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Poll Results

OptionVotes
Yellow matter custard dripping from a dead dog's eye. 7
Boy you been a naughty girl, You let your knickers down. 6
Semoline pilchards climbing up the Eiffel Tower. 5
Sitting in an English garden waiting for the sun, 4
Mr. City policeman sitting pretty little policeman in a row, 3
Don't you think the joker laughs at you? Ha ha ha! 3
Expert texpert choking smokers 3
Elementary penguin singing Hare Krishna 2
Oompah,oompah, stick it up your jumper 2
Man you should have seen them kicking Edgar Allen Poe. 1
O untimely Death! 1
If the sun don't come, you get a tan from Standing in the English rain. 1
See how they smile, Like pigs in a sty, See how they snied. I'm crying. 1
I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together. 1
Sitting on a cornflake - waiting for the van to come. 1
Man you been a naughty boy You let your face grow long. 1
I am the eggman oh, they are the eggman - 1
Sit you down father, rest you. 1
I am the walrus goog goog g'joob. 0
See how they fly like Lucy in the sky See how they run. I'm crying - I'm crying I'm crying. 0
Corporation teeshirt, stupid bloody Tuesday 0
Crabalocker fishwife pornographic Priestess 0
See how they run like pigs from a gun See how they fly. I'm crying. 0


Shacknasty (Frogman Henry), Thursday, 13 November 2008 14:12 (seventeen years ago)

Fuck me, that's magnificent.

Ismael Klata, Thursday, 13 November 2008 14:15 (seventeen years ago)

Between "Semoline pilchards climbing up the Eiffel Tower" and
"Man you should have seen them kicking Edgar Allen Poe"

Ich Ber ein Binliner (Tom D.), Thursday, 13 November 2008 14:17 (seventeen years ago)

knickers ftw

Mark G, Thursday, 13 November 2008 14:17 (seventeen years ago)

"pretty little p'liceman in a row"

Ismael Klata, Thursday, 13 November 2008 14:21 (seventeen years ago)

"Semolina pilchards" of course, doesn't scan otherwise

Ich Ber ein Binliner (Tom D.), Thursday, 13 November 2008 14:22 (seventeen years ago)

I hate this song. But "yellow matter custard" gets my vote, anyway, for complex historical reasons ;)

grimly fiendish, Thursday, 13 November 2008 14:23 (seventeen years ago)

just to ruin everyone's day

Shacknasty (Frogman Henry), Thursday, 13 November 2008 14:23 (seventeen years ago)

no "i buried Paul"???

Ioannis, Thursday, 13 November 2008 14:24 (seventeen years ago)

I buried Paul in cranberry sauce

Ich Ber ein Binliner (Tom D.), Thursday, 13 November 2008 14:25 (seventeen years ago)

best couplet is totally

Expert texpert choking smokers
Don't you think the joker laughs at you?

Manchego Bay (G00blar), Thursday, 13 November 2008 14:50 (seventeen years ago)

eggman.

during his underground-comix-hobbyist phase, my dad did a great little cartoon that revolved around a guy arguing with a chicken over who was the eggman.

tipsy mothra, Thursday, 13 November 2008 15:12 (seventeen years ago)

Lennon's finest lyric, and probably my favorite beatles record, period.

Why haven't his two Carroll-esque books been reprinted in fancy new versions to stack up on front tables in Waterstones at Christmas-time.

Manchego Bay (G00blar), Thursday, 13 November 2008 15:17 (seventeen years ago)

?

Manchego Bay (G00blar), Thursday, 13 November 2008 15:18 (seventeen years ago)

"Semolina pilchard" or "yellow matter custard" - the best moments where the scratchy overdrive of the vocals corresponds with just a cool-sounding line and the sneering delivery.

Doctor Casino, Thursday, 13 November 2008 21:30 (seventeen years ago)

How is the line about the knickers NOT the best moment in this?

Knave Tin Odle (Naive Teen Idol), Thursday, 13 November 2008 21:32 (seventeen years ago)

I've always been a Cornflake/Van kinda guy.

kingkongvsgodzilla, Thursday, 13 November 2008 21:34 (seventeen years ago)

Yeah, I never was a Cornflake Van.

Doctor Casino, Thursday, 13 November 2008 21:41 (seventeen years ago)

"Semoline pilchards climbing up the Eiffel Tower." beats everything else.

Geir Hongro, Thursday, 13 November 2008 22:07 (seventeen years ago)

I voted for "Sitting in an English garden" but that only works if you picture it being backed by only cellos and radio phase distortion effects.

Adam Bruneau, Thursday, 13 November 2008 23:16 (seventeen years ago)

The way Lennon blurts out "Semolina Pilchard" is fantastic.

snoball, Thursday, 13 November 2008 23:39 (seventeen years ago)

To these ears, one of the few Beatles songs that doesn't sound dated circa 2008.

novaheat, Thursday, 13 November 2008 23:52 (seventeen years ago)

Expert texpert choking smokers

L@OO@K WHOS AWAKE NOW (PappaWheelie V), Friday, 14 November 2008 00:14 (seventeen years ago)

(yellow matter custard will win though)

L@OO@K WHOS AWAKE NOW (PappaWheelie V), Friday, 14 November 2008 00:15 (seventeen years ago)

I like the part on one of the Anthology cuts of this where he's like "Yellow wa-hoooo...."

Doctor Casino, Friday, 14 November 2008 00:21 (seventeen years ago)

A vote for "Man you've been a naughty boy you let your face grow long" for being truly weird and disturbing WITHOUT using surprising and "notice me, I'm surreal" language as in "kicking Edgar Allan Poe," "yellow matter custard" etc.

My 3-year-old loves this video and watches it again and again.

Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 14 November 2008 01:00 (seventeen years ago)

My favourite part of the song is the 'sitting in an English garden' bit, although that's not the best lyric.

chap, Friday, 14 November 2008 01:14 (seventeen years ago)

Best thing about the Carey clip is how embarrassed George Martin looks every time the camera catches him off guard.

chap, Friday, 14 November 2008 01:16 (seventeen years ago)

Elementary penguin singing Hare Krisha

(I wonder if George Harrison was offended by that line?)

moley, Friday, 14 November 2008 02:20 (seventeen years ago)

everybody smoke pot everybody smoke pot everybody smoke pot everybody smoke pot everybody smoke pot

Log Doubt (PappaWheelie V), Friday, 14 November 2008 03:02 (seventeen years ago)

Mr. City Policeman sitting pretty little...

I've always loved how this sounds.

Z S on the internet (Z S), Friday, 14 November 2008 03:09 (seventeen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

System, Thursday, 20 November 2008 00:01 (seventeen years ago)

This shit rules

billstevejim, Thursday, 20 November 2008 02:15 (seventeen years ago)

Damn, I think every line's gonna get a vote, and rightfully so.
"Expert texpert choking smokers" for me. (But I would so vote for "I am the LOLrus, goo goo g'joob" if I could.

Myonga Vön Bontee, Thursday, 20 November 2008 03:21 (seventeen years ago)

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Myonga Vön Bontee, Thursday, 20 November 2008 03:22 (seventeen years ago)

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

System, Friday, 21 November 2008 00:01 (seventeen years ago)

I wish I could be happier about this. I wish I could work out why I hate this song.

grimly fiendish, Friday, 21 November 2008 00:18 (seventeen years ago)

There's times I hate it and times it sounds like the coolest thing they ever did. It comes back to that scratchy vocal sound in either case, I think.

Doctor Casino, Friday, 21 November 2008 01:41 (seventeen years ago)

pbs last week showed that tv movie about mary whitehouse vs. the bbc. she was particularly bothered by magical mystery tour, especially anybody's knickers being let down.

tipsy mothra, Friday, 21 November 2008 03:04 (seventeen years ago)


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