High Fidelity Lyric

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Okay, in the song High Fidelity I always thought the fifth line was:

"Love has never been an amateur hour"

But on elviscostello.info it reads:

"Lovers laughing in their amateur hour"

I'll still sing it my way of course (elvis be damned), but after listening to the song several times I still can't tell...thoughts? Besides, I sorta like mine... :D
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I think that you are both right in that you are both wrong. :lol:
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That's always been 100% clear to me. The whole lyric is, I think. Love his voice on there. Close to cracking and having problems, very raw. Great stuff.
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Post by DrJ »

I also always thought it was "Love has never been an amateur hour" but I check the Singing Dictionary and it tells me the Lover's Laughing thing.

I guess I'll just have to buy the GH reissue now to be really really sure...

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I always sang it as

Love is nothing but an amateur hour.
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Put me in the mis-heard column. Hmm... food for thought. I certainly can't wait to hear the GH reissue. The CD copy I have has shit for sound (not just the LP's wall-of-sound type production but serious mud).
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taz wrote:Okay, in the song High Fidelity I always thought the fifth line was:

"Love has never been an amateur hour"

But on elviscostello.info it reads:

"Lovers laughing in their amateur hour"

I'll still sing it my way of course (elvis be damned), but after listening to the song several times I still can't tell...thoughts? Besides, I sorta like mine... :D
~~The lyric is "lovers laughing in their amateur hour"- that is the correct lyric.
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cbartal wrote:I always sang it as

Love is nothing but an amateur hour.
Me too.
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Post by sulkygirl »

I always thought it was:

"Love has never been an amateur hour-
Holding hands in the corridors of power--
Even though I'm with somebody else right now---"

I've been drinking, could've flubbed that last line.

My problem is the last VERSE of the song...I really love ya'all on the other side of the pond, but British Syntax & Slang are a bitch if you've never been!
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It is:

"Lovers laughing in their amateur hour,
Holding hands in the corridors of power
Even though I'm with somebody else right now."

It's all of a piece, and if you change the first line to "Love is nothing but an amateur hour," it doesn't make much sense as a whole.


And the last verse is:

"Even though you're nowhere near me,
And I know you kiss him so sincerely now.
Even though the signal's indistinct
And you worry what silly people think
Who just can't wait to feel so frozen out
I bet he thinks that he was chosen out
of millions I suppose he'll never know about"
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noiseradio wrote:It is:

"Lovers laughing in their amateur hour,
Holding hands in the corridors of power
Even though I'm with somebody else right now."

It's all of a piece, and if you change the first line to "Love is nothing but an amateur hour," it doesn't make much sense as a whole.


And the last verse is:

"Even though you're nowhere near me,
And I know you kiss him so sincerely now.
Even though the signal's indistinct
And you worry what silly people think
Who just can't wait to feel so frozen out
I bet he thinks that he was chosen out
of millions I suppose he'll never know about"
~~Right on, Noise!! You and I agree on the lyrics. What do you think this is about? Just curious.
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Thanks, noise....it always frustrated me that I could never quite make out the last few lines...

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I think it's about an unfaithful man pining for his unfaithful woman.
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noiseradio wrote:I think it's about an unfaithful man pining for his unfaithful woman.
~~Noise, you are soooooooooo funny! Yep, thats what it is about! :lol:
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IStandAccused wrote:
noiseradio wrote:I think it's about an unfaithful man pining for his unfaithful woman.
~~Noise, you are soooooooooo funny! Yep, thats what it is about! :lol:
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