Dylan Thought

[Jeanne Hedge]

There was this exchange in another thread:

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given that many rock singers slur their words when singing, people often misunderstand exactly what was said/sung.

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You know, I hadn't really thought of this, but it probably is the case.

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I take it there's not a whole lot of Dylan on Doug's personal jukebox?
I'd think Doug probably does have the following Bob Dylan song in his collection, if for it's title alone. Given Dylan's singing is often totally and completely impossible to understand, I wonder whose version it is (it seems almost everyone's covered it one time or another) and what power it might provide (there would be several possibilities I think)...

How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man?
Yes, 'n' how many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes, 'n' how many times must the cannon balls fly
Before they're forever banned?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind.
How many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
Yes, 'n' how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?
Yes, 'n' how many deaths will it take till he knows
That too many people have died?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind.
How many years can a mountain exist
Before it's washed to the sea?
Yes, 'n' how many years can some people exist
Before they're allowed to be free?
Yes, 'n' how many times can a man turn his head,
Pretending he just doesn't see?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

-- Blowin' in the Wind, Bob Dylan (1963)Jeanne

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Jeanne Hedge
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"Believe me, if I have to go the rest of my life without companionship, knowing myself won't be a problem."
-- Gabrielle of Potadeia

[classicdrogn]

It gives him the power to befreind insects, even under adverse circumstances, of course!

- CD
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"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows

[Bob Schroeck]

"The ants are our friends, they're blowin' in the wind". I thought I was the only one who knew that twist on the song, CD.


-- Bob
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"Flan on!" -- The battlecry of the Human Dessert

[Jeanne Hedge]

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"The ants are our friends, they're blowin' in the wind".

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That's got to be one of THE prime example of slurred words
The old song I Only Have Eyes For You was re-recorded in the '50s by The Flamingos.
Are the stars out tonight?
I don't know if it's clou-dy or bright --
At the end of nearly every line the background singers do a typically 50s riff. It kind of sounds like "doo-wop doo-wop", very quickly; for a long time I thought they were saying "do wha'chu want".
While on a road trip in college, we got into a giggle fit over this one radio DJ playing parts of this version of the song over and over, trying to convince people they were actually singing "ta-ran-tula".
Maybe it's all in what you want to hear? Jeanne

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Jeanne Hedge
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Jeanne Hedge
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"Believe me, if I have to go the rest of my life without companionship, knowing myself won't be a problem."
-- Gabrielle of Potadeia

[cpt kangarooski]

I expect that the two top examples of slurred words are "Louie, Louie" and "Blinded by the Light." With the former, God only knows what Doug might think the lyrics were; with the latter, the infamously misheard line probably wouldn't have any effect.

[Evil Midnight Lurker]

Talking 'bout mondegreens, I see.
Dylan? The Kingsmen?
Amateurs.
Go listen to "Heaven or Las Vegas" by The Cocteau Twins. You won't even be able to tell what language Liz Frasier is singing in. (It's English. No, really.)
And it's so damn beautiful you won't care that you can't figure out what the heck she's singing about.
The Cocteau Twins are the aural equivalent of a Rorschach inkblot. (Did she just say "sitting in a Beavis tree?)
--Sam Ashley
"It looks like a giant piece of candy corn."

[Bob Schroeck]

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I expect that the two top examples of slurred words are "Louie, Louie" and "Blinded by the Light." With the former, God only knows what Doug might think the lyrics were; with the latter, the infamously misheard line probably wouldn't have any effect.

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The problem is, I know what the real lyrics to "Louie, Louie" are, and I have a hard time deliberately mis-hearing it to know what other people think it sounds like.
As for "Blinded by the Light", well, that one's been in his arsenal for many years. There's a thread in this topic (I think) from the beginning of the year which listed all the usual songs he has in-game, and that's one of them. It lets him make flash/blinding attacks. (As if it weren't obvious... )


-- Bob
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"Flan on!" -- The battlecry of the Human Dessert