mojoworking Posted April 26, 2005 Share Posted April 26, 2005 Originally posted by LordChaverly Could be. I remember him singing it live on BBC TV years ago and i thought he said 'ball chain puller'. Probably my memory playing tricks. What on earth is a 'bat chain puller'? No idea, but Don always did have a nice turn of phrase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordChaverly Posted April 26, 2005 Author Share Posted April 26, 2005 Here are the lyrics. I am none the wiser now though. A textual exegesis of the lines below I suspect wouldn't be very rewarding or enlightening. Perhaps the guy was high on dope when he wrote it, or perhaps it was one of the first experiments in random poetry written by an early computer. The point is though he delivered the lines with great elan, so it didn't really matter if they were largely gibberish. Bat chain Puller Bat chain puller Puller, puller A chain with yellow lights That glistens like oil beads On its slick smooth trunk That trails behind on tracks, and thumps A wing hangs limp and retreats Bat chain puller Puller puller Bulbs shoot from its snoot And vanish into darkness It whistles like a root snatched from dry earth Sodbustin’ rakes with grey dust claws Announces its coming in the morning This train with grey tubes That houses people’s very thoughts and belongings. Bat chain puller Puller puller This train with grey tubes that houses people’s thoughts, Their very remains and belongings. A grey cloth patch Caught with four threads In the hollow wind of its stacks Ripples felt fades and grey sparks clacks, Lunging the cushioned thickets. Pumpkins span the hills With orange crayola patches. Green inflated trees Balloon up into marshmallow soot That walks away in forty circles, Caught in grey blisters With twinkling lights and green sashes Uuh Pulled by rubber dolphins with gold yawning mouths That blister and break in agony In souls of rust They kill gold sawdust into dust. Bat chain puller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ousetunes Posted April 26, 2005 Share Posted April 26, 2005 This should be quite easy to answer, but it isn't. No one has yet mentioned Lennon (unless you prove otherwise) and his omission is strange. From the torn larynx of Twist and Shout, to Yer Blues and the craaaa---zzzz---y primal screams of Well, Well Well to the softer, innocent and frankly, painful John of Jealous Guy and #9 Dream. A voice which sounds both delicate and yet in a sense, damaged at the same time. Freddie Mercury is up there somewhere, probably near the summit. His passion, delivery and style; I don't know, he brought something so unique, so Him to Queen's songs. An incredible vocal range (contrast George Michael's rendition of Somebody To Love) but the winner for me, is the fact that he was capable of singing with the best in classical - as on Barcelona, an element he took into his own songwriting. Plus, add to all this, arguably rock's finest front-man. What a guy! Us Brits can also boast early Rod, early Elton and definitely early Bowie - each had their own sound and style. I like Bono's earlier stuff too (Pride is indeed passionate). Emotion, power, but something more - the Front Man attitude. I think pound for pound I'm still looking at Freddie. But then, there's our Noddy Holder. What a gob! Mind if I pass on this one!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackthedog Posted April 26, 2005 Share Posted April 26, 2005 David Lee Roth. The best rock frontman in the world ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentStatic Posted April 26, 2005 Share Posted April 26, 2005 Best *Rock* vocals easy - Matt Bellamy. Massize range, depths of emotion etc, at the same time as adlibbing amazing guitar or piano. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timo Posted April 26, 2005 Share Posted April 26, 2005 Lord Chaverley, Some of Beefheart's lines really stick in one's mind, and the desire to say them at inappropriate moments is hard to resist. I like 'I'm just, uh, sort of, thread, with, uh, drooped body' from When Big Joan Sets Up [from Troutmask], and 'Sleepin' on the Bayou in an old rotten cot' from the title track of Clear Spot. I hear he lives in a trailer in the Mojave Desert these days, spending his time painting. Would that he would return to the sonic world. Will we ever hear again the voice that sang, 'I'm gonna Boogalarise ya Baby!'? One rather hopes so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Casper Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 Phew erm... Freddie Mercury Bon Scott Steve Tyler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerage Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 I agree with the original post definately Robert Plant no ones gets close, his voice is just brilliant. No 2 on my list is Jon Anderson love his voice as well. No 3. Steve Perry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raeven Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 Ian Gillan. Awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JenC Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 Not sure if this is just meant to be male vocalists, but Grace Slick had an amazing voice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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