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Met the Ghost of Stephen Foster at the Hotel Paradise
This is what I told him as I gazed into his eyes:
Rooms were made for carpets,
Towers made for spires,
Ships were made for cannonade fire off from inside them
(Chorus): Gwine to run all night
Gwine to run all day
Camptown ladies never sang all the doo dah day no, no, no (End Chorus)
(Chorus)
Met the Ghost of Stephen Foster at the Hotel Paradise
This is what I told him as I gazed into his eyes:
Ships were made for sinking,
Whiskey made for drinking,
If we were made of cellophane, we'd all get stinking drunk quite faster ha, ha, ha
(Chorus)
(Chorus)
This is what I told him as I gazed into his eyes:
Rooms were made for carpets,
Towers made for spires,
Ships were made for cannonade fire off from inside them
(Chorus): Gwine to run all night
Gwine to run all day
Camptown ladies never sang all the doo dah day no, no, no (End Chorus)
(Chorus)
Met the Ghost of Stephen Foster at the Hotel Paradise
This is what I told him as I gazed into his eyes:
Ships were made for sinking,
Whiskey made for drinking,
If we were made of cellophane, we'd all get stinking drunk quite faster ha, ha, ha
(Chorus)
(Chorus)
| simison (Vilnius) | Posted: Mar 20, 2013 - 06:31 Euskadita wrote: Anyone heard Emir Kusturica and the No Smoking Orchestra? this is just a bad copy. You believe Kusturica invented gypsy jazz? |
| Euskadita (MX) | Posted: Feb 16, 2013 - 21:17 Anyone heard Emir Kusturica and the No Smoking Orchestra? this is just a bad copy. |
| MirageRF (Clemmons, NC, USA) | Posted: Nov 14, 2012 - 19:57 The intro———Happy Diwaili, everyone! |
| ShepHeard (mais rien ne reviendra jamais comme avant...) | Posted: Oct 14, 2012 - 11:26 Love this tune! Totally silly, but so much fun! :o) |
| jbunniii (San Jose, CA) | Posted: Aug 12, 2012 - 10:47 This is shite. |
| photolew | Posted: May 09, 2012 - 13:15 its just after 4 in the afternoon I can hardly keep my eyes open at work.......THANK YOU for playing this RIGHT NOW. Im awake now ![]() |
| Byronape (Snorkeling in the River Styx) | Posted: Sep 30, 2011 - 13:22 thediceareloaded wrote: Maybe the cooles video in music history.... I'd have to say one of the top ten. |
| Dahlia_Gumbo (San Francisco) | Posted: Sep 14, 2011 - 23:21 Puts me in mind of El Radio Fantastique. |
| thediceareloaded (Munich, Germany - and yes, it is cold here!) | Posted: Sep 14, 2011 - 23:20 Maybe the cooles video in music history.... |
| ronniegirl (Middle of New Jersey) | Posted: Aug 14, 2011 - 14:34 Fun. We were taught the Stephen Foster songbook in 2nd grade. Amazing how you never forget it. Wonder how many kids today know who Stephen Foster was? |
| socalhol (Seattle) | Posted: Jul 29, 2011 - 18:12 shmuelman wrote: Sounds like something Gogol Bordello picked up on. YUP — my thoughts EXACTLY...! blah — time to mute, giving me a headache.... much prefer the Squirrel's other tracks |
| Ntropy (Cleveland, OH) | Posted: Jul 29, 2011 - 18:12 AphidA wrote: reminds me of swing dancing geeks from the 90s. I resemble that remark.. haha. I saw these guys live, once. There were few geeks in the audience.. mostly kids.. and everyone was going crazy! It was amazing. So I'm a geek and proud of it. haha |
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: Jul 14, 2011 - 05:40 AphidA wrote: reminds me of swing dancing geeks from the 90s. Yes, it does. |
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: Jul 14, 2011 - 05:39 I really do not like these guys, but this song is alright. |
| Cynaera (South of Neanderthal) | Posted: Jun 12, 2011 - 13:46 The lyrics make NO sense to me, but I'm so busy dancing that I don't even care.... ![]() Met the ghost of stephen foster at the hotel paradise This is what I told him as I gazed into his eyes: Rooms were made for carpets, Towers made for spires, Ships were made for cannonade fire off from inside them (Chorus): Met the ghost of stephen foster at the hotel paradise (Chorus): |
| Businessgypsy (Deepest, Darkest Florida) | Posted: Jun 12, 2011 - 13:45 |
| Cynaera (South of Neanderthal) | Posted: Mar 25, 2011 - 14:25 Rotterdam wrote: My imagination is taking care of that now... costumes are great.... choreography is a quirky combination of modern ballet, Eastern folk dance and tap dancing. It's a frenzy... Oh, I am SO there! "Frenzy" is the perfect word to describe this. I'm having so much fun imagining your choreography and costumes that I'm almost convinced this WOULD make a wonderfully-silly stage production. Thanks, Rotterdam. The wheels are turning in my head... ![]() |
| AphidA | Posted: Mar 25, 2011 - 13:46 reminds me of swing dancing geeks from the 90s. |
| photolew | Posted: Mar 25, 2011 - 13:44 LOVE IT!!!! |
| Byronape (Purgatory) | Posted: Mar 09, 2011 - 20:28 nicolewe wrote: It should be in a musical along with dancing and characters all across the stage. ![]() Check out the video, that should do it for you. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sxFyu_U2go |
| mandolin (...drifting...) | Posted: Mar 09, 2011 - 20:26 ...ahhh, i love squirrel nut zippers... ^_^ |
| Rotterdam | Posted: Feb 22, 2011 - 02:37 nicolewe wrote: It should be in a musical along with dancing and characters all across the stage. ![]() My imagination is taking care of that now... costumes are great.... choreography is a quirky combination of modern ballet, Eastern folk dance and tap dancing. It's a frenzy... |
| nicolewe | Posted: Feb 05, 2011 - 19:25 It should be in a musical along with dancing and characters all across the stage. ![]() |
| gumbo73039 (Devon, England) | Posted: Jan 06, 2011 - 05:16 I do miss The Bonzos, these aren't far off though. |
| Marr (Houston (dreaming of Austin)) | Posted: Dec 21, 2010 - 11:24 ubuntourist wrote: "Istanbul, Not Constantinople" ("They Might Be Giants") next please! ![]() While I can agree that this is in the same general spirit of Istanbull, I cannot at all agree that its similar in any other aspect. |
| oenyaw | Posted: Dec 21, 2010 - 11:24 Hillarious!!! |
| lsfeder (At the wheel of a Benzo) | Posted: Dec 21, 2010 - 11:24 What is it about this band that always gets my foot taping, and my brain saying NO!!! Its crazy!!! |
| le_colonel | Posted: Dec 21, 2010 - 11:23 pretty bad 2 |
| allenrudd (2219.62 miles east of Paradise) | Posted: Dec 05, 2010 - 14:19 Not so much............. |
| On_The_Beach (Vancouver BC, Bud) | Posted: Nov 19, 2010 - 17:59 DaveInVA wrote: Every time I hear this I picture Grocho Marx singing it "Is that a squoil nut in yer zipper?" |
| Jeff09 (Gainesville, Florida) | Posted: Nov 19, 2010 - 17:56 trippy beginning!...then, back to the surreal yiddish/bauhaus gypsy polkaskas |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Oct 03, 2010 - 06:48 shmuelman wrote: Sounds like something Gogol Bordello picked up on. Yes, normaly not a bordello fan, this is nice! |
| shmuelman (Denver) | Posted: Sep 17, 2010 - 08:30 Sounds like something Gogol Bordello picked up on. |
| ubuntourist (Washington, DC) | Posted: Sep 17, 2010 - 08:29 "Istanbul, Not Constantinople" ("They Might Be Giants") next please! ![]() |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Aug 16, 2010 - 13:07 isayhoomhom wrote: What year was this taken? calypsus_1 wrote: is recent, January, i think, i'm not sure. |
| DoctorHooey (/etc) | Posted: Aug 16, 2010 - 07:36 anderiv wrote: *love* it! In case you haven't seen it, here's the (brilliant) video for this track: (click here) Bump! |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: Aug 16, 2010 - 07:36 There's an excellent B&W Betty Boop-style cartoon of this on YouTube. Brill! |
| isayhoomhom (Bethel, CT) | Posted: Aug 16, 2010 - 07:36 What year was this taken? calypsus_1 wrote: |
| DaveInVA (In a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA) | Posted: Jul 15, 2010 - 10:01 Every time I hear this I picture Grocho Marx singing it |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Jul 02, 2010 - 17:37 ![]() Squirrel Nut Zippers 038. by =GermanCityGirl Photographed at The Triple Door in Seattle, Washington. |
| natanshalva (boring suburb in the center of Israel) | Posted: Jun 29, 2010 - 09:37 i was in festival at Germany and i sow them - it was excellent !! |
| DoctorHooey (/etc) | Posted: Jun 29, 2010 - 09:35 I love love LOVE this song! |
| BLADERUNNER (Wilmington,NC) | Posted: Jun 29, 2010 - 09:34 this reminds me of the song and dance routines from Vaudville. |
| bindi (North Carolina) | Posted: Jun 13, 2010 - 13:22 very fun tune. |
| scrubbrush | Posted: May 28, 2010 - 13:42 first listen to this song and, i know i should hate it, but it was actually decent. i can see tiring of it after a few listens though. |
| Felix_The_Cat (Buenos Aires, Argentina) | Posted: May 28, 2010 - 13:41 The Kusturica gang? |
| Jamunca (Asheville, NC) | Posted: May 12, 2010 - 19:14 Full. Of. Win. |
| philbertr (Hurricane Target Florida) | Posted: Mar 26, 2010 - 06:04 These guys are nuts, so to speak. (In a good way, I mean.) |
| dggeek | Posted: Mar 10, 2010 - 10:36 Squirrel Nut Zippers only mildly interested me... until I heard their stuff that WASN'T played on corporate radio. So much talent here that never even made it to mainstream ears. Love it. |
| ziggytrix (Dallas, TX) | Posted: Feb 22, 2010 - 16:20 dschless wrote: ... Yahweh and I :) You must have been spared the horrible image macro he's making fun of. Yahweh help you if you reply " ... of which he's making fun :) " |




"Is that a squoil nut in yer zipper?"