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  • Mothereffer
    Roth Army Recruit
    • Nov 2004
    • 17

    The Full Bug!

    Now the lyric that always has troubled me - this is the official lyric to part of "The Full Bug" on the Official VH site...

    Lemme show you
    Baby make the best of what you have in hand. Oh yeah
    Just remember when you follow through
    Then the over isn't planned

    .....now I insist that the last line "then the over..." is really "bending over isn't planned...." it makes more sense to me in the context of the song and knowing that it was most likely DLR that wrote it, I am convinced that this is really the lyric. It's hard to tell when you listen to the song. Does anyone else think the same way as I on this? I mean what the fuck does "then the over" mean anyway? I've never heard that phrase in my life.

    I know it's petty but fucking VH means a lot to me and I need to know this so when I am singing along to the fucking tune in my car, I say precisely the correct lyric or I look like a fool!

    BTW: Diver Down was a fucking great record. I just listened to it again for the first time in about 8 years and sure, lots of covers there but I'd rather hear VH do "Pretty Woman" than that blind freak Roy Orbison or VH's version of "Where Have All The Good Times Gone" blows away Ray Fuckin Davies! "Hang Em High", "Little Guitars", "The Full Bug" are dead-on classics. How the fuck did they come up with such great shit?> Roth was a fucking genius and as great as Eddie was, Roth put together those great choruses and the song structures I bet.
    Mothereffer
  • Matt White
    • Jun 2004
    • 20446

    #2
    I've got a DIVER DOWN songbook(With Tab!) copywrite 1993 by Cherry Lane Music co.
    as follows;
    "Let me show you.
    Babe, you make the best of what you have in hand, Oh Yeah.
    Just remember when you follow through,
    Bending over isn't grand. Ah yeah. Ha ha!"

    Yup, Diver Down was the first VAN HALEN record I bought on my own, and it still rocks!

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    • EbDawson
      Veteran
      • Apr 2004
      • 1674

      #3
      I think Dave may have "wrote" the lyrics one way but sang them another way. Always heard "bending over isn't planned" myself.
      "If anyone came here hoping to hear Sammy Hagar Van Halen, there's the fucking door, man!" Ralph Saenz, Atomic Punks

      "Carpe Mammarium"

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      • EbDawson
        Veteran
        • Apr 2004
        • 1674

        #4
        Re: The Full Bug!

        Originally posted by Mothereffer
        Roth was a fucking genius and as great as Eddie was, Roth put together those great choruses and the song structures I bet.
        Wouldn't have to bet me.
        "If anyone came here hoping to hear Sammy Hagar Van Halen, there's the fucking door, man!" Ralph Saenz, Atomic Punks

        "Carpe Mammarium"

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        • Carmine
          ROTH ARMY SUPREME
          • Apr 2004
          • 7691

          #5
          One of my ALL-TIME VH favs! Falls in right after Unchained!

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          • Full Bug
            Crazy Ass Mofo
            • Jan 2004
            • 2915

            #6
            I wouldnt be surprised if even Dave doesnt remember the original lyric, kinda like the line "I seen a lotta people lookin' for a moonbeam." from Everybody Wants Some, it doesnt really sound like that on the record and Dave said in his book he doesnt really remember what it was, he just mumbles it kind of thing.....
            Diamond Mafia Forever - 4. To restore fullbug to the prominent place in this board, after various serious attacks by hitch1969 have now damaged his reputation and now is reguarded as a "Retarded, Stoned, Canadian, Dog finger bangin' fuckup"

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            • Vanstonica
              Roadie
              • Jun 2004
              • 165

              #7
              What a fantastic song! I've always been dissapointed that Dave doesn't play that in his shows anymore. God knows EVH won't do it.

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              • DLR_EngineRoom
                Veteran
                • Jan 2004
                • 2304

                #8
                Originally posted by Mothereffer
                Now the lyric that always has troubled me - this is the official lyric to part of "The Full Bug" on the Official VH site...

                Lemme show you
                Baby make the best of what you have in hand. Oh yeah
                Just remember when you follow through
                Then the over isn't planned

                .....now I insist that the last line "then the over..." is really "bending over isn't planned...." it makes more sense to me in the context of the song and knowing that it was most likely DLR that wrote it, I am convinced that this is really the lyric. It's hard to tell when you listen to the song. Does anyone else think the same way as I on this?
                Yes, you're right. The official lyric is 'bending over isn't planned'.

                But now there's a conflict of interest that you've raised. 'Cause if that's the official lyric then that means that Ed & Al are lying about something pertaining to Dave.....

                Nahhhhh.....can't be......
                http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t.../EddieDave.jpg
                http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t...ve_ed_2007.jpg
                http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t...os/TORCH_B.gif

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                • bueno bob
                  DIAMOND STATUS
                  • Jul 2004
                  • 22820

                  #9
                  Originally posted by DLR_EngineRoom
                  ...Ed & Al are lying about something pertaining to Dave.....

                  Nahhhhh.....can't be......
                  Ed and Al are honest Abe's. Always have spoken the truth about Dave, from day one! And anybody who doesn't think so is just a Sam hater!

                  Twistin' by the pool.

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                  • DeadOrAlive
                    Veteran
                    • Jul 2004
                    • 1683

                    #10
                    Best Part of a MAN!!!!

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                    • diamondsgirl
                      ROTH ARMY SUPREME
                      • Apr 2004
                      • 7546

                      #11
                      I'd give anything to hear Dave do this tune live again.
                      And come that part, he may sing something different all together.
                      “Why do people say "grow some balls"? Balls are weak and sensitive. If you wanna be tough, grow a vagina. Those things can take a pounding” ― Betty White

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                      • LookN4AMootBeat
                        Head Fluffer
                        • Nov 2004
                        • 264

                        #12
                        I'm listenning to a bootleg of Full bug live right now.......
                        it's definitely "bending over isn't planned".

                        oh, and that lyric from everybody wants some is ......

                        "I seek a moogoo lad-a-lookin for a moot beat"

                        Official DLR mush-mouth
                        I like Van Halen more than Dave's PA Rental.....which means I like Van Halen more than you


                        "YOU JUST BUILD BIKES!"

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                        • JCOOK

                          #13
                          "Come to my door...... aint gonna let you pass,Gotta bad lil' woman ..mmm gone an bite yo ass... nnnnaint' gone let you pass.All your dreams and visions are based on magazines,...Well this aint' television but its' more than it seems....

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                          • DLRdelight!
                            Veteran
                            • Jul 2004
                            • 1501

                            #14
                            Yeah it sure is a hell of an album, i love the song secrets, dont know why, but i do agree that the actual lyrics of the full bug does say bending

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                            • Loons The Great

                              #15
                              That ol' Full Bug Buugie Wuugie nah yez yez...dig it nah...sho' nuff yez...

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