Finish this verse: "There she was, just-awalkin' down the street..."

[MnFats]

bonus points if you know the whole song.


additional bonus points if you can tell me what bizarre covers the band was associated with later.

[Bertha Venation]

singin' doo wah diddy, diddy dum, diddy doo

snappin' her fingers and a-shuffling her feet
singin' doo wah diddy, diddy dum, diddy doo
she looked good (looked good)
she looked fine (looked fine)
she looked good, she looked fine
and I nearly lost my mind....

[LuLu550]

18. before I knew it she was walking next to me

singing doo wah diddy, diddy dum diddy doo
we're so happy and that's how it's gunna be
singing doo wah diddy, diddy dum diddy doo

[Champion Jack]

1. "singin' doo-waa diddy diddy dum diddy doo..."

[matcom]

2. "singing do wa diddy diddy dum diddy do...."

not sure of the spelling of diddy :D

[VOX]

3. Singin' do-wah diddy-diddy down diddy-do...

:toast:

[Liberal Veteran]

4. Singing, "God I hate that asshole occupying the White House!"

He looks dumb.
He looks blind.
I am sure he has no mind!

[dmr]

13. This would be good at a protest

He looks dumb (he IS dumb)
He looks blind (he IS blind)
I am sure he has no mind

[kmla]

5. Singin' doo wah diddy diddy dum diddy do.

Just a snappin her fingers and a shufflin' her feet, singin' doo wah...

Done by Manfred Mann, who covered Bruce's "Blinded by the Light" in a rather unique fashion.

Howzat?

[MnFats]

19. you get the prize!

though I must say ALL responders brought joy to my jaded rock n roll heart!

I LOVE the idea of using it as a protest song.
gotta re-write the whole song....
"There he was, just admirin' his dadee....."

[BlueEyedSon]

6. Singing do wah diddy

diddy dom diddy doo

Might quinn (Dylan?)
Blinded by the light (Springsteen!)

[MamaBear]

7. Singin doo wah diddy diddy dum diddy do

Snappin her fingers and shufflin' her feet
Singin' doo wah diddy diddy dum diddy do.
Well I'm hers (I'm hers)
She's mine (she's mind)
I'm hers, she's mine, wedding bells are gonna chime.

There's more, but I'm old. :)

[Bridget Burke]

8. Is this the answer-thread to "why are country lyrics so silly?"

*

[FredScuttle]

9. Manfred Mann

later covered Dylan's Mighty Quinn and Springsteen's Blinded by the Light (as Manfred Mann's Earth Band)

[MnFats]

20. prize for you as well!

Well done, all those who remembered the bizarre covers of Springsteen songs.

[VOX]

10. Manfred Mann > Manfred Mann's Earth Band> covered...

Springsteen's "Blinded by the Light"
Dylan's "Mighty Quinn"
Joni Mitchell's "Banquet"

to name a few...

[PVnRT]

11. Spraying everyone with random gunfire

:evilgrin:

[Whitacre D_WI]

12. Whoa-oh, I knew we was fallin' in love,

Yes I did, and so I told her
All the things I'd been dreamin' of.

Now we're together nearly every single day, singing
(you know this part)
We're so happy, and that's how it's gonna stay, singing.
....

I'm hers!
She's miiiiine!
I'm hers, she's mine, wedding bells are gonna chime.


Woooo-ooah, oh yeah!



The other folks got the rest, but I supplied the bridge. I think that means I deserve the bonus points.

[mac56]

14. A band called the Hounds did a cover of it in 1978.

Didn't entirely suck.

[roguevalley]

15. singing what's that crap stuck to the bottom of my shoe

[Gildor Inglorion]

16. ...snappin' her fingers an' shufflin' her feet

singing, "doo-wah diddy, diddy-dum, diddy-doo...."

Have you ever thought how SILLY she must have looked and sounded? And this was in 1964! I remember having long discussions as to why the girl was behaving so strangely. We finally decided it was just words strung together to fit the rhythm of the music. No other explanation made sense.

[starroute]

17. "Can anyone tell me what 'diddy-wa-diddy' means?"

That's not a question I'm asking -- it's a line from another song, but I'm damned if I can remember what. Anybody know?