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Fun Music Information -> Joan Baez
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JR.Robertson, Joan Baez ( Originally by The Band )Quotes:
You don't get to choose how you're going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you're going to live.' Submitted by: LucidLupin
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Literally Impossible Song Titles:
Song/Performer | Comment | Submitter Name |
| "When Time Is Stolen," | Time can't be stolen. | Alyssa Jayne |
Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:
Song & Band Name | Song & Band Name | |
| "Set Fire To The Rain," Adele | "What Have They Done To The Rain?," Joan Baez | |
| "Which Way Are You Going?," Jim Croce | "I Wonder As I Wander," Joan Baez | |
| "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You," Joan Baez | "Bye Bye Bye," N'sync | |
| "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You," Joan Baez | "Don't Leave Me This Way," Thelma Houston | |
| There are additional songs titles that answer other songs available. | ||
Remove a Letter From a Song Title:
"Don In Yon Forest" originally "Down In Yon Forest"
Mary Ann Brite
"Antique De Noel" originally "Cantique De Noel"
Mark Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire
"Ring A Torch, Jeannette, Isabella" originally "Bring A Torch, Jeannette, Isabella"
And light up a bell too!
Emmy Kay Butanone
Add a Letter to a Song Title:
"Diamonds And Crust" originally "Diamonds And Rust"
Leda Metro
"Drown In Yon Forest" originally "Down In Yon Forest"
Terror Reid
"Diamonds And Trust" originally "Diamonds And Rust"
Can a diamond ring really bring more trust?
Heck Noover Nuck
Change a Letter:
"Diamonds And Gust" originally "Diamonds And Rust"
Jessica Childress
"Diamonds And Rush" originally "Diamonds And Rust"
Jessica Childress
"Diamonds And Bust" originally "Diamonds And Rust"
Jessica Childress
"Diamonds And Rest" originally "Diamonds And Rust"
Jessica Childress
"Diamonds And Runt" originally "Diamonds And Rust"
Leda Metro
There are additional song titles with a letter changed available.
Song Parody Lyrics:
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "Let Us Break Bread Together" | "Let Us Take Bread Together" | Barry J Mitchel |
| "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" | "The Day Mueller’s Report Did Come Down" | Jonathan Spurlock |
| "I Pity The Poor Immigrant" | "I Pity The Poor Parasite" | Troll Survivor |
| "Love Is Just A Four Letter Word" | "Mitt Is Just A Four Letter Word" | Scribbling Monkey Collective |
| "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" | "The 9-9-9 Plan Is A Fraud" | Giblet O'Sarcasm |
| "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" | "The Night They Drove Dick Nixon Down" | Airfarcewon |
| "Diamonds And Rust" | "Diamonds And Rust Remembered" | Parker Gabriel |
| "Turn, Turn Again" | "Terns, Terns Again" | John A. Barry |
| "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" | "This Night Abode In Hickseed Town" | Merry & Pippin |
| "I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill Last Night" | "He Ate The Guy He Killed That Night" | PMS |
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Songs for Duets, That Haven't Been Done Yet:
First Band/Song Name | Second Band/Song Name | New Song Name | Submittor |
| Here's To The Night Eve 6 | The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down Joan Baez | Here's to The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down | Ashley Michelle McGowan |
| Grey Goose Nirvana | Down In Yon Forest Joan Baez | Grey Goose Down In Yon Forest Get it? -- Goose Down | Roxanne Drake |
| My Name Is Eminem | Joe Hill Joan Baez | My Name Is Joe Hill | MOR |
| Help Me Make It Through The Night Sammi Smith | The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down Joan Baez | Help Me Make It Through The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down | Natasha Bly |
| There are additional duets that haven't been done yet available. | |||
If Groups Combined, Their Names Might Be:
Better Than Joan Baezra
Better Than Ezra combined with Joan Baez
A variation of another submission involving these performer names.
Submitted By: Gus
Better Joan By Ezra
Better Than Ezra combined with Joan Baez
Submitted By: Donna Gelpigi
Misheard Lyrics:
"The Night They Drove Ole Dixie Down"
Misheard Lyrics: Virgil Kane is my name and I rode on the bamboo train.
Original Lyrics: Virgil Kane is my name and I rode on the Danville train.
| "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"
Misheard Lyrics: Virgil, quick come see, there goes Robert E. Lee.
Original Lyrics: Virgil, quick come see, there goes the Robert E. Lee.
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"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"
Misheard Lyrics: That was my wife in Tennessee
Original Lyrics: Back with my wife in Tennessee
| "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"
Misheard Lyrics: Pat was my wife in Tennessee
Original Lyrics: Back with my wife in Tennessee
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Misheard Lyrics Stories:
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"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"
Misheard Lyrics: Virgil, quick come see, there goes Robert E. Lee.
Original Lyrics: Virgil, quick come see, there goes the Robert E. Lee.
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Story about this misheard lyric by: Francine Geraci Shortly after the Civil War, the Robert E. Lee was a state-of-the-art riverboat; the lyrics are not referring to the man. You'd think a singer of Baez's stature would have cleared permission with Robbie Robertson of The Band, the author of this song, by checking the lyrics before recording them. |
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Song Parody Fragments:
"Mary, What You Gonna Call Your Pretty Little Baby?"
Better Lyrics:
Some call him one thing,
I think I'll call him two things.
[OR maybe in next verse:]
Some call him one thing,
I think I'll call him three things. [etc.]
I think I'll call him two things.
[OR maybe in next verse:]
Some call him one thing,
I think I'll call him three things. [etc.]
Original Lyrics:
Some call him one thing,
I think I'll call him Jesus.
I think I'll call him Jesus.
Submitted by: Natasha Bly
Nonsensical Song Lyrics:
"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"
The Nonsensical Lyrics: Like my father before me, I'm a working man
Why They're Nonsensical: The singer is a woman, not a man.
Submitted by: Candy Welty
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Insulting Song Lyrics:
"If I Knew"
The Insulting Lyrics: They say you're not a brave man
Are you a man at all? Why They're Insulting: Great way to begin a love song, Joan, by openly questioning someone's manliness.
Submitted by: Raphael
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Inappropriate Song Lyrics:
"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"
The Inappropriate Lyrics: Like my father before me, I'm a working man...
Why They're Inappropriate: The line about 'my wife in Tennessee' isn't the only one with a misplaced gender reference. Actually this sort of 'gender bender' is so common (especially in cover songs like this one) that it probably deserves its own page on this site.
Submitted by: Joshua Truax
| "Diamonds and Rust"
The Inappropriate Lyrics: A couple of light years ago...
Why They're Inappropriate: She is referring to the passage of time (ago), but light years are a measure of distance. (the distance light will travel in one year's time)
Submitted by: Marty Greene
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Song Lyrics That Name Check Celebrities:
"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"
The Lyrics: Virgil, quick, come see,
There goes the Robert E. Lee Who They Mention: Robert E. Lee
Submitted by: Britney Spears into pruning hooks
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How to Pronounce a Band Name:
"Jone Buy-ez
actually BAH-ez, but a slight "y" sound is often inserted.
Submitted by: Steve
Songs That Open With Their Titles:
"We Shall Overcome"
Opening Lines: We shall overcome, we shall overcome, we shall overcome someday.
Comments: Submitted by: Candy Welty
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Song Title Space Change:
"Diamond Sand Rust" originally "Diamonds And Rust"
Submitted by: Yvette Bristle
"Wes Hall Overcome" originally "We Shall Overcome"
What was Wes Hall doing that needed overcoming?
Submitted by: Marcia Todd
"The Night They'd Rove Old Dixie Down" originally "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"
Submitted by: Regina Haniger
Band Name Anagrams:
Baja Zone Submitted by: Megan
As in Baja California, Mexico, most likely.
A Jab Zone Submitted by: Amber Wayland
Song Title Anagrams:
"A Heedless Liberal" originally "I Shall Be Released"
I guess that COULD describe Joan.
Submitted by: Josh
Song Title Acrostics:
SOB: "Song Of Bangladesh"
Submitted by: Candy Welty
DAR: "Diamonds And Rust"
As in Dar Williams or Dar Robinson.
Submitted by: MOR
Song Title Spoonerisms:
"The Barrel Of The Curds" originally "The Carol Of The Birds"
Submitted by: Regina Olsen
Names as a Word Bank:
Ban Ozone On Zoo Jazz Zone. Submitted by: Meredith Corpening
Crime Records:
"Peaceful Protests against Vietnam"
Joan Baez did peaceful protests in the late 60's as she would block the doors of the Oakland Armed Forces to prevent draftees in The Vietnam War.
Submitted by: Paul Warren
