On the way to work this morning, my friend Rick mentioned a classic 80s song called The Rain, by Oran "Juice" Jones. It contains one of the single greatest talking sections in a song ever. If you don't know the song, it's from a guy's perspective who caught his girlfriend cheating. The chorus is:I saw you (and him)
Walking in the rain
You were holding hands and I’ll
Never be the same
Anyway, we googled the lyrics and the talking part is even better than I remember. If you know the song, take a trip down memory lane and buy it on iTunes. If you don't know the song, you'll never spend 99 cents more wisely. It's too good. With genius like this, what ever happened to Oran Jones?
Hey, hey, baby, how you doin’, come on in here
Got some hot chocolate on the stove waitin’ for ya
Listen, first things first, let me hang up that coat
Yeah, ‘n’ how’s your day today, did ya miss me?
Oh, you did, yeah, I missed you, too
I missed you so much I followed you today
That’s right. Now close your mouth ‘cause you cold busted
That’s right, now sit down here
Sit down here. So upset with you I don’t know what to do
‘N’ my first impulse was to run up on you
And do a Rambo. Whip out the jammy and flat-blast both of you
But I ain’t wanna mess up this thirty-seven hundred dollar lynx coat
So instead… I chilled (yeah) That’s right, chilled, then I went to the bank
Took out every dime. And then I went and cancelled all those credit cards
Yeah. All your charge accounts. Yeah.
I stuck you up for every piece of jewelry I ever bought you
Yeah. That’s right, everything. Everything
Didn't fky with me. Naw, don’t go, you ever go, don’t go looking in that closet
‘Cause you ain’t got nothing in there
Everything you came here with
Is packed up and waiting for you in the guest room
That’s right, what was you thinking about, huh?
What were you tryin’ to prove, huh? You’s with the Juice
‘N’ I gave you silk suits, Gucci handbags, blue diamonds
I gave you things you couldn’t even pronounce
Now I can’t give you nothin’ but advice ‘cause you’re still young
That’s right, you’re still young. I hope you learn a valuable lesson from all this, you know?Gonna find someone like me one of these days
Until then, know what you gotta do? You gotta get on outta here with that
Alley-cat-coat-wearin’ Hush-Puppy-shoe-wearin’ crumb cake I saw you with
‘Cause you dismissed. That’s right, silly rabbit. Tricks are made for kids, don’t you know that?
You without me: like cornflake without the milk.
It’s my world, you just a squirrel, tryin’ to get a nut
Now get on outta here. Ah! Don’t touch that coat!
6 comments:
I kid you not. I reference this song several times a year. It remains one of my favorites. My wife never has any idea what I'm talking about.
This is MY world! You're just a squirrel, tryin' to get a nut!
That's so funny - I grew up listening to my older brother and sister parody that song - he would sing and she would do the talking part, then they both would laugh hysterically. I didn't get it.
(welcome back to the blogging world)
The only part I remembered to that song was the chorus. That is hilarious. Phil, if your brother and sister were doing that song you were probably playing the background music...
I missed this one. I must have been sheltered away at Houghton. I missed a lot of 80's culture there. Watched "Say Anything" last night, just to catch up a little. Have you seen it? Awesome!!
Your Sister
was this song actually a hit? i fell over laughing after jason insisted he read it TO me.
I found one list that had it on a top 100 songs of 1986. It's funny. Some people seem to know and love this song. Others have never heard of it. I know it got significant air play where I lived, because I wasn't buying CDs in 1986 and certainly didn't own anything from Oran "Juice" Jones.
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