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I feel like an idiot. I was today years old when I realized that Gryffindor (the House from Harry Potter) means golden griffin. Like literally it's gryffin d'or (French for golden). A loving d'oy, right? I got the griffin part but not the French. I loving speak French. I have no excuse.  It ain't like Rowling is the least bit subtle with her names. Hi there dude who turns into a dog who is literally named Latin for dog. Let me introduce you to Remus Lupin, as in "founder of Rome who was raised by wolves" + literally Latin for wolf. But nah man, Gryffindor is just fancy griffin apparently. gently caress.
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Silver Falcon posted:I feel like an idiot. I was today years old when I realized that Gryffindor (the House from Harry Potter) means golden griffin. This will blow your mind: Slytherin? Like... slitherin' like a snake!
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Jan 30, 2024 21:21
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Prince wrote "Manic Monday", which became the first big hit for The Bangles.
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Jan 30, 2024 22:00
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:It skirts aaaaaaaaawfully close to olde timey minstrel songs without overtly crossing the line. "Zip" is not a random nonsense word, there's history there That's it, I'm never using .zip files again. From now on I'm only using... well crap, never mind
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Jan 31, 2024 00:15
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Guy Fieri was born Guy Ferry
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Jan 31, 2024 00:17
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Ommin posted:I didn't know either of these. I am also learning a lot today. Blondie's Hanging On The Telephone is also a cover. That one's pretty close to the original, though, just with Debbie Harry's powerhouse vocals. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emy5mA8Ixtc Three for three?
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Jan 31, 2024 00:23
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:Guy Fieri was born Guy Ferry That's pretty cool. Apparently his Italian grandfather's name was Fieri and the Americanized version is Ferry, so he changed his name to honor his grandfather. Probably also because it sounds cooler but still.
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Jan 31, 2024 00:24
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canyoneer posted:Prince wrote "Manic Monday", which became the first big hit for The Bangles. That over-achieving little guy not only released a ridiculous amount of songs himself (edit: and recorded a ridiculous number of original songs which he didn't release) but he also wrote a crazy number of songs for other artists including Kate Bush, Madonna, Cyndi Lauper, Stevie Nicks, Chaka Kahn, Sheena Easton, Sinead O'Connor, Patti Labelle and many many more, including this guy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXsq8H_nHZA He wrote that one under the pseudonym 'Joey Coco', lol Snowglobe of Doom has a new favorite as of 01:58 on Jan 31, 2024 |
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Jan 31, 2024 01:26
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CJacobs posted:That's pretty cool. Apparently his Italian grandfather's name was Fieri and the Americanized version is Ferry, so he changed his name to honor his grandfather. Probably also because it sounds cooler but still. He is also fluent in french. I already knew that but he is not the man you expect to bust out la langue française.
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Jan 31, 2024 01:51
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in France he is known as Mecton Fier
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Jan 31, 2024 02:06
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:Guy Fieri was born Guy Ferry This makes that annoying little hiccup TV personalities do when pronouncing his name even more annoying 
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Jan 31, 2024 02:14
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Finding out all these songs are covers is leaving me feeling torn...
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Jan 31, 2024 02:16
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Speaking of Smashmouth, All Star isn't the chicadee china the chinese chicken song.
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Excuse me?
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The Moon Monster posted:Speaking of Smashmouth, All Star isn't the chicadee china the chinese chicken song. no, the chicken in China (the Chinese chicken) song is of course the following: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6TLWqn82J4 e: goddammit I forgot it was the Chocolate Chicken in the Busta verse. but that's what they're referencing. Empty Sandwich has a new favorite as of 02:33 on Jan 31, 2024 |
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You know what? Maybe we all need some space, to pull the knife out of the back of the most celebrated Canadian alt-rock band of the mid 90s, you selfish, jaded rear end!
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Leon Sumbitches posted:Excuse me? One Week by Barenaked Ladies. You can tell by the French that they're Canadian like brawnfire said. quote:Chickity China, the Chinese chicken My favorite part of that song is the part where he talks about yankin' it to Sailor Moon quote:Gonna get a set of better clubs CJacobs has a new favorite as of 03:06 on Jan 31, 2024 |
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Jan 31, 2024 02:53
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Leon Sumbitches posted:Excuse me? Can't understand what he means? You soon will
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Jan 31, 2024 03:10
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Stunt was a fuckin great album. It's unfortunate the Barenaked Ladies's three biggest hits are hardly their best.
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Jan 31, 2024 03:26
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Captain Splendid posted:Finding out all these songs are covers is leaving me feeling torn... same. i’m all out of faith.
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TK-42-1 posted:same. i’m all out of faith. I don't know if  , but that's a cover too  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OoEdfB7l18
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Jan 31, 2024 04:12
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Hyperlynx posted:I don't know if Aww man, I didn't know that. I like the Imbruglia version better, but... now I don't like it because it's not a very creative cover. It's just the same song with a different singer, but basically exactly the same :\
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Jan 31, 2024 04:29
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Phlegmish posted:Three for three?
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I can see that, I guess it's not one of their biggest hits. Always been on my personal radar just because I'm a huge Blondie fan, and I would gladly marry Debbie Harry even though she's about a hundred years old by now. Conversely, I've never heard of Common People
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Jan 31, 2024 08:08
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Phlegmish posted:Blondie's Hanging On The Telephone is also a cover. That one's pretty close to the original, though, just with Debbie Harry's powerhouse vocals. Even better: https://youtu.be/SQXqkiKXiHc
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Jan 31, 2024 11:19
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Yup. Lots of bands from that era loved covering old ska/reggae songs, see also Pressure Drop by The Clash. As for Blondie, Denis is a cover as well! I'm going to stop now, I think people understand the general point of 'many famous hits are covers of relatively obscure songs'
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Jan 31, 2024 13:29
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Phlegmish posted:I think people understand the general point of 'many famous hits are covers of relatively obscure songs' Star Spangled Banner is a cover song, lol
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Jan 31, 2024 13:36
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There's no such thing as a cover song, they're all just songs. The concept that the person making the music is somehow the primary performer is really new and, of course, really stupid, and only even ever applied to a teeny tiny slice of all the music that is made.
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Jan 31, 2024 13:38
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Genuinely related, I've been following a great neo classical artist named BLKBOK and only when I saw him today did his name become clear. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6Byw83rKok He's black Bach.
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Speaking of French: Guy-Man from Daft Punk isn't a joke DJ name, it's just short for Guillaume-Emmanuel.
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Dr.Wiley running out of ideas
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Brawnfire posted:You know what? Maybe we all need some space, to pull the knife out of the back of the most celebrated Canadian alt-rock band of the mid 90s, you selfish, jaded rear end! Once again, Matthew Good Band and Our Lady Peace are overlooked. Did The Barenaked Ladies coin the term "first world problems"? They couldn't even coin "friend with benefits"! The cultural impact of Canadian alt-rock songwriters of the 90's mustn't be reduced to the Chickadee China song! Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to load up my Big Shiny Tunes playlists.
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Go back to your Moxy Fruvous infested beaver lodge.
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The long green thing that came with my chicken kabob and that I popped in my mouth whole was not an okra.
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Plato was actually named Aristocles, "Plato" was just his wrasslin' nickname 
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It means "Broad". A more liberal translation might be "Swole"
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Any time someone talks about the platonic ideal of something, I'm just gonna be imagining it doing a gun show now
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Wish I could go back in time and see Plato's face when I tell him his name has become synonymous with not loving.
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Pat Benatar isnt a dude. I think at some point I accidentally categorized the name with like Frankie Valli-type lounge acts? I do know a bunch of her songs though, it turns out.
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Only one I know is Love Is A Battlefield, but really, do you need any more? Still remember that dance-off against the pimp e: bassline intensifies Phlegmish has a new favorite as of 20:40 on Feb 2, 2024 |
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