the origin of the greeper aka gus greeper
if anybody is up for more cowbell it’s me. i am always heavy on the cowbell. always.
walking to the pitch and putt one day ages ago now, i was hammering on the cowbell. or for you peeps not familiar with SNL, busting out hard on the lyrics to the blue oyster cult’s (don’t fear) the reaper.
i am super bad with lyrics.
for example when i bust out the lyrics to steely dan’s reelin in the years, i sing a variety of lyrics not in the real song.
are you reelin in the knees
stowing away the tide
are you gathering up the tees
have you had enough wine
these may sound like the correct lyrics when i sing them, but they are not.
i also have a tendency – adam just LOVES this one – to sing only one part of whatever song i’m singing that day, hour, minute, second. whether a line, a whole verse a chorus, i give it all i’ve got every time and i sing it over and over and over…..
on this particular day i was givin’er super hard.
DON’T FEAR THE REAPER, REAPER IS A CREEPER, CREEPER FEARS THE REAPER, REAPER IS A GREEPER, GREEPER EATS THE REAPER.
did i mention if i can’t remember the words and haven’t already insisted they are what i’m singing and not what the artist wrote, i will simply make up my own?
DON’T FEAR THE REAPER,REAPER IS A CREEPER,CREEPER FEARS THE REAPER, REAPER IS A GREEPER, GREEPER EATS THE REAPER.
this went on and on in any and every variation you can think of for the entire round. to my surprise adam was laughing (with me) and totally got down with it and before we knew it EVERYTHING was a ‘greeper’, people, wild life, other stuff, they were all greepin’ around the course. greepin’ us out. doing greepy things. bloody greepers. we got home and to our utter dismay discovered that GUS IS A GREEPER. although a very cute little baby greeper. but still a greeper none the less.
sounded like a good name for my website to me.
August 5th, 2005 at 11:23
HAHAHA! Excellent story, thanks for sharing the history of Greeper!
August 5th, 2005 at 12:10
Greepin’ with Gus Greeper.. est.?
i do this too.. makes Joshua laugh so hard he turns red.
i’m thinkin’ we were twins separated at birth.
August 5th, 2005 at 12:12
my mom still uses some of the words i made up years ago..
i love it.
i like putting my pet’s names into songs.
August 5th, 2005 at 13:08
no need to swear. honestly
August 5th, 2005 at 13:32
You made me laugh through my bitchiness! 4 stars for you!
August 5th, 2005 at 13:37
i really can’t say you’re crazy every post you write can i??
you’re such a greepi’n greeper! i totally greep you!
August 5th, 2005 at 15:06
steve, i am confused…there is a line in my bio you may need to refer to:
[b]I swear a lot, if you don’t like the word fuck, you probably won’t like it here.[/b]
i only swore like once in that post which i’m pretty sure is a record for me….or maybe you were just being facetious??
i am not proud of how much i swear but that is me. i have always sworn a lot and have no desire to change that.
August 5th, 2005 at 15:28
sup corinna(if singing gayly is enough)! sorry i havent been by in a while.MEGA BUSY.
its good to LARF with adam.it proves youre not gay yet really gay.him too.
ill make an effort tonight after work to say gday to all!!
keep smilin possum
August 5th, 2005 at 17:12
Made up words are the best! Geezer does that all the time
One time we were playing trivial pursuit and every time someone landed on roll again he would sing a roll again song. Then Sharlotte kept landing on roll again, about 20 times in a row and he kept singing and it drove me so mad I nearly cried with insanity.
August 5th, 2005 at 18:35
Ah! So now I get it
August 5th, 2005 at 18:56
steely dan needs to be made fun of. And never played again by any radio station
August 5th, 2005 at 20:39
LOOOOOL! i have an anal tendency to google for lyrics before i sing them. because the ones i get wrong are the ones that stick like taffy.
August 5th, 2005 at 21:00
Cock of the walk, baby.
August 6th, 2005 at 09:36
I believe it’s time for you to make your own dictionary. A [i]Coritinary[/i] if you will.
August 6th, 2005 at 15:37
chindogu,awesomeRAD idea my friend!
August 6th, 2005 at 16:36
greeper eats the reaper..
moldilocks is a paradox..
spock is a cock..
i love to rhyme!
*i like spock, by the way.. it just rhymed*
August 6th, 2005 at 17:10
I’m feeling a greepie now…not a bad feeling really!
August 6th, 2005 at 19:24
I wish I could clone you.
August 7th, 2005 at 07:03
If you were a vampire I would give you rabie shots and all would be cool.
If you were a zombie I would ask you to marry me, if you wernt a zombie I would eat you.
I give the movie a thumbs up, although I found the plot hard to follow I thought the performances were above average and the cinematography top notch. We look forward to the sequel.
August 7th, 2005 at 13:48
I JUST GOTTA HAVE MORE COWBELL!
August 7th, 2005 at 20:29
i can remember the exact moment that my innocence was taken–after slowing down and speeding up michael jacksons thriller album repeatedly, i have an epiphone, and i put on the alvin and the chipmunks christmas album at suuuper sloooow speed to discover that david seville himself provides alvins voice……..only sped up……….sacre bloooooo.
August 8th, 2005 at 11:11
Okay creative one, now gimme a name for my new pet snake… (I posted on my blog asking for help). There’s even a picture if that helps. And, I’d like to say.. Fuck, fuckity fucked fuck me if you can’t fucking take the word fuck. Did I mention fuck?
August 8th, 2005 at 14:29
hehe… i don’t make up words to songs. i learn EVERY SINGLE WORD… and then sing them all. because i’m freakin’ anal retentive…
August 8th, 2005 at 20:17
hanks for this explanation. I was wondering about it.
August 9th, 2005 at 07:56
hahaha that totally made me laugh!!
i will be over to check out your snake EVEN though snakes are the scariest things on the planet. ON THE PLANET.
August 9th, 2005 at 08:02
i am very glad you all enjoyed the origin of the greeper. your comments were all very very enjoyable.
i wonder if greeper or some variation of greeper has slipped out of any of your mouths recently.
grace and trans i just want to say that i would just LOVE to hang out with you both in person because if you guys insisted on singing the correct lyrics i would in turn sing the wrong ones louder. and then i’d make a tape of all the incorrect lyrics and play them while you were sleeping making it impossible for you to sing the correct ones. EVER. ahh haha haa haa ha how is that for jerky?? i would of course do this out of love.
August 17th, 2005 at 12:19
COOL BEANS – i picked up cool beans around 20 years of age off some jerkette i worked with at future shop in the music department (cause as if i’d work for future shop in any other department) i have TOTALLY made it my own, it is one of my email addresses