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Fun Music Information -> Janis Ian

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Music Performer Pseudonyms:

Also known as: Janis Eddy Fink. Submitted by: MOR

New Song Names:

Original Song Name	New Song Name	Submitter Name
"At Seven"	"At Seventeen"	Sutch
"At Seven Drinks "	"At Seventeen"	MOR

Literally Impossible Song Titles:

Song/Performer	Comment	Submitter Name
"Tonight Will Last Forever,"	Tonight will be over when morning comes.	Yvette Bristle

Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:

Song & Band Name	Song & Band Name
"What's My Age Again?," Blink 182	"At Seventeen," Janis Ian
"What Child Is This?," Traditional	"Society's Child," Janis Ian

Remove a Letter From a Song Title:

"A Seventeen" originally "At Seventeen"

Ahem, no comment!

Isac

"Jane's Lues" originally "Jane's Blues"

Again, lues are another term for syphilis.

Peter

"Jane's Blues" originally "Janey's Blues"

Sutch

Add a Letter to a Song Title:

"Act Seventeen" originally "At Seventeen"

Sorry, duplicate entries are not allowed.

The Editor

"Ate Seventeen" originally "At Seventeen"

What did you eat 17 of?

Hilary Duffelbag

"Eat Seventeen" originally "At Seventeen"

Eat 17 what?

Hilary Duffelbag

"Cat Seventeen" originally "At Seventeen"

Hilary Duffelbag

"Hat Seventeen" originally "At Seventeen"

Counting her hats?

Hilary Duffelbag

Change a Letter:

"Janey's Glues" originally "Janey's Blues"

Carmen Stokes

"Janet's Blues" originally "Janey's Blues"

Carmen Stokes

"Janey's Clues" originally "Janey's Blues"

Carmen Stokes

"Society's Chill" originally "Society's Child"

Nobody

"Society's Chili" originally "Society's Child"

Nobody

Song Parody Lyrics:

Original Song Name	Parody Song Name	Parody Author
"At Seventeen"	"At Seventy"	Merry & Pippin
"At Seventeen"	"At Halloween"	B Alcorn
"At Seventeen"	"At 115(MPH)"	Scathe
"At Seventeen"	"At 33"	Susanna Viljanen
"At Seventeen"	"At Thirty-three"	Stuart McArthur
"At Seventeen"	"The Batmobile"	Merry & Pippin
"At Seventeen"	"At Thirty-Three"	Royce Miller
"At Seventeen"	"At Twenty-Seven"	Jules
"Society's Child"	"I Can't Watch You Anymore"	Sammy Reed
"At Seventeen"	"At Thirty-Two"	Doug Raiden

Bad Choices for On Hold Music:

Song Name	Company/Organization	Submittor
Fly Too High	Icarus' Answering Machine	FussBudgetVanPelt

Songs for Duets, That Haven't Been Done Yet:

First Band/Song Name	Second Band/Song Name	New Song Name	Submittor
I Believe I Can Fly R Kelly	Fly Too High Janis Ian	I Believe I Can Fly Too High I'll run out of oxygen at that height!	Liz "Purrina" Richardson
Tired of Being Blonde Carly Simon	At Seventeen Janis Ian	Tired of Being Blonde at Seventeen	Sutch
Stupid Girl Garbage	At Seventeen Janis Ian	Stupid Girl At Seventeen She won't graduate high school.	Ed
When A Child Is Born Charlotte Church	At Seventeen Janis Ian	When a Child is Born At Seventeen Now that WOULD be an amazing birth.	Stephanie Craddock
There are additional duets that haven't been done yet available.

If Groups Combined, Their Names Might Be:

Janis Ian Joplin

Janis Joplin combined with Janis Ian

Wonder why it isn't on here yet.

Submitted By: Spraychel Spray

Janis Ian Matthews

Janis Ian combined with Ian Matthews

Submitted By: Candy Welty

Janis Ian Hunter

Janis Ian combined with Ian Hunter

Submitted By: Candy Welty

Janis Ian & Sylvia

Janis Ian combined with Ian & Sylvia

Submitted By: Candy Welty

There are additional Janis Ian Combined Groups that haven't been done yet available.

Misheard Lyrics:

"Bright Lights And Promises" Misheard Lyrics: Over by the suckadilly bar. Original Lyrics: Loosen up the sucker by the bar.	"Under the Covers" Misheard Lyrics: They make better lovers Or so I've been told Under the covers That's where you discover If your man is old Original Lyrics: They make better lovers Or so I've been told Under the covers That's where you discover If your man is whole
"At Seventeen" Misheard Lyrics: And high school girls with clear-skinned smiles American and infantile. Original Lyrics: And high school girls with clear-skinned smiles Who marry young and then retire.	"At Seventeen" Misheard Lyrics: And high school girls with clear-skinned smiles American and infantile. Original Lyrics: And high school girls with clear skinned-smiles Who marry young and then retire.
There are additional misheard lyrics available.

Misheard Lyrics Stories:

"At Seventeen"

Misheard Lyrics:

And those of us with rabbit's faces
Lacking in the social graces.

Original Lyrics:

And those of us with ravaged faces
Lacking in the social graces.

Story about this misheard lyric by: SusanJH

After mishearing the lyric, I was real surprised the first time I saw Janis Ian and realized she didn't look like a rabbit. I had envisioned her with big ears and truly enormous front teeth, like the Trix cereal rabbit.

Misrhymed Song Lyrics:

"At Seventeen"

The Misrhymed Lyrics:

And high-school girls with clear-skinned smiles
Who married young and then retired.

Why They're Misrhymed:

That's a pretty lame effort, Ms. Ian.

Submitted by: Doug Montgomery

Song Lyrics That Name Check Celebrities:

"Murdering Stravinsky"

The Lyrics:

We're murdering Stravinsky
Shooting at Ravel
Burying Picasso
Slaughtering Caetano
at the gates of hell
We're bringing down The Beatles
Dylan and his pals
We're working very hard
to be the avante garde
Murdering Stravinsky

Who They Mention:

Composers: Igor Stravinsky, Maurice Ravel, and Caetano Veloso
Artist: Pablo Picasso
The Beatles

Submitted by: Tania WYEP

"Boots Like Emmy Lou's"

The Lyrics:

If I had boots like Emmy Lou's
I'd wear my hair like Loretta used to do
I'd sing like Patsy Cline
And Kitty Wells combined
...
I'd buy my clothes from Nudie
Have fingernails like Tammy
Tease my hair like Dolly

Who They Mention:

Emmy Lou Harris
Loretta Lynn
Patsy Cline
Kitty Wells
Tammy Wynette
Dolly Parton

Submitted by: Tania WYEP

There are additional celebrity lyrics available.

Songs That Open With Their Titles:

"At Seventeen"

Opening Lines:

I learned the truth at seventeen, that love was meant for beauty queens

Comments:

Submitted by: Candy Welty

"Jesse"

Opening Lines:

Jesse, come home

Comments:

Submitted by: Sutch

Band Name Anagrams:

Sinai Jan Submitted by: Alyssa Jayne

I As Ninja Submitted by: Alyssa Jayne

Ani Is Jan Submitted by: Sutch

Jan Is Ian Submitted by: Sutch

Is A Ninja Submitted by: Lucinda Blair

Song Title Anagrams:

"At Even Teens" originally "At Seventeen"

14, 16, or 18 years old

Submitted by: Multiplication Table Tennis Elbow Macaroni Penguin

"The Covered Runs" originally "Under The Covers"

Submitted by: Allisa Casilla

Lyrics Pronunciation:

"At Seventeen"

The Lyrics:

And debentures of quality
And dubious integrity

Why:

She pronounces "debentures" as "DEB-en-churs", not "duh-BEN-churs", the correct pronunciation.

Submitted by: crazydon

Song Title Acrostics:

AS: "At Seventeen"

Submitted by: Candy Welty

What A Band is Best Known For (aside from their music):

"A character in the movie MEAN GIRLS named for her."

In the Movie MEAN GIRLS, there is a character named Janis Ian, an obvious allusion to this singer. In fact, in one scene of the movie Janis Ian's (the singer's) song "At Seventeen" is heard playing in the background, even though Janis Ian (the character) is not in that scene. The song could well allude to the high school angst that the movie addresses with regard to various characters therein. Incidentally the singer Janis Ian has been reported to be a lesbian, while, interestingly the movie character named for her is widely rumored to be a lesbian throughout the movie, but in the end she proves otherwise.

Submitted by: michelle (hell in mice)