Fun Music Information -> Tony Orlando And Dawn
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Song Parodies:
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "Knock Three Times" | "Riff Three Times (On The Same Song, 'Cause It's Fun To)" | Tommy Turtle |
| "Knock Three Times" | "Ode To The Three Stooges" | Old Man Ribber |
| "Tie A Yellow Ribbon" | "Tired Of Yellin' Women" | L.D. Obblo |
| "Knock Three Times" | "Knock It Off" | Malcolm Higgins |
| "Tie A Yellow Ribbon" | "Try A Little Fibbin' ( The Barack Platform Song)" | Malcolm Higgins |
| "Tie A Yellow Ribbon" | "High And Mellow Livin'" | Alvin Rhodes |
| "Knock Three Times" | "Socked Three Times" | Airfarcewon |
| "Tie A Yellow Ribbon ( 'Round The Ole Oak Tree)" | "Won't You Please Adopt Me Angelina Jolie" | Tony Wiseguy |
| "Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Ole Oak Tree" | "Tie a Flimsy Ribbon 'Round My Open Gown" | Wolverine |
| "Knock Three Times" | "Knocked-Up Dyke" | John A. Barry |
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Duets Not Yet Performed:
First Band/Song Name | Second Band/Song Name | New Song Name | Submittor |
| I Hear You Knockin' Dave Edmunds | Knock Three Times Tony Orlando and Dawn | I Hear You Knockin' Three Times You still can't come in! | rocky |
| Yellow Rose of Texas Mitch Miller | Tie A Yellow Ribbon 'Round The Old Oak Tree Tony Orlando and Dawn | Tie A Yellow Rose of Texas Ribbons 'Round the Old Oak Tree You can git any bigger than Texas. | MOR |
| Around Her Neck She Wore A Yellow Ribbon Mitch Miller | Tie A Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Old Oak Tree Tony Orlando and Dawn | Around Her Neck, She Tied A Yellow Ribbon 'Round The Old Oak Tree And strangled herself. | MOR |
| Mama Said Knock You Out LL Cool J | Knock Three Times Tony Orlando and Dawn | Mama Said Knock You Out Three Times | soul |
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Misheard Lyrics:
"Tie A Yellow Ribbon 'Round The Old Oak Tree"
Misheard Lyrics: now the whole damn bus is cheerin.
And I can't believe I see. A hunk of yellow ribbon round the ole oak tree Original Lyrics: Now the whole damn bus is cheerin'
And I can't believe I see A hundred yellow ribbons round the ole oak tree. | "Tie A Yellow Ribbon 'Round The Old Oak Tree"
Misheard Lyrics: Now the whole d*** bus is cheatin'.
Original Lyrics: Now the whole d*** bus is cheerin'.
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"Tie A Yellow Ribbon 'Round The Old Oak Tree"
Misheard Lyrics: Now the hole damn bus is cheap
And I can't believe I see A hundred yellow ribbons 'round the ole oak tree. Original Lyrics: Now the whole damn bus is cheerin'
And I can't believe I see A hundred yellow ribbons 'round the ole oak tree. | "Tie A Yellow Ribbon 'Round The Old Oak Tree"
Misheard Lyrics: If I don't see a river 'round the old oak tree
Original Lyrics: If I don't see a ribbon 'round the old oak tree
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Misheard Lyrics Story:
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"Tie A Yellow Ribbon 'Round The Old Oak Tree"
Misheard Lyrics: Now the hole damn bus is cheap
And I can't believe I see A hundred yellow ribbons 'round the ole oak tree. Original Lyrics: Now the whole damn bus is cheerin'
And I can't believe I see A hundred yellow ribbons 'round the ole oak tree. |
Story about this misheard lyric by: Peter I remember fondly when this song was originally released and was a #1 hit, it was one of the few songs on Top 40 radio that my mother and my brothers and sisters and me would listen to. But the lyrics are sometimes not sung very clearly by Tony Orlando, including the last couple of lines. It always was confusing to me why there would be hole on the bus and now that made it cheap. I thought maybe Orlando had ridden the bus so long, because he was waiting for his loved one to tie the yellow ribbon around the oak tree, something had happen in the seat he was in to create a hole (I don't want to know) and to have the bus driver make it a cheap fare for him. -:) It was only a few years after the song was out and a hit (back in 1973 - it must have been about 1976 or so) that I saw the lyrics published somewhere and realized that about half of my family was singing the lyrics wrong! |
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Real Places Mentioned in Songs:
"Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose"
The Lyrics: Oh, I got wind my Jo's been dancing here in New Orleans In this smoke-filled honky-tonk they call the land of dreams Oh, here she comes a strutting in her birthday clothes Say, has anybody seen my sweet Gypsy Rose
Why: Tony Orlando & Dawn's 1973 #3 hit, "Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose" was the group's follow-up to the #1 smash, "Tie A Yellow Ribbon 'Round The Ole Oak Tree" and just like that song, "Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose" harked back to a simpler time in music that many people wanted to go back to. It's a bluesy dance #, and it is loosely based on the story of Gypsy Rose, just like the Broadway and movie musical. But in this version, Tony Orlando plays the man whose one-time sweet 'Mary Jo' has gone down, as the third verse says, to New Orleans (a real place) to be a stripper, with "rings on her fingers and bells on her toes", at a smoke-filled honky-tonk joint.
Submitted by: Peter
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