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Date Posted: 09:27:28 07/12/03 Sat
Author: Aubergine Thruster
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Re: Changing Lyrics
In reply to: Cure-eee-us 's message, "Changing Lyrics" on 13:22:14 07/11/03 Fri

>>8th of July, "in the heat of a summer night".
>>
>>That line reminds me of a group, Paper Lace, and a
>>tune "The night Chicago Died".
>>
>>http://users.cis.net/sammy/paprlace.htm
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>You could adjust the lyrics somewhat...for instance
>you could replace the line that goes "in the land of
>the dollar bill" with "in the land of the Euro coin"
>
>and you could substitute the lines "when a man named
>Al Capone tried / to make that town his own" with
>"when a nick named Honesty / tried to make that board
>his own"
>
>and you could change the title to "The Night That
>Crossroads Died"....it could be a good parody.....
>
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>

I like it! I like it!

A lot of the lyrics would present problems -
but you could sing:

"And I asked someone who said
'bout a hundred nicks are gone"

in lieu of:

"And I asked someone who said
"'Bout a hundred cops are dead!""

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>>>Tonight is the First Anniversary of the night that
>>>Detective Guckian pounced, and fell flat on his face,
>>>and brought everything else down with him.
>>>
>>>Enthusiastic ideological endorsment of sexual
>>>liberationist values are counterproductive, and is
>>>destined to fail.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>>What da hell does he know about what's really going
>>>>>on???
>>>>
>>>>If a cop doesn't listen properly to a suspect who
>>>>talks freely, and instead forces his own assumptions
>>>>on an interview, he may be left in the dark.
>>>>
>>>>(Many suspects will choose to to stare at a spot on
>>>>the wall, and to remain silent).
>>>>
>>>>Poor little Dimmy (he's only about 4 foot 9 inches
>in
>>>>height, you know, - with bushy, arching, black
>>>>eyebrows and a surprisingly deep voice) might have
>>>>lost an opportunity to learn something about what
>>>>really goes on.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>How long would he last on Crossroads for example?
>>>>
>>>>Unlike Iz, who managed to last for months and could
>>>>easily have gone on for years if he had been
>allowed,
>>>>I'd give Damien only a couple of weeks.
>>>>
>>>>He just wouldn't be prepared.

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