"The only thing that they did together..was to make love"

[Rumour0323]

I love in the documentary when they are discussing this song and she says, "when these drums stop, you better start running". I can't wait to hear the entire discussion, because that sounds uber sexy.

[PenguinHead]

Originally Posted by michelej1

Wording is somewhat different on the Wal*Mart version she sings with Cee Lo.

Michele

I would to hear Stevie sing that song!

[darklinensuit]

Originally Posted by mitzo

Stevie is almost always grammatically correct in her lyrics, never using "ain't" or double negatives and so on. She has incorrectly substituted "lay' for "lie,' though.

"drownding"
"which set of doors are mine"
"should've turned away and ran"
"be careful who you please"
"to never have loved at all"
etc.
I love her music/lyrics as much as anyone, but not for grammar/syntax. But I'm fine with suspending the rules for her.

For the record, the "to make love" in WSS doesn't seem odd to me at all. But if there's a sex scene with her in the WSS video, THAT will shock me.

- Jake

[mitzo]

Originally Posted by darklinensuit

"drownding"
"which set of doors are mine"
"should've turned away and ran"
"be careful who you please"
"to never have loved at all"
etc.
I love her music/lyrics as much as anyone, but not for grammar/syntax. But I'm fine with suspending the rules for her.

For the record, the "to make love" in WSS doesn't seem odd to me at all. But if there's a sex scene with her in the WSS video, THAT will shock me.

- Jake

Those are pretty minor slips of syntax compared to the stuff that permeates pop music generally ... ain't no way Stevie fits with the norm.

[jellyman10]

Maybe it's an FM thing? Some of Lindsey's English is well dodgy, too. Even Christine gave us 'It would be different and you know it will' (although you can just about make a case for that one making a sort of sense). Bob Welch, of course, has to answer for:

Now it's not a meaningless question
To ask if they've been and gone
I remember a talk about North
Carolina and a strange, strange pond
You see the sides were like glass
In the thick of a forest without a road
And if any man's hand ever made that land
Then I think it would've showed

It all makes the copy editor in me just itch....

[wheart]

I love the way she pronounces "trust" in the "they did not trust..." line. Such Stevie fabuloulessness!!

[fumidesigns]

Originally Posted by Rumour0323

I love in the documentary when they are discussing this song and she says, "when these drums stop, you better start running". I can't wait to hear the entire discussion, because that sounds uber sexy.

yesssssssssssssssss!!!! i can't wait! this is my second fav song on the album.

i will hand this to dave...........he REALLY knows how to tease us!

[johnnystorms]

Originally Posted by jellyman10

Maybe it's an FM thing? Some of Lindsey's English is well dodgy, too. Even Christine gave us 'It would be different and you know it will' (although you can just about make a case for that one making a sort of sense). Bob Welch, of course, has to answer for:

Now it's not a meaningless question
To ask if they've been and gone
I remember a talk about North
Carolina and a strange, strange pond
You see the sides were like glass
In the thick of a forest without a road
And if any man's hand ever made that land
Then I think it would've showed

It all makes the copy editor in me just itch....

"skies the limit" instead of "sky's the limit"!

[HejiraNYC]

Originally Posted by johnnystorms

"skies the limit" instead of "sky's the limit"!

or "...hoping tomorrow will never come for you and I."

[michelle2677]

"would you even try? well, i don't think you do"

[sodascouts]

Originally Posted by johnnystorms

"skies the limit" instead of "sky's the limit"!

Oh my gosh, out of all of them, this is the worst one to me. No excuse! That's right there with the you're/your and they're/their/there mistakes that I see people ignorantly making all the time. Makes me cringe!