Warner Chappell Apology For PearLyrics

RacerZero writes "The recent Slashdot story Music Should Be Heard But Not Understood sparked a good deal of discussion about the overreaction of music industry heavyweights. This week Wired is running an apology from Warner Chappel music for their poor judgement. From the article: 'Facing an upswell of protest, Warner Chappell Music on Friday formally apologized to Walter Ritter over a letter it sent to the software programmer earlier this month targeting a helper application for Apple's iTunes called pearLyrics.'"

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Actual correct lyric is "kiss this guy"

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A reference to the lyric in Purple Haze that goes "'Scuse me while I kiss this guy." So who is "this guy?" My guess is that Hendrix is referring to Owsley, the great acid chemist of the day.

Younger folks who have only heard the studio version often believe the lyrics to be "kiss the sky." But in live performances (find one and listen if you doubt me), the lyrics are definitely "kiss this guy." At one show, he changed the line to "'Scuse me while I kiss this policeman," probably referring to police at the show, or perhaps even to the "kissed a cop" line in the song "Love Potion Number Nine."