On the radio this morning, the deejays were taking calls from listeners talking about song lyrics that they misheard and kept singing over and over again until someone clued them in on it. It relates to a commercial currently playing on US TV where one guy sings "Stop the catbox" or something like that instead of "Rock the Casbah".
Anyway, this guy calls in to say that after listening to "Smoke to Joints" (a Toyes song covered by Sublime: "I smoke to joints in the morning/I smoke two joints at night..."), his wife commented "He must really like this Joyce girl"... LOL. She heard it as "I spoke to Joyce..."
One song that I, and apparently many others, mishear is Manfred Mann's "Blinded by the Light" ("revved up like a deuce" --> "wrapped up like a douche"!).
What about you?
Loic
I used to think for years that Ace of Base were singing "I saw the sun". It was only recently that I belatedly realised that it was "I saw the sign". What a sad git I was.
Deborah
Re: Misheard Lyrics
Elaine wrote:
One song that I, and apparently many others, mishear is Manfred Mann's "Blinded by the Light" ("revved up like a douce" --> "wrapped up like a douche"!).
I always heard it as "revved up like a douche-er (whatever that would be) in the middle of the night". Well, I don't remember exactly what the rest of the line was, but "douche-er" seemed very clear.
Elaine
LOL. Whatever we hear it as, it most certainly does not sound like "douce".
Joanne
I misheard a lot of lyrics when I was a kid during the eighties. Maybe because I had a lot of ear infections?
"Mickey" by Toni Basil:
I heard: It's guys like you, Mickey! I wanna do Mickey, do Mickey...
Real lyrics: It's guys like you, Mickey! Oh, what you do Mickey, do Mickey...
"Mad About You" by Belinda Carlisle:
I heard: A couple of blues, Running wild on tweed.
Real lyrics: A couple of fools, Running wild, aren't we?
"Shout" by Tears for Fears:
I heard: I'd really love to break your arm.
Real lyric: I'd really love to break your heart.
"Hungry Like the Wolf" by Duran Duran:
I heard: Center the sound, I'm lost and unfound.
Real lyric: Scent and a sound, I'm lost and I'm found.
Loic
Can we extend the interpretation of this thread to Misinterpreted Lyrics as well?
When I first listened to 'Ode to my Family' by the Cranberries many years ago, I thought that the title was incongruous as Dolores seemed to be singing about childhood abuse of a presumed sexual nature. These were the lines in particular which made me think so:
My father, my father, he liked me
O he liked me, does anyone care
But this song is supposed to be a tribute to her family, isn't it? Or is there a strong undercurrent of Irish sarcasm that I have failed to detect?
Liz
The list of lyrics I've misheard:
Freddy Mercury: Living On My Own
What I (and almost all the people I know) heard: pirohere (piro = a prefix in connection with "fire" + here = "testicles")
Real lyrics: dee do de de
Opus: Life is Life
What all Hungarian people hear: levelet kaptam = I've received a letter
Real lyrics: labadab dab dab
Curtis Stigers: I Wonder Why
Misheard: love is an anger
Real lyrics: love is an anchor
The Real Thing: You to me are everything
Misheard: come on and take a rest with me
Real: come on and take a rest of me
Dire Straits: Walk of Life (the only Dire Straits song I can't stand )
Misheard: Igazi (="real" in Hungarian) action, igazi motion, Yeah, yeah the boy can blame
Real:He got the action, he got the motion, Yeah, the boy can play
Tears for Fears
Misheard title: Sewing in the Seas of Love
Real title: Sowing the Seeds of Love
Wet Wet Wet: Angel Eyes
Misheard: in July
Real: angel eyes
Misheard: people say that I'm so aromatic
Real: people say that I'm so automatic
Peter Gabriel: Sledgehammer
I didn't understand the title at all.
Status Quo: In the Army Now
Misheard title: In the Yummie Now
Dido: White Flag
Misheard: I will go down with this shit
Real: I will go down with this ship
Elvis Presley: Little Less Conversation
Misheard: Close your mouth and get your motherfucker down and baby satisfy me (I was profoundly shocked by these "obscene" lyrics )
Real: Close your mouth and open up your heart and baby satisfy me
The Temptations: Treat Her Like a Lady
Misheard: Now I'm the kinda guy who believes that chivalry is dead,
Real: Now I'm the kinda guy who don't believe that chivalry is dead,
Misheard: A woman's like a flower, who needs a little shower
Real: A woman's like a flower, with love on her you shower
Misheard: Now boy, you should remember to be a little man
Real: Now boy, you should remember to be a gentleman
Ray Charles: I'll Be Good to You
Misheard: I'll be a good chick, good chick, good chick
Real: I'll be good to you, good to you, good to you
Hall and Oates: Baby Come Back
Misheard: Holding love, wearing a mask of farce bravado
Real: All day long, wearing a mask of false bravado
Rod Stuart: Baby Jane
Misheard: No one tell me where I've been
Real: No one tell me where or when
The Delegation: Where is the love
Misheard: it's such a sorry sight preceding
Real: it's not a sunny side to see
Misheard: I guess I'll just be bad
Real: I guess I just became
Ghost: Basic Instict
Misheard: Dos and don'ts, wills and won'ts, basic instinct make you big
Real: Dos and don'ts, wills and won'ts, basic instinct to make you think
And so on, and so on... Of course, I can't recall the funniest ones right now
Loic
I got a glimpse into your eclectic musical tastes, Liz!
Liz
loic wrote:
I got a glimpse into your eclectic musical tastes, Liz!
Actually, there are two songs on the list I don't really like: Dire Straits: Walk of Life, Elvis Presley: Little Less Conversation. I don't dislike Freddy Mercury: Living On My Own, Dido: White Flag, Opus: Life is Life and Status Quo: In the Army Now but I've got tired of them because they are played ad nauseam on the radio. The other songs on the list (the ones I didn't mention) are more or less my favourites, which doesn't mean that I've misunderstood all my favourite songs.
Loic
Liz:
I really like Wet Wet Wet by Angel Eyes. It always makes me think fondly of my primary school days when my father would be sending me to school and I would be listening to this song over the radio.
I often listen to music in glassy-eyed silence, that is to say, I don't pay too much attention to the lyrics. It is the tune that gets me grooving.
Loic
Here's a song whose lyrics I misheard in the past. I suppose interference in the sound transmission mangles up the words.
"I'll Be Your Everything" by Tommy Page (the sort of song you can play to a girl whilst sending her home)
Misheard Lyrics: So long I've been waiting for a girl/ To come into my life and to my will
Correct lyrics: So long I've been waiting for a girl/ To come into my life and to my world
I know it doesn't make sense for someone to come into someone's will, but I erroneously assumed that Tommy Page was singing of a gold-digger.
Liz
loic wrote:
Liz:
I really like Wet Wet Wet by Angel Eyes. It always makes me think fondly of my primary school days when my father would be sending me to school and I would be listening to this song over the radio.
I often listen to music in glassy-eyed silence, that is to say, I don't pay too much attention to the lyrics. It is the tune that gets me grooving.
Haha. Great minds think alike. Franky, I was wondering if you knew this song (or any of the older songs I listed there)...The members of our generation (if you don't mind me saying "our generation" - we are practically in the same age group, I presume) usually havent got the foggiest.
loic wrote:
I know it doesn't make sense for someone to come into someone's will, but I erroneously assumed that Tommy Page was singing of a gold-digger.
It *might* as well make sense if you think about it...It's sort of wishful thinking, isn't it?
PS: You mean "Angel Eyes" by Wet Wet Wet and not the other way round, don't you?
Loic
Liz:
I am pretty au fait with songs dating from the 80s and 90s. I also listen extensively to songs from the 60s and 70s so I sometimes feel that I am able to vicariously experience the mood of a bygone era even if I was not born into it. My parents belong to the generation where they came of age in the early 80s so my musical tastes were -and remain- largely influenced by them.
Are you born in 1984? If so, you're the same age as I am. I have always felt that I was born into a very special year. George Orwell chose 1984 to write his book, didn't he?
I went to a nightclub a fortnight ago where they play disco hits from the 1980s every Wednesday night. The dance floor was packed to the capacity with clubbers from the 18 - 25 age group, swaying their hips to Love of the First Degree by Bananarama and grooving to all those hyperactive dance hits from the likes of Donna Summers, The Human League, Culture Club, etc.
PS: Sorry, you got me there. Thanks for correcting me!
Liz
loic wrote:
Liz:I am pretty au fait with songs dating from the 80s and 90s.
Me, too - not because the so-called retro chic an in-thing nowadays. On the contrary - I usually don't give a flying toss about current fads which are most likely to wear off in no time. I truly love these songs for exactly the same reason as you do.
loic wrote:
I also listen extensively to songs from the 60s and 70s so I sometimes feel that I am able to vicariously experience the mood of a bygone era even if I was not born into it. My parents belong to the generation where they came of age in the early 80s so my musical tastes were -and remain- largely influenced by them.
Same here. I used to be rather indifferent to songs from the 60s and 70s, especially to those from the 60s. But as I'm growing older, I'm learning to both appreciate and enjoy those songs as well. I'm very much influenced by my parents' musical taste as well, which applies to popular and classical music alike. I'm considered to be slightly weird in this respect by most of my peers as a serious clash between youngsters' and their parents' musical taste is just par for the course, even at our age. Frankly, to my greatest surprise...
loic wrote:
Are you born in 1984? If so, you're the same age as I am. I have always felt that I was born into a very special year. George Orwell chose 1984 to write his book, didn't he?
Yes, I am. You got it absolutely right and it makes me wonder how. Have I ever mentioned it? Yes, that might have been a special year...and I find the number 1984 sort of beautiful and rather fortunate. Well, it's highly incompatible with George Orwell's dour dystopia. Speaking of that, my main reason for reading the novel was the fact that I was born in that year.
loic wrote:
I went to a nightclub a fortnight ago where they play disco hits from the 1980s every Wednesday night. The dance floor was packed to the capacity with clubbers from the 18 - 25 age group, swaying their hips to Love of the First Degree by Bananarama and grooving to all those hyperactive dance hits from the likes of Donna Summers, The Human League, Culture Club, etc.
The Human League...yes! Sadly enough, you hardly ever hear their songs on the Hungarian and German radio.
By the way, do you often visit nightclubs? It might be just me, but the sardine can effect always scares me off...
loic wrote:
PS: Sorry, you got me there. Thanks for correcting me!
Oh, never mind...My pleasure - literally. I particularly enjoy being pernickety at times and correcting people for every tiny little nuance...It's some sort of an occupational hazard on my part I reckon...But it's quite natural for a future teacher, isn't it?
Loic
Liz:
Of course, I do not exclusively listen to songs from the past. Currently, I am infatuated with Lily Allen and Amy Winehouse and flirt with genres as disparate as soul, r&b, soft rock and pop. Unfortunately, I don't do classical.
Songs from the 70s have a quality of lost innocence. I like to listen to The Carpenters while I am doing my homework or revising for my exams, tapping my feet to Top of the World or Mr Postman . It is such a pity that Karen Carpenter died so early. They were an immensely talented duo.
Do you go clubbing much? I don't except on the occasional blue moon. Clubbing is prohibitively expensive as I am apt to spend too much on drinks whenever I patronise such establishments. I have two left feet, you see. Cocktails are an indispensable weapon for me to find my groove, and some say my mojo.
Some say that nightclubs are just places to innocuously 'bump' into girls on the dance floor. Two weeks ago, I was the unfortunate victim by being on the receiving end of some lusty dance moves by an inerbriated chap. Suffice to say, I just don't have that luck when I go clubbing.
Many young people do not appreciate timeless classics. When I told a girl that I do listen to Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra, she gasped.
But it's their loss, really.
Llatai
There's always Jimi Henrix's "Foxy Lady"
Lyric: 'scuse me while I kiss the sky
Misheard: 'scuse me while I kiss this guy
Deborah
Llatai wrote:
There's always Jimi Henrix's "Foxy Lady"
Lyric: 'scuse me while I kiss the sky
Misheard: 'scuse me while I kiss this guy
Oh, that's just perfect!
Liz
loic wrote:
Liz:
Of course, I do not exclusively listen to songs from the past. Currently, I am infatuated with Lily Allen and Amy Winehouse and flirt with genres as disparate as soul, r&b, soft rock and pop.
Amy Winehouse is great. However, I don't like the way she looks like nowadays...sort of anorexic with a plethora of large, not all too feminine types of tattooes. I preferred her with a nice, curvy figure she used to have. Anyway, I fail to see this obsession with looking like a stick insect. Those girls are crazy about going to the gym all the time. Yes, it's worth going to the gym provided you happen to eat someting sometimes...otherwise it isn't. Starving and working out just doesn't work. Okay, it does work if you want to look like a stick insect and occassionally collapse...Side-note rant over.
So, Amy Winehouse is amazing, but most people don't have a clue about her here. Is she big over there? I mean, in Singapore...
Lily Allen isn't bad either, but I think she isn't exactly on a par with Amy Winehouse as far as vocal skills are concerned. She has a nice voice and can write quite witty lyrics, though.
loic wrote:
Unfortunately, I don't do classical.
loic wrote:
Songs from the 70s have a quality of lost innocence. I like to listen to The Carpenters while I am doing my homework or revising for my exams, tapping my feet to Top of the World or Mr Postman . It is such a pity that Karen Carpenter died so early. They were an immensely talented duo.
Oh, the Postman! LOL! It sounds so passé nowadays but it still is a catchy tune.
I didn't know she had died. You see, I'm not particularly au fait with these matters of life and death regarding musicians.
loic wrote:
Do you go clubbing much?
Well, it depends on what counts as "much" in your book. No, I don't think so. As I mentioned above, I hate the claustrophobically suffocating sardine can atmosphere of night clubs. The other extreme, when the club is practically empty, isn't very pleasing, either. I hate being watched when I'm dancing.
loic wrote:
I don't except on the occasional blue moon.Clubbing is prohibitively expensive as I am apt to spend too much on drinks whenever I patronise such establishments.
I frequent almost exclusively the university clubs. You don't have to pay for the entrance here in Germany but you do have to in Hungary. As for spending much on drinks, I'm the complete antithesis to you. I almost never drink in night clubs/discos (at least not alcoholic drinks) because drinking usually affects me in two different ways: I either get awfully sleepy or I start laughing at everything frantically, the former being the more usual. I don't think any of these conditions are favourable in a night club where you are supposed to dance, especially not the former alternative.
loic wrote:
I have two left feet, you see. Cocktails are an indispensable weapon for me to find my groove, and some say my mojo.
Some say that nightclubs are just places to innocuously 'bump' into girls on the dance floor. Two weeks ago, I was the unfortunate victim by being on the receiving end of some lusty dance moves by an inerbriated chap. Suffice to say, I just don't have that luck when I go clubbing.
LOL! I am trying to imagine you in such a situation...At the same time, I think you are self-deprecating a bit, aren't you? Even if your two-left-feetedness (is there such a word???) is not just a figment of your imagination (which I seriously doubt), never mind...you don't usually bump into the likes of Fred Astaire in a halfway-decent nightclub after all...
loic wrote:
Many young people do not appreciate timeless classics. When I told a girl that I do listen to Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra, she gasped.
But it's their loss, really.
You see? At least, he met a man of exquisite taste once in a lifetime!
PS: Since you said you liked "Angel Eyes" by Wet Wet Wet and your command of English is considerably better than mine, you might know the answer to my question:
What the hell does "manual" in this context mean?
But when I'm down I'm in manual
I'd rather not give vent to my dirty imagination...
Loic
I agree with what you said about how Amy Winehouse seems to be taking a turn for the worse as far as her looks are concerned. But well, I don't watch her MTV so it doesn't really matter.
The Singapore music market is largely segmented into the Chinese and English market so I dare say many people here would not have heard of her. However, amongst my circle of friends, many of us would have been acquainted with her "Rehab" single: They tried to make me to go to rehab and I said NO, NO, NO....
It's an easy song to sing to, really.
One thing about Amy Winehouse is that she sounds black. I was mildly surprised to discover that she's actually white and English as well. For some reason, the timbre of her voice reminds me of Macy Gray.
I think Lily Allen is very retro chic with her wide Alice band that harks back to the 70s and 80s. You are spot on about her wit. Listening to LDN and Alfie always make me smile.
This afternoon, I was listening to David Gates. Have you heard of him? His songs are the sort a boy would dedicate to a girl over a radio programme. He was supposed to have been one of the forerunners in the soft rock genre, but I really think he belongs to the mawkish and soppish songwriters such as Sir Cliff Richard, who is by the way, immensely popular with the forty something female crowd.
At our school graduation dinner, we organised a 70s night. We ransacked our parents' wardrobe to get into the spirit of the age and danced to ABBA for the whole night. It was really fun. Sweden does seem to have this knack for producing the sort of musical groups who have their fingers on the pulse of the world as far as musical tastes are concerned. Ace of Base and Roxette are my other two favourite Swedish musical groups.
As for clubbing, I think it is significant to mention that the anti-smoking ban in clubs kicks in on the 1st of July tomorrow. This is something lamentable, I feel. What is a club without the smell of tobacco? Furthermore, cigarette smoke does a really good job in masking the other more unpleasant odours that percolate in small confined spaces when there are so many other people around.
Liz
Loic, you seem to have ignored my last and most important question...
loic wrote:
It's an easy song to sing to, really.
Easy or not, I'm not entirely sure if I could sing it the way she does. What about you?
loic wrote:
One thing about Amy Winehouse is that she sounds black. I was mildly surprised to discover that she's actually white and English as well. For some reason, the timbre of her voice reminds me of Macy Gray.
Sort of, yes. I thought she was black and American on account of her accent, too.
loic wrote:
I think Lily Allen is very retro chic with her wide Alice band that harks back to the 70s and 80s. You are spot on about her wit. Listening to LDN and Alfie always make me smile.
Lily Allen is a true original. She's second to none.
loic wrote:
This afternoon, I was listening to David Gates. Have you heard of him? His songs are the sort a boy would dedicate to a girl over a radio programme. He was supposed to have been one of the forerunners in the soft rock genre, but I really think he belongs to the mawkish and soppish songwriters such as Sir Cliff Richard, who is by the way, immensely popular with the forty something female crowd.
Unfortunately, I don't know him.
As for Cliff Richard, he is my roommate's all-time favourite (my roommate is on the wrong side of 30, just for the record). Yes, he seems to be immensly popular with women over a certain age (and those of his age, of course), even though he's "happy to be a bachelor boy until his dying daaaaay"! The idea of him having converted to Christianity appeals to many, including my roommate.
loic wrote:
At our school graduation dinner, we organised a 70s night. We ransacked our parents' wardrobe to get into the spirit of the age and danced to ABBA for the whole night. It was really fun. Sweden does seem to have this knack for producing the sort of musical groups who have their fingers on the pulse of the world as far as musical tastes are concerned. Ace of Base and Roxette are my other two favourite Swedish musical groups.
Sadly enough, my parents have no such wardrobe to ransack...
loic wrote:
As for clubbing, I think it is significant to mention that the anti-smoking ban in clubs kicks in on the 1st of July tomorrow. This is something lamentable, I feel. What is a club without the smell of tobacco? Furthermore, cigarette smoke does a really good job in masking the other more unpleasant odours that percolate in small confined spaces when there are so many other people around.
Not to be presumptious, but do you smoke?
Loic
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PS: Since you said you liked "Angel Eyes" by Wet Wet Wet and your command of English is considerably better than mine, you might know the answer to my question:
What the hell does "manual" in this context mean?
But when I'm down I'm in manual
I am sorry for ignoring it, Liz. I thought you were asking a rhetorical question. But since you asked, I shall do my best to please.
Manual comes from the Latin manualis which means 'belonging to the hand'. In this case, I'd interprete the lyrics as follows:
A) The singer is cruising downtown and he wishes to emphasise that he is using a manual and not an automatic gearbox.
B) Your vivid imagination is spot on.
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Easy or not, I'm not entirely sure if I could sing it the way she does. What about you?
She does sound a little raspy in her songs, if not naughty. I am too clean-cut and good to sing like her. So the answer, I'm afraid, is nope!
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The idea of him having converted to Christianity appeals to many, including my roommate.
You know, Sir Cliff looks a lot like Cristiano Ronaldo when he was younger. So if you want to know how the Portuguese winger would look like 40 years down the road, look no further than this ageing pop star!
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Not to be presumptious, but do you smoke?
Unfortunately, I do. However, my tobacco habits are no longer as frequent or as odious. When I was in the army, I could smoke a packet a day. You could say that the military had this insiduous effect on all of us. Whenever we went for exercises out in the field which could last for up to week, there would be lulls in our training in which we were all so bored out of our socks. We turned to smoking to kill time.
One thing though, I never smoke in front of girls. I know it's a horrible turn-off for many of them. So the smoking ban only annoys me in principle. It doesn't really affect me as I never light up in clubs or pubs anyway. Even if I really want a fag, I would go out to smoke in the car park.
I take it that you don't, Liz! What a pity. I imagine there are no ashtrays in your room.
Liz
loic wrote:
I am sorry for ignoring it, Liz. I thought you were asking a rhetorical question.
Do you know me as a person who is likely to ask rhetorical questions? I'm not a lawyer after all...
loic wrote:
Manual comes from the Latin manualis which means 'belonging to the hand'.
What pearls of wisdom, Loic...I KNOW what it means and I'm also familiar with its meaning in English. I just didn't know what it meant in that context.
loic wrote:
In this case, I'd interprete the lyrics as follows:
A) The singer is cruising downtown and he wishes to emphasise that he is using a manual and not an automatic gearbox.
Haha. Yes, it's a sort of antithesis to "automatic",
loic wrote:
B) Your vivid imagination is spot on.
loic wrote:
I am too clean-cut and good to sing like her.
And modesty personified, of course.
loic wrote:
Unfortunately, I do. However, my tobacco habits are no longer as frequent or as odious.
I was nigh-on sure you did. Your statement was a typical smoker's statement, whereas my question was a typical non-smoker's question.
loic wrote:
One thing though, I never smoke in front of girls.
Good Gracious...What a gentleman you are! If you ask me, I certainly would, in front of girls and boys as well. I'd have no scruples whatsoever. To me, the determinig factor is that the given person is a smoker or a non-smoker. (Of course, in theory since I hardly ever smoke.) I consider smoking in front of a non-smoker in a room (not outside!) rather impolite. Anyway, what about smoking in front of smoking girls?
loic wrote:
I know it's a horrible turn-off for many of them.
You seem to be a wee bit off-beam...I don't know much about the situation in Singapore, but in Hungary there are more girls than boys who smoke. So, I don't think it's a turn-off for many, but it's more so the other way round I reckon. What do you think about smoking girls, anyway?
loic wrote:
I take it that you don't, Liz! What a pity. I imagine there are no ashtrays in your room.
You're right - I don't. I have tried it a couple of times but it hardly brought me a modicum of satisfaction. I just don't see the reason why so many people are addicted to it. Lots of my peers can keep it in secret at home (there is no need to - they are sort of adults after all), but I could never as no-one smokes in my family (in my extended family some do, though). We are fitness-wellness all over, you see! However, my "education" at home was as follows: "try it if you want to and then you can decide if it's good for you or isn't". So, I didn't have a burning desire for the forbidden fruit...
PS: There are no ashtrays in my room. Even if I smoked, there wouldn't be any...I don't want my room to stink.
Loic
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Anyway, what about smoking in front of smoking girls?
Hmm....I wouldn't like to do that. I might have to do the gentlemanly thing and offer them a stick and cigarettes are mightily expensive nowadays.
Alternatively, I might feel obliged to light up their cigarettes. A failure to light it up with one swish of the matchstick would be embarrasing.
In short, there are too many pitfalls. Smoking is a solitary activity, not a social one.
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You seem to be a wee bit off-beam...I don't know much about the situation in Singapore, but in Hungary there are more girls than boys who smoke. So, I don't think it's a turn-off for many, but it's more so the other way round I reckon. What do you think about smoking girls, anyway?
Personally, I would rather girls don't smoke. It is bad for their health: it might cause infertility. Besides, it causes bad breath and nobody would really like to snog a girl with a breath that smells of tobacco.
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We are fitness-wellness all over, you see! However, my "education" at home was as follows: "try it if you want to and then you can decide if it's good for you or isn't". So, I didn't have a burning desire for the forbidden fruit...
You know, smoking does not really diminish your fitness. Even at the height of my habit, I was still comfortably one of the fastest runners in my battery. In fact, the fastest runner of our entire battalion was a very heavy smoker: it didn't stop him from running 2.4 km under 9 minutes.
I think we always end up getting sidetracked. Since we were originally talking about misheard lyrics before exploring our musical tastes, tell me: Do you much like the boybands of yesteryear such as Westlife, The Backstreet Boys, Boyzone or Michael Learns to Rock?
Liz
loic wrote:
Alternatively, I might feel obliged to light up their cigarettes. A failure to light it up with one swish of the matchstick would be embarrasing.
I once tried to light up my girl friend's cigarette with a matchstick but my attempt ended in complete fiasco, as per usual. I managed to break at least ten matchsticks. She thought I was bladdered because we were on our way home from the pub. I wasn't - I'm just naturally awkward with matches.
loic wrote:
Smoking is a solitary activity, not a social one.
I disagree. Smoking is definitely a social activity. I was nearly excommunicated from my previous dormitory because I didn't smoke, thus I couldn't participate in the occassional small talks.
I'm positive that most people start smoking because it gives them a sort of community sense. My refusal to take up the habit of smoking was widely regarded as slightly reactionary, to say the least.
loic wrote:
You know, smoking does not really diminish your fitness.
My family being fitness-wellness was a tongue-in-cheek remark on my part. Of course, smoking doesn't necessarily have detectable immediate negative effects, but in the long run it does.
loic wrote:
I think we always end up getting sidetracked.
Let's face it - it's pretty much in our line.
loic wrote:
Since we were originally talking about misheard lyrics before exploring our musical tastes, tell me: Do you much like the boybands of yesteryear such as Westlife, The Backstreet Boys, Boyzone or Michael Learns to Rock?
NOOOOOO!!!!!! Who do you think I am????
Jesting aside, I used to like New Kids On the Block and Take That...but the music only. I'm quite an odd-one-out amongst girls as I've never been enthusiastic about members of boybands. All my female classmates used to fancy at least one of the boys, but I never did. All of them seemed to me a little effeminate if not sissy boys all over. Besides, I'm not in favour of Platonic love either in the pedestrian or in the original sense of the word.
Westlife and Boyzone weren't that bad but I'm not all too impressed by the comeback of the Backstreet Boys. It's passable but fair to middling, rather lacklustre, in my opinion.
I've never heard of Michael Learns to Rock...An interesting albeit awkward and unfortunate choice of name, implying that the band members are still rookies at best. It reminds me of Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship.
What about you?
Deborah
loic wrote:
Besides, it causes bad breath and nobody would really like to snog a girl with a breath that smells of tobacco.
FYI, it goes both ways.
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You know, smoking does not really diminish your fitness. Even at the height of my habit, I was still comfortably one of the fastest runners in my battery. In fact, the fastest runner of our entire battalion was a very heavy smoker: it didn't stop him from running 2.4 km under 9 minutes.
But think what you could have done had you not been a smoker. When I was a teenager, I knew a dancer in his early 20s who decided to stop smoking. He said he'd always thought that smoking didn't affect his fitness until he stopped smoking and it improved noticeably.
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I just didn't know what it meant in that context.
