Words You Only Hear In Songs - An education!
Discussion
Following on, obliquely, from the "Misheard Lyrics" thread. But not those things you mis-hear, those things that you learn from....
What about those words/names you only hear in songs.
There's the "more-than-obvious" made up words which make up the truly "words you only hear in songs" like:
Some people call me the space cowboy, yeah Some call me the gangster of love Some people call me Maurice Cause I speak of the pompitous of love
Then there's the oddities that fall out of songs that stick in your mind (Anything at random from Bohemian Rhapsody)
Then, and what I really mean is ..... from nowhere you suddenly hear words like:
"Colitas"
(the eagle-eyed will spot where that's from)
Have you any other examples?
Not to mention all the things you learn, not from school - a bit like what the hell Colitas is, but did you actually know what a Nantucket Sleighride was until you googled it?
(I didn't)
Any offerings?
What about those words/names you only hear in songs.
There's the "more-than-obvious" made up words which make up the truly "words you only hear in songs" like:
Some people call me the space cowboy, yeah Some call me the gangster of love Some people call me Maurice Cause I speak of the pompitous of love
Then there's the oddities that fall out of songs that stick in your mind (Anything at random from Bohemian Rhapsody)
Then, and what I really mean is ..... from nowhere you suddenly hear words like:
"Colitas"
(the eagle-eyed will spot where that's from)
Have you any other examples?
Not to mention all the things you learn, not from school - a bit like what the hell Colitas is, but did you actually know what a Nantucket Sleighride was until you googled it?
(I didn't)
Any offerings?
droopsnoot said:
Filibuster - from 'Birdhouse in your soul' by They Might be Giants
Filibuster is a word that appears outside of songs. A filibuster is when a politician talks continuously for a long time about something in a debate to ensure that whatever legislation is being discussed runs out of time and can't pass. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filibuster
Colitas, meaning "little tail", referring to the buds and top leaves of the marijuana plant.
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1053/in-t...
It's not the only use of "little tail", so take care with Google's Image Search
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1053/in-t...
It's not the only use of "little tail", so take care with Google's Image Search
tank slapper said:
Filibuster is a word that appears outside of songs. A filibuster is when a politician talks continuously for a long time about something in a debate to ensure that whatever legislation is being discussed runs out of time and can't pass.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filibuster
Ah, I thought this was words that I only hear in songs. Even then, you're right, but it's not a particularly commonly-used word.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filibuster
If you want interesting, articulate lyrics, then I humbly nominate most 'Bad Religion' tracks
Click on the link, and browse the lyrics of their back catalougue.
Greg Graffin, the singer and main songwriter, really does seem to put some effort into the lyrics. One example:
Blacktop pavement, cover me
Like a chemical reaction or a steam roller, spreading randomly
There's a distant buzz, and a low frequency
It tickles my ear, rumbles under my feet
And it shakes the leaves from every tree...violently
What pretension! Everlasting peace
Everything must cease
Institution on the Hill
Like a beacon in the mind of an ancestor
To ignite a people's will
There's a shadowed stain on the west facade
It has spread like decay to enshroud the fraud
And the descendants find it, oh, so odd
(oh, so odd)
What pretension! Everlasting peace, everything must cease
Grave memorial, hewn white stone
Like the comforting caress of a mother
Or a friend you've always known
It evokes such pain and significance
What was once, is reduced to remembrance
And the generations pass without recompense
What pretension! Everlasting peace
Everything must cease
Click on the link, and browse the lyrics of their back catalougue.
Greg Graffin, the singer and main songwriter, really does seem to put some effort into the lyrics. One example:
Blacktop pavement, cover me
Like a chemical reaction or a steam roller, spreading randomly
There's a distant buzz, and a low frequency
It tickles my ear, rumbles under my feet
And it shakes the leaves from every tree...violently
What pretension! Everlasting peace
Everything must cease
Institution on the Hill
Like a beacon in the mind of an ancestor
To ignite a people's will
There's a shadowed stain on the west facade
It has spread like decay to enshroud the fraud
And the descendants find it, oh, so odd
(oh, so odd)
What pretension! Everlasting peace, everything must cease
Grave memorial, hewn white stone
Like the comforting caress of a mother
Or a friend you've always known
It evokes such pain and significance
What was once, is reduced to remembrance
And the generations pass without recompense
What pretension! Everlasting peace
Everything must cease
K12beano said:
"Colitas"
(the eagle-eyed will spot where that's from)
From what I found out a few years ago after searching on this very word it might be referring to the smell of the buds of a cannabis plant 'rising up through the air'.(the eagle-eyed will spot where that's from)
O/T I hope to be hearing that particular song live in a little over 4 weeks time...can't wait.
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