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Post by Rhinovirus on Dec 13, 2008 11:18:32 GMT -5
Hold Steady show at the Metro in Chicago. (10/30/07)
CF: "Anyone out there know the name of the song by Led Zeppelin that goes (ohohohohohoooh's out the ditty to Dyer Maker)" Me: "DIER MAKER! IT"S DIER MAKER!"
Yup. And so I learned it was a Joke about Jamaica.
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Post by essbee on Dec 13, 2008 11:38:59 GMT -5
Hold Steady show at the Metro in Chicago. (10/30/07) CF: "Anyone out there know the name of the song by Led Zeppelin that goes (ohohohohohoooh's out the ditty to Dyer Maker)" Me: "DIER MAKER! IT"S DIER MAKER!" Yup. And so I learned it was a Joke about Jamaica. oh. wow. On the plus side, I'm sure you're now scratched into CF's mind forever.
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Post by Mahoney on Dec 13, 2008 11:43:50 GMT -5
top this one: as a child my parents listened to a lot of steve miller band. the line in the song is "big old jet airliner." as a child, i heard "pickle jam and the line-up." ...and i never questioned why it didn't make sense. sounds like a pretty good name for a jam band.
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Post by njtownie on Dec 13, 2008 12:30:20 GMT -5
A friend of mine used to think Neil Diamond's song "Forever in Blue Jeans" was actually "The Reverend Blue Jeans".
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Post by selbyandgriggs on Dec 13, 2008 22:57:48 GMT -5
I know the difference, but at my house we make new songs out of existing songs.
Such as - I wanna be sedated = I wanna piece of bacon (kids love that)
Cat Scratch Fever = Crock Pot Dinner (always sung when we are making a roast!)
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Post by essbee on Dec 13, 2008 23:40:32 GMT -5
I know the difference, but at my house we make new songs out of existing songs. Such as - I wanna be sedated = I wanna piece of bacon (kids love that) Cat Scratch Fever = Crock Pot Dinner (always sung when we are making a roast!) I like!
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Post by laurenjean on Dec 13, 2008 23:55:10 GMT -5
Back when the OC was on TV, coming home from Minneapolis we would sing "Waiting for the 21, Marshall Ave here we come" to the tune of "Driving down the 101, California here we come."
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Post by gushingblood on Dec 14, 2008 8:01:07 GMT -5
I know the difference, but at my house we make new songs out of existing songs. Such as - I wanna be sedated = I wanna piece of bacon (kids love that)Cat Scratch Fever = Crock Pot Dinner (always sung when we are making a roast!) I like! Stealing that one...
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Post by lilhan on Jan 1, 2009 6:52:18 GMT -5
my sister, when we were watching THS on jools last night, annouced that she through CF was singing about "a peanut in texas" or "a penis in texas" during sequestered in memphis. i laughed so hard i cried. she's totally ruined that song now... but it makes me giggle.
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Post by essbee on Jan 1, 2009 9:43:14 GMT -5
That's gigglicious!
New word for '09. Love it. Use it.
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Post by mike on Jan 2, 2009 6:55:10 GMT -5
she also thinks jimi hendrix is singing 'excuse me while i kiss this guy' Thats a common one. they use a live version in the new guitar hero game where he actually sings "excuse me while i kiss that guy", so i imagine it'll only become more common in the coming months. there's a song by at the drive-in called 'transatlantic foe' where he sings "pet sounds filling pet peeve voids", but it sounds EXACTLY like "hats off to the backstreet boys"...and what the fuck does "pet sounds filling pet peeve voids" mean anyway? i guess in the context of atd-i lyrics it kinda makes perfect sense.
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Post by lilhan on Jan 2, 2009 14:44:32 GMT -5
yeah, i heard that version too (not on guitar hero). he used to play it up. ohhhh the wonders of phonetics.
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Post by toastie on Jan 2, 2009 14:46:26 GMT -5
A friend of mine used to think Neil Diamond's song "Forever in Blue Jeans" was actually "The Reverend Blue Jeans". Is your friend Kevin James?
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Post by halifax66 on Jan 5, 2009 8:22:21 GMT -5
I used to think the Dire Strais song went Money for Nothing and the Chips are Free-which as a 10 year old made a lot more sense than talking about wanting a yukky girlfriend
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Post by essbee on Jan 5, 2009 9:31:16 GMT -5
I used to think the Dire Strais song went Money for Nothing and the Chips are Free-which as a 10 year old made a lot more sense than talking about wanting a yukky girlfriend That is sweet and fantastic.
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Post by turnstiles on Jan 5, 2009 12:06:19 GMT -5
When I was little and listened to the radio, I heard some Cheryl Crow song, and for the longest time I thought santamonicaboulevard was one word. I later found out it was three words, santa monica boulevard.
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Post by Elwoodii on Jan 7, 2009 20:30:47 GMT -5
I used to think the Dire Strais song went Money for Nothing and the Chips are Free-which as a 10 year old made a lot more sense than talking about wanting a yukky girlfriend Yeah man, I totally sang that when I was a kid.
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Post by Phils_fan on Jan 8, 2009 18:34:18 GMT -5
I heard my 8 year old singing "A Question in Memphis" last week.
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Post by Five Alive on Jan 8, 2009 19:55:54 GMT -5
My college roommate from India by-way-of the UK thought the lyrics to Bob Marley's Three Little Birds were:
"Don't worry, about two things, 'cuz every other thing... is gonna be alright"
Brilliant.
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Post by lilhan on Jan 9, 2009 14:39:16 GMT -5
I heard my 8 year old singing "A Question in Memphis" last week. hahaha wait till i tell my sister... she still doesn't understand the 'real' lyrics. (she is 17).
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Post by barx01 on Jan 9, 2009 15:24:50 GMT -5
It is just after Christmas (after all), but my friend has one that has stuck with me since he first told me.
In the Christmas Carol 'Silent Night' he believed the words were 'brown John virgin'.
Who? Interesting theological character!
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Post by essbee on Jan 9, 2009 15:29:28 GMT -5
I remembered this morning that I used to think the "I'm gonna to get that faculty together" line in Blue Jean was "I'm going to get the fucking thing together." I maintain that my version is superior.
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Post by hostilemass on Jan 9, 2009 15:37:51 GMT -5
When I was little I thought that song "God is watching us" said "God is washing us" My sisters still tease me for it to this day.
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