Random Music Thoughts V

[_Laurie_ 11]

But then again, At one time I use to think "My Sharona" was the greatest rock song ever written.

[Tenacious_Peaches 0]

I've been doing that for decades with Meatloaf's Two Out of Three Ain't Bad. That's some deep mess, yo.

[Viaene 0]

at those moments, Linkin Park's 'in the end' is deep too man, I experienced it.

[Shawna 1]

oddly, when I'm that Timmed, it's all I can do to keep from hurling if I try to lay down. So typically I have to sit up until that subsides, and then I'm so grateful it has subsided that and Osmond tune would suffice to be deep enough for me.

[Foolonthehill 0]

I was just wondering if I was right in thinking that this lyric from "Touch Me" was grammatically incorrect.

"I'm gonna love you

Till the stars fall from the sky

For you and I."

Shouldn't if be "For you and me"?

[Levis 6]

but that doesn't rhyme, see

[Farin 2]

(2nd language speaker)

yep

[Foolonthehill 0]

yeah, I know that the rhyme wouldn't work that way

it's just been annoying me for a while

[Farin 2]

that's no excuse... they could have simply put more thought into it, to find a line that does rhyme.

"I'm gonna love you

Till the apples fall from the tree

For you and me."

... or something like that

[Foolonthehill 0]

Yeah, I just hope they did it for the sake of rhyming and weren't just following the assertions of inept yet grammar-zealous Grade two teachers.

I know I had a few teachers like that- insisting that "I" is correct in virtually all situations, regardless of whether it's the subject or object.

[Shawna 1]

Fool... you might be interested in the interview I did with Billy Montana, who is a hugely successful writer in Nashville (see Songwriter Interviews on the Main Page).

The section I'm referring to is where he told me about his song "Suds In The Bucket," and how they took liberal use of the English (American?) language for poetic justice.

Billy: We say, “little pony-tail girl growed up to be a woman.†Bob Dylan put in a song, I think it’s a line that goes, “something I never knowed.†Because he was rhyming it with “road.†And so I was like, well, man, it can be done. This was kind of funny because my daughter pointed out to us one time, we were listening to a Neil Diamond song, and it’s the one about “song she brang to me,†he says “B-R-A-N-G, brang,†to rhyme with sang, and rang. And so my daughter was like, “That’s not a word, ‘brang.’†And I’m like, Oh my gosh, I never noticed that. So Jenai and I, we were writing, we’re like, man, that’s cool.

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Plus, my favorite guy, Roger Clyne, did a song a few years back called "Switchblade," and he does the same sort of thing. He sings, "Yeah, dumb and drunk as we was, you know we'd do it all again, before we buried a switchblade with each of my friends." So it's more phonetically pleasing to say "was" as opposed to the grammatically correct "were," and is considered poetic justice, I suppose.

Edited January 6, 2009 by Guest
fix a typo

[bazooka 0]

"I'm gonna love you

Till the apples fall from the tree

For you and me."

... or something like that

We can hope stars falling out of the sky will take a little longer than apples off the tree.

Wouldn't that mean

"I'm gonna love you

like one year max."

[Viaene 0]

you 2 should be writing songs together!

[The Seeker 0]

bazooka has a point.

[Levis 6]

zooks is right! (hohumwhatelseisnew :sleepy:)

[Carl 22]

Then we'll have to get on Paul Simon's case about Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard.

[Foolonthehill 0]

Fool... you might be interested in the interview I did with Billy Montana, who is a hugely successful writer in Nashville (see Songwriter Interviews on the Main Page).

The section I'm referring to is where he told me about his song "Suds In The Bucket," and how they took liberal use of the English (American?) language for poetic justice.

Billy: We say, “little pony-tail girl growed up to be a woman.†Bob Dylan put in a song, I think it’s a line that goes, “something I never knowed.†Because he was rhyming it with “road.†And so I was like, well, man, it can be done. This was kind of funny because my daughter pointed out to us one time, we were listening to a Neil Diamond song, and it’s the one about “song she brang to me,†he says “B-R-A-N-G, brang,†to rhyme with sang, and rang. And so my daughter was like, “That’s not a word, ‘brang.’†And I’m like, Oh my gosh, I never noticed that. So Jenai and I, we were writing, we’re like, man, that’s cool.

******************

Plus, my favorite guy, Roger Clyne, did a song a few years back called "Switchblade," and he does the same sort of thing. He sings, "Yeah, dumb and drunk as we was, you know we'd do it all again, before we buried a switchblade with each of my friends." So it's more phonetically pleasing to say "was" as opposed to the grammatically correct "were," and is considered poetic justice, I suppose.

Yeah, it sort of seems to fit in a little better in those cases though. It's part of the slang they were using, so it doesn't seem weird.

The error in the Doors song just seems lazy, and it really doesn't fit in with the Doors' style.

Edited January 7, 2009 by Guest

[TheLizard 1]

Drunken Tchaikovsky! Drunken Tchaikovsky!

Random.

[TheLizard 1]

Beatles + Betrunkeness (Thanks Peaches for the vocab word) = Best thing ever

[Tenacious_Peaches 0]

TimLizzy + College + Betrunkeness (you're welcome) = The most entertaining random posts ever

[The Seeker 0]

Funny, I don't listen to music when I'm drunk. I usually don't even notice if music is playing or not.

[Viaene 0]

Turn it harder, you'll hear it and find it awesome

[Foolonthehill 0]

Beatles + Betrunkeness (Thanks Peaches for the vocab word) = Best thing ever

For some reason, I always end up singing Beatles songs at the top of my lungs when I get drunk. Usually it's "Any Time At All".

[Viaene 0]

Na na nananana - nananana

Hey Jude!!

[Farin 2]

Na na nananana

hey hey hey!

good-bye!