Well, it's a TMBG cover. That's an old song.
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megan walker - Mar 03, 2009 8:20:05 pm PST #8501 of 28431
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Morgana - Mar 03, 2009 8:23:49 pm PST #8502 of 28431
"I make mistakes, but I am on the side of Good," the Golux said, "by accident and happenchance.” – The 13 Clocks, James Thurber
"Thy lips are warm." is from Romeo and Juliet. It is what Juliet says after the Romeo's fake suicide just before she commits the real thing with a dagger.
yep -- Act 5, scene 3
The story also uses the lark/nightingale quote, and I knew that one straight off. But this Istanbul/Constantinople thing mystifies me. There is no earthly reason for those words to even be in the story unless they're a reference to something, and it's driving me nuts. (There's also one quick reference to Paris in regards to a character, which threw me for a moment until I realized it was a reference to Count Paris, not the city.)
I found the They Might Be Giants lyrics (which brought back a memory of hearing it sung once a cappella), but I don't think they apply to the situation here.
Jessica - Mar 04, 2009 3:56:17 am PST #8503 of 28431
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Well, it's a TMBG cover. That's an old song.
Megan beat me to it. Original version is from the 50s or thereabouts.
Kat - Mar 04, 2009 4:23:49 am PST #8504 of 28431
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
There is no earthly reason for those words to even be in the story unless they're a reference to something, and it's driving me nuts
Well, it could be about constancy and almost a deeper reference to the idea that a "rose by any other name would smell as sweet." Changing the name of Constantinople changes little about the history, character or architecture of the city. It's a re-reference to that idea, perhaps.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 04, 2009 4:49:58 am PST #8505 of 28431
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Earwormed now. Not unpleasant, though.
Even old New York, was once New Amsterdam...
Fred Pete - Mar 04, 2009 4:57:47 am PST #8506 of 28431
Ann, that's a ferret.
Original version is from the 50s or thereabouts.
Popularized by the Four Lads.
Sophia Brooks - Mar 04, 2009 4:59:52 am PST #8507 of 28431
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My grandpa had that song on a greatest Hits of the 50's tape that I loved, and I was so surprised when everyone kept talking about the TMBG's version as if it were a new song.
Connie Neil - Mar 04, 2009 5:59:03 am PST #8508 of 28431
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My mother had a 78rpm record of some 40s/50s group doing the song.
Kathy A - Mar 04, 2009 6:01:20 am PST #8509 of 28431
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I remember driving my mom somewhere while I was playing a mix tape in my car which included a bunch of TMBG songs. She was just half-listening until "Istanbul" came on, then she started singing along. I had no clue it was a cover until she said she knew it from when she was in high school.
flea - Mar 04, 2009 6:39:05 am PST #8510 of 28431
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My daughter has a whole dance routine to the TMBG version that she learned at the YMCA last summer.