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| From | "Stewart Mason" <craigtorso@verizon.net> |
| Subject | Re: Most Annoying Song Ever |
| Date | Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:23:36 -0400 |
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From: <bucholtzc@aol.com>>
> Two good things about this song:
>
> 1. Written by an admittedly chemically-altered Jimmy Webb
> 2. My dad, who was an AM disk jockey, said it was great whenever the
> on-air personality had to make a bathroom run (which may have
> accounted for the amount of airplay it received).
>
Four more good things:
1. It was originally supposed to be the climax of a side-long oratorio
of songs that Webb wrote for the Association, which would have been a
remarkably over the top artifact if, sadly, they hadn't turned it down
2. The Negro Problem's great mid-90s cover
3. Dave Thomas' even better SCTV skit where he played Richard Harris
on Mel's Rock Pile
4. Harris gets the name of the park wrong EVERY SINGLE TIME he sings
it! Much like the Book of Revelation and Mary Hopkin, there's no S!
S
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