That’s what I used to think Van Morrison was saying in “Brown Eyed Girl.” Turns out he was saying “Cast my memory back there, lord.” I like mine better.
And no matter what he’s saying, I think that song is stupid.
Oh, I was still dancing and singing along when it came over the muzak at Whole Foods last night, but I still think it’s stupid.
Why? Because 75% of people in the world have brown eyes! So what’s so special about this “brown-eyed girl?” Nothing! Yet whenever the song comes on, some brown-eyed female will say, “Oh, that song’s about me!” Yeah, you and 70 billion other people.
Whenever the song comes on I tell Frank about my issue. I always say, “He might as well say ‘my girl who breathes oxygen.’ ”
We then usually try to come up with other topics Van could sing about:
“My pizza-loving girl”
“My girl who wears blue jeans”
“My three-meal-a-day girl”
“My shoulder-length-haired girl”
“My girl with eyebrows” (now I would be left out of that one)
“My deodorant-using girl”
“My girl who likes to go to the mall”
I could go on and on but I always favor the oxygen one. Frank found a flaw in that one though: EVERYBODY breathes oxygen…but a lot of people have brown eyes. So it has to be something that a lot of people have but not necessarily everybody. He then came up with the best one of all:
“My girl whose social security number ends in an odd number”
I love it! And it goes so well with the song too:
Laughing and a-running, hey, hey, Skipping and a-jumping
In the misty morning fog with
Our, our hearts a-thumping
And you, my girl whose social security number ends in an odd number
You, my girl whose social security number ends in an odd number
Even though I think our version is better, I guess Mr. Morrison did make a good business decision. I mean, had he written a song called “my ambidextrous girl,” not as many people would be able to relate. Plus, who wants to get it on behind the stadium with that girl?
I think we're actually singing "Living on a Prayer" but we would do the same for B.E.G.
11 comments:
as a green-eyed girl, i've always hated that song too! i would get paranoid when that song would come on the radio b/c most of my boyfriends had ex-girlfriends w/ brown eyes and i was convinced that was 'their song'... although i never confirmed this with any of them. thanks to your blog today, i can have a new outlook on the song i love to sing, but i hate deep deep down!
As a blue-eyed girl, I always thought boys must like brown eyes better.
I also did not like that song "Don't it make your Brown Eyes Blue", like having blue eyes was a bad thing.
I love my blue eyes, even though they don't work so well. I'm ambivalent about getting them lasered some day because then I can't whip off my smart-girl glasses and stun some boy with the full effect sans corrective lense barricade. Yes, it's a cliche move, but honey, it freakin' WORKS.
And if your boyfriend is singing, he should be changing the lyrics to fit you anyway.
AR: Glad I could help! To me,having "brown eyed girl" as a couple song is as lame as having "I will always love you" by Mrs. Bobby Brown.
KK: Agree but I love me some Crystal Gayle!
RB: That is exactly why I haven't gotten Lasik yet.
To all, did you know green eyes are rarer than blue? I'm a greener like Amy.
Kristin sent this fun link which helps you calculate what colors eyes your kids will have.
http://museum.thetech.org/ugenetics/eyeCalc/eyecalculator.html
Frank and I will have green-eyed kids which isn't a surprise since we both have green eyes. Although his social ends in an odd # and mine ends in an even.
My eyes are blue sometimes and green other times. More often green. Anyone else's change?
Just from green to hazel
I always change the words to that song because Tami's eyes are blue. To be fair, I change the words to almost every song, it helps me remember them better.
TAMI, you don't have to put on the red light...
She puts on her make-up and brushes her shoulder-length, blondish-brownish hair...
Little ditty 'bout Scott and Tami...
tha't exactly what I do...it's almost as if you have been on a road trip with us!!!!
And stopped for kolaches and Blizzards on the way? I love Womack road trips!
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