# Queen experts: lyric question about Another One Bites the Dust **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 8, 2005, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-experts-lyric-question-about-another-one-bites-the-dust/320640 "2005-09-08T12:00:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-experts-lyric-question-about-another-one-bites-the-dust/320640/1 "2005-09-08T12:00:15Z")
In the middle of this song there’s a part where it’s pretty much a drum track. Freddie tosses out a few lines that I can never “decrypt”. Anyone out there a real fanatic who knows what he says? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-experts-lyric-question-about-another-one-bites-the-dust/320640/2 "2005-09-08T12:28:20Z")
> [@BwanaBob](#): > > In the middle of this song there’s a part where it’s pretty much a drum track. > > Freddie tosses out a few lines that I can never “decrypt”. > > Anyone out there a real fanatic who knows what he says? > > Thanks. You mean this part? [1] > [@John Deacon](#): > > There are many ways to hurt a man > And bring him to the ground > You can beat him > You can cheat him > You can treat him bad > And leave him when he’s down. > > But I’m ready. Hey! > Yes, I’m ready for you. > Yeah, I’m standing on my own to feet. > Outta the doorway the bullets race > Repeating to the sound of the beat: > > (Chorus) [1] This is from memory. I’m sure some one will come along and correct me. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-experts-lyric-question-about-another-one-bites-the-dust/320640/3 "2005-09-08T12:32:18Z")
Full lyrics here. [http://www.cool-lyrics-center.net/Another\_One\_Bites\_The\_Dust\_Lyrics.html](http://www.cool-lyrics-center.net/Another_One_Bites_The_Dust_Lyrics.html) ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-experts-lyric-question-about-another-one-bites-the-dust/320640/4 "2005-09-08T12:42:58Z")
I think I know what the OP is asking about, and it’s not in that lyric site nor in **Maus Magill** ’s post. One part sort of sounds like he’s saying “I’m adopted”, right? (I doubt that’s what he saying) ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-experts-lyric-question-about-another-one-bites-the-dust/320640/5 "2005-09-08T12:55:07Z")
I do know that if you play the song backwards it sounds suspiciously like: “I want to go to Guiana.” ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-experts-lyric-question-about-another-one-bites-the-dust/320640/6 "2005-09-08T13:03:30Z")
I’d put my knowledge of Queen up against most of the world and I’d admit that I never quite knew that one either. Likely Freddie didn’t 10 minutes after he recorded it, too. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-experts-lyric-question-about-another-one-bites-the-dust/320640/7 "2005-09-08T13:10:58Z")
Never one of my favorite songs, but I always heard it as “Bite the dust, yeah!” Of course, it could have been Freddie speak for “I just got boned by another guy and gave him a Cartier watch!” ---
**Author:** ![Mal\_Adroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@Mal\_Adroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mal_Adroit)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-experts-lyric-question-about-another-one-bites-the-dust/320640/8 "2005-09-08T13:54:39Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > I think I know what the OP is asking about, and it’s not in that lyric site nor in **Maus Magill** ’s post. One part sort of sounds like he’s saying “I’m adopted”, right? (I doubt that’s what he saying) _Awww, **take** it: Mine adopt! Mine adopted!_ -shaky shaky shaky shaky shaky sound shaky sound- _bows_ ---
**Author:** ![Meaty\_Beaty\_Big\_and\_Bouncy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Meaty\_Beaty\_Big\_and\_Bouncy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meaty_Beaty_Big_and_Bouncy)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-experts-lyric-question-about-another-one-bites-the-dust/320640/9 "2005-09-08T14:37:07Z")
_Aww take it Bite the dust! Bite the dust, yeah!_ ---
**Author:** ![Mal\_Adroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@Mal\_Adroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mal_Adroit)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-experts-lyric-question-about-another-one-bites-the-dust/320640/10 "2005-09-08T14:38:31Z")
That would appear to make more sense. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-experts-lyric-question-about-another-one-bites-the-dust/320640/11 "2005-09-08T14:41:27Z")
> [@Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy](#): > > _Aww take it > Bite the dust! > Bite the dust, yeah!_ Ah \*that \* part. Just before Brian starts playing with his new toy. **Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy** has it right. Though I always heard that last line as, “Bite the dust-ah!” ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-experts-lyric-question-about-another-one-bites-the-dust/320640/12 "2005-09-08T14:44:18Z")
I always sang it as: _I’m not adopt I’m not adopted_ ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-experts-lyric-question-about-another-one-bites-the-dust/320640/13 "2005-09-08T15:38:33Z")
> [@Gangster Octopus](#): > > I always sang it as: > > _I’m not adopt > I’m not adopted_ Ditto, though I knew that couldn’t be correct. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-experts-lyric-question-about-another-one-bites-the-dust/320640/14 "2005-09-08T16:22:17Z")
Could it be another “fried chicken” where Freddie didn’t think the correct lines scanned propperly so substituted in some gybberrish that scanned better? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-experts-lyric-question-about-another-one-bites-the-dust/320640/15 "2005-09-08T16:26:44Z")
> [@Gangster Octopus](#): > > I always sang it as: > > _I’m not adopt > I’m not adopted_ Me too. It’s the only Mondegreen of mine that I’ve never had clarified by the real lyric. ---
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-experts-lyric-question-about-another-one-bites-the-dust/320640/16 "2005-09-08T16:38:18Z")
Great. This never had enough impact on me to want to care what was actually said. But now I’ll always hear “I’m not adopt… I’m not adopted…”. Damn SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-experts-lyric-question-about-another-one-bites-the-dust/320640/17 "2005-09-08T20:41:03Z")
Thanks to everyone. You all nailed the spot I was talking about - I would hear “adopted” in there too. Now I have to go listen again with “Bite the dust -yeah” in mind. The SDMB is the best! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-experts-lyric-question-about-another-one-bites-the-dust/320640/18 "2005-09-08T21:13:54Z")
Ok, then… how about a REAL challenge, like **Under Pressure**? ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-experts-lyric-question-about-another-one-bites-the-dust/320640/19 "2005-09-08T22:12:00Z")
Ladididada Ladadidada Badadidapayda Hep, THAT’S okaaaaay! ---
**Author:** ![chefjef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e480ec/32.png) [@chefjef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chefjef)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-experts-lyric-question-about-another-one-bites-the-dust/320640/20 "2005-09-08T22:15:09Z")
Yes - bring it. I’ve been listening to that one just today - made an itunes mix of oldschool songs that I like after my friend had emailed me a link to a tshirt she has decided to wear to her first day of law school (?) - [http://www.kmart.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId=118972&Ne=5&N=2706&categoryId=2706&pCategoryId=5&gpCategoryId=2](http://www.kmart.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId=118972&Ne=5&N=2706&categoryId=2706&pCategoryId=5&gpCategoryId=2) So I thought - I haven’t listened to The Who in ages - and suddenly I’m dl’ing Who songs, Pink Floyd, Led Zepelin, Queen, Cream, AC/DC - you name it. This mix is gonna rule!!! So what’s the lyric question with Under Pressure? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-experts-lyric-question-about-another-one-bites-the-dust/320640.md?page=2)