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Band Name Origins:
- Tracey Thorn lived right down the street from a furniture store called Turners, whose slogan was "everything but the girl." The store was in Hull, England, and has long since been demolished Submitted by: jacksonu4ia
- Apparently, the place that Ben went to study had a shop there called 'Everything But The Girl' which boasted of selling anything and everything newly weds would need, everything.....but the girl. Submitted by: TrailBlazer
Why the Name is Stupid:
- The first time I saw it I started crying because I laughed so much. I bet you're doing the same right now, how could you look at a name like that and not laugh at it. Submitted by: Emily
Song Parodies:
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "Missing" | "It's the Neocons to Blame" | MrMacphisto |
Bad Choices for On Hold Music:
Song Name | Company/Organization | Submittor |
| Missing | Missing Persons Helpline | Julie woolie |
If Groups Combined, Their Names Might Be :
Everything But The Girls Against Boys
Everything But The Girl combined with Girls Against Boys
Submitted By: neptunevsmars
Everything But The Spice Girls
Everything But The Girl combined with Spice Girls
...and David Beckham.
Submitted By: Davey
Everything But The Freeloader Girls
Everything But The Girl combined with Freeloaders
Submitted By: Donna Gelpigi
Everything But The Foxy Girl
Everything But The Girl combined with Foxy
Submitted By: Donna Gelpigi
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Misheard Lyrics:
"Missing"
Misheard Lyrics: And in my shoe
Like if this is Mister Rain. Original Lyrics: And I miss you
Like the desert miss the rain. | "Missing (Todd Terry Club mix)"
Misheard Lyrics: It's years since you've been laid.
Original Lyrics: It's years since you've been there.
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"Missing"
Misheard Lyrics: Like an old man missed his cane.
Original Lyrics: Like the deserts miss the rain.
| "Missing"
Misheard Lyrics: Like My Brothers Listerine
Original Lyrics: Like the deserts miss the rain
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Misheard Lyrics Story:
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"Missing"
Misheard Lyrics: Like My Brothers Listerine
Original Lyrics: Like the deserts miss the rain
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Story about this misheard lyric by: Lyle Sessions When I was younger, that was the closest I could come up to the words on the radio. I sang it out loud once while joking around with my older sister. She said, 'WHAT?!'; and we both laughed unstoppably for several minutes. She didn't know what the real words either. This became a great inside joke and we would say that line at random times to make each other burst into laughter for years later while growing up. |
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Song Parody Fragments:
"Missing"
Better Lyrics:
And I'm a shoe
like the devil is Lorraine
like the devil is Lorraine
Original Lyrics:
And I miss you
like the deserts miss the rain
like the deserts miss the rain
Submitted by: emma walsh
Nonsensical Lyrics:
"Missing"
The Nonsensical Lyrics: step off the train
I'm walking down your street again And past your door, but you don't live there anymore It's years since you've been there Now you've disappeared somewhere, like outer space You've found some better place And I miss you, like the deserts miss the rain And I miss you, like the deserts miss the rain Why They're Nonsensical: This song has always stuck under my craw. First of all, she is talking about some distant heartache that she can't get over. That's all well and good, but how is that like deserts missing the rain? Deserts are created and continue to expand due to an utter lack of rain. I doubt if a desert (if it could obtain consciousness in the human sense) would miss the rain at all, since it would cease to be a desert and instead become some sort of lush environment. If you move further along, you see the lyrics: And the years have proved to offer, nothing since you've moved You're long gone, but I can't move on She can't move on? The Sahara grows by a mile each year. It moves on. So do most deserts. She clearly is talking about longing, and no desert (or any entity) longs for something that would make it cease to be. Stupid euro pop bands.
Submitted by: Fred
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