The German band "The Rainbows" with the song "(My Baby) Balla Balla) from the 60s: My baby baby, balla balla My baby baby, balla balla My baby baby, balla balla My baby baby, balla balla My baby baby, balla balla Ooh balla balla Balla balla balla balla balla balla balla balla balla balla balla balla balla balla balla Balla balla balla balla balla balla balla balla balla balla balla balla balla balla balla Aaaah ... Complete lyrics: Balla Balla Lyrics - Rainbows The video: Chubby Checker made an English version and he added the text with his own words: Chubby Checker & de Maskers - (Baby Baby) Balla Balla
re "live and let die" tho it has been long a beloved little joke at paul's expense among record store hanger-on types, and he media, in fact it's even better than some earlier in this thread have said and makes perfect sense; people mishear the FIRST word because they ignore the next line which is part of the same sentence, a perfectly cogent sentence which actually goes: "But if this ever-changing world in which we're living makes you give in and sigh....live and let die."
Exactly as I believe it to be. A very soft r in the word "we're" makes it sound more like "we" and then he drops the g in "living" hence it becomes "livin". I think Sinatra was one of the earliest megastar singers to do this kind of stuff (g-dropping, streetwise slangy singing manner). But it's a bit more difficult to make out what Macca says since he tends to slur his words a helluva lot more than Frank.
That’s what it’s supposed to be but I can’t believe that I am having to step in again, as a fully paid up member of the grammar police, and say what he actually sang was “in which we live in”. For which he can never be forgiven. Unless he fully renounces Mull Of Kintyre for all of time of course.
Look, I can’t rest until I’ve told every misguided “in which we’re living” aficionado that they are definitely wrong.
This is hilarious! We gotta get this straight. LOL Live And Let Die (paulmccartney.com) Both are wrong - 'in which we live in' , and 'in which we're living' - you live life- you don't live an ever changing world. But IF this ever changing world...in which we're living - trying to be overly poetic by using a passive sentence and he can't manage. It's on Guns 'n' Roses lyric sheet as well Mac's site. So somebody is wrong either you guys or McCartney and we know Mick Cart Knee is never wrong. LOL He really screwed himself this time cause even if you change 'if' to 'in' then it's 2 'in's and one isn't necessary. Oooh I hear the sirens of the grammar police - - I hope he really quit the ganja cause they'll come for that too! Oh yeah, and there's only one world so what world is he differentiating it from? The one we don't live in?
This topic deserves its own thread. That's right people. I'm seriously considering starting such a thread right now! ...finger hovering over Post New Thread button... getting closer...... closer..................... Damn! I just can't do it. I don't wanna be forever known around here as "that Live And Let Die nut." Great song btw!
I could post numerous Billy Corgan examples, but this one wins atm: From "Ava Adore" You'll always be my whore 'Cause you're the one that I adore And you'll pull your crooked teeth You'll be perfect just like me
'This world in which we're living' is grammatically acceptable. We do live in a world. As for the differentiation part, I do see your point, but it could be argued that he's differentiating it from the world of the past - you know, the good old non-violent days (ha ha).
Finding bad Wings lyrics is like shooting fish in a barrel. Jet With the wind in your hair of a thousand laces Climb on the back and we'll go for a ride in the sky And Jet, I thought the major was a little lady suffragette
That's actually a bit of not so subtle old timey lasciviousness quoted from Robert Johnson's original version of Traveling Riverside Blues. Beyond criticism!
When I first heard this lyric I thought it was pretty bad. Now I don't know. It really sticks in your head with its ugliness. I think that section of the song has some real menace in it. The juxtaposition of the nice all-American family, and the twisted creeps out there...and then there's the man who's singing it, so obsessive about death that The End was at the beginning.
I love Talking Heads, but this song gets to me and not in a positive way. Who Is It? Who is it who Who is it who Who is it who Who is it What is it What is it What is it What is it Oh...Baby it's you! Who is it who Who is it who Who is it who Who is it What is it What is it What is it What is it Oh...Oh baby it's you! Watch out now baby 'cause I'm in love with you Watch out now baby 'cause I'm in love with you And if you don't love me I don't know what I'm going to do! Who, who, who is it Who...
I actually love this lyric. Evokes teen-hood to my ears. I will say the part about "Her folks told me that she's lonely/And she wants me only" is ridiculous. What parents take a girl's boyfriend aside and say that? So, maybe you're right after all. I still like the lyrics and the song, though!
I don’t know. I find it as bad as “Like a dog without a bone An actor out on loan”. Luckily, the instrumental work is so beautiful that saves the song from its bad high-school-quality lyrics. What sticks in your head is the intro and the repetition of Riders On the Storm - not the rest of the song really.
And yet when I use audio software to remove the side channels and slow it down a bit, I can clearly hear: "But if this ever changing world in which we're living", including the sound of the G at the end.
They headed down to, ooh, old El Paso That's where they ran into a great big hassle... Billy Mack is a detective down in Texas You know he knows just exactly what the facts is... Go on take the money and run Etc