Angie at King Ben’s Grandma gave Jim the prompt for today, “sweet, honey, sugar, candy, chocolate.” My contribution for today is The Beatles’ “Savoy Truffle,” from The Beatles, commonly called the “white album.” It’s the third song on Side 4 (record 2, side 2) and was written and sung by George Harrison.
George got the idea from watching his friend Eric Clapton, a huge chocolate fan, dig into a box of Mackintosh’s “Good News” chocolates while at George’s house. George used the names of the chocolates as listed on the lid of the box as his inspiration for the lyrics The last line of the verse, “but you’ll have to have them all pulled out after the Savoy Truffle,” referred to the tooth decay that would be caused by so much chocolate which would then necessitate extraction.
The line in the second bridge verse about “Oh-Bla-Di-Bla-Da” was a minor dig at bandmate Paul McCartney, who had just about driven them crazy trying to perfect that song on the album.
Creme tangerine and Montelimar
A ginger sling with a pineapple heart
Coffee dessert, yes, you know it’s good news
But you’ll have to have them all pulled out
After the Savoy truffle
Cool cherry cream, nice apple tart
I feel your taste all the time we’re apart
Coconut fudge – really blows down those blues (woo!)
But you’ll have to have them all pulled out
After the Savoy truffle
You might not feel it now
But when the pain cuts through
You’re going to know and how
The sweat is going to fill your head
When it becomes too much
You’ll shout aloud
[Guitar Solo]
But you’ll have to have them all pulled out
After the Savoy truffle
You know that what you eat you are
But what is sweet now, turns so sour
We all know Ob-La-Di-Bla-Da
But can you show me, where you are?
Creme tangerine and Montelimar
A ginger sling with a pineapple heart
Coffee dessert, yes, you know it’s good news (woo!)
But you’ll have to have them all pulled out
After the Savoy truffle
But you’ll have to have them all pulled out
After the Savoy truffle
Source: Genius
And that’s Song Lyric Sunday (and Song of the Day) for September 25, 2022.
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Hi John – what fun … I’d never heard of this before – I must remember it … cheers Hilary
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Interesting song, lyrics, and how it came about. I’ve actually never heard this one before. Cute. Now I want chocolates! 🙂
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I could use some Toblerone, myself…
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🙂 🙂
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Love this song!!
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Glad you do! It’s one of my faves…
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Mine too!
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When I read about Jim’s Song Lyric Sunday this is the song I thought of. I always liked the horns in this one.
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That’s 3 tenor and 3 baritone saxes. Oh, yeah…
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This may be the sweetest song ever written.
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It might just be…. 🤣
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Hey, John. I see we both went for “Savoy Truffle” – an obvious choice if you ask me. One big difference: you created ping back and I didn’t. How’d you do it? I can’t seem to get the knack of it!!
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The easiest way is to paste the URL of Jim’s post on a blank line in yours. Doesn’t matter where. There are more elegant ways, of course, but that’ll do for now.
As Grandma Holton used to say, filthy minds run in the same gutter. That happens pretty frequently, you’ll find. I bet someone else will post the same song. I’ll make up for it on Monday’s Music Moves Me…
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Nancy, I just emailed you instructions for how to create a pingback.
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Got ’em. Thanks, Jim!
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