Comments on: What’s The Line?

By: heather

heather — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:42:00 +0000

Oh thank God, I thought I was the only one who thought it was ‘wrapped up like a douche’. This song confused me no end! Love the graph

By: That's Not My Name

That's Not My Name — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:47:16 +0000

Shenanigans….
Good thing i’m not a guy

By: asdfasdf

asdfasdf — Sun, 31 May 2009 02:20:54 +0000

i thought it was “revved up like a douche”

By: alb_nutty

alb_nutty — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 03:04:32 +0000

as soon as i saw this the song started playing on the radio… wtf… o-o
COINCEDENCES SCARE ME YET AGAIN o_________o;

By: Carl

Carl — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:30:19 +0000

However it definitely sounds like “Wrapped up like a douche”

By: John O'Hagen

John O'Hagen — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:47:24 +0000

I swear to god…ill pistol whip the next guy that says shenanigans!

By: MisterMisteh

MisterMisteh — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 05:31:07 +0000

More like captain oblivious. To humor.

By: Jake

Jake — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:03:56 +0000

I’ve always enjoyed the original Springsteen version to the Earth Band one.

By: Charlie

Charlie — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:12:24 +0000

What about “’scuse me if I kiss this guy?”

By: ken

ken — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:02:36 +0000

Exactly…. said it on VH1 Storytellers, however.

By: Robin

Robin — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:44:47 +0000

hahaha you said shanigan…
shenanigan

By: pepperjackcandy

pepperjackcandy — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:18:56 +0000

I’m more concerned about the guy waving to his hat myself.

By: pepperjackcandy

pepperjackcandy — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:09:33 +0000

Yep. He’s clearly bilabial-ing, or whatever you call it (consitent with “b” or “p”), and not labiodental-izing (consistent with the letter “v”).

Now if someone can just explain to me what a “labialized ʃ” looks like, we might be able to solve the “deuce/douche” thing.

This comment assembled with the help of wikipedia’s article on the phonology of the English language.

By: Inara

Inara — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:24:28 +0000

I think that blue section needs to be much, much larger…

By: webkat

webkat — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 04:35:49 +0000

You’re forgetting Springsteen’s “…cut loose like a douche…”

By: StingRay

StingRay — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:54:15 +0000

I caught the “revved up like a deuce” but it’s what follows that baffles me. “Mumble mumble mumble in the night.”

By: Hyuzen

Hyuzen — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:00:01 +0000

Where would I fit if I thought it was ‘revved up like a douche’? I had no idea what that mean so revved up like a deuce seems better.

By: mark

mark — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:39:18 +0000

Springsteen talked about this on an old SNL episode, I think. I remember seeing him, but not 100% sure I have the show right — it coulda been Letterman or something. Anyway, he said he wrote “cut loose like a deuce” meaning a deuce coupe. He acknowledged that Manfred Mann changed it to “wrapped up like a douche” and just laughed about it. I think he said something like “theirs sold more records than mine.” But if you listen to Bruce’s version, there are several cool verses with awesome lyrics that are missing from Manfred Mann’s goofy-ass version.

By: 3ntropy

3ntropy — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:52:06 +0000

rofl

By: Theresa

Theresa — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:52:54 +0000

What about “I’ll never be your pizza burger”?
And “There’s a bathroom on the right.”

By: Tresses

Tresses — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:35:14 +0000

Read his lips during the video…All through the song his lips touch; it *looks* like he’s singing “wrapped,” until the very end when they’re all singing – and then it looks like he’s singing “wrecked.” The mystery deepens. o_O

By: wonder mutt

wonder mutt — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:30:12 +0000

Mugatu is so hot right now that he could take a turd, wrap it in a piece of tin foil, put a couple of hooks on it and sell it to Queen Elizibeth as a pair of earings.

By: Poppyseed

Poppyseed — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:43:36 +0000

Now that you made this graph the red zone will shrink and the other areas will expand. Now you have to make a revised graph!

By: Adhe

Adhe — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:18:53 +0000

Well, douches in the store are discreetly packaged, yet have explicit directions on the box. So they are wrapped up at one point in time. It could refer to something trying to mask it’s identity with it’s outward appearance but fails at masking itself by it’s actions. “Revved up like a deuce” makes no sense to me (well, until I scrolled and found out that a Deuce really is a car). I’m not arguing that I’m right. I’m sure you’re right and I’m wrong. I’m just explaining where us blues are coming from =) However, I wouldn’t put it past them to really say douche just to mess with people’s heads. “Hahaha. We’ll say douche and 20 years from now people will still be fighting over it! HA!” I know I would!

By: Psipsina

Psipsina — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:24:34 +0000

No, it’s people who know that they (i.e., Mannfred Mann) claim that it is one thing, but that’s not what they are really singing.

By: Nat

Nat — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:07:48 +0000

i swear it sounds like hes saying revved up like a douche. theres some definate “ch” action going on towards the end of that word there, that the word “deuce” sorely lacks.

not that i doubt he means to say deuce, especially since douches dont really get revved.

By: Jane

Jane — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:48:14 +0000

I used to think Madonna was singing that she was a Cheerio Girl. It made perfect sense to me because at 5 years of age, I too was a Cheerio Girl…

By: Jane

Jane — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:45:52 +0000

Thank you Captain Obvious *sigh*

By: ClickClickNow

ClickClickNow — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:02:33 +0000

Now that I’ve listened to it again, I swear it says ‘wrapped up like a deuce’.

So many be someone’s gettin’ a present. No, don’t go there!

By: Eva

Eva — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:32:03 +0000

I think the blue is supposed to read “people who CLAIM that they KNOW” instead of “people who KNOW that they CLAIM…”

By: reed

reed — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:23:46 +0000

It’s a car. I used to think it was revved up like a douche, but how would you rev up a douche? So I looked up the lyrics.

By: Pete

Pete — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:41:17 +0000

Since when do song lyrics have to make sense?

By: lili

lili — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:11:31 +0000

I’m going to guess by deuce it’s for “deuce coup”- the kind of car. (DOn’t the Beach BNoys sing about a Deuce Coup?)

By: Justin

Justin — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:40:01 +0000

Now I’m a blue. I used to be another category: People who sing “wrapped up like a douche” but know it’s wrong and have absolutely no idea what the real lyrics are.

By: Pippi

Pippi — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:59:32 +0000

You mean it’s not “wrapped up like a douche”? Srsly!? What does revved up like a deuce even mean????

By: lraininspain

lraininspain — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:55:17 +0000

Oh, Thanks!! Just spit my Coke all over the screen on that! Good one!

By: psipsina

psipsina — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:49:11 +0000

Or those of us who are irritated that Mannfred Mann thought they could make Springsteen’s lyrics better?

By: Lori

Lori — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:24:16 +0000

Scot Z is right. Bruce wrote it “Cut loose like a duece.”

By: me

me — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:58:45 +0000

Red here – thank God I’m not the only one!

By: Dite

Dite — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:33:38 +0000

Blue here. Love the song. Love the Graph!

By: rosie

rosie — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:32:51 +0000

I heard this song on the radio today and sang the right (blue) words very loudly.

I hope my children weren’t listening.

By: Squee

Squee — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:18:25 +0000

I always though it was “Cut up and abused”

Maybe i’m just a sadist.

By: Soap

Soap — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:07:52 +0000

Where is the fourth category:
Those happy in their ignorance?

By: PhadedGoddess

PhadedGoddess — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:40:58 +0000

My mother introduced me to this song, it presented two challenges
1) What is a “douche” Mom?
2) Why can’t I sing the part “messing with his frozen zone, reminds him of romance” in the talent show?
Don’t get me started on Dust (ducks, I swear I heard ducks) in the Wind

By: Scot Z

Scot Z — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:11:06 +0000

What about those of us who know the line as originally written was “cut loose like a deuce”?

By: 3ntropy

3ntropy — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:01:04 +0000

OMG!!! I NEEDED THIS ONE!! LMAO. i’m a red…you know those musician types and their shanigans…

By: ninjacat

ninjacat — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:58:11 +0000

unfortunately fer u its revved up bcause wrapped up lik a doush dont make sense

By: Adhe

Adhe — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:56:22 +0000

I admit. I’m a blue

By: ninjacat

ninjacat — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:50:39 +0000

its revved up lik a deuce bcuz wrapped up like a doushe dont make sense