Spelling of Vasoline

[purpleflowers]

Since it is obvious that Scott has excellent writing skills, I have always wondered if he misspelled Vasoline on purpose and if so, why. 

[andrew]

Could be because Vaseline is a brand name. Should have named it petroleum jelly.....

[purpleflowers]

Could be because Vaseline is a brand name. Should have named it petroleum jelly.....

Hahaha!  I can't see any possible way of making "petroleum jelly" work in the song. 

You may be right about the brand name being the reason for a modified spelling. 

[wickedgarden23]

I'm pretty sure I read something once saying it was because of the brand "Vaseline"

[Aaron]

Could be because Vaseline is a brand name. Should have named it petroleum jelly.....

Hahaha!  I can't see any possible way of making "petroleum jelly" work in the song. 

You may be right about the brand name being the reason for a modified spelling. 

Flies in the pet-ro-le-um we are...

It totally works, but I am glad the song is as we have it  

I am also almost 99% positive that the reason the song was named as such was to avoid lawsuits and avoid paying royalties or what not.  Vaseline is a registered trademark.  Imagine if the band had to pay a royalty off of all profits made from a song named "Vaseline".  It would be insane.

[Slither]

Could be because Vaseline is a brand name. Should have named it petroleum jelly.....

Hahaha!  I can't see any possible way of making "petroleum jelly" work in the song. 

You may be right about the brand name being the reason for a modified spelling. 

Flies in the pet-ro-le-um we are...

It totally works, but I am glad the song is as we have it  

I am also almost 99% positive that the reason the song was named as such was to avoid lawsuits and avoid paying royalties or what not.  Vaseline is a registered trademark.  Imagine if the band had to pay a royalty off of all profits made from a song named "Vaseline".  It would be insane.

Exactly, even Chingy was smart enough to title his song Holidae In

[cosmicpilot]

Could be because Vaseline is a brand name. Should have named it petroleum jelly.....

You may be right about the brand name being the reason for a modified spelling. 

Flies in the pet-ro-le-um we are...

It totally works, but I am glad the song is as we have it  

I am also almost 99% positive that the reason the song was named as such was to avoid lawsuits and avoid paying royalties or what not.  Vaseline is a registered trademark.  Imagine if the band had to pay a royalty off of all profits made from a song named "Vaseline".  It would be insane.

The ironic thing is that in the vid you can see a man putting on what appears to be Vaseline LOL

LOL Flies in the luuubbbe we are.....

[Shangri]

wait... what's the generic name for Vaseline then?

[andrew]

wait... what's the generic name for Vaseline then?

Petroleum jelly.

[cosmicpilot]

LOL in the version Y video of said song.  You can see the massive tub of vasoline being spread by the block - I'd say more generic petroleum jelly as it didn't look like a pot of vaseline

[Violet Skies]

Could be because Vaseline is a brand name. Should have named it petroleum jelly.....

Haha I could see that now...

it isn't you, isn't me
search for things that you can't see
going blind, out of reach
somewhere in the petroleum jelly

Just imagining it I hear Scott singing "petroleum jelly" rapidly just to keep the flow of the tune going.