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| From | Michael Coxe <audities@gmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Best cannibalism song |
| Date | Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:18:03 -0700 |
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jls3 wrote:
> Timothy by The Buoys. Dig in:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGNdvKvbxYQ
>
> By the way, while we're on the topic (well, I am anyway), there's an
> excellent new book out about the Donner Party called Desperate Passage,
> by Ethan Rarick.
We've discussed Timothy several times past, last in 2005.
The highlight from '05:
Eytan Mirsky wrote:
> Evidently, Rupert Holmes hoped it would get banned. He had a friend,
> an engineer for Scepter Records, Michael Wright, who found the Buoys.
> Rupert and his friend (Michael Wright) got a deal whereby Scepter
> would release one song they put together, but they knew it would not
> be promoted properly. So Rupert decided to make the most of the
> opportunity by getting the maximum attention from the song through
> its controversial cannibalism lyrics.
- mc
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