I was listening to REM this morning and had a sudden fond memory of my youngest brother singing along to Green when I became obsessed with it as a teenager. He was 7 and had trouble with some of the lyrics.
Michael Stipe [Pop Song 89]: Should we talk about the weather? hi, hi, hi. Should we talk about the government? hi, hi, hi.
Paul [dancing around the dining room table, probably with a recent buzz cut]: Shouldn’t talk about the weather. ay, yi yi. Shouldn’t talk about the weatherman. ay, yi yi.
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Jack is TWO!
10 years ago
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Was it you or your other brother who sang "Oh, oh, oh, oh fungalumbus time." to Billy Joel's "For the Longest Time"?
That would be the other brother. I remember it as "funga-lung-us time."
My poor roommate in college, David Jacobs, had the hardest time with this as an adult. We would laugh our butts off listening to him massacre lyrics. Just a couple of examples...Angie by the Stones was.."I lay in jail, I lay in jail"...it actually works! Allison by Elvis Costello was..."I had a son, I know this world is killing you, I had a son, my aim is true" We never ever corrected him because the entertainment factor was so high. David, I love you.
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