On Sunday, 9 July 2017 15:44:36 UTC-4, luisb...@aol.com wrote:wrong." That phrase had also appeared over the years as "Ten thousand Frenchmen can't be wrong" and "Fifty thousand Frenchmen can't be wrong." In 1927, Sophie Tucker's hit song codified the phrase as "Fifty million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong," and was
Bob Dylan asked his Paris audience whether it's true that "one Frenchman is worth a thousand lives." Where does that come from?Google it and you only get two hits, both of which are references to Dylan's having said it during his 1966 Paris concert. I'd guess that in Dylan's mental state during that concert he somewhat mangled the original phrase "A thousand Frenchmen can't be
In 1959, RCA Victor borrowed the phrase for Elvis' second album of gold records, titled "50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong."
On Sunday, July 9, 2017 at 3:11:07 PM UTC-5, khematite wrote:be wrong." That phrase had also appeared over the years as "Ten thousand Frenchmen can't be wrong" and "Fifty thousand Frenchmen can't be wrong." In 1927, Sophie Tucker's hit song codified the phrase as "Fifty million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong," and was
On Sunday, 9 July 2017 15:44:36 UTC-4, luisb...@aol.com wrote:
Bob Dylan asked his Paris audience whether it's true that "one Frenchman is worth a thousand lives." Where does that come from?Google it and you only get two hits, both of which are references to Dylan's having said it during his 1966 Paris concert. I'd guess that in Dylan's mental state during that concert he somewhat mangled the original phrase "A thousand Frenchmen can't
In 1959, RCA Victor borrowed the phrase for Elvis' second album of gold records, titled "50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong."I would say it's more likely Dylan knew exactly what he was saying and parlayed the expression into an attempt to compliment the French, perhaL
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