h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I think it's "extra time" but that doesn't make much sense...

David

Well, if there's one thing Prince isn't famous for, it's making sense.

"the passengers looked worried,
as i put the jumpsuit on the king
he looked at me quite sadly
while he said he should have rang"

That's good, it doesn't have to rhyme.

There's also that song about the enormous sea creature who gets sacked from his job for being much worse than all the others - "A Sh*ter Paid-Off Whale".

I'll get me coat.

"He pulled on his flares
I don't believe he's of the human race
He combed a quiff into his hair
As he travelled into outerspace"

what does their name translate to anyway?

According to Gary Brooker who said
"We didn't invent it, our manager at the time 'phoned up and said he'd found a name. We said, 'What is it?' 'Procol Harum.' 'Oh, great.' And it sounds like us, in fact, sounds like what we sound like, so that was that. He didn't just pluck it out of the air, it was the name of a Pedigree name of a cat of a friend of his. And of course everyone went, 'What does it mean? What does it mean?' We didn't know it, so we had to find out. We did find out that we actually had got the name wrong over the telephone, we spelt it wrong. But in Latin, the cat's name was 'Procul' with a 'u' and 'Harun' with an 'n' on the end, and it meant 'Beyond these things' in Latin. We got round to saying that Procol Harum in fact meant 'Beyond these things', which was a nice coincidence".

its still in my head! and i can only remember the first couple of lines so its even worse!