Say what? Sing what?

[mjmacky]

Anyone that has had any interaction with me here on the board has done so only through the typed medium. What you wouldn't know is that my hearing is shit. I have no problem with the amplitude of the sounds reaching my ears but rather its clarity. It takes me an extended amount of time to get used to someone's particular accent and manner of speech. As a child, I used to say "What?" at a much higher average than anyone else around me. As I've aged, I've tuned myself to predict what someone is going to say before they say it in order to more predictably confirm what I have just heard, and I have developed the bad habit of finishing someone else's thoughts. However, the problem remains to a severe degree when communicating in other languages (I can speak pretty well in 3 languages—English, Serbian, and Spanish—and in a very limited capacity in 4 other languages—Russian, Greek, German, and Mandarin— and I'm currently working on getting to the limited in Japanese). I end up pretty proficient at speaking, writing, and reading in those other languages, but I'm unable to understand anything that anyone says in them even if I'm adept at the vocabulary they've used.

Despite the progress I make in communication, I'm always at a complete loss when it comes to music. However, I'm thinking I'm not alone in this venture. Instead of "revved up like a deuce", I hear "wrapped up like a douche"; instead of "lunatic fringe", I hear "let me take French"; instead of "living on a prayer", I hear "living on bread". So, does anyone else share the same misinterpretations of lyrics even when you know what the lyrics are supposed to be?

[mjmacky]

and don't get me started on Bjork

[IdolEyes787]

Besides both being middle-age black women, Whoopi Goldberg and I have this in common.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyHNryKojDY

I had a friend though who went through life believing that "The first cut is the deepest" was " The first cock is the deepest" and couldn't understand how they allowed that on the radio. :mellow:

True story and no one would correct him because,obviously.

[IdolEyes787]

I also struggle with differentiating Bjork and Bjorn


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWHpoJT3qK4

so you can imagine my surprise when this didn't involve tennis, although to be fair it did inspire me to want to smash something in the worst way.

[megabyteme]

I have a similar issue with speech- I listen so far, then either make up my own ending or quit giving a fuck.

Works fine for most things except marriage or exams. :idunno:

[mjmacky]

I had a friend though who went through life believing that "The first cut is the deepest" was " The first cock is the deepest" and couldn't understand how they allowed that on the radio. :mellow:

I only mentioned the one line from Manfred Mann, but I had the whole song wrong, especially:

Little early birdy gave my anus curly whirly

always threw me off with how a rim job got radio play.

2:50


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcWVL4B-4pI

[mjmacky]

I have a similar issue with speech- I listen so far, then either make up my own ending or quit giving a fuck.

Works fine for most things except marriage or exams. :idunno:

Group conversations are the worst

[Skiz]

Are we doing fun facts? I'm fairly fluent in ASL. I had a deaf grandmother so I learned a lot growing up. I also took ASL for my foreign language college credits and ASL Linguistics classes for my Arts as well as Humanities electives. Back when I still had hourly employees I hired 3 deaf guys who worked with me for several years which allowed me use it and not lose it. I don't have an IPP certification or anything but I could definitely translate with ease.




Little early birdy gave my anus curly whirly

always threw me off with how a rim job got radio play.

2:50

:lol:

My hearing is fine but lyrics are just tough sometimes. Pearl Jam/Eddie Vedder are impossible for me. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLd22ha_-VU)

[IdolEyes787]

I only mentioned the one line from Manfred Mann, but I had the whole song wrong, especially:

Little early birdy gave my anus curly whirly

always threw me off with how a rim job got radio play.

2:50


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcWVL4B-4pI

Always hated Manfred Mann's version.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Iaca30QbOo

but then I always preferred Springsteen original to Patti Smith's.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuIzWgWN2d0

[mjmacky]

I can't even finish Springsteen's original version. In general, I am just not a fan of having Springsteen in my ears. This passionate fandom that he manages is completely lost on me. What am I missing?

[IdolEyes787]

Art isn't something that can be defended.It either speaks to you or it doesn't.That said and me being very stupid I shall try.

Springsteen is poet laureate to the working man.He's in time developed into sort of a modern day Pete Seeger.
Whereas his music has always contain a certain power, it's now less inward in it's reflection.

Say what you will, few singers could singularly create such moments.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zld2cSIVUO4

[megabyteme]

He's like an articulate Bob Dylan!

His music is connected to and paints a beautiful picture of struggle.

[mjmacky]

I don't seem to have a problem with his lyrics but rather his whole audio presentation. This must be why I like covers of Springsteen more.

[IdolEyes787]

Hoi, Mary ever watch these movies? A little long but I found them to be basically terrific.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWTyrIC8Ww4

[mjmacky]

Hoi, Mary ever watch these movies? A little long but I found them to be basically terrific.

Based on the title, I've seen the anime series. I learned my lesson watching the Death Note and some other less notable movies to avoid live action versions of anime. The advantage of animation in general is that you can get your "actors" to perform their actions precisely to the author's or mangaka's intent, in a simplistic and raw form, and that gets stripped away in live action. I remember enjoying the anime though.

tl;dr
No, I never watched them.

[IdolEyes787]

I accept your point but in this case I believe that you may be missing out.
Personally I thought the movies had basically everything you'd want in a movie. Again just an opinion and not an assumption of fact.

[chalice]

Fuck you, cunts.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5zav2yrC7M

[chalice]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XvdgeXuyPs