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MadMax
?? How could anyone question the fact that he says "Watch it!"??
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WillInUK
I think it's "watcha"
English young person slang for hello.
Back in the day.
Sounds plausible. In the Harry Potter novels there is a character who says "Wotcher" is that the same thing?
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Nikkei
It stands to argue if Mick really did say "watch it" as opposed to "what shit" in the beginning of this track. Waht's your take?
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Nikkei
It stands to argue if Mick really did say "watch it" as opposed to "what shit" in the beginning of this track. Waht's your take?
Come on, are you kidding? (Maybe you are, I often fall for these things).
Maybe he says "what sit?" or "watch hit" or "Wa? T's a hit!" or ...
But no, obviously he says "watch it".
What I am wondering about though, is why they never tried that cool opening of the studio version live. I think I read some place that they tried once but it failed, but how can it fail? It's not really complicated to play that right, I'd think.
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Nikkei
It stands to argue if Mick really did say "watch it" as opposed to "what shit" in the beginning of this track. Waht's your take?
Come on, are you kidding? (Maybe you are, I often fall for these things).
Maybe he says "what sit?" or "watch hit" or "Wa? T's a hit!" or ...
But no, obviously he says "watch it".
What I am wondering about though, is why they never tried that cool opening of the studio version live. I think I read some place that they tried once but it failed, but how can it fail? It's not really complicated to play that right, I'd think.
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MadMax
?? How could anyone question the fact that he says "Watch it!"??
Probably the fact that some people trust their own ears over a majority opinion. Just a guess.
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MadMax
?? How could anyone question the fact that he says "Watch it!"??
Probably the fact that some people trust their own ears over a majority opinion. Just a guess.
Well, this is a good one. I always took the opening words to be "one two". Clearly in the excellent video though it's "Watch it". Playing the official single release I hear "1-2", but hell it could be "watch it" as well. Our brains tend to lock something in, and in this case I have been locked in with "1-2" since that song first hit AM radio and it's stuck that way since I was 15.
On another note, can someone clarify the last word/words on Mothers Little Helper?
It's either hey, good day, or goody? Probably wrong on all three....
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Nikkei
It stands to argue if Mick really did say "watch it" as opposed to "what shit" in the beginning of this track. Waht's your take?
Come on, are you kidding? (Maybe you are, I often fall for these things).
Maybe he says "what sit?" or "watch hit" or "Wa? T's a hit!" or ...
But no, obviously he says "watch it".
What I am wondering about though, is why they never tried that cool opening of the studio version live. I think I read some place that they tried once but it failed, but how can it fail? It's not really complicated to play that right, I'd think.
They tried it in 1989. Didn't sound very good, though.
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MadMax
?? How could anyone question the fact that he says "Watch it!"??
Probably the fact that some people trust their own ears over a majority opinion. Just a guess.
Well, this is a good one. I always took the opening words to be "one two". Clearly in the excellent video though it's "Watch it". Playing the official single release I hear "1-2", but hell it could be "watch it" as well. Our brains tend to lock something in, and in this case I have been locked in with "1-2" since that song first hit AM radio and it's stuck that way since I was 15.
On another note, can someone clarify the last word/words on Mothers Little Helper?
It's either hey, good day, or goody? Probably wrong on all three....
I hear, "Through your busy dying day."
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Nikkei
It stands to argue if Mick really did say "watch it" as opposed to "what shit" in the beginning of this track. Waht's your take?
Come on, are you kidding? (Maybe you are, I often fall for these things).
Maybe he says "what sit?" or "watch hit" or "Wa? T's a hit!" or ...
But no, obviously he says "watch it".
What I am wondering about though, is why they never tried that cool opening of the studio version live. I think I read some place that they tried once but it failed, but how can it fail? It's not really complicated to play that right, I'd think.
They tried it in 1989. Didn't sound very good, though.
Yes, but why? Do you have a soundclip of that? Isn't it just a few times repeating "guitar-roll" in B (Which he does a number of times during the song as well) and then an E (or B4) and a D (A4?), with the bass pushing the rhythm up?
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DandelionPowderman
Here's one attempt. They tried it a few times more. He plays it right just once here
[youtu.be]
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DandelionPowderman
Here's one attempt. They tried it a few times more. He plays it right just once here
[youtu.be]
Even here Mick doesn't sing "I was born" like he does on the studio version (he goes up several notes on "born"). Are there any live versions where he sings "I was born" just like on the record?
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DandelionPowderman
Here's one attempt. They tried it a few times more. He plays it right just once here
[youtu.be]
Even here Mick doesn't sing "I was born" like he does on the studio version (he goes up several notes on "born"). Are there any live versions where he sings "I was born" just like on the record?
Drew
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keefriff99Maybe the Rock'n'Roll Circus.Quote
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DandelionPowderman
Here's one attempt. They tried it a few times more. He plays it right just once here
[youtu.be]
Even here Mick doesn't sing "I was born" like he does on the studio version (he goes up several notes on "born"). Are there any live versions where he sings "I was born" just like on the record?
Drew
Mick replaced the languid vocal delivery of the original with a more energetic and propulsive vocal for live performances.
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The very first word of the Rolling Stones' "Jumpin' Jack Flash" and
I distinctly remember when the Brit soap opera "Eastenders" was introduced in the US, the host of the show explained what the term meant, because it was used in the show's dialog and American audiences needed to be educated about it. As an aside, British readers might be amused to know that PBS, which aired the series in America, was torn about whether to run the show with subtitles, as the East End accents (and some words like Nick Cotton's use of "blancmange") were difficult for Americans to process.
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Topi
On the topic of whether Mick says "one-two!" or "watch it", not that it means much, but the ABKCO lyric video has the words "watch it"
[www.youtube.com]
(I used to think it's "one-two")
Also, see here:
[english.stackexchange.com]
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Topi
On the topic of whether Mick says "one-two!" or "watch it", not that it means much, but the ABKCO lyric video has the words "watch it"
[www.youtube.com]
(I used to think it's "one-two")
Also, see here:
[english.stackexchange.com]
'One, two' makes far more sense. What does 'watch it', mean? 'Watch' what??
Never have I read anywhere that it's 'watch it' Still, you learn something new everyday, I suppose!
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Topi
On the topic of whether Mick says "one-two!" or "watch it", not that it means much, but the ABKCO lyric video has the words "watch it"
[www.youtube.com]
(I used to think it's "one-two")
Also, see here:
[english.stackexchange.com]
'One, two' makes far more sense. What does 'watch it', mean? 'Watch' what??
Never have I read anywhere that it's 'watch it' Still, you learn something new everyday, I suppose!
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Topi
On the topic of whether Mick says "one-two!" or "watch it", not that it means much, but the ABKCO lyric video has the words "watch it"
[www.youtube.com]
(I used to think it's "one-two")
Also, see here:
[english.stackexchange.com]
'One, two' makes far more sense. What does 'watch it', mean? 'Watch' what??
Never have I read anywhere that it's 'watch it' Still, you learn something new everyday, I suppose!
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emotionalbarbecue
After all this years I am not able to accept they sing a lot sentences which allegedly are sung. For instance in Brown Sugar "You should have heard him just around midnight" and many more...
Some sentences are sung (to my ears) as if their mouths where full of cookies as they sing...