Red Fish Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 In this thread, ruin a song for someone with a little-known "fact" about it or the artists behind it. But if your fact isn't true, please note so. Jim Gordon, the guy who played the piano piece near the end of Derek & The Dominoes' Layla, beat his mother to death with a hammer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daslied Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 "Martha My Dear" is about a sheepdog. So is "Shannon". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Don Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 "More More More" by the Andrea True Connection was sung by a porn actress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 "Hi, Hi, Hi" by Paul McCartney was ruined for me recently upon finding out he's saying, "Gonna do you sweet banana like you've never been done." Come on - banana? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skybluesky Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 I cringe when, in Small Town, John Mellencamp sings-"No I cannot forget from where it is that I come from." That is just horrible grammar. I also hate the line in The Eagles "Wasted Time"-"and the hours go by like minutes." The whole idea of the passage is that time is slow and doesn't seem to be passing for the girl to get over the guy, so wouldn't the minutes go by like hours? And I covered my thoughts on "Shannon" in the quiz section. At least the dog gets street cred from being owned by the Beach Boys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 I cringe when, in Small Town, John Mellencamp sings-"No I cannot forget from where it is that I come from." That is just horrible grammar. I'm so glad I'm not the only one alive who notices stuff like this! I've always wanted to throttle him for doing that. But I guess it's poetic justice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcM Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 "Gonna do you sweet banana like you've never been done." Maybe he was making a banana split... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heard It On The XM Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 Then you must be absolutely driven up the wall by Lee Greenwood's butchering of proper English grammar in "God Bless The USA": "I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free..." "An American" is a person, but the adverb "where" is meant to refer to a place! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 I always thought that said "I'm proud to be in America, where at least I know I'm free." Hmmmm.... never listened to it that closely, I guess.... thanks for ruining the song for me, XM. } Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Fish Posted January 30, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 Wow, that's pretty bad... and that's how I've always sung it, too. I read that Boston's More Than A Feeling is about the main singer's childhood crush on his cousin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLizard Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 "What is and What Should Never Be" by Led Zeppelin is Robert Plant's lament about his crush on his wife's teenage sister. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Fish Posted January 30, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 I hate you, Lizzy. So much do I hate you now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLizard Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 I try Nammy, I try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 My fave cover of Hooked on a feeling is by Jonathan King, who´s in jail due to sexual abuse to minors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 This is a very depressing thread...I think I'll move on to fun and games... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 That´s life, Laurie... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadras9 Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 Actually, "Wasted Time" by the Eagles is more about hitting middle age and finding yourself alone and lonely after one, possibly more, failed relationships, and trying to compensate with one-night stands, booze, and/or drugs. "Hours go by like minutes" means that the older you get the faster time goes by for you, until you have to stop and wonder where your life went. And when Joe Walsh says "I could have done so many things baby, if I could only stop my mind from wondering what I left behind, and from worrying about this wasted time", he is actually pointing out the irony of wasting even more your life thinking about the time you've lost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daslied Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 "You Give Love A Bad Name" was sung by Bon Jovi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 Hey, I like that song! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Seeker Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 Me too.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Jane 61 Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 Sara, by Fleetwood Mac has been rumoured to be about an abortion Stevie had while she was with Don Henley. I have never found absolute proof of this though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 Nama...good idea for a thread. WTG! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Don Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 Barry Manilow did not write "I Write the Songs." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 I'll ruin any song you want just by singing it. So you want my real voice or falsetto? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Don Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 The Blue Ridge Mountains barely touch West Virginia; most of the Shenandoah River flows through Virginia before flowing into Jefferson County, West Virginia where it meets the Potomac at Harpers Ferry. So why are these mentioned in John Denver's "Take Me Home, Country Roads"? (At least the Statler Brothers correct the opening line to "Almost heaven, old Virginia," but being a West Virginian, it sort of irks me that they sing "old Virginia" (instead of West Virginia) because they are from the part of Virginia where the Shenandoah flows and the Blue Ridge Mountains rise!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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