Colitas, which is supposed to mean "little buds" or something like that. Ah, the different ways to sorta kinda hide drug references and still get your songs played on the radio.
Colitas? What the hell is that? Is it like a Margarita?
Speaking of which, I know some people whose last name is Margaritas, which is awesome.
Seriously, I always thought they were singing "Pelete* dust", which makes no sense at all, in that "Pelete" isn't even a word, except I was just a kid (okay, okay, I was in HIGH SCHOOL), and for all I knew, "Pelete" was some kind of California plant or something. Which they, like, ran over with their car, causing the Pelete dust to rise. THERE WAS NO GOOGLE BACK THEN. Sheesh. Although, come to think of it, there WERE dictionaries, so there goes that excuse. Gah.
Oh! But I just checked the Nixon-era dictionary here at work, and there IS no "Colitas" there. Just "Colitis", which is something entirely different, obv.
Aren't you glad you stopped by, downtown guy? Sorry about this.
*Pronounced "Pul-LEET". You must always pronounce your imaginary words correctly.
yeah, had to google it-must have just hummed when I sang!
ReplyDeleteColitas, which is supposed to mean "little buds" or something like that. Ah, the different ways to sorta kinda hide drug references and still get your songs played on the radio.
ReplyDeleteColitas? What the hell is that? Is it like a Margarita?
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of which, I know some people whose last name is Margaritas, which is awesome.
Seriously, I always thought they were singing "Pelete* dust", which makes no sense at all, in that "Pelete" isn't even a word, except I was just a kid (okay, okay, I was in HIGH SCHOOL), and for all I knew, "Pelete" was some kind of California plant or something. Which they, like, ran over with their car, causing the Pelete dust to rise. THERE WAS NO GOOGLE BACK THEN. Sheesh. Although, come to think of it, there WERE dictionaries, so there goes that excuse. Gah.
Oh! But I just checked the Nixon-era dictionary here at work, and there IS no "Colitas" there. Just "Colitis", which is something entirely different, obv.
Aren't you glad you stopped by, downtown guy? Sorry about this.
*Pronounced "Pul-LEET". You must always pronounce your imaginary words correctly.
Well, it's Spanish, so not in Nixon's dictionary. Of course, neither was honesty, and that's an English word.
ReplyDeleteOh, SPANISH!
ReplyDeleteNow I feel like an idiot.
Smoke some colitas, you'll feel better.
ReplyDeleteHee!
ReplyDeleteOh yeah, and nice Nixon dig. Good ol' Tricky Dick.
I know your pain. I always thought there was "a bathroom on the right".
ReplyDeleteGood one, Silk!
ReplyDeleteHere's a personal favorite:
Song: Landslide by Fleetwood Mac
Lyric: Time makes you bolder
What I thought it said: Time ages boulders
oops
Well I'm late as usual. Colitas a desert flower.
ReplyDeleteGuys, when I search on line for "Colitas", all I find are references to the song.
ReplyDeleteThis is some kind of inside joke, isn't it? Like a snipe hunt. On line. :)
skunk?
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