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Fun Lovin' Criminals — Crazy Train
Album: Mimosa
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Released: 1999
Length: 3:29
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Crazy, but that's how it goes, millions of people, living as hoes,
But maybe, it's not too late,
to learn how to love and forget how to hate,

But mental wounds, they still heal, but drivin' me, insane,
I'm going off the rails of my crazy train,

I've listened to preachers, I've even listened to fools, y'all.
I've watched all the dropouts, who make their own rules,
See that person's condition, to whom they control,
You know the media sells it y'all, and you live the woe,

But mental wounds, they still heal, but drivin' me, insane,
I'm going off the rails of my crazy train,

I know that things ain't going well for my ass,
But you got to listen to my words,

As of a cold war, that's what we've become,
Inheriting troubles, yo i'm mentally numb,
Crazy, I just cannot bear,
I'm livin' with something, that just isn't fair,

With mental wounds, not healin', drivin' me, insane,
See I'm going off the rails of that crazy train,

Crazy.
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more of criminals please! love them!
Posted 13 years ago by zitherica    [ Reply ]
We need Hellsongs rendition of "I just want you" after this!

Posted 13 years ago by Frater_Kork    [ Reply ]
Heard the beginning if this from the other room & was ready for some Ozzy. Then this happened... IMO like putting a silk hat on a pig- it just doesn't work.
Posted 13 years ago by Skaterella    [ Reply ]
YEA!

Posted 13 years ago by gjones    [ Reply ]
Holy shit did this train come off the tracks.
 
Posted 13 years ago by iTuner    [ Reply ]
 bluecshells wrote:
What the heck is this?
 

Hard to say.  Sounds vaguely familiar though.  {#Ask}
Posted 13 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
 Jelani wrote:
did he say millions of people living as "ho's" ?
 
If I'm not mistaken, I also heard "I know that things are going wrong for my ex"...  Beauty.

Posted 13 years ago by alanthecowboy    [ Reply ]
And here I thought it couldn't get any worse than Opium Jukebox's Iron Man...

silly me
Posted 13 years ago by kaviksdad    [ Reply ]
Randy Rhodes was the man ...this parody (original interpretation) didnt work ..for me

Posted 13 years ago by stratzippy    [ Reply ]
That's what I heard
 Jelani wrote:
did he say millions of people living as "ho's" ?
 


Posted 13 years ago by blackdogsailing    [ Reply ]
 tompoll wrote:
Hey, if you're gonna' go this direction, you gotta' go Richard Cheese baby!
 
Oh, YES!!!

can we go the whole hog and have a bit of max raabe too?

Posted 13 years ago by robh    [ Reply ]
 Jelani wrote:
did he say millions of people living as "ho's" ?
 
That's what I heard too, I think he may be updating the lyrics a bit. The lyrics sites say the original word is "foes".

Posted 13 years ago by Nerubo    [ Reply ]
What the heck is this?
Posted 13 years ago by bluecshells    [ Reply ]
Opium Jukebox's "Iron Man" followed by this—Bill, you are brilliant!  Brilliant in a way that's slightly unnerving, but still—brilliant!
Posted 13 years ago by Baby_M    [ Reply ]
Hahaha!  RP is out of control!  I like this better than Ozzy.  Much better. 
Posted 13 years ago by bluecshells    [ Reply ]
did he say millions of people living as "ho's" ?
Posted 13 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
...oh bill, you're tearing up the tubes this afternoon!..  {#Roflol}
Posted 13 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
rated a 10 due to dorks that gave this a 1
Posted 14 years ago by neuticle    [ Reply ]
Hey, if you're gonna' go this direction, you gotta' go Richard Cheese baby!
Posted 14 years ago by tompoll    [ Reply ]
Remember that scene in "Air America" with the lounge act cheesing their way through America's "Horse With No Name"?  That's what this reminds me of...  It's so awful, it's great.  Lots of fun for a Halloween weekend. {#Roflol}
Posted 14 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
Totally dug this!
Posted 15 years ago by Shaker    [ Reply ]
Hey, it's almost Halloween, Come on!  It's fun!
Posted 15 years ago by ronniegirl    [ Reply ]
Now I know Bill promised to play it only once, but isn't it time to break out Enter Sandman again? {#Cheesygrin}
Posted 15 years ago by g-rod    [ Reply ]
uhmmm...okay...jury still out...5
Posted 15 years ago by Decoy    [ Reply ]
mark knopfler wanna be on a bad day?
Posted 15 years ago by gofishbish    [ Reply ]
Seriously.......?????

1
Posted 15 years ago by etcarroll    [ Reply ]
Flaccid at best.
Posted 16 years ago by notremotely    [ Reply ]
MIM-O-SA........like LEV-EE-Oh-SA, or what ever spell Hermoine Granger spoke.....
Posted 16 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
His voice gets hidden too much in the music, during the breaks/fills, IMO. Nice, otherwise.
Posted 16 years ago by Johray63    [ Reply ]
Tumbleweed
Posted 16 years ago by EssexTex    [ Reply ]
Almost 30% 1 votes. Hhmmmm ... I wonder if the Ozzy version got a similar ratio? Update: nope. only ~7% are haters of that.
Posted 16 years ago by smdeeg    [ Reply ]
Usually when I loathe a cover it's because I loved the original. Seems to be the reverse, here--I like this version quite well!
Posted 16 years ago by Xeric    [ Reply ]
If someone is going to do a remake, turn it inside out and make it your own. Hats off the FLC for doing just that.
Posted 16 years ago by Robrrt    [ Reply ]
This is the weakest, lamest, youtubey remake I have ever heard. As much as I enjoy Bills finds in the remake department, THIS IS NOT RP material
Posted 16 years ago by BikeCoachDave    [ Reply ]
What the hell is this? Just stick with the original!
Posted 16 years ago by Whirlpool    [ Reply ]
sweet!, soulful! ...I feel like I'm at a wedding, after the band gets drunk.
Posted 16 years ago by morgsy67    [ Reply ]
Stop it! Just stop it!
Posted 16 years ago by redtex    [ Reply ]
AliGator wrote:
Yeah, I'll see you your Aztec Camera, but I don't know who to raise you.
Leonard Cohen?
Posted 17 years ago by RobK    [ Reply ]
Y'know? It's almost guarenteed that if a song is a cover, there will be a strong contingent of music snobs who can only narrow-mindedly see the original as vastly superior. These folk need to lighten up and have some fun with their sacred classics.
Posted 17 years ago by skdenfeld    [ Reply ]
siandbeth wrote:
Nope, I heard it to. Go Wapner!
I'm hearing some Monday Night Football commercial segway music in there.
Posted 17 years ago by big_sb    [ Reply ]
Jamunca wrote:
Was I the only one that heard the theme from People's Court in the beginning?
Nope, I heard it to. Go Wapner!
Posted 17 years ago by siandbeth    [ Reply ]
Was I the only one that heard the theme from People's Court in the beginning?
Posted 17 years ago by Jamunca    [ Reply ]
xkolibuul wrote:
You haters are just all wrong. This is brilliant.
Posted 17 years ago by dionysius    [ Reply ]
You haters are just all wrong. This is brilliant.
Posted 17 years ago by xkolibuul    [ Reply ]
braindrain wrote:
Aztec Camera?
Yeah, I'll see you your Aztec Camera, but I don't know who to raise you.
Posted 17 years ago by AliGator    [ Reply ]
rtkmusic wrote:
yikes! the fact that someone thought this would be a good idea is evidence that the drug war is STILL not working...
Well that depends on which side you are on...
Posted 17 years ago by AlienRelic    [ Reply ]
Pat Boone's cover is far superior.
Posted 17 years ago by ematt    [ Reply ]
Aztec Camera?
Posted 17 years ago by braindrain    [ Reply ]
Great song Great lyrics "learn who to love and forget how to hate"
Posted 17 years ago by jmsmy    [ Reply ]
vandal wrote:
almost as funny as The Gourds' version of "Gin & Juice"
Which is pure genius.
Posted 17 years ago by Odyzzeuz    [ Reply ]
Where's the Ozzy version? This is no comparison, except disgusting!
Posted 17 years ago by ginniet    [ Reply ]
yikes! the fact that someone thought this would be a good idea is evidence that the drug war is STILL not working...
Posted 17 years ago by rtkmusic    [ Reply ]
Cripes, I have to come in here just to dis this song again... Pat Boone, pretending to be Mark Knopfler, pretending to be Ozzy Osborne. But they're coouuuuusinnnnns....
Posted 17 years ago by Beanie    [ Reply ]
A 10. This is a perfect example of... something something.
Posted 17 years ago by Odyzzeuz    [ Reply ]
true dat drmaybe wrote:
Totally agree. It's funny how people 'go off the rails' here and shoot down covers that aren't different enough from the original, then crap on this one for being too different. I like the original, but at this point it's pretty much pure camp anyway... If the original didn't exist I'd still like this version, but since the original does exist, this one gets extra stars for finding something unusual in it that makes it new again.
Posted 17 years ago by ChrisInCT    [ Reply ]
Shades of Dire Straits' "My Parties". The secret's in the cheese...
Posted 17 years ago by plaid    [ Reply ]
Gets a 9 strictly on humor value. This is hilarious!
Posted 17 years ago by AlienRelic    [ Reply ]
joeheyming wrote:
remindes me of richard cheese
Of course. I particularly like his version of Rape Me.
Posted 17 years ago by Odyzzeuz    [ Reply ]
This song doesn't seem to have very good flow. It just bounces all over the place. Sucko. Barfo.
Posted 17 years ago by bcorcoran    [ Reply ]
I think it's hilarious! c'mon, where's your funny bone? broken?
Posted 17 years ago by DigitalJer    [ Reply ]
remindes me of richard cheese
Posted 17 years ago by joeheyming    [ Reply ]
painter wrote:
This is garbage.
you said that about the last song (Avalanches, "Frontier Psychiatrist"). are they both garbage in the same way? what don't you like about them?
Posted 18 years ago by keemun    [ Reply ]
The lounge version they used for the credits for The Osbournes was catchier in my opinion.
Posted 18 years ago by ArbiterOfGoodTaste    [ Reply ]
This is garbage.
Posted 18 years ago by painter    [ Reply ]
Of all the FLC tracks, why pick this lemon?
Posted 18 years ago by jah_blessed    [ Reply ]
Heh, check out the cover Travis did of "Hit Me Baby One More Time."
Posted 18 years ago by SinBlossom    [ Reply ]
almost as funny as The Gourds' version of "Gin & Juice"
Posted 18 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
Made me laugh :) And haha to the haters who are very SERIOUS BUSINESS about this. Try a latte enema or something.
Posted 18 years ago by pinkfu    [ Reply ]
pope183 wrote:
my comment (click here)
LOL
Posted 18 years ago by Dylan76    [ Reply ]
This is almost as bad as the Vegas lounge version put out by Pat Boone in the late 90's!!!
Posted 18 years ago by Walrus_Gumbo    [ Reply ]
Have a great weekend you crazy bastards!! Let's go Mets!!
Posted 18 years ago by drtjdel    [ Reply ]
I thought this was Mark Knopfler and couldn't figure out why the HELL he did a cover of this. Oh, I crack me up sometimes.
Posted 18 years ago by cayenne    [ Reply ]
I coulda swore this was "Richard Cheese"... https://www.richardcheese.com/rclounge.html (click here)
Posted 18 years ago by stratrjb    [ Reply ]
No wonder you only play this about once a year. Next time try making it two years.
Posted 18 years ago by 25demayo    [ Reply ]
Doesn't he sound like my hero, MK? My Parties, On Every Street.
Posted 18 years ago by drtjdel    [ Reply ]
I don't know what made me laugh harder, the first ten seconds of this or the links to www.iiiiiiii.com. Thanks, ever'body! Nice mental illness theme in this set.
Posted 18 years ago by SinBlossom    [ Reply ]
No No No!!! I could sing this poorly. Bill, I can send you a tape.
Posted 18 years ago by Gaylord_Meatface    [ Reply ]
Funniest play list ever.
Fun Lovin' Criminals - Crazy Train Black Sabbath - Paranoid Rockwell - Someones Watching Me
Posted 18 years ago by bobrk    [ Reply ]
I don't think this song could get any different. Van Halen hands down rocks this song like non other but not too bad.
Posted 18 years ago by laughingflower    [ Reply ]
this is great! my hubby is always cracking me up by singing odd hardcore songs in swing tempo. I guess he has brainwashed me...
Posted 19 years ago by trompetilla    [ Reply ]
ArbiterOfGoodTaste wrote:
"ay yay yay" is right... The original is just much cooler.
official link to ay yay yay is www.iiiiiiii.com thats 8, i's btw
Posted 19 years ago by pope183    [ Reply ]
Jimmy2000 wrote:
I love it! Purists be damned, this is just fun stuff. Nothing philosophically wrong with covers, especially when the cover is in and of itself interesting and different. Way to go, Bill!
Totally agree. It's funny how people 'go off the rails' here and shoot down covers that aren't different enough from the original, then crap on this one for being too different. I like the original, but at this point it's pretty much pure camp anyway... If the original didn't exist I'd still like this version, but since the original does exist, this one gets extra stars for finding something unusual in it that makes it new again.
Posted 19 years ago by drmaybe    [ Reply ]
my comment (click here)
Posted 19 years ago by pope183    [ Reply ]
Is that Mark Knopfler singing it? Ye Gods, now that'd be crazy!
Posted 19 years ago by Baby_M    [ Reply ]
"ay yay yay" is right... The original is just much cooler.
Posted 19 years ago by ArbiterOfGoodTaste    [ Reply ]
Even though this song needs the previous song's help, it's just not good at all. Good set manipulation, bad song.
Posted 19 years ago by UltraNurd    [ Reply ]
And some of my uploads were rejected? Oh my! The Carbon Leaf version of this song is so much better, IMHO.
Posted 19 years ago by artmarcia    [ Reply ]
This is much more fun than the plodding original.
Posted 19 years ago by bobrk    [ Reply ]
Hmm...not sure how I feel about this. Love the Ozzy version, but this is kind of funny...not bad actually. Still, it is the Crazy Train. If I am going off the rails on the crazy train, I want to go way off...not bad lounge off. Anyway...
Posted 19 years ago by cbonai    [ Reply ]
killahfunkadelic wrote:
This is fun. Get a sense of humor please people, and repeat after me, "It's OK to have fun... It's OK to have fun... It's OK to have fun... "
IF YOU THINK THIS SONG DEFINES "FUN" , THAT'S YOUR PREROGATIVE.
Posted 19 years ago by KMH    [ Reply ]
I love it! Purists be damned, this is just fun stuff. Nothing philosophically wrong with covers, especially when the cover is in and of itself interesting and different. Way to go, Bill!
Posted 19 years ago by Jimmy2000    [ Reply ]
Dais wrote:
It's OK to remake a song, but this is a remake of the remake. Cheesy.
i was just wondering about that - this was produced after the show theme reprise?
Posted 19 years ago by MisterVErb    [ Reply ]
that is hillarious, just for the intro alone an 8
Posted 19 years ago by th3boon    [ Reply ]
This is fun. Get a sense of humor please people, and repeat after me, "It's OK to have fun... It's OK to have fun... It's OK to have fun... "
Posted 19 years ago by killahfunkadelic    [ Reply ]
zaknafein wrote:
Tom Waits meets Ozzy. Funny shit.
Sound more like Knopfler to me
Posted 19 years ago by cmrump    [ Reply ]
RiverCityRansom wrote:
You people need to lighten the fuck up, seriously, does everything have to be King Crimson, Pink Floyd, and world music?? or can you just relax once in a while??
Totally agree!!! FLC make cool tongue in cheek music that is great for certain times, eg when you just wanna chill... Not their strongest tune, but still a 7 from me. :goodvibes:
Posted 19 years ago by pyxxel    [ Reply ]
This reminds me of that Simpsons episode where they turn "Planet Of The Apes" into a musical.....
Posted 19 years ago by Mark1970    [ Reply ]
TampaPurple wrote:
:nodhead:
Posted 19 years ago by Lotsobots    [ Reply ]
Now this is eclectic. 8)
Posted 19 years ago by winter    [ Reply ]
you really have to play this with the cardigans' lounge cover of 'iron man', or their barbershop-style version of 'mr.crowley'.
Posted 19 years ago by mildersoap    [ Reply ]
puppykicker wrote:
This sucks. Shatner meets Ozzy.
Agree. Conceptually hilarious. Actually, not so much...
Posted 19 years ago by counter    [ Reply ]
This sucks. Shatner meets Ozzy.
Posted 19 years ago by puppykicker    [ Reply ]
LOL Tom Waits meets Ozzy. Funny shit.
Posted 19 years ago by zaknafein    [ Reply ]
RiverCityRansom wrote:
You people need to lighten the fuck up, seriously, does everything have to be King Crimson, Pink Floyd, and world music?? or can you just relax once in a while??
Posted 19 years ago by TampaPurple    [ Reply ]
You people need to lighten the fuck up, seriously, does everything have to be King Crimson, Pink Floyd, and world music?? or can you just relax once in a while??
Posted 19 years ago by RiverCityRansom    [ Reply ]
YecatsRoo wrote:
Where DO you find all these radical covers, RP?? Ozzy on qualudes....
Well, I uploaded it I first heard this on a sunny afternoon on an open-air music festival, lying in the sun, and it really hit the spot. Especially the guitar. I was not neccesarily sober, though. I had no idea this was a cover (of a cover again?), I just liked the relaxed tune with the tongue placed firmly in cheek. Then again, I'm really no Ozzy Osbourne/Black Sabbath/Hardrock fan. That may explain things. This is so obviously intentionally cheesy, that it's probably way cooler than the hard-rock original. So there. I agree though, that RP often plays some rather unusual covers, but that's really not a bad thing. ANNE_MARIE wrote:
too much cheese man.
Well, it was a Dutch festival.
Posted 19 years ago by ce    [ Reply ]
Stop it please! Ozzy does it much better. These guys sound just so..... confused!
Posted 20 years ago by pilate    [ Reply ]
It's OK to remake a song, but this is a remake of the remake. Cheesy.
Posted 20 years ago by Dais    [ Reply ]
*giggles maniacally*
Posted 20 years ago by RobMagus    [ Reply ]
I dig it. I love the intro to the original, but once they lyrics start the original song sounds very different--very dated. This one is fresh & fun. /Chris
Posted 20 years ago by clsheppard    [ Reply ]
Steelhead wrote:
Nice thought to try and turn this tune into something different - but to go from one of the best hard rock tunes of the era - to some lame lounge music?????
You've obviously never heard the theme music to The Osbournes...
Posted 20 years ago by mrselfdestruct    [ Reply ]
I don't think it's sacrilege...just awful.
Posted 20 years ago by Luthien    [ Reply ]
Nice thought to try and turn this tune into something different - but to go from one of the best hard rock tunes of the era - to some lame lounge music?????
Posted 20 years ago by Steelhead    [ Reply ]
Sounds like Bill Murray's old cabaret singer schtick from SNL from years ago...
Posted 20 years ago by GolfRomeo    [ Reply ]
GregX59 wrote:
Didn't Pat Boone do a cover of this tune? I'd rather hear that one...
It's almost a deadlock as to which cover is worse.
Posted 20 years ago by redeyespy    [ Reply ]
It makes me want to sip a mimosa and eat cantelope as I make the grapes dance on my plate.
Posted 20 years ago by brighthue    [ Reply ]
indigo_xia wrote:
This is hysterical!
It is, and was meant to be. Just as funny is the reaction of those who hold the original version in such high esteem and consider this to be a sacrilege. Few songs in the rock pantheon are “above” a tongue-in-cheek send-up -- and Crazy Train isn’t one of them.
Posted 20 years ago by rls    [ Reply ]
camarkim wrote:
I'm surprised nobody has mentioned that this sounds like Mark Knopfler on vocals.
I agree but I hate to even tenuously associate someone of that level of talent with ..............
Posted 20 years ago by Peyote    [ Reply ]
I don't rate many songs 1 but I have for the last two played. No, wait, Ween just came on - make that a Sucko Barfo trifecta.
Posted 20 years ago by Spliff    [ Reply ]
This is hysterical!
Posted 20 years ago by indigo_xia    [ Reply ]