Date sent: Sun, 6 Feb 2000 22:12:26 EST
Subject: Re: Misheard Song Lyrics
To: vocalist
Send reply to: VOCALIST <vocalist>

In a message dated 02/06/2000 9:08:11 PM Central Standard Time,
tmitche2-at-twcny.rr.com writes:

<< That's funny, Chris (see below). I used to have the LP but I don't
remember
seeing it (written/printed on the jacket or label) as anything but
"Inna-gadda-da-vida" so I didn't even realize it was mispronounced. And
I'm sure I've heard DJs quite distinctly call it "Inna-gadda-da-vida" . >>

Oh, they do call it that!! But the originally intended title was "in the
garden of Eden." Apparently, they figured that since it couldn't be
understood, it would be cooler to give it the name it sounds like and make
everyone wonder!!!

Chris Thomas
Mezzo-Soprano
Wauwatosa, WI

"I love to sing-a, about the moon-a and the June-a and the spring-a"