https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/week-37-turn-that-blinker-off/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Thu, 04 Jun 2026 15:49:02 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/week-37-turn-that-blinker-off/#post-367933 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 05:44:59 +0000
+1 You've been doing some great posts recently....summer must agree with you :wink:

Thanks for sharing. :D

James]]> Sunday Songwriters Group jamestoffee https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/week-37-turn-that-blinker-off/#post-367933 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/week-37-turn-that-blinker-off/#post-367931 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 04:36:01 +0000
Wouldn't "going 25 (or even 35) in a 55 zone" be more frustrating for the driver than actually being able to put the pedal to the metal and doing 85?
85 mph, you know you're going to be home soon.....doing 25 or 35, it's going to take a while, the dinner's going to be burnt, you're going to miss that TV programme you REALLY wanted to watch, etc?

looks like a keeper, Kath!

:D :D :D

Vic]]> Sunday Songwriters Group Vic Lewis VL https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/week-37-turn-that-blinker-off/#post-367931 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/week-37-turn-that-blinker-off/#post-367929 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 04:05:36 +0000 Sunday Songwriters Group katreich https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/week-37-turn-that-blinker-off/#post-367929 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/week-37-turn-that-blinker-off/#post-367927 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 03:23:02 +0000
I didn't know that Bruce Springsteen had done that song, or indeed the whole "Seeger Sessions" album so I might have to get that one. After finding this one Youtube Pay Me My Money Down and Eeerie canal it looks like a must have. I'm not usually much of a fan of using so many multiple repetitions, especially if you're trying to play it for a laugh, and Pay me My Money Down lyrics look like another reasonably predictable moan about hard work conditions and dodgy bosses. So it was good to hear Springsteen and co have such a joyous romp with it. Great band and arrangement. Really enjoyable. :mrgreen:

Cheers,

Chris]]> Sunday Songwriters Group Chris C https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/week-37-turn-that-blinker-off/#post-367927 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/week-37-turn-that-blinker-off/#post-367923 Wed, 13 Jul 2011 20:20:24 +0000 http://www.cowboylyrics.com/lyrics/springsteen-bruce/pay-me-my-money-down-18259.html

they use the same tag through the whole song.]]> Sunday Songwriters Group katreich https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/week-37-turn-that-blinker-off/#post-367923 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/week-37-turn-that-blinker-off/#post-367917 Wed, 13 Jul 2011 10:57:33 +0000
The rage inducing 'sins' were very well chosen and described. The only thing that I did wonder about was varying the response a bit to suit the individual verses. I'd be getting seriously edgy by the time we got to the second time through the first verse and were heading for the sixteenth repeat of the same line. I guess that may be exactly the intention though - to drive the listener mad in the same way as the road incidents?

Perhaps it might be slightly kinder to have a structure where each verse has a unique response that's repeated three times, instead of four, and then followed once by the same last punch line "and turn that flaming blinker off". So Verse 1 could have a response relating to doddery drivers, Verse 2 about reckless teens, and Verse 3 about roadwork delays. Using the same punch line response at the end of each verse would still act as a themed link throughout, but not quite so repetitively.

On the final verse (the repeat of Verse 1) you could perhaps even repeat the "blinker" punch line once or twice, with a little more forcefulness each time?

It might give a bit more opportunity for a theatrical presentation by the singer, and the audience might be more inclined to chime in with the theme line if it was framed more as a punch line rather than a constant repetition. It's tough to wring a smile from the same punchline 16 times, but milking it for five or six should be achievable, especially if you have the triple repeats of "shift your scrawny *** ", or whatever to keep them apart a bit. Just a thought.

Cheers,

Chris]]> Sunday Songwriters Group Chris C https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/week-37-turn-that-blinker-off/#post-367917 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/week-37-turn-that-blinker-off/#post-41521 Tue, 12 Jul 2011 22:05:33 +0000
Turn that flippin blinker off

Thirty miles an hour in the left hand lane
Turn that flippin blinker off.
Trapped behind you and I'm going insane
Turn that flippin blinker off
Isn't turning left , isn't turning right
Turn that flippin blinker off
Trying to get home and it's takin all night
Turn that flippin blinker off
Chorus 1
Headed for home at the end of the day
Somebody's grandma is in my way
Barely sees over the steering wheel
Of her vintage Oldsmobile

Going 85 in a 55 zone
Turn that flippin blinker off
Radio's blasting and she's on the phone
Turn that flippin blinker off
Drinking a latte, steering with her knees
Turn that flippin blinker off
In her daddy's car cause she stole the keys
Turn that flippin blinker off

Chorus 2
Tried to get around her in the passing lane
She cut me off, I think she's insane
Stopped at the light, we exchanged some words
But she just took off and flipped me the bird.

Road construction far and near
Turn that flippin blinker off
Guess you can't get there from here
Turn that flippin blinker off
Standing still in the summer heat
Turn that flippin blinker off
Watching as they pour concrete
Turn that flippin blinker off

Chorus 3
Lanes go down from four to one
As I creep along in the summer sun
Tell you brother it's such a treat
To finally turn onto my street.

Now I'm beggin on my knees
Turn that flippin blinker off
cross my heart and pretty please
Turn the flippin blinker off
God almighty enough's enough
Turn that flippin blinker off.

K Reichert 7/12/11]]> Sunday Songwriters Group katreich https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/week-37-turn-that-blinker-off/#post-41521