Wednesday, April 08, 2009 - 10:49 pm
I am looking for the title and artist of a late '70s (or possibly 1980) song that had "ooh-ooh-ooh, da-da-da" in the refrain. Some ten years ago, I read an article online that said that the lyrics to this song are about what happens when words lose their meaning (hence, the nonsense chorus). The last time that I heard this song was around 1985, so I'm at a loss for the rest of the lyrics.
Wednesday, April 08, 2009 - 11:25 pm
Could it have been Trio or The Police?
Wednesday, April 08, 2009 - 11:49 pm
I'm thinking The Police too . . .
Lyrics:
Poets, priests and poiticians
Have words to thank for their positions
Words that scream for your submission
And no ones jamming their transmission
cos when their eloquence escapes you
Their logic ties you up and rapes you
De do do do, de da da da
Is all I want to say to you
De do do do, de da da da
Their innocence will pull me through
De do do do, de da da da
Is all I want to say to you
De do do do, de da da da
Theyre meaningless and all thats true
Thursday, April 09, 2009 - 7:46 am
That's the Police.
Thursday, April 09, 2009 - 8:22 am
Wasn't much to go on Alfedo, but skep seems to be on it.
You have the right to remain silent
you have the right to an attorney
if you can not afford an attorney
one will be provided
watch your head.
that is also the Police
<":'D <-----(new hat)
Thursday, April 09, 2009 - 10:57 am
Thanks, guys! It was The Police.
Thursday, April 09, 2009 - 11:03 am
This song peaked at #10 in 1980. KGON and KINK probably still play it and KNRK seems like a possibility. I know I used to hear it quite a bit!
Thursday, April 09, 2009 - 1:57 pm
> You have the right to remain silent
> you have the right to an attorney...
This is what one might hear if one illegally downloads De Do Do Do De Da Da Da.
Thursday, April 09, 2009 - 2:11 pm
Littlesongs is the man, he will never fail you when it comes to this stuff!
Funny thing for me about The Police. When they first came out and all during thier time I was a huge fan.
Now, I never play my Police records. And I can't really stand Sting's stuff.
Thursday, April 09, 2009 - 2:19 pm
Alfredo,
Thats funny, I just tried to record to DVD from a LaserDisc of the Synchronicity Concert, which contains "Dedododo,Dedadada" and my Panasonic EZ47 REFUSED... It must have detected some sort of ancient copy protection signal. I looked at the date on the LD and it is 1984... Big brother is STILL watching!
Thursday, April 09, 2009 - 5:53 pm
Macrovision.
Get a cheap video signal time base corrector. It will, as an artifact of what it does, strip that crap out.
Plan B is to capture the output of the original player on a nice PC capture card. Nearly all of those will record MPEG right to your hard disk. From there, it's easy cheezy to author a simple DVD.
Friday, April 10, 2009 - 3:32 pm
Bingo! did not realize that Macrovision was that old! This is the first time I have noticed it on an early LaserDisc.
Wikipedia says this:
"Macrovision Corporation was established in 1983. The 1984 film The Cotton Club was the first video to be encoded with the Macrovision technology when it was released in 1985."
Orwell was right on!
Friday, April 10, 2009 - 7:38 pm
This is why we have open code and some nations friendly to circumvention means and methods.
BTW: Trans coding to maintain compatibility with newer hardware devices is legal under the DMCA. Hack away!
This was and remains the problem with the DMCA. You have rights that clearly permit your planned activity. However, software code is layered ABOVE the law, making decisions for you.
Nice huh?
