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Okay, my lyric was Give a Little Bit, by Supertramp. Not a very well known band, although that song is played a lot (and I even think there was a series of commercials a while back that had a lot of different people singing it or something). Anyway, here's another one:

In a funky fine Levis and her sweater's kind of tight
She had a West coast strut that was sweet as molasses

Game on,

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ZZ Fag Top...

something about sunglasses...

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"Got a wife and kids in Baltimore, Jack
I went out for a ride and I never went back
Like a river that don't know where it's flowing
I took a wrong turn and I just kept going"

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That's Hungry Heart by Bruce Springsteen. Which makes it a moot point that I was going to disqualify your ZZ Top answer for being too offensive for this forum. It's fine that you don't like the band...but there are some younger people that frequent these boards and we try to maintain a PG environment (or less). So...yeah. I shouldn't have to say anything else.

Next quote:

I walked forty-seven miles of barbed wire, I got a cobra snake for a necktie
A brand new house on the road side, and it's a-made out of rattlesnake hide

Game on,

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ZZ Cigerrete Top is offensive in what way now?

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so yea, you should prolly pick a quote that hasn't been used by 50 different bands...

That's like posting

"The Streets of Rome are filled with Rubble"

or

"A Stick, A stone, it's the end of the road"...



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DubOSv10 wrote:
ZZ Cigerrete Top is offensive in what way now?

Everyone knows that's not what you meant. Yes, in some cases, fag could mean cigerrete, but if you're going to try to say that's what you originally meant, you're just going to end up annoying people.

Everyone here is friends with everyone else...I'd advise against trying to pick a fight just because someone said something you don't like. How about just respecting the wishes of Oneiromancer (and probably everyone else)?

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DubOSv10 wrote:
so yea, you should prolly pick a quote that hasn't been used by 50 different bands...

That's like posting

"The Streets of Rome are filled with Rubble"

or

"A Stick, A stone, it's the end of the road"...

I really have no idea what you mean by this. Which quote has been used by 50 different bands? And I don't recognize those two quotes you just said at all...I'm pretty sure you're joking but I really don't get it. Sorry.

Game on,

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The Quote you posted has been Used by

The Grateful Dead
Bo Diddley (Who originally wrote them)
George Thorogood...

and others...

Also...To clearify...

The Songs I posted were "When I paint my masterpeice" by bob dylan...but neil young did it, and countless others...

The second quote is Waters of March, done by oh 30 people or so...

BTW please don't try to tell me what I meant when I said fag...

a fag is a cigarrete...if I had added "get" to the end of it, then it would be offensive...

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Oh boy, I wish this sort of crap had never come up. *sigh*

DubOSv10, I think you'll have a hard time convincing anyone that you actually meant cigarette. It just doesn't make sense, given the context.

I haven't talked to Erik about this, so I'm speaking only for myself. I'm not willing to accept racist, homophobic, or any other prejudicial hate around here. Personally, I'd have absolutely no problem with bans based on this type of behavior, however I'd obviously discuss this with the other admins before doing anything.


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hey man...how can you dispute me on that, were you here when I wrote it, did I say anything about ZZ Top being homosexual?

does fag mean cigerrete...yes simple...



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DubOSv10 wrote:
The Quote you posted has been Used by

The Grateful Dead
Bo Diddley (Who originally wrote them)
George Thorogood...

and others...

Ah yes, I forgot how well covered that song was. My favorite is the Doors version, although I figured that the Thoroughgood version was the most well known.

But that's beside the point. We are not on a forum for classic rock songs, we are on a forum for a great puzzle game. This thread is just to have a little fun. I have posted lots of songs that no one has gotten. Perhaps you would have, had you been around back then. But since they were too obscure for the average puzzle gamer, I try to choose easier ones now, if possible. This thread is more about the fun than the challenge, I think.

Also...To clearify...

The Songs I posted were "When I paint my masterpeice" by bob dylan...but neil young did it, and countless others...

The second quote is Waters of March, done by oh 30 people or so...
Well, I admit that most of my classic rock exposure is through what's played on the radio, although because of that I have bought many CDs and grown to appreciate the lesser known songs rather than the ones overplayed on the radio. I have still never heard of those songs. I'm not too big a fan of Bob Dylan, although I like it when people cover him. I do like Neil Young a lot but I have never heard him do that dong. And I also don't like The Grateful Dead, for what it's worth. (Although I did like it when Bruce Hornsby did I Know You Rider for The Concert for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.)

BTW please don't try to tell me what I meant when I said fag...

a fag is a cigarrete...if I had added "get" to the end of it, then it would be offensive...

Well, perhaps if you had used it in a more appropriate context, we wouldn't be so confused. Since you obviously know what we are talking about, you probably knew that what you said could be misconstrued. It just seems to everyone that you are playing innocent just because the word can have a double meaning. But context is important...and when I see what you wrote, "cigarette" is definitely not the first thing that comes to mind. Especially because ZZ Top is pretty well know for their "sexy" videos and their songs about sex, which is not exactly directly related to cigarettes (indirectly, perhaps). And therefore one could disparagingly think that their obsession with heterosexual images is hiding their true orientations. Thus, the definition of "fag" that we think you are using is the reasonable one in practically anyone's experience.

Game on,

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Please look fag up in the dictionary...



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You are in denial, my friend. We all know that "fag" has two main meanings. And we all know what those two meanings are. And we have all heard or made jokes which switch the two meanings. This is nothing new.

Game on,

[Edited by Oneiromancer on 09-11-2003 at 07:23 AM]

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It doesn't matter what the dictionary says. And no matter what you argue, we're not going to believe you. Sorry, but what you said strongly implies homosexuality, and not cigarettes. Whether you meant it that way or not, that is what most of us are reading into it.

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how does it imply homosexuality...when fag only means homosexual in slang terms...I wasn't speaking slang...so I dunno...how do you know what something implies buddy Please explain...

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Let's stop arguing about this. There's a lot of places on the internet for flamewars and we don't need them here.

Dub, whatever your intention was, consider how others will react to what you say before posting.

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gotcha, I have no problem with that...I'll use different wording...

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ErikH2000 wrote:
Let's stop arguing about this. There's a lot of places on the internet for flamewars and we don't need them here.

No, Erik, you see, we were just having a little demonstration for Noah, you know he's new to this forum stuff, and he's never seen a flame war before, and we staged this whole thing, yeah, that's the ticket...and we were introducing him to trolling too...



Okay, we already discussed my last quote, although not in a very friendly way. It was Who Do You Love by many many groups, as Dub pointed out. Let's just try another one, shall we? Yes, it is probably a very easy one...just give us the name and the group, and we'll all be happy playmates...

Paranoia strikes deep
Into your life it will creep
It starts when you're always afraid
You step out of line, the man come and take you away

Game on,

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I was just making a point, wasn't trying to hurt your feelings buddy...

Sounds like Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young...or just the prior three...

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Bloody hell...

I spend some time doing actual university stuff, and I come back and find people in all my favourite haunts acting like 3-year-olds. Anyway, I'm glad that's settled.

Maybe it's just something in the water. Or the TV, whatever.

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DubOSv10 wrote:
I was just making a point, wasn't trying to hurt your feelings buddy...

Sounds like Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young...or just the prior three...

Hey, no feelings hurt, just having fun being sarcastic. Anyway, no, the quote is not CSNY or just CSN...similar style though.

Game on,

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Mattcrampy wrote:
Bloody hell...

Let's not start the argument up again.

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I apologise.

It's just it's not offensive here in the land of the pirates, Australia, and I often forget that in many other places, it is.

Though I hold that if it was in a Muppets movie, I might be safe.

Anyway, let's go back to the quote.

What was it?

Matt

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Or we could be in the lands of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series, where "blood and bloody ashes" is a curse.

Actually, my favorite example of this is in a book by Ira Levin, called "This Perfect Day." It's one of those "individualism-vs.-collectivism" utopian books, kind of like 1984 (which I liked) or some of those Ayn Rand books (which never captivated me, although Anthem was okay). In any case, this world is so "utopian" that the word "fight" is as bad as our f-word is considered today. This makes some of the conversations quite surreal/funny. But if you are into those kind of dystopian novels I highly recommend this one. (Yes, I know this belongs in a different topic, but it is kind of related to the current discussion.)

Ahem. The quote, Matt, is about 6 posts up.

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Mattcrampy wrote:
I apologise.

Oh! I wasn't picking at "bloody". I was just thinking in general, there's no need to get back into the argument caused by that other word.

Okay, now I will tell myself to shut up, so people can carry on. I have no idea what the current lyrics go to.

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I was joking, Neil. The thread's been hijacked, although that's what happens on the Anything board.

In an effort to combat hijacking, I end with my guess:

Okay, I don't, as I don't have a clue. Anyone else?

Matt



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I know those lyrics have been used by CSN...

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But I'm sure someone else used them...I just don't know of them...

how about a hint...please...wink wink

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Hmmm...perhaps CSNY covered this song...perhaps this band had one or two of the CSNY guys in it before CSNY started...

Game on,

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