tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post2379286764521562548..comments2024-01-26T20:41:02.065+13:00Comments on Quote Unquote: Answering to the languageStephen Stratfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00426799380228308536noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post-25813223516003908992010-07-16T12:48:22.672+12:002010-07-16T12:48:22.672+12:00You're no doubt right, Samuel. I relied on my ...You're no doubt right, Samuel. I relied on my memory and couldn't face listening to the song - which I do have somewhere on one of those magazine freebie compilations somewhere - to check it.Stephen Stratfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00426799380228308536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post-56567412753273571052010-07-12T12:28:22.012+12:002010-07-12T12:28:22.012+12:00I believe that line was in fact "faster than ...I believe that line was in fact "faster than a cannonball". Misquotes happen to the best of us...Samuelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12633616551506978330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post-53105254210791373752010-07-11T12:38:02.622+12:002010-07-11T12:38:02.622+12:00Yes Chad, Led Zeppelin did recycle others: see htt...Yes Chad, Led Zeppelin did recycle others: see http://quoteunquotenz.blogspot.com/2008/12/davy-graham-invents-led-zeppelin.html where I claim that "Stairway to Heaven" is based on a Davey Graham piece. And, er, "Squeeze my lemon baby till the juice runs down my leg" is an old blues line. Too many similarly lifted lyrics to list, really, and then there is the debt Jimmy Page owes to Bert Jansch. <br /><br />Cue mention of the Rolling Stones, who are lucky Robert Johnson doesn't have a good lawyer. <br /><br />Cue mention of that line about good artists borrow, great ones steal: there is a good discussion at http://arthistory.about.com/b/2009/01/26/good-artists-borrow-great-artists-steal.htm.Stephen Stratfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00426799380228308536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post-19429158101330377402010-07-11T12:12:35.200+12:002010-07-11T12:12:35.200+12:00Twelve Caesars sang about the unfortunate soup for...Twelve Caesars sang about the unfortunate soup fork man in their 1999 hit "Kick You Out". It may be theirs or it may be earlier. Google said so.<br /><br />It's been around long enough for there to be several blogs called "Man with a fork in a world of soup", a T shirt, and so on.<br />So no points for originality for Mr Gallagher, alas.Little Tinkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post-77077334680052800842010-07-10T22:54:05.787+12:002010-07-10T22:54:05.787+12:00To be fair, didn't Led Zeppelin recycle other ...To be fair, didn't Led Zeppelin recycle other people's songs with ever-diminishing returns?<br /><br />*pulls pin, throws, runs for cover*Chad Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07868991266873391804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post-70864559169691003972010-07-10T15:57:31.324+12:002010-07-10T15:57:31.324+12:00Nick, that sounds all too likely, especially the &...Nick, that sounds all too likely, especially the "deliberately retained because they thought it was funny". <br /><br />Dolts.Stephen Stratfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00426799380228308536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post-90738911015534373052010-07-09T18:15:54.682+12:002010-07-09T18:15:54.682+12:00I think the the misquote in that album title was a...I think the <i>the misquote in that album title</i> was a mistake in a drunken jotting that was then deliberately retained because they thought it was funny.<br /><br />(With anyone else, I'd provide a link to support this statement, but you Stephen will have to find it on Wikipedia yourself.)Nick Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06549980431431402018noreply@blogger.com