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Post by nobodyschild on Mar 9, 2019 20:38:24 GMT
Aha! a question as old as time.... even the 'Jeff Lynne Song Database' website cannot fully answer this. Me? I think it's chicane but what do I know... I always heard this wrong as well. I do have Eldorado on vinyl though, and the official lyric sheet that came with it does indeed say "chicane." It does say chicane on the lyrics sheet, however I’m not sure how reliable those always are because if I’m not mistaken it credited Hugh as “McDowall” instead of McDowell. I could hear it as both ways, but there is a YouTube video of a recording of the song with video, and if you watch Jeff’s mouth it looks like it is making the “n” sound in chicane.
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Post by unomusette on Mar 9, 2019 22:35:27 GMT
I tend to think it's "..she came" because it rhymes with "..called my name" in the next line. Plus Jeff has always said he puts as little effort as possible into lyric writing, if this is true he might not spend ages pondering over the chicane of a wave. Although it is really poetic and he might have pinched it from something he came across at the time.
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Post by Grroosss on Mar 12, 2019 8:44:03 GMT
I always heard this wrong as well. I do have Eldorado on vinyl though, and the official lyric sheet that came with it does indeed say "chicane." It does say chicane on the lyrics sheet, however I’m not sure how reliable those always are because if I’m not mistaken it credited Hugh as “McDowall” instead of McDowell. I could hear it as both ways, but there is a YouTube video of a recording of the song with video, and if you watch Jeff’s mouth it looks like it is making the “n” sound in chicane. Here’s the video I’m pretty sure nobodyschild is referring to... I always heard it as “she came” until I saw the lyrics sheet and even then I doubted it for a considerable while, but this video is what eventually solidified it as “chicane” in my mind. Also just because “chicane” is such an unusual word, I feel like it would’ve been unlikely to have been a mistake on the lyrics sleeve.
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Post by nobodyschild on Mar 15, 2019 19:19:33 GMT
I always thought that the part “and maybe I’ll love you” in The Beatles’ “Drive My Car” was “and baby I love you”. Never noticed until it caught my eye on the lyrics sheet the other day.
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Post by Grroosss on Mar 16, 2019 6:56:30 GMT
In “Turn to Stone”, I always used to think the line was “when you’re coming home” instead of being a question, “when you coming home?” Needless to say, I was very confused as to why someone would turn to stone both when you’re gone and when you’re coming home I also misheard “my blue world” as “my new world”... puts an interesting different twist on the song’s meaning, in my opinion.
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Post by unomusette on Mar 16, 2019 22:04:44 GMT
I always thought that the part “and maybe I’ll love you” in The Beatles’ “Drive My Car” was “and baby I love you”. Never noticed until it caught my eye on the lyrics sheet the other day. Until I read this I was of exactly the same opinion, thanks for the update
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Post by BIuebird on Mar 16, 2019 23:08:31 GMT
Until recently, I thought the lyric "As they sat and sang Auld Lang Syne by the light of the moon" was "As they sat and sang, oh they sang by the light of the moon" I also have some funny misheard lyrics from myself and my family from other artists: I thought the line from The Shins' song "So Says I" was "Santa's back to get jolly, boys" and it was actually "That sends us back to the drawing board." I don't even know what that would mean, haha! My brother thought the line "she's a big teaser" from The Beatles' song "Day Tripper" was "she's a big diesel." He also thought, somehow, that the line "imitation of life" from the R.E.M. song of the same name was "constipation on ice." I about died laughing! "No, that is absolutely not the right lyric!" My uncle thought that "oh big ol' jet airliner" from "Jet Airliner" by The Steve Miller Band was "big old Jed had to line up." In his defense, I can hear it, haha. Another of my uncles thought "Do the hustle" by Van Mc Coy was "chew their hats off!" My husband thought the lyric "fiiiiiiiire" in "The One I Love" by R.E.M. was "hi-yaaaah" like he was karate chopping someone.
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Post by nobodyschild on Mar 17, 2019 6:18:10 GMT
I used to think the part in Mr Blue Sky when it says “everybody’s in a play” was “everybody’s in the lane”, makes more sense to me since the running down the avenue bit. I also misheard “a celebration” as “first impression”. Dunno how I got that out of it, they sound nothing alike. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Post by vlogdance on Mar 17, 2019 15:52:35 GMT
Bohemian Rhapsody was a positive minefield.
I used to think "spare him his life from this monstrosity" was "spare him his life from this warm sausage tea". Sounds like a dreadful concoction, no wonder he was worried about drinking it.
And as for Manfred Mann's Earth Band's version of Blinded By The Light...!
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Post by BSJ on Mar 17, 2019 18:11:19 GMT
My mind was wandering when listening to the song “Eldorado”. Now, I know this song inside and out, but instead of hearing, “I'll sail away on a voyage of no return to see.”. I heard, “I’ll sail away on a pork chop no return to see.”! You veteran forumheads might remember Jeff’s love for pork chops and the best seller cookbook he wrote, “Nothin’ But Chops”? Maybe this is a subliminal message and I just picked it up? Without any prompting, Dave hears same.
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Post by nobodyschild on Mar 18, 2019 0:18:02 GMT
I just found out recently that the song “Roxanne” by the Police was not “Rock Sand”...
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Post by elophile on Mar 18, 2019 17:11:19 GMT
this is true... My best girl friend in high school thought the words to Flashdance - What A Feeling were "Take your pants off and make it happen" Err, yeah...
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Post by eloneen on Mar 19, 2019 3:04:09 GMT
I can't make out the opening lines of "Shangri La." I don't have the lyric sheet anymore and I haven't found anything online. Helmut83 said a while back that it sounds to him like they're singing "Macarena, Macarena." I know that's not it, but it sure sounds like it to me, too. Anyone know what it is?
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Post by Helmut83 on Mar 19, 2019 3:06:30 GMT
I can't make out the opening lines of "Shangri La." I don't have the lyric sheet anymore and I haven't found anything online. Helmut83 said a while back that it sounds to him like they're singing "Macarena, Macarena." I know that's not it, but it sure sounds like it to me, too. Anyone know what it is? "I'm getting out, I'm getting out". Honestly, it sounds more like "Macarena", or doesn't it?
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Post by eloneen on Mar 19, 2019 3:11:18 GMT
Thanks Helmut83 Just gave the intro a listen...I'll have to take your word for it. That's not what it sounds like to me...I thought it might be an interesting sounding female name, perhaps...Go figure!
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