tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post2514134699373954914..comments2024-03-28T14:13:23.835-04:00Comments on By Neddie Jingo!: Audio Typo Revealed!Neddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17079885040758748553noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-39892859629215484742014-05-01T09:48:19.237-04:002014-05-01T09:48:19.237-04:00I think you're bloody daft, mate. Bernie Taupi...I think you're bloody daft, mate. Bernie Taupin did wrote them lyrics and that rhymes with 'kid'.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02312520323318546552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-58301273882584098132012-05-19T22:12:35.227-04:002012-05-19T22:12:35.227-04:00I know this is a super-old post, but the problem i...I know this is a super-old post, but the problem if there is one with harry chapin's line about borrowing the keys is that he says "see you later" before asking for the keys. ...car please/...them please was alright. But I like the sting correctionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-7564718353012574602010-02-10T13:46:26.240-05:002010-02-10T13:46:26.240-05:00You're commenting in a 7-month-old post, Nonni...You're commenting in a 7-month-old post, Nonnie, but at any rate...<br /><br />Can you please point to any single word in this post and comment thread that made fun of Mr. Dwight's <i>sexuality?</i><br /><br />Go project somewhere else, mmmmkay?Neddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17079885040758748553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-11108833435237143492009-07-21T12:56:10.742-04:002009-07-21T12:56:10.742-04:00That line always bothered me too. But I disagree t...That line always bothered me too. But I disagree that there's no rhyme in the verses; it's a slightly unorthodox scheme, and it varies a bit, but it's basically ABA:<br /><br />...miss my <b>wife</b><br />...lonely out in space<br />... timeless <b>flight</b><br /><br />...science I don't under<b>stand</b><br />...five days a week<br />...a rocket <b>man</b><br /><br />The lines under discussion fit this pattern: kids-did.<br /><br />Interestingly enough, these are all half-rhymes. Probably deliberate.<br /><br />Nevertheless, that line's a clunker all right.Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02733601180382760718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-68956480312973215422009-07-20T07:51:06.033-04:002009-07-20T07:51:06.033-04:00Oooh, Levon sounds good.Oooh, Levon sounds good.blue girlhttp://bluegirlredstate.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-73933546558404464872009-07-20T07:43:39.638-04:002009-07-20T07:43:39.638-04:00Hey, Al. Thanks. Those sound great.Hey, Al. Thanks. Those sound great.blue girlhttp://bluegirlredstate.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-80184511085312783462009-07-19T14:00:40.456-04:002009-07-19T14:00:40.456-04:00In case anyone is interested:
http://bigozine2.co...In case anyone is interested:<br /><br />http://bigozine2.com/roio/?p=249The Viscount LaCartehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12206171681005442662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-66310886089806347842009-07-19T09:07:33.384-04:002009-07-19T09:07:33.384-04:00I think he may have been referring to "the he...I think he may have been referring to "the help", y'know, as in nannies, wetnurses, and the like.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-85422595407471170262009-07-18T16:32:43.150-04:002009-07-18T16:32:43.150-04:00I dunno, "cold as hell" never struck me ...I dunno, "cold as hell" never struck me as a particularly apt metaphor either (not that it's unique to this song). Personally, he lost me after Tumbleweed Junction, although I can still listen to Madman Across the Water without cringing. Andy Partridge's lyrics make Bernie Taupin's look like they were written by a 5 year old.Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-12807570623276448922009-07-18T13:14:17.896-04:002009-07-18T13:14:17.896-04:00I think that might be the Uilleann Pipes, Simon (a...I think that might be the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uilleann_pipes" rel="nofollow">Uilleann Pipes,</a> Simon (and thank FSM for Auto-Complete because I'd never have pulled that spelling out of my ass...).<br /><br />Boy howdy, that Kate Bush can pack my bag pre-flight <i>anytime...</i>Neddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17079885040758748553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-22440747171950880592009-07-18T12:57:42.643-04:002009-07-18T12:57:42.643-04:00You know, I always wondered about that sentence, t...You know, I always wondered about that sentence, too. Thanks for clearing it up for me, Nedster. Wow.Wrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09285813981508179421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-23498294746351225652009-07-18T07:18:52.181-04:002009-07-18T07:18:52.181-04:00Right there with you Ned. He lost me after Honky ...Right there with you Ned. He lost me after <em>Honky Chateau</em> too, though there are some good songs after that.<br /><br />I've gone off on Taupin's lyrics before so I won't here except to say that occasionally he wrote something good (<em>Empty Garden</em> still brings a tear) but mostly I think he's mediocre. <br /><br />The one that always got me was from Harry Chapin:<br /><br /><em>What I'd really like Dad is to borrow the car KEYS / see you later can I have them PLEASE?</em><br /><br />when very obviously it should have been:<br /><br /><em>What I'd really like Dad is to borrow the car please / see you later can I have the keys?</em><br /><br />Then of course there's this one from Sting:<br /><br /><em>With words they try to jail ya...rhetoric of failya </em><br /><br />When very obviously it should have been:<br /><br /><em>I wrote these words on jetlag / I really am a douche bag</em>The Viscount LaCartehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12206171681005442662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-66333701119035490222009-07-18T02:01:12.870-04:002009-07-18T02:01:12.870-04:00Go fer it, dude.Go fer it, dude.Mike Kretzlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03205575495336130211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-64554854397990066232009-07-17T20:27:47.055-04:002009-07-17T20:27:47.055-04:00I only know this version. (BTW, what is that inst...I only know <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g8v2RNLHr0" rel="nofollow">this version</a>. (BTW, what is that instrument he's playing at 3:24?)<br /><br />Plausible theory. Now explain to me exactly what "The movement you need is on your shoulder" means.HomefrontRadionoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-73906858261484680582009-07-17T13:16:50.737-04:002009-07-17T13:16:50.737-04:00Ha! That line's always stopped me too, Jeddie...Ha! That line's always stopped me too, Jeddie.<br /><br />If you write him, tell old Razor Face I said hi.blue girlhttp://bluegirlredstate.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-34518771593031691802009-07-17T12:47:24.794-04:002009-07-17T12:47:24.794-04:00Write Him Immediately.
"If you should ever f...Write Him Immediately.<br /><br />"If you should ever find someone new/<br />I know he better be good to you/<br />Because if he doesn't <br />I'll be there..."<br /><br />(Just look over your shoulders baby) ouch, eh? That'll put a kink in.<br /><br />"there's a choice we're making<br />We're saving our own lives<br />It's true- we make a better day<br />Just me and you..."<br /><br />See how th' rhyme scheme is destroyed by using "me 'n' you" instead of "you and I"?<br /><br />MJ could have moved some product with me on board. Elton and Bernie might have had a prayer w/ the English major contingent with us behind th' board. Losers.<br /><br />Hendsto, motherfucker!!bobby lightfoothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15701816985010473296noreply@blogger.com