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Post by Norman ‘Whiplash’ Mailer on Oct 20, 2023 21:29:27 GMT
Hey guys, am I hearing the end of “Angry” wrong? Isn’t Mick saying “taking the piss” (the common British/Commonwealth expression)? The various lyrics sites list it as “taking the pills”, as does this WaPo review:I just cannot hear any “L” sound there at all, and Mick using the “taking the piss” expression would be perfectly appropriate. What say you? The official lyric video says “pills”
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Post by daved on Oct 20, 2023 21:31:09 GMT
Well pills does rhyme with Brazil.
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Post by Boozin' Susan on Oct 20, 2023 21:41:00 GMT
Norman ‘Whiplash’ Mailer, thanks for your research. Fair enough, but I can’t help but wonder if that’s just down to some peon at the record company mishearing it / not knowing the slang expression. (Guess I’ll just have to ask Mick myself the next time he drops by for an interview…)
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Post by Brick Wall on Oct 20, 2023 22:09:46 GMT
Back then I first thought Duran Duran were singing Girls on Pills. So what do I know.
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Post by Chicken in Black on Oct 20, 2023 23:50:54 GMT
According to the lyrics in the booklet, it's "pills". Maybe "piss" was sanitized in the transcription to trick the radios into accepting the single without censorship, but there's definitely "fucking" in Bite My Head Off, so there doesn't appear to be any of this freaking PG-13 fake stuff.
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Post by hoffa_nagila on Oct 20, 2023 23:58:49 GMT
I buried Pill
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Post by idontpostthere on Oct 21, 2023 7:32:59 GMT
I say p*ss.
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Post by daved on Oct 21, 2023 10:00:32 GMT
Have not watched the video review from that dick weed Martin Popoff but all I know is he is an absolutely insufferable asshole.
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Post by idontpostthere on Oct 21, 2023 11:53:06 GMT
Somebody probably got the AI wrong and his singing/note was bent into the wrong shape or something.
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Post by idontpostthere on Oct 21, 2023 11:55:36 GMT
Have not watched the video review from that dick weed Martin Popoff but all I know is he is an absolutely insufferable asshole. I can't understand how someone who's so frequently wrong can be quite so smug.
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Post by sₚⲁᵣₖydₒg on Oct 21, 2023 15:29:55 GMT
Ask Skeev. He could send a cable to Sir Mick. His Mum is British, for barmy's sake!
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Post by Brick Wall on Oct 21, 2023 16:53:09 GMT
Dead chuffed, mate.
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Post by Sanjay Gupton on Oct 21, 2023 19:05:31 GMT
Have not watched the video review from that dick weed Martin Popoff but all I know is he is an absolutely insufferable asshole. I can't understand how someone who's so frequently wrong can be quite so smug. Popoff has generally awful taste in music. The good thing is he's consistent, which is useful to me. Like the Pitchfork review that gave The Stones a 4.5. I've found that if Pitchfork hates something, it seems like I'll love it. Same with Popoff. If he loves something or doesn't understand why people don't see the brilliance of a 2nd tier metal band like Accept without Udo Dirkschneider I feel it's probably a good idea for me to ignore it. I read his web page to look at his books once, and he seems to think that a valid reason to read his books is because some of them are really heavy. He likes to tell you how much they weigh, because I guess the weight of a book helps tell you just how great it is.
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Post by gary191265 on Oct 21, 2023 22:57:12 GMT
I've not followed any threads about the new album here or on the SHite forum but has anyone mentioned how much 'Bite My Head Off' rips off 'Liar' by the Pistols?
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Post by idontpostthere on Oct 22, 2023 9:50:03 GMT
I can't understand how someone who's so frequently wrong can be quite so smug. Popoff has generally awful taste in music. The good thing is he's consistent, which is useful to me. I mean wrong about facts, not subject opinions, but now you mention it… While I'm here, The Quietus review: thequietus.com/articles/33511-rolling-stones-hackney-diamonds-reviewQ: The Rolling Stones? A: Possibly a Beatles dunnit.
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