Fun Music Information -> Golden Earring

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Golden Earing

Band Name Origins:

Golden Earring originally started as The Tornado's, in 1964. But after an international hit from an English band with the same name, they changed their name to The Golden Earrings, after the song by Peggy Lee. In the late sixties the band name was shortened to Golden Earring. In an interview on Dutch television, Coldplay's lead singer Chris Martin called the greatest rockband of Holland: "Golden Herring". Submitted by: Nico Egbers

Song Parodies:

Original Song Name	Parody Song Name	Parody Author
"Radar Love"	"Red Eyed Love"	Aaron Dodson
"Twilight Zone"	"White-Eyed Zone"	Dennis
"Radar Love"	"Gaydar: Up....."	Malcolm Higgins
"Twilight Zone"	"(Telemarketers) Get You Hangin' Up The Phone"	Phil Nelson
"Twilight Zone"	"Interzone"	Tim Hall
"Radar Love"	"Reindeer Love"	A Room Full Of Monkeys
"Twilight Zone"	"Riot Zone"	AmethystFire
"Radar Love"	"Radar Guns"	Malcolm Higgins
"Radar Love"	"Formal Writing Sucks"	An angry English 11 student
"Twilight Zone"	"Highlights Zone"	Yoidy
There are additional song parodies available.

Untapped Commercial Ideas:

Song Name	Product	Submittor
Radar Love	Gary Burghoff Fan Site	Aubrey

Bad Choices for On Hold Music:

Song Name	Company/Organization	Submittor
Radar Love	Gary Burghoff fan club	rocker
One Shot Away From Paradise	Drug Clinic	Lou
Radar Love	Traffic Infringement Notice Hotline	FussBudgetVanPelt
The Twilight Zone	Mental Hospital	meQal

Duets Not Yet Performed:

First Band/Song Name	Second Band/Song Name	New Song Name	Submittor
Where's Captain Kirk? Spizzenergi	The Twilight Zone Golden Earring	Where's Captain Kirk? The Twilight Zone! Star Trek in The Twilight Zone, weird.	Ed
I'll Be There Jackson 5	When The Lady Smiles Golden Earring	I''ll Be There When The Lady Smiles	Jizzo
Radar Love Golden Earring	Puppy Love Donny Osmond	Radar Puppy Love He can find his way home to you if he gets lost	Ed
Radar Love Golden Earring	Love Child The Supremes	Radar Love Child Knows where to find you incase his diaper needs changing.	KooKooDee
There are additional duets that haven't been done yet available.

Misheard Lyrics:

"Radar Love" Misheard Lyrics: The radio is playing that gosh darn song Randal Lee is comin' on strong Original Lyrics: The radio's playing that forgotten song Brenda Lee's 'Comin' On Strong'.	"Radar Love" Misheard Lyrics: Randal Lee is comin' on strong Original Lyrics: Brenda Lee's "Comin' On Strong"
"Radar Love" Misheard Lyrics: Red Dog love Original Lyrics: Radar love	"Twilight Zone" Misheard Lyrics: Too calm to know When the bullet hits the bone. Original Lyrics: You will come to know When the bullet hits the bone.
There are additional misheard lyrics available.

Misheard Lyrics Story:

"Twilight Zone"

Misheard Lyrics:

So you'll come to know
When the bullet hits the phone.

Original Lyrics:

So you'll come to know
When the bullet hits the bone.

Story about this misheard lyric by: Simmie@mpixx.com

As an aging boomer, I've been out of the music loop for a couple of decades. While driving home from work, I was trying to zero in on my local NPR station and stumbled upon good ole rock 'n roll. This song came on, I loved it. When I went home, all I knew was the lyric 'When the bullet hits the phone', which came up empty when i tried to Google it. Frustrated, I e-mailed the radio station. They set me straight, but not before I had invested a good couple of hours in searching for the wrong song hook. Classic mondegreen, I'd say.

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