[Operatic Intro: by Mary Thomas]
Weit (Oops!)
Weit, weit in die Ferne
Man hört, man hört die Musik
(far far away the music is playing)
Just got back from the downtown Palais
Where the music was so sweet
It knocked me right back in the alley
I'm ready, yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm ready
Woah, woah, woah, I'm ready
And I'm really gonna rock tonight
Sweet little lady sings like a songbird
And she sings the opera like you ain't never heard
But she ain't ready
No, no, no, she ain't ready
No, no, no, she ain't ready
And she ain't gonna rock and roll
She's sweet on Wagner
I think she'd die for Beethoven
She loves the way Puccini lays down a tune
And Verdi's always creeping from her room
[Operatic Interlude: by Mary Thomas]
"Weit, weit in die Ferne"
"Man hört, man hört die Musik"
(Far far away the music is playing)
Come on I'll show you how to sing the blues
Now baby, come on over you got nothing to lose
Are you ready, hey, hey, hey are you ready?
Ooh, ooh, ooh, are you ready?
I wanna show you how to rock and roll
Now listen here baby she, said to me
Just, meet me at the opera house at quarter to three
'Cause I'm ready, yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm ready
Woo, hoo, hoo, I'm ready
I'm gonna show you how to sing the blues
She's sweet on Wagner
I think she'd die for Beethoven
She loves the way Puccini lays down a tune
And Verdi's always creeping from her room
Oh, far, far away
The music is playin'
Well, we were reelin' and rockin' all through the night
Yeah, we were rockin' at the opera house until the break of light
And the orchestra was playin' all Chuck Berry's greatest tunes
And the singers in the chorus all got off on them singin' blues
And as the night grew older everybody was as one
The people on the streets came runnin' in to join in song
Just to hearing the opera singers singing rock and roll so pure
I thought I saw the mayor there but I wasn't really sure
But it's alright!!!
(I'm going to teach you the importance of Jeff Lynne in the music industry)
If you don't like this song, you don't have a hair on your ass...
If this song doesn't appeal to you, you've got no balls whatsoever... Jeff Lynne is a fucking genius, who composes full symphonic orchestration, because of his background in classical music, but he mixes it with good old fashioned three chord rock and roll...
In this song, it begins with an intro sang by an opera performer, but she accidentally started too soon...
You can hear her begin, then she says "oops!!" And they start again...
This song is a fucking classic