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Can Lou Reed?

Can Mike Love?

Do you Count Basie?

For whom does George Jones?

Did Lee "Scratch" Perry?




I'm a sucker for terrible puns - more if you have them?  ;D

Can Engelbert Humperdinck? ???

Who did Lucille Ball?
Who gave Edith Head?

Was James Brown ?



There must be some way for a John Lee Hooker - pun  :lol

Thank you kindly - the Humperdinck one is actually amazing  ;D


Has Johnny Cash?
Are Spacemen 3?

Can Dave Grohl like a dog?

Can Courtney Love?

Can Brian Wilason, apparently not.

Did Wayne Coyne (that phrase)?

erm...

 :-\

I'd love to see Kate's Bush.

Is Neil Young?

Did Audrey Murry a Wilson?

At the church, did Gary usher? Was Roger Christian? Where did Van Dyke park? Did Mike Love?

Richard's dream of being carpenter didn't work. In depression phase, he instead forms band The Carpenters in dedication to this dream.
Steve was set to play the leading character in the movie "Lawrence of Arabia". At the last time he declined & instead made career of singer.
Alicia found smb.'s keys to success & now she's world-famous.
Amy hated singing,  in fact. She invested money in building the best winehouse but her fans kept whining & she continued tours & stuff.
Angus was too young when they said he got musical ear. He was young & silly & naive that's why he believed what they said. The rest is history.
Aretha was frankly not only best black female singer, she is "queen diva", she said in self-confidence. Then asked, "Agreed?" to awestruck crowd of black & white fans.
Axl planted roses, then suddenly old school chum knocked his garden with an offer to be in a band. Axl replied "Well I nearly had to wait" then quickly changed his gardener costume to leather jacket & dyed his hair for cool image. Chum assisted.
Tom waits for nobody. He likes being in the studio alone.
Keith hated moon. He was convinced that drum skin looks kinda like moon surface & he hit them very angrily.
Frank's favorite tune is "Zippi-dee-do-da Zappa-dee-a".

Ronnie can't sing well, they say she got very little spectre of vocal range. Somehow she still got to be famous.
Charlie went to the west over the 5 years before landing with the name Del Shannon.
B.B. wasn't prince. He's king. Not literally.

A fine topic you've dug up there, RR.

Was Jack Black?
Was James Brown?
Was Maurice White?
Was Barry Blue?
Was Ade Orange?*
Was Skylar Grey?
Was Andrew Gold?
Was Horace Silver?
Was Al Green?

And speaking of green:

Van Dyke Parks
Gracie Fields
Punky Meadows


* Worked with Gary Numan

Thanks. Your puns are samey.

Sheryl was stopped by some chap "Hey, can you take picture of me with buddies?" When she did, he says, "You know, me & my buddies agreed your voice sounds like a crow". Sheryl stood there, agape. He just shrugged shoulders, said bye & ran.
In medieval times there lived dollmaker. One sunny day, rich gentleman demanded doll made of steel. After finishing, he liked the result very much that he dubbed it "Steely Dan".
Carole knew she was King. When at school the teacher raised eyebrows, she said "I am Carole King. Deal with it".
Evie has a big house around the beach. During free time, she likes to be hid in sands showing just head.
The Fields appear to be magnetic - their shows draw many fans around the world.
The Stones don't seem to be able to get rolling - they're too skinny for that.
Hurry up! Express train goes to Ohio.
The amusement centre got new feature - enjoy the new ride in a death cab! Hey, cutie, would you join?
Mumford passed by some little boys with mother & he quickly ran to the record company "I got the band name - we are Mumford & Sons!".
Nancy isn't senator's daughter. Rather, she is singer's daughter.
Today's News: At 5 a.m. the vandal act took place in New York underground - the walls covered with graffiti. The FBI think it's the same gang - the color was velvet as previous case.

what, nobody will chime in?? Hey, where's everybody? HELLO!

Yes, they're samey. That's because I'm samey. As you get to know me better you'll discover just how incredibly samey I am. :=)

Maybe you like making palindromes than puns. :wink

I'm glad you took it that way. I enjoy puns but palindromes keep my ageing brain up to scratch.  ;D

Thank goodness this man has (been) moved on. :thud

I like crosswords.

Frankie likes New York, his favorite restaurant to sing at is Indus Valley.
Iggy hangs out with pop stars but secretly hates popular music.
Rod's friend works in a ship as a steward. People used to mix them up, last evening Rod said "Let's change places today to see whose work is tough". Friend: "Did you forget about my stage fright?"
Townsfolk requested song from Dusty. She said "the acoustics in spring fields is great".
Stevie can't wait to get home to read "Alice in wonderland". In interview he admitted, "I get wisdom from the story".
At 20, to cope with poverty, Chuck stole berries from neighbors & would sell it in the street market. 1 bucket=50$.

"Smb. help this poor chap, he's bowing like crazy!", shouted David.
Mary travells around the world in 80 days. She said the inspiration was reading Jules Verne (sp?) story with such title. "I did it! Woo-hoo!", she posted in Twitter.

Christopher said to manager he's being late - some kid got lost & was crossing the street - he helped find the fam.
Jimmy read the newspaper & in the next page there was big shot of his muzzle.
Jeff got upset after getting back to Australia.
Louisa grew up to be wee lady. She said "I liked Bobby my little puppy".
Bobby was darin' as a kid: he threw the garbage to the face of passers-by.
Desmond is into occult. He says "I am blue oyster". When people asked him what this means, he said it's secret.
Johnny used to count cash - now it's very difficult to do, with big bucks at play.

I don't get the ones about Christopher, Jeff or Louisa.  :brow

Is Tom Petty?
Is George Harris' son?

Ozzy went to the library to get "Wizard of the Oz" for grandkids, then checked the DVDs & chose "The Bourne Identity".
The Mama Michelle was drinking tea when smb. took her sandwich from her table. She yelled, "The Papas! Catch this scoundrel!"
Joanna got some_new instrument - guess what? Harp!
Judee sat at windowsill but then got tired of sitting & went jogging.

I don't quite think you know the meaning of "pun", dear.  ;D

No, those are great.

There is actually a park in Fairfax, Virginia called Van Dyck Park (spelled a bit different from Van Dyke):
click for map (https://www.google.com/maps/place/Van+Dyck+Park,+3720+Old+Lee+Hwy,+Fairfax,+VA+22030/@38.8537957,-77.2988176,16z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x89b64ebd4278ef3b:0x7d2ad16eda62b240)

EDIT: On a city of Farfax website they actually do spell it Van Dyke:
http://visitfairfax.com/2011/van-dyke-park/

Great!

There's a Gracie Field in Rootstown, Ohio:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS1wpPg3itM

and even a Punky's Meadow (apparently!!):

http://www.fairylandgame.com/fbfairy/fairygarden.php?id=2376048

https://twitter.com/mrnickharvey/status/738641296143876098

"Artist-song"
Bunch of champs was sitting in cafe drinking milk, one of the guys' phones rang. He said it was his sister asking to buy tequila.
3 boys at the beach were playing frisbee. They had fun (triple fun!).
Nino was running uptempo. Soon in April his new puppy will arrive. He's going to call it Stevens & bought the cutie deep purple leash.
Emitt lives in Rhode Island. The roommate came & said, "Emitt, will you, please, get rid of that daisy? I hate that flower!" "I picked it fresh yesterday".
Neil found diamond in the jewellery store floor. He asked, "Whose stone is it?" Solitary man who just walked into the store yelled, "It's mine! Thank you!"
Lesley used to like gore. But now, after her Halloween party went too bizarre, she doesn't.
Animals gathered together to get food from restaurant. Sushi chef sees them; their leader says, "We gotta get out of this place".

Tbc

Some youth tried to steal Barry White's wallet. The singer said, "Son, you're the 1st & last who tried to get my bucks. I ain't gonna give everything to strangers".
Renee stood at the river's left bank waiting for friend. Then she hears the voice telling her she should be standing at the right bank. So she walked away to meet friend there.
The new millennium began at 5 a.m.
Seasons change but Terry still plays banjo with the sunrise. His brother Jacks who sleeps in the upper bunk can't bear it.
Universal Pictures demands new horror from the Board of directors. The script is zombies attacking the planet,  the working title "This will be our year".

Paul McCartney's car stopped in the middle of driveway, the petrol ran out. Then he sees the neon lights. He goes to check & reads "Bates Motel", goes into the main house to register, the young chap doesn't recognize. Paul asks, "What's for supper?" The youth answers, "Yesterday's scrambled eggs". Paul "Jolly good".
Frank was balloted as new senator. He thinks winds of change played the role. or to be exact, summer winds of change.
Al Jardine sent me a postcard from California with Big Sur pictures.
The lady in black lace introduced the tourists to the guide whose T-shirt read "I am the music man".
Bjork is busy at the soundcheck. She doesn't like the theatre acoustics. Says in her cutesy Icelandic accent "It's oh so quiet, people at the back end will not hear".
Wendy & Carnie fly to Laplandia. Then they both shout, "Hey! It's Santa! He was in the clip with us" "Yeah, "Hey Santa"! Small world".
Mary hops to the evening train to see the newest Sam Peckinpah. Smb. at the door knocks. "Who's there?" "Kermit frog. ::) Checking tickets".

Brendan is standing in the line to buy stapler. Finally he's buying it but before, tells to shop woman he'd like to check if it works. Lo & behold, it's stuck. Then suddenly he stapled his finger. The woman said, "Bad finger". He threw aggressively, "Know without you".

2 boys Jan & Dean were riding the bike. Jan puts the breaks "Hey, Dean, we forgot to send letter to my teacher. She's old lady who moved to Pasadena".

Smb. jumped to Toni Basil's back: "TA-DA!" She got scared & turned who's the idiot. Then gleefully yells, "HEY MICKEY!"

Little boy George & his puppy were playing in the snow. Then parents say "Darling, we're going to church. Leave the dog. He'll be alright." George started to act stubborn "But it's boring there! I'd like to stay! Besides, don't you know it poisons your minds?? It's rubbish!". Some parent replied, "Welllll. After the church we'll go to your favorite club Culture". George shined.

"OK, where are we?", asked the tourists. The guide "We're in magnetic place - the fields of St. Etienne. When I 1st visited this place I felt like the luckiest guy on the Lower East. I'm sure you'll agree".

Some guy hired singing duet "Righteous Brothers" to sing serenade to the girl by her house. They arrived & start singing, "You're my soul & my heart inspiration...". Then amidst the song the 3rd floor window opens, they see some old guy's face. He shouts "Your bad music woke me up. What the hell you're doing here?" "We're paid to sing song to girl". "What's her name?" "Alex". "You're standing by the wrong house. It's next". "Sorry" said embarrassed & confused singers.

2 budding actors Liam & Noel practiced the scene in drama class. The 1st student forgot his dialog lines. Noel goes "Aaarrrrgh! Told you before to read your lines! You said [mockingly] "Will do, will do". Liam interrupts "Calm down, dude. We've got time, for goodness' sake. Don't look back in anger". Professor Gallagher "Finished? Take your fight outside the class. Now, off you go. We're going to study the movie "Oasis", developments & camera work etc."