| mooghead 09.01.2013 12:43 |
Whenever I have ever seen the lyrics for Fat Bottomed Girls they always say 'I've been singing with my band, across the wire across the land' But its 'across the water 'cross the land' I was compelled to post this as that's even how the lyric is on that rather good chord book someone has just posted. Easy to hear when the vocal is isolated. Just sayin |
| rocknrolllover 09.01.2013 12:50 |
antother Rainbow thread release |
| waunakonor 09.01.2013 13:24 |
Yeah, I can hear "water" just fine when listening to the track. How does "wire" even make any sense? |
| MartynTS 09.01.2013 15:24 |
I always hear it as "across the wide across the land" |
| tomchristie22 10.01.2013 01:03 |
It's definitely water. What does the actual album sleeve say? |
| space ghost 10.01.2013 11:43 |
Machines (or 'Back to Humans') Lirics from the album sleeve... When the machines take over It ain't no place for you and me But i can hear Freddie saying... When the machines take over It ain't no place for rock and roll ____________________________ Sorry for my bad english! By the way, "the books on the table!" |
| ANAGRAMER 10.01.2013 11:59 |
There are no lyric sheets in the (original) jazz release Maybe that's the cause of confusion Only Jazz and Queen 1 didn't have lyric sheets (on vinyl release back then.....when I had hair and the world was so much simpler, oh well) |
| cmsdrums 10.01.2013 12:21 |
One if my faves is "tossers in my closet" from 'Life Is Real' |
| jpgthfc 10.01.2013 12:29 |
In life is real, I thought it was torsos? |
| cmsdrums 10.01.2013 12:56 |
That's my point (in a thread about misheard lyrics) - it is "torsos" but sounds like 'tossers' |
| matt z 10.01.2013 20:06 |
What's a tosser? I'm not British and wish to keep the discussion open here rather than simply look it up Speaking of misheard lyrics. I never heard that "God works in mysterious ways" bit from one vision. Reading it on here made me think it was an inside joke.... a snipe hunt |
| tomchristie22 11.01.2013 01:07 |
I've always heard it as 'torsos'. A tosser, literally speaking, is a wanker - someone who masturbates a lot. It's used very broadly though, like when I call someone a wanker, I'm not literally implying that they have issues with chronic masturbation. I'm not home at the moment but I'm gonna look at some of the lyric booklets from the 2011 remasters when I get there. |
| Joma 11.01.2013 02:45 |
I always thought that the "across the wire" referred to radio - "wireless" being an english word for radio. It could be either on the recording, I can't tell. On any live version I know, it's always "water". |
| Snackpot 11.01.2013 13:14 |
Misheard lyrics is one thing, miss pronounced lyrics is another. I swear during Spread Your Wings, Freddie sings... 'You've got no real ambition, you won't get wery far' wery as opposed to 'very' |
| mooghead 11.01.2013 16:00 |
Yep, I started this post and it is nothing to do with misheard lyrics, just 'miscommunicated' lyrics. I like Spread Your Wings because it includes a crack in Freddie's voice 'Sammy boy dont you k'crack'now who you are' Love it. |
| Hangman_96 11.01.2013 16:10 |
matt z wrote: What's a tosser? I'm not British and wish to keep the discussion open here rather than simply look it up Speaking of misheard lyrics. I never heard that "God works in mysterious ways" bit from one vision. Reading it on here made me think it was an inside joke.... a snipe huntLol, I thought the meaning of the word "tosser" was understood almost by all modern English-speaking people :-) Altough, I always knew that it originally came from Britain. |
| waunakonor 11.01.2013 22:22 |
On a few Queen songs, I swear they're trying to make it difficult to decipher what they're saying by purposely mispronouncing. I have an especially big problem with Brighton Rock, which is a shame because, besides the lack of clarity, they sound fantastic on that track. It just sounds like Freddie doesn't want me to know what the hell he's talking about. |
| mooghead 12.01.2013 15:37 |
To be fair the lyrics aren't about listener clarity, they have to fit the song. I remember the first time I read the lyrics to Drowse and it immediately became my favourite Queen song. Before that the whole thing was so 'muddy' I had no idea what was being said/sung. (Teo Torriatte too... no idea what they are on about....) ;-) |
| Snackpot 17.01.2013 12:26 |
Often during live shows Freddie was clearly just making a noise that sounded vaguely like the lyric. Such as Live @ Wembley DVD during Friends Will Be Friends 'Only a phone call a way, you tried to track him down but somebody rrull hu rumber' The camera then cuts to Brian who appears to roll his eyes at something, possibly having problems with his guitar but who knows? |
| mooghead 18.01.2013 15:02 |
Different.. Freddie forgot the words. Brilliant! |
| DLCVinnuendo 18.01.2013 19:29 |
it's really true, i saw the jazz 2011 remaster lyrics and ultimate queen, and one place is wire, and other, the ultimate, is water |
| tomchristie22 19.01.2013 07:51 |
Yeah, 2011 says wire. I guess Brian doesn't check these things, or maybe doesn't remember the correct words to his song. |
| Bad Seed 19.01.2013 08:19 |
I would hazard a guess that its water just with 'across the water' being a familiar saying, certainly in Britain at least. |
| Sebastian 19.01.2013 09:17 |
It also makes more sense in the context of the verse in general. |
| mooghead 19.01.2013 13:44 |
"I would hazard a guess that its water" Its not a dispute, just wondering why the published printed lyrics not only are incorrect but make no sense... |
| MERQRY 19.01.2013 14:44 |
In Bohemian Rhapsody is "So you think you can STONE me and spit in my eye" OR "So you think you can STOP me and spit in my eye" ???... My LP says "STONE" and i think its what freddie says, but i have read "STOP" many times... |
| mooghead 19.01.2013 15:11 |
Stone. End. Can you show us where it says stop? Would be interesting to see. (Unless its an hilarious Japanese interpretation in which case 'stop' is perfectly acceptable... |
| Heavenite 19.01.2013 17:10 |
I always heard "stop" and never knew any better. In FBG it does sound like "wire" a bit, but I always thought it was "water" because it made more sense to me as a contrast to "land". And I mean you got no additional experience of other places from your songs just being played on the wire, so you didn't get to see any more "blue eyed floozies on the way" either....lol. By the way, that's a totally wicked line from Brian, assuming it was his. |
| tomchristie22 20.01.2013 02:37 |
I know plenty of people who think it's 'stop', can't be arsed to correct them. I can kind of see how you'd hear stop, but then I kind of can't. There's not exactly a 'p' sound in there at all, and it's pronounced with an 'oh' sound, not the way you'd pronounce stop. Unless you were saying stope. Oh well |
| lk 20.01.2013 05:09 |
Wire is an old english saying for Radio as in the WIREless so does make sense either way |