What does “[got] a bird-dog on” mean?
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I have recently discovered the, in my view, rather splendid song Guitar Town by Steve Earle. It contains the following lyric:
Hey pretty baby are you ready for me,
It's your good rockin' daddy down from Tennessee.
I'm just out of Austin bound for San Antone
With the radio blastin' and a bird-dog on
Wise words, for sure, but this small town middle-class boy from the UK does not understand what it means to "have your bird-dog on"!
I have searched Urban Dictionary and other sources located through Google, and they all tell me a "bird-dog" is a man who chases other men's women, or sometimes just a man who chases any women. None of those explanations seem to fit with Steve Earle's meaning in Guitar Town. Unless he means that he is in the mood for chasing women, but the rest of the song is about driving from town to town putting on shows...
See also http://youtu.be/otTW0JczoGQ at around 0:19
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I have recently discovered the, in my view, rather splendid song Guitar Town by Steve Earle. It contains the following lyric:
Hey pretty baby are you ready for me,
It's your good rockin' daddy down from Tennessee.
I'm just out of Austin bound for San Antone
With the radio blastin' and a bird-dog on
Wise words, for sure, but this small town middle-class boy from the UK does not understand what it means to "have your bird-dog on"!
I have searched Urban Dictionary and other sources located through Google, and they all tell me a "bird-dog" is a man who chases other men's women, or sometimes just a man who chases any women. None of those explanations seem to fit with Steve Earle's meaning in Guitar Town. Unless he means that he is in the mood for chasing women, but the rest of the song is about driving from town to town putting on shows...
See also http://youtu.be/otTW0JczoGQ at around 0:19
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I have recently discovered the, in my view, rather splendid song Guitar Town by Steve Earle. It contains the following lyric:
Hey pretty baby are you ready for me,
It's your good rockin' daddy down from Tennessee.
I'm just out of Austin bound for San Antone
With the radio blastin' and a bird-dog on
Wise words, for sure, but this small town middle-class boy from the UK does not understand what it means to "have your bird-dog on"!
I have searched Urban Dictionary and other sources located through Google, and they all tell me a "bird-dog" is a man who chases other men's women, or sometimes just a man who chases any women. None of those explanations seem to fit with Steve Earle's meaning in Guitar Town. Unless he means that he is in the mood for chasing women, but the rest of the song is about driving from town to town putting on shows...
See also http://youtu.be/otTW0JczoGQ at around 0:19
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asked Dec 19 '14 at 21:49
Marv Mills
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I have recently discovered the, in my view, rather splendid song Guitar Town by Steve Earle. It contains the following lyric:
Hey pretty baby are you ready for me,
It's your good rockin' daddy down from Tennessee.
I'm just out of Austin bound for San Antone
With the radio blastin' and a bird-dog on
Wise words, for sure, but this small town middle-class boy from the UK does not understand what it means to "have your bird-dog on"!
I have searched Urban Dictionary and other sources located through Google, and they all tell me a "bird-dog" is a man who chases other men's women, or sometimes just a man who chases any women. None of those explanations seem to fit with Steve Earle's meaning in Guitar Town. Unless he means that he is in the mood for chasing women, but the rest of the song is about driving from town to town putting on shows...
See also http://youtu.be/otTW0JczoGQ at around 0:19
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According to Wikipedia, bird-dog:
- A bird dog can be noun which means a radar detector.(Taken from Urban dictionary) Example from Steve Earle's song "Guitar Town": "I'm just out of Austin bound for San Antone With the radio blasting and the bird dog on"
Bird dog: radar detector
( from www.radardetector.net)
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Sweet. Thanks. I must admit I only skim-read Wiki and UD and I completely missed that.
– Marv Mills
Dec 19 '14 at 22:13
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You blokes are not old enough to remember the Everly Brothers Hey bird dog get away from my quail. They certainly didn't have radar-detectors in the late 1950s. I always took it to mean what Mrav thought it meant - i.e. a fellow who chases another fellow's 'bird'. I feel sure that Elvis also sang about a bird-dog too, but I can't remember the song. Try this link. Marv is right. youtube.com/watch?v=I65PxlOlHA4
– WS2
Dec 19 '14 at 22:23
@WS2 that song was out 4 years before I was born, though I have heard it over the years. But I have it playing as I type this, and it's great - "He's a daaawg!"
– Marv Mills
Dec 19 '14 at 23:01
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The Bird Dog was a local radio DJ in Austin area of Texas. I asked Steve Earle this very same question a few years back in Perth Scotland.
answered Dec 25 '14 at 21:59
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This doesn't seem to answer the question: if anything, it's an "I'm having this problem too" comment.
– David Richerby
Dec 26 '14 at 10:51
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Welcome to English Language & Usage @Jimmy. Unlike the earlier commentators, I think think this does answer the question, just not very well. Check out the Help center to see how to write a strong answer. Your post would be improved if it included a reference to support your assertion, and you made more effort to explicitly address the question asked.
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Dec 27 '14 at 11:42
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The below Urban dictionary entry makes clear the meaning 'of a guy who is primarily interested in romancing another fellow's girl' - with strong reference to the Everly Brothers' song of that name:
Hey bird dog, lay off of my quail,
Hey, bird dog, go chase your own tail
See entry: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bird%20dog
Bird dog is also a term used in American football for a player who stares down an opponent in the way a dog stares out a bird.
answered Dec 19 '14 at 23:09
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Yeah I got that @WS2, but that was made me post the question, that definition doesn't fit at all well with the jist of the Guitar Town lyric, hence I realised it must have some other meaning not mentioned on UD...
– Marv Mills
Dec 19 '14 at 23:34
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Bird dog as I know it refers to the radio disc jockey show of the era.
Radio blasting and the BIRD DOG (Disc Jockey) show is on his radio,
They way I see it as an American listening to the song, besides that's what Steve said.
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The first four lines of "Guitar Town" are:
" Hey pretty baby are you ready for me
It's your good rockin' daddy down from Tennessee
I'm just out of Austin bound for San Antone
With the radio blastin' and the bird dog on "
The very next two lines of are:
" There's a speed trap up ahead in Selma Town
But no local yokel gonna shut me down ".
It's very clear from this context that Steve's "bird dog" slang means radar detector.
Dan in Montreal
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I was in Grade 11 in Toronto when the Everly Brothers "Bird Dog" went #1.
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In no time!!!
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That doesn't make it clear that "bird dog" means radar detector. That's just one interpretation.
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According to Wikipedia, bird-dog:
- A bird dog can be noun which means a radar detector.(Taken from Urban dictionary) Example from Steve Earle's song "Guitar Town": "I'm just out of Austin bound for San Antone With the radio blasting and the bird dog on"
Bird dog: radar detector
( from www.radardetector.net)
1
Sweet. Thanks. I must admit I only skim-read Wiki and UD and I completely missed that.
– Marv Mills
Dec 19 '14 at 22:13
3
You blokes are not old enough to remember the Everly Brothers Hey bird dog get away from my quail. They certainly didn't have radar-detectors in the late 1950s. I always took it to mean what Mrav thought it meant - i.e. a fellow who chases another fellow's 'bird'. I feel sure that Elvis also sang about a bird-dog too, but I can't remember the song. Try this link. Marv is right. youtube.com/watch?v=I65PxlOlHA4
– WS2
Dec 19 '14 at 22:23
@WS2 that song was out 4 years before I was born, though I have heard it over the years. But I have it playing as I type this, and it's great - "He's a daaawg!"
– Marv Mills
Dec 19 '14 at 23:01
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According to Wikipedia, bird-dog:
- A bird dog can be noun which means a radar detector.(Taken from Urban dictionary) Example from Steve Earle's song "Guitar Town": "I'm just out of Austin bound for San Antone With the radio blasting and the bird dog on"
Bird dog: radar detector
( from www.radardetector.net)
1
Sweet. Thanks. I must admit I only skim-read Wiki and UD and I completely missed that.
– Marv Mills
Dec 19 '14 at 22:13
3
You blokes are not old enough to remember the Everly Brothers Hey bird dog get away from my quail. They certainly didn't have radar-detectors in the late 1950s. I always took it to mean what Mrav thought it meant - i.e. a fellow who chases another fellow's 'bird'. I feel sure that Elvis also sang about a bird-dog too, but I can't remember the song. Try this link. Marv is right. youtube.com/watch?v=I65PxlOlHA4
– WS2
Dec 19 '14 at 22:23
@WS2 that song was out 4 years before I was born, though I have heard it over the years. But I have it playing as I type this, and it's great - "He's a daaawg!"
– Marv Mills
Dec 19 '14 at 23:01
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According to Wikipedia, bird-dog:
- A bird dog can be noun which means a radar detector.(Taken from Urban dictionary) Example from Steve Earle's song "Guitar Town": "I'm just out of Austin bound for San Antone With the radio blasting and the bird dog on"
Bird dog: radar detector
( from www.radardetector.net)
According to Wikipedia, bird-dog:
- A bird dog can be noun which means a radar detector.(Taken from Urban dictionary) Example from Steve Earle's song "Guitar Town": "I'm just out of Austin bound for San Antone With the radio blasting and the bird dog on"
Bird dog: radar detector
( from www.radardetector.net)
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answered Dec 19 '14 at 22:00
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Sweet. Thanks. I must admit I only skim-read Wiki and UD and I completely missed that.
– Marv Mills
Dec 19 '14 at 22:13
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You blokes are not old enough to remember the Everly Brothers Hey bird dog get away from my quail. They certainly didn't have radar-detectors in the late 1950s. I always took it to mean what Mrav thought it meant - i.e. a fellow who chases another fellow's 'bird'. I feel sure that Elvis also sang about a bird-dog too, but I can't remember the song. Try this link. Marv is right. youtube.com/watch?v=I65PxlOlHA4
– WS2
Dec 19 '14 at 22:23
@WS2 that song was out 4 years before I was born, though I have heard it over the years. But I have it playing as I type this, and it's great - "He's a daaawg!"
– Marv Mills
Dec 19 '14 at 23:01
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Sweet. Thanks. I must admit I only skim-read Wiki and UD and I completely missed that.
– Marv Mills
Dec 19 '14 at 22:13
3
You blokes are not old enough to remember the Everly Brothers Hey bird dog get away from my quail. They certainly didn't have radar-detectors in the late 1950s. I always took it to mean what Mrav thought it meant - i.e. a fellow who chases another fellow's 'bird'. I feel sure that Elvis also sang about a bird-dog too, but I can't remember the song. Try this link. Marv is right. youtube.com/watch?v=I65PxlOlHA4
– WS2
Dec 19 '14 at 22:23
@WS2 that song was out 4 years before I was born, though I have heard it over the years. But I have it playing as I type this, and it's great - "He's a daaawg!"
– Marv Mills
Dec 19 '14 at 23:01
1
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Sweet. Thanks. I must admit I only skim-read Wiki and UD and I completely missed that.
– Marv Mills
Dec 19 '14 at 22:13
Sweet. Thanks. I must admit I only skim-read Wiki and UD and I completely missed that.
– Marv Mills
Dec 19 '14 at 22:13
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You blokes are not old enough to remember the Everly Brothers Hey bird dog get away from my quail. They certainly didn't have radar-detectors in the late 1950s. I always took it to mean what Mrav thought it meant - i.e. a fellow who chases another fellow's 'bird'. I feel sure that Elvis also sang about a bird-dog too, but I can't remember the song. Try this link. Marv is right. youtube.com/watch?v=I65PxlOlHA4
– WS2
Dec 19 '14 at 22:23
You blokes are not old enough to remember the Everly Brothers Hey bird dog get away from my quail. They certainly didn't have radar-detectors in the late 1950s. I always took it to mean what Mrav thought it meant - i.e. a fellow who chases another fellow's 'bird'. I feel sure that Elvis also sang about a bird-dog too, but I can't remember the song. Try this link. Marv is right. youtube.com/watch?v=I65PxlOlHA4
– WS2
Dec 19 '14 at 22:23
@WS2 that song was out 4 years before I was born, though I have heard it over the years. But I have it playing as I type this, and it's great - "He's a daaawg!"
– Marv Mills
Dec 19 '14 at 23:01
@WS2 that song was out 4 years before I was born, though I have heard it over the years. But I have it playing as I type this, and it's great - "He's a daaawg!"
– Marv Mills
Dec 19 '14 at 23:01
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The Bird Dog was a local radio DJ in Austin area of Texas. I asked Steve Earle this very same question a few years back in Perth Scotland.
answered Dec 25 '14 at 21:59
Jimmy
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This doesn't seem to answer the question: if anything, it's an "I'm having this problem too" comment.
– David Richerby
Dec 26 '14 at 10:51
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Welcome to English Language & Usage @Jimmy. Unlike the earlier commentators, I think think this does answer the question, just not very well. Check out the Help center to see how to write a strong answer. Your post would be improved if it included a reference to support your assertion, and you made more effort to explicitly address the question asked.
– andy256
Dec 27 '14 at 11:42
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The Bird Dog was a local radio DJ in Austin area of Texas. I asked Steve Earle this very same question a few years back in Perth Scotland.
answered Dec 25 '14 at 21:59
Jimmy
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This doesn't seem to answer the question: if anything, it's an "I'm having this problem too" comment.
– David Richerby
Dec 26 '14 at 10:51
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Welcome to English Language & Usage @Jimmy. Unlike the earlier commentators, I think think this does answer the question, just not very well. Check out the Help center to see how to write a strong answer. Your post would be improved if it included a reference to support your assertion, and you made more effort to explicitly address the question asked.
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The Bird Dog was a local radio DJ in Austin area of Texas. I asked Steve Earle this very same question a few years back in Perth Scotland.
answered Dec 25 '14 at 21:59
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The Bird Dog was a local radio DJ in Austin area of Texas. I asked Steve Earle this very same question a few years back in Perth Scotland.
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This doesn't seem to answer the question: if anything, it's an "I'm having this problem too" comment.
– David Richerby
Dec 26 '14 at 10:51
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Welcome to English Language & Usage @Jimmy. Unlike the earlier commentators, I think think this does answer the question, just not very well. Check out the Help center to see how to write a strong answer. Your post would be improved if it included a reference to support your assertion, and you made more effort to explicitly address the question asked.
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Dec 27 '14 at 11:42
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This doesn't seem to answer the question: if anything, it's an "I'm having this problem too" comment.
– David Richerby
Dec 26 '14 at 10:51
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Welcome to English Language & Usage @Jimmy. Unlike the earlier commentators, I think think this does answer the question, just not very well. Check out the Help center to see how to write a strong answer. Your post would be improved if it included a reference to support your assertion, and you made more effort to explicitly address the question asked.
– andy256
Dec 27 '14 at 11:42
This doesn't seem to answer the question: if anything, it's an "I'm having this problem too" comment.
– David Richerby
Dec 26 '14 at 10:51
This doesn't seem to answer the question: if anything, it's an "I'm having this problem too" comment.
– David Richerby
Dec 26 '14 at 10:51
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Welcome to English Language & Usage @Jimmy. Unlike the earlier commentators, I think think this does answer the question, just not very well. Check out the Help center to see how to write a strong answer. Your post would be improved if it included a reference to support your assertion, and you made more effort to explicitly address the question asked.
– andy256
Dec 27 '14 at 11:42
Welcome to English Language & Usage @Jimmy. Unlike the earlier commentators, I think think this does answer the question, just not very well. Check out the Help center to see how to write a strong answer. Your post would be improved if it included a reference to support your assertion, and you made more effort to explicitly address the question asked.
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The below Urban dictionary entry makes clear the meaning 'of a guy who is primarily interested in romancing another fellow's girl' - with strong reference to the Everly Brothers' song of that name:
Hey bird dog, lay off of my quail,
Hey, bird dog, go chase your own tail
See entry: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bird%20dog
Bird dog is also a term used in American football for a player who stares down an opponent in the way a dog stares out a bird.
answered Dec 19 '14 at 23:09
WS2
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Yeah I got that @WS2, but that was made me post the question, that definition doesn't fit at all well with the jist of the Guitar Town lyric, hence I realised it must have some other meaning not mentioned on UD...
– Marv Mills
Dec 19 '14 at 23:34
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The below Urban dictionary entry makes clear the meaning 'of a guy who is primarily interested in romancing another fellow's girl' - with strong reference to the Everly Brothers' song of that name:
Hey bird dog, lay off of my quail,
Hey, bird dog, go chase your own tail
See entry: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bird%20dog
Bird dog is also a term used in American football for a player who stares down an opponent in the way a dog stares out a bird.
answered Dec 19 '14 at 23:09
WS2
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Yeah I got that @WS2, but that was made me post the question, that definition doesn't fit at all well with the jist of the Guitar Town lyric, hence I realised it must have some other meaning not mentioned on UD...
– Marv Mills
Dec 19 '14 at 23:34
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The below Urban dictionary entry makes clear the meaning 'of a guy who is primarily interested in romancing another fellow's girl' - with strong reference to the Everly Brothers' song of that name:
Hey bird dog, lay off of my quail,
Hey, bird dog, go chase your own tail
See entry: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bird%20dog
Bird dog is also a term used in American football for a player who stares down an opponent in the way a dog stares out a bird.
answered Dec 19 '14 at 23:09
WS2
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The below Urban dictionary entry makes clear the meaning 'of a guy who is primarily interested in romancing another fellow's girl' - with strong reference to the Everly Brothers' song of that name:
Hey bird dog, lay off of my quail,
Hey, bird dog, go chase your own tail
See entry: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bird%20dog
Bird dog is also a term used in American football for a player who stares down an opponent in the way a dog stares out a bird.
answered Dec 19 '14 at 23:09
WS2
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Yeah I got that @WS2, but that was made me post the question, that definition doesn't fit at all well with the jist of the Guitar Town lyric, hence I realised it must have some other meaning not mentioned on UD...
– Marv Mills
Dec 19 '14 at 23:34
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Yeah I got that @WS2, but that was made me post the question, that definition doesn't fit at all well with the jist of the Guitar Town lyric, hence I realised it must have some other meaning not mentioned on UD...
– Marv Mills
Dec 19 '14 at 23:34
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Yeah I got that @WS2, but that was made me post the question, that definition doesn't fit at all well with the jist of the Guitar Town lyric, hence I realised it must have some other meaning not mentioned on UD...
– Marv Mills
Dec 19 '14 at 23:34
Yeah I got that @WS2, but that was made me post the question, that definition doesn't fit at all well with the jist of the Guitar Town lyric, hence I realised it must have some other meaning not mentioned on UD...
– Marv Mills
Dec 19 '14 at 23:34
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Bird dog as I know it refers to the radio disc jockey show of the era.
Radio blasting and the BIRD DOG (Disc Jockey) show is on his radio,
They way I see it as an American listening to the song, besides that's what Steve said.
answered Apr 26 '17 at 10:11
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That answer has already been given.
– Chenmunka
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Bird dog as I know it refers to the radio disc jockey show of the era.
Radio blasting and the BIRD DOG (Disc Jockey) show is on his radio,
They way I see it as an American listening to the song, besides that's what Steve said.
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That answer has already been given.
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Bird dog as I know it refers to the radio disc jockey show of the era.
Radio blasting and the BIRD DOG (Disc Jockey) show is on his radio,
They way I see it as an American listening to the song, besides that's what Steve said.
answered Apr 26 '17 at 10:11
Bruce
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Bird dog as I know it refers to the radio disc jockey show of the era.
Radio blasting and the BIRD DOG (Disc Jockey) show is on his radio,
They way I see it as an American listening to the song, besides that's what Steve said.
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The first four lines of "Guitar Town" are:
" Hey pretty baby are you ready for me
It's your good rockin' daddy down from Tennessee
I'm just out of Austin bound for San Antone
With the radio blastin' and the bird dog on "
The very next two lines of are:
" There's a speed trap up ahead in Selma Town
But no local yokel gonna shut me down ".
It's very clear from this context that Steve's "bird dog" slang means radar detector.
Dan in Montreal
PS
I was in Grade 11 in Toronto when the Everly Brothers "Bird Dog" went #1.
PPS
In no time!!!
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That doesn't make it clear that "bird dog" means radar detector. That's just one interpretation.
– sumelic
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The first four lines of "Guitar Town" are:
" Hey pretty baby are you ready for me
It's your good rockin' daddy down from Tennessee
I'm just out of Austin bound for San Antone
With the radio blastin' and the bird dog on "
The very next two lines of are:
" There's a speed trap up ahead in Selma Town
But no local yokel gonna shut me down ".
It's very clear from this context that Steve's "bird dog" slang means radar detector.
Dan in Montreal
PS
I was in Grade 11 in Toronto when the Everly Brothers "Bird Dog" went #1.
PPS
In no time!!!
answered 33 mins ago
Dan Gryte
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That doesn't make it clear that "bird dog" means radar detector. That's just one interpretation.
– sumelic
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The first four lines of "Guitar Town" are:
" Hey pretty baby are you ready for me
It's your good rockin' daddy down from Tennessee
I'm just out of Austin bound for San Antone
With the radio blastin' and the bird dog on "
The very next two lines of are:
" There's a speed trap up ahead in Selma Town
But no local yokel gonna shut me down ".
It's very clear from this context that Steve's "bird dog" slang means radar detector.
Dan in Montreal
PS
I was in Grade 11 in Toronto when the Everly Brothers "Bird Dog" went #1.
PPS
In no time!!!
answered 33 mins ago
Dan Gryte
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The first four lines of "Guitar Town" are:
" Hey pretty baby are you ready for me
It's your good rockin' daddy down from Tennessee
I'm just out of Austin bound for San Antone
With the radio blastin' and the bird dog on "
The very next two lines of are:
" There's a speed trap up ahead in Selma Town
But no local yokel gonna shut me down ".
It's very clear from this context that Steve's "bird dog" slang means radar detector.
Dan in Montreal
PS
I was in Grade 11 in Toronto when the Everly Brothers "Bird Dog" went #1.
PPS
In no time!!!
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That doesn't make it clear that "bird dog" means radar detector. That's just one interpretation.
– sumelic
2 mins ago
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That doesn't make it clear that "bird dog" means radar detector. That's just one interpretation.
– sumelic
2 mins ago
That doesn't make it clear that "bird dog" means radar detector. That's just one interpretation.
– sumelic
2 mins ago
That doesn't make it clear that "bird dog" means radar detector. That's just one interpretation.
– sumelic
2 mins ago
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