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« Reply #15 on: April 11, 2005, 10:25:27 AM »
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this better not be another Police twin-spin.


but now I wish it had been.  Katrina Carnes in da house.
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« Reply #16 on: April 11, 2005, 10:26:58 AM »
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but now I wish it had been. Katrina Carnes in da house.

I just replace her voice with Eddie Murphy doing Buckwheat in my head....

Metty Bavis DIEEEEESSS!
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« Reply #17 on: April 11, 2005, 10:27:50 AM »
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this better not be another Police twin-spin.


but now I wish it had been.  Katrina Carnes in da house.

Yeah, big WOS for Bette Davis Eyes.  Worst lyrics ever (well, maybe not, but they're real bad).  "She knows just what it takes to make a pro blush"?  WTF?  It doesn't even rhyme with its intended "precocious".  Would much rather hear "Marty Feldman Eyes".
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« Reply #18 on: April 11, 2005, 10:28:12 AM »
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this better not be another Police twin-spin.


but now I wish it had been.  Katrina Carnes in da house.


Okay, to make the time with Kim C pass a little faster here's a little quiz:  She got Bette Davis eyes, but what did she get from Jean Harlow & Greta Garbo (according to the lyrics)?
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« Reply #19 on: April 11, 2005, 10:28:28 AM »
pre-co-cious/pro blush. yeesh.

For years I thought she was saying "make a crow blush".
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« Reply #20 on: April 11, 2005, 10:29:32 AM »
I'm on page 11 of my paper.  Twee-de-lee-de-lee.
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« Reply #21 on: April 11, 2005, 10:32:14 AM »
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Okay, to make the time with Kim C pass a little faster here's a little quiz: She got Bette Davis eyes, but what did she get from Jean Harlow & Greta Garbo (according to the lyrics)?

Her hair is Harlow Gold and she's got Greta garbo skin on her thighs.

METTY BAVIS DIEEESSS!
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« Reply #22 on: April 11, 2005, 10:32:16 AM »
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VHM ja-bla-me-DI, ja-bla-me-DA, the Jon & Vangelis version.


Hey Joe, Allmusic needs a better artist summary for Jon & Vangelis.  Considering they made 4 albums the following is rather insufficient:

Yes singer Jon Anderson and Greek synth-composer Vangelis teamed up in the '80s for a pop-music experiment.


Do me a favor: Remind me of this in a few weeks when I don't have quite so much on my plate.  Thx!

P.S.  I like Donna's "State of Independence" better.


I'll remind you next Sunday after your gig!


I will be in no condition to retain information or think about more work to do.  After how much this paper has taken out of me, I really literally mean "a few weeks."   :shock:   Thanks.
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« Reply #23 on: April 11, 2005, 10:33:05 AM »
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this better not be another Police twin-spin.


but now I wish it had been.  Katrina Carnes in da house.


Okay, to make the time with Kim C pass a little faster here's a little quiz:  She got Bette Davis eyes, but what did she get from Jean Harlow & Greta Garbo (according to the lyrics)?


another fave mondegreen from this song: I always thought she was saying "Greta Garbo's inner thighs" LOL! (it's "standoff sighs", BTW, according to the Top 40 db. WTF are standoff sighs?)
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« Reply #24 on: April 11, 2005, 10:33:08 AM »
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Okay, to make the time with Kim C pass a little faster here's a little quiz: She got Bette Davis eyes, but what did she get from Jean Harlow & Greta Garbo (according to the lyrics)?

Her hair is Harlow Gold and she's got Greta garbo skin on her thighs.

METTY BAVIS DIEEESSS!

I just realized that I've always heard that line as "hollow gold," which makes no sense whatsoever but there you go.
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« Reply #25 on: April 11, 2005, 10:37:31 AM »
"Great Garbo standoff sighs" makes a little more sense than "Greata Garbo skin on her thighs" because of Garbo's screen reputation as well as her real-life tendancy toward seclusion.

And that is as much as I care to analyze that silly song.
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« Reply #26 on: April 11, 2005, 10:37:43 AM »
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Okay, to make the time with Kim C pass a little faster here's a little quiz: She got Bette Davis eyes, but what did she get from Jean Harlow & Greta Garbo (according to the lyrics)?

Her hair is Harlow Gold and she's got Greta garbo skin on her thighs.

METTY BAVIS DIEEESSS!

I just realized that I've always heard that line as "hollow gold," which makes no sense whatsoever but there you go.


per a Google search, there are versions of BDE by Gwynneth Paltrow (!)and Crash Test Dummies (!?!)
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« Reply #27 on: April 11, 2005, 10:38:52 AM »
I guess no one called in to guess the wrong year today.
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« Reply #28 on: April 11, 2005, 10:38:55 AM »
This set has been one song after another that takes me back to the worst job I ever had. Pretenders, Kim Carnes, and now Jesse's Girl. All evoke the summer of 81, in spades.
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« Reply #29 on: April 11, 2005, 10:39:36 AM »
"Jessie's Girl" does have the word "moot" in it. So, it's got that going for it.
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