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Post by cellarfullofnoise on Jan 26, 2005 11:57:55 GMT -5
In "Here Comes a Regular" this one word, like a lot of the lingo in Westerberg's lyrics, seems dated, like intentionally so-- words or phrases somebody might have used in the 60s. |
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Post by PeterCetera on Jan 26, 2005 12:50:10 GMT -5
eh?
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Post by kgp on Jan 26, 2005 13:01:37 GMT -5
'Honky' in 'Get A Move On'.
'Cocksure' in 'Gun Shy', and some other song whose title escapes me at the moment. How may times have you heard 'cocksure' in everyday conversation? Or honky?
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Post by cellarfullofnoise on Jan 29, 2005 20:34:29 GMT -5
The outtake "Bundle Up" is kind of a dated phrase
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Post by SnowCover on Jan 29, 2005 23:05:22 GMT -5
The outtake "Bundle Up" is kind of a dated phrase The other day someone on Kare 11 used that phrase and I honestly thought of this thread and that song, but I thought "Well I guess people are still using it." since it was just on the TV. |
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Post by cellarfullofnoise on Jan 30, 2005 1:00:23 GMT -5
The other day someone on Kare 11 used that phrase and I honestly thought of this thread and that song, but I thought "Well I guess people are still using it." since it was just on the TV. Wow. Well maybe "corny" is a better word than "dated." But we haven't even scratched the surface here yet. Just from Sorry Ma: "the light was green and so was I" "everything is swell" "batten the hatches" "call my pop" |
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Post by Kathy on Jan 30, 2005 14:33:42 GMT -5
The outtake "Bundle Up" is kind of a dated phrase People still use that here (New England) whe it's cold out. Unless Paul was using it in the REALLY dated manner aka "bundling" in colonial times, which was going on a "date" which consisted of laying in bed with your date, in your parent's house, fully clothed, often times with a wooden board placed down the middle of the bed. No hank. no panky, just chatting while in bed fully clothed. Wacky pilgrims! |
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Post by Placemat on Feb 8, 2005 15:07:55 GMT -5
Interesting, I wouldn't call any of the above mentioned lingo dated.
This time of year, I bundle up the little one every morning. I'll also tell her to get a move on frequently.
Loudmouth is common 'enuff in my circle. Granted, cocksure isn't heard often but cocky is, & I still wouldn't consider the phrase dated.
However, I do think lines like, "Pin the tail on Demi Moore" can be considered dated.
& That "Rollerblades" line from everybody's favorite...
I also try to use honky at least once a day.
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Post by cellarfullofnoise on Feb 12, 2005 11:38:31 GMT -5
"if you will" - I Will Dare
"for a lark" - Nightclub Jitters
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Post by SnowCover on Feb 12, 2005 14:10:08 GMT -5
What's dated about "If you will"? Is that a phrase?
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Post by headlightbeams on Mar 16, 2006 3:02:42 GMT -5
lines like, "Pin the tail on Demi Moore" can be considered dated. & That "Rollerblades" line from everybody's favorite... how 'bout the "video game" from If Only You Were Lonely or "call waiting" from Ain't Got Me |
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Post by SnowCover on Apr 2, 2006 2:33:25 GMT -5
What's dated about "If you will"? Is that a phrase? I don't even understand how I could have asked this. Probably one of my dumbest posts. Mind boggling. |
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Post by Stegman on May 8, 2006 14:05:38 GMT -5
The outtake "Bundle Up" is kind of a dated phrase People still use that here (New England) whe it's cold out. Unless Paul was using it in the REALLY dated manner aka "bundling" in colonial times, which was going on a "date" which consisted of laying in bed with your date, in your parent's house, fully clothed, often times with a wooden board placed down the middle of the bed. No hank. no panky, just chatting while in bed fully clothed. Wacky pilgrims! That's hot. |
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Post by Stegman on May 8, 2006 14:10:38 GMT -5
How about an "Answering Machine." Nowadays it would be "How do you say 'I miss you,' to voice mail?"
Shooting Dirty Pool- Sounds like something from a Mickey Spillane novel.
"Waxed up hair" from Talent Show - Is he in Sha Na Na or something?
Singapore Sling from One Wink at a Time -Do they even make those anymore? I think my mom might have drank one once back in the 70s.
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Post by nowwesayitoutloud on Dec 31, 2006 18:42:25 GMT -5
.....that somewhere in the lyrics forum there's a thread about "Paul-type words," or words you rarely hear outside Paul's songs. I know because I remember writing that Paul and my grandfather are the only people on Earth who say "toilet bowl." Slacks. In "Take Me Down to the Hospital." Who says "slacks?" |
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Post by kgp on Jan 1, 2007 10:25:10 GMT -5
'Honky' in 'Get A Move On'. 'Cocksure' in 'Gun Shy', and some other song whose title escapes me at the moment. How may times have you heard 'cocksure' in everyday conversation? Or honky? "Vampires and Failures" |
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Post by nowwesayitoutloud on Jan 7, 2007 18:53:46 GMT -5
In raised in the city, "Cheap gas rubber all four gears"
the cheap gas part is dated now, if that's what he's saying
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Post by nowwesayitoutloud on Feb 4, 2007 8:11:04 GMT -5
"battering ram" from Silent Film Star
"silent film" for that matter
the phrases aren't all that dated but battering rams and silent films are
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Post by nowwesayitoutloud on Feb 8, 2007 13:25:03 GMT -5
From Waitress in the Sky: "My own sign says I'm sorry I'm smoking"
Everyone knows that smoking is now totally banned on airplanes.
From Portland: "Look at the Fluffy Monkey/ put a silver in his cup"
Everyone knows Fluffy Monkeys are now extinct.
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Post by nowwesayitoutloud on Feb 13, 2007 16:31:15 GMT -5
"You got no war to name us" isn't true anymore, unfortunately. Not sure if this generation has been named, but there is a war if someone wants to name us with it now.
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