't u leave motherfuckers alone?	0
Hello, Mr. George?	0
(Let's get the hell out of here)	0
And go in there	0
Now put that suitcase down	0
Uh uh!	0
Yeah, right.	0
Who bought u that diamond ring?	0
U sure eat enough of them motherfuckers	0
4 someone who can't stand them T.V. dinners	0
Say what? Oh yeah?	0
And all u do is suck up food and heat	0
I pay the rent in this raggedy motherfucker	0
I'm sorry baby, that's the rules	0
Cuz I'll slap your ass into the middle of next week	0
Don't try to play me 4 yesterday's fool	0
That slicked back paddy with all the gold in his mouth	0
U know who I'm talking about	0
U seeing that rich motherfucker again	0
Yeah, right	0
Did u buy it?	0
That's nice	0
Let me see ya dance	0
U seeing that rich motherfucker again	0
What's his name? Bob?	0
Yeah, right.	0
Little? Yeah, right. It might be little but it's loud	0
uh uh!	0
Oh, u quiet now	0
Then what's this?	0
U think I don't?	0
I gotta gun	0
U're fuckin' right.	0
Don't u know I will kill u now?	0
Yesterday's fool?	0
Please, who do I look like baby?	0
Ain't that a bitch?	0
Prince?	0
Who?	0
Manage rock stars?	0
What's he do for a living?	0
New coat, huh?	0

― Sara Sara Sara, Tuesday, 26 February 2008 20:37 (eighteen years ago)

1 for backwards

― Telephone thing, Tuesday, 26 February 2008 21:19 (eighteen years ago)

"That skinny motherfucker with the high voice?", although it seems criminal to take it out of context.

― musically, Tuesday, 26 February 2008 21:37 (eighteen years ago)

"This is your conscience, motherfucker."

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 26 February 2008 21:38 (eighteen years ago)

I came this close to voting for the laser, though. Because...laser! ZAP ZAP PYEEOW. So fucking ridiculous and so great.

― Telephone thing, Tuesday, 26 February 2008 21:39 (eighteen years ago)

http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/2622.jpg

― The Reverend, Tuesday, 26 February 2008 21:40 (eighteen years ago)

Also, it is a crime that this is out of print and yet The Rainbow Children can be found at every FYE and Best Buy in the country.

― Telephone thing, Tuesday, 26 February 2008 21:41 (eighteen years ago)

I'll probably end up voting for "This is your conscience, motherfucker," but "Wit' yo' little almond-shaped head ass" will always have a special place in my heart.

― Sara Sara Sara, Tuesday, 26 February 2008 21:44 (eighteen years ago)

"Is Mr. George home?"

― Eazy, Tuesday, 26 February 2008 21:45 (eighteen years ago)

This track is where Quentin Tarantino learned to write dialogue, methinks. "Skinny motherfucker with the high voice" for me.

Nice transcription btw - my old 9th-generation cassette copy was kinda garbled, understandably.

― Myonga Vön Bontee, Tuesday, 26 February 2008 22:10 (eighteen years ago)

why can't we just dance?

― tipsy mothra, Tuesday, 26 February 2008 22:12 (eighteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― ILX System, Monday, 3 March 2008 00:01 (eighteen years ago)

I got a bad bootleg version (LP) back in the day.

Some time later, I was at a Record Fair, and one stall had hundreds of CD copies, fantastic condition, and car stickers to go with it that said "I've got "The Black Album" (which seemed to me an invite "hey it might be in here so why not put a brick through my window?" but hey), so I asked them to put on Bob George.

Fairly impressed. Until the phrase "U seeing that rich motherfucker again" came up, except it was "U seeing that rich motherfucker again " and I was all "Hey! That's different! Why is it different?"

At which point the stall holder took me to one side and told me it was a remake by some west german sessioneers who had created an exact facsimile. So, I went away, puzzled. Should have picketed, probably, but I need my legs more.

Some years later, found a really good boot (all details correct apart from not the 'stamped' catno but the 'handscrawled' version in the dead wax) in a record shop in Ibiza, so that was me suited. Didn't bother with the legit version as I had one (two?) 'grotty' boots and one decent one.

So how the legit ones doing on ebay thesedays? Will have to look...

― Mark G, Monday, 3 March 2008 09:41 (eighteen years ago)

Hmm, not that expensive. CDs around $6 or thereabout.

― Mark G, Monday, 3 March 2008 09:44 (eighteen years ago)

Wikipedia sez:

It is a direct answer to music critic Nelson George, who was very critical of Prince's music in the mid-1980s. Prince felt very attacked by him and retorted in this song. The "Bob" reference is his then manager Bob Cavallo, who found the track quite funny.

I did not know that.

― Sara Sara Sara, Monday, 3 March 2008 17:44 (eighteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― ILX System, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 00:01 (eighteen years ago)

There were three "Bob, ain't that a bitch?"'s. Which one got the vote?

― Myonga Vön Bontee, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 01:34 (eighteen years ago)

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