Posted by Bob Haworth Then there was Janis Joplin's botching of the lyrics in "Bobby McGee". I can't remember what that one was now, but I seem to recall that she mispronounce Salinas. Might have been something else. How 'bout the misinterpretation of the lyrics printed in the album "Sing A Song With The Kingston Trio." If you're not familiar with this, it was a Mitch Miller-type production of just instrumental tracks of KT songs (recorded by some unknown studio musicians) that you could sing and play along with. Long before karaoke. On the lyric sheet for "One More Town" it says: And didn't we all used to think that John Fogerty was singing "...there's a bathroom on the right..." in "Bad Moon Rising"? Believe it or not, I actually heard him sing it that way as a joke on a live TV special awhile back.
on September 8, 2007, 2:50 pm, in reply to "Re: Mr. BoJangles"
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John McEuen told me this story: The Dirt Band was in the studio and they needed one more song to flesh out the project. John had just met up with Jerry Jeff somewhere on the road and Jerry Jeff had given him a demo pressing of some new songs, including "Mr. Bojangles." John retrieved the record from the trunk of his car, but for some reason they didn't have a turn table to play it on. So they somehow rigged up a make-shift turntable, got a straight pin from a desk and attached it to a paper cone that they rolled up. They held this on the record as it spun and they were sorta able to listen to the song - enough to get the gist and write down the lyrics. But because of the flawed playback system some of the lyrics came out botched. What I remember for sure is the line "...as he spoke right out..." which came out in the Nitty Gritty version as "...as the smoke ran out..."
"If there's one more town, I'll be goin'. White for the weddin' - I'll be there." Of course the actual line is: "A fight for the winnin' and I'll be there."
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