Fun Music Information -> Jim Croce
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Misspellings and other Alternate Names:
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Jim CrocheBetter Names for Current Songs:
Original Song Name | New Song Name | Submitter Name |
| "Working At McDonald's Blues" | "Working At The Car Wash Blues" | MOR |
| "I'll Have To Say I Hate You In A Song" | "I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song" | Aaerni |
Literally Impossible Song Titles:
Song/Performer | Comment | Submitter Name |
| "Time In A Bottle," | You can't place time inside a bottle | Aaerni |
Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:
Song & Band Name | Song & Band Name | Comments & Submittor Name |
| "That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be" | "It Doesn't Have To Be That Way," Jim Croce | Kathy |
| "Say You Love Me" | "I Have To Say I Love You In A Song," Jim Croce | Raphael |
| "Hey Leroy, Your Mama's Callin' You" | "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown," Jim Croce | Kathy |
| "One Less Bell To Answer" | "One Less Set Of Footsteps," Jim Croce | Kathy |
| There are additional songs titles that answer other songs available. | ||
Remove a Letter From a Song Title:
"Tie In A Bottle" originally "Time In A Bottle"
Why would someone put a tie in a bottle?
Peter
"Tim In A Bottle" originally "Time In A Bottle"
Erika Clarkson
Add a Letter To a Song Title:
"Workin' At The Czar Wash Blues" originally "Workin' At The Car Wash Blues"
Bob
"Workin' At The Cart Wash Blues" originally "Workin' At The Car Wash Blues"
Jen
"Bad Bard Leroy Brown" originally "Bad Bad Leroy Brown"
Yvonne Sindri
"Bad Bald Leroy Brown" originally "Bad Bad Leroy Brown"
Bridget Andrews
Change a Letter In a Song Title:
"Workin' At The Cat Wash Blues" originally "Workin' At The Car Wash Blues"
Just think how the cat feels.
Calop
"Time In A Battle" originally "Time In A Botlle"
Renee Keener
"Mime In A Bottle" originally "Time In A Bottle"
Ed
"Time Is A Bottle" originally "Time In A Bottle"
nally
"You Don't Mess Around With Jam" originally "You Don't Mess Around With Jim"
I'd rather mess around with peanut butter
Chuck Coolery
Song Parodies:
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" | "Bad, Bad, Flea Boy Hound" | Guy DiRito |
| "Operator" | "Hot Potato" | Alvin Rhodes |
| "Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels)" | "Norman Bates Lore (But I'm just The Way She Kills)" | Guy DiRito |
| "Time in a Bottle" | "Lime From A Bottle" | Gianni Parmesiani |
| "I Got A Name" | "Highway's His Name" | Guy DiRito |
| "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" | "Short, Short Mighty Mort" | Lionel Mertens |
| "Time In A Bottle" | "Time In A Battle" | Airfarcewon |
| "Time In A Bottle" | "Time With The Throttle" | Malcolm Higgins |
| "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" | "Bad, Bad Andy Dick" | Melanie Lee |
| "Operator" | "Net Translator" | Aaron Dodson |
There are additional song parodies available. | ||
Bad Choices for On Hold Music:
Song Name | Company/Organization | Submittor |
| New York's Not My Home | Senator Hillary Clinton's Office | hec |
Duets Not Yet Performed:
First Band/Song Name | Second Band/Song Name | New Song Name | Submittor |
| A Matter of Time Spandau Ballet | Time In A Bottle Jim Croce | A Matter of Time In A Bottle It's just a matter of Zyrtec. | Mickey D. |
| No Time For Tears Ashlee Simpson | Time In A Bottle Jim Croce | No Time For Tears In A Bottle (or No Time In A Bottle For Tears) | Veronica Krumpfelhagen |
| 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover Paul Simon | Lover's Cross Jim Croce | 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover's Cross ...and walk toward the Cross of Jesus. | MOR |
| Bad Michael Jackson | Bad, Bad Leroy Brown Jim Croce | Bad, Bad, Bad Leroy Brown | Glenn |
| There are additional duets that haven't been done yet available. | |||
Misheard Lyrics:
"Bad, Bad, Leroy Brown"
Misheard Lyrics: Badder than Okie Carl
Original Lyrics: Badder than ol' King Kong.
| "I've Got A Name"
Misheard Lyrics: Like a singing bird with a broken toe
I've got a name I've got a name. Original Lyrics: Like a singing bird and a croakin' toad
I've got a name I've got a name. |
"Bad, Bad, Leroy Brown"
Misheard Lyrics: Badder than a whole King Kong
And meaner than a junkyard doll. Original Lyrics: Badder than ol' King Kong
And meaner than a junkyard dog. | "Bad, Bad, Leroy Brown"
Misheard Lyrics: And it's fat, fat Leroy Brown
The fattest man in the whole down town Fatter than old King Cole And leaner than a junkyard dog. Original Lyrics: And it's bad, bad Leroy Brown
The baddest man in the whole damned town Badder than old King Kong And meaner than a junkyard dog. |
| There are additional misheard lyrics available. | |
Misheard Lyrics Story:
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"Bad, Bad, Leroy Brown"
Misheard Lyrics: And it's fat, fat Leroy Brown
The fattest man in the whole down town Fatter than old King Cole And leaner than a junkyard dog. Original Lyrics: And it's bad, bad Leroy Brown
The baddest man in the whole damned town Badder than old King Kong And meaner than a junkyard dog. |
Story about this misheard lyric by: Paul Anderson When I first heard this song, I must have been thinking of Robert Earl Hughes, who I just read about in the Guinness Book of World Records (he held the record for fattest human at the time). |
| There are additional misheard stories available. | |
Funny Lyrics:
"Operator"
The Funny Lyrics: She's living in L.A.,
with my old ex-best friend Ray, I guy she said she knew well but sometimes hated. Why They're Funny: What could be more grating than seeing your lover run-off with your best friend, except perhaps her once having hated the guy? Jim is slicing the irony real thick here.
Submitted by: Cesare
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Repetitive Lyrics:
"Bad Bad Leroy Brown"
The Repetitive Lyrics: And it's bad bad,
Leroy Brown. The baddest man in the wole damned town Badder than old King Kong Meaner than a junkyard dog Why They're Repetitive: I don't know how many times he repeats this lyric in one stanza but once is enough.
Submitted by: Celeste
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Nonsensical Lyrics:
"Operator"
The Nonsensical Lyrics: Give me the number if you can find it,
so I can call just to tell 'em I'm fine Why They're Nonsensical: This is a case where repeating the chorus throughout a song completely throws off the story. The first time he sings these lines, it makes complete sense. Then he sings them again after the operator gave him the number (hence he already knows she can find it). Finally he sings them again after declaring he no longer wants to make the call!
Submitted by: Michael S.
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Misrhymed Lyrics:
"Bad, Bad Leroy Brown"
The Misrhymed Lyrics: Badder than an-ol' King Kong
Meaner than a junkyard dog. Why They're Misrhymed: How sad that Jim had to pass on before he could add the 'n' to 'dog'.
Submitted by: MOR
| "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown"
The Misrhymed Lyrics: Well, the two men took to fightin',
and when they pulled them from the floor, Leroy looked like a jigsaw puzzle with a couple of pieces gone. Why They're Misrhymed: I am dismayed that Croce couldn't have come up with a better effort to rhyme than 'floor' and gone.' Especially since he did so well with just about all the rest of his music...
Submitted by: Doug Montgomery
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Song Lyrics That Mention Brand Name Products:
"Rapid Roy (That Stock Car Boy)"
The Lyrics: But every Sunday afternoon, he is a dirt track demon
In a '57 Chevrolet Product Brand Name: Chevrolet
Submitted by: oldsongs
| "Bad Bad Leroy Brown"
The Lyrics: He got a custom Continental
He got an El Dorado too He got a 32 gun in his pocket for fun He got a razor in his shoe Product Brand Name: Cadillac El Dorado
Submitted by: FussBudget
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| There are additional product lyrics available. | |
Song Title Anagrams:
"Mini Toe Battle" originally "Time in a Bottle"
Submitted by: Josh
"Wobbly Nerd Abroad" originally "Bad Bad Leroy Brown"
Submitted by: Roy R. Pryor
"Ambient Toilet" originally "Time In A Bottle"
Submitted by: Roy R. Pryor
Real Places Mentioned in Songs:
"Bad, Bad Leroy Brown"
The Lyrics: Well the south side of Chicago Is the baddest part of town And if you go down there You better just beware Of a man named Leroy Brown
Why: I'm a little surprised that no one had yet posted this classic hit from the summer of 1973 from the late great Jim Croce (who died far too young). Of course from the opening verse the setting for this song about Leroy Brown, that women called "treetop lover" and the men just got out of the way from, is in Chicago (Illinois).
Submitted by: Peter
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Song Title Spoonerisms:
"Bomb In A Title" originally "Time In A Botlle"
Submitted by: Veronica Krumpfelhagen
