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"Paradise by Dashboard Lights" also tells a long story, in a very funny way.
The joke was the title of this thread sounds like I don't get the long story, I do.
But about four decades after buying the album(*), I realized that I didn't understand
the litteral title so I posted that because it was funny but true.
I feel like posting a play-by-play of the song for you, which is a joke unto itself.
It's about a couple of teenagers who are making out in the back of a car.
It then cuts into a some (famious maybe) baseball announcer going into
a speil about "he's safe at first" leading up to "He's trying for home - I
think he's going to make it!"
It's done in multiple parts, most pretty unrelated musically and lyrically
to the previous one, although they all end up telling the same story.
As a partial spoiler: The last part of really funny one. BTW... "He's trying for home - I think he's going to make it" is followed by: "Stop right there! I got to know right now!" ... "Will you make me your wife?"
I'm not going to include the final part(s) [yet], but give it a listen... it's pretty cool.
Round five different parts in less than 8 and half minutes, which succeeds in actually
make it that long, but "fast paced" none the less. (At least by the then-current standards.)
I can (and has) actually led to a little a little gender-controversy - someone I knew
actually took the (IMO idiotic) side of saying "he's taking advantage of her."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTwRLzIK8ZE
Note: After listening to it again, I only paraphrased the lines above, but close enough.
* - On vinyl of course... I didn't even own an 8-track player. (And I could copy the record to cassette for playing in the car, as I did.)
Two down, nobody on, no score, bottom of the ninth
There's the windup, and there it is, a line shot up the middle
Look at him go. This boy can really fly!
He's rounding first and really turning it on now
He's not letting up at all, he's gonna try for second
The ball is bobbled out in center
And here comes the throw, and what a throw!
He's gonna slide in head first, here he comes, he's out!
No, wait, safe - safe at second base
This kid really makes things happen out there
Batter steps up to the plate
Here's the pitch and he's going, and what a jump he's got
He's trying for third, here's the throw, it's in the dirt - safe at third!
Holy cow, stolen base! He's taking a pretty big lead out there
Almost daring him to try and pick him off
The pitcher glances over, winds up, and it's bunted
Bunted down the third base line, the suicide squeeze is on!
Here he comes, squeeze play, it's gonna be close
Here's the throw, here's the play at the plate
Holy cow, I think he's gonna make it!"
I WANT MY MONEY BACK!
Yeah but would you do anything for love?
On the other hand, I wonder how many of the 18 - 40 year old crowd will
get the pun.
Anything ....but I won't do that!
Why would they keep the dashboard lights on?
I would explain it to you OP... but somehow I think you still just wound't understand
Agree... well said.
Everyone he met meant something to him and he understood how he made them feel on a personal respectful level.
If they were a bit nuts he'd be with them in that moment, Bo Selecta!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdUxEWD8wlE
I was really surprised... I thought his vocal cords got better after he trashed them,
probably with the end of the song Bat out Hell.
I thought they got better eventually, but listening to him in Bat out Of Hell TWO, I
think they never did. It sounds like they were sewed up by a surgeon and not
really recovered.
Nothing bad to say about him there, great for giving it his all. Just tragic
that he never really recovered. At least I'm pretty sure he didn't for that
album.
On the other hand, I never really searched to see if he ever did the older songs again,
especially the original Bat out of Hell again later. I thought he did, but maybe I
just saw an old video. Did he ever really get his voice back?
Sounds like an act, but that's what a good celebrity should do, so good for him.
On the other hand, when you've suffered through some nasty crud, like a singer
losing his voice, it changes you and sometimes makes you feel more sympathetic
for everyone. So maybe that's what he did.
As far as P.R. always gives his all, I've was a bigger fan on Gene Simmons. (KISS)
He also put the band and the fans first, but when seeing him in person, there was an
exception I didn't like...
I climbed on a 8 to 10 foot high speaker above him with a 3-D camera, and asked for a tongue shot. He gave me a good one.
But I met this short not-great looking girl there who was a huge fan of his and she had corresponded with him.
I watched him overlook her again and again to give more attention to the good looking thin women. I suppose if I wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt, I could assume maybe she was just too short and he just didn't notice her. But I felt bad for her.
I mean, I got no problem with him sleeping with 6000 good looking women, but some of the less attractive ones, like her, are huge fans, so it's kind of fake to give them less attention.
Actually, I'm sometimes slow enough to take decades to realize something...
I was holding a CAMERA. So maybe he didn't do the tongue thing for ME, maybe he just did it because there was a CAMERA.
P.S. I didn't buy anything for him to sign, but I did buy an illegal copy of a KISS concert on VHS. So I had him sign that. I think it's pretty funny that I have a totally non-legitimate VHS recording with a TOTALLY AUTHENTIC SIGNATURE on it. :-)