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Fun Music Information -> Harry Chapin
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Possible Misspelled Names:
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Harry ChaplinQuotes:
I am a greedy, selfish bastard. I want the fact that I existed to mean something. - Harry Chapin Submitted by: LucidLupin
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Song Titles Not Used as Lyrics:
Song Name | Comments & Submitter Name |
| "Dreams Go By" | He mentions years going by and dreams flying away and coming and going, but he never says "Dreams Go By" in the song - Raphael |
New Song Names:
Original Song Name | New Song Name | Submitter Name |
| "W.A.S.P." | "W.O.L.D." | Paul Warren |
| "Cat's In The Kennel" | "Cats In The Cradle" | MOR |
Literally Impossible Song Titles:
Song/Performer | Comment | Submitter Name |
| "You Are The Only Song," | People aren't songs. | Yvette Bristle |
| "She Is Always Seventeen," | You're only 17 years of age for one year. | Yvette Bristle |
Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:
Song & Band Name | Song & Band Name | |
| "Sequel," Harry Chapin | "The Second Time Around," Shalamar | |
| "W.O.L.D.," Harry Chapin | "On The Radio," Donna Summer | |
| "Story Of A Life," Harry Chapin | "Everybody's Got A Story," Amanda Marshall | |
| "Taxi," Harry Chapin | "Cab Driver," Mills Brothers | |
| There are additional songs titles that answer other songs available. | ||
Remove a Letter From a Song Title:
"Tax" originally "Taxi"
Peter
"30,000 Ponds of Bananas" originally "30,000 Pounds of Bananas"
Yvonne Sindri
Add a Letter to a Song Title:
"Taxxi" originally "Taxi"
Taxxi--the band whose only hit was "I'm Leaving"
Isac
"I Arm The Morning DJ" originally "I Am The Morning DJ"
Peter
"I Ram The Morning DJ" originally "I Am The Morning DJ"
Peter
"Flowers Are Bred" originally "Flowers Are Red"
Sutch
"Coat's In The Cradle" originally "Cat's In The Cradle"
Mallory
There are additional song titles with a letter added available.
Change a Letter:
"I Am The Moaning DJ" originally "I Am The Morning DJ"
Peter
"Bat's In The Cradle" originally "Cat's In The Cradle"
Renee Scoggins
"Can's In The Cradle" originally "Cat's In The Cradle"
Rafeal De La Ghetto
"Rat's In The Cradle" originally "Cat's In The Cradle"
get it out of there!
Rafeal De La Ghetto
"Cal's In The Cradle" originally "Cat's In The Cradle"
Rafeal De La Ghetto
There are additional song titles with a letter changed available.
Song Parody Lyrics:
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "Cat’s In The Cradle" | "What’s In The Tenny?" | Merry & Pippin |
| "Cat's in the Cradle" | "Cat is Unstable" | Dan Creeden |
| "30,000 Pounds of Bananas" | "If Harry Chapin Wrote "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"" | Michael Pacholek |
| "Taxi" | "Taxi To Disaster" | Richard Murphy |
| "Cat's In the Cradle" | "Barack's in the White House" | Rich Murphy |
| "Cat's In the Cradle" | "Cat Robbed the Cradle" | Michael Pacholek |
| "W-O-L-D" | "W.'s C.I.A." | Michael Pacholek |
| "Taxi" | "Obama" | Malcolm Higgins |
| "Taxi" | "Screenplay" | Melanie Lee |
| "W-O-L-D" | "W-A-D-D" | Michael Pacholek |
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Songs for Commercials, That Haven't Been Done Yet:
Song Name | Product | Submittor |
| Taxi | Cab Service | oldrock |
| Cat's In The Cradle | George W. Bush | foooooo |
Bad Choices for On Hold Music:
Song Name | Company/Organization | Submittor |
| Cat's in the Cradle | National Fatherhood Initiative | shannon train |
| Cats In The Cradle | Child Custody/Divorce Attorney | Alexander Rice-Khouri |
| Cat's In The Cradle | National Fatherhood Institute | Shawn Eni |
Songs for Duets, That Haven't Been Done Yet:
First Band/Song Name | Second Band/Song Name | New Song Name | Submittor |
| The Year Of The Cat Al Stewart | Cats In The Cradle Harry Chapin | The Year Of The Cat In The Cradle | MOR |
| Mama Tried The Everly Brothers | WOLD Harry Chapin | Mama Tried WOLD She loved it! | MOR |
| What's New, Pussycat? Tom Jones | Cat's In The Cradle Harry Chapin | What's New In The Cradle, Pussycat? | Julia Cox |
| The Lovecats The Cure | Cat's In The Cradle Harry Chapin | The Lovecats In The Cradle | Valerie Cameron |
| There are additional duets that haven't been done yet available. | |||
If Groups Combined, Their Names Might Be:
Debbie Harry Chapin
Debbie Harry combined with Harry Chapin
Submitted By: Candy Welty
Harry Chapin Carpenter
Harry Chapin combined with Mary-Chapin Carpenter
Submitted By: Sarah Topsian
Misheard Lyrics:
"Cat's in the Cradle"
Misheard Lyrics: And the cat's getting crippled in the silver spoon
The little boy blew the man in the moon Original Lyrics: And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little Boy Blue and the man on the moon | "Cat's in the Cradel"
Misheard Lyrics: He was talkin' for a new whip and as he grew
Original Lyrics: he was talking before i knew it and as he grew
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"Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics: She said, "Sixteen parts I've played"
Original Lyrics: She said, "Sixteen Parkside Lane"
| "Cat's In The Cradle"
Misheard Lyrics: And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little by little and the Man on the Moon. Original Lyrics: And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little Boy Blue and the Man on the Moon. |
| There are additional misheard lyrics available. | |
Misheard Lyrics Stories:
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"Cat's in the Cradel"
Misheard Lyrics: He was talkin' for a new whip and as he grew
Original Lyrics: he was talking before i knew it and as he grew
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Story about this misheard lyric by: morgan I was 14 trying to learn this song, and transposing the lyrics, when a friend walked in on my "starting and stopping" and "rewinding" 2 second intervals of this song to get the lyrics. Upon review of the lyrics i already had he just starts laughing. heh, a little boy "could" want a whip, and a new one at that since the boy is growing up. |
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Funniest Song Lyrics:
"Cat's in the Cradle"
The Funny Lyrics: My child arrived just the other day
He came into the world in the usual way Why They're Funny: As opposed to the unusual way?
Submitted by: lebeiw15
| "Odd Job Man"
The Funny Lyrics: Sometimes when all is said and done,
there's justice to this life `Cuz what that man had done to me... I'd done to his wife. Why They're Funny: Lyrics refer to a rich bugger who hires an 'odd-job man', then doesn't pay him what is owed. Unknown to the rich dude, the odd-job man had been doin' his wife while he was away 'on business'.
Submitted by: Silent Knight
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Nonsensical Song Lyrics:
"Cat's In The Cradle"
The Nonsensical Lyrics: What I'd really like, dad is to borrow the car keys.
See you later, can I have them please? Why They're Nonsensical: Shouldn't he say, "See you later" after he gets the car keys? What if his dad says no, then where's he going?
Submitted by: Doommaster1994
| "Cat's In The Cradle"
The Nonsensical Lyrics: My son turned 10 just the other day
He said 'thanks for the ball dad, come on let's play Can you teach me to throw...' Why They're Nonsensical: Your kid is 10 and he doesn't know how to throw a ball?
Submitted by: Bob
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Song Lyrics That Mention Brand Name Products:
"Taxi"
The Lyrics: It was somewhere in a fairy tale
I used to take her home in my car We learned about love in the back of the Dodge The lesson hadn't gone too far Product Brand Name: Dodge
Submitted by: FussBudget
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Song Title Space Change:
"Sunday Morning Sun, Shine!" originally "Sunday Morning Sunshine"
Submitted by: Yvette Bristle
"Cat Sin The Cradle" originally "Cat's In The Cradle"
Submitted by: George Straitjacket
Band Name Anagrams:
Rip Ranch Hay Submitted by: Serafina Bannock
Pinch A Harry Submitted by: Serafina Bannock
Any Harp, Rich Submitted by: Serafina Bannock
Hip Arch, Ryan Submitted by: Serafina Bannock
Char Hip Yarn Submitted by: Serafina Bannock
There are additional Band Name Anagrams available.
Song Title Anagrams:
"I Wanna Loosen Large Van" originally "I Wanna Learn A Love Song"
Submitted by: Alyssa Jayne
"I Wanna Lean, Also Govern" originally "I Wanna Learn A Love Song"
Submitted by: Alyssa Jayne
"Ignore A Lone Naval Swan" originally "I Wanna Learn A Love Song"
Submitted by: Alyssa Jayne
"I Wanna Reveal No Slogan" originally "I Wanna Learn A Love Song"
Submitted by: Alyssa Jayne
"I Wanna Loosen Navel Rag" originally "I Wanna Learn A Love Song"
Submitted by: Alyssa Jayne
There are additional Song Title Anagrams available.
Real Places Mentioned in Songs:
"30,000 Pounds of Bananas"
The Lyrics: It was just after dark when the truck started down The hill that leads into Scranton Pennsylvania Carrying thirty thousand pounds of bananas.
Why: Scranton, PA
Submitted by: Cheeseburger in Parodies
| "WOLD"
The Lyrics: So I drifted down to Tulsa, Oklahoma to do me a late night talk show.
Now I worked my way back home again, via Boise, Idaho. Why: Tulsa, Oklahoma and Boise, Idaho.
Submitted by: Paul Warren
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Super Long Pop Songs:
"W.O.L.D." Length: 23:56
Submitted by: JO67
"Taxi" Length: 6:44
1972 song about a meeting in a San Francisco between a man named "Harry" and his ex-lover Sue. He recorded a 1980 sequel (entitled "Sequel") where Harry and Sue meeting ten years later. (it's about as long as the original, with the similar style and music.)
Submitted by: MOR
Song Title Acrostics:
FAR: "Flowers Are Red"
Submitted by: Candy Welty
Song Title Spoonerisms:
"Beams Go Dry" originally "Dreams Go By"
Submitted by: Rick O'Shea
Upbeat Songs With Depressing Lyrics:
"Cat's in the Cradle"
The Lyrics: Well, I've long since retired, my son's moved away, I called him up just the other day.
I said, "I'd like to see you, if you don't mind". He said, "I'd love to dad, if I can find the time. You see my new job's a hassle and the kids have the flu, but it was sure nice talking to you dad, it's sure nice talking to you". And as I hung up the phone, it occurred to me, he's grown up just like me, my boy was just like me. Why: The entire song is about a father and son who can't find time to slow down. The father had to run around in the first two verses, then the son became busier than him!
Submitted by: Paul Warren
| "Dreams Go By"
The Lyrics: You say you should have been a ballerina babe
There are songs I should have sung But I guess are dreams have come and gone You've got to dream when you are young And so you and I We've watched our years go by We've watched our sweet dreams fly far away Why: This song has an upbeat tempo and a pleasant clarinet part, but the song is about missed opportunities, compromising on ambitions, and regret.
Submitted by: Raphael
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