Misunderstanding lyrics

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 12:04 pm

The Bee Gees ... I never could understand anything through that annoying fasletto ... I used to think they had a song "Bald Headed Woman" ... I found out later it was "More than a Woman" ... or remember 3 dog night ... they would sing ... "George to the World"

trick_knee · Post by **trick_knee** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 4:14 pm

For the past 30 years I've sung "In England..back ohh Delta Dawn" during Aerosmith's Dream On. I've seen the actual lyrics and still can't bring myself to sing them...what the hell is Delta Dawn doing in England anyways?!?

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 6:15 pm

Jason, He DOES say "Gimme Gimme Gimme Fried Chicken" at the end of "One Vision". They changed it to that at the last minute, it originally said "John Deacon" instead of "Fried Chicken".

rick12dr · Post by **rick12dr** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 12:03 am

And of course, John Fogerty singing, "...There's a bathroom on the right..."

iamthebassman · Post by **iamthebassman** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 6:33 am

Speaking of 3 Dog Night, we're opening for them soon and for the life of me I can only remember a few tunes of theirs. Joy to The World, One is the Loneliest Number... What songs am I forgetting?

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 8:33 am

Three Dog Night's 21 Top 40 Hits:
Mama Told Me (Not To Come) #1
Joy to The World #1
Black And White #1
Shambala #3
Easy To Be Hard #4
An Old Fashioned Love Song #4
The Show Must Go On #4
One #5
Never Been To Spain #5
Liar #7
Eli’s Coming #10
The Family Of Man #12
Celebrate #15
Out In The Country #15
Sure As I’m Sittin’ Here #16
Let Me Serenade You #17
One Man Band #19
Pieces Of April #19
Try A Little Tenderness #29
Til The World Ends #32
Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues) #33

courtesy of their website.

I remember a lot of those.

jaybic · Post by **jaybic** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 9:33 am

Steve - thanks for the clarification on One Vision. I was starting to get worried. People were questioning my sanity when I would force them to listen to the ending over and over - just to find someone to validate what I was hearing. Now I KNOW I'm right. whew....that's a relief

and don't forget the Christmas classic..."The Restroom door said Gentleman"

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 7:55 pm

Jason, I dug it out and listened to it before writing that...Just to make SURE

I also have a demo where they say the "John Deacon" bit.

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 5:22 am

...oh well... my kid sings "little bee" instead of "let it be"... that's her style...
and of course mr. Fogerty also sings "who will take a call from a mime" and "who will make the shoes go your feet"...

wayang · Post by **wayang** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 12:56 pm

That ELO hit always sounded like "Medieval Warthog" to me...my brother and I used to entertain ourselves with slight rewrites, such as Billy Idol's "Catch my Decline and Fall", or Culture Club's "I'll Stumble towards Ya"...but perhaps my favorite was this reworking of the Thompson Twins smash single: "Procto-Doctor, is that your glove I'm feeeeee-ling?"

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 6:18 pm

Doesn't ABBA sing about a denture Queen?

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 9:58 pm

I thought that it was Danzig Queen.

wayang · Post by **wayang** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 7:31 am

No, wait a minute...I saw those guys...big pumped-up body-builder singer with a pageboy haircut, capri pants and a feather boa? Yeah, it must have been them...

squirebass · Post by **squirebass** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 10:37 am

What about the Manfred Mann classic, "Wrapped up like a douche another runner in the night". I believe Springsteen actually wrote the song, which was called "Blinded by the Light"

trick_knee · Post by **trick_knee** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 11:28 am

Gene, I've always wondered about that one...anyone know the actual lyrics there.