I always thought that last word had an 'e' in it...

[triadruid]

Our iPod came up with "Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner" as a wake-up song this morning (don't ask, it's... semirandom). But I never can quite parse one of the lyrics, and my brain fills in random words/names for Roland's killer.

For some reason this morning, I filled in that blank with, "That son-of-a-bitch, Edred Thorsson, blew off Roland's head."

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[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

Van Owen is the son-of-a-bitch that blew off Roland's head.
Edred Thorsson doesn't even scan!

[triadruid.livejournal.com]

Bah, since when has scanning mattered to my non-musical brain?

[rfunk.livejournal.com]

I keep wanting to learn that song on the bass. But the reference to Patty Hearst at the end dates the song rather badly. Other than that I love the song.

I once named a server "roland" after that song (the machine had no monitor and was originally intended to send out lots of emails for our clients), and ended up with strange looks from everyone who asked where the name came from.