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The creators of Asterix were Prince fans! So i was sitting there reading "Asterix and the Secret Weapon", which is basically about this new woman bard coming to educate the kids, and they have a partay to welcome her to the village and they beg her to play something. So she comes out with her tambourine and starts singing " ARMORICA! ARMORICA! TOUTATIS SHED HIS GRACE ON THEE!". So Armorica is like some place in Gaul or something and Toutatis was their God. I just caught a glimpse of the Armorica bit as i was closing the book and i was like  Like she has the drum and everything and the soo similar lyrics.
This better not be a much used phrase and this is all a coincedence  No Freestyling. | |
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AzurePanther said: So i was sitting there reading "Asterix and the Secret Weapon", which is basically about this new woman bard coming to educate the kids, and they have a partay to welcome her to the village and they beg her to play something. So she comes out with her tambourine and starts singing " ARMORICA! ARMORICA! TOUTATIS SHED HIS GRACE ON THEE!". So Armorica is like some place in Gaul or something and Toutatis was their God. I just caught a glimpse of the Armorica bit as i was closing the book and i was like
Like she has the drum and everything and the soo similar lyrics.
This better not be a much used phrase and this is all a coincedence Prince drew on the words from "America The Beautiful" ... lyrics by Katherine Lee Bates (music composed by Samuel A. Ward) O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain! America! America! God shed His grace on thee, And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea! O beautiful for pilgrim feet Whose stern impassion'd stress A thoroughfare for freedom beat Across the wilderness. America! America! God mend thine ev'ry flaw, Confirm thy soul in self-control, Thy liberty in law. O beautiful for heroes prov'd In liberating strife, Who more than self their country loved, And mercy more than life. America! America! May God thy gold refine Till all success be nobleness, And ev'ry gain divine. O beautiful for patriot dream That sees beyond the years Thine alabster cities gleam Undimmed by human tears. America! America! God shed His grace on thee, And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea. http://www.niehs.nih.gov/...merica.htm just as he adapts the words, "purple mountain majesties" on the 12" version. America (Extended Version) Yeah (Shotgun) Peace! Eh, yeah, eh Aristocrats on a mountain climb Makin' money, losin' time Communism is just a word But if the government turn over It'll be the only word that's heard CHORUS: America, America God shed His grace on thee America, America Keep the children free Little sister make minimum wage Livin' in a one-room jungle monkey cage Can't get over, she almost dead She may not be in the black But she happy she ain't in the red CHORUS Freedom - Love - Joy - Peace Jimmy Nothing never went 2 school They made him pledge allegiance He said it wasn't cool Nothin' made Jimmy proud Now Jimmy live on a mushroom cloud CHORUS {x2} Freedom - Love - Joy - Peace Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! (Oh Lord) And the bomb go Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! (Oh Lord) And the bomb go Boom! Teacher, why won't Jimmy pledge allegiance? That's enough {5:35 mark} CHORUS Drums! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! And the bomb go Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! ([...]) And the bomb go Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! (And the bomb go... Boom!) {x2} CHORUS {x2} Freedom - Love Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! Purple mountain majesty Aristocrats on a mountain climb Makin' money, losin' time Communism is just a word But if the government turn over It'll be the only word that's heard U gonna stand in my way? Hey! [Come on, they said, can I sing ...] Yeah Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! And the bomb go Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! And the bomb go Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! And the bomb go Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! And the bomb go Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! (CHORUS in background) And the bomb go Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! And the bomb go (America, America) Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! (God shed His grace on thee) And the bomb go (America, America) Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! (Keep the children, keep the children) Boom! Boom! (Keep the children free) And the bomb go Boom! http://www.dtt-lyrics.com...ml#america . ALT+PLS+RTN: Pure as a pane of ice. It's a gift. |
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Thats it, afterwards she sings "Armorica the beautiful" i wasnt sure about that. No Freestyling. | |
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AzurePanther said: So i was sitting there reading "Asterix and the Secret Weapon", which is basically about this new woman bard coming to educate the kids, and they have a partay to welcome her to the village and they beg her to play something. So she comes out with her tambourine and starts singing " ARMORICA! ARMORICA! TOUTATIS SHED HIS GRACE ON THEE!". So Armorica is like some place in Gaul or something and Toutatis was their God. I just caught a glimpse of the Armorica bit as i was closing the book and i was like
Like she has the drum and everything and the soo similar lyrics.
This better not be a much used phrase and this is all a coincedence In the original version she sings about bringning along flowers from Lutetia (the Roman name for the city currently known as Paris) So much for the Prince connection here. Besides, Renée Goscini, the scenario writer for the first couple of Asterix comic died in 1976 a few years prior to Prince breaking through But Albert Uderzo (the Artist who has drawn all Asterix comics and wrote all the scenarios after Goscini's death) happens to be a big beatles fan. The Beatles themselves appear in "Asterix and the Brits" and thw wife of fish sales man Unhygienix is called "Yellowsubmarine" in the original issues.  "Wise man said, the stronger you get, the stronger you smell" - Son Goku, Dragonball Z | |
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Saiyaman said: AzurePanther said: So i was sitting there reading "Asterix and the Secret Weapon", which is basically about this new woman bard coming to educate the kids, and they have a partay to welcome her to the village and they beg her to play something. So she comes out with her tambourine and starts singing " ARMORICA! ARMORICA! TOUTATIS SHED HIS GRACE ON THEE!". So Armorica is like some place in Gaul or something and Toutatis was their God. I just caught a glimpse of the Armorica bit as i was closing the book and i was like
Like she has the drum and everything and the soo similar lyrics.
This better not be a much used phrase and this is all a coincedence In the original version she sings about bringning along flowers from Lutetia (the Roman name for the city currently known as Paris) So much for the Prince connection here. Besides, Renée Goscini, the scenario writer for the first couple of Asterix comic died in 1976 a few years prior to Prince breaking through But Albert Uderzo (the Artist who has drawn all Asterix comics and wrote all the scenarios after Goscini's death) happens to be a big beatles fan. The Beatles themselves appear in "Asterix and the Brits" and thw wife of fish sales man Unhygienix is called "Yellowsubmarine" in the original issues. Yeah ive seen that Beatles one 
But you werent being sarcastic with the Prince connection were you, i mean Paris and flowers of course....Prince loved both  No Freestyling. | |
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