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fuzzyfelt said:How about this song title? Too easy?
For some reason, I'm stumped. A clue perhaps?
Finally Now I can carry on with my life
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In summary, the people singing the song seem to be having some trouble with the lyrics. They are trying to figure out what the song is about. The best anyone can do is provide a summary of the content.
For some reason, I'm stumped. A clue perhaps?
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Chi Meson said:
Me too... I was thinking "Beelzebub has a devil set aside for you", but I think that's just me being dramatic. I can't tell if that's a vampire, or a noble... *shrug*. I've been looking through my catalogue too... utterly stumped.
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Wait a minute...when did this thread shift to Queen?Frame Dragger said:
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It didn't, I'm flailing.
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Ok, sorry, I’ve been imprecise. In saying “Title” and “easy”, I just meant I’d been a bit lazy, and that it was about a song in general, not specifically the title or any lines. More precisely still, it is an artsy interpretation.
I'm fairly sure John L has said that this is what he had written the song about, despite not knowing of it at the time of writing. So, it is a nice inter-genre reference, or even more broadly, reference of various arts, including a Shavian play, and about likening an artistic effect.
I'm fairly sure John L has said that this is what he had written the song about, despite not knowing of it at the time of writing
. So, it is a nice inter-genre reference, or even more broadly, reference of various arts, including a Shavian play, and about likening an artistic effect.
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Frame Dragger said:
Not a vampire, a rendering of a deceased Commandantore or something like that.
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An alternative 'Birmingham Rhapsody' has been illustrated, with captions to 'Beelzebub has a special putter sized for me ...Just got to get trout..."
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fuzzyfelt said:Ok, sorry, I’ve been imprecise. In saying “Title” and “easy”, I just meant I’d been a bit lazy, and that it was about a song in general, not specifically the title or any lines. More precisely still, it is an artsy interpretation.
I'm fairly sure John L has said that this is what he had written the song about, despite not knowing of it at the time of writing
Is that Don Giovanni?
"This song is about Don Giovanni, although I didn't know that at the time when I wrote it"
Original title lyrics being: "The Apple of My Eye"?
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Chi Meson said:
You are good!
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Linnell will still say that line right before the song when performing live. I recalled "Don Giovanni" but I had to wiki which song it was about. (TMBW)
Congratulations on the most erudite clue possible.
Congratulations on the most erudite clue possible.
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Wow fuzzy, I'm impressed! That was a stumper.
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Thanks both! I had to make up for my earlier imprecision! :) :)
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You know, I started this thread simply to remark on the fact that after 20 years of this song "being around," from high rotation on the Old MTV, Top 40 in US, #1 TotP in UK, sustained fandom over three decades, and only NOW is an actual blue canary nitelite made available!
And we needed a new nitelite anyway for our boy's room (Ben, <== on my shoulders there at 3 years old, now five) has decided that he is afraid of the dark. This is due to reading a story of a boy who was afraid of the dark and Benny thought that this was a very good idea!
Being a borderline-obsessive fan [I will now note the unwritten, yet unbroken rule of NOT MENTIONING THE BAND NAME DIRECTLY], I naturally wanted to find a blue canary, and the first hit was a homerun.
But I like the turn that the thread has taken here, and so continuing, here's one from this past decade:
http://www.desinformado.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/bmw-motorbike.jpg
And we needed a new nitelite anyway for our boy's room (Ben, <== on my shoulders there at 3 years old, now five) has decided that he is afraid of the dark. This is due to reading a story of a boy who was afraid of the dark and Benny thought that this was a very good idea!
Being a borderline-obsessive fan [I will now note the unwritten, yet unbroken rule of NOT MENTIONING THE BAND NAME DIRECTLY], I naturally wanted to find a blue canary, and the first hit was a homerun.
But I like the turn that the thread has taken here, and so continuing, here's one from this past decade:
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First picture suggests George Baker Selection
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That's Sad Sack. No suggestion for why he's got a ball and chain.Borek said:First picture suggests George Baker Selection
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What if he LOST it?! Maybe it's lucky for him.
@Chi Meson: I am so in, for as long as this lasts, and beyond!
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Everything went wrong for Sad Sack! No matter what he did, it all turned out crap, with negative consequences for him. It was not an interesting comic, but it was around a lot in the '50s.Frame Dragger said:What if he LOST it?! Maybe it's lucky for him.
@Chi Meson: I am so in, for as long as this lasts, and beyond!
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Yes... but what if she's "Just five feet all and sick of me, and all my carrying on..."
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Not a bad observation. "I was young and foolish then. I'm old and foolish now."Frame Dragger said:Yes... but what if she's "Just five feet all and sick of me, and all my carrying on..."
But no.
These three clues go directly together for a single song from The Else, of 2007. This particular song is so much better live, however. I am one of many who think that the Dust Brothers kinda wrecked this. When joined by the horn section, this song is among the top five best ever.
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Chi Meson said:
Oh, damn... Well, back to the drawing board! I can't honestly say I get the clues then, without google. You are goooooood.
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Whithered Hope by TMBG?
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I can cite lyrics from obscure blues songs from the 1920s and onward, but I don't listen to contemporary pop at all, so it took a bit of searching.Chi Meson said: