Comments on: GUGUG – Ruby

By: Gugugfan

Gugugfan — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 03:16:44 +0000

You want ukulele? Check out “Walk off the Earth” on Youtube. Holy moly!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrYntgFr-s0&feature=relmfu

By: Woodshed

Woodshed — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 09:09:43 +0000

Gus: I’ve become horribly cynical since I found out Bear Grylls stays in hotels.

wheels: I’m glad you’ve got it sorted out.

By: wheels

wheels — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:19:58 +0000

I went back and listened to it (several times) and realized that I had been mishearing it. Part of the trouble was my preference for complete sentences, the rest was Kenny’s enunciation. The “th” sound in “the wants,” added to his gravelly delivery, makes the initial “the” come out more like “uh,” which I took to be “I.” After that, it wasn’t unlikely that I’d mistake “wants and” for “won’t stand.”

Ah, well.

By: gugug

gugug — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 14:05:52 +0000

“and the wants and the needs of a woman your age, Ruby, I realise” – all the way! Oh by the way – i do own a ukulele. Im not that clever. cheers

By: wheels

wheels — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 17:44:59 +0000

Still doesn’t mean it’s correct. A few years ago, I did a Google search on the phrase, “One man with courage is a majority.” It was said by Andrew Jackson, and I was hoping for information about when and where he said it (speech, letter, etc.).

At the time, a Google search showed many more sites attributing it to Thomas Jefferson than Andrew Jackson, and, although that situation has changed, Jefferson is still pretty prominent in the references. I also ran across attributions to Andrew Johnson, Stonewall Jackson, and others.

It was obvious, though, that many of the quote sites had copied other quote sites for their information, so the bad attribution that started in one place had become widespread. Personally, I think that’s what’s happened with these lyrics.

I’m going off my memories of the Kenny Rodgers version, which could also be mistaken. I’m pretty sure I’ve got it in iTunes, though, so I’ll try to listen tonight. Maybe I’ve got the lyrics in one of my music books. I’ll have to check.

By: Woodshed

Woodshed — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 19:21:28 +0000

I have to admit I usually copy lyrics from the web and give them a quick look over. They're definitely singing, "the wants and the needs," in this version. It's a fairly clear, "the wants and the needs," in this video too.

By: wheels

wheels — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 18:32:29 +0000

I always thought the one line was, “And I won’t stand the needs of a woman your age,” which makes it not only a complete sentence, but fits in with the paralysis.

The online lyrics sites I’ve checked don’t agree, but that doesn’t necessarily mean anything, because many of them just copy what shows up elsewhere. I wrote a post once (on my previous blog) about trying to track down a definitive attribution for a particular quote.