Streetwiseguy
Streetwiseguy MegaDork
10/2/24 8:25 p.m.

In the Elton John song, "Someone Shaved my Wife Tonight", or something like that, there is a line, "I'm strangled by your haunted social scene".

Is "Haunted Social Scene" a band, or a phrase Bernie invented, or a common saying somewhere?

Thread could also be titled, "Waste of time".

Duke
Duke MegaDork
10/2/24 8:48 p.m.

I know Broken Social Scene is a band from Canadia.  But that song predates them by several decades.

 

John Welsh
John Welsh Mod Squad
10/2/24 8:55 p.m.

In reply to Streetwiseguy :

I got many guffaws off, "Someone Shaved my Wife Tonight" and have never heard it before.  Now, I will never hear it any other way! 
Right up there with, "...hold me closer Tony Danza..."

Streetwiseguy
Streetwiseguy MegaDork
10/2/24 10:28 p.m.

In reply to Duke :

That must be the band I'm thinking of.  I wouldn't be shocked if it was a Bernie original.

stuart in mn
stuart in mn MegaDork
10/3/24 12:12 a.m.
Streetwiseguy said:

In the Elton John song, "Someone Shaved my Wife Tonight", or something like that, there is a line, "I'm strangled by your haunted social scene".

He apparently had an early version of a random word generator.  None of it makes much sense.

Never realized the passing hours of evening showers
Slip noose hanging in my darkest dreams
I'm strangled by your haunted social scene
Just a pawn outplayed by a dominating queen
It's four o'clock in the morning
Damn it listen to me good
I'm sleeping with myself tonight
Saved in time
Thank God my music is still alive
(aah-aah-aah-aah-aah...)

aircooled
aircooled MegaDork
10/3/24 12:21 a.m.

I am still trying to figure out the Pearl Jam song: 46 virgins on a pelican.

CJ
CJ GRM+ Memberand Dork
10/3/24 1:26 a.m.

Elton was engaged / living with a woman he didn't love.  Bernie had a room in the same house, so saw what was happening and wrote about it. 

Elton apparently tried to commit suicide and, after his attempt failed, a friend 'rescued' him from the situation.

I think if you listen to it as someone escaping from a bad relationship, it makes more sense.

Mr_Asa
Mr_Asa MegaDork
10/5/24 3:13 p.m.

Heading north on I-95, just north of BucEes Daytona.

14 Lambos heading southbound.  Was there a show today?

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