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Re: "I was acting! I'm an actor! That's what I do!"
« Reply #15 on: July 22, 2005, 02:05:43 PM »
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They're terribly easy, but I'm hoping someone will think of harder ones:


You asked for it:

Al Green
Doris Day
Etta James
Liberace


Al Green: "Goody 2-Shoes" (Adam Ant)
Doris Day: "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" (Wham!)
Etta James: "Silver Heels" (F Mac? Christine MacVie?)
Liberace: "My Baby Just Cares For Me" (Nina Simone and many others)


ha! i always thought georgie was singing "darkest day."

my brando was bowie, my lorre was stewart, and we know all about bette.
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Re: "I was acting! I'm an actor! That's what I do!"
« Reply #16 on: July 22, 2005, 02:07:12 PM »
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I don't know the origin of the quote, and I'm most certain I'm quoting it incorrectly

Well, I doubt it's this, but there's an episode of "Friends" where Chandler's actress girlfriend says almost exactly the same thing.  I saw it again the two or three days ago...


nope, my memory of it predates "friends"by at least 12 years.
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Re: "I was acting! I'm an actor! That's what I do!"
« Reply #17 on: July 22, 2005, 02:17:45 PM »
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I don't know the origin of the quote, and I'm most certain I'm quoting it incorrectly

Well, I doubt it's this, but there's an episode of "Friends" where Chandler's actress girlfriend says almost exactly the same thing.  I saw it again the two or three days ago...


nope, my memory of it predates "friends"by at least 12 years.


I was thinking Dustin in Tootsie.  "I did an endive salad that knocked the critics on their ass!"
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« Reply #18 on: July 22, 2005, 11:45:49 PM »
> Bob Marley

RHCP, "Give It Away"

> Brigitte Bardot

Was she also in Elton's "Think I'm Gonna Kill Myself"?

> Chairman Mao

The Beatles yay, "Revolution I"

> Edgar Allan Poe

The Beatles yay, "I Am the Walrus"

> Fred Durst

Eminem, "The Real Slim Shady"

> Jesse James

Obv not what you're going for, but Cher, "Just Like Jesse James"

> John Coltrane

Also not what you're going for, but Gil Scott-Heron, "Lady Day and John Coltrane"

> Johnny Rotten

Neil, "Hey Hey My My"

> Knute Rockne

Tim Curry, "I Do the Rock"

> Mary Tyler Moore

Weezer, "Buddy Holly"

> Mozart

Falco, "Rock Me Amadeus"!!!

> Neil Young

Skynyrd, "Sweet Home Alabama"

> (Rudolph) Valentino

Tha Bangles, "Manic Monday"
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« Reply #19 on: July 26, 2005, 09:52:29 AM »
Brigitte Bardot is in the Pretenders' "Message of Love", no idea about the Elton song.

Re: Jesse James & John Coltrane, you are forgetting my ground rules state that the lyric in question cannot be the titular one.

Coltrane and Jesse James come up a lot actually, not least in "Angel of Harlem"  and "Poor Poor Pitiful Me"
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Re: "I was acting! I'm an actor! That's what I do!"
« Reply #20 on: July 27, 2005, 09:31:07 AM »
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I don't know the origin of the quote, and I'm most certain I'm quoting it incorrectly, but it's all about acting. What songs mention these actors/actresses? They're terribly easy, but I'm hoping someone will think of harder ones:

1) Marlon Brando
2) Peter Lorre
3) Bette Davis


So what songs were you thinking of? I assume one or another of us got them
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Re: "I was acting! I'm an actor! That's what I do!"
« Reply #22 on: February 19, 2006, 02:14:41 PM »
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I don't know the origin of the quote, and I'm most certain I'm quoting it incorrectly, but it's all about acting. What songs mention these actors/actresses? They're terribly easy, but I'm hoping someone will think of harder ones:

1) Marlon Brando
2) Peter Lorre
3) Bette Davis


So what songs were you thinking of? I assume one or another of us got them


damn spammer. at least i finally saw your response, urth.
1) china doll, bowie
2) year of the cat, al stewart
3) bd eyes, jackie deshannon
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