Blogocentric Formulations

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DAY 26

Song: "Here I Go Again"
Artist: Whitesnake
Album: Saints & Sinners (1982)

When I was growing up, my best friend lived in a housing community just down the street. We went to elementary school, junior high, and high school together before his parents eventually decided to move. His dad was a very, very successful technology engineer/executive and decided at one point to cash out and "retire" to a consulting position that didn't require so much time in the office. Since he was no longer required to live in the town where he grew up, he and his wife bought a huge house on a lake several hours away. (My friend stayed in town to finish out high school since this was during his senior year.) Anyway, long story short, they bought a large house in a very exclusive lakefront community where several celebrities and VIPs lived... including the lead singer of Whitesnake.

My friend invited a few of us up to the house for a weekend one time and his stepmother, in honor of their new neighbor, blasted this song as we arrived at their housing development. My friend, who only really listens to classical music, was mortified and said, "She does this every single time." Everyone else thought it was hilarious, and now that it's a few years later, I can't help but wonder if she was the exact person Bowling for Soup wrote their song "1985" for. Here's that video and pay special attention to the lyrics from about 0:30-0:45:

I love that video because it's also great to watch it and try to figure out all the videos they're spoofing.

Anyway, an interesting fact about Whitenake's song is that the chorus to the original version was:

An' here I go again on my own
Goin' down the only road I've ever known,
Like a hobo I was born to walk alone
An' I've made up my mind
I ain't wasting no more time

The lyrics were later changed, though, to the now-familiar:

An' here I go again on my own
Goin' down the only road I've ever known,
Like a drifter I was born to walk alone
An' I've made up my mind
I ain't wasting no more time

Lead singer David Coverdale attributed the change to the fact that he didn't want people to misinterpret the lyrics and think he was saying "homo" instead of "hobo."