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reesetee commented on the word say you don't want no diamond ring
And I'll be satisfied
Tell me that you want the kind of things
That money just can't buy....
September 16, 2008
plethora commented on the word say you don't want no diamond ring
I don't care too much for money.
September 16, 2008
reesetee commented on the word say you don't want no diamond ring
Money can't buy me love.
September 16, 2008
bilby commented on the word say you don't want no diamond ring
No?
September 16, 2008
reesetee commented on the word say you don't want no diamond ring
No no no. NO!
September 16, 2008
gangerh commented on the word say you don't want no diamond ring
Can't buy me love, no, no, no, no.
Say you don't want no diamond ring,
And I'll be satisfied,
Can't Buy Me Love.
September 17, 2008
gangerh commented on the word say you don't want no diamond ring
Is it just happenchance or does this line display the writers' grasp of the female psyche? If intended, 'tis very clever use of the double negative.
September 18, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word say you don't want no diamond ring
It depends on if you think you know what "the female psyche" is.
September 18, 2008
reesetee commented on the word say you don't want no diamond ring
And actually, I believe the original line was plural ("rings"), so maybe it doesn't mean what it seems to mean here.
September 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word say you don't want no diamond ring
My lyric book has it singular, reesetee, though it does have the rhyming word as plural as your earlier comment - 'things'. I'll go and check the original sheet music.
September 20, 2008
gangerh commented on the word say you don't want no diamond ring
My sheet music has a singular ring to it. Interestingly, though, it does read 'say you don't need no diamond ring'.
September 21, 2008
gangerh commented on the word say you don't want no diamond ring
I'll check my recording.
September 21, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word say you don't want no diamond ring
They do say the line more than once in the song, no? Maybe it's different each time?
September 21, 2008
gangerh commented on the word say you don't want no diamond ring
I'll check my lyric book, my music and my recording.
September 21, 2008
gangerh commented on the word say you don't want no diamond ring
My lyric book has the line 'say you don't want no diamond ring' twice.
September 21, 2008
reesetee commented on the word say you don't want no diamond ring
Weird. Now I have to listen to the original song again.
September 21, 2008
gangerh commented on the word say you don't want no diamond ring
My music book has the line 'say you don't need no diamond ring' twice.
September 22, 2008
gangerh commented on the word say you don't want no diamond ring
On the track on the 'A Hard Day's Night' album they sing 'say you don't need no diamond rings' twice.
September 22, 2008
rolig commented on the word say you don't want no diamond ring
How many diamond rings does a girl need anyway? But of course, there's this timely argument:
There may come a time
When a lass needs a lawyer,
But diamonds are a girl's best friend.
There may come a time
When a hard-boiled employer
Thinks you're awful nice,
But get that ice or else no dice.
He's your guy
When stocks are high,
But beware when they start to descend.
It's then that those louses
Go back to their spouses.
Diamonds are a girl's best friend.
September 22, 2008
gangerh commented on the word say you don't want no diamond ring
Say you don't need no girl's best friends . .
September 23, 2008
gangerh commented on the word say you don't want no diamond ring
Tell me that you want . . ?*
* to rhyme with 'friends'.
September 23, 2008