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Title: Swearing on Honkin' Down The Highway? Post by: SonicVolcano on February 06, 2013, 12:00:02 PM I was listening to this amazing song on Spotify and then suddenly I heard something I didn't expect: the word f * c k at around 1:21. As if Al made a mistake, because I think it's him.
Is it just me or...? What has been heard... Title: Re: Swearing on Honkin' Down The Highway? Post by: Mr. Cohen on February 06, 2013, 12:18:22 PM No, I hear something like that, too.
And to hijack this thread for a moment so I can ask a different minor musical question, listen to "Don't Fence Me In", which was featured in a Western in the '40s and became quite popular: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5OoiWGygq4 At about 1:34, the same exact bass motif featured prominently in "Rio Grande" is played! Surely just a coincidence? It pops up again in the song, too. And we all know how "That's Why God Made The Radio" sounds quite similar to "Midnight Cowboy" in places. Brian loves his Westerns, I guess. Title: Re: Swearing on Honkin' Down The Highway? Post by: joshferrell on February 06, 2013, 12:30:20 PM Gasp I swear....... ;D
Title: Re: Swearing on Honkin' Down The Highway? Post by: Jim V. on February 06, 2013, 12:36:59 PM No, I hear something like that, too. And to hijack this thread for a moment so I can ask a different minor musical question, listen to "Don't Fence Me In", which was featured in a Western in the '40s and became quite popular: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5OoiWGygq4 At about 1:34, the same exact bass motif featured prominently in "Rio Grande" is played! Surely just a coincidence? It pops up again in the song, too. And we all know how "That's Why God Made The Radio" sounds quite similar to "Midnight Cowboy" in places. Brian loves his Westerns, I guess. Midnight Cowboy isn't really a Western. Title: Re: Swearing on Honkin' Down The Highway? Post by: Mr. Cohen on February 06, 2013, 12:48:56 PM OK, fair enough. But now I'm listening "Corns For My Country" by the Andrews Sisters and that motif pops up yet again. I think it's safe to say Brian was quite aware of this group. Bing Crosby's contemporaneous take of "You Are My Sunshine" could've been an inspiration, too.
Title: Re: Swearing on Honkin' Down The Highway? Post by: anazgnos on February 06, 2013, 02:41:50 PM That's such a stock "western" riff it could have come to Brian by any number of ways.
Title: Re: Swearing on Honkin' Down The Highway? Post by: Jason Penick on February 07, 2013, 04:43:00 PM That's such a stock "western" riff it could have come to Brian by any number of ways. Yes, exactly. You should also apologize to SonicVolcano for blatantly derailing his or her thread when there's already one for random questions of little significance such as yours. Title: Re: Swearing on Honkin' Down The Highway? Post by: Jay on February 07, 2013, 09:26:44 PM Why? He wasn't the one that did it.
Title: Re: Swearing on Honkin' Down The Highway? Post by: Bubba Ho-Tep on February 07, 2013, 09:39:55 PM Midnight Cowboy isn't really a Western. >:D Title: Re: Swearing on Honkin' Down The Highway? Post by: Mike's Beard on February 08, 2013, 06:29:02 AM Al swore because at that exact moment Mike leaned over and whispered in his ear "Hey, guess what? For our next record we're gonna make another Christmas Album!"
Title: Re: Swearing on Honkin' Down The Highway? Post by: hypehat on February 08, 2013, 07:40:32 AM Indeed, as one of Carls tasks as 'mixdown producer' was to edit the wailing sobs of Jardine off the remaining tracks
Title: Re: Swearing on Honkin' Down The Highway? Post by: SonicVolcano on February 08, 2013, 08:11:29 AM Thanks for all the interesting replies ;)
Title: Re: Swearing on Honkin' Down The Highway? Post by: Rocky Raccoon on February 11, 2013, 12:24:07 PM Kind of ironic for there to be some hidden swearing in a song which would be so clean to say "goshdarn" in the lyrics. :lol
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