Posted by Ben Kaufman on June 26, 2011, 1:12 am
Posted by Tom Owens on June 28, 2011, 6:06 pm
On Fri, 24 Jun 2011 11:31:41 -0800, sean_q wrote:
> Back in days of yore, in "The Things We Did Last Summer" I heard Dean
> Martin and/or Shelley Fabares sing:
>
> The early morning hike
> The rented tandem bike
> The lunches that we used to pack
> We never could explain
> That sudden submarine...
>
> Huh? In this romantic song I got an image of two lovers cycling
> (presumably near water) when suddenly a conning tower breaks the surface
> as a submarine abruptly splashes into view.
>
> Doesn't fit the song's mood in the least, does it. What a classic case
> of cognitive dissonance. Later on however, I discovered that the actual
> lyrics are:
>
> We never could explain
> That sudden summer rain
>
> Today's weather brought this long-forgotten incident to mind. Because
> all morning we've been getting sudden summer rain. Dark clouds and
> intermittent intense showers. In fact this whole riding season is
> shaping up as a washout. Grrrr....
>
> Oh well, shit happens.
>
> SQ
A favorite of mine is "The knights who go shopping" Stevie Ray Vaughn.
My son and I had planned that as a halloween costume at one time.
--
TomO
Posted by Tom Owens on June 29, 2011, 10:50 am
On Tue, 28 Jun 2011 18:21:26 -0800, sean_q wrote:
> On 6/28/2011 2:06 PM, Tom Owens wrote:
>
>> A favorite of mine is "The knights who go shopping" Stevie Ray Vaughn.
>> My son and I had planned that as a halloween costume at one time.
>
> This one took me a while to figure out, but it seems to be from "Cold
> Shot":
>
> Once was a sweet thing, baby
> Held that love in our hands
> But now I reach to kiss your lips
> It just don't mean a thing
> (*Misheard as): Knights that go shopping (*Real lyrics): And that's a
> cold shot, baby
>
> SQ
That's right. To this day I still can't hear the real lyrics. All I hear
is:
The knights that go shopping
Yeah, that's a thing
Posted by Tim on June 30, 2011, 2:28 pm
I always liked the Bruce Springsteen penned "Blinded by the Light"
that was made popular by Manfred Mann & the Earth Band:
misheard lyric "Dressed up like a douche..."
real lyric "Dressed up like a dude, you...."
Posted by J. Clarke on July 1, 2011, 10:11 am
In article <4e770008-b441-41ca-a8c9-d9fa9de74f23
@q12g2000prb.googlegroups.com>, tomorrowerolsdotcom@yahoo.com says...
>
> I always liked the Bruce Springsteen penned "Blinded by the Light"
> that was made popular by Manfred Mann & the Earth Band:
>
> misheard lyric "Dressed up like a douche..."
>
> real lyric "Dressed up like a dude, you...."
I always heard "douche" in that one too. Which in a gross sort of way
kind of fit with the next line "another runner in the night".
Several Web sites say it's "revved up like a deuce" which would also fit
with being a runner in the night, however I wasn't aware that a '32 Ford
was renowned for its ability to rev.
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>I heard Dean Martin and/or Shelley Fabares sing:
> The early morning hike
> The rented tandem bike
> The lunches that we used to pack
> We never could explain
> That sudden submarine...
>Huh? In this romantic song I got an image of two lovers cycling
>(presumably near water) when suddenly a conning tower breaks
>the surface as a submarine abruptly splashes into view.
>Doesn't fit the song's mood in the least, does it. What a classic
>case of cognitive dissonance. Later on however, I discovered
>that the actual lyrics are:
> We never could explain
> That sudden summer rain
>Today's weather brought this long-forgotten incident to mind.
>Because all morning we've been getting sudden summer rain.
>Dark clouds and intermittent intense showers. In fact this
>whole riding season is shaping up as a washout. Grrrr....
>Oh well, shit happens.
>SQ