Michelle, My Belle. These Are Words That Go Together Well. My Michelle. (1 Viewer)

[rockaction]

Guns N' Roses or Beatles?

Great songs. Earnest question. 

 

[pecorino]

What blasphemy is this?

 

[rockaction]

What blasphemy is this?

I think we're on the same page, but it's the song that got you born, gently put.  

 

[whoknew]

Horrible song.

 

[rockaction]

Horrible song.

Really? Both? 

eta* If it's both, I really have to question your taste, frankly. I think both should about cover it.  

 

[Hawkeye21]

Beatles.  Michelle is a song I really like.

 

[whoknew]

Really? Both? 

I don't know the Guns n Roses version.

 

[rockaction]

I don't know the Guns n Roses version.

Ah, then I'm stumped.

eta* its not a version, it's an entirely new song.   

 

[whoknew]

Ah, then I'm stumped.

eta* its not a version, it's an entirely new song.   

Oh. 

Yea I just really don't like that song. And I like the Beatles very much. They are ... well, you know. The greatest.

But that song is no good.

 

[rockaction]

Oh. 

Yea I just really don't like that song. And I like the Beatles very much. They are ... well, you know. The greatest.

But that song is no good.

Such an earworm this morning, though. YMMV. 

 

[Foosball God]

I believe it is called rhyming 

 

[rockaction]

I believe it is called rhyming 

It's a lovely rhyme, though.  

eta* It's also consonance and assonance, if we're being thorough

 

[Dan Lambskin]

?

 

[rockaction]

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Figured you would. Sox win! Sox win!  

 

[rockaction]

?

We don't like each other. Let's leave it at that. No need to be a bully on a message board. You have your space, I have mine.  

 

[rockaction]

And now you've dragged me down to this level instead of a discussion. That's what you are. A drag.  

 

[Henry Ford]

I don't know the Guns n Roses version.

That's because G'n'R never did a cover of Michelle My Belle.

 

[Henry Ford]

Frankly, I didn't know anyone liked My Michelle this much.

 

[Henry Ford]

What about "Michelle My Belle": The Beatles or The Overlanders?

 

[rockaction]

Frankly, I didn't know anyone liked My Michelle this much.

Just starting conversation, Henry. 

Much love to ya. Been a personal absence from the PSF. 

 

[Apple Jack]

Frankly, I didn't know anyone liked My Michelle this much.

Could have been an all-timer but Axl whiffed horribly on the chorus.

 

[rockaction]

Frankly, I didn't know anyone liked My Michelle this much.

I do, actually. It's probably a terrible decision, but it's at least mine, 

 

[Henry Ford]

I do, actually. It's probably a terrible decision, but it's at least mine, 

I don't think it's terrible.  Everyone has favorite B-Sides from great bands.

I used to own a U2 CD single from Germany that was "All I Want Is You" an "Everlasting Love" cover and my favorite U2 cover of all time (and favorite version in existence of) "Unchained Melody."

 

[Dan Lambskin]

We don't like each other. Let's leave it at that. No need to be a bully on a message board. You have your space, I have mine.  

I just never know what the hell you’re talking about

 

[Mr. Mojo]

Not my favorite Beatles song, but the thought of Axl Rose's shrill whining would make it even worse.

 

[rockaction]

I just never know what the hell you’re talking about

Okay. It's cool. I respect you. Love you, even. Have liked your comments, uninhibited. Let's just forget it.   

 

[rockaction]

Not my favorite Beatles song, but the thought of Axl Rose's shrill whining would make it even worse.

It's not a cover, it was a slick play on words, or so I thought.  

 

[rockaction]

I don't think it's terrible.  Everyone has favorite B-Sides from great bands.

I used to own a U2 CD single from Germany that was "All I Want Is You" an "Everlasting Love" cover and my favorite U2 cover of all time (and favorite version in existence of) "Unchained Melody."

Thanks, Henry. Yeah, B-Sides can be great. 

Wasn't "Wouldn't It Be Nice" a B-Side?

Or am I dreaming?

 

[rockaction]

No. "God Only Knows" was the B-Side, further proving your point, Henry.  

 

[Henry Ford]

Thanks, Henry. Yeah, B-Sides can be great. 

Wasn't "Wouldn't It Be Nice" a B-Side?

Or am I dreaming?

"God Only Knows" was the B-side to "Wouldn't It Be Nice."  They're in my dad's jukebox.

Edit: Along with the greatest somewhat racist song of all time, "Please, Mr. Custer."

 

[rockaction]

"God Only Knows" was the B-side to "Wouldn't It Be Nice."  They're in my dad's jukebox.

Edit: Along with the greatest somewhat racist song of all time, "Please, Mr. Custer."

Yeah, I corrected. 

Is that the "Please Mr. Custer" song? Please Mr. Custer, I don't wanna go....

My father sang that song to me, too.  

 

[Henry Ford]

Yeah, I corrected. 

Is that the "Please Mr. Custer" song? Please Mr. Custer, I don't wanna go....

My father sang that song to me, too.  

Yep.  

Hey, Mr. Custer-you mind if I be excused the rest of the afternoon?
Hey charlie, duck yer head! 
Hm, you're a little bit late on that one, charlie
Ooh, I bet that smarts!

 

[rockaction]

Yep.  

Thanks, man. It was rancid then and rancid now.

 

[Henry Ford]

Thanks, man. It was rancid then and rancid now.

That song was playing when I had my first beer with my father.  At age seven.

Yes, that's the sort of person who listens to that song.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Has Guns and Roses ever done anything "better" than anyone else ever?

Aside from recording a song about being welcomed to a jungle?

 

[Epic Problem]

Has Guns and Roses ever done anything "better" than anyone else ever?

Aside from recording a song about being welcomed to a jungle?

Patience, my friend. I'm sure someone will come up with something. 

 

[rockaction]

That song was playing when I had my first beer with my father.  At age seven.

Yes, that's the sort of person who listens to that song.

Henry, I'm sorry. That's not what we did in our family. Not a great family, but in need, of course. Sorry to hear that. And by hear, I mean listening, 

 

[Mr. Mojo]

Has Guns and Roses ever done anything "better" than anyone else ever?

Aside from recording a song about being welcomed to a jungle?

Their version of Knockin' On Heaven's Door is one of the worst covers in rock history. 

 

[Henry Ford]

Henry, I'm sorry. That's not what we did in our family. Not a great family, but in need, of course. Sorry to hear that. And by hear, I mean listening, 

Lol.  Yeah, sorry, I was just making fun of my dad.

 

[rockaction]

Their version of Knockin' On Heaven's Door is one of the worst covers in rock history. 

'Tis true, my friend, spread it to the heavens

 

[rockaction]

Lol.  Yeah, sorry, I was just making fun of my dad.

Oh, okay. Making fun of your dad is sport in my family, too. 

 

[Henry Ford]

Oh, okay. Making fun of your dad is sport in my family, too. 

He showed us how to shoot bottle rockets over the building across the street into the pool you had to have a membership to get into.  When the cops would show up he'd run inside, lock us out for the cops to catch us, and pretend he had been upstairs asleep and we'd done it all on our own.

 

[rockaction]

He showed us how to shoot bottle rockets over the building across the street into the pool you had to have a membership to get into.  When the cops would show up he'd run inside, lock us out for the cops to catch us, and pretend he had been upstairs asleep and we'd done it all on our own.

Oh my. Mang, if you ever need an ear, here, 

 

[Henry Ford]

Oh my. Mang, if you ever need an ear, here, 

I see you don't find my childhood stories as funny as I do.  I'll show myself out.

 

[Epic Problem]

He showed us how to shoot bottle rockets over the building across the street into the pool you had to have a membership to get into.  When the cops would show up he'd run inside, lock us out for the cops to catch us, and pretend he had been upstairs asleep and we'd done it all on our own.

We had a local FD across the street from my grandmother's house, which is where we spent every 4th of July when I was growing up. One year, me and a friend were in the far end of the back yard, closest to the FD, and launching bottle rockets in it's direction. When my dad came out and asked us "What they hell are you doing? What if it catches on fire?" we replied with "Who's better equipped to handle such a situation than the FD?" 

That didn't go over very well.  

 

[rockaction]

I see you don't find my childhood stories as funny as I do.  I'll show myself out.

Nah, they cool. Just don't ask a....millenial.  

 

[Epic Problem]

Little did any of us know that about 7 years later, I'd be railing the Fire Chief's daughter 

 

[Henry Ford]

We had a local FD across the street from my grandmother's house, which is where we spent every 4th of July when I was growing up. One year, me and a friend were in the far end of the back yard, closest to the FD, and launching bottle rockets in it's direction. When my dad came out and asked us "What they hell are you doing? What if it catches on fire?" we replied with "Who's better equipped to handle such a situation than the FD?" 

That didn't go over very well.  

My dad is a pyromaniac.  Like, if he hadn't become a lawyer, he would definitely be an arsonist.  He might be anyway, and just got away with it all his life.  He was on a first name basis with all of the members of his local fire department for years because about once a year a fire he'd set in his yard would just go insanely out of control.

My little sister went on a school trip to the fire station in middle school, and they all introduced themselves to the fire captain and learned about fire safety.  Cool little trip.  when she introduced herself, the captain said "Wait, Ford?  Are you Jack Ford's daughter?" 

"Yeah!" 

He apparently looked at his crew and they all burst out laughing and he told the teacher to "keep an eye on this one.  Keep her away from matches."

 

[Henry Ford]

You know, @rockaction, if you turned this into a thread telling stories about our fathers from when we were young, it could legitimately run forever on this board.

 

[rockaction]

You know, @rockaction, if you turned this into a thread telling stories about our fathers from when we were young, it could legitimately run forever on this board.

Love to go with you there, just didn't think I was going there. It was a pun on a rhyme, but if you want to take it there, then by all means. I've been thinking a lot about my father, too,