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Post by doofus67 on Mar 17, 2020 10:21:39 GMT -5
...Another I thought of is Hooked On A Feeling by Blue Swede. I guess they didn't speak English, but some of the lyrics they switched to made no sense. Got a bug from you, girl But I don't need no cure I just stay affecting If I can for sure Huh? When the song came out in 1974 I thought that they said "Got A Fart From You Girl" Pretty funny when you are 10 years old! Is it "I just stay affecting," or is it "I just stay a victim"? That's what I've always heard.
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Post by mga707 on Mar 17, 2020 12:46:17 GMT -5
When the song came out in 1974 I thought that they said "Got A Fart From You Girl" Pretty funny when you are 10 years old! Is it "I just stay affecting," or is it "I just stay a victim"? That's what I've always heard. As I posted a few replies prior, the original line as sung by B.J. Thomas is 'I'll just stay addicted', which plays into the 'Hooked' in the title. I always assumed that the Blue Swede singer, singing phonetically a la Abba, just garbled the line.
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Post by papathree on Mar 17, 2020 15:33:28 GMT -5
I always heard Blue Swede singing "I (or I'll) just stay a victim" too. I agree with MGA that Blue Swede's attempt to sing in English probably sounds as garbled as if I were to try to sing a song in Swedish.
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Post by doofus67 on Mar 22, 2020 12:06:27 GMT -5
In the last verse of "The Best of Times," Styx's Dennis DeYoung sings, "The headlines read / These are the worst of times / I do believe it's true." (In our current state of affairs, the rest of that verse is very relevant, which someone on here already mentioned.) But Dennis sings the word "read" as though it were in the past tense, when clearly the verse as a whole is in the present tense. He pronounces it "red" instead of "reed."
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Post by chrislc on Mar 23, 2020 0:51:51 GMT -5
In the last verse of "The Best of Times," Styx's Dennis DeYoung sings, "The headlines read / These are the worst of times / I do believe it's true." (In our current state of affairs, the rest of that verse is very relevant, which someone on here already mentioned.) But Dennis sings the word "read" as though it were in the past tense, when clearly the verse as a whole is in the present tense. He pronounces it "red" instead of "reed." Devil's Advocate Time - I think one could pronounce it red or reed once the headline has been published, even if on the same day it was published, or centuries later, if Dennis believes at least one person has seen the headline before he saw it. And even if hundreds of years later, "I do believe it's true" could be construed as Dennis saying he believes the opinion in the headline was correct at the time. Although he already said that she believes that these are the worst of times. But that doesn't mean he doesn't believe the headline was correct and she is wrong. There. I ruined that song for everyone. Yes I must have had too much time on my hands.
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Post by doofus67 on Mar 23, 2020 2:45:25 GMT -5
In the last verse of "The Best of Times," Styx's Dennis DeYoung sings, "The headlines read / These are the worst of times / I do believe it's true." (In our current state of affairs, the rest of that verse is very relevant, which someone on here already mentioned.) But Dennis sings the word "read" as though it were in the past tense, when clearly the verse as a whole is in the present tense. He pronounces it "red" instead of "reed." Devil's Advocate Time - I think one could pronounce it red or reed once the headline has been published, even if on the same day it was published, or centuries later, if Dennis believes at least one person has seen the headline before he saw it. And even if hundreds of years later, "I do believe it's true" could be construed as Dennis saying he believes the opinion in the headline was correct at the time. Although he already said that she believes that these are the worst of times. But that doesn't mean he doesn't believe the headline was correct and she is wrong. There. I ruined that song for everyone. Yes I must have had too much time on my hands. Nah, Chris, you didn't ruin a thing. You're just fooling yourself, babe. Hey, I could have called you lady or mademoiselle.
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Post by pb on Mar 23, 2020 7:04:08 GMT -5
When I was a kid I thought he was saying "the headlight's red- these are the worst of times" and that he was saying he had some problem with his car.
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Post by doofus67 on Mar 24, 2020 9:31:00 GMT -5
Oh yeah, on REO Speedwagon's "Can't Fight This Feeling Anymore"...there are several parts of song that sound like a warped record. Just my opinion, but that whole record is warped.
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Post by doofus67 on Mar 24, 2020 9:31:40 GMT -5
When I was a kid I thought he was saying "the headlight's red- these are the worst of times" and that he was saying he had some problem with his car. Four Hundred Children and a Crop in the Field...
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Post by doofus67 on Mar 24, 2020 9:36:45 GMT -5
So which came first? The Scooby Doo cartoon show or the Archies song - Feelin' So Good (S.K.O.O.B.Y. D.O.O.)? Well these days when we can look up just about anything, it looks like the Archies song was recorded in 1968 and the TV show about the dog started in 1969. The Archies spelled it SKOOBY DOO so I guess that makes this more complicated. Thanks for making me feel old--I didn't have to look it up. I remember when "Archie" started on Saturday morning TV in the fall of 1968 (the same time that their #22 single, "Bang-Shang-a-Lang" was released. "Feelin' so Good" was it's less successful follow-up, #53 in early '69). "Scooby" started the following fall, 1969. I was 10 and 11 back in those carefree days... I would go back to 1963 on that one. Randy & the Rainbows' "Denise" went, "scooby doo, I'm in love with you."
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Post by doofus67 on Mar 24, 2020 9:44:34 GMT -5
There was an unused piano in the studio where The Police recorded "Roxanne." As Sting was about to start his vocal, he bumped into the piano, then laughed. You can hear it clearly in the intro.
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Post by mga707 on Mar 24, 2020 12:27:24 GMT -5
Devil's Advocate Time - I think one could pronounce it red or reed once the headline has been published, even if on the same day it was published, or centuries later, if Dennis believes at least one person has seen the headline before he saw it. And even if hundreds of years later, "I do believe it's true" could be construed as Dennis saying he believes the opinion in the headline was correct at the time. Although he already said that she believes that these are the worst of times. But that doesn't mean he doesn't believe the headline was correct and she is wrong. There. I ruined that song for everyone. Yes I must have had too much time on my hands. Nah, Chris, you didn't ruin a thing. You're just fooling yourself, babe. Hey, I could have called you lady or mademoiselle. Nah, he's just being a renegade...
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Post by doofus67 on Mar 24, 2020 14:38:06 GMT -5
Nah, Chris, you didn't ruin a thing. You're just fooling yourself, babe. Hey, I could have called you lady or mademoiselle. Nah, he's just being a renegade... This is a fun little thread. Don't let it end.
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Mar 24, 2020 15:21:28 GMT -5
Nah, he's just being a renegade... This is a fun little thread. Don't let it end. And in doing so, you'll have the best of times.
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Post by djjoe1960 on Mar 24, 2020 15:59:22 GMT -5
This is a fun little thread. Don't let it end. And in doing so, you'll have the best of times. I wonder if the estate of Charles Dickens could sue Styx for using the opening lines from A Tale Of Two Cities.
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