# Did you know?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know/7164
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [July 18, 1999, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know/7164 "1999-07-18T16:30:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
**Page:** 3
### Author:  [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)
#### Post date: [August 25, 1999, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know/7164/41 "1999-08-25T02:55:00Z")
My two year old daughter just figured out, on her own, that the ABC song and “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” are the same tune. Guess what? Her 32 year old mother never realized it. Can you say DUH? 🙂
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### Author:  [@torq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/torq)
#### Post date: [August 25, 1999, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know/7164/42 "1999-08-25T20:15:00Z")
Big Daddy rules! I like their covers of “Dancing in the Dark”, “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers Anymore”, and “I Just Called to Say I Love You” much better than the originals.
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### Author:  [@PillowPhat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PillowPhat)
#### Post date: [August 25, 1999, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know/7164/43 "1999-08-25T20:47:00Z")
you can make a rap from the books of the bible…
“genesis exodus leviticus numbers, deuteronomy…” etc.
i remember going to some camp when i was 12 where we had to memorize all the books of the bible and that’s how i did it.
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[www.pillowphat.com](http://www.pillowphat.com)
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### Author:  [@David](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David)
#### Post date: [August 25, 1999, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know/7164/44 "1999-08-25T22:23:00Z")
The Austin Lounge Lizards do “Brain Damage” and “Eclipse” on their live album, Lizard Vision.
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### Author:  [@rokket88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rokket88)
#### Post date: [August 25, 1999, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know/7164/45 "1999-08-25T23:41:00Z")
BTW, did anyone ever hear the Pet Shop Boys version of “Where the Streets have no Name” where they merged it with the song that goes:
“You’re just too good to be true,
can’t keep my eyes off of you…”
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That track, entitled “Where The Streets Have No Name/Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You”, appears, entre autres, on the album Discography. It is a mix of “Where the Streets Have No Name” by U2 and “Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You”, whose artist I can’t find. The lyricist credit is not Tennant/Lowe (the Pet Shop Boys), but rather “Hewson/Evans/Mullen/Clayton/Gaudio/Crewe”. So it’s not of the type in question, since they come right out and _say_ it’s a recasting of an earlier tune (in fact, two earlier tunes).
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the song in question was co-written by bob crewe who was a prolific and successful songwriter in the 60’s. oddly enough, he is now chiefly remembered for his song ‘music to watch girls by’ which began as a jingle for pepsi before becoming a smash hit. i haven’t tried singing ‘amazing grace’ to the tune of ‘music to…’ yet, but then again i’m still on my first beer.
the famous version of ‘i can’t…’ is by frankie valli, although many other people had success with it. vicki (sp) comes to mind. brrrr! i think i’ll have that second beer now 😉
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### Author:  [@Astroglide](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroglide)
#### Post date: [August 26, 1999, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know/7164/46 "1999-08-26T00:49:00Z")
**Carl Berry** way back on 07-18-99 09:25 PM said:
> [@](#):
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> First Call is what soldiers first hear in the AM, not “reveille” as most think.
Wrong.
“Drill, First Call” is the _7th_ call **after** “Reveille”. There is an “Assembly of Trumpeters for Reveille” before “Reveille”, but it is never heard in non-ceremonial military life.
Please see:
[http://www.usarc.army.mil/84th/1bde/Infantry\_BugleCalls.HTM](http://www.usarc.army.mil/84th/1bde/Infantry_BugleCalls.HTM)
or
[http://abonline.monroe.army.mil/bugle/completelist.asp](http://abonline.monroe.army.mil/bugle/completelist.asp)
or
[http://155.217.58.58/cgi-bin/atdl.dll/fm/22-5/appe.htm](http://155.217.58.58/cgi-bin/atdl.dll/fm/22-5/appe.htm)
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### Author:  [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)
#### Post date: [August 26, 1999, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know/7164/47 "1999-08-26T04:08:00Z")
The music from “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” and the ABC song was actually written by Beethoven.
Sounds like an UL, but I heard it last week on NPR, so I assume it to be reliable.
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### Author:  [@David](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David)
#### Post date: [August 26, 1999, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know/7164/48 "1999-08-26T22:04:00Z")
It wasn’t Beethoven, it was Mozart.
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### Author:  [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)
#### Post date: [August 27, 1999, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know/7164/49 "1999-08-27T04:49:00Z")
Cristi, I have to confess (33 year old, here) that I never realized that either.
Get that kid some music lessons! She’s got a great ear!
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