Laugh Laugh
The Beau Brummels Lyrics
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Don't mind my preachin' to you
I said, don't trust 'em, baby, now you know
You don't learn every thing there is to know in school
Wouldn't believe me when I gave advice
I said that he was a tease
If you want help you better ask me now
So be sincere, convince me with a pretty please
Laugh, laugh, I thought I'd die
It seemed so funny to me
Laugh, laugh you met a guy
Who taught you how it feels to be
Lonely
Oh-so lonely
Don't think I'm being funny when I say
You got just what you deserve
I can't help feeling you found out today
You thought you were too good, you got a lot of nerve
Won't say I'm sorry for the things I said
I'm glad he packed up to go
You kept on bragging he was yours instead
Found you don't know every thing there is to know
Laugh, laugh, I thought I'd die
It seemed so funny to me
Laugh, laugh you met a guy
Who taught you how it feels to be
Lonely
Oh-so lonely
Before I go, I got to say one thing
Don't close your ears to me
Take my advice and you'll find out that being
Just another girl won't cause you misery
Don't say you can't get any boy to call
Don't be so smug or else
You'll find you can't get any boy at all
You'll wind up an old lady sitting on the shelf
Laugh, laugh, I thought I'd die
It seemed so funny to me
Laugh, laugh you met a guy
Who taught you how it feels to be
Lonely
Oh-so lonely
The Beau Brummels's song Laugh Laugh is about the singer warning a girl he has feelings for about a guy who is a flirt and a player, but she doesn't believe his advice. The singer ends up feeling amused in the end when she realizes the guy is not who she thought he was and ends up lonely. However, the singer also gives her advice on not being too smug and taking life for granted, as she might end up alone.
The song is relatable as most people have been in situations where they try to warn a friend or a known individual about someone who is not good for them, but they do not heed the advice. The song's upbeat tempo and catchy chorus mask the underlying message, making it enjoyable to sing and dance along.
The lyrics also touch upon the theme of social class and status, as the girl thinks she is better than the guy, but in reality, they are both the same. This lesson can apply to everyone, as it is easy to think that we are superior or inferior to others based on surface-level characteristics, but it is important to remember that we are all human and equal.
Line by Line Meaning
I hate to say it, but I told you so
I'm sorry that I'm right, but I did warn you
Don't mind my preachin' to you
Please don't be offended by my advice
I said, don't trust 'em, baby, now you know
I advised you not to trust him and now you see why
You don't learn every thing there is to know in school
School can't teach you everything you need to know about life
Wouldn't believe me when I gave advice
You didn't listen to me when I warned you
I said that he was a tease
I told you that he was just leading you on
If you want help you better ask me now
If you need help, please come to me for advice
So be sincere, convince me with a pretty please
Please be genuine and ask me politely for help
Laugh, laugh, I thought I'd die
I laughed so hard that I almost couldn't breathe
It seemed so funny to me
The situation was so absurd that it was funny to me
Laugh, laugh you met a guy
You fell for a guy who wasn't worth your time
Who taught you how it feels to be
He showed you what it's like to
Lonely
Feel alone
Oh-so lonely
Very lonely
Don't think I'm being funny when I say
I'm not trying to be humorous when I say
You got just what you deserve
You received what was coming to you
I can't help feeling you found out today
I can't shake the feeling that you just realized it today
You thought you were too good, you got a lot of nerve
You were too arrogant and it's come back to bite you
Won't say I'm sorry for the things I said
I don't regret what I told you
I'm glad he packed up to go
I'm happy that he left you
You kept on bragging he was yours instead
You were too boastful about him being yours
Found you don't know every thing there is to know
You realized that you don't have all the answers
Before I go, I got to say one thing
Before I leave, I need to tell you something
Don't close your ears to me
Please listen to what I have to say
Take my advice and you'll find out that being
If you follow my advice, you'll learn that
Just another girl won't cause you misery
Being single won't make you unhappy
Don't say you can't get any boy to call
Don't believe that you're incapable of attracting a guy
Don't be so smug or else
Don't be too arrogant or else
You'll find you can't get any boy at all
You'll have trouble finding a guy who wants to be with you
You'll wind up an old lady sitting on the shelf
You'll end up alone and unmarried
Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing
Written by: Ronald Elliott
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@beepbeep3000
Uncle Buck Movie from 1989
The late John Candy as Buck Russell.
Great movie with a great song.
Never knew that it was from 1964. Sound great in 1989, 1990's, 2000's, 2010's, 2020, 2021 and now in 2022.
MeTV showed a clip as the Beau Brummelstones on the Flintstones.
This song, the Flintstones and Uncle Buck will never get old.
@Haklangr
This sort of thought makes me want to vomit. Heady days, indeed, and — gone. Gone, fucking forever. I didn't really get what I wanted even then, and now I'll be 30 soon, and...
...it's just a shame to think of the feeling and the possibility and the hope all being not just different or difficult, but literally forever gone forever no re-do no second chance just fucking gone. Y'knowwh'ti'm'n?
I... I don't know. Now I have more money and luxury, and freedom from many of the strictures I chafed under, and I'm much happier in almost every way... except I'll become increasingly a passive watcher, a relic, the days in which I was a contender ever more impossible to even imagine.
The memories fading more and more, of a time and place no one else I'll know could truly understand... except a few old "friends" that I probably actually hated, and whom will die off one by one anyway.
FUCK. This is why only drugs are worth anything. Any other hobby or joy crumbles in the face of reality.
and worst of all is romance. it just leaves you lonely.
oh, so lonely.
@Haklangr
@@alanbobe-velez9716 Oh, I don't know... I suppose it was mainly that the phrase you used — "those were heady days[...]" — was evocative to me; it made me think about how–...
...how I felt sort of like time cheated me out of the heady days I wished for, I guess. (Or else I cheated myself out of them, by not realizing how soon some doors would slam shut.)
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Makes me wonder why things ought be this way at all. I've seen no reason to believe in aught else but material monism, but to think that so much so precious may be lost forever — to think, as weighty and ponderous and extensive as a life may seem, and as vast as the universe inside each of us may be...
—to think of all that and then also that it's a blip to be wiped away forever, soon enough...
...surely, surely that can't be right. Not for me.
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Well, the plan is to see if I'm really the Chosen One, as I had always thought; or just a moron who lost what he loves best and can't find much reason to wake up any more (as I now suspect):
★ Gonna sign up for cryonics! ★
If it goes to plan, I'll go to "sleep" then wake up in 2160 or whatever. If it doesn't, I suppose I'll never know.
Unless it goes really bad. Then I'll wake up as mining slave to angry robots, or something. Hmm... worth the risk, you think? Now I'm not sure—
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Sorry it took me a while to reply here. I didn't expect you to see it or respond — people seem largely to ignore replies even right after they comment, heh, let alone after years.
@stevew3879
Somebody asked for thumbs up if you were listening in 2019. I sure was, and I gave one. OK, now it is 2020. Thumbs up if you are listening in 2020!
@maries2443
Steve W 👍
@leroymitch3153
i'm here
@fredforsh4384
Thumbs up!
@bobbyhamblen2338
2021 and still listening
@leroymitch3153
me 2021
@L.E.O.6141
The first time I ever heard this song was on an episode of the Flintstones and I could never get it out of my head.
@mohamedalinassar1185
Eu também. Tinha 8 anos na época que passou no Brasil. Nunca mais esqueci.
@pigtowski
LOL I thought I was the only one to remember the beau bromelstones!
@L.E.O.6141
@@pigtowski Lol! Great memories.