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Electric Light Orchestra’s song Don’t Bring Me Down?
By admin | June 28, 2009
Does it say Don't Bring Me Down Bruce or Gross? Lyrics searches give me both. What is the official answer cause it sure sounds like Bruce.
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June 28th, 2009 at 11:02 am
A common mondegreen in the song is the perception that, following the title line, Jeff Lynne shouts "Bruce!" However, according to liner notes, he is actually saying a made-up word "Grroosss". This is similar to a German word for "greeting", Gruß, possibly referring to the Bavarian greeting Grüß Gott that the group would have heard while recording the album in Munich. However, after the song's release, so many people had misinterpreted the word as Bruce that Jeff Lynne actually began to sing the word as Bruce for fun at live shows.