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Posted by Blinky the Shark on 07/10/07 19:07
Neredbojias wrote:
> Well bust mah britches and call me cheeky, on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 06:58:25
> GMT Blinky the Shark scribed:
>
>>> The Trashmen... I _believe_ they did a song called "The Bird is the
>>> Word",
>>
>> I remember it as "Surfin' Bird" -- the rock and roll band I and some
>> friends started up played it. In practice -- before we could get
>> presentable some of us (not me) flunked/dropped out of school and got
>> drafted.
>
> I got drafted, too, but drifted back.
>
>>> -a repetitous affair which nevertheless was catchy and became quite
>>> popular. Wait - let me Google...
>>>
>>> Yep, "The Bird's The Word", and some others. You're pretty old for a
>>> fish
>>
>> I remember that as a refrain in "Surfin' Bird".
>>
>> My Billboard Top 40 Book credits them with two on the chart:
>>
>> 1. Surfin' Bird late 1963 Reached # 4
>> 2. Bird Dance Beat early 1964 Reached #30
>
> Surfin' bird?? Don't recall anything about surfing in the song. It was
> actually referring to "the" finger.
Nothing about surfing required. name =/= lyrics
"59th Street Bridge" does not appear in the lyrics of "59th Street
Bridge Song", either.
>>> (-although sharks live a long time, don't they?)
>>
>> I turned 60 last month.
>
> Gawd! You must be almost as prehistoric as dorayme. Hey, is that why
> you're a fish? No dry land around when you were born?
Sometime I'll tell you about when we all crawled out and started growing
legs.
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