How can I go on / When every alpha particle hides a neon nucleus
In the song "Richard", Billy Bragg confuses the noble gases neon and helium.
― anatol_merklich, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 08:26 (fifteen years ago) link
what a loser
― s1ocki, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 16:36 (fifteen years ago) link
this thread is really primo material btw... good work all around
(Lil Wayne) Young moolah baby I got money on money on money on money on top of more money on top of my shit like flies open that ferrari f 5 like eyes up and down ocean drive jumpin up out that maybach with a bitch way back to tease them thighs she got a tattoo on her booty and it say 305 DJ Khaled say it's a movie now don't forget your lines, Cause you dont want me to edit before we roll the credits bitch give me my credit i'm so energetic i'm f**kin like a rabbit smokin on lettuce whatever i want i get it i meant it if i said it and i say i keep it pumpin i aint talkin unletted if you want it come get it cause boy i'm ready i get that fast fetty they should call me Tom Petty got two bitches one peanut butter one jelly i'm a American gangster already
richard petty is the NASCAR driver, tom petty is a singer/songwriter
― and what, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 16:49 (fifteen years ago) link
A) Halloween B) Not Halloween
Bushwick Bill (My MInd is Playin' Tricks on Me)
― Bobbi Peru, Friday, 27 June 2008 05:52 (fifteen years ago) link
early morning april 4th a shot rings out in the memphis sky
― balls, Friday, 27 June 2008 07:03 (fifteen years ago) link
that beach boys 'california dreaming' got what felt like alot of airplay on mtv at the time, here's the horror - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAQ-AeUlijU. big al jardine showcase. lotta sax. i think it was the followup to the slightly bigger hit 'getcha back' - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1Pk9kwcGKk - really really shoddy production on these things, the vocals on 'getcha back' are just stunningly schlocky. really w/ these, roth's 'california girls', 'wipeout' (the best of this bunch by many miles), and then of course 'kokomo' the beach boys were hustling pretty hard for a hit then.
― balls, Friday, 27 June 2008 07:12 (fifteen years ago) link
Y'all niggaz is scared, I'm your worst nightmare squared That's double for niggaz who ain't mathematically aware
― The stickman from the hilarious "xkcd" comics, Friday, 27 June 2008 08:12 (fifteen years ago) link
Nice, or possibly Smooth
"Like Dizzy Gillespie played the sax"
― Oilyrags, Friday, 27 June 2008 12:06 (fifteen years ago) link
In The Crazy Word of Arthur Brown's rendition of "Fire", Arthur Brown confuses being the god of hellfire with being Arthur Brown.
― Neil S, Friday, 27 June 2008 12:13 (fifteen years ago) link
In "Tambourine", Eve seems to think the Taj Mahal is a palace, rather than a mausoleum:
"Doin it big like I live in da Taj Mahal,"
― shieldforyoureyes, Friday, 27 June 2008 12:20 (fifteen years ago) link
that beach boys 'california dreaming' got what felt like alot of airplay on mtv at the time, here's the horror - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAQ-AeUlijU. big al jardine showcase. lotta sax.
jesus, what is up with that video? if you turn the sound off, it's like a long-long david lynch short.
― res, Friday, 27 June 2008 12:51 (fifteen years ago) link
Only learned that fact myself in the last year. :(
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Friday, 27 June 2008 13:28 (fifteen years ago) link
"I'm a venereal disease like a menstrual bleed." - Lil Wayne
― lindseykai, Friday, 27 June 2008 16:43 (fifteen years ago) link
In Eve's defense, living in the Taj Mahal would be pretty sweet even if it were an abbatoir
― nabisco, Friday, 27 June 2008 17:34 (fifteen years ago) link
i dont know if thats relavent here, and it was written with full awareness,but "left of the dial" - the replacements: "pretty girls are growing up playing make up,wearing guitar"
― Zeno, Saturday, 28 June 2008 17:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Re Dead Milkmen and "California Dreamin'", Made in the USA was a popular comp, and lots of people heard that cover, but CD jukeboxes were exceedingly rare in 1988 and it wasn't a single.
― Mark Rich@rdson, Sunday, 29 June 2008 03:18 (fifteen years ago) link
OK, maybe it was a single. The important thing is that someone needs to flesh out the entry for "Jukebox" on Wikipedia.
― Mark Rich@rdson, Sunday, 29 June 2008 03:21 (fifteen years ago) link
"Y'all niggaz is scared, I'm your worst nightmare squared That's double for niggaz who ain't mathematically aware"
Ha, wow. Who was that?
― Chris in Belfast, Monday, 30 June 2008 15:25 (fifteen years ago) link
Cannibus
― The stickman from the hilarious "xkcd" comics, Monday, 30 June 2008 15:25 (fifteen years ago) link
It's OK, because my nightmare is 2.
― Alba, Monday, 30 June 2008 15:34 (fifteen years ago) link
In '4th Chamber' by the GZA, RZA confuses positrons with protons.
Either that or he confuses 'Causing explosions' with 'Collectively forming a hydrogen atom'. Though that would have made the acronym 'PEACFAHA'. And also wouldn't have scanned.
I like this forum already and this is only my first post. Ace.
― linea, Monday, 30 June 2008 15:49 (fifteen years ago) link
Hello linea. It's good in parts.
― Alba, Monday, 30 June 2008 15:53 (fifteen years ago) link
In "Daddy," Juelz Santana confuses leaving his child an orphan with siring a bastard. (One imagines that ship has sailed already, Mr Santana.)
― energy flash gordon, Thursday, 10 July 2008 00:02 (fifteen years ago) link
Same as in "Mind Playing Tricks On Me"
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Thursday, 10 July 2008 00:23 (fifteen years ago) link
Maybe he meant that anyone who confuses "multiplied by two" with "to the power of two" is "mathematically unaware"? (Which would be OTM)
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Thursday, 10 July 2008 00:41 (fifteen years ago) link
I think that is the correct interpretation of that line.
― HI DERE, Thursday, 10 July 2008 00:53 (fifteen years ago) link
he is actually saying your worst nightmare is the number 2
― Curt1s Stephens, Thursday, 10 July 2008 00:57 (fifteen years ago) link
(your nightmare)^2 = (your nightmare)*2
-> your nightmare = 2
― Curt1s Stephens, Thursday, 10 July 2008 00:58 (fifteen years ago) link
haha
My take:
for the mathematically aware, he is (your worst nightmare)^2 for those that ain't mathematically aware he is twice that: 2*(your worst nightmare)^2
― HI DERE, Thursday, 10 July 2008 01:01 (fifteen years ago) link
So for all beings > 2, it's better to be non-mathematically aware if beefing with Canibus. I understand now.
― Joseph McCombs, Thursday, 10 July 2008 03:58 (fifteen years ago) link
Heh, it's the old "I know what I am and I'm glad I'm a man/And so is Lola" kerfluffle all over again! "Pronoun Trouble", Daffy Duck would say.
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Thursday, 10 July 2008 08:44 (fifteen years ago) link
so that would be 2 men.
― Mark G, Thursday, 10 July 2008 08:50 (fifteen years ago) link
Either way, Canibus really should call his next album (Your Nightmare)^2 = (Your Nightmare)*2
― Savannah Smiles, Thursday, 10 July 2008 09:13 (fifteen years ago) link
Brooklyn Academy - Raise Ya Hands
"Your girl got more niggaz in her mouth than Kramer from Friends"
― Peter "One Dart" Manley (The stickman from the hilarious 'xkcd' comics), Wednesday, 26 November 2008 00:14 (fifteen years ago) link
cant believe theres no noreaga mentions here
― deej, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 00:25 (fifteen years ago) link
run laps around the english channel
In most Rolling Stones songs, Mick Jagger confuses the female sex with a piece of meat.
― Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 00:45 (fifteen years ago) link
"When I was in England town. The rain came right down"
Love-She comes in colours.
― Sven Hassel Schmuck, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 09:23 (fifteen years ago) link
Well he could be half-right.
Except when he wrote that, he'd never been to England Anything.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 09:33 (fifteen years ago) link
Hold the press!
There's an England Town in Texas.
Maybe he was unlucky with the weather.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 09:34 (fifteen years ago) link
With Frampton comes Alive 2, Peter Frampton confused the general public with someone who gives a shit.
― Sven Hassel Schmuck, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 09:34 (fifteen years ago) link
in hey hey, my my neil young confuses sid vicious with johnny rotten:
The king is gone but he's not forgottenIs this the story of Johnny Rotten?It's better to burn out than it is to rustThe king is gone but he's not forgotten
― alex in mainhattan, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 09:50 (fifteen years ago) link
Even if you change the line to the right show, what exactly are Brooklyn Academy getting at there? I'm sure I would have heard about an episode of Seinfeld in which Kramer had "niggaz in his mouth".
― Dorianlynskey, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 10:17 (fifteen years ago) link
PLEASE, NOBODY LINK TO THAT FUCKING THREAD.
― grimly fiendish, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 11:02 (fifteen years ago) link
In "Paranoid", Ozzy confuses paranoia with depression.
― snoball, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 11:19 (fifteen years ago) link
In "Return of the Crooklyn Dodgers" Jeru confuses Manuel Noriega being captured for Manuel Noriega being killed.
― President Keyes, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 12:06 (fifteen years ago) link
In today's high tech world where almost everything is remote controlled, it's difficult to image life without batteries, but let's be honest, batteries are not a product that immediately create an emotional response.
In Duracell's case however, that is exactly what happened when the company introduced Duracell Bunny to the world.
It began in 1973, when breakthrough advertising was developed to communicate that Duracell alkaline batteries lasted much longer in than ordinary and inexpensive zinc carbon batteries. A small pink, fluffy bunny was created, who, powered by Duracell batteries, was able to outlast all others in an array of colourful challenges.
The Duracell Bunny made his debut appearance in the US 35 years ago, in a commercial that included a group of drum-banging pink bunnies. The winner was the Duracell Drumming Bunny, the message was loud and clear - powered by the long-lasting Duracell battery, he's unstoppable.
From 1973 through to 1980, the Duracell Bunny starred in a toy campaign, which was later rolled out around the world.
Throughout his successful career, the Duracell Bunny has embarked on numerous sports and cultural activities :
He excels on drums which he has been practicing since 1973With unparalleled endurance, the Bunny's a natural at skiing, kayaking, boxing, football and marathons; he always performs at the top.
For over 33 years, Duracell has followed a coherent advertising strategy continuing to evolve the bunny to keep up with the consistent improvements in quality and power of Duracell batteries. 35 years old, 35 years of high performance and the Duracell Bunny is still going strong.
Today the Duracell Bunny is one of the Top Advertising Icons of the 20th Century.
The Duracell advertising strategy has now changed. The Duracell Bunny does not want to compete any longer with Zinc-Carbon Bunnies, as the Zinc Carbon category is less and less important. The Duracell Bunny has now come to the real world to highlight the power of the new formula of the best Duracell ever, Duracell Ultra AA / AAA.
― sheepie (libcrypt), Wednesday, 26 November 2008 12:34 (fifteen years ago) link
Damn Duracell Bunny was a wind-up toy anyroad!
― Mark G, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 13:42 (fifteen years ago) link
just to get back to the Dead Milkmen/Beach Boys controversy...
The BB cover was HUGE and I thought it was there song for years. I also remember seeing the MTV video a lot.
So I don't think the Dead Milkmen were mistaken.
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 15:38 (fifteen years ago) link
You can, however, ring someone's bell
xpost
― airport convention (Matt #2), Saturday, 2 March 2024 15:07 (one month ago) link
anita baker - ring my bell
the white stripes - my doorbell
I did indeed circle both of these with a marker pen
― massaman gai (front tea for two), Saturday, 2 March 2024 15:11 (one month ago) link
oh, XP
― massaman gai (front tea for two), Saturday, 2 March 2024 15:12 (one month ago) link
xp to Tom Well I was thinking it's easy to slide from a common phrase like "ring my bell" to "ring my phone" and there's no confusion if Donna Summer is ringing someone else's phone. But in the phrasing of "Hot Stuff" she's first calling lots of different numbers and then one particular phone is being rung off the wall, so I was trying to imagine if in UK usage you can ring your own phone off the wall (actually someone else suggested the possibility first in another thread). But you said before that would be awkward phrasing, so maybe not.
― Josefa, Saturday, 2 March 2024 15:14 (one month ago) link
She's making so many phone calls that the resonance of the ringing coming through the earpiece is going to sonically blast her own phone off the wall.
― Halfway there but for you, Saturday, 2 March 2024 15:22 (one month ago) link
You can certainly ring a bell, true! Also the changes.
― The British Boy of Film Classification (Tom D.), Saturday, 2 March 2024 15:25 (one month ago) link
anita baker ward - ring my bell
― pplains, Saturday, 2 March 2024 16:36 (one month ago) link
He could play a guitar just like ringing a bell
― alpaca lips now (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 2 March 2024 18:33 (one month ago) link
In "Safe From Harm" I'm pretty sure Massive Attack didn't mean to say "what happened to the deliberately treated small details of my childhood days"
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 20 March 2024 12:08 (one month ago) link
Haha I have always wondered about that line
― Tim F, Wednesday, 20 March 2024 12:10 (one month ago) link