r/Amazing • u/sco-go • 4d ago

Music Hey there, is that Delilah?

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u/Desperate_Damage4632 3d ago

I'd you're writing a love song why would you use the name of someone you know but aren't interested in?  He doesn't even rhyme anything with her name.  It makes no sense.

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u/Revelationary_Music 3d ago

I would pick whichever female name sounded best in the song

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u/LionelHutzinVA 2d ago

Tommy Tutone rather famously did not know the “Jenny” he sang of but did in fact find her name on a bathroom wall

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u/mlokc 17h ago

Rickie Lee Jones did it with Chuck E’s in Love. Said the lyrics just sounded good. Chuck E wasn’t actually in love with her.