![]() MacArthur Park is a narrative ballad from the point of view of a man whose love affair has ended and contains the line, "Someone left the cake out in the rain". How Now Dark Cloud? - "This is the end of the half-written tale / Of a man and the cake and the rain" the band's second reference to the Richard Harris single, " MacArthur Park".DJ, I Thought You Said We Had A Deal - last verse in which TMBG makes references to several of their own songs "Well, I told you about the world - its address", "Chess Piece Face's patience must be wearing thin", etc., mimics the Beatles' "Glass Onion" (" I told you about Strawberry Fields", etc, in which the Beatles reference themselves) Free Bird's Rebirth - Reference to the Lynyrd Skynyrd song.The Fellowship Of Hell - "Rock had a baby and they called it 'Aaaah'" is likely a reference to the Muddy Waters song "The Blues Had a Baby and They Named It Rock and Roll.".Fake Out In Buenos Aires - "Land of a thousand fake outs" is a reference to Land of a Thousand Dances "Faker's Delight" is a reference to Rapper's Delight "Fake Around The Clock" is a reference to Rock Around The Clock.Dog - "She's a dog who wrote the book of love", likely a reference to "Who Wrote the Book of Love?" by The Monotones."I know a girl who's got a record machine" is almost exactly the same as a line from "20 Flight Rock" by Eddie Cochran.Damn Good Times - "She acts like David Lee Roth when he turned 21", song itself a reference to David Lee Roth's "Damn Good" from the 1987 DLR album Skyscraper.The same phrase has also been used in other musical and literary works. Circular Karate Chop - The lyric " short sharp shock" originally appeared in Gilbert and Sullivan's 1885 comic opera The Mikado.Cast Your Pod To The Wind - Title likely refers to Vince Guaraldi's " Cast Your Fate to the Wind".Age of Aquarius is originally from the 60's musical " Hair", but is a well-known oldies song in its own right. Cage & Aquarium - Contains the line "This is the spawning of the Cage and Aquarium" in the chorus a skewed match to the song " Age of Aquarius" which contains the line "This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius" in its chorus.Brain Problem Situation - The line "Wake up / Put on my makeup / And pick the rake up / And rake my hair" could be a reference to " Chop Suey!" by System of a Down ( "Wake up / Grab a brush and put a little makeup"), or " I Say A Little Prayer" by Bacharach and David ( "The moment I wake up / Before I put on my makeup").Birds Fly - The line about "a good luck charm hanging off my arm" refers to the Elvis Presley song "Good Luck Charm.".Birdhouse In Your Soul (Demo) - "Give me something to write on" and "I don't feel thirty" both play on extemporaneous lines from Van Halen's "Hot For Teacher", in which David Lee Roth exhorts, "I don't feel tardy.".The Biggest One - Lyrics play on Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive" ( "Change the lock, throw away the key, I will survive"). ![]() Ana Ng - "It's like a whirlpool and it never ends" is a reference to the Tommy Roe song "Dizzy": "My head is spinning, like a whirlpool it never ends.". ![]() The ride was unveiled at the fair and eventually moved to Disneyland. ![]()
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