Fun Music Information -> Shangri-Las
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Misspellings and other Alternate Names:
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The Shrangi-Las, Shangri-LaBetter Names for Current Songs:
Original Song Name | New Song Name | Submitter Name |
| "Walking In Quicksand (Remember)" | "Walking In The Sand (Remember)" | girlgroup |
| "my leader is on crack" | "leader of the pack" | princejellyfish |
Change a Letter In a Song Title:
"Leader Of The Park" originally "Leader Of The Pack"
Lucinda Blair
"Lender Of The Pack" originally "Leader Of The Pack"
Tiffany Llewellyn-Affit
"Leader Of The Pact" originally "Leader Of The Pack"
Tiffany Llewellyn-Affit
"Loader Of The Pack" originally "Leader Of The Pack"
Tiffany Llewellyn-Affit
Song Parody Recordings:
This was recorded just prior to the invasion of Iraq (i.e., for-frickin-ever ago). But Saddam's recent assertion that he is still the leader of Iraq seemed like a decent excuse to dust this off. - Robert Lund
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Song Parodies:
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "Remember (Walking in the Sand)" | "Remember Walking into Shea" | Melanie Lee |
| "Leader Of The Pack" | "Re-tard In The Stack" | Tomario |
| "The Leader of the Pack" | "The Leader on The Mac" | Agrimorfee |
| "The Leader of the Pack" | "The Liter for the Jet" | Matthias |
| "Leader Of The Pack" | "Johnny On The Spot" | MasonR |
| "Leader of the Pack" | "Leader of the K.R.A.K." | Arcade Junkie |
| "Leader Of The Pack" | "Cheerleader At The Back" | Kristof Robertson |
| "Leader of the Pack" | "Leader of the Pack" | John A. Barry |
| "Leader of the Pack" | "Leader of the Pack" | Roger Long |
| "Leader of the Pack" | "Bleeding of Iraq" | William Tong |
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Misheard Lyrics:
"Leader Of The Pack"
Misheard Lyrics: He was only seventeen.
Original Lyrics: He turned around and smiled at me.
| "Leader Of The Pack"
Misheard Lyrics: I'll never forget him, our leader is Lurpak.
Original Lyrics: I'll never forget him, the Leader of the Pack.
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"Leader Of The Pack"
Misheard Lyrics: Do you get the fish up?
Original Lyrics: Do you get the picture?
| "Leader Of The Pack"
Misheard Lyrics: Looked sorta small as he said goodbye.
or He was so small, I kissed him goodbye. Original Lyrics: He sorta smiled and kissed me goodbye.
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Repetitive Lyrics:
"Leader Of The Pack"
The Repetitive Lyrics: Look out! Look out! Look out! Look out!
Why They're Repetitive: She knows that men don't ever listen to women. Why persist in warning the leader?
Submitted by: oldsongs
| "Leader of the Pack"
The Repetitive Lyrics: Leader of the pack, and now he's gone
Leader of the pack, and now he's gone. Why They're Repetitive: They say this last line so much, it makes me shout, 'Good riddance!'
Submitted by: oldsongs
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Song Title Spoonerisms:
"Peter Of The Lack" originally "Leader Of The Pack"
Making a pun of my own & my lack of money.
Submitted by: Peter
Upbeat Songs With Depressing Lyrics:
"Leader Of The Pack"
The Lyrics: (spoken by Betty after she tells Jimmy that her parents won't let her see him):
He sort of smiled and kissed me goodbye The tears were beginning to show As he drove away on that rainy night I begged him to go slow But whether he heard, I'll never know (With the sounds of a motorcycle screeching and a car running into the motorcycle): Look Out! Look Out! Look Out! Look Out! I felt so helpless, What could I do? Remembering all the things we'd been through In school they all stop and stare I can't hide the tears, but I don't care I'll never forget him the (the leader of the pack) Why: "Leader Of The Pack" is one of the best known songs from the 1960's, a #1 hit for one of the best girl groups (and a very rockin' one at that) the Shangri-Las in the fall of 1964 it really set the stage well in terms of teenage rebellion amongst teenaged girls. But it comes with a price, when the main protoganist, Betty goes against her parents and dates Jimmy who apparently is a leader of a motor cycle gang ("The Leader Of The Pack"). And then when she tells Jimmy that she must stop seeing him because her parents insisted, Jimmy can't stand it and can't express his feelings except by speeding off on his motorcycle and Jimmy gets killed (sounds like Shakespeare's "Romeo & Juliet" in a more modern day setting, at least for 1964). Sounding more like a teenaged soap opera from the start of the tune with Betty being asked by the other girls in the group, "Where'd you meet him?" "I met him in the candy store.", one wonders how this song became a #1 tune, except it must have appealed to many teens of the time (doubt it would be a hit nowadays though). Posted here by me is the fifth and sixth verse of the tune, and the point in the song when Jimmy gets killed after finding out from Betty that her parents have insisted that she breaks things off and then the aftermath at school for Betty. The Shangri-Las were composed of two sets of sisters from Queens, New York, Mary Weiss (born 1948) and Elizabeth "Betty" Weiss (born 1946; the Betty in "Leader Of The Pack") and identical twins, Marge (1947 - 96) and Mary Ann Ganser (1947 - 70). "Leader Of The Pack" also produced a parody cover of the tune the following year of 1965, "Leader Of The Laundromat" (with the roles reversed for the young man and young woman) by a male group calling themselves the Detergents.
Submitted by: Peter
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