Uptown Girl Question
Royal Ellinger
I was at work when "Uptown Girl" started playing and one part of the lyrics puzzled
me. Is it "she's been livin' in her white-bred world" or "white bread world?" Does
anyone have clarification of this spelling?
Nick Ellinger
elli...@ctrvax.vanderbilt.edu
daxm...@pipeline.com
In article <3204F6...@beta.inc.net>, Royal Ellinger writes:
>I was at work when "Uptown Girl" started playing and one part of the
lyrics puzzled
>me. Is it "she's been livin' in her white-bred world" or "white bread
world?" Does
>anyone have clarification of this spelling?
Ron Rohrssen
I'm pretty sure that the correct spelling is "White
Bread world".
Royal Ellinger wrote:
>
> I was at work when "Uptown Girl" started playing and one part of the lyrics puzzled
> me. Is it "she's been livin' in her white-bred world" or "white bread world?" Does
> anyone have clarification of this spelling?
>
> Nick Ellinger
> elli...@ctrvax.vanderbilt.edu
Todd M. Bullivant
>I'm pretty sure that the correct spelling is "White
>Bread world".
Actually, according to the lyris sheet, it is "white bred world", meaning
she was "bred" in a white family setting.
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John Magnus Altinger
Royal Ellinger <ro...@beta.inc.net> wrote:
>I was at work when "Uptown Girl" started playing and one part of the lyrics puzzled
>me. Is it "she's been livin' in her white-bred world" or "white bread world?" Does
>anyone have clarification of this spelling?
>Nick Ellinger
>elli...@ctrvax.vanderbilt.edu
HEH!
Odd question, but right in front of me I have the lyrics sheet from
"Billy Joels Greatest Hits: Volume 1 & Volume 2.
"She's been living in her white bread world"
There ya go!
PS - Last week someone stole my CD out of my car and got Volume 1.
Pissed me right F@$#%@#%'in off, since the CD set was expensive, and
Volume 1 is MUCH better than Volume 2.
phan...@ix.netcom.com
Ron Rohrssen wrote:
>
> I'm pretty sure that the correct spelling is "White
> Bread world".
>
> >
> > I was at work when "Uptown Girl" started playing and one part of the lyrics puzzled
> > me. Is it "she's been livin' in her white-bred world" or "white bread world?" Does
> > anyone have clarification of this spelling?
> >
> > Nick Ellinger
> > elli...@ctrvax.vanderbilt.edu
greatest hits cd.
Daniel Knapp
John "Magnus" Altinger (alti...@max-net.com) wrote:
: PS - Last week someone stole my CD out of my car and got Volume 1.
: Pissed me right F@$#%@#%'in off, since the CD set was expensive, and
: Volume 1 is MUCH better than Volume 2.
Funny, I kinda like Vol. 2 better. Well to each their own I guess.
DAN
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Alan Schelp
Hey Nick,
On Sun, 4 Aug 1996, you wrote:
> I was at work when "Uptown Girl" started playing and one part of the lyrics puzzled
> me. Is it "she's been livin' in her white-bred world" or "white bread world?" Does
> anyone have clarification of this spelling?
>
> Nick Ellinger
> elli...@ctrvax.vanderbilt.edu
>
It's White bread, you know like Wonder Bread with the red, yellow and blue
balloons on the wrapper...
Alan
James Kass
-- John Magnus Altinger wrote:
> Odd question, but right in front of me I have the lyrics sheet from
> "Billy Joels Greatest Hits: Volume 1 & Volume 2.
>
> "She's been living in her white bread world"
So what world is Billy Living in? Pumpernickel? Rye? Whole Wheat? Rasin?
Maybe he's an english muffin since he's a downtown man... You know, fork
split with a lot of nooks and cranies... Perhaps, considering the style
of music he's often lumped into he'd be a "Pop" tart. No, that's
elton... :)
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John Yeung
Todd M. Bullivant (ra...@epix.net) wrote:
> >I'm pretty sure that the correct spelling is "White
> >Bread world".
> Actually, according to the lyris sheet, it is "white bred world", meaning
> she was "bred" in a white family setting.
Er, what lyric sheet are you looking at? The _Innocent Man_ liner notes
list "white bread world" both times that it appears in the song. (And it
so happens that it fits in much better than "bred" anyway.)
John
Todd M. Bullivant
>> Actually, according to the lyris sheet, it is "white bred world",
meaning
>> she was "bred" in a white family setting.
>
>Er, what lyric sheet are you looking at? The _Innocent Man_ liner notes
>list "white bread world" both times that it appears in the song. (And it
>so happens that it fits in much better than "bred" anyway.)
Hmm... I was looking at the lyrics sheet that I found online. What does
he mean by white "bread" world? To me, the other way fits better...
Jamey Rosen
In article <4uc9ts$6...@csugrad.cs.vt.edu>,
John Yeung <jye...@csugrad.cs.vt.edu> wrote:
>Er, what lyric sheet are you looking at? The _Innocent Man_ liner notes
>list "white bread world" both times that it appears in the song. (And it
>so happens that it fits in much better than "bred" anyway.)
I've learned over the years that both liner notes and sheet music can be
very wrong...the artist produces neither in most cases. A similar
situation occurs in "She's Always A Woman"; some liner notes have the
line "she can't be convicted, she's earned her degree", while others have
it as "decree".
Jamey
Jeremy Michael Crosbie
In article <4udk11$d...@star.epix.net>,
Todd M. Bullivant <ra...@epix.net> wrote:
>>> Actually, according to the lyris sheet, it is "white bred world",
>meaning
>>> she was "bred" in a white family setting.
>>
>>list "white bread world" both times that it appears in the song. (And it
>>so happens that it fits in much better than "bred" anyway.)
>
>he mean by white "bread" world? To me, the other way fits better...
>
>
One does not consider to upbringing of a human as "breeding." White bread is
is often used to describe something that is boring, bland, untarnished, clean,
etc. Kind of like the way "vanilla" is used to describe something plain. I guess
Billy would have sounded weird saying "vanilla world" instead of "white bread world".
Kristin E Buhrman
I take that back....it is "white bread world"
Kristin E Buhrman
In <3204F6...@beta.inc.net> Royal Ellinger <ro...@beta.inc.net>
writes:
>I was at work when "Uptown Girl" started playing and one part of the
lyrics puzzled
>me. Is it "she's been livin' in her white-bred world" or "white bread
world?" Does
>anyone have clarification of this spelling?
>
>Nick Ellinger
>elli...@ctrvax.vanderbilt.edu
As far as I know it's "white-bred world"...
Florian Prinz
I am reading this 25 after the last person here posted the most recent reply. In case anyone on here is still alive: I think it's an intentional pun. Both might be correct.