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    Back in the Good Old Days (like before the electric lightbulb), it sometimes happened that the lyrics to some Eagles songs were changed during performance. Mostly, this was the work of Glenn Frey, who had a profound talent for creative mayhem. Such was the case when the band performed "Desperado" live.

    Already mentioned someplace here was the "I was headed for Oklahoma, in a '56 Chevrolet," line from "Outlaw Man." But there was more:

    From "Tequila Sunrise;"

    "Take another shot of porridge
    Wonder why the dry goods never come…"

    And this, from "Whatever Happened To Saturday Night," the achingly beautiful ballad, sung by Randy Meisner:

    "She said 'Tell me, oh tell me,
    Did I miss my flight…' "

    And there was this bit of wisdom, from "Bitter Creek:"

    "An old man told me
    Tryin' to scold me
    'Oh, son don't wash your feet
    In Bitter Creek…' "

    Then to top it all, there was a deranged take on "Doolin' Dalton." I can't list the lyrics here because the vast majority of them were obscene, but here's the opening line:

    "They were droolin'
    Droolin' Dalton
    High and stoned
    They baked their brains…"

    Well, I'm sure you get the idea. Being out on an extended tour can make anybody a bit crazy, which is why band members do things like throw tvs out the windows of their 11th floor hotel rooms and ride mini-bikes up and down the halls...

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    creative mayhem indeed thanks for laughs peneumbra

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    They were keeping things lively, indeed!

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    Too funny!

    I can imagine how they could get tired of singing the same thing all the time and make up new lines just for fun!
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    Haha, reminds me of The Moody Blues' nicknames for their own songs, like "I know you're out there, so what?" Or Jeff Lynne singing misheard versions of ELO lyrics live (like "It's a real submarine" in Showdown or "Bruce" in Don't Bring Me Down).

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    Very amusing! I wonder if Henley ever changed his lyrics...my guess is he wouldn’t have been a fan of it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Delilah View Post
    Very amusing! I wonder if Henley ever changed his lyrics...my guess is he wouldn’t have been a fan of it.
    Not live, but on Selected Works there is a different take on The Last Resort:

    'The great unconscious urban masses
    With narrow minds & spreading asses'.

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    Quote Originally Posted by chaim View Post
    Haha, reminds me of The Moody Blues' nicknames for their own songs, like "I know you're out there, so what?" Or Jeff Lynne singing misheard versions of ELO lyrics live (like "It's a real submarine" in Showdown or "Bruce" in Don't Bring Me Down).
    Lol...count me in the "Bruce" camp...

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    I thought Jeff Lynne WAS singing Brrruuuce…

    What was it he was singing?

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    I was in the “Bruce” camp too .... lyric search shows:

    Don't bring me down, groos



    Found this bit of info with google search:

    Misheard lyric. A common mondegreen in the song is the perception that, following the title line, Lynne shouts "Bruce!". In the liner notes of the ELO compilation Flashback and elsewhere, Lynne has explained that he is singing a made-up word, "Grooss," which some have suggested sounds like the German expression "Gruß."

    The expression grüß Gott = '(may) God bless (you)'
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