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01-24-2008, 05:55 AM
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I had alway thought that the lyric to "All Along the watchtower" was:
"There must be some way to get out of here said the spider to the fly" but its actually;
"......said the joker to the thief"
So where did mine come from? Did I here it somewhere or make it up? If I did, the imagery is better and I claim copyright. All the same, it must be from somewhere. |
01-24-2008, 07:28 AM
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In all honesty, "Said the spider to the fly" is in a ton of literature. |
01-24-2008, 07:54 AM
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01-24-2008, 07:57 AM
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01-24-2008, 08:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Phalex The infamous fly lyric is from "Purple Haze". "Scuse me while I kiss this fly." | ROTFL 
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01-24-2008, 09:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Phalex The infamous fly lyric is from "Purple Haze". "Scuse me while I kiss this fly." | lol |
01-24-2008, 12:08 PM
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01-24-2008, 12:44 PM
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01-24-2008, 12:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Phalex The infamous fly lyric is from "Purple Haze". "Scuse me while I kiss this fly." |
actually... i have a friend who heard it as "scuse me while i kiss this guy"
JIMMI!!!!! 
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01-24-2008, 01:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Ripper actually... i have a friend who heard it as "scuse me while i kiss this guy"
JIMMI!!!!! | Tres Kinkay
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01-24-2008, 01:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Pbassred ... "All Along the watchtower" |  Bob Dylan wrote it , sang it also ... EDIT : i'm sure you already knew that ... 
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01-24-2008, 03:38 PM
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Originally Posted by david meissner Bob Dylan wrote it , sang it also ... | Yep. |
01-24-2008, 04:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Ripper actually... i have a friend who heard it as "scuse me while i kiss this guy"
JIMMI!!!!! | Some of the guys who played with Hendrix have confirmed that he DID sing that!!!!
Of course that's not the "right" lyric, but after everyone miss heard it, he went along with the joke, and would often sing it like that at gigs.
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01-24-2008, 04:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Ripper actually... i have a friend who heard it as "scuse me while i kiss this guy"
JIMMI!!!!! | Hmm. |
01-24-2008, 04:41 PM
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Originally Posted by ryco "Spider and the Fly" is an old Stones song off of "Out of Our Heads" '65. | If you can find it, check out the 60's cover by some dude called Von Ruden. More psych than Hendrix.
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01-26-2008, 06:26 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Hatfield, Herts, UK | | | Yes I know about "the Spider and the fly" poem. and Dylan.
I like this incogruity. The spider confides that he needs a way out when its the fly who is caught! Its such an obvious irony that it seems like an obvious lyric.
Is it really not from something else? |
01-26-2008, 07:15 AM
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01-26-2008, 02:46 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Tampa / On Tour | | | wow, how could you have missheard that? "said the spider to the fly" doesnt really fit the flow of that song.... |
01-26-2008, 02:59 PM
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Originally Posted by JacksonsMen wow, how could you have missheard that? "said the spider to the fly" doesnt really fit the flow of that song.... | Especially hearing "fly" in "thief" is the one i dont get..  |
01-26-2008, 03:03 PM
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