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"Sweet Nothin's"
Has anyone been able to clarify what the male voice whispers to Brenda Lee in that song?
- StereoTom
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I believe it is just a gibberish whisper.
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I believe the sweet nothings being whispered into her ear is “my, my baby, you have a perfect derriere”.
This post causes me to remember back to when I was fifteen and was just in the process of waking up early one Saturday morning. I then heard a young girl whisper into my ear “uh huh honey…..alright”. That gave me quite a start. I was disappointed to find out that it was just one of the neighbors showing off their new Hi-Fi.
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I think that Tom has it right that it was just gibberish. I can't recall now for sure, but I may have actually heard of someone involved with the recording stating that this was the case. I will add that Lee was only 14 when it was made and had yet to have had a top 40 hit, and so I would think that everyone involved would have wanted to play it safe and not have the whispered part be anything that could cause problems. So I can see where ironically, using gibberish would have made perfect sense under the circumstances.
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Dear music friends,
Thank you for your opinions and observations.
I think Tom wrote it succinctly and clearly. Jim added a little joke and flashback and Lorne provided a logical explanation
as to why given Brenda Lee's age there was only unintelligible whispering.
Thank you once again.
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If I may, I would like to amend my above post to say that I am ninety-nine percent certain that the sweet nothings being whispered into her ear is “my, my baby, you have a perfect derriere” and that I am one hundred percent certain that actual English words are being spoken.
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I can't say anything about it, only believe it because my English is poor.
That's why I'm asking here on a forum where there are native speakers.
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