Musical portmanteau – portmantunes

Meanwhile, on a deadline and so needless to say, distracted by a twitter game a guy called Geoff on twitter triggered… He started it with: “Woke up, fell out of bed Dragged a comb across my head, My shaving razor’s cold, And it stings.” A Daydream Believer In The Life Which I think would work better as “In the life of a daydream believer”… That made me come back with: “There’s a lady who’s sure all that glitters is gold and she’s buying a highway to hell” — LedC/DeeC and “Ground control to Rocket man” — Elton Bowie and “It’s a godawful small affair to the girl with the broken smile” –Maroon Bowie He mentioned list songs that could work really well – Nothing Ever Happens, Parklife, We Didn’t Start The Fire, End Of The Workd As We Know It). “They are probably a goldmine for this, the Kevin Bacon of lyric mashups,” he tweeted. So, I did: “That’s great, it starts with an earthquake Birds and snakes, “The King and I”, “The Catcher in the Rye” We didn’t start the end of the world as we know it” – Billy Rem and he came back with “Telephone exchanges click while there’s nobody there, The Martians could land in the car park and no one would care. And then you’re in the man from Mars You go out at night, eatin’ cars” — Del Ablondie, Nothing Ever Raptures a...
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