The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #17187   Message #1276961
Posted By: GUEST
20-Sep-04 - 11:25 PM
Thread Name: Mis-heard session tune titles.
Subject: RE: Mis-heard tune titles.
In 1965 I emigrated to Australia from the UK, I was only 15 and rock-n-roll crazy with a very large collection of 45's. Before leaving London for the airport I heard a song on the radio by the group "Them" I didn't here the DJ's introduction only the recording so I assumed the line containing "…Mr Guys…" was the title. At this point in my life I could remember the words to a song reasonably well. When I arrived at Melbourne, some days later I found the local record shop and asked about "Mr Guys" by "Them". Needless to say the shop assistant didn't know what I was on about. Explaining where I heard it, she told me the industry hadn't released it in Australia yet and she would pre book it for me, all I had to do was check if it was released every week or two. This I did while adding to my collection each visit, waiting for this really good record I enjoyed so much. One day I strolled into the shop and started looking through the rack containing all the latest records, when I noticed a single by "Them" labled "Mystic Eyes" I immediatly purchased it and went home feeling stupid, never to return back to the shop. Shame really, she was a really good looking shop assistant.