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Do you say Fables of the Reconstruction or Reconstruction of the Fables?
Started by Trytek, Jul 12 2011 08:01 AM
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Posted 12 July 2011 - 08:48 AM
I say Fables of the Reconstruction and I pronounce 9-9: nine nine...
There's also Swan Swan H... Is it right to say Swan Swan "Hu" like "hummingbird"?
I've read it somewhere...
There's also Swan Swan H... Is it right to say Swan Swan "Hu" like "hummingbird"?
I've read it somewhere...
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Posted 12 July 2011 - 09:15 AM
Fables of the Reconstruction and nine to nine.
One for sorrow, Two for joy, Three for a girl, Four for a boy, Five for silver, Six for gold, Seven for a secret never to be told, Eight's a kiss, Nine's a wish,
And Ten is an evening ending in bliss.
And Ten is an evening ending in bliss.
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Posted 12 July 2011 - 09:19 AM
king.of.comedy, on 12 July 2011 - 08:48 AM, said:
There's also Swan Swan H... Is it right to say Swan Swan "Hu" like "hummingbird"?
A few years ago Stipe 'fessed up that it should have been "Swan Swan Hummingbird" all along.
"We were listening to the UNC radio (station) there and they were playing an R.E.M. song. I like R.E.M. fine, but at the end of it, the DJ says, 'Ya that was R.E.M., the sound of the new South'. I looked at my roommate and we said, Gawd, if that's the sound of the new South, I preferred it when it was on the skids. That's how we got the name."
- Rick Miller of Southern Culture on the Skids
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Posted 12 July 2011 - 09:37 AM
Fables Of The Reconstruction. Always been confused about the 9-9 thing. For some reason I thought it was 9 yards. 
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Posted 12 July 2011 - 10:24 AM
Fables of the Reconstruction.
Nine Nine
Swan Swan H.
OOh-Berlin
Nine Nine
Swan Swan H.
OOh-Berlin
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Posted 12 July 2011 - 04:07 PM
Fables of the Reconstruction of the Fables.
Nine-nine.
Swan, swan, aitch because I feel dumb going "huh."
South Central Rain.
Nine-nine.
Swan, swan, aitch because I feel dumb going "huh."
South Central Rain.
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Posted 12 July 2011 - 07:05 PM
Fables of the Reconstruction
Nine Nine
Swan Swan H (sound of the letter)
Oo-Berlin
Southern Central Rain
What about the hidden song on Green? When I ripped the CD it said "[Untitled Hidden Track]" but I prefer "The Eleventh Untitled Song" for tagging purposes.
One Million, A Million, or just Million for 1,000,000?
Nine Nine
Swan Swan H (sound of the letter)
Oo-Berlin
Southern Central Rain
What about the hidden song on Green? When I ripped the CD it said "[Untitled Hidden Track]" but I prefer "The Eleventh Untitled Song" for tagging purposes.
One Million, A Million, or just Million for 1,000,000?
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Posted 12 July 2011 - 07:34 PM
Oowatanite, on 12 July 2011 - 07:05 PM, said:
What about the hidden song on Green? When I ripped the CD it said "[Untitled Hidden Track]" but I prefer "The Eleventh Untitled Song" for tagging purposes.
I don't really think this will help answer your question but this is from the Q & A Stipe did a few years ago on Matthew Perpetua's Pop Songs blog:
There is a song on Green called “untitled” what was your thoughts on a possible title at the time? Was there a working title for the eleventh untitled song from Green? I heard it was So awake, Volunteer. Any others?
at the time it was really cool to have unlisted, ‘hidden’ tracks for the fans, and that was ours. Its untitled because we just pretended like it didn’t exist. I really wrote it to my Mom and Dad, from the road. We basically toured the entire 1980’s and I didn’t see my family much.
"We were listening to the UNC radio (station) there and they were playing an R.E.M. song. I like R.E.M. fine, but at the end of it, the DJ says, 'Ya that was R.E.M., the sound of the new South'. I looked at my roommate and we said, Gawd, if that's the sound of the new South, I preferred it when it was on the skids. That's how we got the name."
- Rick Miller of Southern Culture on the Skids
- Rick Miller of Southern Culture on the Skids
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Posted 14 July 2011 - 06:39 PM
Oowatanite, on 12 July 2011 - 07:05 PM, said:
One Million, A Million, or just Million for 1,000,000?
I say "one million"....
"I wound up figuring out something that I had never been able to figure out before, which was: who am I after R.E.M.? I now know, and I’m OK with it. I’m just not a whole lot without them. I’ve got a nice voice and good cheekbones, but without those guys writing songs with me, I don’t know that anyone would ever hear what I have to say.” . . ---Michael Stipe
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Posted 15 July 2011 - 12:59 AM
Fables of the Reconstructions
South Central Rain
Nine to nine
Million
Swan Swan Hummingbird
Why would you say Ooh-Berlin BTW? I say Youberlin.
South Central Rain
Nine to nine
Million
Swan Swan Hummingbird
Why would you say Ooh-Berlin BTW? I say Youberlin.
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"Conventional wisdom would dictate that when the singer is trying to hit the high note and not quite getting there, the last thing you should do is tickle him! No tickling the lead singer when he is reaching for a note that he can no longer hit, OK?" JMS, post-audience visit during The One I Love in Bergen, 2008
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"Conventional wisdom would dictate that when the singer is trying to hit the high note and not quite getting there, the last thing you should do is tickle him! No tickling the lead singer when he is reaching for a note that he can no longer hit, OK?" JMS, post-audience visit during The One I Love in Bergen, 2008
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Posted 15 July 2011 - 03:03 AM
Sweden, on 15 July 2011 - 12:59 AM, said:
Fables of the Reconstructions
South Central Rain
Nine to nine
Million
Swan Swan Hummingbird
Why would you say Ooh-Berlin BTW? I say Youberlin.
South Central Rain
Nine to nine
Million
Swan Swan Hummingbird
Why would you say Ooh-Berlin BTW? I say Youberlin.
Maybe because it's the german 'Ü', which is pronounced like Stipe does, surely not with the 'You' sound.
One for sorrow, Two for joy, Three for a girl, Four for a boy, Five for silver, Six for gold, Seven for a secret never to be told, Eight's a kiss, Nine's a wish,
And Ten is an evening ending in bliss.
And Ten is an evening ending in bliss.
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Posted 15 July 2011 - 04:07 AM
Blue, on 15 July 2011 - 03:03 AM, said:
Maybe because it's the german 'Ü', which is pronounced like Stipe does, surely not with the 'You' sound.
Huh? The German Ü is certainly not pronounced "ooh" or "ouh" but like a Y is in the Nordic countries. It has no obvious similarity in English and many other languages. It's [ue] phonetically, similar in some way to the wovel sound in "pew" and like the "ue" in the French "rue". So I'd says it must either be "Überlin" like in German, or "Youberlin" from a alphabetical pronounciation in English. No "Ouhberlin", no matter what JMS says...
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"Conventional wisdom would dictate that when the singer is trying to hit the high note and not quite getting there, the last thing you should do is tickle him! No tickling the lead singer when he is reaching for a note that he can no longer hit, OK?" JMS, post-audience visit during The One I Love in Bergen, 2008
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"Conventional wisdom would dictate that when the singer is trying to hit the high note and not quite getting there, the last thing you should do is tickle him! No tickling the lead singer when he is reaching for a note that he can no longer hit, OK?" JMS, post-audience visit during The One I Love in Bergen, 2008
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Posted 15 July 2011 - 07:27 AM
Sweden, on 15 July 2011 - 04:07 AM, said:
Huh? The German Ü is certainly not pronounced "ooh" or "ouh" but like a Y is in the Nordic countries. It has no obvious similarity in English and many other languages. It's [ue] phonetically, similar in some way to the wovel sound in "pew" and like the "ue" in the French "rue". So I'd says it must either be "Überlin" like in German, or "Youberlin" from a alphabetical pronounciation in English. No "Ouhberlin", no matter what JMS says...
That's how I pronounce Überlin, the way the Germans do. Maybe it's because I studied German for five years at school, albeit some hundred years ago - or so it feels like...
Others:
South Central Rain
Swan Swan Hummingbird
Nine Nine
Million
Untitled
Fables of the Reconstruction
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