Log In
Register
1.46am
Moderators
Members
Reviewers
20 August 2013
Offline
I have a confession.
If the Beach Boys had sung “I wish they all could be Liverpudlian girls,” I would be ticked off at them. I would feel like they were cheating on America with the UK. How wrong of me is that?
Can buy Joe love! Amazon | iTunes
Check here for "how do I do this" guide to the forum. 
(2017) 
(2018)
3.29am
1 December 2009
Offline
mccartneyalarm said
Unquestionably, Funny Paper deserves all the glory with rewriting Beatles lyrics! (I do like Paper/Alarm or McFunny, though!…hilarious!) However, I must insist that we use my address on future collaborations so Paul can serve me personally with the copyright infringement lawsuit. I’ll be happy to give you half or even 2/3 the credit, but I insist he puts the handcuffs on me! (giggle)
There’s a coupla old threads devoted to rewriting Beatles classics! (I’m too lazy to look for ’em, sorry…) Great stuff from Zig, the m.i.a. Mr. Sun king, MeanMrs.M and others I can’t remember.
GEORGE: In fact, The Detroit Sound. JOHN: In fact, yes. GEORGE: In fact, yeah. Tamla-Motown artists are our favorites. The Miracles. JOHN: We like Marvin Gaye. GEORGE: The Impressions PAUL & GEORGE: Mary Wells. GEORGE: The Exciters. RINGO: Chuck Jackson. JOHN: To name but eighty.
7.38pm
1 November 2012
Offline Funny Paper said
mccartneyalarm said
Unquestionably, Funny Paper deserves all the glory with rewriting Beatles lyrics! (I do like Paper/Alarm or McFunny, though!…hilarious!) However, I must insist that we use my address on future collaborations so Paul can serve me personally with the copyright infringement lawsuit. I’ll be happy to give you half or even 2/3 the credit, but I insist he puts the handcuffs on me! (giggle)I heard Paul quit his job at the police department and got himself a steady job — Bounty Hunter (he moonlights as a rock star).
There remains One That Got Away, however:
And the jailer man
and Sailor Sam,
will search for ever more…
Faded flowers, wait in a jar, till the evening is complete... complete... complete... complete...
8.55pm
Reviewers
14 April 2010
Offline cbatcu said
Speaking of spewing…could someone enlighten me on the original story of Zig that started the comments I see everywhere on the forum that go like “I Zigged” “I pulled a Zig” “Unless you want to Zig”?
Sadly, this thread explains some of it…
https://www.beatlesbible.com/f…..igtionary/
One of our former Mods, skye, is dryly hilarious. I would repeatedly make the mistake of reading her posts while drinking coffee. So, I would kid her that every time I spewed coffee while laughing, she owed me a new shirt, tie, keyboard, whatever. That is when the ‘spit take’ was defined as ‘Zigging’.
It was a different time back then (3 whole years ago) – we were a simple people exhibiting simple humor. 
To the fountain of perpetual mirth, let it roll for all its worth. And all the children boogie.
5.46pm
Moderators
Members
Reviewers
20 August 2013
Offline “All I gotta do,
Is call you on the phone,”
Would you Brits say “ring you” instead of “call you”?
Can buy Joe love! Amazon | iTunes
Check here for "how do I do this" guide to the forum. (2017) (2018)
6.21pm
8 January 2015
Offline
Ahhh Girl said
I have a confession.
If the Beach Boys had sung “I wish they all could be Liverpudlian girls,” I would be ticked off at them. I would feel like they were cheating on America with the UK. How wrong of me is that?
That is a very Australian question there! We often say “how wrong is that?!” But I guess that’s because everyone just assumes America is the promised land. Perhaps if rock n’ roll was big at the beginning of the 20th century, that wouldn’t have seemed unusual since people still thought of the British Empire as the height of civilization then.
Ahhh Girl said
I think I’ve quit shaking with laughter enough to ask another question.
Why is Jojo from Tucson, Arizona? Along with that question, what’s up with him going to California? I’m sure there are places over there with 6 and 4 syllables respectively.
Were they trying to please an American audience to sell more records?
According to Richard DiLello it’s about Chris O’Dell who indeed moved from Tucson Arizona to California and ended up working in Apple (I’m not sure whether she worked with Derek Taylor in the music biz and came over).
The following people thank ewe2 for this post:
Ahhh GirlI'm like Necko only I'm a bassist ukulele guitar synthesizer kazoo penguin and also everyone. Or is everyone me? Now I'm a confused bassist ukulele guitar synthesizer kazoo penguin everyone who is definitely not @Joe. This has been true for 2016 & 2017 
but I may have to get more specific in the future.
6.22pm
Reviewers
17 December 2012
Offline 
I’ve always used variations on both, @Ahhh Girl. I’m more likely to say something like, “Call you later,” if I’m expecting to contact someone soon. If it’s more open-ended, I’ll probably say, “I’ll give you a ring.” Even that, though, is often, “I’ll give you a call.”
EDIT: It should also be noted that All I’ve Got To Do is a John song, not Paul, so it wouldn’t be a “Paul Americanism”.
The following people thank Ron Nasty for this post:
Ahhh Girl"I only said we were bigger than Rod... and now there's all this!" Ron Nasty
To @ Ron Nasty it's @ mja6758
The Beatles Bible 2020 non-Canon Poll Part One: 1958-1963 and Part Two: 1964-August 1966
7.01pm
Moderators
Members
Reviewers
20 August 2013
Offline True. I digressed in Americanisms by The Beatles.
Can buy Joe love! Amazon | iTunes
Check here for "how do I do this" guide to the forum. (2017) (2018)
7.03pm
1 November 2013
Offline Paul isn’t The Beatles. Is there thread for Beatles Americanisms?
7.47pm
Moderators
Members
Reviewers
20 August 2013
Offline Eh, I’m fine opening up this thread.
I was being too Paul-centric back when I started this thread.
Can buy Joe love! Amazon | iTunes
Check here for "how do I do this" guide to the forum. (2017) (2018)
9.19pm
18 October 2013
Offline Ahhh Girl said
“All I gotta do,
Is call you on the phone,”Would you Brits say “ring you” instead of “call you”?
‘Give you a bell’ ‘Call you later’ most……’Ring you later’ less so.
I still say, ‘Pull the chain’……I haven’t seen a toilet with a chain for years!
4.13am
Reviewers
Moderators
1 May 2011
Offline Ahhh Girl said
“All I gotta do,
Is call you on the phone,”Would you Brits say “ring you” instead of “call you”?
No.
Who says “ring you”?
You ring the bell.
"I told you everything I could about me, Told you everything I could" ('Before Believing' - Emmylou Harris)
8.30am
3 August 2014
Offline I still say ‘ring you’. But then I’m old!
9.48am
Reviewers
14 April 2010
Offline Does anybody’s phone ring any more? With cell phones now being more the rule than the exception, wouldn’t “I’ll ring tone you*” be more appropriate?
*If you know one’s phone is set on vibrate, “I’ll vibrate you” could be a bit more…shall we say…excitingly anticipatory. 
The following people thank Zig for this post:
Ahhh Girl, ewe2To the fountain of perpetual mirth, let it roll for all its worth. And all the children boogie.
9.56am
Moderators
Members
Reviewers
20 August 2013
Offline ^ a new twist on the meaning of Good Vibrations. Especially for us who carry their cell phone in their pocket. 
The following people thank Ahhh Girl for this post:
ZigCan buy Joe love! Amazon | iTunes
Check here for "how do I do this" guide to the forum. (2017) (2018)
10.03am
Reviewers
14 April 2010
Offline One time, I phoned a neighbor. She said she was on the other line and asked if she could call me back in five minutes. I said, “sure – I’ll put my phone in my pocket, set to vibrate”. When she called back, I answered, “Thank You!”
The following people thank Zig for this post:
Ahhh Girl, natureakerTo the fountain of perpetual mirth, let it roll for all its worth. And all the children boogie.
11.28am
27 March 2015
Offline Ahhh Girl said
“All I gotta do,
Is call you on the phone,”Would you Brits say “ring you” instead of “call you”?
They might say ‘give you a ring’, but ‘call you’ is correct as well.
I think many of the perceived Americanisms are actually quite common phrases in Liverpool. And, as has been said before, sometimes it just works better in a song.
The following people thank Mademoiselle Kitty >^..^< for this post:
BeatlebugFormerly Known As JPM-Fangirl --
2016
'Out There' - 07-06-2015 - Ziggo Dome Amsterdam -- 'One On One' - 12-06-2016 - Pinkpop Festival Landgraaf
6.42pm
Moderators
15 February 2015
Offline JPM-Fangirl pointed out
Ahhh Girl sang
“All I gotta do,
Is call you on the phone,”Would you Brits say “ring you” instead of “call you”?
They might say ‘give you a ring’, but ‘call you’ is correct as well.
I think many of the perceived Americanisms are actually quite common phrases in Liverpool. And, as has been said before, sometimes it just works better in a song.
Agreed– for instance, while we Murricans tend to think everyone who lives on a British Isle refers to that talking, moving-picture screen thingy as ‘telly’, George and the other frequently refer to ‘watching TV’. And anyway, just try singing ‘When I rang you up/ Your line’s engaged’–it doesn’t sing nearly as well.
([{BRACKETS!}])
New to Forumpool? You can introduce yourself here.
If you love The Beatles Bible, and you have adblock, don't forget to white-list this site! 
10.33pm
8 January 2015
Offline A Britishism that took me by surprise was calling TV the Teev, something picked up by a friend who lived in the UK for some time. I think it’s a West County slang. I think “Sunday driver” in Day Tripper is US slang too, but it’s probably not Paul’s lyric, which goes to prove that perhaps Americanisms was a group thing?
The following people thank ewe2 for this post:
Ahhh GirlI'm like Necko only I'm a bassist ukulele guitar synthesizer kazoo penguin and also everyone. Or is everyone me? Now I'm a confused bassist ukulele guitar synthesizer kazoo penguin everyone who is definitely not @Joe. This has been true for 2016 & 2017 but I may have to get more specific in the future.
5.11pm
Moderators
Members
Reviewers
20 August 2013
Offline When I was talking to that British couple at the Peabody Hotel a while back, they mentioned that they were going to Graceland the next day. I mentioned to them that the cafe across the street served Elvis’s favorite fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches. I slipped into Brit mode and pronounced banana very un-American like. Which reminds me that when Paul tells us his banana is older than the rest, he pronounces it the non-British way.
The following people thank Ahhh Girl for this post:
BeatlebugCan buy Joe love! Amazon | iTunes
Check here for "how do I do this" guide to the forum. (2017) (2018)
