# Secret Asian Man -- and other misunderstood lyrics **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 4, 2003, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-asian-man-and-other-misunderstood-lyrics/152816 "2003-02-04T23:59:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Mooch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mooch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mooch)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-asian-man-and-other-misunderstood-lyrics/152816/41 "2003-02-05T14:48:39Z")
**Elton John’s** song _Tiny Dancer_ A friend of mine sang along with it: “Hold me closer Tony Danza” And now I can’t hear it any other way. ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-asian-man-and-other-misunderstood-lyrics/152816/42 "2003-02-05T14:54:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Deadly Nightlight \* > \*\*I love the song “Secret asian man” by davinci’s notebook 😃 \*\* Eh. I prefer “Kingdom in the Sky”. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-asian-man-and-other-misunderstood-lyrics/152816/43 "2003-02-05T14:59:52Z")
There was on old song, probalby a one hit wonder, by a band called Honeycomb. It was called Want Ad about a woman who puts a want ad in the paper for a guy! This was a new idea back then (the 60’s). Experience in love preferred but we’ll accept if youre Chinese I could never fiugre it out YEARS later, I heard it and **heard** correctly for the first time it was but we’ll accept if your trainees Ah… ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-asian-man-and-other-misunderstood-lyrics/152816/44 "2003-02-05T15:12:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Deadly Nightlight \* > \*\*I love the song “Secret asian man” by davinci’s notebook 😃 \*\* Dangit, someone beat me to it. It’s off the album The Life and Times of Mike Fanning > **[DaVincisNotebook.com is for sale | HugeDomains](https://www.hugedomains.com/domain_profile.cfm?d=davincisnotebook&e=com)** > > Get a new domain name for your startup. Quick and professional service. Seamless domain transfers. ---
**Author:** ![80sHairMetalMaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ed655f/32.png) [@80sHairMetalMaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/80sHairMetalMaven)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-asian-man-and-other-misunderstood-lyrics/152816/45 "2003-02-05T16:02:40Z")
Ya know…for the longest time I thought it was “Burnin’ up the streets of Avalon”,m’self. Only recently did I find out it was “Burning up a fuse out here alone.” IDBB ---
**Author:** ![bernse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@bernse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bernse)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-asian-man-and-other-misunderstood-lyrics/152816/46 "2003-02-05T16:29:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rubystreak \* > \*\*In the CCR song “Bad Moon Rising,” my friend thought John Fogarty said “There’s a bathroom on the right” instead of "There’s a bad moon on the rise \*\* Mrs. Bernse thought the exact same thing up until about a year ago, when I popped in a CCR CD and she asked me why they’d have lyrics like that. I laughed for about 15 minutes! ---
**Author:** ![InTransit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47774/32.png) [@InTransit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InTransit)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-asian-man-and-other-misunderstood-lyrics/152816/47 "2003-02-05T16:54:44Z")
Strange love, Strange eyes and strange nose (actually: Strange highs and strange lows) Depeche Mode ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-asian-man-and-other-misunderstood-lyrics/152816/48 "2003-02-05T17:14:08Z")
From Elton John’s “Bennie and the Jets”" “she’s got electirc boobs, a mohair suit” and from “Red Skies at Night,” by the Fixx: “Rick’s got a knife.” ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-asian-man-and-other-misunderstood-lyrics/152816/49 "2003-02-05T17:19:59Z")
Elton John’s Benny and the Jets: She’s got Electric Boobs and Mohawk Shoes! ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-asian-man-and-other-misunderstood-lyrics/152816/50 "2003-02-05T17:34:34Z")
No, no, no, it’s [Secret _Cajun_ Man](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=157415). Here’s a few links guaranteed to screw up future hearings of the songs in question: [Paul McCartney sings about barnyard animals](http://www.rathergood.com/chicken/) and [Bronski Beat sing about Italian food abuse](http://www.rathergood.com/meatball/). [Madonna](http://www.rathergood.com/bill/) and [Destiny’s Child](http://www.rathergood.com/alf/) sings about old UK television personalities. And finally, a [classical music example](http://www.rathergood.com/elephants/). ---
**Author:** ![Amethyst](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@Amethyst](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amethyst)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-asian-man-and-other-misunderstood-lyrics/152816/51 "2003-02-05T17:41:51Z")
Pink Floyd, Another Brick in the wall Part 2 No dark stork has’em (should be No dark sarcasm) And when I was in primary school and we sang God Save the Queen, I never could figure out why we wanted the Queen to rain on us (since we couldn’t play outdoors in the rain) ie Send her victorious, happy and glorious Long may she rain over us. ---
**Author:** ![Judith\_Prietht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b19c9b/32.png) [@Judith\_Prietht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Judith_Prietht)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-asian-man-and-other-misunderstood-lyrics/152816/52 "2003-02-05T18:26:03Z")
Depeche Mode’s “Master and Servant” starts with Martin or Dave singing “it’s a lot/it’s a lot/it’s a lot like life” which of course, becomes “it’s a log/it’s a log” and spawns the drunken bawling of “it’s log, it’s log/it’s big it’s heavy it’s wood!” ---
**Author:** ![lachesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@lachesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lachesis)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-asian-man-and-other-misunderstood-lyrics/152816/53 "2003-02-05T18:57:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by vanilla \* > \*\*There was on old song, probalby a one hit wonder, by a band called Honeycomb. > It was called Want Ad > about a woman who puts a want ad in the paper for a guy! > This was a new idea back then (the 60’s). > > Experience in love preferred > but we’ll accept if youre Chinese > > I could never fiugre it out > > YEARS later, I heard it and **heard** correctly for the first time it was > > but we’ll accept if your trainees > > Ah… \*\* ummm… would it matter greatly if the actual line goes: “Experience in love preferred, But will accept a young trainee.” ? and in the Golden Oldies category, when the song “Neanderthal” was popular, my mother couldn’t quite figure out what the line “bring on the other tall girl” was doing in there. Actual lyrics: “You’re a Neanderthal girl”. :rolleyes: and thanks, **dwmacg** , for a great case of the giggles from _Lucille_. lachesis ---
**Author:** ![cowgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@cowgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cowgirl)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-asian-man-and-other-misunderstood-lyrics/152816/54 "2003-02-05T20:33:00Z")
Brown Eyed Girl: ‘Going down on the old man With a transistor radio’ ---
**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:** [February 5, 2003, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-asian-man-and-other-misunderstood-lyrics/152816/55 "2003-02-05T20:42:24Z")
Lunatic Fringe by Red Ryder. I didn’t know the name of the song for a long time, and I thought the first line of the song, which is “Lunatic Fringe”, the damn title of the song, was actually “Let me take French.” I was so ashamed when I learned the truth. ---
**Author:** ![cadolphin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c37758/32.png) [@cadolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cadolphin)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-asian-man-and-other-misunderstood-lyrics/152816/56 "2003-02-05T23:19:28Z")
Kissing the night away… Yup, I was sure the line was _kissing the night away_. I don’t know what was wrong with me :smack: Afterall, the rest of the song is all about drinking. I’m talking about Chumbawumba - Tubthumping. > [@](#): > > Pissing the night away > Pissing the night away > > He drinks a whisky drink > He drinks a vodka drink > He drinks a lager drink > He drinks a cider drink Just call me :wally ---
**Author:** ![bernse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@bernse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bernse)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-asian-man-and-other-misunderstood-lyrics/152816/57 "2003-02-06T02:12:05Z")
Until I saw your post, I _still_ thought it was _pissing_ the night away. As a matter of fact, I’m sticking by it. It makes more sense! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-asian-man-and-other-misunderstood-lyrics/152816/58 "2003-02-06T02:51:01Z")
Hey…I remember a VH1 karaoke type program printing out the lyrics during the song; they say PISSING the night away as well! ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-asian-man-and-other-misunderstood-lyrics/152816/59 "2003-02-06T03:38:32Z")
I wonder how many people realize that “Judy In Disguise With Glasses” is a parody of “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds” Talk about weird coinidences I heard a DJ singing “There’s a bathroom on the right” after "Bad Moon Risin’ " just the other day. One I heard on Darma and Greg: What do you get when you fall in love? You get enough germs to cause pnuemonia My personal favorite from “Jesus Christ Superstar” Jesus Christ Superstar Who in the world do you think you are? ---
**Author:** ![sj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@sj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sj2)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-asian-man-and-other-misunderstood-lyrics/152816/60 "2003-02-06T05:35:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jack Batty \* > \*\*Until this very night, I thought in “Pour Some Sugar On Me” by Def Leppard, the line was … > > “Do you take sugar? > Want love for sure!” > > Apparently it’s: > > “Do you take sugar? > One lump or two?” > > Who knew? \*\* * * * hehe…I thought the name of the song was “Awesome, shoot me under” No really. My husband has made fun of me for years. Sigh. :smack: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-asian-man-and-other-misunderstood-lyrics/152816.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-asian-man-and-other-misunderstood-lyrics/152816.md?page=4)