Why aren’t you in bed yet rubberduck1?
<When my older brother was away in the Army, I wore the needle right thru this slab of vinyl,,,,,,
HRG
Remember 409?
“She’s real fine, my 4-0-9
She’s real fine, my 4-0-9
My 4-0-9”
Loved the car songs back in those days. Many classics though…so, “Wouldn’t it be Nice”?
How many know what a 409 is? Or a “little GTO”?
Enjoy the 409…
<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Walleyestudent Andy Cox wrote:</div>
<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Sharon M wrote:</div>
A “deuce” is shorthand for 1932 Ford “deuce coupe”, a common hot rod from the 1960s.Perhaps a generation behind Sharon. Ever watch American Graffiti? An all time classic…Milner drove the little deuce coupe.
Going back, Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys released “Little Deuce Coupe” in 1963.
“Little deuce Coupe
You don’t know what I got”Enjoy…
When my older brother was away in the Army, I wore the needle right thru this slab of vinyl,,,,,,
HRG
Harrison Ford vs John Milner race in American Graffiti. 2 sweet rides. 
Switching over to movies, another good one is Hollywood Knights.
MTV…launched August 1, 1981.
No. I was referring to Friday Night Videos, which now that I’ve looked it up, debuted in July of 1983. It was a huge hit.
The reason Friday Night Videos was the hit that it was was that Cable TV was not ubiquitous in the early 1980s and many cable systems didn’t carry the fledgling MTV at first.
Purple Rain did not debut on MTV. It was shown in theaters, it was released in the summer of 1984 as I recall. To say it was the teen hit of that summer would be an understatement, although it was slow and uneven to make the rounds of theaters, I’m not sure why. I recall hearing after Prince died that it cost something like $7 million to make and it grossed over $70 million just at the box office alone.
Grouse
Harrison Ford vs John Milner race in American Graffiti. 2 sweet rides.
Switching over to movies, another good one is Hollywood Knights.
All I remember from Hollywood Knights is “has anyone seen Mike Hunt?” 
It was more of a “spoof” of American Graffiti…I’m guessing?
American Graffiti at the time was loaded with a cast that had already arrived or arrived after appearing in that, launching into greater glory. Ha…
starring Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Harrison Ford, Charles Martin Smith, Cindy Williams, Candy Clark, Mackenzie Phillips, Bo Hopkins, and Wolfman Jack. Suzanne Somers and Joe Spano also appear in the film.
<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Walleyestudent Andy Cox wrote:</div>
MTV…launched August 1, 1981.No. I was referring to Friday Night Videos, which now that I’ve looked it up, debuted in July of 1983. It was a huge hit.
The reason Friday Night Videos was the hit that it was was that Cable TV was not ubiquitous in the early 1980s and many cable systems didn’t carry the fledgling MTV at first.
Purple Rain did not debut on MTV. It was shown in theaters, it was released in the summer of 1984 as I recall. To say it was the teen hit of that summer would be an understatement, although it was slow and uneven to make the rounds of theaters, I’m not sure why. I recall hearing after Prince died that it cost something like $7 million to make and it grossed over $70 million just at the box office alone.
Grouse
Ah…so?
Back in 1981, I just got married and moved into our first house with my fresh new wife. Madison Wisconsin.
We started off with that new “cable” tv and had MTV right from the start.
It was on MTV I first watched Purple Rain. Up until then, I was watching a lot of Madonna. 
And I think it’s gonna be a long long time
‘Till touch down brings me round again to find
I’m not the man they think I am at home
Oh no no no I’m a rocket man
Rocket man burning out his fuse up here alone
CCR’s “…There’s a bad moon on the rise…” alternate is “there’s a bathroom on the right.”
My personal fave Elton John lyric “…hold me closer Tony Danza…”
Credit to whomever I heard those from first
Wok the slack box
Really, you guys are gonna let me kill the thread with something as stupid as that
The one lyric that still baffles me to this date. Have never figured out what it means??? Anyone know this one:
Eddie Money – “Take me home tonight”
Take me home tonight
I don’t want to let you go ’til you see the light
Take me home tonight
Listen, honey, just like Ronnie sang
Be my little baby, oh, ho, ohWhat the hell does “just like Ronnie sang mean”! Who is Ronnie? and what did he sing?
-J.
Ronnie is either Ronnie Spector or the Ronnetts. The song is a tribute to “Be My Baby” by the Ronnetts.
And I am a little late answering a question that was already answered…
Oddly enough I sometimes check the classic hits station on the way home in between bad country songs. They played “take me home tonight” the day this post started. Just weird.
I butcher a lot of lyrics. Then I find out the actual words and I always think, yeah that makes sense.
Take me home tonight isn’t necessarily a rare song 
So really, nobody misunderstood the lyrics, “rock the casbah” or whatever? Always thought that was one of the most misheard/misunderstood lyrics of all time…
<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>rubberduck1 wrote:</div>
Why aren’t you in bed yet rubberduck1?
I work til 1 am during the week. 
not a fan of U2 but I thought “the streets have no name” was the streets are running or the streets of London?
<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>mxskeeter wrote:</div>
Harrison Ford vs John Milner race in American Graffiti. 2 sweet rides.
Switching over to movies, another good one is Hollywood Knights.
All I remember from Hollywood Knights is “has anyone seen Mike Hunt?” 
It was more of a “spoof” of American Graffiti…I’m guessing?
WAC sort of a spoof of AG but a little different. Best line in it is where some guys take a leak in some punch at a school teachers party. One of them taste the punch and comments “wow that has got some Wang to it” lmao.
For quite a while I could have swore in Pearl Jams ‘jeremy’ that Eddie Vedder was saying “Jeremy’s smoking 3 packs a day”(spoke in class today)
I thought it was “generally spoken…”
I didn’t know anyone else ever saw “Hollywood Knights”
I think it is hilarious! “Wang to it” too funny
My hearing has been shot since high school. I just grew up totally clueless in regards to song lyrics. For me the song lyrics, were just another instrument adding tone to the tune.
Haha
So I’m not the only one who won’t watch TV without captions 
I vividly remember the day in the early 80’s when the 12′ power Satellite dish was installed in the front yard, like a beacon to the aliens out there !!! Next thing you know, were watching MTV like a boss and some late night stuff I won’t mention here. 
(all our friends wanted to come to our house to “watch TV”) 
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