# Oddly chosen words in songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 13, 2013, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-chosen-words-in-songs/671153 "2013-10-13T19:15:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![carlb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carlb/32/5930_2.png) [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2013, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-chosen-words-in-songs/671153/101 "2013-10-17T12:14:56Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Marginally better, if that. šŸ™‚ > > Pleasure dome makes me think of fun-sexy-time Mad Max Which is precisely why I love this line (and the song as a whole). In one brief phrase he sums up everything his wife/lover/significant other is to him: [ul] [li]A safe place to which to retreat (castle)[/li][li]A comfortable place to just enjoy life with no stress or distractions (cabin)[/li][li]Mad Max sexy-fun-time lover (instant pleasure dome)[/li][/ul]Sounds like a pretty awesome gal if you ask me. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2013, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-chosen-words-in-songs/671153/102 "2013-10-17T16:47:58Z")
Ooo - I got one: So **Twenty Flight Rock** is a rockabilly classic by Eddie Cochran, who also wrote Summertime Blues. TFR is the song that Paul McCartney played offstage for John Lennon at the church social where the Quarrymen were playing. Great song. Anyway, so Cochranā€™s last verse is: > [@](#): > > Well, they sent to Chicago for repairs > ā€˜Till itā€™s a-fixed Iā€™m using the stairs > Hope they hurry up before itā€™s too late > Want my baby too much to wait > All this climbinā€™ is gettinā€™ me down > Theyā€™ll find my corpse draped over a rail Why doesnā€™t the last couplet scan?? Always drove me crazy - I ended up changing the words for when I perform it to: > [@](#): > > All this climbin - bound to fail > Theyā€™ll find my corpse draped over a rail There - thatā€™s better šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![born\_too\_late](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba9def/32.png) [@born\_too\_late](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/born_too_late)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2013, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-chosen-words-in-songs/671153/103 "2013-10-17T20:55:42Z")
> [@installLSC](#): > > I hear Van Halenā€™s ā€œJumpā€ today on the radio, and as always noted that odd ā€œstanding with my back to the record machineā€ line. First off what is a ā€œrecord machineā€? And why mention it in the song? > [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > Iā€™m no Van Halen fan, but Iā€™d give 'em a pass on this one. Referring to a jukebox as a ā€œrecord machineā€ has a venerable history in rock ā€˜nā€™ roll, as Chuck Berry used the phrase in ā€œLittle Queenie.ā€ Iā€™m looking at the many questionable lyrics sites online and they list ā€˜record machineā€™ as the lyric, but it always sounded like ā€˜ **wrecking machine** ā€™ to me, as if to say ā€œIā€™m up against a hard placeā€ like it was a wrecking ball. Still pretty sketchy, but it makes slightly more sense in context of the surrounding lines. ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2013, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-chosen-words-in-songs/671153/104 "2013-10-17T22:02:07Z")
ā€œI donā€™t want to see a ghost, Itā€™s the sight that I fear most Iā€™d rather have a piece of toast And watch the evening news.ā€ Oooooooookay then. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_A.Robrin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sam_a.robrin/32/14497_2.png) [@Sam\_A.Robrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_A.Robrin)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-chosen-words-in-songs/671153/105 "2013-10-18T02:07:03Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > What the heck has the SDMB come to, that nobodyā€™s yet mentioned Neil Diamond by way of Dave Barry? > > _ā€œI AM,ā€ I said ā€“ to no one there ā€“ and no one heard at all; not even the chair._ And some years later, that chair didnā€™t become Michael Jacksonā€™s son. ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-chosen-words-in-songs/671153/106 "2013-10-18T14:41:11Z")
Saw mention of ā€œEmpire State of Mindā€ in another thread. ā€œIn New York, Concrete jungle where dreams are made ofā€ Yuck. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-chosen-words-in-songs/671153/107 "2013-10-19T02:57:22Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > ā€œIf this ever-changing world in which weā€™re livingā€ works, though. Iā€™ve always insisted on this interpretation, but it may be time to give it up. I just got the Ć¼ber-deluxe box set reissue of _Wings Over America_, and one of its four (!) large format books includes the lyrics ā€œas performed live in concertā€ with impromptu variations faithfully transcribed. Damned if it doesnā€™t have ā€œIf this ever-changing world **in which we live in**.ā€ Thatā€™s pretty durned official. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2013, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-chosen-words-in-songs/671153/108 "2013-10-20T17:54:05Z")
Speaking of Neil Diamond: Crackling Rose, youā€™re a store bought woman, But you make me sing like a guitar humming. Iā€™ve never sung like a guitar, guitars do not hum, and humming does not rhyme with woman. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-chosen-words-in-songs/671153.md?page=5)