Obvious things you've only just realised (2018 Thread )

[Cuellar]

End of stones "Gimme Shelter" the woman Merry Clayton isn't singing "Heeeeeey Babeeeey it's just a shot away" she is singing "Rape, Murder, it's just a shot away".

fucking hell.

what

[Ferris]

French police: Gendarmes

Gens = people
D'armes = armed

[chocky909]

what

https://youtu.be/RbmS3tQJ7Os?t=2m40s

[Psmith]

The Premiership  had to change it's name to The Premier League because rugby players are harder.

[Cuellar]

https://youtu.be/RbmS3tQJ7Os?t=2m40s

[off-screen Graham Linehan voice]fuckin hell[/off-screen Graham Linehan voice]

[Dex Sawash]

I'm not missing the plug-in that enables Comedy Chat function

[Depressed Beyond Tables]

Michael Jackson's 'Black or White' starts as a 12 bar blues, a song structure which is widely accepted to have its origins in the slave-filled cotton fields of America.

[a duncandisorderly]

inigo montoya, saul berenson.... same bloke!

[phantom_power]

Vibes = Vibrations. I was listening to Good Vibrations with my son and he asked if good vibrations were the same as good vibes and it shook me to my core

[olliebean]

"jk" = "just kidding." It's not just shorthand for "joke."

[Depressed Beyond Tables]

"jk" = "just kidding." It's not just shorthand for "joke."

Q: What's JK short for?

A: He has little legs.

[itsfredtitmus]

"jk" = "just kidding." It's not just shorthand for "joke."

jk rowling

[gilbertharding]

[off-screen Graham Linehan voice]fuckin hell[/off-screen Graham Linehan voice]

Her own version is brilliant as well, but here's her vocal from the Stones version, isolated:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njAuEGRthuw

At 20 seconds, hear Mick Jagger whoop, presumably in approval at the amount of 'welly' it's being given. Once you've heard it, you'll notice it in the full Rolling Stones mix.

[momatt]

Cool, not noticed the 'whoop' before.

I do know that she was heavily pregnant when she recorded it.  They ran her up at something stupid like midnight to come into the studio.  She of course immediately came in, because who wouldn't?
She then gave it so much welly that she had a miscarriage.  Which is awful of course, but an interesting story.

[Cuellar]

Her own version is brilliant as well, but here's her vocal from the Stones version, isolated:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njAuEGRthuw

At 20 seconds, hear Mick Jagger whoop, presumably in approval at the amount of 'welly' it's being given. Once you've heard it, you'll notice it in the full Rolling Stones mix.

That is good.

[MoonDust]

Her own version is brilliant as well, but here's her vocal from the Stones version, isolated:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njAuEGRthuw

At 20 seconds, hear Mick Jagger whoop, presumably in approval at the amount of 'welly' it's being given. Once you've heard it, you'll notice it in the full Rolling Stones mix.

I read in some trivia about that song regarding when you hear her voice break as she tries to hit the high notes towards the end. Apparently her voice broke because she actually injured her vocal cords during the recording, which is what you're hearing. She couldn't sing for a few weeks afterwards apparently. Ouch.

[Bazooka]

Vibes = Vibrations. I was listening to Good Vibrations with my son and he asked if good vibrations were the same as good vibes and it shook me to my core

Fuck me, those Beach lads knew all along. How did I not...*Jumps out the window*

[gib]

circus - horses run round in a circle

Philip Astley is credited with being the 'father' of the modern circus when he opened the first circus in 1768 in England. A skilled equestrian, Astley demonstrated trick riding, riding in a circle rather than a straight line as his rivals did, and thus chanced on the format which was later named a 'circus'.

[olliebean]

jk rowling

ofl, presumably.

[Cerys]

circus - horses run round in a circle

I always assumed it was a reference to the Circus Maximus in Ancient Rome, rather than the brainchild of some Georgian cunt with a tent.

[a duncandisorderly]

circus - horses run round in a circle

the size of the ring is the smallest circle a horse can run in without falling over & hurting itself. a bit harsh on the nag, that.

[zomgmouse]

Alright so bookmarks in a web browser on the Internet, right

And bookmarks, like in an actual book, right

Yeah. That.

[greenman]

A young Josh Brolin was the big brother in Goonies.

[biggytitbo]

Gary Glitter's real name is Gary Glister.

[monkfromhavana]

That the Nightstalker was a cop.

[Replies From View]

Gary Glitter's real name is Gary Glister.

Nostradamus was SO CLOSE.

[Gregory Torso]

A female swan is a pen and a male swan is a cob.

Also why are they called mute swans when they're chatty as fuck?

[Rocket Surgery]

Because who's going to argue with one o' them massive obnoxious feathery bastards.

[Gregory Torso]

I saw someone wrestle a swan once. He managed to pluck a handful of feathers off its back before it ripped his arm off he ran away into the night

[saltysnacks]

Telly is short for Television.