How Did You Get That?

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This post will be an ongoing thread of tidbits we pick up along the way about art and music, you know stuff that makes you wonder, and we have the answers.

Ina Gada Da Vida

Ever wonder how they got this name, honestly you’d have to be pretty messed up to think of something like that and they were.  The band’s lead singer had a few too many drinks one night, and talked with a reporter who asked them what the name of their new song was.  In a reply he said, Ina Gada Da Vida, which was drunk talk for In The Garden Of Eden.  The band actually liked the screwed up gibberish and made it the title of their new song.

Once, Twice, Three Times a Lady

Did this ever make sense to you?  Well, I heard from Scott Shannon on his radio station exactly how Lionel Richie came up with this song.  He was at his parents for a celebration, their wedding anniversary.  His dad got up and made a toast, and in it mentioned, she is once, twice, three times a lady.  Lionel thought, dang, that would make a great song; and he was right.  That song topped the charts upon its release.

In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed

The Alman Brothers made a musical tribute to Elisabeth Reed, but who is she?  Is she related to them some how?  Nope, they never met her at all.  She died in the late 1800s and was buried in the cemetery they would go and jam on.  They loved where she was buried and would jam on her grave.  Imagine this woman helped make Georgia rock legends, just by being in the ground.

Mellow Yellow

You will probably never look at this song right again, its not about a soda.  This song was actually about a vibrating “woman’s” toy.  It came out in the 1960s and was bright yellow.  That’s why it references “electrical banana is sure to be a certain craze.”  They call me Mellow Yellow.  Yea… you get it.