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Bucky

(54,013 posts) Wed Nov 2, 2016, 06:27 PM Nov 2016

I will always remember today as the day I found out what the lyrics are not...

For years I thought they were singsaying

[font size="5"]straddled the line,
disco and brine,
I don't know why
I'm after you.[/font]

They are not that, it seems. Good poetry is always full of wonderful surprises

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I will always remember today as the day I found out what the lyrics are not... (Original Post) Bucky Nov 2016 OP

Don't feel bad, there's a bathroom on the right pinboy3niner Nov 2016 #1

'scuse me while I kiss this guy... CurtEastPoint Nov 2016 #2

On a dark desert highway, liberalhistorian Nov 2016 #32

Like a virgin touched for the thirty-first time! Kaleva Nov 2016 #3

Haha. That may have been the first version... anneboleyn Nov 2016 #10

Might as well face it, you're a dick with a glove. progressoid Nov 2016 #4

OK, ok, this is what I thought too......to funny a kennedy Nov 2016 #18

The ants are my friends, pressbox69 Nov 2016 #5

Angels will eat ham on rye. n/t malthaussen Nov 2016 #6

The girl with colitis goes by Va Lefty Nov 2016 #7

No. Please. You're killing me. Did you reeeaaaaally think John would write such lyrics? anneboleyn Nov 2016 #9

Softly? lastlib Nov 2016 #23

Considering all the stuff he was often on, liberalhistorian Nov 2016 #33

Brilliant!!! Demoiselle Nov 2016 #22

I LOVE DURAN DURAN. Off to watch this video again -- I was mesmerized by Simon when I was anneboleyn Nov 2016 #8

I was into Nick, myself Mad_Dem_X Nov 2016 #13

Head East song:"woman with the sweet lovin better than a white line" People hear "white lie" anneboleyn Nov 2016 #11

She likes to move. She likes to groove. She likes eleven things. (n/t) Iggo Nov 2016 #12

Hold me closer Tony Danza Mendocino Nov 2016 #14

Shit! TexasBushwhacker Nov 2016 #24

Mee-chelle. Ma Bell. Some day mon-key play pi-a-no song. Iggo Nov 2016 #15

I LOL at this one....... a kennedy Nov 2016 #17

so ferry cross the mercy....... a kennedy Nov 2016 #16

AH-CHOO! Burnin' down the avenue. Iggo Nov 2016 #19

As long as you are here with me trackfan Nov 2016 #20

I thought it was that too! Some trendy clergyman. LeftishBrit Nov 2016 #31

Dylan - "Rosemary combed her hair and took a cabbage into town" Donkees Nov 2016 #21

A friend of my mom's swore that "Who Are You?" TexasBushwhacker Nov 2016 #25

Sheriff don't like it, Mendocino Nov 2016 #26

Thirty mondegreens in four minutes The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2016 #27

You beat me to it! liberalhistorian Nov 2016 #34

See that girl, watch her scream, kicking the dancing queen nopence2020 Nov 2016 #28

Let's pee in the corner, Let's pee in the spotlight. discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2016 #29

'I have squandered my resistance for a pocketful of marbles' LeftishBrit Nov 2016 #30

I thought it was disco and brine too!! OMG! OrwellwasRight Nov 2016 #36

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

1. Don't feel bad, there's a bathroom on the right

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Wed Nov 2, 2016, 06:33 PM

Nov 2016

CurtEastPoint

(18,645 posts)

2. 'scuse me while I kiss this guy...

Reply to pinboy3niner (Reply #1)

Wed Nov 2, 2016, 06:53 PM

Nov 2016

liberalhistorian

(20,818 posts)

32. On a dark desert highway,

Reply to CurtEastPoint (Reply #2)

Sat Nov 5, 2016, 04:18 PM

Nov 2016

Cool Whip in my hair!!

Kaleva

(36,304 posts)

3. Like a virgin touched for the thirty-first time!

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Wed Nov 2, 2016, 09:25 PM

Nov 2016

anneboleyn

(5,611 posts)

10. Haha. That may have been the first version...

Reply to Kaleva (Reply #3)

Thu Nov 3, 2016, 01:28 PM

Nov 2016

progressoid

(49,990 posts)

4. Might as well face it, you're a dick with a glove.

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Wed Nov 2, 2016, 11:44 PM

Nov 2016

a kennedy

(29,663 posts)

18. OK, ok, this is what I thought too......to funny

Reply to progressoid (Reply #4)

Fri Nov 4, 2016, 08:46 AM

Nov 2016

pressbox69

(2,252 posts)

5. The ants are my friends,

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Thu Nov 3, 2016, 12:12 AM

Nov 2016

are blowing in the wind...

malthaussen

(17,199 posts)

6. Angels will eat ham on rye. n/t

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Thu Nov 3, 2016, 10:46 AM

Nov 2016

Va Lefty

(6,252 posts)

7. The girl with colitis goes by

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Thu Nov 3, 2016, 01:01 PM

Nov 2016

anneboleyn

(5,611 posts)

9. No. Please. You're killing me. Did you reeeaaaaally think John would write such lyrics?

Reply to Va Lefty (Reply #7)

Thu Nov 3, 2016, 01:27 PM

Nov 2016

lastlib

(23,238 posts)

23. Softly?

Reply to anneboleyn (Reply #9)

Fri Nov 4, 2016, 09:50 PM

Nov 2016

With his song? I never knew a song could be a murder weapon, although I suppose any Doobie Brothers song could make you sick to death, like poison.

liberalhistorian

(20,818 posts)

33. Considering all the stuff he was often on,

Reply to anneboleyn (Reply #9)

Sat Nov 5, 2016, 04:21 PM

Nov 2016

who knows? Lol. My millennial son worships John as his personal god, so he'd probably kill me if he knew I said that, lol.

Demoiselle

(6,787 posts)

22. Brilliant!!!

Reply to Va Lefty (Reply #7)

Fri Nov 4, 2016, 06:34 PM

Nov 2016

anneboleyn

(5,611 posts)

8. I LOVE DURAN DURAN. Off to watch this video again -- I was mesmerized by Simon when I was

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Thu Nov 3, 2016, 01:26 PM

Nov 2016

like 8 ish. The album Rio is an outstanding new wave masterpiece -- Duran Duran has never been given the credit they deserve for writing some extremely innovative and fantastic electronic music (even the master Brian Eno has said so).

Mad_Dem_X

(9,564 posts)

13. I was into Nick, myself

Reply to anneboleyn (Reply #8)

Thu Nov 3, 2016, 03:09 PM

Nov 2016

I always seem to be drawn to androgynous men. Duran Duran is a great band.

anneboleyn

(5,611 posts)

11. Head East song:"woman with the sweet lovin better than a white line" People hear "white lie"

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Thu Nov 3, 2016, 01:40 PM

Nov 2016

I swear I always heard it correctly...teehee...but I have several friends who thought the fabulous Head East song "Never been any Reason" says "woman with the sweet lovin' better than a white LIE" instead of the correct "white line" Ah, what innocent kids we were...

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Iggo

(47,554 posts)

12. She likes to move. She likes to groove. She likes eleven things. (n/t)

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Thu Nov 3, 2016, 03:03 PM

Nov 2016

Mendocino

(7,494 posts)

14. Hold me closer Tony Danza

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Thu Nov 3, 2016, 05:28 PM

Nov 2016

TexasBushwhacker

(20,191 posts)

24. Shit!

Reply to Mendocino (Reply #14)

Fri Nov 4, 2016, 10:10 PM

Nov 2016

I have bronchitis and you just made me cough up half a lung.

Iggo

(47,554 posts)

15. Mee-chelle. Ma Bell. Some day mon-key play pi-a-no song.

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Thu Nov 3, 2016, 10:29 PM

Nov 2016

a kennedy

(29,663 posts)

17. I LOL at this one.......

Reply to Iggo (Reply #15)

Fri Nov 4, 2016, 08:44 AM

Nov 2016

a kennedy

(29,663 posts)

16. so ferry cross the mercy.......

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Fri Nov 4, 2016, 08:43 AM

Nov 2016

never understood what this was......

Iggo

(47,554 posts)

19. AH-CHOO! Burnin' down the avenue.

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Fri Nov 4, 2016, 02:11 PM

Nov 2016

trackfan

(3,650 posts)

20. As long as you are here with me

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Fri Nov 4, 2016, 02:20 PM

Nov 2016

I'd much rather be
the Reverend Blue Jeans!

LeftishBrit

(41,205 posts)

31. I thought it was that too! Some trendy clergyman.

Reply to trackfan (Reply #20)

Sat Nov 5, 2016, 03:58 PM

Nov 2016

Donkees

(31,408 posts)

21. Dylan - "Rosemary combed her hair and took a cabbage into town"

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Fri Nov 4, 2016, 03:32 PM

Nov 2016

TexasBushwhacker

(20,191 posts)

25. A friend of my mom's swore that "Who Are You?"

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Fri Nov 4, 2016, 10:12 PM

Nov 2016

at the beginning of CSIA was "Blue orange"! Yeah. That makes perfect sense.

Mendocino

(7,494 posts)

26. Sheriff don't like it,

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Fri Nov 4, 2016, 10:19 PM

Nov 2016

robbing the cash bar, robbing the cash bar

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,706 posts)

27. Thirty mondegreens in four minutes

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Fri Nov 4, 2016, 10:43 PM

Nov 2016

liberalhistorian

(20,818 posts)

34. You beat me to it!

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #27)

Sat Nov 5, 2016, 04:26 PM

Nov 2016

That song is the King, Queen and Grand Poo-bah of Mondegreens all wrapped into one. For years, I thought it was "wrapped up like a dunce, another rotor in the night." Never have been able to hear "runner", since it sounds just like "rotor."

nopence2020

(27 posts)

28. See that girl, watch her scream, kicking the dancing queen

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Sat Nov 5, 2016, 01:32 AM

Nov 2016

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,479 posts)

29. Let's pee in the corner, Let's pee in the spotlight.

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Sat Nov 5, 2016, 11:39 AM

Nov 2016

LeftishBrit

(41,205 posts)

30. 'I have squandered my resistance for a pocketful of marbles'

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Sat Nov 5, 2016, 03:58 PM

Nov 2016

A friend as a child thought that the line 'You don't have to say you love me; just be close at hand' was 'You don't have to say I'm lovely, just because I am!' I still prefer her version.

Until I read the lyrics quite recently, I heard the Robert Burns song 'Bide ye yet and bide ye yet/ Ye little ken what may betide ye yet' as 'Bide ye yet and bide ye yet/ Your little kimono and tidy hat'. I knew it couldn't be that, but that's how it always sounded to me.

OrwellwasRight

(5,170 posts)

36. I thought it was disco and brine too!! OMG!

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Sat Nov 5, 2016, 06:11 PM

Nov 2016

But I thought the next line was

"I'm on the hunt, I'm after you"

All respect to Duran Duran, but I like mine better. Nobody likes a whiner

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