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Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

Better Off Solo?:

Name	New Career	Comments & Submitter Name
"Tony Williams"	"Tony Williams was the lead singer of the Platters when they had their great hits--"The Great Pretender", "Only You", "Twilight Time", "Heaven On Earth". He left the band to pursue a solo career but never did make it on hos own..."	- Dan

Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:

Song & Band Name	Song & Band Name
"I Say A Little Prayer," Dionne Warwick	"My Prayer," The Platters
"My Dream," The Platters	"Only You," The Platters
"(He's) The Great Imposter," The Fleetwoods	"The Great Pretender," The Platters
"All Alone Am I," Brenda Lee	"Washed Ashore (On A Lonely Island In The Sea)," The Platters
There are additional songs titles that answer other songs available.

Remove a Letter From a Song Title:

"With His Ring" originally "With This Ring"

Candy Welty

"With This Rig" originally "With This Ring"

Candy Welty

"Tres" originally "Trees"

Means 'three' in Spanish!

Serafina

"(You've Got) The Magi Touch" originally "(You've Got) The Magic Touch"

You give gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh?

Heather Brockwell

"Tees" originally "Trees"

Yvette Bristle

There are additional song titles with a letter removed available.

Add a Letter to a Song Title:

"My Sprayer" originally "My Prayer"

Serafina

"It Isn't Bright" originally "It Isn't Right"

My Name Is Joe

"Red Snails In The Sunset" originally "Red Sails In The Sunset"

Jessica Childress

"To Beach His Own" originally "To Each His Own"

BAD whale that would do that to his family!

Yvonne Sindri

"If I Didn't Scare" originally "If I Didn't Care"

Marcia Todd

Change a Letter:

"With This Rink" originally "With This Ring"

Candy Welty

"With This Rind" originally "With This Ring"

Candy Welty

"With This Wing" originally "With This Ring"

Candy Welty

"With This King" originally "With This Ring"

Candy Welty

"With This Ding" originally "With This Ring"

Candy Welty

There are additional song titles with a letter changed available.

Recordings:

Dec 21

"The Great Re-Gifter" by McKludge

a parody of "The Great Pretender" by The Platters

I've gotten a lot of useless junk for Christmas. It's time to get rid of some ot it.

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Song Parody Lyrics:

Original Song Name	Parody Song Name	Parody Author
"Twilight Time"	"Daylight (Saving) Time"	Barry J. Mitchel
"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"	"Coke Goes Good With Fries"	Danny Mew
"Only You"	"Only Goo"	Lifeliver
"Twilight Time"	"Twilight Time"	Airfarcewon
"The Great Pretender"	"The Great Three Tenors"	Onan the Barfarian
"The Great Pretender"	"The Great BM-er"	Onan the Barfarian
"Smoke Gets In Your Eyes"	"Cup of Extra Rice"	LPG-Unit
"The Great Pretender"	"The Great Recession"	Barry J. Mitchel
"The Great Pretender"	"When I Hog Fat Render"	Porfle Popnecker
"The Great Pretender"	"The Great Pretender"	Susanna Viljanen
There are additional song parodies available.

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

Song Name	Product	Submittor
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes	First Alert smoke alarms	The Nerd

Bad Choices for On Hold Music:

Song Name	Company/Organization	Submittor
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes	American Lung Association	Laurel
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes	Crematorium	Marty

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

First Band/Song Name	Second Band/Song Name	New Song Name	Submittor
Black Black Heart David Usher	Only You The Platters	Only You Have A Black Black Heart You're so mean!	Kixxy 6
Hash Pipe Weezer	Smoke Gets In Your Eyes The Platters	Smoke From My Hash Pipe Gets In Your Eyes Please turn the fan on.	PerzinPen
Smoke On The Water Deep Purple	Smoke Gets in Your Eyes The Platters	Smoke On The Water Gets In Your Eyes Next time, wear goggles.	Paul G
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes The Platters	Smoky Mountain Rain Ronnie Milsap	Smoky Mountain Rain Gets In Your Eyes Not good, since there's acid rain there.	Larry The Babel Guy
There are additional duets that haven't been done yet available.

If Groups Combined, Their Names Might Be:

The Sylver Platters

The Sylvers combined with The Platters

Submitted By: Raphael

The Silver Platters Convention

Silver Convention combined with The Platters

Submitted By: Ava Rice

The Silver Platters

The Platters combined with Silver Bullet Band

So a 50's vocal group plus a 70's backup band equals....The Brady kids?

Submitted By: kookoodee

Misheard Lyrics:

"The Great Pretender" Misheard Lyrics: To reel in this feeling of make believe Original Lyrics: Too real is this feeling of make believe	"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" Misheard Lyrics: ...when a lovely plane dies............ Original Lyrics: ...when a lovely flame dies............
"Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" Misheard Lyrics: I was falsely blind. Original Lyrics: I, of course, replied.	"Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" Misheard Lyrics: So I'm shafted and I get enough. Original Lyrics: So I chaffed them and I gaily laughed.
There are additional misheard lyrics available.

Misheard Lyrics Stories:

"Smoke Gets In Your Eyes"

Misheard Lyrics:

Small dents in your eyes

Original Lyrics:

Smoke gets in your eyes

Story about this misheard lyric by: Dawn Beatson-njie

I always thought it was about 'small dents in your eyes' and sung along to it when my parents played the record. I thought it a bit macabre, and remember being really surprised later in life when I found out that it didn't say that at all.

There are additional misheard stories available.

Song Parody Fragments:

"The Great Pretender"

Better Lyrics:

My need is such, I pretend too much.
But I can't pretend I'm, not in Hell.

Original Lyrics:

My need is such, I pretend too much.
I'm lonely, but no one can tell.

Submitted by: The Skuz

"The Great Pretender"

Better Lyrics:

My need is such I pretend too much
Though I can't pretend I'm not in hell

Original Lyrics:

My need is such I pretend too much
I'm lonely but no one can tell

Submitted by: The Skuz

Nonsensical Song Lyrics:

"Twilight Time"

The Nonsensical Lyrics:

Fingers of night will soon surrender
The setting Sun.

Why They're Nonsensical:

"Fingers of night" is, of course, a metaphor. But metaphors still need to work in their own way, and this one is just confused relative to what follows. To complete the statement consistent with the metaphor, isn't the night (or "fingers" thereof) BANISHING the Sun, not surrendering it? To "surrender" the Sun would mean allowing it to stay in the sky (in such a metaphorical sense, of course), wouldn't it?

Submitted by: Karen Smith

Songs That Open With Their Titles:

"Harbor Lights" Opening Lines: I saw the harbor lights. They only told me we were parting. Comments: Submitted by: Candy Welty	"With This Ring" Opening Lines: With this ring I promise I'll always love you, always love you Comments: Submitted by: Candy Welty
There are additional spelling lyrics available.