Not Practicing What You Preach

[Stumpy Pepys]

1. Merle Haggard—Okie From Muskogee

"We don't smoke marijuana in Muskogee."

Well, maybe everyone except you Merle.

2. Tammy Wynette—Stand By Your Man

Married five times.

[Jah Womble]

(Tammy followed this with 'D.I.V.O.R.C.E.', of course.)

3 White Lines (Don't Do It) - Grandmaster & Melle Mel
Pretty much all of Grandmaster's entourage were 'doing it'.

4 Fragile (among others) - Sting
An impassioned ecological lyric from a man with his own private jet.

(NB 'Practising' with an 's' - verb form.)

[Toby Gymshorts]

5. Willie Nelson - You Were Always On My Mind

Unless you're the IRS, in which case, soz.

[nmrfox]

6. Nirvana - Come as you are

But you did have a gun, Kurt.

[Walt Flanagans Dog]

2. Tammy Wynette—Stand By Your Man

Married five times.

Didn't really stand by the JAMs for long either.

7. The Who - My Generation
Roger Daltrey turned 74 a couple of weeks ago, and therefore did not die before he got old, as he hoped.

[Jah Womble]

(Nor Pete Townshend, who wrote it. Ironically, the other two did.)

8 Forever and Ever - Slik
'I dedicate to you, all my love, my whole life through...' Midge divorced Annabel Giles in 1989.

(To be fair, he was only 22 at the time of that hit and there are probably a few far worse instances of this in pop music.)

[Stumpy Pepys]

Not Practising What You Preach

9. Love Will Keep Us Together—Captain and Tennille

Divorced in 2014.

[Walt Flanagans Dog]

Whereas Ashford and Simpson did in fact prove to be Solid, remaining together until the former's death.

[wittoner]

10. Stevie Wonder - Lately.

"Lately I've been looking in the mirror.."

[ursus arctos]

Haggard and his band wrote "Okie" while driving though Oklahoma in a tour bus full of dope smoke, so it isn't as if he was unaware of the joke.

[treibeis]

11. Holding Out For A Hero - Bonnie Tyler

What her poor husband of ten years must have thought, I don't know.

[treibeis]

12. Fame - Irena Cara
Can she fly? Can she bollocks.

[Stumpy Pepys]

Can she fly? Can she bollocks.

Well, she was only going to learn how to fly. Maybe she's keeping her powder dry? Or she failed the flying exam …

[Walt Flanagans Dog]

Well, she was only going to learn how to fly. Maybe she's keeping her powder dry? Or she failed the flying exam …

While R Kelly not only believed that he could fly, but also that he could touch the sky - good luck with either of those, R.

[Satchmo Distel]

re. White Lines (Don't Do It) - Grandmaster & Melle Mel

Actual title was White Lines (Don't Don't Do It), so a mixed message is implied. Wiki says it was originally pro-drugs but a switch was done for commercial reasons.

[Jah Womble]

The lyrics to the hit version certainly lean toward 'anti', shall we say?

10. Stevie Wonder - Lately.

"Lately I've been looking in the mirror.."

Also: 'I'd like to see you in the raw under the stars above...' (Boogie On Reggae Woman)

Although I must say it seems a little harsh to be castigating Stevie for not 'practising what he preaches' under the circumstances...

[Kevin S]

Oasis - Digsy's Dinner

Liam never did pick me up at 3:30 for that lasagne.

[wittoner]

The lyrics to the hit version certainly lean toward 'anti', shall we say?



Also: 'I'd like to see you in the raw under the stars above...' (Boogie On Reggae Woman)

Although I must say it seems a little harsh to be castigating Stevie for not 'practising what he preaches' under the circumstances...

Yes, I felt a little guilty about that but that obviously wasn't going to stop me. I mean it's not as if he's going to see it..Oh Stop IT.

I think "I'd LIKE to see you.." in "Boogie on Reggae Woman" gives that line an extra poignancy.

[treibeis]

(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party) - Beastie Boys

Now, maybe they themselves did have to go 15 rounds before they were allowed to eat jelly and ice cream and play Pass The Parcel. But I doubt it.

[Hot Pepsi]

Well, she was only going to learn how to fly. Maybe she's keeping her powder dry? Or she failed the flying exam …

Nobody has heard much from her lately. Maybe she's finally done it and is traveling the stars now.

[3 Colours Red]

No John, you are NOT the walrus. Or the eggman.

[Satchmo Distel]

Imagine no possessions

[Toby Gymshorts]

It's easy, if you try.

[Various Artist]

While R Kelly not only believed that he could fly, but also that he could touch the sky - good luck with either of those, R.

Are we sure it wasn't "touch this guy"?

[Satchmo Distel]

Only if he's aged around 14 in RK's case.