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| From | "Billy G. Spradlin" <bgspradlin@cablelynx.com> |
| Subject | Re: Raspberries 'overnight sensation' |
| Date | Fri, 14 May 2004 14:42:08 -0500 |
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I have a japanese LP of the Beach Boys "Summer Days & Summer Nights" where
they
mangled the lyrics to many Brian Wilson classics. The lyrics to "Amusement
Parks U.S.A." are horrible. I swear Japanese record companies must have little
cubicles where someone with a grasp of the english language sits down with a
LP/CD player and transcribes these lyrics one line at a time.
As for "Overnight Sensation" I NEVER heard it on any Top 40 station (in
California, nor in Oklahoma when my family moved there in August) when it was
charting back in 1974, and never as a recurrent or oldie.
The stop-starts in tempo, and the great part where it sounds like a transistor
radio must have freaked out and confused programmers who want a constantly
LOUD
record for fear of listeners tuning out. That it made it to #16 In
Billboard is
a miracle.
Billy G. Spradlin
http://listen.to/jangleradio
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