Originally posted by @lemondropare you sure she's a she???
thee is a current song a nice and pleasant voice but I can't understand a single word she is singing and so do not know the song or the singer
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Originally posted by @chaney3From the ever-convenient Wikipedia:
"Revved up like a deuce".
(I was close)
Still sounds like "douche" if you ask me.
"Manfred Mann's Earth Band's recording of the song changes the lyrics. The most prominent change is in the chorus, where Springsteen's "cut loose like a deuce" is replaced with "revved up like a deuce." This is commonly misheard as "wrapped up like a douche" (the V sound in "revved" is almost unpronounced, and the S sound in "deuce" comes across as "SH" due to a significant lisp). The lyric is actually a reference to a hot rod "deuce coupe." Springsteen was fond of classic hot rods in his youth, hence the line "cut loose like a deuce, another runner in the night." Springsteen himself has joked about the controversy, claiming that it was not until Manfred Mann rewrote the song to be about a feminine hygiene product that it became popular."
Pretty cool. I never knew any of those words, nor that "The Boss" had written them.
Nice thread! 🙂
Originally posted by @wolfe63Thanks.
From the ever-convenient Wikipedia:
"Manfred Mann's Earth Band's recording of the song changes the lyrics. The most prominent change is in the chorus, where Springsteen's "cut loose like a deuce" is replaced with "revved up like a deuce." This is commonly misheard as "wrapped up like a douche" (the V sound in "revved" is almost unpronounced, and the S so ...[text shortened]... cool. I never knew any of those words, nor that "The Boss" had written them.
Nice thread! 🙂
I'm sure there are many people who've been singing a song, just to be told by someone "that's not how it goes"!!
Originally posted by @chaney3"Revved up like a deuce".
Lol.
"Wrecked up like a douche"?
(Didn't google yet)
Wikipedia says:
"Deuce coupe is a slang term used to refer to the 1932 Ford coupe. Either a 3-window or 5-window coupe is still a 'deuce'. In the 1940s, the '32 Ford became an ideal hot rod, being plentiful and cheap enough for young men to buy, and available with a stylish V-8 engine. Rodders would strip weight off this readily available car and "hop up" or customize the engine."
This was also the first production Ford coupe to come with the V-8 engine standard.
Edit: Bah! Scooped!
Originally posted by @suziannei heard springsteen's version after i had heard the manfred mann version...
But the Manfred Mann Earth Band changed many of the lyrics of this song in their version.
It's Springsteen's version that sounds like it was written on acid.
i still think the original is a better sound...
side note, whilst tripping, i prefer comedy like the firesign theater's "how can you be in two places at once, when you're not anywhere at all"
Originally posted by @rookie54did you say 'while not tripping?? " ...bro...
i heard springsteen's version after i had heard the manfred mann version...
i still think the original is a better sound...
side note, whilst tripping, i prefer comedy like the firesign theater's "how can you be in two places at once, when you're not anywhere at all"
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Originally posted by @rookie54Nick Danger and Archie Tirebiter. He's a student like you.
i heard springsteen's version after i had heard the manfred mann version...
i still think the original is a better sound...
side note, whilst tripping, i prefer comedy like the firesign theater's "how can you be in two places at once, when you're not anywhere at all"
We used to listen to " The Two Sides of T S McFee " by T S McFee when peaking.
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Originally posted by @suzianneNot every lyrics site
What is your source for this?
Every lyrics site on the internet has the lyric "We all know that crap is king".
https://www.google.com/search?source=hp&ei=E3KoW6vkGfLq9AOhmbiYBw&q=lyrics+to+dirty+laundry&oq=lyrics+to+dirty&gs_l=psy-ab.1.0.0l10.2298.5572..8155...3.0..0.209.1425.16j0j1......0....1..gws-wiz.....6..35i39j0i131j0i20i264.B72r4-6tuSk
"We can do "The Innuendo"
We can dance and sing
When it's said and done we haven't told you a thing
We all know that Kraft is king
Give us dirty laundry!"
Gotta admit I thought it was "crap" is king.
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Originally posted by @lemondropTo be fair, neither did anyone else.
louie louie by the kingsmen
would sing along but never got most of the lyrics right
