musical interlude

[marcicat]

When I realized that one song really *is* saying “cake by the ocean,” (‘Cake By The Ocean,’ DNCE) I thought I should check on a couple others.

1. The Mr. Mister song ‘Kyrie,’ is not a Star Wars inspired exhortation to carry a laser, as it turns out. According to google, the actual phrase is “kyrie elision,’ which is Greek. (Not Greek for “carry a laser,” sadly. While there are a variety of spellings out there, the common translation seems to be ‘Lord, have mercy.’)

2. It seemed unlikely that there was really a song out there with the lyrics “she’s gonna have kittens / it blows me away.” And yet. (Honestly, the actual lyric of “she’s got whatever it is” don’t make much more sense to me, but there it is.) Thanks, Zac Brown Band! The name of the song should have given it away (‘Whatever It Is’) but I heard this one on the radio many times before I knew the name, so it wasn’t as helpful as it could have been.

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Comments

[wildforce71]

Carry a laser down the road that I must travel makes much more sense, really, but yes. Any Catholic can tell you that Kyrie elison means lord have mercy, and it's usually paired with Christe, elison. Bet you can guess what that means...

[marcicat]

I admit I am partial to "carry a laser" myself! Kyrie elison was new to me, and I'm kicking myself a little for not somehow working in "it's all Greek to me" into my original post...

[wildforce71]

That would have been amazing...