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Post by at40nut on Feb 12, 2018 5:14:48 GMT -5
I thought the chorus of "How Deep Is Your Love" went "'cause we're living in a world of fools, breaking us down/Will the ocean let us be?" You know, like they feel like they're out at sea in a storm. I used to think the Bee Gees were singing about "cows were living in a world of foods, breaking us down" and I always wondered who is Michelle? "It's you and me Michelle, how deep is your love" The cows reference was probably because there were many times that their songs were often heard in grocery stores when I would go with my mom to a Jack and Jill grocery store when I was a kid. "Too Much Heaven" was the #1 Bee Gees grocery store song of all time. |
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Post by chrislc on Mar 21, 2018 20:39:18 GMT -5
I remember wondering back in 1968 why the singer in Blue Cheer was going to take his father to the United Nations.
Was it, like, a "generation gap" thing? Did he need the UN to negotiate between his father and himself? Were his issues with his father making his summertime especially unpleasant?
And why did Mrs. Brown call Herman "two pint"? Is that like a "half pint"? Because he was short?
Getting back to '68...
Why does a woman wear a silken look when she is on the move? And what is a silken look anyway? And why does Gary want the young girl to go away if he is afraid that they'll come to part?
And why did someone paint "April Fools" in big black letters on Kenny Rogers' Din Din Sign?
And why was the guy with the deep voice in Sly And The Family Stone going to add some mono so that - whatever it was about dancing that he sang after that? And how would he add that mono?
The joys of AM radio.
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Post by mga707 on Mar 21, 2018 21:29:52 GMT -5
I remember wondering back in 1968 why the singer in Blue Cheer was going to take his father to the United Nations. Was it, like, a "generation gap" thing? Did he need the UN to negotiate between his father and himself? Were his issues with his father making his summertime especially unpleasant? And why did Mrs. Brown call Herman "two pint"? Is that like a "half pint"? Because he was short? Getting back to '68... Why does a woman wear a silken look when she is on the move? And what is a silken look anyway? And why does Gary want the young girl to go away if he is afraid that they'll come to part? And why did someone paint "April Fools" in big black letters on Kenny Rogers' Din Din Sign? And why was the guy with the deep voice in Sly And The Family Stone going to add some mono so that - whatever it was about dancing that he sang after that? And how would he add that mono? The joys of AM radio. Love those! On "Just Dropped In..." I always got the 'dead end sign' part, but I swore the first part was "someone painted 'go through' in big black letters" on said sign. Which I still think makes for a better ('trippier' anyway, which fits the song) line than 'April Fools'... |
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Post by chrislc on Mar 21, 2018 21:40:45 GMT -5
Thank you.
50 years ago this week - the beginning of the Spring that would change this country forever. Honey and MacArthur Park and Dock Of The Bay. LBJ MLK and RFK. So many tears.
But I was 11 and maybe the happiest I have ever been. We all have our own prisms. I liked I Say A Little Prayer and then a year and a half later I was okay with Leaving On A Jet Plane. But I had no idea that either song was about Vietnam. Because I wasn't affected by it. Different prisms.
And Dionne Warwick singing what is maybe the most gut wrenching heartbreaking song about addiction ever recorded. But then it was just a pretty song to me.
I was just listening to I Will Always Think About You - what a beautiful recording. Can you imagine being young and in love or having a broken heart in 1968 - with the added burden of the draft? Yikes.
Threadjack over. It's just that early 1968 means a lot to me.
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Post by mga707 on Mar 21, 2018 22:18:15 GMT -5
Thank you. 50 years ago this week - the beginning of the Spring that would change this country forever. Honey and MacArthur Park and Dock Of The Bay. LBJ MLK and RFK. So many tears. But I was 11 and maybe the happiest I have ever been. We all have our own prisms. I liked I Say A Little Prayer and then a year and a half later I was okay with Leaving On A Jet Plane. But I had no idea that either song was about Vietnam. Because I wasn't affected by it. Different prisms. And Dionne Warwick singing what is maybe the most gut wrenching heartbreaking song about addiction ever recorded. But then it was just a pretty song to me. I was just listening to I Will Always Think About You - what a beautiful recording. Can you imagine being young and in love or having a broken heart in 1968 - with the added burden of the draft? Yikes. Threadjack over. It's just that early 1968 means a lot to me. I turned ten that April, so we're pretty close in age. |
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Post by Dale Latimer on Mar 22, 2018 11:15:52 GMT -5
John Stewart's "Kanan" was a rather long and winding road through the hills from north of Thousand Oaks to the Coast Highway west of Malibu. He never talked about it due to his rather-low opinion of "Gold."
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Post by at40nut on Mar 26, 2018 9:59:00 GMT -5
In this past week's 3-22-75 show, Shirley & Co's "Shame, Shame ,Shame,"the actual line is "Shame Shame Shame-shame on you if you can't dance too." It sounds like "Shame Shame Shame-shame on you and your Care Bears Too. An 80's children's toy and cartoon mentioned in a 70's song hmm..  |
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Post by doofus67 on Apr 21, 2018 19:13:19 GMT -5
Disco Inferno by the Trammps, the line "I couldn't get enough / So I had to strut my stuff." I thought it was "So I had to self-destruct"!
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Post by Hervard on Apr 22, 2018 12:49:22 GMT -5
Disco Inferno by the Trammps, the line "I couldn't get enough / So I had to strut my stuff." I thought it was "So I had to self-destruct"! One of the songs on that same show contained a hilarious (yet, at the same time, kind of disturbing). On Raydio's Top Ten hit "Jack And Jill", near the end, Ray sings "He got down on his right knee". I thought it sounded like he was singing "He got down on his granny". |
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Post by saltrek on Apr 22, 2018 20:18:50 GMT -5
Disco Inferno by the Trammps, the line "I couldn't get enough / So I had to strut my stuff." I thought it was "So I had to self-destruct"! Oh, so that's not they are singing? |
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Post by MrGeno502 on May 20, 2018 23:58:13 GMT -5
One song that I had forgotten about was in this week's 1977 countdown.I used to think that the opening lyrics of the Atlanta Rhythm Section song "So Into You" were "When you walked into the room there was doodoo in the hall" instead of "When you walked into the room there was voodoo in the vibes"
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Post by lasvegaskid on Jun 20, 2018 13:33:18 GMT -5
What in the world is America singing at the end of Sister Golden Hair? It sounds like 'Bob Vila, Bob Vila'
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Post by djjoe1960 on Jun 20, 2018 14:52:48 GMT -5
What in the world is America singing at the end of Sister Golden Hair? It sounds like 'Bob Vila, Bob Vila' I assume you mean the part at the end when he sings 'oohh bop a doo wahp'--which is the best I can figure--since they are no official lyrics listed for the end of the song. |
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Post by johnnywest on Jun 20, 2018 17:08:44 GMT -5
In “Flashdance...What A Feeling,” I always thought she was singing, “take your pants off and make it happen.” Of course it‘s “ take your passion.”
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Post by OldSchoolAT40Fan on Jun 20, 2018 17:24:48 GMT -5
When I first heard Expose's "Point of No Return" as a teen, I could of sworn I heard "Phooey" prior to each of the first two occurrences of the chorus.
When I first heard Lipps, Inc.'s "Funkytown" in 1980, I originally thought they were singing "Gotta McLove" (a reference to McDonald's restaurants), but after hearing the remake by Pseudo Echo seven years later, it's pretty clear they were saying "Gotta move on".
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