{"id":48321,"date":"2025-11-17T13:17:59","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T13:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/?p=48321"},"modified":"2025-11-17T13:17:59","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T13:17:59","slug":"tie-one-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2025\/11\/17\/tie-one-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Tie One On"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XVII\/Tie-One-On.mp3\">Tie-One-On.mp3<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XVII\/Tie-One-On.mp4\">Tie-One-On.mp4<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XVII\/Tie-One-On-Pt-2.mp3\">Tie-One-On-Pt-2.mp3<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XVII\/Tie-One-On-Pt-2.mp4\">Tie-One-On-Pt-2.mp4<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XVII\/Tie-One-On-intro.mp3\">Tie-One-On-intro.mp3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\nHey! What do you say<br \/>\n(We tie one on)<br \/>\nCome on!<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nDid you see<br \/>\n(That shirt and tie)<br \/>\nI mean&#8230; holy!<br \/>\n(God! Why, oh, why)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nHey! What do you say<br \/>\n(We tie one on)<br \/>\nCome on!<br \/>\n(Walk this way)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nThat tie is loud!<br \/>\nA little too proud<br \/>\n(A little too loud)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nOstentatious<br \/>\n(And disastrous)<br \/>\nScreaming neon<br \/>\n(And, on and on and on)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nHey! What do you say<br \/>\n(We tie one on)<br \/>\nCome on!<br \/>\n(Walk this way)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nThat tie is loud!<br \/>\nA little too proud<br \/>\n(And way, way too loud)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nHey! What do you say<br \/>\n(We tie one on)<br \/>\nCome on!<br \/>\n(Walk this way)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\nAnd, the price you&#8217;ll pay&#8230;<br \/>\nThat tie is loud!<br \/>\n(And ridiculously proud)<br \/>\nHubris<br \/>\n(Meet Nemesis)<br \/>\nTime for that tie<br \/>\n(To say bye-bye)<\/p>\n<p>ABOUT THE SONG<\/p>\n<div data-subtree=\"aimfl,mfl\" data-processed=\"true\">In the context of clothing, the adjective &#8220;<strong class=\"Yjhzub\" data-processed=\"true\">loud<\/strong>&#8221; is a figurative term used to describe items that are unpleasantly bright, gaudy, or have a garish, conspicuous pattern.<span class=\"uJ19be notranslate\" data-wiz-uids=\"PSzL4d_b,PSzL4d_c,PSzL4d_d\" data-processed=\"true\"><span class=\"vKEkVd\" data-animation-atomic=\"\" data-processed=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"Y3BBE\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAIQAA\" data-processed=\"true\">The tie described as &#8220;loud&#8221; would likely be:<\/div>\n<ul class=\"KsbFXc U6u95\" data-processed=\"true\">\n<li data-hveid=\"CAMQAA\" data-processed=\"true\"><span class=\"T286Pc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-processed=\"true\"><strong class=\"Yjhzub\" data-processed=\"true\">Highly noticeable<\/strong> due to very bright colors (like a screaming neon yellow or orange) or large, bold patterns.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-hveid=\"CAMQAQ\" data-processed=\"true\"><span class=\"T286Pc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-processed=\"true\"><strong class=\"Yjhzub\" data-processed=\"true\">Ostentatious or showy<\/strong>, demanding attention in a way that might be considered an attempt to shock or stand out.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-hveid=\"CAMQAg\" data-processed=\"true\"><span class=\"T286Pc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-processed=\"true\"><strong class=\"Yjhzub\" data-processed=\"true\">Distracting<\/strong>, potentially taking attention away from the wearer and the rest of their outfit.<\/span><span class=\"uJ19be notranslate\" data-wiz-uids=\"PSzL4d_u,PSzL4d_v,PSzL4d_w\" data-processed=\"true\"><span class=\"vKEkVd\" data-animation-atomic=\"\" data-processed=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"Y3BBE\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAQQAA\" data-processed=\"true\">The word is used as a metaphor, as such a tie &#8220;demands attention&#8221; in the same way a loud sound would. While the term often carries a negative or disapproving connotation, implying a lack of taste or subtlety, in some modern fashion contexts (like &#8220;loud fashion&#8221;), it can be used positively to describe a bold, expressive, and confident style.<\/div>\n<p><strong>From the album &#8220;<a href=\"\/songwriter\/tag\/thats-loud\/\">That&#8217;s Loud<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tie-One-On.mp3 Tie-One-On.mp4 Tie-One-On-Pt-2.mp3 Tie-One-On-Pt-2.mp4 Tie-One-On-intro.mp3 [Intro] Hey! What do you say (We tie one on) Come on! [Verse 1] Did you see (That shirt and tie) I mean&#8230; holy! (God! Why, oh, why) [Chorus] Hey! What do you say (We tie one on) Come on! (Walk this way) [Bridge] That tie is loud! A little [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9,14],"tags":[4182],"class_list":["post-48321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daniel","category-lyrics","tag-thats-loud"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48321"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48343,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48321\/revisions\/48343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}