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Post by Kaleidoscope Eyes on Oct 29, 2015 20:02:39 GMT -4
They recorded the album in Germany and there was a whole story about how "Groos" came to be, but darned if I can remember. I think it had something to do with one of them making up the word, or thinking they had, but then it turned out it's actually a German word, perhaps something they'd been hearing while in Germany for the recording of that record. I'm a little fuzzy on the details, but that's sort of the story, anyway.
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Post by Beeelicious on Nov 2, 2015 14:13:23 GMT -4
Damn, I always thought it was Bruce too. Hell with it, it stays Bruce in my head. And he better not bring me down.
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Post by ratscabies on Nov 2, 2015 17:08:50 GMT -4
I just found an article that tells the story of the song.
Lynne made up the word "Grrooss!" In the studio, and the german engineer, Mack, expressed amusememt that Lynne used the German word for "greeting".
Anyway, while out on tour, Lynne heard audiences singing "Bruce", and started singing that himself. In both a live recording, and a 2000s remake, he singa "Bruce". So, apparently, it is now "Bruce".
Maybe he'll change it to "Cait" now?
Now, if only audiences and scholars could convince Sir Paul to change it to "And in this ever-changing world in which WE'RE livin'"....
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Post by chiqui on May 22, 2016 12:52:00 GMT -4
Reserecting this thread, I thought ELO might have been singing "Probst" instead of "Bruce" which is what Germans say when they raise a glass of beer together and tap it, like "Salud" or "Cheers."
There was a line in the Red Hot Chili Peppers song "Give it away" that I always thought was "Bob Marley, walking like a donkey." Which mystified because why would Bob Marley walk like a donkey, unless he was hung like a donkey, which might make sense with the rest of the song. But no, the line was "Bob Marley, poet and a prophet."
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Post by FotoStoreSheila on Aug 22, 2016 17:59:24 GMT -4
Even though I know they aren't the lyrics, you can't convince me that the interlude in Prince's 'Kiss' doesn't sound like "Look at Wendy's beret".
And then I imagine that Prince was so enamored with Wendy Melvoin's haberdashery, that he immediately wrote 'Raspberry Beret'.
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Post by Kaleidoscope Eyes on Aug 22, 2016 21:30:32 GMT -4
Even though I know they aren't the lyrics, you can't convince me that the interlude in Prince's 'Kiss' doesn't sound like "Look at Wendy's beret". And then I imagine that Prince was so enamored with Wendy Melvoin's haberdashery, that he immediately wrote 'Raspberry Beret'. Works for me. And now I won't be able to unhear that version.
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Post by GirlyGhoul on May 2, 2017 8:57:19 GMT -4
This past weekend "Copacabana" of all things came on the radio (Haven't heard that song in ages!) But it reminded me that back when I was a kid and the song was in heavy rotation, I always thought the second verse about Rico seeing Lola dance went: "And when she finished, he called her 'Rover'!"
So I always thought the big showdown where punches flew and chairs were smashed in two all started because Rico basically called Tony's girlfriend a dog.
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Post by FotoStoreSheila on May 24, 2017 11:04:26 GMT -4
Your explanation makes more sense.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2017 15:06:18 GMT -4
I do wonder why Charlie Puth in Attention sings: "You've been running round, running round, running round, throwing that turtle on my knee." Surely she would throw that turtle against his head? Also, poor turtle.
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Post by groovethang on Nov 14, 2017 22:24:43 GMT -4
And even seeing that the real lyric is, "You've been runnin' round, runnin' round, runnin' round throwin' that dirt all on my name" still doesn't mean I'm going to stop singing "turtle on my knee" because that IS exactly what it sounds like.
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