On Fri, 21 May 1999 Tmoynihan@xxxxxxx wrote:
>In a message dated 99-05-21 17:37:25 EDT, you write:
><< >>> "Please don't take my Kodacrome away"
> > Was this a song? or did you spoof the song here?
> Actually, it was another member who added that lyric. Gary Schloss maybe?
> Was it a song? Ever heard of Simon and Garfunkel. Hint: they are not New
>York clothiers! >>
>I think "Kodachrome" was from Paul Simon's "There Goes Rhymin' Simon" album
>c. 1973 (?) One of his first post-S&G albums. "Kodachrome" is a good "blast
>from the past" song. I grew up in the L.A. area, and all of the radio
>stations bleeped out the word "crap" from the opening line: "When I think
>back on all the crap I learned in high school/". Language like that was much
>too strong for those ancient airways.
>For a "blast from the present": anybody heard the Sarah McLaughlan (sp?)
>song, "Working On a Mystery" lately? Maybe because her songs are considered
>more cerebral than most, I've not yet heard any radio station (in the Dallas
>area) edit the line, "A beautiful f***ked up man." Although one station I
>heard recently half-heartedly muted the word. Curious double standard, since
>current songs with milder expletives do routinely get edited.
Isn't it /Buildin\@/og
>Mandatory photo content: Now I know what they do at that Kodak building over
>by Love Field!
>
>Mandatory Oly content: Sure got some great Kodachrome pix years ago. I must
>run some through my humble Miatani collection again soon!
>
>Optional Apology: for any offense on the McLaughlan song. Not trying to
>take this group outside family-content bounds, but it is THE most striking
>example I have seen in years, both of boundary-pushing, and of musical double
>standards.
>
>Regards,
>
>Tom Moynihan
>
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"I don't know how to leave you / And I don't know how to stay / I got
things that I must tell you / That I don't know how to say / ... / And
talking don't come easy / When the words get in the way / ... / The truth
would look so easy now / But I'm running out of lies / ... / All I have
are yesterdays / Tomorrow never comes / ...."
[wow, what a ballad] --/All I Want Is Everything/ Def Leppard
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