Some lyrics written by Pete Meaden for an early incarnation of The Who:

From 'Zoot Suit':

"I'm the hippiest number in town and I'll tell you why,
I'm the snappiest dresser right down to my inch wide tie,
And to get you wise I'll explain it to you,
A few of the things that a face is supposed to do.

I wear zoot suit jacket with side vents five inches long,
I have two-tone brogues yeah you know this is wrong.
But the main thing is unless you're a fool,
Ah you know you gotta know, yeah you know, yeah you gotta be cool.

So all you tickets I just want you to dig me,
With my striped zoot jacket that the sods can plainly see,
So the action lies with all of you guys,
Is how you look in the other, the other, yeah, the other cat's eye."


From I'm the Face':

"Wear ivy league jackets, white buckskin shoes,
I wear ivy league jackets, white buckskin shoes,
So many tickets down the scene honey,
They're like to blow a fuse."


Incorrect use of the tailoring term 'Zoot', but correct use of the word if he means it in a Jazz context.
I pulled these lyrics off a website so don't blame me if they're wrong... 'With my striped zoot jacket that the sods can plainly see' sounds a little iffy. Sods indeed!

Last edited by Terry Lean (2007-01-19 01:31:38)

"The enemy of proper dress was fashion."

The great Richard Ellmann, 1987. Writing on Oscar Wilde, but not about him here.

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Please, where does he keep them, the testicles he takes?
We should, reunite them to their owners?

I liked 'JLPWCXetc'. I liked 'Fogey' too. Sadly some seem to be too good for this MB world...

Ahhhhh - An enigma!

Standing on the Truman Balcony, whilst looking out on the White House grounds, "I could be President". 
           --Ralph Lauren

Last edited by Horace (2007-02-23 10:27:37)