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- From: maire@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu
- Newsgroups: alt.fan.dave_barry
- Subject: Re: worst song & lyrics
- Message-ID: <1992Nov21.020838.2624@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu>
- Date: 21 Nov 92 02:08:37 -0500
- References: <1992Nov19.032702.9254@leland.Stanford.EDU> <1992Nov21.051257.26817@news.cs.brandeis.edu>
- Organization: Carnegie Mellon Computer Club
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- In article <1992Nov21.051257.26817@news.cs.brandeis.edu>, st902415@pip.cc.brandeis.edu (Adam Levin) writes:
- > In article <By1A10.CwB@nic.umass.edu>, s7958246@titan.ucc.umass.edu (s7958246) writes:
- >> I also nominate for Worst Lyrics, a sample from "These Boots Are Made For Walkin"by Nancy Sinatra...
- >>
- >> "You were lying when you should have been truthin'..."
- >>
- >>for pure ineptness and total disregard for the English language, no one comes
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- Do be sure to point out that particular reason for nominating that song.
- Hopefully we can get Mr. Language Person to comment on it!!! :)
-
- >>close to Nancy Sinatra
- >
- > I'm afraid that I must disagree with that last statement. While I like the
- > song, America's "Horse with no Name" Has the greatest disregard for the
- > English, or for that matter any, language. I refer of course to the line
- > which goes
- >
- > "In the desert you can't remember your name
- > 'cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain"
- > Can we nominate cover songs for worst rock and roll song ever? If so,
- > how about William Shatner's "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" or
- > "Mr. Tambourine Man"? Yuck.
- >
-
- My vote for worst cover goes to whoever re-made Cat Stevens' "Wild
- World" a couple of years back. YECCCCHHHHH!!!
-
- >
- > Adam Levin st902415@pip.cc.brandeis.edu
- > "It takes just one good flush to get rid of a four-flusher"
- > --Israel Bond, Secret Agent Oy-Oy-7, "Loxfinger"
- >
- --Tina M. Wood
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