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    Quote Originally Posted by septemberwn View Post
    I believe the use of "heavenly bills" was Don's way of stating how high
    The bill is for a doctor to make a "house call".
    They threw outrageous parties
    They paid heavily/heavenly bills

    refers to the amount of money the couple are spending on their lavish lifestyle. The doctor reference doesn't occur until the last verse:

    Call the doctor, I think I'm gonna crash
    Well the doctor says he's coming
    But you gotta pay in cash

    which isn't necessarily a literal description of a crash scene with a literal payment (at a crash, not a house) but a continuation of the fast lane metaphor.

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    It's difficult to get official clarification on lyrics when sometimes even the writers can't remember their own lyrics.

    I remember a documentary featuring Keef and Ronnie from The Stones rehearsing for a gig with Chuck Berry. Kieth was singing one of Chuck's more obscure songs, "What's that your singing" asks Chuck

    and when Joe's decided to perform Collage, during the reunion of The James Gang, a song they'd recorded in 1969 but never performed live, they got an underling to listen to the CD and write out a lyric sheet for Joe. "They're not the right words" says drummer and band leader Jim Fox and points out the mistakes " No, I like these words better" answers Joe to his immense credit.

    I must apologise to Chaim for going off topic.

    I believe Don composes his lines by singing over the backing track as he's driving and he delivers them as they would be spoken, with the odd "baby" thrown in. Whatever he does, he's a very consistent performer.

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    Quote Originally Posted by chaim View Post
    Don't start taking too much notice of it. At some point it may start bothering you!
    I love it. Being bothered by Don's singing would be such a problem.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Freypower View Post
    They threw outrageous parties
    They paid heavily/heavenly bills

    refers to the amount of money the couple are spending on their lavish lifestyle. The doctor reference doesn't occur until the last verse:
    Yes, but I think it's fairly safe to assume that the "doctor bills" were part of the expenses of that lavish lifestyle.
    Call the doctor, I think I'm gonna crash
    Well the doctor says he's coming
    But you gotta pay in cash

    which isn't necessarily a literal description of a crash scene with a literal payment (at a crash, not a house) but a continuation of the fast lane metaphor.
    Thanks, but I doubt there's anyone who thinks the song is literally about people having a car accident in the fast lane. For instance, I would hope it would go without saying that I am not referring to a literal doctor's bill in the above comment.

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    I just realized how derailed this topic has become - sorry!

    Another vocal mannerism of Don's that I've noticed, although it's only on a few songs: sometimes, when he's getting very dark like in "Damn It Rose" or lines of "King of Hollywood", he adopts an unnaturally deep voice.

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    Yeah - He does that in the verses of Everything Is Different Now too.

    Quote Originally Posted by Lacken101 View Post
    Oh and every time he sings 'Baby' in a song
    I agree with you about this L101. Most of the time when he sings that word, it is meltworthy!

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