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And You Don't Know, You Don't Know, You Don't Know, You Don't Know

Posted over 3 years ago
Three delicious zarpex-Pointsâ„¢ to the first who can figure out why radio stations that played this song when it came out in 1964 were flooded with objections from listeners.
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  1. brand X
    brand X says It probably had something to do with that filthy, filthy language she uses.
    Permalink posted 05/26/2008
  2. Augusts1
    Augusts1 says People mistook her pronunciation of the word "glad" for "hell". On first listen I thought she was saying "you don't know how the hell I am" but other times she says glad clearly. I even had to look at the title of the song to get what she was really saying. It's just a case of her emphasis being misunderstood. Funny stuff!
    Permalink posted 05/26/2008
  3. zarpex
    zarpex says Well done, Augusts1!
    Permalink posted 05/26/2008
  4. Petey Lapides
    Petey Lapides says "My love has no top."
    Permalink posted 05/27/2008
  5. Augusts1
    Augusts1 says Hey thanks Zarpex. Now what do I do with the 3 delicious zarpex Points TM?hehe
    Permalink posted 05/27/2008
  6. Bartleby
    Bartleby says I think it's because she describes her love as a nudist in the song ("My love has no bottom, my love has no top") which seems to make her happier than conventions would allow. Also, how will I know what zarpex-Pointsâ„¢ taste like if I can sample it first? Please send us some free sampler first.
    Permalink posted 05/27/2008
  7. Bartleby
    Bartleby says Blasted devil fingers!!! I meant to say: "if I can't sample those zarpex-Pointsâ„¢ first"
    Permalink posted 05/27/2008
  8. Universalis
    Universalis says ' ' ' Looked a bit after ""zarpex"" and "" zarpex-Pointsâ„¢ "" Zarpex Biosciences Ltd, c/o MRC Virology Unit, Institute of Virology Church Street, Glasgow G11 5JR - Scotland - (UK) Tel: 0141 330 4017 or 020 8977 3234 Fax: 0141 337 2236 or 020 8977 1701 E-mail: patrick.stokes@ukgateway.net Contact: Patrick Stokes, Chief Executive (Zarpex Biosciences Ltd) So shall winners of Z-points go complain there ? :)))))) --- The worst i've found is this one, entry in the urban dictionnary : http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Zarpex Not so sure i want any of those zarpexTMpoints anymore :)))))))
    Permalink posted 05/27/2008
  9. Charley Rogulewski
    Charley Rogulewski says wow...those people back in '64 had no idea what was going to be out on the radio in 2008
    Permalink posted 05/27/2008
  10. brittanybf
    brittanybf says haha, thanks for that zarpex. how did she even manage to turn 'glad' into 'hell'? funny song.
    Permalink posted 05/27/2008
  11. Spike
    Spike says Augusts1 and zarpex, I don't hear it. Are you saying that you know specifically what listeners objected to, and that it was that they mistook "glad" for "hell" and not "how" for "hell"? That they thought she was singing, "You don't know hell glad I am"? It doesn't make sense. In any case, it's great to hear the song again.
    Permalink posted 05/27/2008
  12. zarpex
    zarpex says It's just her voice, Spike; she's got that sort of rich, jazz-y purr. "How" remains "how" throughout, but "glad" becomes "the hell." I'm not saying she sang it that way on purpose. My only source for the story came from the liner notes of the compilation I got it from (one of the "Hard-to-Find 45's on CD" series). It's not "You don't know hell glad I am," it's "You don't know how the hell I am" (well, really, it's "You don't know how glad I am.") I'm a little surprised you don't hear it. But yeah; lovely tune, ain't it?
    Permalink posted 05/27/2008
  13. Spike
    Spike says I deserve at some negative zarpex-Points^TM^ for this. You're totally right about the first verse. I just noticed that it's a twelve bar blues, pretty much.
    Permalink posted 05/27/2008
  14. Spike
    Spike says I deserve at least
    Permalink posted 05/27/2008
  15. Petey Lapides
    Petey Lapides says
    Permalink posted 05/30/2008
  16. Petey Lapides
    Petey Lapides says In order to more easily zero in on those few seconds in question, I took the liberty of conjuring up a Mog Player version of the tune. Another convincing argument for making the player the default embed: I could note that the phrase occurs at 00:35, and keep knocking the player back to that point with ease. Try this with your ordinary, household red button - if you dare. I can therefore verify that Mizz Wilson is simply employing a bit of melisma and stretching "glad" into "gla-had". The fussbudgets of 1964 were no doubt less familiar with the technique than we... "*How 'American Idol' Uses (and Abuses) Melisma":http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6791133*
    Permalink posted 05/30/2008
  17. zarpex
    zarpex says See; this is what I mean when I talk about the impressive level of musical erudition on this site. ??Melisma??. Love it. I confess the word is new to me. And impressive use of the software resources as well, Petey. Bravo.
    Permalink posted 05/31/2008

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