It pains me to say that it took me 35 years to realize the lyric is Big Ol’ Jet Airliner and not, as I have been singing since I was 10 years old, Big Hotel Carolina.
The song makes a lot more sense to me now.
Fortunately, I’m not the only one to have misheard it this way. Apparently there’s quite a few wildly different interpretations of that lyric:
Big old Jeb at the lineup or Bacon cheddar lighthouse and Be gone, Chet Ahlinah. Don’t carry me over the bay.
The duo do a little electronica for this outing:
Best of all, they’re giving this song away for free!
The song wasn’t particularly popular back when it was released in 1976, but it eventually found fame on the Internet nearly 40 years later and now the man who sang it has passed on:
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Eduard Khil was a beloved Soviet crooner who only won sudden international stardom two years ago when a 1976 video of him singing “trololo” instead of the songs censored words became a global Internet hit.
Khil, best known as Mr. Trololo, died Monday at age 77.
He had been hospitalized in St. Petersburg since a stroke in early April that left him with severe brain damage. The stroke was the cause of his death, said Tatyana Mamedova of Petersburg-Kontsert, which organized Khils concerts.
Soviet crooner Mr Trololo dies in Russia – People Wires – MiamiHerald.com
Contrary to the claim in the article, the lyrics weren’t censored. They just didn’t really have any according to Mr. Khil himself. The had a lyric or two, but thought they were pretty bad so he just made up some vocalizations and winged it resulting in eventual Internet fame.
If you’ve never heard his rendition of “I Am Glad, ‘Cause I’m Finally Returning Back Home”, and if you’ve been on the Internet for any amount of time it’s hard to imagine how you haven’t, then here it is in all its glory:
That man could sing.
Surprisingly enough, I’ve been using Google Music a lot more than I thought I would. I’ve not bought anything through it yet, but I’ve got all of the MP3′s on my PC uploaded to it and as I rip my CDs in my collection I make sure to add them in.I don’t use it daily, but I use it often enough that it’s worth maintaining. #seb #GoogleMusic #Music #CloudStorage
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Google Music now lets you download any song in your library from the web interface.
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It's brief but impressive. If he does lose his reelection at least he'll have something he can fall back on. #seb #Obama #Music #Nifty
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Never say we aren’t a classy joint around here:
SEB reader Max sent this in because of the cool dance moves, which are indeed impressive. The music is pretty catchy too. Check it:
Such a pleasant song. Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
A little musical interlude for a November Friday night:
It takes a lot to surprise me these days and this video surprised the shit out of me. The song itself is not particularly interesting, but the music video will have you wondering just what particular brand of drugs they were taking when they made it.
NOTE: This is probably Not Safe For Work because it technically has depictions of nudity and sex acts in it. Technically. Kinda. You’ll have to watch it to understand it, but remember: WHAT HAS BEEN SEEN CANNOT BE UNSEEN!
Now here’s the really weird part: This video has inspired a new photo meme similar to planking. Naturally, it’s called Big Bad Wolfing. Being fad conscious people I’m sure you’ll all want to get in on it.
