The first few times that I heard Prefab Sprout's 'Cruel', I was sure that Paddy McAloon was singing 'I'm a little bald guy, too cool for the macho ache". It is, of course, 'I'm a liberal guy....', which makes slightly more sense.
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Okay, *without googling*, fill in the blank...
"Now that ain't working, that's the way you do it.
Lemme tell you, them guys ain't dumb.
Maybe get a ________ on your little finger.
Maybe get a _________ on your thumb."Comment
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Blister, which will give me a Violent Femmes earworm for the day.Comment
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Whereas the thread title has given me a Blazing Saddles ear / eyeworm.Comment
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Well...that's what we're trying to uncover here...Comment
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I knew the lyric but even then, it sounds more like "pistol" to me.Comment
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Absolutely this, I thought I had to duck for cover.Originally posted by Toby Gymshorts View PostComment
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Why would anybody have a pistol on their thumb? Christ Almighty.Originally posted by 3 Colours Red View Post
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Pfft. That's nothing compared to the mocking a certain spouse, who shall remain nameless, subjected me to when I questioned her recollection.
"Pistol? What the fuck would that even mean?"
"Mmm....I dunno...pistol on your finger..."
"Idiot."Comment
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Perhaps said person is spinning the gun (or guns) around his thumb?Originally posted by treibeis View Post
You know, like what they do in them Western pictures.Comment
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I definitely thought it was that kind of cocky, reckless rock-and-roll thing the lyric was trying* for. Rich rock star with a little gun on his little finger...and maybe one on his thumb. As an image it sort of works. Blister is far more literal, and if I'm honest, isn't as interesting.
*it was going to be 'gunning for', but even I'm not that obvious**
** I mean, I am, but for the sake of this discussion...etc.Comment
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The opprobrium for whom I don't think I'll ever really understand.Comment
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I've seen Mark Knopfler live a few times (one of my brothers is a massive fan). He can be a bit workmanlike but wouldn't scrape into the bad concert top ten.Comment
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Oh, I beg to differ...Comment
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Like you weren't down at the front hoping to catch a discarded headband.Originally posted by Gangster Octopus View PostComment
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This man knows how to defend a lost cause. Raise him to corporal!Originally posted by WOM View PostComment
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The fuckers almost ruined a Talking Heads gig in Doncaster by being the support act.Originally posted by Benjm View PostComment
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In 'Lithium' by Nirvana, Kurt Cobain sings:
'I'm so horny, that's okay
My will is good'
which until this year I'd thought was 'my willy's good'.
Okay, it's highly unlikely that Cobain would have called his equipment a willy at any point, but you can see why 11 year old me thought it might be that.
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I like your version much better than Kurt'sComment
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It wasn't until my mid-twenties when I realised that Randy Crawford wasn't a fan of illuminating the local neighborhood and was actually singing about Street life.
One of those moments where you can't help but wonder why your brain draws the conclusions that it sometimes does, and with such certainty.Comment
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