Originally this song was titled "Carol, I know." However after recording and speeding up Brian's vocals the song morphed into "Caroline, no"
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Originally this song was titled "Carol, I know." However after recording and speeding up Brian's vocals the song morphed into "Caroline, no"
"Gimme Little Sign" - Brenton Wood
When I hear this song "gimmie" sounds like "give me"
In addition:
"gimme little sugar" sounds like "give me a little sugar"
"gimmie little sweet talk" sounds like "give me a little sweet talk"
Brenton Wood in the 1960's
An aging Brenton Wood - crowd gets into it
Cover by Pepe Marquez and Miriah Avila - I like this too
When I hear this song "gimmie" sounds like "give me"
In addition:
"gimme little sugar" sounds like "give me a little sugar"
"gimmie little sweet talk" sounds like "give me a little sweet talk"
Brenton Wood in the 1960's
An aging Brenton Wood - crowd gets into it
Cover by Pepe Marquez and Miriah Avila - I like this too
At about 1:55.
"You can't dance I know you wish you could." Sounds more like "woosh you could."
"You can't dance I know you wish you could." Sounds more like "woosh you could."
Kind of "the opposite" of the theme ... Something I didn’t realize for years: Although it sounds like Frampton is singing the words in the title, the actual lyric is “Do what everybody says is wrong.” No appearance of 'doobie wah' in the lyrics. [I imagine he realized how it sounds close to “Doobie Wah” and got playful with the titling.]
If you’re expecting to hear “Doobie Wah,” the “Comes Alive!” version masks the real words better, perhaps because of the quicker tempo, so a listener might think he simply blended the words.
If you’re expecting to hear “Doobie Wah,” the “Comes Alive!” version masks the real words better, perhaps because of the quicker tempo, so a listener might think he simply blended the words.
Every time I heard this commercial on the radio (hundreds of times commuting over the years) I always notice that the kid says "Ta-day" and the adult dude sings "today" like most peeps would.
My ears perk up on every subsequent version to see if it's ta-day or today.
My ears perk up on every subsequent version to see if it's ta-day or today.
It's interesting to think about how the pronunciation affects the style of the performance as well.
If someone sang most of the songs in this thread with the standard pronunciation it would sound nerdy as hell. Brenton Wood especially just has that style and swagger in his delivery that makes his odd pronunciation sound right.
Just a thought I had. I can picture people singing some of these songs in a karaoke bar and sounding like complete dweebs with their proper pronunciation.
BTW, I have missed all of you during my long hiatus. Lost my previous job and had a rough holiday season but I'm working a new contract position and feeling a lot better.
Now I gotta go search my library and see if I can find any good submissions. These are things I think I notice every time I hear a specific song, but I can't seem to think of any off the top of my head.
Now I gotta go search my library and see if I can find any good submissions. These are things I think I notice every time I hear a specific song, but I can't seem to think of any off the top of my head.
We did some shakin til the middle of the night..... "Her titz were shakin til the middle of the night"
Is it Du Hast "miss", "mesch", "me", or what? Just a lot of German in this one. I love this tune though.
Definitely different between spoken & sung. I approach it, for this theme, if the inflection is consistent, taking into account what might be accents or a specific vocal style. If it strays from that, it's noticeable.
Even that isn't a specific hard-line rule, just general approach.
I know there are still quite a few examples I've encountered but can't for the life of me recall all of them. Could be a thread that gets bumped every so often when the light bulb comes on.
Edit: Light bulb 2 words, not one.
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