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Herb,
Camille’s substitution actually makes a good bit of sense.
I’m reminded of the dreaded “Under Toad” from John Irving’s “The World According to Garp.” It was something Garp’s sons learned quickly to fear because of all the warnings their parents gave about it. The “toad” images they conjured were rather gruesome, as I recall. What their parents feared (on behalf of their sons) was actually the horrible “undertoe.”
Even as an older person, I’ve twisted and distored words–or at least my ears have! For a long time, I thought that when Prince was singing “Controversy,” he was actually singing “Can’t You Foresee.” (I know, I know, the song’s TITLED “Controversy.” I’m not always Speed Racer at figuring these things out though!)
It’s just very cool that you take the time to record these moments and preserve them as memories. Won’t it be cool for Camille to look back on them in the future!
Hope all’s well with you all!
Hardy
Dude, I don’t blame you on music lyrics. Until I got my iPod, everything sounded like the artists had marbles in their mouths.
It’s amazing what kind of sound clarity I’m getting now.
Yeah, recording this stuff is … priceless.
All’s well here. How’s school?
Oh, Hardy, thank you for reminding me of the Undertoad. “The World According to Garp” is one of my all-time favorite books, though I still think Irving’s finest hour was “A Prayer for Owen Meany.” I can’t think of many books that made me laugh and cry so hard. I’m actually reading his latest, “Until I Find You” right now.
And you’re so right about preserving the memories. You think you’ll remember these things forever, but they get away from you unless you write them down.
Speaking of song lyrics, Susan, remember Anna as a child (when singing “Walking in a Winter Wonderland”) and saying “later on, we’ll perspire, as we dream by the fire”? Actually, it makes sense.
And me thinking the Bee Gees “More than a woman” was “Bald Headed Woman”. HA!
And the ever-popular, “Ain’t no woman like the one-eyed Goth.” When I was at Carolina, our DTH cartoonist actually did a series of panels on misunderstood song lyrics, and that was my favorite.
I fear that all of you under 55 years old can no longer hear well due to many hours of listening to loud rock bands in small spaces. “iPod” is
really only a small step up from listening to
really bad turntable analogue.
If you could hear a “high end” CD system for
any length of time you probably would know
what I’m talking about.
Eh? What’d ya say?
I can’t afford a room full of equip, doc. Unless … you want to adopt me?
My favorite garbled lyric was Bundle of Joy #3′s
War!
Huh!
Yeah.
What is the Huh for?
Absolutely nothin’!