Lyrical Embarassments
timothy.j.mizerak
Did you ever think a song you like is saying something and then after
a long time you find out they were saying something completely
different? Not that you *thought* they were saying one thing and
weren't quite sure, and then got set straight by someone. I mean
you had no doubts you knew what the lyrics were and you would be
bellowing them at the top of your lungs while listening to the song
in your car radio. Then you're with someone and you're singing along
and they say "What! What did you say? That's not it you clod!" Or
you're going through a lyric quiz and you realize how far off you've
been.
Well I have two pretty bad ones myself. They are kind of embarassing
but funny to look back on. I'm sure everyone has a couple. Post them
if you dare.
1. I used to think the chorus of the Go Gos "Our Lips are Sealed" was
"I Love Cecille". Don't ask me why I thought a bunch of girls were
singing such words. This one is really bad since I didn't even get the
title right.
2. I thought the line in "If You Don't Know Me By Now" that goes "But
we only act like children, when we argue, fuss and fight" was "But we
only *have black* children......" I actually thought to myself "Hmmmm,
could this be a racist remark?"
That's my dirty laundry.
Tim
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William R. Herndon
>
> Well I have two pretty bad ones myself. They are kind of embarassing
> but funny to look back on. I'm sure everyone has a couple. Post them
> if you dare.
>
> 1. I used to think the chorus of the Go Gos "Our Lips are Sealed" was
> "I Love Cecille". Don't ask me why I thought a bunch of girls were
> singing such words. This one is really bad since I didn't even get the
> title right.
>
When I heard the first release from Paula Abdul's new album (Spellbound?)
I swore that the words to the chorus were, "Push. Push. Hurry, hurry,
lover come to me... This of course gets very interesting when put
together with other lines in the chorus like, "...I can feel you all
through me...". Anyway, it took me a long time to get it through my
head that, "Rush. Rush." was what was being said, although I can still
hear the former if I don't concentrate.
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Ivan Logan
Ok, a friend of mine 'desparately needs to know' stuff about this song, like:
Who sang it?
When?
Any ideas on how to get hold of it?
Answers to the following email address would be appreciated...!
Thanks in advance!
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Stephen P. Guthrie
>
>Ok, a friend of mine 'desparately needs to know' stuff about this song, like:
>Who sang it?
>When?
>Any ideas on how to get hold of it?
>
Ralph McTell
pretty lame stuff
Christopher Penn Launey
>>We both used to think that Toto's song "Rains in Africa" said
>>"There's nothing that a hundred men on Mars could ever do"
> Good, at least I'm not the only one who thought this was true. BTW, what
>are the REAL lyrics for this part? :)
If my memory (and hearing) serve me as they should, it's "There's nothing that
a hundred men or more could ever do..." or something.
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Craig Burley
the main repeating words be "keep it down, now, voices carry"...but for
a long time I kept thinking the words were "...this is scary"!
The song kind of made sense that way, still.
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Dan Matt
>We both used to think that Toto's song "Rains in Africa" said
>"There's nothing that a hundred men on Mars could ever do"
Good, at least I'm not the only one who thought this was true. BTW, what
are the REAL lyrics for this part? :)
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Joe Navratil
When I was about 8 or 10, I used to think the line in Jimi Hendrix's
_Purple Haze_ was "'Scuze me while piss this guy". Don't ask me what I
thought it meant...
Then, a few years later, I decided it was "'Scuze me while I kiss this
guy", and that Jimi was gay.
Finally, sometime last year when I heard Sting perform it...I was singing
along (in a group of my friends), and as soon as I sang that line...
Anyway.
-Joe
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charles.j.pouliot
I was in a band called TRUTH in the 70's, and we played the Deep Purple
song "Smoke on the Water" (just like everyone else). Our singer, Micky
had a problem with the opening lines that go: "We all came out to
Montreux, on the Lake Geneva shoreline...". Micky thought that the
words were: "We all went down to Motown, on a label we were sure of..."
None of us knew about it until we heard a tape of ourselves some six
months later. Oh well...
William Blume
Stone Roses was "I Want to be Your Dog."
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lyrics. My "most famous" mess up was on The Who's "Who are You". Instead of
the line "My heart is like a broken cup, I only feel right on my knee" (or
something like that) I thought it was My heart is like a broken cup, I pee
right on my knee. I still say MINE makes more sense. If your cup is broken
you ...well you understand!
Ken
Gene Van Buren
My brother thought Dennis Deyoung's "Desert Moon" was "Bells that move"
We both used to think that Toto's song "Rains in Africa" said
At first, I thought "In the air tonight" was called "Hold On" because
I didn't realize he was saying "Oh Lord"
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Mark McKinzie
>
>When I was about 8 or 10, I used to think the line in Jimi Hendrix's
>_Purple Haze_ was "'Scuze me while piss this guy". Don't ask me what I
>thought it meant...
>Then, a few years later, I decided it was "'Scuze me while I kiss this
>guy", and that Jimi was gay.
(as in the Frank Zappa/Ike Willis version from _TBBYNHIYL_).
While I'm here in this thread, may as well humiliate my brother:
For the longest time he was convinced that the chorus to
Billy Idol's `Eyes Without A Face' was actually `How's about a date?'
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Christopher Penn Launey
guess it rains down in Africa." One day it was on the radio and everyone
kinda stared at him when he sang it that way.
Chris
timothy.j.mizerak
Many people are responding to my e-mail, which is great, but please
post also. It seems like there is enough interest out there to warrant
it. Here are two that I received via e-mail. On the first, the submitter
cannot post and the second one is just too funny, I had to post it.
Keep them rolling!
From Gunter: In "Rock the Casbah" by the Clash he thought that
'Shareef don't like it" was "Charlene come back yeah"
[Maybe his version could be sung to the Designing Women
producers.] :)
From I forgot who: In the chorus to "Venus" by Bananarama, he thought....
Well, I'm sure you get the point.
I started saving all the replies and when this dies down I'll post a
summary.
Goodbye for now,
David Morning
A line from the Police song Message in a Bottle:-
"A year has passed since I wrote my note"
became
"A year has passed since I broke my nose"
Dave
Keith Aitken
>In article <1991Oct30.0...@wuecl.wustl.edu>, ge...@wucs1.wustl.edu (Gene Van Buren) writes:
>>We both used to think that Toto's song "Rains in Africa" said
>>"There's nothing that a hundred men on Mars could ever do"
Remember Kate Bush's "Running up that Hill"?
The line that goes "Unaware, I'm tearing you asunder"
Well, for years, I thought it was "Underwear, I'm tearing you asunder"
What a disappointment :-)
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Chris Cooke
Trivia time: he stole the tune from Al Stewart, who wrote it and
recorded it with different lyrics on his "Bedsitter Images" album.
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Jim Hori
"running up and down motels in this time". It is actually,
I realized after penetrating the accent,"running up and
down won't help in this time". You can imagine the funny
looks I got from me brethren and sistren.
....
jimh
David P. Mottaz
"Heartbreaker, with your portfolio"
to the Stones _Heartbreaker_. Drove me nuts. He often sang "things" that
sounded like the lyrics without ever bothering to learn the real words.
-Dave Mottaz
Chris'n'Vickie of Chicago
happen to hear "Blinded By The Light" and I probably always will.
Vickie
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"condemn your confusion"
as
"goddamn, your conclusion"
but then again, with Stipe's diction who knows for sure?
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Brian Bloom
was saying 'Wave to your mother...'
Who woulda thought?
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Joseph M. Geigel
My favorite is from Steely Dan's "Hey Nineteen". The real lyrics are:
"The Cuervo Gold...the fine Columbian"
for the longest time, I thought he was saying "the fine Coke Rummy".
No, I didn't know what that meant either, but it WAS Steely Dan so
I just let it go.
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Brian E. Saunders
>An old one, I know, but I *still* hear the word "douche" whenever I
>happen to hear "Blinded By The Light" and I probably always will.
Does anybody know the true lyrics for that line in the song? If so, post
them or send them to me. I never figured out what they were saying, and
also thought I heard "douche".
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Robert J. Brown
My wife caught me on this one years ago and will NEVER let me forget:
The song was "Pleasant Valley Sunday" by (none other - ever again please)
the Monkeys - I was singing: "Another rock rolls down the street, I wish I
could learn this song..." Of course we all know (now) that it was " A local
rock group down the street is tryin' hard to learn...
Oh well, win some and the rest you just f**k-up. B**2
Ivan Logan
OK! Thanks for all the replies.... I now have the info (and more).
:has his faith in humanity restored
Ivan.
David Van Hemel
Over" where they sing "The search has come full circle, our destinies are
one." Longtemps I thought that said "The search has come for supper..."
(as in now it's time to find something to eat).
Also there is in Simon & Garfunkel's "The Boxer" a point where they say
"...in the quiet of the railway station, running scared." This I thought
was "...in the quiet of the railway station, redskin" reinforced by the
fact that I come from the Washington DC area...
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Blackmore
I don't know all of the lyrics, but I remember that they are actually saying
deuce.
Dean C. Wagner "Sorry, I'm just...it's starting to
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dcw1...@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu two ton heavy thing."
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Mark Neeley
Before you posted your thanks, I had wondered if your friend was thinking of
of a song named "Panic" by The Smiths. The first few lines are "Panic on the
streets of London/ Panic on the streets of Birmingham/ I wonder to myself/
Could life ever be sane again/ On the Leeds side-streets that you slip down ..."
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Jason Rosenberg
|> >An old one, I know, but I *still* hear the word "douche" whenever I
|> >happen to hear "Blinded By The Light" and I probably always will.
|>
|> Does anybody know the true lyrics for that line in the song? If so, post
|> them or send them to me. I never figured out what they were saying, and
|> also thought I heard "douche".
There was a big discussion of this before, I think last year. The consensus of
the "experts" was that the lyrics were:
"Cut loose like a deuce/Another roller in the night"
So deuce was being used (so I heard) in its slang meaning: A double sized joint.
Yay.
Jason Rosenberg
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Bill Puig
>|> I never figured out what they were saying (in "Blinded by the Light"), and
>|> also thought I heard "douche".
>
> There was a big discussion of this before, I think last year. The
> consensus of the "experts" was that the lyrics were:
> "Cut loose like a deuce/Another roller in the night"
This one shouldn't need a consensus of experts; the lyrics are readily
available with Bruce Springsteen's "Greetings From Asbury Park" album,
where the song first appeared. But of course Manfred Mann and co.
may have tarted the lyrics up a bit ... !
I used to be real friendly with several guys who were in a band together,
and they had some hilarious lyrical bloopers on tape from singers
they'd auditioned. One of the best came from someone who forgot the lyrics
to the Doors' "Roadhouse Blues" just before the final chorus:
"Well I woke up this morning and I got myself a beer,
I woke up this morning and I got myself a beer,
... uh, I think that the end of the song is getting near!"
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Dan Matt
>An old one, I know, but I *still* hear the word "douche" whenever I
>happen to hear "Blinded By The Light" and I probably always will.
Could someone e-mail me or post the lyrics to this song? There are a lot
of parts, including the aforementioned, that I can't figure out for the life of
me, so I would appreciate it if someone could do this for me. Oh BTW, I would
like the lyrics for the LONG version.
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? \|/ | Now I lay me down to sleep, ?
? / \ Are | I pray the funk will make me freak, ?
? / \ we | If I should die before I waked, ?
? / * * \ having | Allow me Lord to rock out naked! ?
? @ ___ @ fun yet? | ?
? \_____/ | "Sir Psycho Sexy" -- Red Hot Chili Peppers ?
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Sharon Lynne Fisher
These are called Mondegreens and a number of writers have done articles
about them (including San Francisco's Jon Carroll, who has practically made
a career of it).
PAI...@auvm.american.edu
(William R. Herndon) says:
>
>
> When I heard the first release from Paula Abdul's new album (Spellbound?)
> I swore that the words to the chorus were, "Push. Push. Hurry, hurry,
> lover come to me...
I personally thought she was singing "mush,mush...." and so I was sitting
there saying to myself--"Why is she actually calling her feelings 'mush'
or is this some kind of wierd sled-dog love song?"
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Craig Burley
short-lived prime-time network TV show a few years back...see if you can guess
what the song _really_ was:
"One Ton Tomato,
I Ate a One Ton Tomato.
One Ton Tomaaaato,
I Ate a One Ton Tomaaaato."
Still cracks me up thinking about it. (The musician singing it was playing
in a group, in a skit of some sort.)
BTW, I also thought "Oh Lord" was "Hold On" in Phil Collins' "In the Air
Tonight". (But then, I guess we aren't voting, are we? :-)
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hene...@merrimack.edu
> In article <1991Oct30.0...@wuecl.wustl.edu>, ge...@wucs1.wustl.edu (Gene Van Buren) writes:
>>"There's nothing that a hundred men on Mars could ever do"
- ------- --- ^^ ^^^^
>
> Good, at least I'm not the only one who thought this was true. BTW, what
> are the REAL lyrics for this part? :)
>
Thanks...I needed a laugh today...
=}"There's nothing that a hundred men OR MORE could ever do"
Clarify things a little?
You're welcome in hindsight - - -
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James> There's a song that is probably called "Voices Carry" that I think has
James> the main repeating words be "keep it down, now, voices carry"...but for
James> a long time I kept thinking the words were "...this is scary"!
James> The song kind of made sense that way, still.
James> James Craig Burley, Software Craftsperson bur...@gnu.ai.mit.edu
Gang Green does a cover of that song and they also do a version
called "Voices Scary".
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thought the chorus was "I spit hairs into my Cheerios". He was pretty young
then, but it cracks everyone up when I tell them that.
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patrice a simon
Remember back in '89 when "batman" came out? when eMTV started advertising the
world premier of "batdance"(prince), i was kinda suprised...i thought (and
still do) he said "get the f*ck up!"...i guess it's supposed to be "get the
funk up!" ...works either way, and if i'm right, prince managed to get an
uncensored song all over radio and tv for the entire summer...
mcgi...@woods.ulowell.edu
THAT WOULDN'T HAPPEN TO BE THE THEME SONG FROM "WELCOME BACK KOTTER" WOULD IT?
Richard Smith
Guitars by Van Halen start "Etch-a-sketch, etch-a-sketch...".
I still can't make them out. Any ideas?
Brian J Lance
It is from Saturday Night Live I believe.
It goes something like:
"I get one ton of fan mail, etc"
A skit between Dana Carvey and Patrick Swayze (sp?) when they are
famous rival South American singers. It was hilarious!
Brian Lance
Purdue University
S.Wade
I know early REM songs shouldn't even be considered here,
but I always thought that instead of singing "catapult!"
Mr. Stipe was shouting out "can of worms!"
I heard an interview with John Prine where he told of a
big fan who really dug "that song about the enchilada"
(That's the Way the World Goes 'Round: "It's HALF AN
INCH OF WATER and you think you're going to drown").
Bryan O'Connor
>> My favorite "embarrassment" wasn't mine or anybody's, but was on an obscure
>> short-lived prime-time network TV show a few years back...
>>
>> I Ate a One Ton Tomato.
>> One Ton Tomaaaato,
>> I Ate a One Ton Tomaaaato."
>>
Somebody responded:
>It is from Saturday Night Live I believe.
I say:
Yes and No. The person responding may be correct that there was a SNL
skit about the song, but the original poster was talking about the
show "Television Parts with Michael Nesmith" They had some great skits,
including the one above where MN was dressed as a Mexican Troubador (sp?)
and was singing the song with a guitar. This inspired a friend of mine
to form a band named "One Ton Tomato."
Another humorous skit had Michael Nesmith translating a mexican ballad
for his girlfriend. He started out verbally painting some images
involving rivers and streams but ended up adding lines like these:
"I tape melmac plates to my forehead"
"We walk carefully with power tools"
"No running by the pool"
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Stephen Dennison
>In article <1991Oct30.0...@news.iastate.edu>, ta...@isuvax.iastate.edu (Dan Matt) writes:
>> In article <1991Oct30.0...@wuecl.wustl.edu>, ge...@wucs1.wustl.edu (Gene Van Buren) writes:
>>>We both used to think that Toto's song "Rains in Africa" said
>
>>>"There's nothing that a hundred men on Mars could ever do"
> - ------- --- ^^ ^^^^
>>
>> Good, at least I'm not the only one who thought this was true. BTW, what
>> are the REAL lyrics for this part? :)
>>
> Thanks...I needed a laugh today...
>=}"There's nothing that a hundred men OR MORE could ever do"
>
>Clarify things a little?
OK, smart guy, what are the lyrics that immediately follow that line ? I
know they're not "I cast the reins down in Africa", but I swear that's all
I can hear in there. You know how it is once you get something stuck in
your brain. Had the same trouble with a razor knife once... :-)
>You're welcome in hindsight - - -
Thank you...and quit lookin' at my butt ! :-)
Stephen
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Tom Smith
> Somebody wrote:
> >> My favorite "embarrassment" wasn't mine or anybody's, but was on an obscure
> >> short-lived prime-time network TV show a few years back...
> >>
> >> "One Ton Tomato,
> >> I Ate a One Ton Tomato.
> >> One Ton Tomaaaato,
> >> I Ate a One Ton Tomaaaato."
> >>
>
although i haven't seen this mentioned, i assume that the song was
sung to the tune of "Guantanamera" as in
Guantanamera, guajira...
which is roughly phonetically similar to the posted lyrics if my
high school spanish doesn't fail me.
Tom Smith.
Shauna Aiken
>I once worked with a singer who *always* sang
>
>"Heartbreaker, with your portfolio"
>
>to the Stones _Heartbreaker_. Drove me nuts. He often sang "things" that
>sounded like the lyrics without ever bothering to learn the real words.
>
His name wasn't Marty by chance?
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Craig Burley
>In article <BURLEY.91O...@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu>, bur...@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Craig Burley) writes:
>> "One Ton Tomato,
>> I Ate a One Ton Tomato.
>> One Ton Tomaaaato,
>> I Ate a One Ton Tomaaaato."
>>
>> Still cracks me up thinking about it. (The musician singing it was playing
>> in a group, in a skit of some sort.)
It is from Saturday Night Live I believe.
It goes something like:
"I get one ton of fan mail, etc"
A skit between Dana Carvey and Patrick Swayze (sp?) when they are
famous rival South American singers. It was hilarious!
Hmmm, don't remember seeing that skit, but it definitely is something
different than what I quoted above. What I saw was on a very short-lived
half-hour comedy-video kind of show that aired, oh, about three years back
for maybe half a season or less, at around 9am on Thursday nights perhaps
(though my memory is fading fast on this one). I have a funny feeling that
Martin Mull was involved, though I might be confusing two series here. (No,
I'm definitely _not_ thinking of America/Fernwood 2-Night!)
Dan Gross
How about discussing 'intentional' lyrical embarassments...where bands
choose lyrics that sound like what they really want to say. One of my
favorites is in Deep Purple's "Knockin' at Your Back Door." We all *KNOW*
that Ian Gillan sings : "Sweet Nancy was so fancy, to get into her pants we
had to be ...". In the "official" lyrics on the album sleeve, the lyrics
read "Sweet Nancy was so fancy, to get into her pantry had to be..."
What do you think? Is this a case of sneaking one by the radio
censors?
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Stephen Dennison
>
> How about discussing 'intentional' lyrical embarassments...where bands
>choose lyrics that sound like what they really want to say. One of my
>favorites is in Deep Purple's "Knockin' at Your Back Door." We all *KNOW*
>that Ian Gillan sings : "Sweet Nancy was so fancy, to get into her pants we
>had to be ...". In the "official" lyrics on the album sleeve, the lyrics
>read "Sweet Nancy was so fancy, to get into her pantry had to be..."
> What do you think? Is this a case of sneaking one by the radio
>censors?
Well, given Pink Floyd's line, "You f**ked up old hag" in "Pigs, 3
Different Ones" off Animals, a song that got pretty intense air play, I
doubt it. Also, John Cougar Mellencamp got away with something like...
"c'mon over here, I'll put my pu**y right on your face" on a song off "Uh
Huh" I believe. Heard that one on the air too,
Mike Schenk
It's something like "Catch as Catch as Catch Can". For the exact
lyrics I should listen to the album again.
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as he travelled time,
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Robert S. Ferguson
>
>Well, given Pink Floyd's line, "You f**ked up old hag" in "Pigs, 3
>Different Ones" off Animals, a song that got pretty intense air play, I
>doubt it.
>
Actually, those *are* the lyrics. It says that right here in the CD album
cover. By the way, great song. It's one of my favorites.
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>> My favorite "embarrassment" wasn't mine or anybody's, but was on an obscure
>> short-lived prime-time network TV show a few years back...see if you can guess
>> what the song _really_ was:
>> "One Ton Tomato,
>> I Ate a One Ton Tomato.
>> One Ton Tomaaaato,
>> I Ate a One Ton Tomaaaato."
>THAT WOULDN'T HAPPEN TO BE THE THEME SONG FROM "WELCOME BACK KOTTER" WOULD IT?
Actually, no. IT's to the song "Guantanamera". I'm sorta sorry I know
the answer, but I must have seen the same show. I didn't remember it
until I saw the post.....
I'm not sure who performed the song, although I am sure the list is
rather long (especially in hispanic countries....)
Dewey
Tigger
name, if I recall correctly, is "Paper Lade", or something like that.
To this day it sounds more like "keep her laid" to me...
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James Jones
top of my lungs to seals and croft's 'hummingbird don't fly away, fly away'
to the delight of my track buddies during a workout.
they never let me forget it thru highschool :)
jimmy jones
Chris'n'Vickie of Chicago
The Cocteau Twins. Any song. Nuff said.
Vickie
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i thought for a while that the line "take your passion and make it happen"
went "take your pants down and make it happen". typical 11 year olds...
-luxo-
Chris Adams
Sinead song "Jump in the River" once, and he looked up
and said to me:
"this is kinda a strange song, isn't it?"
"why?"
"Well, why would someone want to jump in a river of apricots?"
"huh?"
"you know...'if you said jump in the river of apricots...'"
The funny thing is...he's right. That IS what she says.
Check it and see.
Jason T Milhoan
I haven't heard it for a while, but I thought it was "If you said jump in the
river I would because it would probably be good" I dont remember apricots, but
you may have it right.
JT
Mariah Carey Fanatic
I tell you what. For those who have seen the video for Mariah Carey's "There's
Got To Be A Way," one of the background vocalists messed up. Probably not many
in the US have seen it, for it was not released here. I do know that Canada's
MuchMusic palyed it a lot.
When she gets out of the cab, and they are singing the chorus "There's got to
be a way to unite this human race." THey guy in the back (Trey is his name?)
is singing "...to connect this world today." Fortunately, they mouth the lyrics
for videos....
Don Mariah X
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>
> How about discussing 'intentional' lyrical embarassments...where bands
>choose lyrics that sound like what they really want to say. One of my
>favorites is in Deep Purple's "Knockin' at Your Back Door." We all *KNOW*
>that Ian Gillan sings : "Sweet Nancy was so fancy, to get into her pants we
>had to be ...". In the "official" lyrics on the album sleeve, the lyrics
>read "Sweet Nancy was so fancy, to get into her pantry had to be..."
> What do you think? Is this a case of sneaking one by the radio
>censors?
>
You're both a bunch of suckers!!!
But to me it sounds more like:
You sissy mother-f*cker!!!
jeremy donnell
James A Demes
>There was a Gensis song that was popular a number of years back. The
>name, if I recall correctly, is "Paper Lade", or something like that.
>To this day it sounds more like "keep her laid" to me...
The title of the song is "Paperlate", and is found on the studio side of
THREE SIDES LIVE.
My question is: What does the word Paperlate mean?
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Peter Alan Dutton
'bout their ties and their flannel lizard skis". It sounds OK, but for the
life of us, we have no idea what the real words are (help? - the line before
is something like "And they're happy - what a lovely place to be")
Others: Excuse me while I kiss this guy (Purple Haze)
Well Lorraine exploded with a mighty crash as we fell into the sun
(Band On The Run)
I love to feel Lorraine in the summertime, I love to feel Lorraine on
my face (Rain In The Summertime - The Alarm)
(Lots of others substituting "Lorraine" for "The Rain")
It doesn't make a difference if we're naked or not (Livin' on a Prayer)
I'm not talking 'bout the linen, and I don't want to change your life
(Really Love to See You Tonight)
PADjr
Lee Carter
The story behind this (according to Phil Collins) is that in the
earlier Genesis years Peter Gabriel used to sing this into the
microphone during sound checks to get the foldback level right.
"Paperlate" comes from "Selling England By The Pound" -
"PAPER LATE cried a voice in the crowd...."
Don't ask my why..!
.eeL
Ole Martin Kristensen
Gross) says:
>
> How about discussing 'intentional' lyrical embarassments...where bands
>choose lyrics that sound like what they really want to say. One of my
>favorites is in Deep Purple's "Knockin' at Your Back Door." We all *KNOW*
>that Ian Gillan sings : "Sweet Nancy was so fancy, to get into her pants we
>had to be ...". In the "official" lyrics on the album sleeve, the lyrics
>read "Sweet Nancy was so fancy, to get into her pantry had to be..."
> What do you think? Is this a case of sneaking one by the radio
>censors?
>
guy with bizarre lyrics, on Creation Records in UK), he sings "I once
walked in and caught her sitting naked on top of Henry Kissinger"
- with a short pause between the 'y' and 'K'. The lyric sheet has this
line ending with "...on top of Henrik Issinger" - along with the standard
disclaimer that "any similarity with persons living or dead is purely
coincidental"...
OleM.
Ole Martin Kristensen
> In the song "Happy Hour" by the Housemartins, our lead singer sings "Happy
> 'bout their ties and their flannel lizard skis". It sounds OK, but for the
> life of us, we have no idea what the real words are (help? - the line before
> is something like "And they're happy - what a lovely place to be")
According to the lyric sheet (and my memory) the line in question is
"Happy that the fire is real, the barman is a she". Actually.
OleM.
USENET News System
Most people I know (including me) thought that too.
Brent
hene...@merrimack.edu
Ok, Stephen (and all others concerned) -
I'm not much of a "smart guy", but I do know the lyrics once again.
"I BLESS the RAINS down in Africa"
^^^^^ ^^^^^
By the way, nobody should ask me what it means. I just know the words,
not the meaning. Have a great day anyway.
- Jeff Heneghan
hene...@merrimack.edu
Michael J. Fromberger
>
>A line from the Police song Message in a Bottle:-
>
>"A year has passed since I wrote my note"
>
>became
>
>"A year has passed since I broke my nose"
I should have blown it right from the start
Only tape can keep me together
etc.
:)
Mike Fromberger
Composer, Guitarist (call me Sting)
St...@Dartmouth.EDU
---------------------> Out flew the web, and floated wide; the mirror cracked
from side to side -Alfred,Lord Tennyson
flem...@merrimack.edu
wrong with my mind that makes it hard to understand Michael. Anyway, here's
a list:
From "The Flowers of Guatemala"
I thought that "Amanita is the name" was "Underneath them is the name"
From "Orange crush"
"We are agents of the free" became "We are rich and sell for free"
From "You are the everything"
I thought that "Still that doesn't end but slowly drifts" was
"Still the dozen in the slowly drifts"
From "I get around" (By TMBG, not REM)
"I don't get around" sounded like "I don't get her end"(Dissapointing, no?)
(Especially when he starts talking about small furry animals and bones)
My freind's little brother thought that Billy Joel's "For The Longest Time"
was "Fangalanga time".
Forever clueless,
- Broder -
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The Black Knight - "Have at you!"
King Arthur - "Look, you stupid bastard, I've cut both of your bloody arms off!"
The Black Knight - "It's just a flesh wound."
Kenichiro Tanaka
rj...@cbnewsc.cb.att.com (be here now) writes:
>What are the lyrics to this song? What about this line:
>
> "A hunder million castaways looking for a whore..."
>
>Is that correct? :^)
>
>While I'm at it, here's another one from the Fuzz (oops er, Police). :^)
>I know what the *real* lyrics are but initially, it was a real
>chuckler:
>
> "You'll be, ass around my finger..."
>
>It sure ruins the song don't it?
In "Love is the Seventh Wave," Sting parodies "Every Breath You Take."
During the fade out, you can hear him singing, "Every breath you take,
every cake you bake, every leg you break."
Ken
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``What a funny old fellow is Humphrey,
He gets in all manner of strife,
He leads a very exciting life,
And honey's his favorite fair.
Which is hardly so very surprising,
He's a really amazing old bear.
What a funny old fellow is Humphrey,
Humphrey the fun loving Bear.''
You could have knocked me down with a feather when I heard they
weren't!
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Metallica song, Battery, they were really singing "Bathtub Race".
Smashing through the boundaries,
Lunacy has found me,
Cannot stop the bathtub race!
Yeah, right...
***The Master***
Mang Shing Chin
>re: lyrical confusion
>
>I know early REM songs shouldn't even be considered here,
>but I always thought that instead of singing "catapult!"
>Mr. Stipe was shouting out "can of worms!"
I can't understand much of Murmur either...but in the song
"Laughing", several friends and I could swear that Stipe's
saying "Lounging"...well, we listen to it to kick off our
lounging anyway :)
MSC
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to show that you care...or why it should be necessary to prove at all."
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well...*sigh* i feel so old these days. i read the list of great
70s songs and my s.o. had only heard of about ten of them.
-ailsa
Shag
stated lyrics: "don't drink and drive my car, don't get breathalised,"
heard lyrics : "don't drink and drive my car, don't get paralysed"
queen's "one vision...."
stated lyrics: "just gimme gimme gimme one vision"
heard lyrics : "just gimme gimme gimme fried chicken"
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Fish at Lothian
Sinead O'Conner's "I Want Your (Hands on Me)." This is near the end:
"I want them, gimme yours"
becomes
"I want them, in the ass"
I GOTTA get my ears checked. :)
- Mark Dadgar
magpie%dsc...@hub.ucsb.edu
.sig incriminates a company who would probably NOT like to be mentioned in
conjunction with the above quote. And would probably be embarassed they
hired me. :)
John Ryder
About a year ago, I was living at home with my mom and younger brother.
My room was upstairs and I was up there blasting out "Hang Wire" from
"Bossanova" by Pixies. When I went went downstairs afterward, my younger
brother was glaring at me in shock and horror. Then he said "Man, that
song you were just listening to......`HANG MA'??!!"
Jeff Inman
"Your love has lifted me higher than I've ever been left dead before"
Jeff
j...@ai.mit.edu
"Mustn't sleep. Must monitor core."
Royal J Carroll
to Rush's "A Farewell To Kings" he thought that instead of "scoffing at
the wise" Geddy was singing "stomping out the wives".
-James
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Brian K!z!K MacDonald
>Even though I know what the real lyrics are, I STILL hear these words in
>Sinead O'Conner's "I Want Your (Hands on Me)." This is near the end:
>
>"I want them, gimme yours"
>
> becomes
>
>"I want them, in the ass"
>
>I GOTTA get my ears checked. :)
Well, THIS is sure fun. Hey, I've got some right HERE.
Rolling Stones : "Jumping Jack flash"
heard lyrics: "I was raaaaiiised by two lesbi-aah-aans"
(This was also a joke in the movie _Jumping_jack_Flash_)
Also (AND i AM MOST LIKELY TO GET FLAMED FOR THIS BUT HERE I GO ANYWAY..)
Michael Jackson : "bad"
heard lyrics : "your butt is mine"
(Hell, this actually might be the ACTUAL WORDS. I could be wrong)
Pixies : "debaser"
actual lyrics : "I am un .....CHIEN....andalusia, I am un..."
heard lyrics : "I am aaaaargh ...... SHIT! ..... and I'm Lucy, I am aaargg"
MORE TO COME, hopefully,......
K!z!K
Ethan Montag
Sorry, but I still don't get what the words to Debaser by the
Pixies are. What can, "I am un ...CHEIN...andalusia..." mean?
I think the real words must be something else. Can anyone help
provide these lyrics?
Lazlo Nibble
"Un Chien Andalou" is a classic (1920s) surrealist film by Luis Bunuel. I
think they probably *meant* to say that.
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Kallioj{rvi Kari Juhani
*Un Chien Andalusia* (Andalusian Dog) is a very famous silent movie from 20's
made by Luis Bunuel and Salvador Dali.
In some interview Black Francis said that the phrase just fitted into the song.
And it does ... :)
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Ken Bibb
Un Chien Andalusia was a Dali/Hitchcock film from the 30's. At one point
a guy slices his eye open with a razor and ants come out (as I remember--
it's been like 10 years since I saw this, so I could be wrong).
Jason Basinger Linkins
>In <1991Nov18.1...@galileo.cc.rochester.edu> e...@merlin.cvs.rochester.edu (Ethan Montag) writes:
>
>
>>Sorry, but I still don't get what the words to Debaser by the
>>Pixies are. What can, "I am un ...CHEIN...andalusia..." mean?
>>I think the real words must be something else. Can anyone help
>>provide these lyrics?
>
>Un Chien Andalusia was a Dali/Hitchcock film from the 30's. At one point
movie Spellbound. Luis Bunuel (Viridiana, Land Without Bread) directed
Un Chien Andalou.
Jason Basinger Linkins
The lYrics are "I am un Chien Andalusia..." and these refer to a film
by Luis Bunuel called _The Andalusian Dog_ (an awesome movie!!!). Chien
is the french word for dog and actually, the original title is _Un Chien
Andalou_. Sorry. Anyway, if you see the movie, it will explain these
lyrics:
"Got me a movie, I want you to know,
Slicing up eyeballs, I want you to know..."
Gotta go see it!
Brian K!z!K MacDonald
>
"I am un ...CHIEN...andulusia..." ARE The ACTUAL words to "Debaser"
by PIXIES.
I would have NO FRIGGIN CLUE what the actual words were until I read
this off the Doolittle CD booklet.
K!z!K
christopher lishka
>Un Chien Andalusia was a Dali/Hitchcock film from the 30's. At one point
>a guy slices his eye open with a razor and ants come out (as I remember--
>it's been like 10 years since I saw this, so I could be wrong).
(Sigh) This is not the movie list, but I will correct this. _Un
Chien D'Andalou_ was *NOT* by Hitchcock; rather it was done by Dali
and Bunel (I think it was Bunel). Yes, there was an eyeball that was
slit with a razor (a famous scene, actually done with a sheep's
eyeball), but the ants came out of a woman's hand, I believe. Very
surreal, as is most of Dali's work.
.oO Chris Oo.
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otte...@kean.ucs.mun.ca
> In article <1991Nov18.1...@galileo.cc.rochester.edu> e...@merlin.cvs.rochester.edu (Ethan Montag) writes:
>>
>>Sorry, but I still don't get what the words to Debaser by the
>>Pixies are. What can, "I am un ...CHEIN...andalusia..." mean?
>>I think the real words must be something else. Can anyone help
>>provide these lyrics?
>
> The lYrics are "I am un Chien Andalusia..." and these refer to a film
> by Luis Bunuel called _The Andalusian Dog_ (an awesome movie!!!). Chien
I always assumed it was a Salvador Dali movie.
> is the french word for dog and actually, the original title is _Un Chien
> Andalou_. Sorry. Anyway, if you see the movie, it will explain these
> lyrics:
> "Got me a movie, I want you to know,
> Slicing up eyeballs, I want you to know..."
You left out my favorite lyric:
"Girl is so groovy, I want you to know"
>
> Gotta go see it!
Definitely. See the movie and listen to the song.
Timm
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Does anybody out there know what the backwards message is about 8 minutes into
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I'm here to hopefully start to put to rest the idea that this group is gonna be
called "Led Zeppelin". What I had heard AGES AGO was that this was just gonna
be Jimmy's follow-up solo album to Outrider. I heard that Coverdale, Bonham, &
Jones would be in the band (as mentioned in numerous other articles) & that
they would play some of Jimmy's solo stuff & Zep tunes in concert.
I don't know if I really like the idea of the whole thing, but at least I'm
glad to know (I'm pretty damn sure) that they won't try to pass themselves off
as
THE MIGHTY ZEPPELIN!
Brendan McCarthy
>e...@merlin.cvs.rochester.edu (Ethan Montag) writes:
>
>> Sorry, but I still don't get what the words to Debaser by the Pixies
>> are. What can, "I am un ...CHEIN...andalusia..." mean? I think the real
>> words must be something else. Can anyone help provide these lyrics?
>
>"Un Chien Andalou" is a classic (1920s) surrealist film by Luis Bunuel. I
>think they probably *meant* to say that.
Even better, when taken phonetically, the line is a dual bilingual pun.
"I am un chien andalusia" --> I am an Andalusian dog, refering to the film.
"Eye and moon, chien andalusia" --> refering to a certain scene in the film.
Brendan
Ross Clement
>I'm here to hopefully start to put to rest the idea that this group is gonna be
>called "Led Zeppelin". What I had heard AGES AGO was that this was just gonna
>be Jimmy's follow-up solo album to Outrider. I heard that Coverdale, Bonham, &
>Jones would be in the band (as mentioned in numerous other articles) & that
>they would play some of Jimmy's solo stuff & Zep tunes in concert.
DEJA VU! I remember seeing a very early Deep Purple mark 3 (arguable) in
concert with Coverdale singing classic Purple songs (e.g. Smoke on the water,
with Richie (sp?) Blackmoore on guitar etc. Even if this band is not called
"Led Zep", it seems a lot like history repeating itself.
Ross-c
enlarged to show texture
Surely the greatest of modern poets is la...@triton.unm.edu (Lazlo Nibble), who wrote:
>e...@merlin.cvs.rochester.edu (Ethan Montag) writes:
>
>> Sorry, but I still don't get what the words to Debaser by the Pixies
>> are. What can, "I am un ...CHEIN...andalusia..." mean? I think the real
>> words must be something else. Can anyone help provide these lyrics?
>
>"Un Chien Andalou" is a classic (1920s) surrealist film by Luis Bunuel. I
>think they probably *meant* to say that.
'specially with the line about "slicing up eyeballs", a reference to the
most famous image from that film...for some reason this mis-quotation has
always bugged me. If you're gonna make obscure arty references, you should
at least get them _right_, for crying out loud.
Oh, by the way, Salvador Dali collaborated with Bunuel on the film.
-- Stewart
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Dan Matt
Could someone please post the entire lyrics to this song? For some
reason, in the lyric sheet for DOOLITTLE, they left out this and a couple other
songs. Anyone know why?
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? \|/ | Now I lay me down to sleep, ?
? / \ Are | I pray the funk will make me freak, ?
? / \ we | If I should die before I waked, ?
? / * * \ having | Allow me Lord to rock out naked! ?
? @ ___ @ fun yet? | ?
? \_____/ | "Sir Psycho Sexy" -- Red Hot Chili Peppers ?
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Greg Schroeder
i had heard a tentative release date of this past october
announced last spring, and haven't heard word one since.
it IS still alive, isn't it? i am anxiously looking
forward to it.. it was definitely billed as the next
page album, but egos might have massaged it into a
"band" by now.
the last page tour was outstanding. i was expecting the
half-washed-up page of the firm tour days, but what i saw
was every bit the jimmy from zep.
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