A non-english-speaking man's adventure to understand Chaka Khan...

andrea.from.roma · **on:** October 12, 2009, 05:44:53 PM

Ok, I know this is weird, but bear with me: I've got this nice album, "Funk This", by Chaka Khan, and I like it. I'm not even a big fan, but the first song, "Back in the day", just got me. And I listen to it 24/7. Since my english still needs "a sharpening" (

), a few parts of the lyrics are still a mistery to me. And the internet, believe it or not, wasn't helpful at all!

Now, does anybody of you guys have the lyrics to this song?

Please, I know Chaka Khan isn't exactly the best way to improve my english...

Thanks in advance,

A.

Mike, Lord of the Spammers! · **Reply #1 on:** October 12, 2009, 05:54:02 PM

I can't find them either

ducttapetech · **Reply #2 on:** October 12, 2009, 05:56:31 PM

I even tried Youtube, and had no luck. Sorry man.

WhichDawg · **Reply #3 on:** October 12, 2009, 06:24:45 PM

I get "up and coming album" and lyrics not available but
if it's a remake song I do see "back in the day" lyrics from other groups
(like Megadeth and others) maybe they are the same

Freudian Frog · **Reply #4 on:** October 12, 2009, 07:33:18 PM

Can't find it. The way she sings is hard to follow, too.

Guess I grew up fast in Chi-town
School, clean up, homework, lights out
Momma was strict about them kids running in and out
Street lights meant you better be in that house

Go to bed when it's light outside
Up... something... something.... mumble...

Then I lose her.

Medic82 · **Reply #5 on:** October 12, 2009, 08:10:33 PM

This was a hard one.

andrea.from.roma · **Reply #6 on:** October 12, 2009, 09:39:33 PM

Quote from: Mike, Lord of the Spammers! on October 12, 2009, 05:54:02 PM

I can't find them either

Quote from: ducttapetech on October 12, 2009, 05:56:31 PM

I even tried Youtube, and had no luck. Sorry man.

Thanks guys.

Quote from: WhichDawg on October 12, 2009, 06:24:45 PM

I get "up and coming album" and lyrics not available but
if it's a remake song I do see "back in the day" lyrics from other groups
(like Megadeth and others) maybe they are the same

Thanks, my friend. I've noticed that too, I'll try to find out if that song has benn written by somebody else.

PS I would pay millions to listen to a Megadeth cover by Chaka Khan.

Quote from: Freudian Frog on October 12, 2009, 07:33:18 PM

Can't find it. The way she sings is hard to follow, too.

Guess I grew up fast in Chi-town
School, clean up, homework, lights out
Momma was strict about them kids running in and out
Street lights meant you better be in that house

Go to bed when it's light outside
Up... something... something.... mumble...

Then I lose her.

That's more than I got, so thanks!

Quote from: Medic82 on October 12, 2009, 08:10:33 PM

This was a hard one.

I know. But I swear: as soon as I find those lyrics, I'll post 'em everywhere.

And by the way (to you all): isn't it a nice song? I mean... I'm still listening to it! Someone unplug those speakers!!!

nuphoria · **Reply #7 on:** October 12, 2009, 10:34:27 PM

No Google fu here either $:-\$

I love Chaka, but I don't think she knows what she's saying half the time either

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #8 on:** October 13, 2009, 12:42:25 AM

Can't help you there- I always thought the line "My Poor Heart Aches With Every Step You Take" in that Police song was "My Poo Hole Aches." It's even funnier when folks start telling you of the "complex imagery in Police lyrics."

Oh, and in Brown Eyed Girl I have lots of people singing my alternate lyrics "going down on the old man with a transsexual eskimo." Go ahead and sing it to yourself- it'll be ruined forever for you because it fits so well!

And, I'm convinced that the gibberish at the beginning of Pokerface by Lady GaGa actually says "I licked a potato" over and over again.

This is why I am probably the worst guy to ask about lyrics.....

Def

sappyg · **Reply #9 on:** October 13, 2009, 12:56:20 AM

might i suggest a little britany spears.

actually, Jewel is a fantastic songwriter that might be easier to follow in english. especially her whitefeather album. very Americanized english.

.... i just read def's post... you know... i've always thought Van Morris was a pooh boy.

check out Moon Dance.... "oh the leaves on the trees are ballin'... to the sound of cheeses that snow"... how weird is that?

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #10 on:** October 13, 2009, 01:18:36 AM

You think Van Morrison's poo hole aches too?

Def

sappyg · **Reply #11 on:** October 13, 2009, 01:59:18 AM

i can't get the "transexual eskimo" image out of my head... especially the 3 way implications. Brown Eyed Girl now has WAY more meaning for me than i had at 1st thought.... i think i like it better now.

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #12 on:** October 13, 2009, 02:06:07 AM

I used to love that song.... then, hearing bad renditions of it 5 nights a week for a few years in bars killed it. It is one of three songs that will make me toss a band out on the street.

Def

Neil · **Reply #13 on:** October 13, 2009, 02:16:24 AM

Quote from: Grant Lamontagne on October 13, 2009, 02:06:07 AM

I used to love that song.... then, hearing bad renditions of it 5 nights a week for a few years in bars killed it. It is one of three songs that will make me toss a band out on the street.

Def

I'll bite

What's the other two?

HBlaine · **Reply #14 on:** October 13, 2009, 02:20:00 AM

I remember a friend who used to think the line in CCR's "Lodi" involved an illicit act with an elderly coyote...

sappyg · **Reply #15 on:** October 13, 2009, 02:22:23 AM

my guess:
freebird by lynard skinnard
stairway to heaven by led zeplin

Neil · **Reply #16 on:** October 13, 2009, 02:27:59 AM

Quote from: sappyg on October 13, 2009, 02:22:23 AM

my guess:
freebird by lynard skinnard
stairway to heaven by led zeplin

My guess as well but is that just a sin in guitar shops

WhichDawg · **Reply #17 on:** October 13, 2009, 02:43:42 AM

LOL funny stuff

I remember a comedian making fun of Elton Johns lyrics;

"hey kid shay loose together a this fall I should do something that you know should change the weather,
and kalifrida falk and fijall stick around"

and until lyrics were available we were like

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #18 on:** October 13, 2009, 02:48:12 AM

Quote from: sappyg on October 13, 2009, 02:22:23 AM

my guess:
freebird by lynard skinnard
stairway to heaven by led zeplin

Nope. Neither of those, in fact, I amuse myself at the bar by yelling out "FREEBIRD" every time the bands ask for requests. So far, no band has ever actually done it for me.

Def

Neil · **Reply #19 on:** October 13, 2009, 02:49:40 AM

Quote from: Grant Lamontagne on October 13, 2009, 02:48:12 AM

Quote from: sappyg on October 13, 2009, 02:22:23 AM
my guess:
freebird by lynard skinnard
stairway to heaven by led zeplin

Nope. Neither of those, in fact, I amuse myself at the bar by yelling out "FREEBIRD" every time the bands ask for requests. So far, no band has ever actually done it for me.

Def

So, what are they then.

andrea.from.roma · **Reply #20 on:** October 13, 2009, 02:05:59 PM

Quote from: Grant Lamontagne on October 13, 2009, 12:42:25 AM

"going down on the old man with a transsexual eskimo."

That sounds so... Frank Zappa.

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #21 on:** October 13, 2009, 02:24:40 PM

Frank Zappa was brilliant..... or insane.... or perhaps a little (a lot?) of both. If you do either right, it's impossible to tell the difference!

Quote from: Neil on October 13, 2009, 02:49:40 AM

Quote from: Grant Lamontagne on October 13, 2009, 02:48:12 AM
Quote from: sappyg on October 13, 2009, 02:22:23 AM
my guess:
freebird by lynard skinnard
stairway to heaven by led zeplin

Nope. Neither of those, in fact, I amuse myself at the bar by yelling out "FREEBIRD" every time the bands ask for requests. So far, no band has ever actually done it for me.

Def

So, what are they then.

I am bloody sick of these songs and will toss out any band (and yes, I have tossed bands out in the past) for playing any of these. Or, at the very least, I will stand outside until the song is over if it's a band I can't toss out, like the bar owner's husband's band. Of course he knows I can't stand these songs and dedicates them to me when they play them....

Def

ducktapehero · **Reply #22 on:** October 13, 2009, 05:04:42 PM

Hold me close I'm Tony Danza

ducttapetech · **Reply #23 on:** October 13, 2009, 08:03:33 PM

How about some Rob Zombie.

andrea.from.roma · **Reply #24 on:** October 13, 2009, 09:34:28 PM

Quote from: Grant Lamontagne on October 13, 2009, 02:24:40 PM

Frank Zappa was brilliant..... or insane.... or perhaps a little (a lot?) of both.

A genius, in my opinion. The greatest modern composer, a cultural and musical reference.

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