Fun Music Information -> Harry Chapin
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Misspellings and other Alternate Names:
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Harry ChaplinMusic Quotes:
I am a greedy, selfish bastard. I want the fact that I existed to mean something. - Harry Chapin Submitted by: LucidLupin
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Song Titles Not Used as Lyrics:
Song Name | Comments & Submitter Name |
| "Dreams Go By" | He mentions years going by and dreams flying away and coming and going, but he never says "Dreams Go By" in the song - Raphael |
Better Names for Current Songs:
Original Song Name | New Song Name | Submitter Name |
| "W.A.S.P." | "W.O.L.D." | Paul Warren |
| "Cat's In The Kennel" | "Cats In The Cradle" | MOR |
Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:
Song & Band Name | Song & Band Name | Comments & Submittor Name |
| "Cat's In The Cradle" | "Remember The Children," Earth, Wind & Fire | Kathy |
| "Taxi" | "On The Road Again," Willie Nelson | Kathy |
Remove a Letter From a Song Title:
"Tax" originally "Taxi"
Peter
"30,000 Ponds of Bananas" originally "30,000 Pounds of Bananas"
Yvonne Sindri
Add a Letter To a Song Title:
"Coat's In The Cradle" originally "Cat's In The Cradle"
Mallory
"Cart's In The Cradle" originally "Cat's In The Cradle"
what an odd sighting
baa
"Scat's In The Cradle" originally "Cat's In The Cradle"
Smart baby that can already speak in scat!
baa
"30,000 Pounds of Bandanas" originally "30,000 Pounds of Bananas"
Yvonne Sindri
Change a Letter In a Song Title:
"Can's In The Cradle" originally "Cat's In The Cradle"
Rafeal De La Ghetto
"Rat's In The Cradle" originally "Cat's In The Cradle"
get it out of there!
Rafeal De La Ghetto
"Cal's In The Cradle" originally "Cat's In The Cradle"
Rafeal De La Ghetto
"Cab's In The Cradle" originally "Cat's In The Cradle"
Who put this checkered cab in this cradle?
Rafeal De La Ghetto
Song Parodies:
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "W-O-L-D" | "W.'s C.I.A." | Michael Pacholek |
| "Taxi" | "Obama" | Malcolm Higgins |
| "Taxi" | "Screenplay" | Melanie Lee |
| "W-O-L-D" | "W-A-D-D" | Michael Pacholek |
| "Cat's In The Cradle" | "Shrimp's On The Barbie" | Invisible Boy |
| "Cat's In The Cradle" | "Cats In The Ladle" | Malcolm Higgins |
| "Taxi" | "Dyslexic" | Malcolm Higgins |
| "Cats In The Cradle" | "You Can if You're Able" | Guy DiRito |
| "Cat's In the Cradle" | "Cat's In the Cradle (Literally)" | Michael Pacholek |
| "Cat's in the Cradle" | "Rat's Got a Ladle" | Rick Duncan |
There are additional song parodies available. | ||
Untapped Commercial Ideas:
Song Name | Product | Submittor |
| Taxi | Cab Service | oldrock |
| Cat's In The Cradle | George W. Bush | foooooo |
Bad Choices for On Hold Music:
Song Name | Company/Organization | Submittor |
| Cat's in the Cradle | National Fatherhood Initiative | shannon train |
| Cats In The Cradle | Child Custody/Divorce Attorney | Alexander Rice-Khouri |
| Cat's In The Cradle | National Fatherhood Institute | Shawn Eni |
Duets Not Yet Performed:
First Band/Song Name | Second Band/Song Name | New Song Name | Submittor |
| Mama Tried The Everly Brothers | WOLD Harry Chapin | Mama Tried WOLD She loved it! | MOR |
| What's New, Pussycat? Tom Jones | Cat's In The Cradle Harry Chapin | What's New In The Cradle, Pussycat? | Julia Cox |
| The Lovecats The Cure | Cat's In The Cradle Harry Chapin | The Lovecats In The Cradle | Valerie Cameron |
| Honky Cat Elton John | Cat's In The Cradle Harry Chapin | Honky Cat's In The Cradle | Britney Spears into pruning hooks |
| There are additional duets that haven't been done yet available. | |||
Misheard Lyrics:
"Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics: She said, "Sixteen parts I've played"
Original Lyrics: She said, "Sixteen Parkside Lane"
| "Cat's In The Cradle"
Misheard Lyrics: And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little by little and the Man on the Moon. Original Lyrics: And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little Boy Blue and the Man on the Moon. |
"Cat's In The Cradle"
Misheard Lyrics: And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little Bo Peep and the Man on the Moon. Original Lyrics: And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little Boy Blue and the Man on the Moon. | "Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics: It's a shame you roam the town in the rain.
Original Lyrics: It's a shame you ruined your gown in the rain.
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| There are additional misheard lyrics available. | |
Misheard Lyrics Story:
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"Cat's In The Cradle"
Misheard Lyrics: He came into the world in the U.U.U.A.
Original Lyrics: He came into the world in the usual way.
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Story about this misheard lyric by: Amanda Belted the lyrics out in the car in front of 5 people. |
Funny Lyrics:
"Cat's in the Cradle"
The Funny Lyrics: My child arrived just the other day
He came into the world in the usual way Why They're Funny: As opposed to the unusual way?
Submitted by: lebeiw15
| "Odd Job Man"
The Funny Lyrics: Sometimes when all is said and done,
there's justice to this life `Cuz what that man had done to me... I'd done to his wife. Why They're Funny: Lyrics refer to a rich bugger who hires an 'odd-job man', then doesn't pay him what is owed. Unknown to the rich dude, the odd-job man had been doin' his wife while he was away 'on business'.
Submitted by: Silent Knight
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Nonsensical Lyrics:
"Cat's In The Cradle"
The Nonsensical Lyrics: My son turned 10 just the other day
He said 'thanks for the ball dad, come on let's play Can you teach me to throw...' Why They're Nonsensical: You're 10 and you don't know how to throw a ball?
Submitted by: Bob
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Song Lyrics That Mention Brand Name Products:
"Taxi"
The Lyrics: It was somewhere in a fairy tale
I used to take her home in my car We learned about love in the back of the Dodge The lesson hadn't gone too far Product Brand Name: Dodge
Submitted by: FussBudget
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Song Title Space Change:
"Cat Sin The Cradle" originally "Cat's In The Cradle"
Submitted by: George Straitjacket
Real Places Mentioned in Songs:
"30,000 Pounds of Bananas"
The Lyrics: It was just after dark when the truck started down The hill that leads into Scranton Pennsylvania Carrying thirty thousand pounds of bananas.
Why: Scranton, PA
Submitted by: Cheeseburger in Parodies
| "WOLD"
The Lyrics: So I drifted down to Tulsa, Oklahoma to do me a late night talk show.
Now I worked my way back home again, via Boise, Idaho. Why: Tulsa, Oklahoma and Boise, Idaho.
Submitted by: Paul Warren
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Super Long Pop Songs:
"Taxi" Length: 6:44
1972 song about a meeting in a San Francisco between a man named "Harry" and his ex-lover Sue. He recorded a 1980 sequel (entitled "Sequel") where Harry and Sue meeting ten years later. (it's about as long as the original, with the similar style and music.)
Submitted by: MOR
Upbeat Songs With Depressing Lyrics:
"Cat's in the Cradle"
The Lyrics: Well, I've long since retired, my son's moved away, I called him up just the other day. I said, "I'd like to see you, if you don't mind". He said, "I'd love to dad, if I can find the time. You see my new job's a hassle and the kids have the flu, but it was sure nice talking to you dad, it's sure nice talking to you". And as I hung up the phone, it occurred to me, he's grown up just like me, my boy was just like me.
Why: The entire song is about a father and son who can't find time to slow down. The father had to run around in the first two verses, then the son became busier than him!
Submitted by: Paul Warren
| "Dreams Go By"
The Lyrics: You say you should have been a ballerina babe
There are songs I should have sung But I guess are dreams have come and gone You've got to dream when you are young And so you and I We've watched our years go by We've watched our sweet dreams fly far away Why: This song has an upbeat tempo and a pleasant clarinet part, but the song is about missed opportunities, compromising on ambitions, and regret.
Submitted by: Raphael
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