Fun Music Information -> Neil Sedaka
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Misspellings and other Alternate Names:
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Neil SadakaBetter Names for Current Songs:
Original Song Name | New Song Name | Submitter Name |
| "Waking up is hard to do" | "Breaking up is hard to do" | Princess Ana |
| "Chucking up is hard to spew" | "Breaking up is hard to do" | wr_the_great |
Literally Impossible Song Titles:
Song/Performer | Comment | Submitter Name |
| "Next Door to an Angel," | Not unless you are in Heaven | wr_the_great |
Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:
Song & Band Name | Song & Band Name | Comments & Submittor Name |
| "Birthday Party" | "Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen," Neil Sedaka | Kathy |
| "Only Sixteen" | "Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen," Neil Sedaka | Kathy |
| "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do" | "It's So Easy," Linda Ronstadt | Francis A. Sissy |
| "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do" | "Love Will Keep Us Together," The Captain & Tennille | Kathy |
| There are additional songs titles that answer other songs available. | ||
Remove a Letter From a Song Title:
"Oh Carl" originally "Oh Carol"
Changes the gender by removing a letter!
Serafina
"Lice In Wonderland" originally "Alice In Wonderland"
Penelope Beckinsale
Add a Letter To a Song Title:
"Laughter In The Drain" originally "Laughter In The Rain"
Peter
"Slaughter In The Rain" originally "Laughter In The Rain"
Paint Roller
"Laughter In The Brain" originally "Laughter In The Rain"
Jessica Childress
"Slaughter In The Rain" originally "Laughter In The Rain"
Jessica Childress
Change a Letter In a Song Title:
"Laughter In The Ruin" originally "Laughter In The Rain"
Heck Noover Nuck
"Sing Of Clowns" originally "King Of Clowns"
Tiffany Furlong
"Bad Brood" originally "Bad Blood"
baa
"Mad Blood" originally "Bad Blood"
Again, how can blood have feelings?
baa
"Sad Blood" originally "Bad Blood"
How can blood have feelings?
baa
There are additional song titles with a letter changed available.
Song Parodies:
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "Laughter In The Rain" | "Raptor On A Plane" | Fred Snider |
| "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" | "Brazen Pup Is Hard On You" | John A. Barry |
| "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do" | "Making Friends Is Hard In Loos" | TJC |
| "Calendar Girl" | "Sec. of State Girl [Bill's Song]" | TJC |
| "Breakin Up Is Hard To Do" | "Punctuation's Hard To Do" | Fiddlegirl |
| "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do" | "Breaking In Is Hard To Do" | Barry J. Mitchel |
| "Wheeling, West Virginia" | "Beyond Santa Clarita" | Fifth Troll of Magic Mountain |
| "Wheeling, West Virginia" | "Hot Springs, Arkansas" | Iludium Phosdex |
| "Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen" | "Have A Birthday In Between" | Malcolm Higgins |
| "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" | "Barking Up Is Hard to Do" | Michael Pacholek |
There are additional song parodies available. | ||
Untapped Commercial Ideas:
Song Name | Product | Submittor |
| The Hungry Years | Any Buffet (Golden Corral, Old Country Buffet, etc.) | oldsongs |
Bad Choices for On Hold Music:
Song Name | Company/Organization | Submittor |
| Bad Blood | Tampax | beatlebabe |
Duets Not Yet Performed:
First Band/Song Name | Second Band/Song Name | New Song Name | Submittor |
| My Name Is... Eminem | Oh, Carol Neil Sedaka | My Name Is Carol, Oh | rap |
| God Is A Girl Groove Coverage | Calendar Girl Neil Sedaka | God Is A Calendar Girl | Peggy Pollock |
| Crying In The Rain The Everly Brothers | Laughter In The Rain Neil Sedaka | Crying Laughter In The Rain I laughed so hard, I cried. | MOR |
| Oh, Carol Neil Sedaka | Same Old Christmas Hilary Duff | Oh, Same Old Christmas Carol | Adrienne Ramseur |
| There are additional duets that haven't been done yet available. | |||
Misheard Lyrics:
"Bad Blood"
Misheard Lyrics: Band..band!
Run..run! Original Lyrics: Bad...bad!
Blood...blood! | "Laughter in the Rain"
Misheard Lyrics: Ooh, are you laughter in the rain?
Original Lyrics: Ooh, I hear laughter in the rain.
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"One Way Ticket To The Blues"
Misheard Lyrics: Gotta one wait lick it to the moon.
Original Lyrics: Gotta one-way ticket to the blues.
| "Father Of Girls"
Misheard Lyrics: When you're the farther of girls
Original Lyrics: Were you the father of girls
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| There are additional misheard lyrics available. | |
Misheard Lyrics Story:
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"Calendar Girl"
Misheard Lyrics: I love my cow and a girl.
Original Lyrics: I love my calendar girl.
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Story about this misheard lyric by: Russ Salter Singer Brenda Lee congratulated Sedaka on his new hit 'A Cow and A Girl'. This was from a broadcast in which Neil Sedaka related this gaffe from a fellow pop-star. |
| There are additional misheard stories available. | |
Repetitive Lyrics:
"Breaking Up Is Hard to Do"
The Repetitive Lyrics: Doo doo doo down dooby doo down down
Comma comma down dooby doo down down Comma comma down dooby doo down down Breaking up is hard to do Why They're Repetitive: Appears at the beginning of the song and is used as backing vocals throughout.
Submitted by: Martha Hankins
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Nonsensical Lyrics:
"Laughter In The Rain"
The Nonsensical Lyrics: I hear laughter in the rain,
walking hand in hand with the one I love Why They're Nonsensical: Who's supposed to be laughing out there in the rain? The guy himself and his girl? The village idiot? Someone else out there who happens to be laughing at something? For clarity's sake lyricists, level with us once in a while.
Submitted by: THE BIG GUY
| "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do"
The Nonsensical Lyrics: Doo doo doo down dooby doo down down
Comma comma down dooby doo down down Comma comma down dooby doo down down Breaking up is hard to do Why They're Nonsensical: It's basically just scat singing, but it makes the song fun to sing along with!
Submitted by: Martha Hankins
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| There are additional nonsensical lyrics available. | |
Inappropriate Lyrics:
"Laughter In The Rain"
The Inappropriate Lyrics: After a while we run under a tree
Why They're Inappropriate: Don't you know how dangerous it is to go under a tree during a storm?
Submitted by: little Jen
| "Bad Blood"
The Inappropriate Lyrics: Bad (ba-a-ad) blood (blo-o-od)
The b---- is in her smile Why They're Inappropriate: I'm sorry folks, but neil sedaka, for gosh sake, just does not utter the b-word in his songs like he's Eminem. That's just wrong.
Submitted by: Sammy Reed
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Song Lyrics That Mention Other Songs:
"One Way Ticket"
The Song Lyrics: Gonna take a trip to lonesome town
Gonna stay at Heartbreak Hotel Song They Mention: Heartbreak Hotel (by, of course, Elvis)
Submitted by: Pickle
| "Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen"
The Song Lyrics: When you were thirteen
You were my funny valentine Song They Mention: My Funny Valentine
Submitted by: Samantha Wayland
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Song Title Space Change:
"Laugh Terin The Rain" originally "Laughter In The Rain"
Neil singing about a terin bird laugh in the rain?
Submitted by: George Straitjacket
Song Title Spoonerisms:
"Raking Up His Bard To Do" originally "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do"
Submitted by: Heck Noover Nuck
"Rafter In The Lane" originally "Laughter In The Rain"
Submitted by: Heck Noover Nuck
Upbeat Songs With Depressing Lyrics:
"Breaking Up Is Hard To Do"
The Lyrics: They say that breaking up is hard to do.
Now I know, I know that it's true. Don't say that this is the end. Instead of breaking up I wish that we were making up again. Why: I can't remember a more lilting tune from the 1960s than this one. But the words are a desperate plea to a girlfriend not to dump him. The last line cited above is nearly an admission of the virtual inevitability of the break-up and the desperation of the singer's wishes that things were otherwise. By the way, the singer did an original "fast" version of this and then sometime later a slow "ballad" version (same lyrics both times). What I say here came mainly from thinking about the original "fast' version. But even the slow "ballad" version is not nearly so much of a downer tune-wise as the lyrics could merit.
Submitted by: Mercedes Morgan
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Movies Named After Song Titles:
"Calendar Girl"
1993 movie with Jason Priestly
Submitted by: Smooth
