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Fun Music Information -> Waterboys
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Stupid Band Names:
- It sounds like a band Adam Sandler formed. Submitted by: carly_carlz
New Song Names:
Original Song Name | New Song Name | Submitter Name |
| "Red Army Booze" | "Red Army Blues" | Sir Ron Norris |
Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:
Song & Band Name | Song & Band Name | |
| "What Do You Want Me To Do?," The Waterboys | "Don't Answer Me," Alan Parsons Project | |
| "A Girl Called Johnny," The Waterboys | "A Boy Named Sue," Johnny Cash | |
| "What Do You Want Me To Do?," Waterboys | "Take The Money And Run," Steve Miller Band | |
| "What Do You Want Me To Do?," Waterboys | "Cut Your Hair," Pavement | |
| There are additional songs titles that answer other songs available. | ||
Remove a Letter From a Song Title:
"Red Amy Blues" originally "Red Army Blues"
Sabrina Flowe
"Hole Of The Moon" originally "Whole Of The Moon"
Wendy Torrance
Add a Letter to a Song Title:
"Nearest Thing To Ship" originally "Nearest Thing To Hip"
Sabrina Flowe
"Nearest Thing To Whip" originally "Nearest Thing To Hip"
Sabrina Flowe
"Nearest Thing To Chip" originally "Nearest Thing To Hip"
Sabrina Flowe
"Red Army Bluets" originally "Red Army Blues"
Bluet (Houstonia caerulea) is a kind of flower
Sabrina Flowe
Change a Letter:
"Red Army Glues" originally "Red Army Blues"
Sabrina Flowe
"Red Army Clues" originally "Red Army Blues"
Sabrina Flowe
"Rod Army Blues" originally "Red Army Blues"
Sabrina Flowe
"Red Army Blurs" originally "Red Army Blues"
Sabrina Flowe
Song Parody Lyrics:
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "The Whole Of The Moon" | "I Drove as Fast as Chris Huhne" | John Davison |
Songs for Duets, That Haven't Been Done Yet:
First Band/Song Name | Second Band/Song Name | New Song Name | Submittor |
| Bring Down the Moon Boy Meets Girl | The Whole of the Moon The Waterboys | Bring Down the Whole of the Moon | Mickey D. |
If Groups Combined, Their Names Might Be:
Crystal Waterboys
Crystal Waters combined with Waterboys
Submitted By: Donna Gelpigi
Watermelon Kinebi Boys
Waterboys combined with Melon Kinenbi
Submitted By: Kate Downton
Misheard Lyrics:
"Whole of the Moon"
Misheard Lyrics: Flags, rags, ferryboats
Scimitars and scars Original Lyrics: Flags, rags, ferryboats
Scimitars and scarves | "Whole Of The Moon"
Misheard Lyrics: Trumpets, towns, and tenements
Original Lyrics: Trumpets, towers and tenements
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"Some of My Best Friends Are Trains"
Misheard Lyrics: And they're boarding up Australia and they call each other names
Original Lyrics: And they're phoning up Australia and they call each other names
| "The Whole of the Moon"
Misheard Lyrics: You saw a whole other moon
Original Lyrics: You saw the whole of the moon
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| There are additional misheard lyrics available. | |
Misheard Lyrics Stories:
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"Some Of My Best Friends Are Trains"
Misheard Lyrics: And they all just want to look as rich as Hell like Tamburlaine.
Original Lyrics: And they all just want to look like Richard Hell and Tom Verlaine.
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Story about this misheard lyric by: Sean Miller The song was originally on a bootleg and had to try to work out the lyrics for myself. Not having the faintest idea at the time who Richard Hell or Tom Verlaine was, I was never going to work out the real lyrics, and the alternative sort of made sense. |
Song Lyrics That Name Check Celebrities:
"Nearest thing to Hip"
The Lyrics: Charlie Parker, Miles and Coltrane blew I’d kick back in my chair, that sweet honey’d jazz in the air, the sun shining through
Who They Mention: Jazz greats Charlie Parker, Miles Davis and John Coltrane.
Submitted by: Adrian Smith
| "I Can see Elvis"
The Lyrics: I can see Elvis
skinny like he was back in fifty-seven razor-quiffed and leather-squeezed sideburns flickering in the breeze that blows across the vales of heaven I can see Elvis throned like a king astride a golden Harley smoking a reefer he just rolled full of acapulco gold with Jimi Hendrix and Bob Marley I can see Elvis prowling like a cat across a funky bandstand Keith Moon behind him banging drums Charlie Parker all thumbs John Lennon doing handstands I can see Elvis talking philosophy and law with Joan of Arc and Plato quizzing Shakespeare on his plays showing Crazy Horse and Marvin Gaye how to dance the mashed potato I can see Elvis high and low and high and low and high he’s hunting looking for a special prey who just arrived up here today break out the bunting I can see Elvis he’s writing something down in a little leather journal and here are all the words he wrote “I am gonna slit the throat of that skinflint, the Colonel” I can see Elvis….. Who They Mention: Well apart from the obvious Elvis Presley in the title, there are loads of dead musicians Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley, Keith Moon, John Lennon, Charlie Parker, Marvin Gaye. In addition we have Plato (Greek philosopher), William Shakespeare (English playwright) and Joan of Arc (Maid of Orleans - died 1431). Crazy Horse - possibly the band that sometimes backed Neil Young but more likely the Native American war leader of the Oglala Lakota who fought at the Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876. And finally, The Colonel is a reference to Col. Tom Parker who of course was Elvis Presley's manager.
Submitted by: Adrian Smith
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Songs That Open With Their Titles:
"How Long Will I Love You?"
Opening Lines: How long will I love you? As long as stars are above you
Comments: Submitted by: Nat
| "December"
Opening Lines: December is the cruelest month.
Comments: Submitted by: Brian Kelly
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Song Title Space Change:
"A Girl Call Ed Johnny" originally "A Girl Called Johnny"
Now, they don't even get Ed's name right!
Submitted by: Peter
Real Places Mentioned in Songs:
"Islandman"
The Lyrics: Of my body, England is the spine
my backbone and the trunk My shoulders span the mighty Tyne London sprawls across my rump Cornwall, my crooked ancient leg Wales, two hands held apart Scotland is my dreaming heart Ireland is my Heart Why: London, England
Cornwall (also in England) Wales Scotland Ireland Submitted by: Tania WYEP
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Song Title Spoonerisms:
"Theorist Hang To Nip" originally "Nearest Thing To Hip"
Submitted by: Nicole Velocin
"Bled Army Rues" originally "Red Army Blues"
Submitted by: D. Melody Dole, MD
TV and Movies Mentioned in Lyrics:
"The Whole Of The Moon"
The Lyrics: I saw the rain-dirty valley
You saw "Brigadoon" Why: "Brigadoon" was mentioned in the second verse of the song. It is the name of the movie featuring Gene Kelly.
Submitted by: Mickey D.
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