you know, its Jim, roaming the…midnight alleys in LA

Stephen Sondheim and the Clash
The Clash are infamous for egregious violations of the Stephen Sondheim Rhyme Rule. See if you can spot this one, from the opener of one of their signature tunes:

Driving down your freeways
Midnight alleys roam..
cops in cars, the topless bars,
never saw a woman, so alone….

RHCP's Crimes Against Rhymes
In Alabama, she was swinging hammer
Price you gotta pay when you break the panorama.

My glass is getting shorter.

It never rains in California
but girl, don't they warn ya!

@ Warren Oats

hmmmmm………

Weaknesses.

Slough
I love the intro, its so bleak and depressing, and the cars going around the roudabout give a "hamster on a treadwheel" feeling of workplace futility—round and round, going nowhere, just like Tim.

Loved My Bologna and remember taping it (microphone held to speaker) off Dr. Demento. Watched his subsequent rise to fame with much appreciation.

Norman?!?

$2.00 panzos? You cheap, cheap ungrateful boy!

"Mother, she's just a stranger"! As if men don't desire strangers! As if… ohh, I refuse to speak of disgusting things, because they disgust me! You understand, boy? Go on, go tell her she'll not be appeasing her ugly appetite with MY food… or my son! Or do I have tell her because you don't have the guts! Huh, boy? You…

No! I will not hide in the fruit cellar! Ha! You think I'm fruity, huh? I'm staying right here. This is my room and no one will drag me out of it, least of all my big, bold son!

"Just for a few days"? In that dark, dank fruit cellar? No! You hid me there once, boy, and you'll not do it again, not ever again; now get out! I told you to get out, boy.

"Mother, she's just a stranger"! As if men don't desire strangers! As if… ohh, I refuse to speak of disgusting things, because they disgust me! You understand, boy? Go on, go tell her she'll not be appeasing her ugly appetite with MY food… or my son! Or do I have tell her because you don't have the guts! Huh, boy? You…

No!
No! I will not hide in the fruit cellar! Ha! You think I'm fruity, huh? I'm staying right here. This is my room and no one will drag me out of it, least of all my big, bold son!

Off PInups, I like Friday on My Mind, Here Comes the Night.

The Reality tour was great, he played like 30 songs, and such a great stage persona. Even in the early clips below, he was always in full command of the stage, and always smiling.