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Post by ClamsCasino on Feb 21, 2004 21:31:44 GMT -5
Here's a real torethatbridgeout topic. You know the Wheel Of Fortune category "Before and After," where two phrases are combined by a common linking word? I'm not saying Paul is a Wheel of Fortune fan, but I've noticed a few "Before and After" phrases in his lyrics. "Tears Rolling Up Our Sleeves" is an obvious one. I had a couple more, but they slipped my mind as soon as I started to post.
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Post by torethatbridgeout on Feb 22, 2004 9:55:58 GMT -5
slipped my mind as soon as I started to post. that's the part the sounds most like me. Ever since I read an article in "Psychology Today" about Vanna White being some kind of cultural goddess of fertility I can't concentrate on "Wheel of Fortune" as well. I'm always checking out whether it's Vanna or just a priestess of Vanna. So try as I might I can't figure out what you're talking about. Do you mean when one word does double duty as both the end to one line and the beginning of the next? I get the idea but I can't think of any offhand ... but it would be like: "That's a tall order/order me a Scotch"  |
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Post by ClamsCasino on Feb 22, 2004 17:42:51 GMT -5
That's the basic idea--the linking word that does double duty--but your example isn't really what I'm thinking of. It's driving me crazy now, because I remember thinking that the other examples I had were much better than the "tears rolling" example.
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Post by butzodaddy on Feb 22, 2004 20:37:10 GMT -5
Best trivia question yet  "open wide enough to drive a truck straight through" "power drunk with passion" |
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Post by butzodaddy on Feb 22, 2004 20:43:12 GMT -5
"Tears Rolling Up Our Sleeves"
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Post by butzodaddy on Feb 24, 2004 21:43:30 GMT -5
"Merry go round in dreams"
Anyone else care to spin the wheel? Vanna's getting a bit impatient.
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Post by butzodaddy on Feb 25, 2004 15:56:29 GMT -5
"Avant gardes/guards unlock the door/cage"
I'll spin again Pat.
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Post by torethatbridgeout on Feb 26, 2004 1:18:37 GMT -5
OK, I think I got the hang of this now:
"Come alive and kicking"
- Someone I Once Knew
It's all part of a spectrum of smashing stuff:
- smashing words together to make new words ("homelesssexual")
- smashing phrases together to make "before and afters"
("tears rolling up our sleeves")
- smashing metaphors together to make run-on metaphors
("open wide enough to drive a truck straight through like a knife")
In fact, speaking of smashing, there was a very shortlived game show on one of the cable channels about two and a half years ago called something like "smash" in which the contestants tried to recite ever-longer linked "before and after" phrases: "White House Broken Record Setting Sun Dial Soap Opera Glasses," that kind of thing. It had a host with little rectangular glasses frames and a Vannalike hostess and the odd thing was the whole set was supposed to be more like a wine bar or night club hangout than game show studio. Might have been on the Comedy Channel. Anyway, PW would have won a trip on that one.
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Post by butzodaddy on Feb 26, 2004 23:24:38 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300]You've won a brand new car![/glow]  |
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Post by torethatbridgeout on Mar 16, 2004 0:23:43 GMT -5
"Merry go round in dreams" . Damn, I can't figure that one out ... can you spell it out for my lame as*? I think this much-discussed line might qualify: "...sober as a hanging judge" |
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Post by ClamsCasino on Mar 16, 2004 2:37:03 GMT -5
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Post by torethatbridgeout on Mar 16, 2004 9:23:36 GMT -5
Yeah, "going around in dreams" is just not a phrase I've heard, at least not enough for it to count (for me).
"Judge" would be the linking word for two separate phrases, but it's not a proper before-and-after (Vanna, get the whip) ... more like the thread of run-on metaphors we had before
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Post by ClamsCasino on Mar 16, 2004 15:15:42 GMT -5
Yeah, "going around in dreams" is just not a phrase I've heard, at least not enough for it to count (for me). Well, "Merry" is also used to imply that the song is about a girl named "Mary," meaning that Mary is walking around in a dreamy daze ("she's got two worlds she can pick"). |
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Post by butzodaddy on Mar 18, 2004 0:38:04 GMT -5
My favorite so far is "power drunk with passion":
power drunk
drunk with passion
runners up:
tears rolling
rolling up our sleaves
merry go round
go round in dreams
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Post by landshark on Mar 23, 2004 21:23:20 GMT -5
My favorite so far is "power drunk with passion":
power drunk
drunk with passion
runners up:
tears rolling
rolling up our sleaves
merry go round
go round in dreams
Geez, thanks for diagramming it Butzo, five years of that song and I never got the "rolling up our sleeves" thing. What a dope I am! |
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Post by mattweiser on Mar 24, 2004 0:02:46 GMT -5
I just found another one from "My Daydream." I'll try to do the diagram thing so that it's easier to follow.
"It won't come true, baby, with out you
My daydream
dream with me...."
It happens a couple of times in the song. I'm going to be looking for overlapping lines like that for like the next 3 weeks now!
-Matt
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Post by mattweiser on Mar 24, 2004 0:04:02 GMT -5
okay so, that didn't work, but hopefully you got what I was talking about. I'm still new to the board and I'll have to figure out how to do stuff.
-Matt
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Post by butzodaddy on Mar 24, 2004 23:28:15 GMT -5
I like it.
my daydream
dream with me (uh-aw-uh-aw-aw-a)
hint: I used the "pre-formatted text" tag, and Preview button to check out the spacing - trial and error |
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Post by butzodaddy on Mar 25, 2004 10:17:04 GMT -5
Here's another:
good night
night gowns
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Post by mattweiser on Mar 25, 2004 16:04:01 GMT -5
I like it.
my daydream
dream with me (uh-aw-uh-aw-aw-a)
hint: I used the "pre-formatted text" tag, and Preview button to check out the spacing - trial and error cool, thanks! i'll get it all eventually. |
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