Best song at the bar for "last song of the night" is....
 

I say it's "What's going on?" by 4 Non blondes.
If you haven't been out at a bar at 2 am and heard this song close out the night, you don't know shit from toothpaste brotha.


Drunk tired horny people go crazy for this tune...


25 years of my life and still
I'm trying to get up that great big hill of hope
for a destination
I realized quickly when I knew I should
that the world was made up of this brotherhood of man
for whatever that means

And so I cry sometimes when I'm lying in bed
to get it all out what's in my head then I
I am feeling a little peculiar
And so I wake in the morning and I step outside
and I take deep breath
and I get real high
then I scream from the top of my lungs
what's goin' on

and I say hey... hey...
I say hey, what's goin' on
and I say hey... hey...
I said hey, what's goin' on

Oh, oooh...
Oh, oooh...

and I try, oh my God do I try
I try all the time
in this institution
and I pray, oh my God do I pray
I pray every single day
for a revolution

and so I cry sometimes when I'm lying in my bed
just to get it all out what's in my head then I
I am feeling a little peculiar
and so I wake in the morning and I step outside
and I take a deep breath then I get real high
then I scream from the top of my lungs
what's goin' on

and I say hey... hey...
I say hey, what's goin' on
and I say hey... hey...
I said hey, what's goin' on

and I say hey... hey...
I say hey, what's goin' on
and I say hey... hey...
I said hey, what's goin' on

Oh, oooh, oooh...

25 years of my life and still
I'm trying to get up that great big hill of hope
for a destination




What's your end of the night tune?

I love that song

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Ya ya... getting ICQ'd now with someone saying "Stairway to heaven"



man, that's so junior high for me.




Still a good tune to close down the bar with though.

Well, for the bar owner/employees that want to clear the place so they can close up and go home The Macarana works wonders. hehehe

Bars have been burned to the ground up here for pulling that shit.

lol

Fuck man, it hurts to laugh here.... stop it!!


ha ha OW... ha ha OW...... ha ha OW!.....

Ok......that song isn't ringing in my head right now, but all those hey, heys are making the Arth*r (k*ds cartoon) ring in my head damn it!!!

You really need to find that song, d/l it or something.

Listen to it, and you will love me long time for it.

Khe Sahn by Cold Chisel
Its the unofficial Australian Anthem
and since lot of you here won't have heard it here's the words:

left my heart to the sappers round Khe Sanh
And my soul was sold with my cigarettes to the blackmarket man
I've had the Vietnam cold turkey
From the ocean to the Silver City
And it's only other vets could understand

About the long forgotten dockside guarantees
How there were no V-dayheroes in 1973
How we sailed into Sydney Harbour
Saw an old friend but couldn't kiss her
She was lined, and I was home to the lucky land

And she was like so many more from that time on
Their lives were all so empty, till they found their chosen one
And their legs were often open
But their minds were always closed
And their hearts were held in fast suburban chains
And the legal pads were yellow, hours long, paypacket lean
And the telex writers clattered where the gunships once had been
But the car parks made me jumpy
And I never stopped the dreams
Or the growing need for speed and novacaine

So I worked across the country end to end
Tried to find a place to settle down, where my mixed up life could mend
Held a job on an oil-rig
Flying choppers when I could
But the nightlife nearly drove me round the bend

And I've travelled round the world from year to year
And each one found me aimless, one more year the more for wear
And I've been back to South East Asia
But the answer sure ain't there
But I'm drifting north, to check things out again

You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
Only seven flying hours, and I'll be landing in Hong Kong
There ain't nothing like the kisses
From a jaded Chinese princess
I'm gonna hit some Hong Kong mattress all night long

Well the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
Yeah the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
And it's really got me worried
I'm goin' nowhere and I'm in a hurry
And the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone

Ok.......going to find it now....or else this arthur thing will be ringing in my dreams :-)

Yes, I suppose in oz that would be the biggest closer the bars there could ever play.




Respect.



Salute :glugglug

"Closing time"

U made that up!?

with out a fucking doubt









Closing time, open all the doors
And let you out into the world
Closing time, turn all of the lights on
Over every boy and every girl
Closing time, one last call for alcohol
So finish your whiskey or beer
Closing time, you don?t have to go home
But you can?t stay here

I know who I want to take me home,
I know who I want to take me home,
I know who I want to take me home,
Take me home

Closing time, time for you to go out
To the places you will be from
Closing time, this room won?t be open
Till your brothers or your sisters come
So gather up your jackets, move it to the exits
I hope you have found a friend
Closing time, every new beginning
Comes from some other beginning?s end

I know who I want to take me home,
I know who I want to take me home,
I know who I want to take me home,
Take me home

Closing time, time for you to go out
To the places you will be from

I know who I want to take me home,
I know who I want to take me home,
I know who I want to take me home,
Take me home

Closing time, every new beginning
Comes from some other beginning?s end

I was going to say cold chisel.. i've heard 4 non blondes played around closing time.. probably more chisel since i'm in australia.

why the fuck would i sit here and make up a song just to post at gfy?

google search it:

http://ww.google.com/search?q=cold+c... TF-8&oe=UTF-8

its so bloody popular here they even have downloadable ringtunes for it.

I dont think there's an Australian who has been alive any time the last 25 years that doesnt know the words to that song
if you took a survey of best Aussies songs of all time- that is #1 without ANY doubt

i think they just did a reunion tour and always leaved this song for last coz the crowds went wild

I WAS ONLY NINETEEN - REDGUM

Mum and Dad and Denny saw the passing out parade at Puckapunyal
(1t was long march from cadets).
The sixth battalion was the next to tour and It was me who drew the card.
We did Canungra and Shoalwater before we left.


Chorus I:
And Townsville lined the footpath as we marched down to the quay.
This clipping from the paper shows us young and strong and clean.
And there's me in my slouch hat with my SLR and greens.
God help me, I was only nineteen.


From Vung Tau riding Chinooks to the dust at Nui Dat,
I'd been in and out of choppers now for months.
But we made our tents a home. V.B. and pinups on the lockers,
And an Asian orange sunset through the scrub.


Chorus 2:
And can you tell me, doctor, why I still can't get to sleep?
And night time's just a jungle dark and a barking M.16?
And what's this rash that comes and goes, can you tell me what it means?
God help me, I was only nineteen.


A four week operation, when each step can mean your last one
On two legs: it was a war within yourself.
But you wouldn't let your mates down 'til they had you dusted off,
So you closed your eyes and thought about something else.


Chorus 3:
Then someone yelled out "Contact"', and the bloke behind me swore.
We hooked in there for hours, then a God almighty roar.
Frankie kicked a mine the day that mankind kicked the moon.
God help me, he was going home in June.


1 can still see Frankie, drinking tinnies in the Grand Hotel
On a thirty-six hour rec. leave in Vung Tau.
And I can still hear Frankie, lying screaming in the jungle.
'Till the morphine came and killed the bloody row


Chorus 4:
And the Anzac legends didn't mention mud and blood and tears.
And stories that my father told me never seemed quite real
I caught some pieces In my back that I didn't even feel.
God help me, I was only nineteen.


Chorus 5:
And can you tell me, doctor, why I still can't get to sleep?
And why the Channel Seven chopper chills me to my feet?
And what's this rash that comes and goes, can you tell me what it means?
God help me, I was only nineteen.


This song was written in the 70's, by a bloke called John Schuman and performed by him in a band called "Redgum". It became a national hit espcecially among Veterans almost imediately. It is still performed today whenever Vietnam Vets get together for a concert. Royalties from sales were donated to the Vietnam Veterans Association of Australia.
Just a few things that may help you understand the lyrics better.
Puckapunyal was a recruit training center and Cunungra is a Jungle Warfare training center. Shoalwater was a place that the Army used for Military excercises. The SLR was the personal weapon mostly used in Vietnam. Vung Tau & Nui Dat were Aussie bases in Vietnam. V.B. is Victorian Bitter a very popular Aussie beer. Anzac is the acronym for the Australian & New Zealand Army Corps

Khe Sahn - Cold Chisel or American Pie - Don McLean! :glugglug

Cool...not very good with finding mp3s so I found a midi (they still exist!) hahah.......Anyhow, I remember the song now! It's a nice one for sure.

hilarious, when i was 19 and frequented windsor, american pie was the most common song to finish the night off with.

FYI, when I used to go clubbing the last song was always something from Barry White :-) So people are eager to get to a motel/hotel.

My neighbors all hate me in the summer
because I wake in the morning and I step outside
and i take a deep breath and I get real high and I
scream from the top of my lungs
what's going on

Last Call - Last Call For Alcohol



What is that from?

What about Hey Jude.


I recall lots of nights ending with that tune as well.



naaa.... naaa naaa na na na naaaa
nanana naaaa
heyyy juuude

Thorogood



House rent blues.

GONA GET LAID TONIGHT

It will be "Closing time"

Wanna tell you a story,
About the house-man blues
I come home one Friday,
Had to tell the landlady I'd-a lost my job
She said that don't confront me,
Long as I get my money next Friday
Now next Friday come I didn't get the rent,
And out the door I went

So I goes to the landlady,
I said, "You let me slide?"
I'll have the rent for you in a month.
Next I don't know
So said let me slide it on you know people,
I notice when I come home in the evening
She ain't got nothing nice to say to me,
But for five year she was so nice
Loh' she was lovy-dovy,
I come home one particular evening
The landlady said, "You got the rent money yet?",
I said, "No, can't find no job"
Therefore I ain't got no money to pay the rent
She said "I don't believe you're tryin' to find no job"
Said "I seen you today you was standin' on a corner,
Leaning up against a post"
I said "But I'm tired, I've been walkin' all day"
She said "That don't confront me,
Long as I get my money next Friday"
Now next Friday come I didn't have the rent,
And out the door I went

So I go down the streets,
Down to my good friend's house
I said "Look man I'm outdoors you know,
Can I stay with you maybe a couple days?"
He said "Let me go and ask my wife"
He come out of the house,
I could see it in his face
I know that was no
He said "I don't know man, ah she kinda funny, you know"
I said "I know, everybody funny, now you funny too"
So I go back home
I tell the landlady I got a job, I'm gonna pay the rent
She said "Yeah?" I said "Oh yeah"
And then she was so nice,
Loh' she was lovy-dovy
So I go in my room, pack up my things and I go,
I slip on out the back door and down the streets I go
She a-howlin' about the front rent, she'll be lucky to get any back rent,
She ain't gonna get none of it
So I stop in the local bar you know people,
I go to the bar, I ring my coat, I call the bartender
Said "Look man, come down here", he got down there
So what you want?

One bourbon, one scotch, one beer
Well I ain't seen my baby since I don't know when,
I've been drinking bourbon, whiskey, scotch and gin
Gonna get high man I'm gonna get loose,
Need me a triple shot of that juice
Gonna get drunk don't you have no fear
I want one bourbon, one scotch and one beer
One bourbon, one scotch, one beer

But I'm sitting now at the bar,
I'm getting drunk, I'm feelin' mellow
I'm drinkin' bourbon, I'm drinkin' scotch, I'm drinkin' beer
Looked down the bar, here come the bartender
I said "Look man, come down here"
So what you want?

One bourbon, one scotch, one beer
No I ain't seen my baby since the night before last,
Gotta get a drink man I'm gonna get gassed
Gonna get high man I ain't had enough,
Need me a triple shot of that stuff
Gonna get drunk won't you listen right here,
I want one bourbon, one shot and one beer
One bourbon, one scotch, one beer

Now by this time I'm plenty high,
You know when your mouth a-getting dry you're plenty high
Looked down the bar I say to my bartender
I said "Look man, come down here", he got down there
So what you want this time?
I said "Look man, a-what time is it?"
He said "The clock on the wall say three o'clock
Last call for alcohol, so what you need?"

One bourbon, one scotch, one beer
No I ain't seen my baby since a nigh' and a week,
Gotta get drunk man till I can't even speak
Gonna get high man listen to me,
One drink ain't enough Jack you better make it three
I wanna get drunk I'm gonna make it real clear,
I want one bourbon, one scotch and one beer
One bourbon, one scotch, one beer