The WHERE WAS TOM Lyrics Questions Thread
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Salmonofdoubt said:
What the hell was going on for the entirety of Whiter Shade of Pale?
None of it makes sense.
At the time it was released, Garry Brooker said they'd sang the song so many times while trying to record it, that he was just making lyrics up as they went along for this version.None of it makes sense.
Police State said:
DickyC said:
So what did Bobbie and Billie Joe throw off the Tallahatchie Bridge?
The Baby.DickyC said:
Police State said:
DickyC said:
So what did Bobbie and Billie Joe throw off the Tallahatchie Bridge?
The Baby.2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:
Perhaps they borrowed the baby from a neighbour
To practice throwing babies off bridges in case she got pregnant? It's a bit extreme, isn't it? How about, with him there, she threw the distributor for his Stutz Bearcat from the bridge? He coped to begin with but chose to end it all after he spoke to the suppliers.
DickyC said:
I wondered that but how could Bobbie and Billie Joe have kept the baby a secret? Living at home with her parents the deception would mostly be down to Bobbie but Billie Joe would have had to keep quiet and he, according to Bobbie's father, never had a lick of sense. Could she have relied on him?
They weren’t hiding a baby’s death, they were faking Billie Joes death. If you look at when the song was written they were faking his death so he could dodge the draft for Vietnam. But whatever it’s about it’s a terrifically atmospheric song. droopsnoot said:
While we're at it, then, does the car in "Greased Lightning" have two gearboxes? "Well, this car's automatic, it's hydromatic, it's something-else-matic, well it's Greased Lightning", the song says at the start, but then later it says "with a four-speed on the floor".
A pot pouri of excerpts from songs with references to car parts assembled by a lyricist with little time or knowledge. The "four on the floor" is lifted straight from the Beach Boys' Little Deuce Coupe.Lyricist: What's four-on-the-floor?
Bystander: Four speeds.
Lyricist: Got it, thanks. I'll put four speed on the floor.
Bystander: Must you?
TwigtheWonderkid said:
"I shot the sheriff, but I didn't shoot the deputy".
Is that really the defence case you want to run with......I mean......seriously?
His defence is, he shot the sheriff in self defence but had nothing to do with the shooting of the deputy which was an unfortunate coincidence that might appear incriminating. Is that really the defence case you want to run with......I mean......seriously?
Your witness.
DickyC said:
TwigtheWonderkid said:
"I shot the sheriff, but I didn't shoot the deputy".
Is that really the defence case you want to run with......I mean......seriously?
His defence is, he shot the sheriff in self defence but had nothing to do with the shooting of the deputy which was an unfortunate coincidence that might appear incriminating. Is that really the defence case you want to run with......I mean......seriously?
Your witness.
Because, it seems, people who shoot law enforcement officers are two a penny?
Come on Mr Marley, seriously. Have you been smoking weed, expecting us to swallow this nonsense?
Edited by TwigtheWonderkid on Wednesday 1st July 12:02
TwigtheWonderkid said:
Come on Mr Marley, seriously. Have you been smoking weed, expecting us to swallow this nonsense?
How can my client be a suspect in any wrongdoing? He holds a respectable place in society from being in business for many years with Ebenezer Scrooge. Shot the deputy, indeed! Preposterous. 
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