What's An "Ope"?
19/12/07 22:28 Filed in: Music | General
Nonsense
Rocky Frisco corrects
me on the lyrics of JJ Cale's "Cocaine"
here.
I've often gotten my wires crossed when it comes to lyrics, as I'm sure have many others. A friend of mine always thought that the opening line of Elvis Presley's "Suspicious Minds" was "We're calling a tram/I can't look out."
As it's the season that's in it, perhaps it's a good time to reveal one of my earliest lyrical misapprehensions. As a kid, I was under the impression that the words to Jingle Bells went like this:
Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells,
Jingle all the way,
Oh what fun it is to ride
In a one horse ope and sleigh
At about age 10, I began to wonder what on earth an "ope" was, and subsequently realised what the correct lyric was. It was an early Father Dougal-type "Oh, right, Ted!" moment.
Which brings me to this, a brilliant ad for Maxell tapes (cassette tapes - remember them, kids?) from the 80s, featuring "Into the Valley" by The Skids.
So do you have any lyrics that you have been carrying around for years in your head, only to discover that the real lyric was actually very different?
I've often gotten my wires crossed when it comes to lyrics, as I'm sure have many others. A friend of mine always thought that the opening line of Elvis Presley's "Suspicious Minds" was "We're calling a tram/I can't look out."
As it's the season that's in it, perhaps it's a good time to reveal one of my earliest lyrical misapprehensions. As a kid, I was under the impression that the words to Jingle Bells went like this:
Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells,
Jingle all the way,
Oh what fun it is to ride
In a one horse ope and sleigh
At about age 10, I began to wonder what on earth an "ope" was, and subsequently realised what the correct lyric was. It was an early Father Dougal-type "Oh, right, Ted!" moment.
Which brings me to this, a brilliant ad for Maxell tapes (cassette tapes - remember them, kids?) from the 80s, featuring "Into the Valley" by The Skids.
So do you have any lyrics that you have been carrying around for years in your head, only to discover that the real lyric was actually very different?