Robitussin make me feel so fine/ Robitussin and elderberry wine
Now I knew Robitussin to be a cough medicine which was available in Britain in my youth, but I could not conceive of why Moby Grape would be singing of its delights in San Francisco in 1967. So I always assumed that I'd just misheard it: but on visiting www.mobygrape.net today I discover that the real lyric is:
Robitussin make me feel so fineRobitussin and Elderberry wine
Kinda weird, don't ya think?
― Dadaismus, Tuesday, 22 April 2003 14:18 (twenty years ago) link
― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Tuesday, 22 April 2003 14:21 (twenty years ago) link
― Fabrice (Fabfunk), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 09:34 (twenty years ago) link
― Eyeball Kicks (Eyeball Kicks), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 10:40 (twenty years ago) link
"I told you I wanted the fish-sticks!" over and over again.
― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 11:31 (twenty years ago) link
In the ear, sil vous plait.
― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 12:15 (twenty years ago) link
― bedroom, Thursday, 24 April 2003 04:11 (twenty years ago) link
― David Allen, Thursday, 24 April 2003 04:24 (twenty years ago) link
― bedroom, Thursday, 24 April 2003 08:12 (twenty years ago) link
― Bryan From Kappa Sig, Thursday, 24 April 2003 19:35 (twenty years ago) link
― duane, Sunday, 27 April 2003 05:43 (twenty years ago) link
I find myself to often have to double check the lyrics to "Too Far Gone" by Adonis; doubting that he does say "Yall start jackin' off in there"
Or is he actually saying something different? Assumedly he is talking about dancing, not masturbating, but hey, you never know.
― mehlt, Wednesday, 25 July 2007 06:05 (sixteen years ago) link
I always thought in Punks in the Beerlight (Silver Jews), that Dave Berman sang "Punks in the Beerlight--Toulouse-Lautrec!".
And then I found out, yeah, he does.
― Chaucer Arafat, Thursday, 26 July 2007 15:00 (sixteen years ago) link
Hendrix did in fact say 'Kiss this Guy' in live performances and meant for it to be androgynous on the album. Is that common knowledge? Still interesting.
― humansuit, Thursday, 26 July 2007 15:07 (sixteen years ago) link
Irreplaceable... I thought "to the left" didn't make any sense, why is his stuff in a box to the left? Then I thought "aha!", she's saying "to the lift" and she wants him to get his stuff out of her flat, down in the elevator and out of her life. Then I found out I was right the first time. Still makes no sense though.
― ledge, Thursday, 26 July 2007 15:12 (sixteen years ago) link
still makes more sense than Beyonce calling an elevator a "lift," wtf
― Curt1s Stephens, Thursday, 26 July 2007 15:13 (sixteen years ago) link
The Heart of Rock and Roll is New Beaton
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 26 July 2007 15:16 (sixteen years ago) link
Beyonce is a a stuck up diva that's wtf. See: Madonna's English accent.
― humansuit, Thursday, 26 July 2007 15:17 (sixteen years ago) link
I always thought I heard Queen's "One Vision" wrong where at the end he says "Gimme gimme gimme fried chicken" was looking to see what it really was the other day, sure enough, I was right...
-- Bryan From Kappa Sig, Thursday, April 24, 2003 7:35 PM (4 years ago)
beaten to the punch, totally! we had so many arguments about this is 1987,but it turns out...well, you know.
― CharlieNo4, Thursday, 26 July 2007 15:25 (sixteen years ago) link
"And I feel it as the dogs begin to smell her. Will they smell alone?"
― Richard Wood Johnson, Thursday, 26 July 2007 16:30 (sixteen years ago) link
"Seems as though a month ago I was Beta-Chi." From Kenny Loggins's "Danny's Song."
― Kid Creole Meets Señor Coconut at a fIREHOSE Show (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 21 April 2014 19:13 (nine years ago) link
Kinda weird, don't ya think?― Dadaismus, Tuesday, April 22, 2003 10:18 AM (10 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Dadaismus, Tuesday, April 22, 2003 10:18 AM (10 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Not so weird when you're drinking the tussin.
― how's life, Monday, 21 April 2014 19:23 (nine years ago) link
At least it's not Ironic!
Hey HeyJ
― Mark G, Tuesday, 22 April 2014 06:02 (nine years ago) link
the Robitussin references in the Moby Grape song refer to its use as a recreational drug when large amounts are ingested, nowadays known as "robo-tripping". I've long wondered whether the Grape were getting high on the dextromethorphan- or codeine-laced version of Robitussin; the latter was much more readily available in 1967 than it is now, with many states now requiring a prescription for it. Outside the US, codeine cough syrups or pain relievers are still usually available without an rx.
― Lee626, Tuesday, 22 April 2014 08:43 (nine years ago) link
The Move did a cover version, but they disbelieved the lyrics they heard, so they substituted "Your old bustle" instead.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 22 April 2014 10:22 (nine years ago) link
"Robitussin" possibly chosen over "Romilar" because it sang better
― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Tuesday, 22 April 2014 13:59 (nine years ago) link
http://tinyfez.com/gallery/var/thumbs/TUSSIN-UP-WEB-ARCHIVE/tu_01/.album.jpg?m=1308869721
― sleeve, Tuesday, 22 April 2014 15:30 (nine years ago) link
Syd Barrett's "It Is Obvious" has the line "Your stars, my stars, simple cock bars". Syd, man, I know you were insane, but what?
― rushomancy, Thursday, 24 April 2014 12:07 (nine years ago) link
I always thought it was cot bars... but, as you say, it's Syd after all
― A frenzied geologist (Tom D.), Thursday, 24 April 2014 12:11 (nine years ago) link
I put on Culture Club's 'That's the Way (I'm Only Trying to Help You)' and I cracked up when my gf made a face and said 'clowns caress you?!'. I insisted that no no, he said clouds! Come on. Clowns? As if. But then I looked it up and...hmm. Huh. Hmm. Well.
― Expart of Languidge (Old Lunch), Friday, 28 February 2020 13:00 (four years ago) link