What the heck does it mean to knick-knack paddy wack in the song "This Old Man"?
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It's just slang for hand "patty cake", because that is what the song is all about really.
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The whole song is a play on German wedding vows.\n\nThe quote:\n\n"Wollt Ihr einander lieben und achten und die Treue halten, bis dass der Tod euch scheidet?" in German roughly translates to, "Do you want to love and respect each other and to remain faithful, until death separates you?" Instead of answering with "ja" (yes), the lyrics says "nein" (no), finally answering the question he said "nothing" to in the beginning.\n\nThe title is commonly interpreted as "You Have," but can be considered as a play on words: "Du hast" means "you have", while "du hasst", which would be spelled with a sharp (du haßt), but owing to the German grammar changes in 1996 would now simply be spelled as two s's. "s," means "you hate." The pun is illustrated by a comparison of the German version, a literal English translation, and the band's non-literal English version of the song.
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Original song was German  "Oh Mein Papa"   but here's the one I heard of.....from the 50's I think.\n\n\nOH, MY PA-PA\nEddie Fisher\n\nOh, my pa-pa, to me he was so wonderful\nOh, my pa-pa, to me he was so good\nNo one could be, so gentle and so lovable\nOh, my pa-pa, he always understood.\n\nGone are the days when he could take me on his knee\nAnd with a smile he'd change my tears to laughter\n\nOh, my pa-pa, so funny, so adorable\nAlways the clown so funny in his way\nOh, my pa-pa, to me he was so wonderful\nDeep in my heart I miss him so today.
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Here r the lyrics. The parts in the ( ) r the parts that Pete says.\n\n"Grand Theft Autumn (Where Is Your Boy)"\n\nWhere is your boy tonight? I hope he is a gentleman.\nMaybe he won't find out what I know: you were the last good thing about this part of town.\n\nWhen I wake up, I'm willing to take my chances on the hope I forget \nthat you hate him more than you notice I wrote this for you (for you, so...)\n\nYou need him. I could be him...\nI could be an accident but I'm still trying. \nThat's more than I can say for him.\n\nWhere is your boy tonight? I hope he is a gentleman.\nMaybe he won't find out what I know: you were the last good thing about this part of town.\n\nSomeday I'll appreciate in value, get off my ass and call you... {but for} the meantime I'll sport my\nbrand new fashion of waking up with pants on at 4:00 in the afternoon.\n\nYou need him. I could be him...\nI could be an accident but I'm still trying. \nThat's more than I can say for him.\n\n1-2-3-4!\n\nWhere is your boy tonight? I hope he is a gentleman.\nMaybe he won't find out what I know: you were the last good thing about this part of town.\n\n(won't find out) he won't find out\n(won't find out) he won't find out\n\nWhere is your boy tonight? I hope he is a gentleman.\nMaybe he won't find out what I know: you were the last good thing about this part of town.\n\nWhere is your boy tonight? I hope he is a gentleman. (he won't find out)\nMaybe he won't find out what I know: you were the last good thing about this part of town.
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it's a truly fantastic song, i know. i'm not 100% sure but i think the song is on one of the 'tubular bells' albums by mike oldfield.
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It was a protest song about the Vietnam war. At that time the draft was going on and it seemed the only ones getting out of being drafted were the "well to do" and politicians sons, etc. Listen to the words and its fairly self explanatory. Good oldie song!
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The first I heard the term was in an old Meatloaf song where he mentioned having sex by the dashboard lights. I don't understand the context that you use it in unless he is refering to it like the lights on your dash that tell you something is wrong with your car.
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It is Cockney 'Back slang' for boy.   This slang was also known as Butcher's Slang and I can confess that it took me nearly 40 years to find out how it originated.   You see the Butcher used to write his different meats and prices on the shop window with white wash.  It might show 'Rib of Beef  £2 per lb'.  If a shopper asked for a Rib of Beef, the butcher would look at the window from the inside and see the writing in reverse.  He would call out to his assistant 'Feeb fo bir' and so on.  The reverse slang continued to gain in order that especially young people could talk about things that the older generation would not understand.  If you asked for the price of something and it was Four pounds, the shopkeeper would say 'a rouf'.   Incidentally, one of the most interesting back slang phrases comes from the US.  It was a New York Irish emigrant family called the Muldoons.  When they did a burglary they would reverse their name in back slang and write it on the walls or windows. Noodlum.   This soon became Hoodlums with criminals becoming known as Hoods.  Sorry for going on but I could not Pots..........................
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Here is a link to a number of opinions on the meaning of this particular song:
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I dont know really.  I guess its self explanatory.  It's from Adam Sandler's The Goat Song if thats what you are asking.
466125
Hes talking about letting the old flames (old Lover) die. meaning, let it go... and moooooooooooove on!!!
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It's an awesome song, but I'm not quite sure what it means.\n\nIt might mean that the writer of the song wasn't writing about heartbreaks and how much love sucks and stuff(tragedies), but instead, he wrote about sins and stuff.\n\nI dunno.
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"kan man ha roligare" basically translates to "Could this be funnier".  It is Swedish.  Hopefully, you're wondering because you saw the incredibly hysterical baby laughter video that's been circulating via email.  He's just toooooo cute!
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"there" is the rapper's "flow" and "it's" at the party. everyone says "whoomp there it is" to let the MC know that his lyrics are good and that the party is hype. \n\ni.e. \nTag team back again \nCheck into wreckin \nLet's begin \nParty on party people let me hear some noise \nDC's in the house \njump jump rejoice \nSays there's a party over here a party over there \nWave your hands in the air, shake your derrière \nThese three words when you're getting busy \nWhoomp there it is \nhit me \n\nUp side down, and inside out \nI?m about to show you folks what it?s all about \nNow its time for a nigga to get on the mic \nAnd make this mother fucking party hype \nI?m takin it back to the old school \nCuz I'm a old fool \nWhose sooo cool \nIf ya want to get down, imma show you the way \nWhoomp there it is, let me hear you say.\n\n\n-- obviously most people don't actually listen to the lyrics of hiphop and just assume it's all about sex or drugs, when actually most of it the REAL stuff, especially the Old School hiphop is just about having fun and feelin good with your friends at a party.
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Just adding to what others previously submitted.\nTalking about brotherhood of human race, the sentiment of the title is developed in the verses: “So on we go, his welfare is my concern, no burden is he to bear".\nThe song took its title from an expression that was immortalized in the 1938 film Boys Town, about a shelter for homeless boys.\nA big hit by The Hollies, released in February 1970, reached chart position #7.
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It's from episode 105 of South Park - An Elephant Makes Love to a Pig. The song is not actually a Loverboy song. It's just a joke, dude.
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The Meaning of The Song:\n\n\nWhile there is no clear reference or explanation of the song's lyrics, the lyrics itself are self explanatory: the song centers around a man's relationship with his girlfriend, and his observations about her wild and reckless behaviour including overindulging in alcohol or drugs. The song also contains numerous references to their active sex life and partying lifestyle. The imagery of the man's girlfriend "passed out on the deck", "pass[ing] the check" and other lyrics certainly paint the picture of fun.\n\nIn a lyrical trick, the observations of the man about his likes of his relationship with his girlfriend at the start of the song (e.g. "I love the places that we go, I love the people that you know") are in the second verse turned into the very same things he dislikes about her and their relationship. Other subtleties of their relationship, such as sex ("I like the white stains on your dress" or "I like your pants around your feet") or rough sex ("I love your lack of self-respect while you're passed out on the deck, I love my hands around your neck") give way to his dissatisfaction with the same behavior he found appealing at the start of the song ("I love the good times that you wreck").\n\nBEST ANSWER?????????