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The Beatles' Lyrics Are Easier To Remember Than Michael Jackson's

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A new survey has found that lyrics by The Beatles are easier to remember than those by Michael Jackson and Elvis.

Digital broadcaster Music Choice conducted a Europe-wide poll where they asked people to relay song lyrics to famous tracks.

It found that 89% of people knew the opening lines to The Beatles' 'Hard Days Night', while only 23% could recite the opening words of Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' and Elvis Presley's 'Blue Suede Shoes'.

Statistically, women were proved twice as capable at remembering Michael Jackson lyrics than men.

Another finding in the poll of 4,136 people was that Michael Jackson's “come on” lyrics on his track 'Bad' were the most misquoted – MJ sadly didn't say “shamone”.
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  • "Another finding in the poll of 4,136 people was that Michael Jackson's 'come on' lyrics on his track 'Bad' were the most misquoted – MJ sadly didn't say 'shamone'." * * * I'm not sure about the track, but in his video, he clearly says "shamone". Maybe that's the confusion?

    ~ by fleurdemimi 11/3/2009

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  • i always thought he said shamone

    ~ by elizabeth 11/3/2009

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  • Actually, he DID say shamone. It's written as come on in the lyrics though. Maybe so people will know what shamone means or something like that.

    ~ by Antonia 11/3/2009

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  • What if: shamone = sure mon

    ~ by stranger 11/8/2009

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