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| From | "Sager, Greg" <greg.sager@bankofamerica.com> |
| Subject | Re: Controversial entry into the murderous songs chart |
| Date | Fri, 20 Jun 2003 13:07:29 -0500 |
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> Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 14:31:55 +0100
> From: bob_hutton@standardlife.com
> To: audities@smoe.org
> Subject: Controversial entry into the murderous songs chart
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> Late entry -
> "Mull of Kintyre" by Wings - that song gives me the heeby-jeebies every
> time I hear it.
>
... which inevitably reminds me of an evening I spent in a beer tent
at Oktoberfest in Munich ten years ago with a couple of my college friends.
A pack of young Scotsmen wearing kilts and Oktoberfest t-shirts overheard
our Yank accents and, in a fit of lager-soaked international bonhomie,
surrounded our table and began serenading us with a woozy version of
"American Pie". Not to be outdone, the three of us returned the favor by
singing the first Scotland-derived pop song we could think of whose words we
all knew, "Stuck In the Middle With You" by Stealers Wheel. This prompted an
even woozier version of "California Girls" by our new drinking companions.
One of my friends, an inveterate Beatles fanatic, then began our next turn
in this strange contest by starting to sing "Mull of Kintyre". One of the
Scotsmen made a sour face and said, "I hate that song."
Genuinely puzzled, my friend asked, "How can you hate that song?
It's about a place in Scotland, and it's got bagpipes in it."
To which the Scotsman retorted, "Does that mean that all Americans
fancy banjo versions of "Rocky Top"?"
"Good point," said my friend.
>
>
Gregory Sager
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