NP: The fine art of missing the arse

[Paul Mackin]

On Mar 7, 2006, at 10:23 PM, Tim Strzechowski wrote:

> Anyone recall a novelty tune in the 60s or 70s about a guy who  
> needs to speed in his car and eventually crashes, maybe called  
> "Transfusion," in which part of the chorus uses the line, "Slip the  
> blood to me, bud"?
>
>

     Tooling down the hightway doing 79
     I'm a twin pipe papa and I'm feelin fine
     Hey man dig that was that a red stop sign-
     (scrreeech-BANG!!tinkle)
     Transfusion transfusion
     I'm just a solid mess of contusions
     Never never never gonna speed again
     Slip the blood to me Bud


Every verse ends with a line like that:

     Shoot the juice to me Bruce...

     Pass the crimson to me Jimson...

     Pass the claret to me Barrett...

     Pump the fluid in me Louie...

     Put a gallon in me Alan...

>
>
> while laughing out loud, it all came back to me: I realized that  
> there was a mention of a reference to a lesser Barry Manilow song  
> which included the phrase "slip the talcum to me, Malcolm"
>
>

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