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Lyrically Speaking Day 4 - 11/10/08

#1 Post by KillerTomato » Mon Nov 10, 2008 5:10 am

Lyrically Speaking Day 4 - 11/10/08

Before we get to today's game, a reminder: Saturday's game is open until noon today, and Sunday's game is open until noon tomorrow. Now then, today's game is called:

I'M A GENIUS!

Well, no. Not really. And neither is Apple's iTunes software, when you get right down to it. But I've used it for this game anyway. The new "Genius" feature of iTunes suggests songs similar to a song you choose, based on...um...voodoo magic, I think. I've picked a song from my own music collection (it's #1, and obviously my favorite song on this list), ran it through both the iPod version of Genius (which chooses songs also from my collection) and through the iTunes/Music Store version (which will include songs I don't currently own). The software then makes suggestions of what I might like to listen to next, based on genre, year released, and even (I think) similar chord progressions, based on the iPod lists of millions of other users (which it uploads semi-regularly).

At any rate, here are ten songs, nine of which were picked for me by my iPod and iTunes. One point each for the artist and title, and one bonus point each if you can identify which of the 4 songs below are currently on my iPod. No outside sources. Spoilerize your answers, please. The game will remain open until noon tomorrow.

1. I stuck around St. Petersburg
When I saw it was a time for a change
Killed the czar and his ministers
Anastasia screamed in vain

2. Don't cry
Don't raise your eye
It's only teenage wasteland
(HINT: The name of this song is NOT "Teenage Wasteland"!)

3. You got a lot of nerve
To say you are my friend
When I was down,
You just stood there grinnin'

4. (Song Title) all in my brain
Lately things just don't seem the same
Actin' funny, but I don't know why
'Scuse me while I kiss the sky

5. So....so you think you can tell
Heaven from hell
Blue skies from pain
Can you tell a green field
From a cold steel rain?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?

6. It's hard to believe that
There's nobody out there
It's hard to believe
That I'm all alone
At least I have her love
The city she loves me
Lonely as I am
Together we cry

7. In the days of my youth
I was told what it means to be a man
Now I've reached that age
I've tried to do all those things the best I can
No matter how I try,
I find my way into the same old jam

8. Take a load off Annie
Take a load for free
Take a load off Annie
And (and and) you put the load right on me

9. I caught you knockin' at my cellar door
I love you baby, can I have some more?
Oooh, oooh, (part of the Song Title)

10. Valentine is done
Here but now they're gone
Romeo and Juliet are together in eternity (Romeo and Juliet)
40,000 men and women every day (like Romeo and Juliet)
There is something wrong in a government where they who do the most have the least. There is something wrong when honesty wears a rag, and rascality a robe; when the loving, the tender, eat a crust while the infamous sit at banquets.
-- Robert G. Ingersoll

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#2 Post by VAdame » Mon Nov 10, 2008 5:33 am

Gotta say I loooovvve your Ipod! It is indeed a genius :D
1. I stuck around St. Petersburg
When I saw it was a time for a change
Killed the czar and his ministers
Anastasia screamed in vain
Sympathy for the Devil - Rolling Stones

2. Don't cry
Don't raise your eye
It's only teenage wasteland
(HINT: The name of this song is NOT "Teenage Wasteland"!)
Baba O'Reilly - The Who

3. You got a lot of nerve
To say you are my friend
When I was down,
You just stood there grinnin'
Bob Dylan -- (I'm pretty sure the song title is "Positively Fourth Street"

4. (Song Title) all in my brain
Lately things just don't seem the same
Actin' funny, but I don't know why
'Scuse me while I kiss the sky
Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix ('Scuce me while I kiss this guy!)

5. So....so you think you can tell
Heaven from hell
Blue skies from pain
Can you tell a green field
From a cold steel rain?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

6. It's hard to believe that
There's nobody out there
It's hard to believe
That I'm all alone
At least I have her love
The city she loves me
Lonely as I am
Together we cry
Under the Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers

7. In the days of my youth
I was told what it means to be a man
Now I've reached that age
I've tried to do all those things the best I can
No matter how I try,
I find my way into the same old jam
Good Times Bad Times - Led Zeppelin

8. Take a load off Annie
Take a load for free
Take a load off Annie
And (and and) you put the load right on me
No! I'ts not "Annie" -- it's "FANNIE!"
The Weight -- The Band


9. I caught you knockin' at my cellar door
I love you baby, can I have some more?
Oooh, oooh, (part of the Song Title)\
The Needle and the Damage Done - Neil Young

10. Valentine is done
Here but now they're gone
Romeo and Juliet are together in eternity (Romeo and Juliet)
40,000 men and women every day (like Romeo and Juliet)
Don't Fear The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult (more cowbell!)

KT, I don't know which ones are currently in your Ipod -- but if I had an Ipod & had to choose only 4 (!) -- I'd pick #s 3, 5, 8 & 9.

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#3 Post by Estonut » Mon Nov 10, 2008 5:40 am

KillerTomato wrote:Lyrically Speaking Day 4 - 11/10/08

One point each for the artist and title, and one bonus point each if you can identify which of the 4 songs below are currently on my iPod. No outside sources. Spoilerize your answers, please. The game will remain open until noon tomorrow.
Spoiler
1. I stuck around St. Petersburg
When I saw it was a time for a change
Killed the czar and his ministers
Anastasia screamed in vain
Spoiler
The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil (on your iPod)

2. Don't cry
Don't raise your eye
It's only teenage wasteland
(HINT: The name of this song is NOT "Teenage Wasteland"!)
Spoiler
The Who - Baba O'Reilly (on your iPod)

3. You got a lot of nerve
To say you are my friend
When I was down,
You just stood there grinnin'
Spoiler
Lucinda Williams - Not My Song

4. (Song Title) all in my brain
Lately things just don't seem the same
Actin' funny, but I don't know why
'Scuse me while I kiss the sky
Spoiler
Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze

5. So....so you think you can tell
Heaven from hell
Blue skies from pain
Can you tell a green field
From a cold steel rain?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?
Spoiler
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (on your iPod)

6. It's hard to believe that
There's nobody out there
It's hard to believe
That I'm all alone
At least I have her love
The city she loves me
Lonely as I am
Together we cry
Spoiler
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge

7. In the days of my youth
I was told what it means to be a man
Now I've reached that age
I've tried to do all those things the best I can
No matter how I try,
I find my way into the same old jam
Spoiler
Led Zeppelin - Good Times, Bad Times (on your iPod)

8. Take a load off Annie
Take a load for free
Take a load off Annie
And (and and) you put the load right on me
Spoiler
The Band (& the Wallflowers, Travis, Panic at the Disco, et al - The Weight

9. I caught you knockin' at my cellar door
I love you baby, can I have some more?
Oooh, oooh, (part of the Song Title)
Spoiler
Neil Young - Needle and the Damage Done

10. Valentine is done
Here but now they're gone
Romeo and Juliet are together in eternity (Romeo and Juliet)
40,000 men and women every day (like Romeo and Juliet)
Spoiler
Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear the Reaper

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#4 Post by MarleysGh0st » Mon Nov 10, 2008 8:03 am

1. I stuck around St. Petersburg
When I saw it was a time for a change
Killed the czar and his ministers
Anastasia screamed in vain
Spoiler
Sympathy for the Devil - The Rolling Stones (On your iPod.)

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#5 Post by littlebeast13 » Mon Nov 10, 2008 8:08 am

Spoiler
1. I stuck around St. Petersburg
When I saw it was a time for a change
Killed the czar and his ministers
Anastasia screamed in vain
Sympathy for the Devil - Rolling Stones

2. Don't cry
Don't raise your eye
It's only teenage wasteland
(HINT: The name of this song is NOT "Teenage Wasteland"!)
Baba ORiley - Who

3. You got a lot of nerve
To say you are my friend
When I was down,
You just stood there grinnin'
Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan

4. (Song Title) all in my brain
Lately things just don't seem the same
Actin' funny, but I don't know why
'Scuse me while I kiss the sky
Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix

5. So....so you think you can tell
Heaven from hell
Blue skies from pain
Can you tell a green field
From a cold steel rain?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

6. It's hard to believe that
There's nobody out there
It's hard to believe
That I'm all alone
At least I have her love
The city she loves me
Lonely as I am
Together we cry
Under the Bridge - RHCP

7. In the days of my youth
I was told what it means to be a man
Now I've reached that age
I've tried to do all those things the best I can
No matter how I try,
I find my way into the same old jam
Damn! I was trying for my 3rd career prefecto!

8. Take a load off Annie
Take a load for free
Take a load off Annie
And (and and) you put the load right on me
I always though that was the name of the song.... oh well. I'm pretty sure it's by The Band

9. I caught you knockin' at my cellar door
I love you baby, can I have some more?
Oooh, oooh, (part of the Song Title)

10. Valentine is done
Here but now they're gone
Romeo and Juliet are together in eternity (Romeo and Juliet)
40,000 men and women every day (like Romeo and Juliet)
Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult

I'll guess 2, 4, 6, and 9 are on your iPod

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#6 Post by Hotseat Or Bust! » Mon Nov 10, 2008 8:17 am

Spoiler
1-Sympathy For The Devil--Rolling Stones, 2-Baba O'Reilly--The Who 4-Purple Haze--Jimi Hendrix 5-Wish You Were Here--Pink Floyd 6-Under The Bridge--Red Hot Chili Peppers 7-Good Times,Bad Times--Led Zepplin 8-I don't know the title of the song--The Band 10-Don't Fear The Reaper--Blue Oyster Cult. My guess for the 4 songs are: 1, 5, 8, 10.
Edited to remove a word from song title.
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#7 Post by ToLiveIsToFly » Mon Nov 10, 2008 9:03 am

1. I stuck around St. Petersburg
When I saw it was a time for a change
Killed the czar and his ministers
Anastasia screamed in vain
Spoiler
Sympathy For the Devil - The Best Rock and Roll Band Who Ever Walked (aka The Rolling Stones)
2. Don't cry
Don't raise your eye
It's only teenage wasteland
(HINT: The name of this song is NOT "Teenage Wasteland"!)
Spoiler
Baba O'Reilly - The Who
3. You got a lot of nerve
To say you are my friend
When I was down,
You just stood there grinnin'
Spoiler
Positively Fourth Street - Bob Dylan
4. (Song Title) all in my brain
Lately things just don't seem the same
Actin' funny, but I don't know why
'Scuse me while I kiss the sky
Spoiler
Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix
5. So....so you think you can tell
Heaven from hell
Blue skies from pain
Can you tell a green field
From a cold steel rain?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?
Spoiler
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
6. It's hard to believe that
There's nobody out there
It's hard to believe
That I'm all alone
At least I have her love
The city she loves me
Lonely as I am
Together we cry
Spoiler
Under the Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers
7. In the days of my youth
I was told what it means to be a man
Now I've reached that age
I've tried to do all those things the best I can
No matter how I try,
I find my way into the same old jam
Spoiler
Not A Clue
8. Take a load off Annie
Take a load for free
Take a load off Annie
And (and and) you put the load right on me
Spoiler
The Weight - The Band
9. I caught you knockin' at my cellar door
I love you baby, can I have some more?
Oooh, oooh, (part of the Song Title)
Spoiler
The Needle and the Damage Done - Neil Young
10. Valentine is done
Here but now they're gone
Romeo and Juliet are together in eternity (Romeo and Juliet)
40,000 men and women every day (like Romeo and Juliet)
Spoiler
(Don't Fear) The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult

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#8 Post by mntetn » Mon Nov 10, 2008 9:20 am

Spoiler
1.
2.
3. Positively 4th Street, Bob Dylan
4. Purple Haze, Jimi Hendrix
5.
6.
7.
8. the one about going to Nazareth
9.
10.

In your collection: 3, 4, 7, and 10 (WAG)

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#9 Post by megaaddict » Mon Nov 10, 2008 10:47 am

1.
Spoiler
Sympathy for the Devil -- The Rolling Stones
2.
Spoiler
Baba O'Reilley -- The Who
3.
Spoiler
(that song whose title I can never remember, but probably will now) -- Bob Dylan
4.
Spoiler
Purple Haze -- Jimi Hendrix
5.
Spoiler
Wish You Were Here -- Pink Floyd
6. It's hard to believe that
There's nobody out there
It's hard to believe
That I'm all alone
At least I have her love
The city she loves me
Lonely as I am
Together we cry
Spoiler
What genius came up with this one? No idea but I'm really curious.
7.
Spoiler
Good Times, Bad Times --- Led Zeppelin
8.
Spoiler
The Weight -- The Band
9.
Spoiler
The Needle and the Damage Done -- Neil Young
10.
Spoiler
Don't Fear the Reaper -- Blue Oyster Cult

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#10 Post by megaaddict » Mon Nov 10, 2008 10:51 am

Eek! I forgot to guess what's in your collection. This is hard because all but one is in mine, but I'll say
Spoiler
1,3, 4 and 7

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#11 Post by WheresFanny » Mon Nov 10, 2008 11:02 am

With the way the new spoilers work, which do you prefer? The "spoiler=" which takes up less space and you only have to click once, but even bolding the answers it looks hard to easily tell the answers at first glance (I tried colouring them the other day, but that was just kind of annoying). Or blacking out each answer, which makes it obvious, but takes up more reading room and requires separate clicks on each one?
Spoiler
1. I stuck around St. Petersburg
When I saw it was a time for a change
Killed the czar and his ministers
Anastasia screamed in vain

Sympathy for the Devil - Rolling Stones

2. Don't cry
Don't raise your eye
It's only teenage wasteland
(HINT: The name of this song is NOT "Teenage Wasteland"!)

Baba O'Riley - The Who

3. You got a lot of nerve
To say you are my friend
When I was down,
You just stood there grinnin'

Positively Fourth Street - Bob Dylan

4. (Song Title) all in my brain
Lately things just don't seem the same
Actin' funny, but I don't know why
'Scuse me while I kiss the sky

Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix

5. So....so you think you can tell
Heaven from hell
Blue skies from pain
Can you tell a green field
From a cold steel rain?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?

Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

6. It's hard to believe that
There's nobody out there
It's hard to believe
That I'm all alone
At least I have her love
The city she loves me
Lonely as I am
Together we cry

Under the Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers

7. In the days of my youth
I was told what it means to be a man
Now I've reached that age
I've tried to do all those things the best I can
No matter how I try,
I find my way into the same old jam

Good Times, Bad Times - Led Zeppelin

8. Take a load off Annie
Take a load for free
Take a load off Annie
And (and and) you put the load right on me

The Weight - The Band (Annie, really? My entire life I've thought this was Fanny!)

9. I caught you knockin' at my cellar door
I love you baby, can I have some more?
Oooh, oooh, (part of the Song Title)

The Needle and the Damage Done - Neil Young

10. Valentine is done
Here but now they're gone
Romeo and Juliet are together in eternity (Romeo and Juliet)
40,000 men and women every day (like Romeo and Juliet)

Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult

I can't be funny today (like I ever am, ha!) because I knew all the songs right off. Bummer....

As for the bonus, since you didn't exclude #1, one of them is obviously Sympathy for the Devil. The other three will be tough, I like all of them except for one, so your program really did a good job of picking tunes.

Sympathy for the Devil
Positively Fourth Street (my fave Dylan song, yay if you have have this one!)
Baba O'Riley
Wish You Were Here
We, the HK Brigade, do hereby salute you, Marley, for your steadfast devotion to ontopicosity. Well done, sir!

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#12 Post by madamemeisha » Mon Nov 10, 2008 12:18 pm

Well, I did my best, which is only about 50%.
Spoiler
1. I think it's the Rolling Stones, but I'm not sure.

2.Don't know.

3. Don't know.

4. Purple Haze, Jimi Hendrix

5. Wish You Were Here, Pink Floyd

6. Under the Bridge, Red Hot Chili Peppers

7. Good times, Bad times, Led Zeppelin

8. The Weight, by The Band and I think the Wallflowers may have covered it too.

9. Nope

10.Nope

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#13 Post by VAdame » Mon Nov 10, 2008 12:26 pm

WheresFanny wrote:With the way the new spoilers work, which do you prefer? The "spoiler=" which takes up less space and you only have to click once, but even bolding the answers it looks hard to easily tell the answers at first glance (I tried colouring them the other day, but that was just kind of annoying). Or blacking out each answer, which makes it obvious, but takes up more reading room and requires separate clicks on each one?
Spoiler
1. I stuck around St. Petersburg
When I saw it was a time for a change
Killed the czar and his ministers
Anastasia screamed in vain

Sympathy for the Devil - Rolling Stones

2. Don't cry
Don't raise your eye
It's only teenage wasteland
(HINT: The name of this song is NOT "Teenage Wasteland"!)

Baba O'Riley - The Who

3. You got a lot of nerve
To say you are my friend
When I was down,
You just stood there grinnin'

Positively Fourth Street - Bob Dylan

4. (Song Title) all in my brain
Lately things just don't seem the same
Actin' funny, but I don't know why
'Scuse me while I kiss the sky

Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix

5. So....so you think you can tell
Heaven from hell
Blue skies from pain
Can you tell a green field
From a cold steel rain?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?

Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

6. It's hard to believe that
There's nobody out there
It's hard to believe
That I'm all alone
At least I have her love
The city she loves me
Lonely as I am
Together we cry

Under the Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers

7. In the days of my youth
I was told what it means to be a man
Now I've reached that age
I've tried to do all those things the best I can
No matter how I try,
I find my way into the same old jam

Good Times, Bad Times - Led Zeppelin

8. Take a load off Annie
Take a load for free
Take a load off Annie
And (and and) you put the load right on me

The Weight - The Band (Annie, really? My entire life I've thought this was Fanny!)

9. I caught you knockin' at my cellar door
I love you baby, can I have some more?
Oooh, oooh, (part of the Song Title)

The Needle and the Damage Done - Neil Young

10. Valentine is done
Here but now they're gone
Romeo and Juliet are together in eternity (Romeo and Juliet)
40,000 men and women every day (like Romeo and Juliet)

Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult

I can't be funny today (like I ever am, ha!) because I knew all the songs right off. Bummer....

As for the bonus, since you didn't exclude #1, one of them is obviously Sympathy for the Devil. The other three will be tough, I like all of them except for one, so your program really did a good job of picking tunes.

Sympathy for the Devil
Positively Fourth Street (my fave Dylan song, yay if you have have this one!)
Baba O'Riley
Wish You Were Here
I like the "Spoiler=" one myself -- that way you can tag 'em. And you're absolutely right --
it IS
Fannie, not Annie!
This chorus is so incredibly well-known, yet readers of the earlier version have e-mailed me regularly saying ‘I thought it was Annie … because later there’s ‘What about Miss Anna Lee’. I had my Annie / Fanny doubts at first too. I’ve heard a few interpretations - a Canadian musician swore to me in 1971 that ‘Take a load off Fanny’ was all about catching and disseminating the clap (= a load), and that there was a double take - ‘off’ could also be ‘of’ (presumably using the English frontal sense of the word ‘fanny’ rather than the American posterior one) - Take a load off Fanny/of Fanny, and you put the load right on me. The clap is Miss Fanny’s regards to everyone. Of course, being Canadian, he claimed to have been told this directly by a member of The Band. Twenty years later, another Canadian asured me that this was perfectly true, again tracing the explanation directly to an un-named Band member. I can easily believe that a Band member told someone this, but it doesn’t mean it’s true, as none of them ever betrayed a lack of a sense of humour. I’m interested that this particular story is so widespread, and yet so ignored by Robertson when he’s talking about the lyrics. While we’re worrying about intepretations of a load, move over to The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary :
Load:
A burden of affliction, sin, responsibility etc; a thing which weighs down, opresses or impedes a person.

Load:
A material object or force which acts or is conceived as a weight, cog etc.

Load:
= DOSE slang, 20th century (dose= an infection with venereal disease)
So maybe a dose of clap is part of the weight, or more likely, a symbol of the weight. This was expanded by another internet post :
‘Rosalind’:
I always thought that "Fannie" might have come from the song that Levon always looked forward to singing during The Hawks wild years. He mentioned on the Conan O'Brien Show back in 1993 that his very favorite song to sing every night way back then was "Short Fat Fannie" It was also the song that he used to tease Cathy Evelyn (Smith) with. She mentioned that in her book "Chasing The Dragon" She said she would turn red and run away cause every time he sang it, he would look over at her and grin. Since "The Weight" was swamped with real-life folks and memories...13
Cathy Smith was an early close associate of The Hawks as well as a later associate of The Band going right up to The Last Waltz, and is mentioned in Levon Helm’s autobiography as the girl who helped them out of a drug bust:
Rick Danko:
So Levon spoke to this chick he was dating. Her name was Kathy and she was the most beautiful girl in Toronto… 16 years old when he met her, and she was a gorgeous, gorgeous lady. She looked beautiful and no one could resist her. Anyway, Levon explained the situation to her, and she kindly gave this cop who was trying to crucify us a blow job. Then she told him she was 14 years old. He was the chief witness against us, but this was some weird shit for him, and he disappeared, we never saw him again. In the end everyone else got off, and I received a year’s suspended sentence on probation.14
Rosalind’s comment got this reply:
Bill Munson:
I never found Cathy Smith’s Chasing The Dragon, but some pertinent bits of it are quoted in The Seahorse Motel chapter in Rock & Roll Toronto. The event, which was the sort of thing British Premiership footballers have gained recent notoriety for, involved three Band (or rather Hawks) members and resulted in the birth of “The Band baby” quoted elsewhere. According to the book, Richard (who it appears was not in fact responsible) stood up and offered to take the ‘load’- or consequences. In the light of Ros’s quote about “Short Fat Fannie” it does ring bells with the themes Robbie has stated that The Weight is about – sharing a load, guilt and ‘the impossibility of’ redemption and would make some sense of the chorus.15
I’ve never managed to find Cathy Smith’s book either, but for the prurient, here is the relevant passage as quoted in Rock and Roll Toronto.
Cathy Smith, from Rock and Roll Toronto:
“One night a few months after I met them, they rented a few rooms in the Seahorse Motel down on the lakeshore. We partied on into the night, and at one point I ended up in bed with Rick Danko, In the middle of making love, Rick found out I wasn’t on the pill and things (as it were) ground to a halt. He got out of bed and wandered on down the hall, leaving me lying there hurt and confused, then Levon walked into the room, climbed into bed with me.” Six weeks later, Smith discovered she was pregnant. Levon was the father, she insists, although she also says that she ‘didn’t belong particularly to Levon’. Richard Manuel offered to marry her, but she turned him down.16
In all the correspondence I got since writing The Weight article years and years ago, Rosalind is the first to point out the Cathy Smith connection, and it covers the shared load theme without necessarily dismissing the clap reference either. Going back too her involvement in the drug bust, a weight is also slang for a kilo (or is it a pound) of dope. Again, the idea of a shared responsibility emerges – they were all busted for an offence that was eventually pinned on just one of them.
SaDavid:
And what's all this "take a load off Fanny" riff? The whole thing becomes only a little less cryptic when we learn, in the very last lines, that the pilgrim is traveling under instructions, has, in fact, been sent by the mysterious Miss Fanny. The "weight" of the title is the load of her obligations the pilgrim has been sent to discharge. The irony, of course, is that he leaves with a heavier load than the one he brought with him - "my bag is sinkin' low."17
A more inocuous meaning came from B Molson:
B.Molson:
Robbie Robertson had a knack for incorporating common sayings into his songs. I assume it means is a shorter way of saying, "lets take a load off my feet and put it on my fanny"
But if it’s a common saying, it’s managed to escape me. A further reading from far left field:
Joab Jackson:
As you might know, The word "fanny" is also slang for "butt" or, to be blunt,"a**hole." So, "Take a load off, Fanny" can be read as a very euphemistic way of saying "thanks a lot, a**hole." In each of the verses, the narrator is thwarted by some other character. Someone refuses him lodging. A friend leaves him with the devil, he must take care of a child and a dog. In each case, the narrator is dumped on by someone else. In effect, in each verse, some one else has taken a load off themselves and put it on the narrator. The final verse (and here is where I am stretching the most) is about, and I will be blunt here as well, a fart. It is the perfect response to dealing with a "Fanny": "Miss Fanny ... sent me here with regards to everyone."
I don’t get that one at all, but then again a lot of correspondents don’t get my pictures. The Hawks had been to England. They knew fanny meant the other end, or what Dawn French calls ‘the front bottom’.
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Re: Lyrically Speaking Day 4 - 11/10/08

#14 Post by Carmelo Anthony » Mon Nov 10, 2008 12:55 pm

1.
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"Back in the USSR", the Beatles
2.
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"Baba O'Riley", the Who
--otherwise known as the opening theme to
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"CSI: New York"
3.
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"Big Bad John McCain", Sarah Palin
4.
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"Purple Haze", Jimi Hendrix
5. nothing

6.
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"Green Bay Blues", Aaron Rodgers
7.
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"Whitney, Where's My Damn Crack Pipe?", Bobby Brown
8.
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"The Weight", don't know the band, so I'll guess the Traveling Wilburys
9.
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"Love Client #9", Eliot Spitzer as George Fox
10. nothing

I say the songs on your iPod are
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1, 2, 6, and 7
.
If you can't be right, be Fanny.

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Re: Lyrically Speaking Day 4 - 11/10/08

#15 Post by Sir_Galahad » Mon Nov 10, 2008 1:30 pm

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1. Sympathy for the Devil - Rolling Stones
2. Baba O'Reilly - The Who
3. Positively 4th Street - Bob Dylan
4. Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix
5. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
6. City of Angels - Red Hot Chili Peppers
7. Good Times Bad Times - Led Zeppelin
8. The Weight - The Band
9. Damage Done - Neil Young
10. Don't Fear The Reaper - B.O.C. MORE COWBELL PLEASE!!

On your ipod - 2, 5, 6, 9
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Re: Lyrically Speaking Day 4 - 11/10/08

#16 Post by elwoodblues » Mon Nov 10, 2008 3:31 pm

Right in my wheelhouse!
KillerTomato wrote:
1. I stuck around St. Petersburg
When I saw it was a time for a change
Killed the czar and his ministers
Anastasia screamed in vain
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Sympathy for the Devil - Rolling Stones
2. Don't cry
Don't raise your eye
It's only teenage wasteland
(HINT: The name of this song is NOT "Teenage Wasteland"!)
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Baba O'Reilly - The Who
3. You got a lot of nerve
To say you are my friend
When I was down,
You just stood there grinnin'
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Bob Dylan
4. (Song Title) all in my brain
Lately things just don't seem the same
Actin' funny, but I don't know why
'Scuse me while I kiss the sky
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Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix
5. So....so you think you can tell
Heaven from hell
Blue skies from pain
Can you tell a green field
From a cold steel rain?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?
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Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
6. It's hard to believe that
There's nobody out there
It's hard to believe
That I'm all alone
At least I have her love
The city she loves me
Lonely as I am
Together we cry
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Under The Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers
7. In the days of my youth
I was told what it means to be a man
Now I've reached that age
I've tried to do all those things the best I can
No matter how I try,
I find my way into the same old jam
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Good Times, Bad Times - Led Zeppelin
8. Take a load off Annie
Take a load for free
Take a load off Annie
And (and and) you put the load right on me
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The Weight - The Band
9. I caught you knockin' at my cellar door
I love you baby, can I have some more?
Oooh, oooh, (part of the Song Title)
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The Needle and the Damage Done - Neil Young
10. Valentine is done
Here but now they're gone
Romeo and Juliet are together in eternity (Romeo and Juliet)
40,000 men and women every day (like Romeo and Juliet)
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Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
The songs on your iPod are
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1, 3, 6 and 8.

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Re: Lyrically Speaking Day 4 - 11/10/08

#17 Post by T_Bone0806 » Mon Nov 10, 2008 5:20 pm

KillerTomato wrote:Lyrically Speaking Day 4 - 11/10/08

1. I stuck around St. Petersburg
When I saw it was a time for a change
Killed the czar and his ministers
Anastasia screamed in vain
Spoiler
Sympathy For the Devil-Rolling Stones
2. Don't cry
Don't raise your eye
It's only teenage wasteland
(HINT: The name of this song is NOT "Teenage Wasteland"!)
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Baba O'Riley-The Who
3. You got a lot of nerve
To say you are my friend
When I was down,
You just stood there grinnin'
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Positively 4th Street-Bob Dylan
4. (Song Title) all in my brain
Lately things just don't seem the same
Actin' funny, but I don't know why
'Scuse me while I kiss the sky
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Purple Haze-Jimi Hendrix
5. So....so you think you can tell
Heaven from hell
Blue skies from pain
Can you tell a green field
From a cold steel rain?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?
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Wish You Were Here-Pink Floyd
6. It's hard to believe that
There's nobody out there
It's hard to believe
That I'm all alone
At least I have her love
The city she loves me
Lonely as I am
Together we cry
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Kabbalah Chameleon-A-Rod & the Brainwashed Boytoys
7. In the days of my youth
I was told what it means to be a man
Now I've reached that age
I've tried to do all those things the best I can
No matter how I try,
I find my way into the same old jam
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Good Times Bad Times-Led Zeppelin
8. Take a load off Annie
Take a load for free
Take a load off Annie
And (and and) you put the load right on me
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The Weight-The Band
9. I caught you knockin' at my cellar door
I love you baby, can I have some more?
Oooh, oooh, (part of the Song Title)
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Needle & the Damage Done-Neil Young
10. Valentine is done
Here but now they're gone
Romeo and Juliet are together in eternity (Romeo and Juliet)
40,000 men and women every day (like Romeo and Juliet)
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(Don't Fear) The Reaper-Blue Oyster Cult
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Re: Lyrically Speaking Day 4 - 11/10/08

#18 Post by ghostjmf » Mon Nov 10, 2008 5:21 pm

1. I stuck around St. Petersburg
When I saw it was a time for a change
Killed the czar and his ministers
Anastasia screamed in vain
Spoiler
Sympathy For The Devil/Rolling Stones
2. Don't cry
Don't raise your eye
It's only teenage wasteland
(HINT: The name of this song is NOT "Teenage Wasteland"!)

3. You got a lot of nerve
To say you are my friend
When I was down,
You just stood there grinnin'
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Positively 4th Street/Bob Dylan
4. (Song Title) all in my brain
Lately things just don't seem the same
Actin' funny, but I don't know why
'Scuse me while I kiss the sky
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Purple Haze/Jimi Hendrix
5. So....so you think you can tell
Heaven from hell
Blue skies from pain
Can you tell a green field
From a cold steel rain?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?

6. It's hard to believe that
There's nobody out there
It's hard to believe
That I'm all alone
At least I have her love
The city she loves me
Lonely as I am
Together we cry

7. In the days of my youth
I was told what it means to be a man
Now I've reached that age
I've tried to do all those things the best I can
No matter how I try,
I find my way into the same old jam

8. Take a load off Annie
Take a load for free
Take a load off Annie
And (and and) you put the load right on me
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The Weight/The Band
9. I caught you knockin' at my cellar door
I love you baby, can I have some more?
Oooh, oooh, (part of the Song Title)

10. Valentine is done
Here but now they're gone
Romeo and Juliet are together in eternity (Romeo and Juliet)
40,000 men and women every day (like Romeo and Juliet)

The songs that could be on my I-Pod if I had one & loaded it up with music (I wouldn't, not music I'd already heard; I'd load one up with interviews I'd missed, for airplane rides)
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would be 1, 3 & 8; Sorry, I never liked 4 all that well. I however find it hard to believe you had to be introduced to any of them. so probably only 1 of them was already on the I-Pod. I am going to guess #1, 'cause I'm lazy & depressed right now.

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Re: Lyrically Speaking Day 4 - 11/10/08

#19 Post by T_Bone0806 » Mon Nov 10, 2008 5:24 pm

Forgot to guess your iPod tunes. Hope I can still do so:
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1, 2, 5, and 8
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Re: Lyrically Speaking Day 4 - 11/10/08

#20 Post by kroxquo » Mon Nov 10, 2008 6:40 pm

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1. I stuck around St. Petersburg
When I saw it was a time for a change
Killed the czar and his ministers
Anastasia screamed in vain

Sympathy For The Devil - Rolling Stones

2. Don't cry
Don't raise your eye
It's only teenage wasteland
(HINT: The name of this song is NOT "Teenage Wasteland"!)

Baba O' Reilly - The Who

3. You got a lot of nerve
To say you are my friend
When I was down,
You just stood there grinnin'

Bob Dylan - Something Positively 4th Street maybe

4. (Song Title) all in my brain
Lately things just don't seem the same
Actin' funny, but I don't know why
'Scuse me while I kiss the sky

Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix

5. So....so you think you can tell
Heaven from hell
Blue skies from pain
Can you tell a green field
From a cold steel rain?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?

6. It's hard to believe that
There's nobody out there
It's hard to believe
That I'm all alone
At least I have her love
The city she loves me
Lonely as I am
Together we cry

7. In the days of my youth
I was told what it means to be a man
Now I've reached that age
I've tried to do all those things the best I can
No matter how I try,
I find my way into the same old jam

8. Take a load off Annie
Take a load for free
Take a load off Annie
And (and and) you put the load right on me

9. I caught you knockin' at my cellar door
I love you baby, can I have some more?
Oooh, oooh, (part of the Song Title)

10. Valentine is done
Here but now they're gone
Romeo and Juliet are together in eternity (Romeo and Juliet)
40,000 men and women every day (like Romeo and Juliet)

Don't Fear The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult?
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Re: Lyrically Speaking Day 4 - 11/10/08

#21 Post by mellytu74 » Mon Nov 10, 2008 9:10 pm

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1. Sympathy for the Devil - the Rolling Stones
2. Baba O'Reilly - The Who
3. Positively Fourth Street - Definitely Bob Dylan
4. Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix
5. Nope
6. Under the Bridge ..um, um...
7. Nope
8. The Weight - The Band
9. Nope
10. Nope

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Re: Lyrically Speaking Day 4 - 11/10/08

#22 Post by mellytu74 » Mon Nov 10, 2008 9:11 pm

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OMG! I just realized what #10 is!

More cowbell, indeed!

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#23 Post by mellytu74 » Mon Nov 10, 2008 9:12 pm

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OMG! I just realized what #10 is!

More cowbell, indeed!

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Re: Lyrically Speaking Day 4 - 11/10/08

#24 Post by clem21 » Tue Nov 11, 2008 9:41 am

Yes! I'm not even gonna make jokes here because I know one! I actually know one!
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Number two is "Baba O'Reilly" aka "The theme from CSI:New York" and I expect doublepoints because I gave two correct answers. And now I will go away feeling smart...
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