Day 34: The Bloody Song is in My Head

About once a week lately, the Supertramp chorus pops into my head so here is the link to the song, and below are the lyrics so it can linger in your brain today too. Anyone else a fan of rock music that gives prominent place to a Hammond organ?(This is a shameless digression, but speaking of that, Whiter Shade of Pale by Procol Harum is one of my favorite songs ever. Is it because of the Hammond organ, or because the organ's melody bears an uncanny resemblance to a famous composition by Bach?)

Back to Supertramp:

So you think your schooling's phoney
I guess it's hard not to agree
You say it all depends on money
And who is in your family tree
Right, you're bloody well right
you know you got a right to say
Right, you're bloody well right
you know you got a right to say
Ha-ha you're bloody well right
you know you're right to say
Yeah-yeah you're bloody well right
you know you're right to say
Me, I don't care anyway!
Write your problems down in detail
Take them to a higher place
You've had your cry - no, I should say wail
In the meantime hush your face
Right, quite right, you're bloody well right


Bloody is a beloved coarse word in British English, used most often as a modifier of intensity in the stead of "very" or "sooo!", or just thrown in wherever possible into a sentence to add color. As in: He's not just crazy, he is bloody crazy! Foul-mouthed Americans use the F-bomb in a similar way, as one of the comments on the to the You-tube link above testifies . . WarDr0id doesn't just love this song, he f--in' loves the song. I personally think the F-bomb is most effective only when used very rarely as an expletive, because the cathartic or "pay attention!" benefit of expletives wears out with overuse.

I did a very little bit of research on the etymology of the term "bloody," and read varying opinions as to whether "bloody" has origins in oaths referring to the blood of Christ, like the expletive "Zounds!" ("By the wounds of Christ" . . .shortened to "Christ's Wounds" shortened to "St's Wounds" shortened to "Zounds!" Time's effect on language is fascinating.)

Anyway, enjoy the bloody Supertramp song.