I remember when Al Jarreau's song Roof Garden came out in 1981 my father and I had absolutely no clue what he was saying. So we bought the album on the hopes that it had the lyrics printed, which it did.
I still remember how disappointed we were to find out all Al Jarreau was singing about was:
Does anyone wanna go waltzing in the garden? Does anyone wanna go dance up on the roof?
The fun thing about the song was imagining what he might have been saying. Once we learned the words the song was just boring.
Oh, I know that feeling. There was a Euro-hit in the early 80s called 'I Lost my Heart to a Starship Trooper', which was universally referred to as 'I lost my hat to a draft excluder', as that was what it actually sounded like.
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Date: 2009-07-21 02:14 am (UTC)I still remember how disappointed we were to find out all Al Jarreau was singing about was:
Does anyone wanna go
waltzing in the garden?
Does anyone wanna go
dance up on the roof?
The fun thing about the song was imagining what he might have been saying. Once we learned the words the song was just boring.
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Date: 2009-07-21 02:21 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-07-21 02:24 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-07-21 02:22 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-07-21 02:50 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-07-21 10:20 pm (UTC)What I need is a USB tape player. Which DB assures me I can also get, but I've never actually got my sh!t together to (a) find or (b) purchase one.
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Date: 2009-07-21 09:40 am (UTC)