This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
words in parenthesis are in a speaking voice, the rest is singing!
TOGETHER:
You and I are
So awfully different
Too awfully different
To ever be pals
STEWIE
Do you wanna go first?
BRIAN
(Yeah, I'll go)
Your favorite hero is the Marci Dasah
STEWIE
(You're one to talk)
You get a stiffy
From Phylicia Rashad
BRIAN
(Oh, one time!)
STEWIE
I’ve a style flare
Just look at my hip hair
BRIAN
Yeah that quite a nice do there
STEWIE
(Thanks!)
BRIAN
(For me to poop on!)
STEWIE
(What?)
BRIAN
(Oh, come on you look like Charlie Brown!)
STEWIE
(Bite me, Snoopy!)
TOGETHER
Well there’s not
A whole lot
That we've got
To agree on
BRIAN
Cause I like the strings of a classical score
STEWIE
And I like that singer who looks like a whore
BRIAN
(Rickie Martin?)
STEWIE
(Love ‘em!)
TOGETHER
We're too different to ever be pals!
TOGETHER
You and I are
CROWD
do-do-do
TOGETHER
So awfully different
CROWD
do-do-do
TOGETHER
Too awfully different
CROWD
do-do-do
TOGETHER
To ever be pals!
CROWD
(do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do)
BRIAN
Your heads as massive as a meteorite
STEWIE
(Oh, very funny)
You have a weenie like a Christmas tree light
BRIAN:
I’d bet money
You'll marry a honey
Who's pretty and funny
And her name will be Ted
STEWIE
(Oh, a gay joke?)
BRIAN
(Just working with what you give me!)
TOGETHER
You might think
We're N'sync
But we stink
As a Duo!
BRIAN
Cause you get a kick out of carnage and guts
STEWIE
And you get a kick out of stroking your...
BRIAN
(Woah, woah! You can't say that on TV)
STEWIE
(What, ego?)
BRIAN
(Never mind!)
TOGETHER
We're too different
To ever be pals!
ps: babe i told you i fixed this at 3 am bc the last one was driving me crazy. s/o amw
TOGETHER:
You and I are
So awfully different
Too awfully different
To ever be pals
STEWIE
Do you wanna go first?
BRIAN
(Yeah, I'll go)
Your favorite hero is the Marci Dasah
STEWIE
(You're one to talk)
You get a stiffy
From Phylicia Rashad
BRIAN
(Oh, one time!)
STEWIE
I’ve a style flare
Just look at my hip hair
BRIAN
Yeah that quite a nice do there
STEWIE
(Thanks!)
BRIAN
(For me to poop on!)
STEWIE
(What?)
BRIAN
(Oh, come on you look like Charlie Brown!)
STEWIE
(Bite me, Snoopy!)
TOGETHER
Well there’s not
A whole lot
That we've got
To agree on
BRIAN
Cause I like the strings of a classical score
STEWIE
And I like that singer who looks like a whore
BRIAN
(Rickie Martin?)
STEWIE
(Love ‘em!)
TOGETHER
We're too different to ever be pals!
TOGETHER
You and I are
CROWD
do-do-do
TOGETHER
So awfully different
CROWD
do-do-do
TOGETHER
Too awfully different
CROWD
do-do-do
TOGETHER
To ever be pals!
CROWD
(do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do)
BRIAN
Your heads as massive as a meteorite
STEWIE
(Oh, very funny)
You have a weenie like a Christmas tree light
BRIAN:
I’d bet money
You'll marry a honey
Who's pretty and funny
And her name will be Ted
STEWIE
(Oh, a gay joke?)
BRIAN
(Just working with what you give me!)
TOGETHER
You might think
We're N'sync
But we stink
As a Duo!
BRIAN
Cause you get a kick out of carnage and guts
STEWIE
And you get a kick out of stroking your...
BRIAN
(Woah, woah! You can't say that on TV)
STEWIE
(What, ego?)
BRIAN
(Never mind!)
TOGETHER
We're too different
To ever be pals!
ps: babe i told you i fixed this at 3 am bc the last one was driving me crazy. s/o amw
Lyrics submitted by imsokoolitsunkool, edited by kaitlynwilli20
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"... Your favorite hero is the Marci Dasah..."
Idiot! That's marquis de Sade. Have you ever studied in school, you, tomfool?
Exactly. And that actress's name is Phylicia Rashad, you redneck.