Song repair/rebuttal thread

[RedCloud]

Have you ever wanted to fix a song? Well now's your chance!

[RedCloud]

1. Yes, Carly Simon I do think your song is about him...

Check out your use of the pronoun "you".

You walked into the party like you were walking onto a yacht
Your hat strategically dipped below one eye
Your scarf it was apricot
You had one eye in the mirror as you watched yourself gavotte
And all the girls dreamed that they'd be your partner
They'd be your partner, and...

You're so vain, you probably think this song is about you
You're so vain, I'll bet you think this song is about you
Don't you? Don't You?

You had me several years ago when I was still quite naive
Well you said that we made such a pretty pair
And that you would never leave
But you gave away the things you loved and one of them was me
I had some dreams, they were clouds in my coffee
Clouds in my coffee, and...

You're so vain, you probably think this song is about you
You're so vain, I'll bet you think this song is about you
Don't you? Don't You? Don't You?

I had some dreams they were clouds in my coffee
Clouds in my coffee, and...

You're so vain, you probably think this song is about you
You're so vain, I'll bet you think this song is about you
Don't you? Don't You?

Well I hear you went up to Saratoga and your horse naturally won
Then you flew your lear jet up to Nova Scotia
To see the total eclipse of the sun
Well you're where you should be all the time
And when you're not you're with
Some underworld spy or the wife of a close friend
Wife of a close friend, and...

You're so vain, you probably think this song is about you
You're so vain, I'll bet you think this song is about you
Don't you? Don't You? Don't you?

You're so vain, you probably think this song is about you
You're so vain, you probably think this song is about you

[Taverner]

2. FInd a replacement for "Lickety-Splitly" by the Eagles

[RedCloud]

3. It's "desesperado" not "desperado" Eagles et alia!

desesperado {adj. m} (also: desesperada, desaforado, desaforada)

desperate {adj.}

Se trata de un intento desesperado por mantener el control sobre estos parásitos.

What a desperate attempt to get to grips with this parasite!

Desperado , why don't you come to your senses?
You been out ridin' fences for so long now
Oh, you're a hard one
I know that you got your reasons
These things that are pleasin' you
Can hurt you somehow

[Scruffy Rumbler]

4. Niel Youngs "After the Gold Rush"

"Look at Mother Nature on the run, in the 1970's"
Should now be...
"Look at Mother Nature on the run, chasing down humanity"

[Bucky]

5. "Girls Just Wanna Have Fu-un" is now "Girls Just Want a Half Onion"

and it's about cooking

[Bucky]

6. two pink cadillacs

Aretha

Freeway of Love

Knew you'd be a vision in white
How'd you get those pants so tight?
Don't know what you're doin'
But you must be livin' right

We got some places to see
I brought all the maps with me
So jump right in...Ain't no sin
Take a ride in my machine

City traffic movin' way too slow
Drop the pedal and go, go, go

Goin' ridin' on the freeway of love
Wind's against our back
Goin' ridin' on the freeway of love
In my pink cadillac
Goin' ridin' on the freeway of love
Wind's against our back
Ain't we ridin' on the freeway of love
In my pink Cadillac?

Never you mind the exit signs
We got lots of time
We can't quit 'til we get
To the other side

With the radio playin' our song
We keep rollin' on
Who knows how far a car can get
Before you think about slowin' on down

City traffic movin' way too slow
Drop the pedal and go, go, go



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Bruce

Pink Cadillac

You may think I'm foolish
For the foolish things I do
You may wonder how come I love you
When you get on my nerves like you do
Well baby you know you bug me
There ain't no secret 'bout that
Well come on over here and hug me
Baby I'll spill the facts
Well honey it ain't your money
'Cause baby I got plenty of that
I love you for your pink Cadillac
Crushed velvet seats
Riding in the back
Oozing down the street
Waving to the girls
Feeling out of sight
Spending all my money
On a Saturday night
Honey I just wonder what you do there in back
Of your pink Cadillac
Pink Cadillac

Well now way back in the Bible
Temptations always come along
There's always somebody tempting
Somebody into doing something they know is wrong
Well they tempt you, man, with silver
And they tempt you, sir, with gold
And they tempt you with the pleasures
That the flesh does surely hold
They say Eve tempted Adam with an apple
But man I ain't going for that
I know it was her pink Cadillac
Crushed velvet seats
Riding in the back
Oozing down the street
Waving to the girls
Feeling out of sight
Spending all my money
On a Saturday night
Honey I just wonder what it feels like in the back
Of your pink Cadillac

Now some folks say it's too big
And uses too much gas
Some folks say it's too old
And that it goes too fast
But my love is bigger than a Honda
It's bigger than a Subaru
Hey man there's only one thing
And one car that will do
Anyway we don't have to drive it
Honey we can park it out in back
And have a party in your pink Cadillac

[TrogL]

7. Is the bleed-through in the bridge for "Whole lotta love" supposed to be there?

[RedCloud]

8. Okay Kansas, your Dust in the wind...

Now don't hang on
Nothin' last forever but the earth and sky
It slips away
And all your money won't another minute buy

Sad to break this news, but when the Earth starts to slow down to 26 hour days, the sun will have consumed our atmosphere as she expands her coronas and devour it all completely leaving all organisms dead beyond recogition. Consumption of the Earth will take a while longer.

[Populist_Prole]

9. Too many to list. Something general though: It always bugged me so many songs had no proper ending

You know it when you hear it; They end the song by just repeating the chorus ( or a part thereof ) over and over and over again as the sound fades. I like a good solid ending. A strong riff that waps it up.

You know they can do it since many bands' studio tracks with run-on endings are played live with a pronounced ending, some good, some kind of obviously ad-libbed lame, but better than a run-on ending befitting a cheesy band on a TV variety show.