TCM has an appreciation for the fine arts…especially pornography and music. Have you ever heard a song and asked yourself, “What the fuck is this man singing? I can’t understand a goddamn thing coming out of his mouth”. With Van Morrison this is an everyday occurrence. The man shouts like the crazy drunken Irishmen that he is, yet it somehow sounds cool in the process. Hell, I’d even pay money to listen to him not just yell to me, but at me as well.
The lyrics in question are from a duet with Van and (the musical group) The Band, From the Band’s 1971 album, Cahoots called “4% Of Pantomime”. I’ve tried for years to figure our what the fuck he is saying.
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Here is a full version of the song to give you some context.
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If anyone wants to take a stab at this mess of drunken Irish incoherence, be my guest. Don’t Google the lyrics either, where the hell is the fun in that?
*Any suggestions for future songs are welcome too.
Do you have any idea how hard it is to record in the studio while constantly kicking out your right leg? Seriously.
Dudes been dealin me bad hands from the bottom of the deck without the slightest place
I have no idea.
However, the worst flubbed up lyrics is from the band The Kingsmen with their hit single, Louie Louie.
the lyrics are son unrecognizable that:
In February, 1964, an outraged parent wrote to Robert Kennedy, then the attorney general of the United States alleging that the lyrics of “Louie Louie” were obscene. The Federal Bureau of Investigation investigated the complaint. In June, 1965, the FBI laboratory obtained a copy of the recording and, after two years of investigation, concluded that the recording could not be interpreted, that it was “unintelligible at any speed,” and therefore the Bureau could not find that the recording was obscene. In September, 1965, an FBI agent interviewed one member of the Kingsmen. He denied that there was any obscenity in the song.
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Sometimes he is indecipherable, but so is Joe Cocker. Sometimes listening to good music requires a willing suspension of disbelief!
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