Lyrics 'bout nothin

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what are some lyrics about nothin? the ones that come to my mind right now are "busy doin' nothin'" by brian wilson and "clothes line saga" by dylan and the band (the fact that greil marcus has written pages on the meaning of this song doesnt count. greil can take the most mundane lyrics and connect them to 19th century west virginian coal mining revolts). i think theres a beefheart song about brushing his teeth that ive always loved but i cant think of the song. its a blues im pretty sure. what else is there?

― tom cleveland (tom cleveland), Monday, 19 April 2004 02:46 (twenty-two years ago)

That Y Pants song about the sweater, if by 'nothing' you mean something trivial / mundane

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Monday, 19 April 2004 03:04 (twenty-two years ago)

brushing one's teeth is not trivial or mundane. that's singing about life! (full disclosure: i write this without ever having heard the beefheart song in question, so maybe that particular song about brushing one's teeth is in fact trivial. but the subject itself is anything but.)

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Monday, 19 April 2004 04:59 (twenty-two years ago)

'Nothing to be Done' by the Pastels?

― GoddamnHo (GoddamnHo), Monday, 19 April 2004 12:58 (twenty-two years ago)

do the standing still - the Table (?I think)
nothing - the Fugs/Tuli Kupferberg
i just wanna have something to do - ramones

― autovac (autovac), Monday, 19 April 2004 15:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Does anyone remember that guy from NYC, Copernicus? Lots of songs about nothing(ness).

― Stephen Boyle (SBoyle), Monday, 19 April 2004 16:40 (twenty-two years ago)

n.o.r.e.

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Monday, 19 April 2004 16:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Wow.....a Copernicus allusion!!! I used to be so intrigued by that guy.u

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 19 April 2004 17:00 (twenty-two years ago)

sitting by the dock of the bay

― anthony kyle monday (akmonday), Monday, 19 April 2004 17:06 (twenty-two years ago)

kinks - sitting in the midday sun

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Monday, 19 April 2004 17:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Anything by The Pixies. More or less.

― CRW (CRW), Monday, 19 April 2004 23:25 (twenty-two years ago)

"Busy Doin' Nothing"-The Beach Boys

― Tim Ellison, Monday, 19 April 2004 23:55 (twenty-two years ago)

"Nothing"-The Fugs

― Tim Ellison, Tuesday, 20 April 2004 00:02 (twenty-two years ago)

and then nothing turned itself inside out - yo la tengo

that's some serious degree of nothing

― non-u, Tuesday, 20 April 2004 00:18 (twenty-two years ago)

i already had that tim. haha.

― tom cleveland (tom cleveland), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 01:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah, oops! Probably lots of Jonathan Richman songs, such as "Cruddy Little Chewing Gum Wrapper."

― Tim Ellison, Tuesday, 20 April 2004 01:15 (twenty-two years ago)

"Well you made a long journey from Milan to Minsk
Rochelle, Rochelle..."

― morris pavilion (samjeff), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 06:28 (twenty-two years ago)

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