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You appear to be right. According to Wikipedia, the jacket lyrics from the All the Best CD made it clear that the lyric is:
But if this ever-changing world in which we’re livin’
Makes you give in and cry…
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Hmm, Wikipedia appears to be wrong. At least my copy of All the Best has “in which we live in” in the printed lyrics.
[QUOTE=xnylder]
I find that part is almost comprehensible compared to the next few lines:
But after midnight
Morning will come
And the day will see, yeah
If you’re gonna get some
OK, Nelly, misuse some quasi-mystical female-empowering moon imagery if you will. But don’t switch from the first to second person as arbitrarily as you switch images, mmmkay? And when you sing a song about self-examination and getting past false fronts (though I’m probably reading way too much into it), don’t put in a throwaway line that sounds like a double-entendre.
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And what is that one with all the nonsense about dogs barking at the new moon so they can die? Or have you not yet been favoured with that one on the other side of the pond yet?
Sheryl Crow - “Good is good and bad is bad”. I’ve never heard the rest of the song because that line alone has made me change the station every time it comes on. Gaaaahhhh.
[QUOTE=Biffy the Elephant Shrew]
Hmm, Wikipedia appears to be wrong. At least my copy of All the Best has “in which we live in” in the printed lyrics.
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I suspect it was corrected on later versions. McCartney is a very intelligent fellow, and well read (Dickens is his favorite author, for example–and the reference for the song “Jenny Wren,” a fantastic tune, and reportedly a sequel of sorts to “Blackbird”). This is a chap who worked the word “peradventure” into the song “English Garden” on his album Chaos And Creation In The Backyard. I suppose he could have had a brain fart in writing the “Live And Let Die” lyric, but I don’t think so. Axl Rose, had he written it, I’d have no problem believing.
And I refuse to believe Sir George, who produced that song, would have permitted that to pass either. But then again, I’m a real Beatles geek, so I’ll admit I’m biased. But really, it sounds to me the way I posted it.
This is from a musical, but it always bugged me. From Oliver, the song “Who Will Buy”-
*…There’ll never be a day so sunny,
It could not happen twice.
Where is the man with all the money?
It’s cheap at half the price! *
It’s cheap at half the price? What- it’s on sale? I thought it should be “it’s cheap at twice the price” (or so), meaning it has such great value that I’d pay much more and it would still be worth it.
Always bugged me.
A wop bobba loo op, a wop bam boom.
I’m convinced Little Richard hates Italians.
[QUOTE=NoClueBoy]
A wop bobba loo op, a wop bam boom.
I’m convinced Little Richard hates Italians.
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I dunno, I can see him having a special place in his heart for, say, Fabian.
I can’t believe I’m the first person to mention the lyrics to Ironic by Alanis Morissette…
I’ve always wanted to find her, shake her hand politely and thank her for her music, and then bonk her over the head with a dictionary.
You made me feel shiny and new.
[QUOTE=Aspidistra]
*Boom boom boom boom
I want you in my room
Let’s spend the night together
From now until forever
Boom boom boom boom
I wanna do the boom
Let’s spend the night together
Together in my room
*
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Not to be confused with:
Boom, boom, boom,
Let’s go up to my room
So we can do it all night
And you can make me feel right.
Comedian Rob Paravonian, better known for his Pachelbel rant, also has a great take (Warning: Youtube link) on the lyrics of the Friends theme and a Sugar Ray song.
Let It Grow by Eric Clapton:
Love is lovely
shudder
Above all, let us not speak of the pompitous of love.
The Moldy Peaches have a really sweet song called “Anyone Else But You.” It’s about two kind of weird people finding each other and being happy.
But then it goes:
You squinched up you face and did a little dance,
shook a little turd out of the bottom of your pants,
I don’t see what anyone can see in anyone else,
but you.
I don’t know about you guys, but I can’t see anything in a guy who shits himself.
The entire song “You’re So Vain.” Contradictory use of the word “you,” throughout.
we’re not here for a long time, we’re here for a good time (Cheap Trick)
if I had a buck that some useless beer sponge tried to make friends with me, while pretending to explain some great philosophical principle, I would be able to pay for the beer I drank while telling them to “go fuck them selves”…
regards
FML
[QUOTE=Stratocaster]
You still have “in” twice. I always thought the lyric was, “But if this ever-changing world in which we’re living…” In fact, the next line (“makes you give in and cry”) only makes sense if that’s an “if,” not an “in.” I think what creates additional confusion is that he says livin’ instead of living. That’s what I hear, anyway.
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There’s no problem with having those two “ins”, grammatically speaking. “In this world in which we’re living” is just the same as “In this world (which) we live in…” which is fine. The only problem is with “in which we live in”, which of course should be “in which we live” or “which we live in”.
Diana Ross:
respectfully I say to thee
lazy, lazy, lazy songwriting
Bad Day, by Daniel Powter:
“Where is the moment we needed the most
You kick up the leaves and the moment is lost”
The fact is, most and lost do not rhyme. I mentally sing toast instead of lost which works in concept, although it still lacks something!
[QUOTE=Colophon]
There’s no problem with having those two “ins”, grammatically speaking. “In this world in which we’re living” is just the same as “In this world (which) we live in…” which is fine. The only problem is with “in which we live in”, which of course should be “in which we live” or “which we live in”.
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Still clunky, I think. Again, grammar and style aside, that first phantom “in” makes no sense, given the next line (“…makes you give in and cry”)–it’s an “if.” But even ignoring that, “This ever-changing world in which we’re living” requires no introductory “in.”
And I’ll also point out that those who find fault with this construction, which I’ve heard from multiple comedians, like to emphasize all three in’s that they hear (including the ones that don’t exist), as I recall. So I always address all three (this one always seem to come up within any discussion similar to this thread).