What does 'pumped a lot of pain' mean in proud mary... do you know?????
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found it.. the word is 'pane' not 'pain' and it means LSD
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Dear friend. The word is ??tane? (octane, gasoline). John is saying that he pumped a lot of ?tane (gasoline) down in New Orleans. May be he had to work in a gas station. Thank you. Attentively: Ray
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"IN ANY CASE, by this (sc. 'pane) I was able to pull out of the net what seems to be the correct explanation. According to radio personality Ken Hoffman [[1]]
| I've been having an ongoing debate with a friend about the | words to Proud Mary. He thinks the lyrics go, "Cleaned a lot of | plates in Memphis, pumped a lot of `tane down in New Orleans." | He says 'tane is short for octane, meaning the writer was | pumping gas. One night I heard Jay Leno say the same thing. | | Here's the correct lyric, straight from the writer John Fogerty: | | "Sometimes I write words to songs because they sound cool to | sing. Sometimes the listener doesn't understand what I'm singing | because I'm dedicated to singing the vowel, having fun with the | word sounds coming out of my mouth. `Cleaned a lot of plates in | Memphis, pumped a lot of pain down in New Orleans,' is a good | example. I think Tina Turner sang `tane' instead of `pain,' as | in a contracted form of octane. But I knew what she meant," | Fogerty said." |
i would think that "pumping pain" would mean shooting heroin, IMHO.
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Tina sings "pumped a lot of tang" - as in pootie - meaning she worked as a prostitute.
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hi does anybody know with what sonnete start the song proud of mary
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I agree. It refers to pumping gas.
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Pumped a lot of tain'
[QUOTE=Anonymous;680]What does 'pumped a lot of pain' mean in proud mary... do you know?????[/QUOTE]
At the risk of being booted off this site before I really begin (at least the moderator will learn the answer, if he or she doesn't already know), I believe the line "pumped a lot of t'ain" refers to "pumping t'aint," which is very creative slang for expressing that the singer worked as a hooker. I won't go into the anatomy lesson in order not to offend the Censorship Department, but those who know, will know. Those who don't know can look it up on [url]http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=T'aint[/url]. (It's the second definition.) Have fun! |
Ethyl
It is a reference to leaded gasoline: "Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis, pumped a lot of 'thyne down in New Orleans.", meaning Ethyl gasoline. Song references the singer was making ends meet with jobs like dishwashing and pumping gas...
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