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[Righty007]

I downloaded Amy Winehouse's Back to Black off iTunes yesterday. It's a good album and I recommend it. Track 2 (You Know I'm No Good) has the following line:

"You tear me down like Roger Moore"

"You Know I'm No Good" Lyrics

Does anybody know what this means? Is it a reference to James Bond?

[Safari Suit]

I suspect she just needed something to rhyme with "door".

[Santa]

She is slightly mental so I'm not sure it's worth trying to make sense of it.

[Judo chop]

The lyrics are wrong.

She actually says

[doublenoughtspy]

So either way it's a reference to Octopussy

[dodge]

[quote name='Judo chop' post='752956' date='6 July 2007 - 13:54']The lyrics are wrong.

She actually says “You tear me down like Radja Muir”.

Radja Muir was the game given to the monument erected by Emperor Shah Jahan for his first wife before it was realized that she would bear him no children. Jahan

[Judo chop]

[quote name='dodge' post='752958' date='6 July 2007 - 09:03'][quote name='Judo chop' post='752956' date='6 July 2007 - 13:54']The lyrics are wrong.

She actually says

[mrsbonds_ppk]

I was wondering what she was talking about...I still don't know. lol

[Thunderfinger]

I didn`t know what she was saying before. Thank you to both Righty and Judochop.
Regardless I

[Mister Asterix]

[mra]This site says it the lyrics are

[Thunderfinger]

Reminds me of the Nick Cave song "Sweetheart Come".
I can`t help hearing "sweet.com".

[Santa]

It's annoying me now, I want to know what the line means. Something to do with one of his films? I'm stumped. You know you're having a boring evening when you think it's possible to make sense of Amy Winehouse...

[Thunderfinger]

He tears down a lot of people, though.
Sandor, Jaws, Locque, Gobinda, that old nazi in the blimp...
That

[Santa]

Ha, it seems there's no definitive hearing of that lyric yet - another interpretation is "You tear men down like Roger Moore". Does he tear men down?

[Santa]

I'm such a dork - I've just been on to Sir Roger's official site, where he answers questions from fans every month, and I asked if he knew anything about his mention in the song! I wanted to tell him how much I love him too but managed to restrain myself.

[Qwerty]

The official lyrics are: "You tear men down like Roger Moore."

[Righty007]

The official lyrics are: "You tear men down like Roger Moore."

What's your source? If that's true then it must be a James Bond reference.

[Qwerty]

Someone I know checked the liner notes of the CD.

[Righty007]

Someone I know checked the liner notes of the CD.

Good work, Dev.

[Qwerty]

No problem.

[Righty007]

Does anybody else think it's a James Bond reference?

[Sbott]

Does anybody else think it's a James Bond reference?

Certainly sounds and reads like it.

[JimmyBond]

Someone I know checked the liner notes of the CD.

When you say someone I know do you mean you?

[Righty007]

Someone I know checked the liner notes of the CD.

When you say someone I know do you mean you?

He's talking about a friend who owns the CD.

[Qwerty]

Someone I know checked the liner notes of the CD.

When you say someone I know do you mean you?

No, I called a friend.

[Thunderfinger]

A girl once (or twice) tore me down like Roger Moore.

[mrsbonds_ppk]

Roger Moore answered Santa's question about the Amy Winehouse lyric here: http://www.roger-moo...germoore/77.htm

lol...

Edited by mrsbonds_ppk, 07 August 2007 - 05:20 AM.

[Santa]

I LOVE Roger Moore!

[bond_girl_double07]

I thought it was a reference to Roger Moore kicking as James Bond (like he's so bad that he's tearing men down left and right).. I dunno, that's what I got out of it.. then again what does "snuffed me out like I was Tanqueray" mean

[Judo chop]

I thought it was a reference to Roger Moore kicking as James Bond (like he's so bad that he's tearing men down left and right).. I dunno, that's what I got out of it.. then again what does "snuffed me out like I was Tanqueray" mean

Again with all the confusion?

She clearly says,