Registered: Sep 1999
Location: New Mexico, USA
Posts: 112

Hello all:

VisorCentral has been so helpful w/ problems and questions in the past, so why not give you guys a try?

Recently I read some online discussion about the lyrics to the almost incomprehensible "Wooly Bully" by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs. So I looked up the lyrics.

Second verse starts:
Hatty told Matty, "Let's don't take no chance.
Let's not be L-seven, come and learn to dance."

Several Internet searches later, I know more about the band L7 than I care to, and absolutely nothing more about what "L-seven" means in the above lyric context.

I know it's a long shot, but do any of you VisorHeads have expertise in 1965-era slang that you'd care to share?


j.


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"Vaya con Visor!"

-john

Registered: Sep 1999
Location: New Mexico, USA
Posts: 112

I just figgered out the answer.

In fact, it was "squarely" in front of me.

Sheesh.

We now return to our regularly scheduled technotalk...

j.


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"Vaya con Visor!"

-john

Registered: Apr 2000
Location: Santa Clarita, CA
Posts: 198

Now that you have our curiosity piqued -

WHAT'S IT MEAN?





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Hmmmmmmmm......

Registered: Oct 1999
Location: Metro Station, Hollywood and Highland
Posts: 1018

Observe the right angles: L7 = square.

Registered: Mar 2000
Location: McLean, VA USA
Posts: 216

Okay, great!! Now I've got that damn song running around in my head!! Thanks, John!!




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Have Visor Will Travel!

Registered: Sep 1999
Location: Texan in Calgary for a while
Posts: 1361

Wonder if that band knew that slang when they came up with their name.



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James Hromadka
VisorCentral.com
Personal Website: http://www.Hromadka.com

Registered: Oct 1999
Location: Metro Station, Hollywood and Highland
Posts: 1018

James:

Yes, they did. They mentioned it before, and that's how I knew.

Registered: Sep 1999
Location: New Mexico, USA
Posts: 112

Visor Empowered:

So sorry. I didn't do it intentionally.

I've found the only way to get songs to stop running through my head is to push them out w/ something else.

Repeat after me: "We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun..."

Hope this helps.

j.


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"Vaya con Visor!"

-john

Registered: Jan 2000
Location:
Posts: 26

Ok, so what are the lyrics to Louie, Louie by the Kingsmen?

Registered: Sep 1999
Location: New Mexico, USA
Posts: 112

Big debate on those words, there is.

Quote swiped from http://www.telephone.demon.co.uk/louie.htm

"If I told you the words, you wouldn't believe them anyway"
- Richard Berry (11/4/35 - 23/1/97).

Here's a couple'a versions:
http://www.urbanlegends.com/songs/l...real_words.html

do note the site name :-)

google.com search on "louie louie lyrics" turns up all sorts of stuff, some of which is suitable for family audiences, some ain't. You've been warned.

... and back to work....

("...were just starfish on the beach...")

j.


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"Vaya con Visor!"

-john