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izhilzha

Quote for the Day

Mar 03, 2006 11:08

"What is too stupid to be said is sung."
--Voltaire

Well, this explains a lot of pop music lyrics. *snerk*

music, quotey, voltaire

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izhilzha March 3 2006, 21:15:02 UTC

I'd never heard it before, so I figured sharing with my LJ world was in order. :-D

jcobleigh March 3 2006, 20:00:31 UTC

My first thought was that explains the musical Candide. :)

izhilzha March 3 2006, 21:16:29 UTC

Well, considering that I bet Voltaire was referring to opera, that fits. :-)

jd3000 March 3 2006, 21:11:19 UTC

"I'm never gonna dance again: guilty feet have got no rhythm."
"Somebody left the cake out in the rain / and it took so long to bake it / I'll never have that recipe again, oh no."
"Yummy, yummy, yummy I got love in my tummy /And I feel like a-lovin you."

I got a million of 'em. :-D

-JD

izhilzha March 3 2006, 21:17:02 UTC

Are those real? *is boggled*

jd3000 March 3 2006, 21:20:36 UTC

Oh yeah, you bet.

"You keep lyin' when you oughta be truthin.' "
"Songs you sang to me, sounds you brang to me."
"Only time will tell if we stand the test of time."

"Hold me closer, Tony Danza.
Count the headlice on the highway."

Okay, that last one was made up. :-D

-JD

jd3000 March 3 2006, 21:51:17 UTC

These I don't know, but they sound like country lyrics. :-)

And those last two lines . . . misheard lyrics from

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0671501283/sr=8-1/qid=1141422510/ref=sr_1_1/102-1126216-8306514?%5Fencoding=UTF8

mayhaps? If not, they should be added in the next edition.

Some of my favorite misheard lyrics are in this book. It also enlightened me to real lyrics I was mishearing.

V.

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jd3000 March 3 2006, 21:16:04 UTC

Also, of course, must never forget the Blue Swede "OOGA CHAKA!" version of "Hooked on a Feeling." :-D

-JD

kerravonsen March 3 2006, 21:55:27 UTC

Naw, the "Ooga Chaka" doesn't count, that's just "acappella" nonsense words, without which the song would have been very flat. Though the actual lyrics were... simple.

jd3000 March 3 2006, 22:14:40 UTC

It could be argued that the Ooga Chakas were used as some sort of warped percussion, but I don't buy it. To me they're lyrics and worthy of mockery. :-D Not that it makes the song bad, I only own that version of it.

-JD

trinityday March 4 2006, 00:18:23 UTC

I was going to say that it explains opera, but yours is better.