From: Jim Gibson on 5 Apr 2010 13:13 "Sam and Janet Evening" - from "South Pacific", Rodgers and Hammerstein -- Jim Gibson
From: Mike Rosenberg on 5 Apr 2010 17:39 John McWilliams <jpmcw(a)comcast.net> wrote: > My fav is "there is a bathroom on the right" ---- > (there is a bad moon on the rise). It appears that John Fogerty likes that one - he's used those words in concert. -- My latest dance performance <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_9pudbFisE> Mac and geek T-shirts & gifts <http://designsbymike.net/shop/mac.cgi> Prius shirts/bumper stickers <http://designsbymike.net/shop/prius.cgi>
From: Paul Sture on 10 Apr 2010 06:37 In article <050420101013293115%jimsgibson(a)gmail.com>, Jim Gibson <jimsgibson(a)gmail.com> wrote: > "Sam and Janet Evening" > > - from "South Pacific", Rodgers and Hammerstein "Someone Chanted Evening" -- Paul Sture
From: Paul Sture on 10 Apr 2010 06:35 In article <hpd01c$e2i$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, John McWilliams <jpmcw(a)comcast.net> wrote: > Warren Oates wrote: > > In article <slrnhrjb8i.2mep.g.kreme(a)cerebus.local>, > > Lewis <g.kreme(a)gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote: > > > >> Not the show, never seen it. The mere existence of the show, that is > >> funny. > > > > Mondegreens are fun. I like "Gladly, the cross-eyed bear." Although, > > it's probably not a true mondegreen. "Half an enchilada and you think > > you're going to drown" (instead of "half an inch of water") is. > > > > One of mine, in the early 70s, was "I know that you're not on the > > turnpike" (instead of "not going to turn back") but it made as much > > sense to me as anything else Supertramp wrote. One of my friends always > > heard "she's got the wavy movements" and "busted flat in Baffin Land" > > and I have no idea where he got that last one from. > > My fav is "there is a bathroom on the right" ---- > (there is a bad moon on the rise). > > Everytime I hear "Rock the Casbah", I hear "Marie don't like it" (the > shareef don't like it), and I swear half the time they are singing "f**k > the Casbah", not rock it... I hear the Casbah one as you do. "I'm Every Woman" always sounded like "Climb Every Woman" to me. -- Paul Sture
From: Mike Rosenberg on 10 Apr 2010 11:20
Paul Sture <paul.nospam(a)sture.ch> wrote: > I hear the Casbah one as you do. "I'm Every Woman" always sounded like > "Climb Every Woman" to me. My mother once asked me why Elton John was singing about a "little G-man." -- My latest dance performance <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_9pudbFisE> Mac and geek T-shirts & gifts <http://designsbymike.net/shop/mac.cgi> Prius shirts/bumper stickers <http://designsbymike.net/shop/prius.cgi> |