When we were at school, Smokey changed the lyrics to the chorus of the Pet Shop Boys seminal hit 'Rent' to the following:

'look at my arse, look at my ring, it's always up for rent, I love you 'cause you are bent'.

Every time I hear this track, nearly thirty years after Smokey's homophobic arrangement of Mr Lowe and Tennants piece, the above lyrics pop in my head.

I also hear, every time I hear Robbie Williams 'Let me Entertain you', the words 'let me kill and rape you' come into my mind.

I know I am not alone in re-arranging lyrics. Are there other tracks where you have rewritten the lyrics of the original?

"That was fun and to round off the day, I am off to steal a charity collection box and then desecrate a place of worship.” - Smokey, The Selhurst Arms, 26/02/02

small faces - lazy sunday

I always change the lyric " I`ve got no mind to worry " to " I`ve got no gin and tonic " . at a boozy afternoon as a lad sitting on the balcony of our apartment in Ibiza 1980 the small faces blasting out, my mate sang that while thrusting his empty g and t glass in the air motioning to the nearest to the bar to fill it up , I suppose you had to be there !

interviewer " iggy , do you think you influenced anybody?"
iggy pop " I think I wiped out the 60`S "

dirty water - the standells

"boston youre my home "

" soooouth London youre my home "

interviewer " iggy , do you think you influenced anybody?"
iggy pop " I think I wiped out the 60`S "

the farm - all together now

" all together now , in leather ,with trevor "

interviewer " iggy , do you think you influenced anybody?"
iggy pop " I think I wiped out the 60`S "

And 'Jesus wants me for a sunbeam' to 'Jesus wants me for a sp*nkrag'

Lend me a Tenor

31 May to 3 June 2017

John McIntosh Arts Centre
London Oratory School
SW6 1RX

with Superfly in the chorus
[Link]

I have issues but Jesus don't have tissues

Lend me a Tenor

31 May to 3 June 2017

John McIntosh Arts Centre
London Oratory School
SW6 1RX

with Superfly in the chorus
[Link]