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Sunday, January 17, 2010

80s flashback... a man named Russel


How do you make packing up a house in which you've been for 11 years more fun? With music, of course.

As I was downloading some new songs I had been wanting to get onto my iPod, Down Under by Men At Work was playing- a preview just before it downloaded.

The husband, reading the paper nearby, belted out, all in tune: "buying bread from a man named Russell!!"

I turned around.

What did you say? I questioned

"what?" he nervously answered.

Did you say a man named Russell?

"Yeah; that's what he says."

I burst out laughing.

"It's buying bread from a man in Brussells," I explained.

"No way!" He didn't believe me.

I googled the lyrics. voila.


There are SO many songs whose lyrics I flub, too. Some of them I'll just never know (unless I google the lyrics).
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12 comments:

  1. AlicesonJanuary 17, 2010 at 2:23 PM

    Too funny!

    My brother always changes the words from Paul Simon's '50 ways to leave your lover' to 50 ways to love your liver. Makes me laugh every time.

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  2. Vivienne @ the V SpotJanuary 17, 2010 at 3:01 PM

    LOL! I don't even remember what I used to sing before I discovered what a vegemite sandwich was!

    Lyrical gaffs I have made:
    "Amadeus" by Falco? I sang "hot potatoes hot potatoes, oh, oh, hot potatoes..."

    "Careless Memory" by Duran Duran? I sang "where the girls never read..."

    But usually I'm pretty good.

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  3. IT (aka Ivan Toblog)January 17, 2010 at 3:53 PM

    Those muffed lyrics are called Mondegreens [look it up]... and I learned that from my nephew when he was eleven.

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  4. Lee RyanJanuary 17, 2010 at 4:15 PM

    my all-time favorite 80s song in which the lyrics are ALWAYS goofed up is Blinded By the Light by Manfred Man; "Revved up..." ...like a WHAT?

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  5. SaraJanuary 17, 2010 at 4:19 PM

    I think I might like your husband's lyrics better. I mean, it leaves you to wonder just who Russel is and how he came by this bread.

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  6. AnonymousJanuary 17, 2010 at 5:32 PM

    6' 4 and full of muscles

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  7. ReformingGeekJanuary 17, 2010 at 5:55 PM

    That's funny. Lyrics? What is this thing lyrics?

    Yeah. If I can't understand what they're saying, I make up my own.

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  8. obladi obladaJanuary 17, 2010 at 7:14 PM

    OMG....I almost spit coke out my nose. That is hilarious!!! Thanks for sharing...

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  9. ShawnJanuary 17, 2010 at 10:32 PM

    That makes me think of the Friends episode where Phoebe sang "hold me close young Tony Danza".


    Too funny!

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  10. PropellerHeadMomJanuary 18, 2010 at 6:44 AM

    LOL! Too funny! Was he six foot four and full of muscles?

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  11. Moooooog35January 18, 2010 at 8:33 AM

    Well..at least we know how tall he is and that he likes clams.

    "He was, 6 foot 4, and full of mussels."

    Not sure why we needed to know what he just ate, but whatever.

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  12. kayerjJanuary 18, 2010 at 5:48 PM

    I love that show on CMT--the sining bee where people have to sing the song right to win. It's fun to watch.

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