Daddy Loved Momma
Deborah Nunn
Maybe I'm completely in the dark about this aspect of driving, and
if so I would love for someone to enlighten me. In Daddy Loved Momma,
Garth Brooks sings:
"He never hit the brakes when he was changin' gears."
Now, I have been driving a stick shift for getting on ten years now, and
I have never, NEVER hit my brakes when I change gears. Have any of you?
Why in the heck is that in this song? Just to make it rhyme?
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Vince Rhee
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>Maybe I'm completely in the dark about this aspect of driving, and
>if so I would love for someone to enlighten me. In Daddy Loved Momma,
>Garth Brooks sings:
>
> "He never hit the brakes when he was changin' gears."
>
>Now, I have been driving a stick shift for getting on ten years now, and
>I have never, NEVER hit my brakes when I change gears. Have any of you?
>Why in the heck is that in this song? Just to make it rhyme?
>
The way that I understood the song (and I think that the
lyrics sheet says this, too --- I'll have to look) is
that the line went
"He never hit the brakes AND he was shiftin' gears..."
Now it makes more sense, n'est-ce pas?
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Joanna L. Castillo
>if so I would love for someone to enlighten me. In Daddy Loved Momma,
>Garth Brooks sings:
>
> "He never hit the brakes when he was changin' gears."
That should be "and he was shiftin'" -- indicating that not only was
he not slowing down, he was actually accelerating. BTW, it's "Papa
Loved Mama". :-)
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>Maybe I'm completely in the dark about this aspect of driving, and
>if so I would love for someone to enlighten me. In Daddy Loved Momma,
>Garth Brooks sings:
> "He never hit the brakes when he was changin' gears."
>Now, I have been driving a stick shift for getting on ten years now, and
>I have never, NEVER hit my brakes when I change gears. Have any of you?
>Why in the heck is that in this song? Just to make it rhyme?
It sounds to me like the lyrics say:
"He never hit the brakes and he was shiftin' gears."
I wouldn't be the first time I thought the lyrics were something other than
what they truely were though. :-)
Mike Linan
Megan Breninger
"He never hit the brakes and he was shiftin' gears".
What that means, is, that as he was driving his eighteen wheeler
through the motel room to run Momma and her lover over, Daddy
didn't even hit the brakes or have second thoughts about running
into and through the room, and he was gaining speed so he needed to
shift gears in the process!!!
Now do you get it? :*)
Megan, Larry her S.O., Clyde his Black Lab, Edgar her Black Cat,
and High Action Hank, APHA, her WONDER HORSE!!!
brian david gilbert
>if so I would love for someone to enlighten me. In Daddy Loved Momma,
>Garth Brooks sings:
>
> "He never hit the brakes when he was changin' gears."
>
>Now, I have been driving a stick shift for getting on ten years now, and
>I have never, NEVER hit my brakes when I change gears. Have any of you?
>Why in the heck is that in this song? Just to make it rhyme?
>
Deborah,
Try going back and listening to the song again.
First off, the song's title is "Papa Loved Momma" and
second, the lyric you're talking about goes like this:
"He never hit the brakes and he was shiftin' gears."
Brian
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Peter S. Shenkin
>In article <1992Jun4.2...@sura.net> nu...@sura.net (Deborah Nunn) writes:
>
>>Maybe I'm completely in the dark about this aspect of driving, and
>>if so I would love for someone to enlighten me. In Daddy Loved Momma,
>>Garth Brooks sings:
>
>> "He never hit the brakes when he was changin' gears."
>
>>Now, I have been driving a stick shift for getting on ten years now, and
>>I have never, NEVER hit my brakes when I change gears. Have any of you?
>>Why in the heck is that in this song? Just to make it rhyme?
Actually, automobiles are made so that hitting the brakes is tough
while shifting gears. Usually a driver assigns his left foot to both
the clutch and the brake pedal. To handle (footle?) both at once
would require some fancy legwork.
However, I do sometimes accidentally hit the brake when I'm going
for the clutch. (I know -- I'd be a lousy steel player. :-) ) Maybe
this line, if it's properly quoted, is supposed to mean that Daddy
never made such mistakes.
-P.
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>Now, I have been driving a stick shift for getting on ten years now, and
>I have never, NEVER hit my brakes when I change gears. Have any of you?
>Why in the heck is that in this song? Just to make it rhyme?
>
>
changin' gears.", meaning he didn't try to stop--he was accelerating
(changing gears as he hit the builing).
Scott
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Rob Bernardo
>Actually, automobiles are made so that hitting the brakes is tough
>while shifting gears. Usually a driver assigns his left foot to both
>the clutch and the brake pedal. To handle (footle?) both at once
>would require some fancy legwork.
Actually, it has nothing to do with how cars are made but what feet you
use on which peddles. I don't know about your "usually" above; I always
used my right foot for the brake (and gas) and the left for the clutch
(and assumed that's how most people drive). After all, when coming to a
stop, you'll need to press on the brake and while doing so also depress
the clutch before your speed decreases to the point of stalling the
engine (unless you have the time to shift out of gears before hitting
the brake).
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Peter S. Shenkin
>she...@avogadro.barnard.columbia.edu (Peter S. Shenkin) wrote:
>>Actually, automobiles are made so that hitting the brakes is tough
>>while shifting gears. Usually a driver assigns his left foot to both
>>the clutch and the brake pedal. To handle (footle?) both at once
>>would require some fancy legwork.
>
>Actually, it has nothing to do with how cars are made but what feet you
>use on which peddles. I don't know about your "usually" above; I always
>used my right foot for the brake (and gas) and the left for the clutch
Of course you're right. Guess I'm dyslexic....
Bob Davis
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> Maybe I'm completely in the dark about this aspect of driving, and
> if so I would love for someone to enlighten me. In Daddy Loved Momma,
> Garth Brooks sings:
"Papa Loved Mama" from ROPIN THE WIND
>
> "He never hit the brakes when he was changin' gears."
"He NEVER hit the brakes and he was shiftin' gears"
>
> Now, I have been driving a stick shift for getting on ten years now, and
> I have never, NEVER hit my brakes when I change gears. Have any of you?
> Why in the heck is that in this song? Just to make it rhyme?
Well I look at like this. I took it to mean that papa was pissed in a major
way. So when he got to town his anger got the best of him so he parked in the
hotel lobby.
Papa = >^< Mama = 8^O
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>Well I look at like this. I took it to mean that papa was pissed in a major
>way. So when he got to town his anger got the best of him so he parked in the
>hotel lobby.
I'm betting that his late wife and her friend were not in the lobby at
that moment.
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Actually, in a 3 hour Garth Brooks radio special I heard recently, the song
is derived from a poem, that contains the lines:
Papa loved Mana, Mama loved Men,
Mama's in the graveyard,
Papa's in the pen
Garth claims this is meant to be a light song, with no actual event associated
with it.
Rob
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