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A traffic jam when you’re already late
A no-smoking sign on your cigarette break
It’s like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife
It’s meeting the man of my dreams
And then meeting his beautiful wife
And isn’t it ironic … don’t you think?
To be fair that's unlucky maybe even unfortunate but it's not ironic! |
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By *DSGCouple
over a year ago
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"Pride (in the Name of Love)", U2, 1984.
Probably the most famous lyrical error, Bono pinpointed the death of Martin Luther King, Jr. as occurring on "early morning, April 4th..." The problem? King was assassinated in the early evening on April 4, 1968. Yes, it may have been early morning in Ireland during that fatal moment... but it was already April 5. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"A traffic jam when you’re already late
A no-smoking sign on your cigarette break
It’s like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife
It’s meeting the man of my dreams
And then meeting his beautiful wife
And isn’t it ironic … don’t you think?
To be fair that's unlucky maybe even unfortunate but it's not ironic! "
Yes, it’s only ironic if you’re a weather man and predicted fair for your wedding and then it rained! |
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By *ty31Man
over a year ago
NW London |
And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda (Eric Bogle) is a fantastic anti war song but in reality Australian troops weren't conscripts (they volunteered) and they didn't wear steel hats either. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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""Limerick, you're a lady.."
Limerick is a city ffs 
There's folks out there with first names like Paris or Dakota, so you never know there might be a Limerick out there...  "
That's possible, I can tell you there are numerous Paris,Dakota and Shakira's in Limerick though  |
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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago
Newry Down |
I haven't actually checked, either on a map or in real life, but Van (the man) Morrison's trip through north Down is sung out of sequence, allegedly That is, unless you know differently!
I don't know the specific title of his song, but the music buffs here will know what I am alluding to! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"The whole of the moon by The Waterboys...you can only see one side of the moon,not the whole thing!! And as it's a sphere,does it actually have sides?  "
The person he's singing about saw the whole of the moon , we as humans didn't or don't but the person he's singing about did . |
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"The whole of the moon by The Waterboys...you can only see one side of the moon,not the whole thing!! And as it's a sphere,does it actually have sides? "
Do you not realise he was singing about ass cheeks and being mooned? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"A traffic jam when you’re already late
A no-smoking sign on your cigarette break
It’s like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife
It’s meeting the man of my dreams
And then meeting his beautiful wife
And isn’t it ironic … don’t you think?
To be fair that's unlucky maybe even unfortunate but it's not ironic! "
You forgot the guy that won the lotto and died the next day |
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"The whole of the moon by The Waterboys...you can only see one side of the moon,not the whole thing!! And as it's a sphere,does it actually have sides?
Do you not realise he was singing about ass cheeks and being mooned? "
Would that not be the "hole" of the moon then??? |
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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago
Newry Down |
Lyricists(songwriters) use what is euphemistically called artistic license to modify facts and factual scenarios in order to make their output more entertaining.
Disregard any factual inaccuracies and simply enjoy the song! If you are pedantically inclined to focus on the factual discrepancies, the lyrics have inadequately sparked your imagination, perhaps?
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By *B 4099Man
over a year ago
North West, Outer Letterkenny area |
"Lyricists(songwriters) use what is euphemistically called artistic license to modify facts and factual scenarios in order to make their output more entertaining.
Disregard any factual inaccuracies and simply enjoy the song! If you are pedantically inclined to focus on the factual discrepancies, the lyrics have inadequately sparked your imagination, perhaps?
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I think this was not a literal post. More a way to have a laugh. |
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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago
Newry Down |
"Lyricists(songwriters) use what is euphemistically called artistic license to modify facts and factual scenarios in order to make their output more entertaining.
Disregard any factual inaccuracies and simply enjoy the song! If you are pedantically inclined to focus on the factual discrepancies, the lyrics have inadequately sparked your imagination, perhaps?
I think this was not a literal post. More a way to have a laugh. "
Actually, it's a faux intellectual way of taking the p***! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Sometimes, all I need is the air that I breathe
And to love you
By the Hollies. They forgot food and water "
They didn't forgot ..they said " sometimes " ..they didn't say all they need ..they said sometimes before that |
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"A traffic jam when you’re already late
A no-smoking sign on your cigarette break
It’s like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife
It’s meeting the man of my dreams
And then meeting his beautiful wife
And isn’t it ironic … don’t you think?
To be fair that's unlucky maybe even unfortunate but it's not ironic! "
It's ironic that a song titled Ironic contained no examples of irony? |
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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago
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Vera Lynn,now deceased was an extremely popular UK singer during WW2.
Her most famous song, by a long chalk, included the words, there'll be bluebirds over the white cliffs of Dover (an iconic British landmark); in fact bluebirds have never flown over these cliffs because they are a species that is exclusive to north America
Thinking laterally, as per Edward de Bono, it may be that the lyricist wanted to appeal to the vast number of American military personnel who were stationed throughout the UK during WW2: also perjoratively described by the British forces as being overpaid, oversexed and over here! |
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By *cotsguyyMan
over a year ago
Belfast and Fife |
"Shot through the heart
And you're to blame
Darlin', you give love a bad name"
Think your confusing love for murder there, easy mistake to make.
....aaaaand don't listen to Meatloaf, he would do that.
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Every rose does NOT have its thorn
.. as there is only one completely thorn free rose available today that is the magnificent Zepherine Drouhin which was first cultivated in 1868 featuring cerise-pink blooms with a fantastic scent 
And also...
every cowboy DOES NOT sing a sad sad song as many don't have a note in their head  |
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By *ryan...Man
over a year ago
1950's Original |
"Vera Lynn,now deceased was an extremely popular UK singer during WW2.
Her most famous song, by a long chalk, included the words, there'll be bluebirds over the white cliffs of Dover (an iconic British landmark); in fact bluebirds have never flown over these cliffs because they are a species that is exclusive to north America
Thinking laterally, as per Edward de Bono, it may be that the lyricist wanted to appeal to the vast number of American military personnel who were stationed throughout the UK during WW2: also perjoratively described by the British forces as being overpaid, oversexed and over here! "
The writer ( his name elsewhere on a similar thread)did actually admit he just didn't realise there weren't any Blue birds in the Uk |
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"Shiny, shiny, shiny boots of leather
Whiplash girl child in the dark
Comes in bells, your servant, don't forsake him
Strike, dear mistress, and cure his heart"
I don't think it's his heart she's curing! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"If it hadn't been for cotton eye Joe.... bullshit that ain't why I'm not married  "
Fun fact, apparently the "Cotton Eyed Joe" in the songs is actually STDs.
Fairly sure Freddie Mercury didn't actually kill anyone, regardless of what he told his mother.
James Hatfield from Metallica is not actually a table.
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By *ryan...Man
over a year ago
1950's Original |
Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket.
.each star weighs around 2 quintillion kilos.....
what happened to dark matter and dark energy that a star would disobey the laws of physics....you Canne change the laws of physics |
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"While Shepherds watched their flocks by night......
What!...in December..did they have night vision goggles "
To be fair, that would have been common practice. Shepherds lived out in the hills with their sheep for months at a time in order to protect them from predators, especially at night in the case of wolves. |
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"While Shepherds watched their flocks by night......
What!...in December..did they have night vision goggles
To be fair, that would have been common practice. Shepherds lived out in the hills with their sheep for months at a time in order to protect them from predators, especially at night in the case of wolves. "
Mick your as bad as me killing threads lol look .. think I win  |
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"While Shepherds watched their flocks by night......
What!...in December..did they have night vision goggles
To be fair, that would have been common practice. Shepherds lived out in the hills with their sheep for months at a time in order to protect them from predators, especially at night in the case of wolves. Mick your as bad as me killing threads lol look .. think I win "
Hahaha, sure you couldn't expect me to let that go?
We need to get together to discuss tactics! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"While Shepherds watched their flocks by night......
What!...in December..did they have night vision goggles
To be fair, that would have been common practice. Shepherds lived out in the hills with their sheep for months at a time in order to protect them from predators, especially at night in the case of wolves. Mick your as bad as me killing threads lol look .. think I win
Hahaha, sure you couldn't expect me to let that go?
We need to get together to discuss tactics! "
Gowan so ...I'm kind to the over 50s club  |
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