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Fun Music Information -> Great Big Sea

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Quotes:

Wouldn't it be great if no one ever got offended?
And wouldn't it be great to say what's really on your mind?
I have always said all the rules are made for bendin'
And if I let my hair down, would that be such a crime?

(Consequence Free - Turn - 1999)

Submitted by: LucidLupin

Band Name Origins:

Hove = To rise; to swell; to heave; to cause to swell (past tense of HEAVE). Ex., The sea hove so high that it destroyed a portion of a Newfoundland community. According to a Newfoundland heritage site about costal flooding: Probable result of Lisbon earthquake. Emptied Bonavista harbour and 10 minutes later water returned and overflowed parts of the community. Song 'A Great Big Sea Hove In Long Beach' may have originated from this event. (Song actually titled "Gone By the Board") Submitted by: Aron26
Ok it's not "great big sea HOVE"......it's "great big sea COVE" But of course that is where the band gets their name..a traditional Newfoundland folk song. Submitted by: Fritter

Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:

Song & Band Name	Song & Band Name
"What Are You Doing?," Mark Wills	"Donkey Riding," Great Big Sea
"Bongo Bongo," Steve Miller Band	"Beat The Drum," Great Big Sea

Remove a Letter From a Song Title:

"Luke" originally "Lukey"

Tracy Frummond

Add a Letter to a Song Title:

"I'm A Drover" originally "I'm A Rover"

Marcia Todd

Change a Letter:

"I'm A Rower" originally "I'm A Rover"

As in one rowing a boat

Renee Sutton

"I'm A Lover" originally "I'm A Rover"

Renee Sutton

"Margarite" originally "Margarita"

Margarite = a "brittle mica" type mineral

Karen Smith

"I'm A River" originally "I'm A Rover"

Daphne Hughes

"I'm A Raver" originally "I'm A Rover"

Daphne Hughes

Song Parody Lyrics:

Original Song Name	Parody Song Name	Parody Author
"Drunken Sailor"	"Movie Trailer"	Insane Steve
"Excursion Around The Bay"	"Stalingrad"	Bret Waldner

Bad Choices for On Hold Music:

Song Name	Company/Organization	Submittor
Someday Soon	Voter Registration Hotline	tckma
Recruiting Sargeant	Military Recruitment Office	tckma
Recruiting Sargeant	Any Military Recruitment Hotline	tckma
The Chemical Worker's Song (Process Man)	Any Human Resources Department	tckma
The Night That Paddy Murphy Died	Funeral Home	Lucy
There are additional on hold music ideas available.

Songs for Duets, That Haven't Been Done Yet:

First Band/Song Name	Second Band/Song Name	New Song Name	Submittor
Where Were You? Journey	The Night Paddy Murphy Died Great Big Sea	Where Were You The Night Paddy Murphy Died?	Raphael
American Idiot Green Day	Stumbling In Great Big Sea	American Idiot Stumbling In Insert drunken Bush joke here.	Erica
Gotta Tell You Samantha Mumba	Everything Shines Great Big Sea	Gotta Tell You Everything Shines That's nice to know.	Erica

If Groups Combined, Their Names Might Be:

A Great Big SeaWorld

A Great Big World combined with Great Big Sea

Submitted By: Rick O'Shea

Reel Great Big Sea Fish

Reel Big Fish combined with Great Big Sea

Submitted By: Rick O'Shea

The Great Big Mock Sea Turtles

The Mock Turtles combined with Great Big Sea

Submitted By: Donna Gelpigi

The Great Big Sea Turtles

The Turtles combined with Great Big Sea

Submitted By: Donna Gelpigi

There are additional Great Big Sea Combined Groups that haven't been done yet available.

Misheard Lyrics:

"Company of Fools" Misheard Lyrics: Meet me in the village, We'll all be eating scones. Original Lyrics: Meet me in the village, Where all the idiots go.	"Run Runaway" Misheard Lyrics: Tom Hanks and everyone run run away let's go! Original Lyrics: All thanks to everyone run run away let's go!
"Company of Fools" Misheard Lyrics: Many a Jewish word Has been spoken by the jester Original Lyrics: Many a truest word Has been spoken by the jester	"Come and I Will Sing You" Misheard Lyrics: Four abysmal creatures Original Lyrics: Four Gospel preachers
There are additional misheard lyrics available.

Misheard Lyrics Stories:

"Company of Fools"

Misheard Lyrics:

Meet me in the village,
We'll all be eating scones.

Original Lyrics:

Meet me in the village,
Where all the idiots go.

Story about this misheard lyric by: Elaine

Those are the wrong words someone I was at a GBS concert with was singing. I actually can hear them in my head now instead of the correct version!

There are additional misheard stories available.

Nonsensical Song Lyrics:

"When I'm Up"

The Nonsensical Lyrics:

When I'm up
I can't get down
Can't get down
can't get level
When I'm up
I can't get down

Why They're Nonsensical:

If you guys got up surely you can get down.

Submitted by: Celeste

Boasting in Song Lyrics:

"When I am King"

The Boasting Lyrics:

The world will sing, when I am king

Comments:

Yeah? Really? Although, the lyric does bring to mind visions of a music-obsessed megalomaniac dictator ruling the world with an iron fist and sending out Death squads to make *sure* everyone keeps singing...

Submitted by: CaffieneKitty