My reading: "Gonna." As in "I'mo get you sucka."
― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Sunday, 28 November 2004 03:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― dick spatsley, Sunday, 28 November 2004 05:21 (nineteen years ago) link
― Bimble (bimble), Sunday, 28 November 2004 08:11 (nineteen years ago) link
"Yes, I'm Going to Be There" -----> "Yeah, I'm Gonna Be There" ------> "Yah, I'm-a Be There" -----> "Ya Mo Be There"
In any event, it's heinously godawful.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 28 November 2004 13:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― Eisbär (llamasfur), Sunday, 28 November 2004 13:37 (nineteen years ago) link
ya mo be there aint that bad wtf
― deej, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 16:14 (sixteen years ago) link
I saw Michael McDonald last week, good show but he didn't play this song.
― Alex in Baltimore, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 16:45 (sixteen years ago) link
THIS SONG IS GENIUS
― HI DERE, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 16:46 (sixteen years ago) link
I thought The 40-Year-Old Virgin would've revived interest in Mike.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 16:48 (sixteen years ago) link
startrekman
― am0n, Thursday, 22 November 2007 17:38 (sixteen years ago) link
Great song. I often use "Yah mo be there" in conversation for a laugh
― Tom D., Thursday, 22 November 2007 17:42 (sixteen years ago) link
Hmmm. I'd always assumed it was "Yes, I'm Going to Be There" -----> "Yeah, I'm Gonna Be There" ------> "Yah, I'm-a Be There" -----> "Ya Mo Be There"
^^^ best part of the thread
― Mackro Mackro, Thursday, 22 November 2007 18:38 (sixteen years ago) link
somehow never noticed the instrumental break on this, it's really fun! kinda turns the track into music for the water level in a Sonic the Hedgehog game.
― we're gonna live in spatula city (Doctor Casino), Friday, 29 July 2016 23:10 (seven years ago) link
What kind of keyboards did Micheal McDonald and James Ingram use to make this song.― startrekman, Saturday, November 27, 2004 1:22 AM bookmarkflaglink
irritating ones.― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, November 27, 2004 1:27 AM bookmarkflaglink
― they were written with a ouija board and a rhyming dictionary (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 11 January 2022 01:03 (two years ago) link