mrjohns
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Post by mrjohns on Dec 13, 2009 17:42:37 GMT -5
If this has been covered before, accept my apologies.
I've always seen the following line in this song written on lyrics sites as follows:
"Clean your baby womb, trash that baby boom
Elvis in the ground, there'll ain't no beer tonight"
I've always heard the lyric as "Elvis and the Colonel, are waiting up here tonight"
What do y'all think?
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ndesimon
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Post by ndesimon on Dec 13, 2009 18:53:09 GMT -5
I've always seen the following line in this song written on lyrics sites as follows: "Clean your baby womb, trash that baby boom Elvis in the ground, there'll ain't no beer tonight" I've always heard the lyric as "Elvis and the Colonel, are waiting up here tonight" What do y'all think? I always heard 'Elvis and the Colonel' too. N |
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Post by Placemat on Dec 13, 2009 22:11:18 GMT -5
Hmmm... the "official" version of that line has always bugged me.
Would have to listen again to be sure (feeling lazy) but I like it. Doesn't help that Paul loves to change this line live.
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mrjohns
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Post by mrjohns on Dec 14, 2009 1:07:47 GMT -5
Hmmm... the "official" version of that line has always bugged me. Would have to listen again to be sure (feeling lazy) but I like it. Doesn't help that Paul loves to change this line live. Yeah.....I've seen him sing this differently live as well. It's funny..........I've always heard it as "Elvis and the Colonel" since I first heard it on my turntable years ago ( I'm a big Elvis fan as well ), and the line "they'll ain't no beer tonight" doesn't make much sense -- especially with PW's writing skills. |
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Post by BronxTeacher on Dec 14, 2009 15:41:04 GMT -5
I've always heard:
Clean your baby ROOM
Trash that baby boom
Elvis in the ground
No way he'll appear tonight
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ih8music
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Post by ih8music on Dec 15, 2009 15:37:17 GMT -5
I've always heard "Elvis in the ground."
edit: just listened to it again, along with a few live versions... I'm 100% sure that I hear "Elvis in the ground."
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Post by cford on Dec 29, 2009 16:09:46 GMT -5
If this has been covered before, accept my apologies. I've always seen the following line in this song written on lyrics sites as follows: "Clean your baby womb, trash that baby boom Elvis in the ground, there'll ain't no beer tonight" I've always heard the lyric as "Elvis and the Colonel, are waiting up here tonight" What do y'all think? Doubtful. From today's perspective it makes sense to think of Elvis and the Colonel hanging out as ghosts together, but when the song was written (1985-ish) Colonel Tom Parker was still very much alive. CF |
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MacGyver
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Post by MacGyver on Jan 12, 2010 12:40:45 GMT -5
I hear "Elvis in the ground, they're waiting up here tonight"? I also hear beer though. It's a toughie.
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mrjohns
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Post by mrjohns on Mar 5, 2010 22:44:51 GMT -5
[/quote] Doubtful. From today's perspective it makes sense to think of Elvis and the Colonel hanging out as ghosts together, but when the song was written (1985-ish) Colonel Tom Parker was still very much alive. CF[/quote] Sure -- the Colonel didn't die until well after the song was written, maybe Paul was seeing the future.....  |
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timsch
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Post by timsch on Dec 8, 2010 14:38:08 GMT -5
I have always heard this as Elvis in the crowd, and we're up here tonight. As in look what we've become. Elvis is now the spectator and we're the main attraction.
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Post by friendlybombs on Dec 8, 2010 18:03:40 GMT -5
Clean your baby womb
Trash that baby boom
Elvis in the ground
Now way down here tonight
That was always my best guess.
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Post by holeinthedrapes on Dec 20, 2010 1:19:35 GMT -5
Clean your baby room
Crash that baby, boom
Elvis in the ground
No way, no beer tonight
I don't know, but that's always been my take on it.
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Post by bigbak on Feb 7, 2011 19:50:37 GMT -5
After 25 years of listening to this song, I now realise that what I thought was:
Income tax deduction
One helluva function
is actually:
Income tax deduction
One and only function
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MacGyver
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Post by MacGyver on Feb 7, 2011 20:09:45 GMT -5
After 25 years of listening to this song, I now realise that what I thought was: Income tax deduction
One helluva functionis actually:
Income tax deduction
One and only functionI'm pretty sure it's: what a hell of a function |
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glgbill
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Post by glgbill on Feb 8, 2011 1:31:56 GMT -5
Elvis in the ground
They're waiting on beer tonight
Income tax deduction
One helluva function
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cford
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Post by cford on Feb 8, 2011 11:49:11 GMT -5
Elvis in the ground They're waiting on beer tonight Income tax deduction One helluva function According to the recently published Paul Westerberg Songbook, it's "there ain't no beer tonight."....but who knows if that is correct. CF |
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Post by glgbill on Feb 8, 2011 19:52:28 GMT -5
Elvis in the ground They're waiting on beer tonight Income tax deduction One helluva function According to the recently published Paul Westerberg Songbook, it's "there ain't no beer tonight."....but who knows if that is correct. CF Fair enough...it's just what I've always heard. |
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