Cryptically-disguised song lyrics

ribbons · 01-31-2023, 01:41 PM

20 rounds?!

'Tis a fine Irish fighter y'are, McTrollheart.

Trollheart · 01-31-2023, 01:54 PM

Well, as long as ye keep playin' em I'll keep writin' 'em, can't say fairer than that now can I?

Saulaac · 01-31-2023, 03:33 PM

Are we playing by Queensberry rules? Cos the only way I'll get any of these is by sneaking in a low shot i.e. google

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Song 2

Claim I am a stranger to you, that my face is unknown to you
Advise me that it is a matter of pure indifference to you who attends such an establishment
Almost waist-deep in the unnecessary fuss and kerfuffle,
Floundering in the combat in which you are engaged
More children leaving home than you can count consuming the darkest hours.
Inventor of the telegraph broadcasts dance music, give your ear to the wireless, do you not recall?

"We Built This City" – Starship

“Inventor of the telegraph broadcasts dance music”, haha good one. And there was I scrambling around for “Morse is playing disco”, when in fact it is “Marconi plays the mamba”.

Trollheart · 01-31-2023, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Saulaac

Are we playing by Queensberry rules? Cos the only way I'll get any of these is by sneaking in a low shot i.e. google

I'd prefer Google to keep its big interfering know-it-all nose out, but sure, if you have to use it you don't have to tell me.

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"We Built This City" – Starship

“Inventor of the telegraph broadcasts dance music”, haha good one. And there was I scrambling around for “Morse is playing disco”, when in fact it is “Marconi plays the mamba”.

Well done! Hah you would not believe how hard it was to find an alternate way to say "hoopla". Didn't even know what it was!

ribbons · 01-31-2023, 09:33 PM

Well done Saulaac

! (I was thinking "Morse" on that one too.)

I just googled Queensberry Rules, because I hadn't the foggiest. *affects British marchioness accent*

My favorite is:

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Rule 11—No shoes or boots with springs allowed.

There's too much kerfuffle in this thread. *marchioness stomps off*

ribbons · 02-01-2023, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Song 4

We do not depart separately yet even so this is goodbye
Perhaps we shall return one day to our home planet, who knows what may happen?
It must be supposed that nobody is culpable
We ascend into the sky
Is it possible, at some point, that our situation will once again be as it is now?

It's "The Final Countdown" by Europe.

Bolded lines I interpreted as, "We're leaving together but it's still farewell / Maybe we'll return to earth, who knows what may happen? / I guess no one's to blame"

Then I got stuck and googled!

Never would have guessed the song were it not for googlin'.

Trollheart · 02-01-2023, 01:21 PM

She's on a roll again!

Yeah, see sometimes the verses aren't as well known as the chorus, but to re-interpret the chorus would usually give it away, so I stay away from choruses. Especially unceasing ones. And ones that raise. Unceasingly.

Saulaac · 02-02-2023, 05:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Song 3
It is indeed good luck that you possess a person who is dependent upon you
You and I began as companions but thinking about you creates a landslide in my mind
The disease has progressed too far and the time to ignore it has now passed
You and I began as companions.

"It is indeed good luck that you possess a person who is dependent upon you" / "Fortunately you have got, someone who relies on you"

“Sign Your Name” - Terence Trent D'Arby

Needed some AI help there, so I guess that's what you'd call getting one in the 'googlies'

Trollheart · 02-02-2023, 05:18 AM

Hey, you guys are getting there!

ribbons · 02-02-2023, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Song 1

During the early sixties your voice came to my ears via the radio
As I failed to sleep and moved the dial to the station from which you were being broadcast
If my tender age did not prevent you.
You did not receive due renown for your sophomore composition
Edited and amended with the latest state-of-the-art machinery
And at this point, the issue becomes clear to me, as you note
I encountered your offspring though I have no idea what the gist of your conversation with them was.

See bolded.

"sophomore composition" = "second symphony"
"I encountered your offspring" = "I met your children"

^ Not enough for an educated guess, but enough for me to google!

The Buggles - "Video Killed The Radio Star"

01-31-2023, 01:54 PM	#142 (permalink)
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02-01-2023, 01:21 PM	#147 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	She's on a roll again! Yeah, see sometimes the verses aren't as well known as the chorus, but to re-interpret the chorus would usually give it away, so I stay away from choruses. Especially unceasing ones. And ones that raise. Unceasingly. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

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01-31-2023, 01:41 PM	#141 (permalink)
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