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Posted here is the most recent version of the themes/updates list which
has been discussed here in past weeks.

If there are any corrections or additions that need to be done,
cooperation of EIB listeners (especially those who have listened for more
than a year) from across the fruited plain is appreciated. Reply to either
address posted below. If possible, please use an authoritative source to
confirm the performers/composers in your contributions.

Obscure update themes which are of historical interest, particularly those
which are about particular people, and the circumstances of the time
they aired, are especially appreciated.

Without further ado, from the "grooveyard of forgotten favorites," here's


RUSH LIMBAUGH: THE 'HIT' LIST

compiled and edited by Ken Barnes
(75320,[e-mail],
[e-mail])

EIB Network Theme:
"My City Was Gone" performed by The Pretenders
from the album LEARNING TO CRAWL

UPDATE THEMES:

Peace Update:
"Una Paloma Blanca" sung by Slim Whitman
the very first update, tweaking the unilateral
disarmament/peace/nuclear freeze movement

Animal Rights Update:
"Born Free" performed by Andy Williams
w/ added sound effects, and occasional additional
lyrics in the chorus by Rush: "...EAT BEEF...
for beef is de-li-cious ...beef is nu-tri-tious...."
to tweak the veggies out there
Also, TV theme from "Flipper" if the story is about dolphins

Feminist Update:
Originally "Born A Woman"
(containing lyrics "If you're born a woman, you're born to be
hurt...") performed by Sandy Posey+
Rush often clarified the chorus: "That's_hurt_... not_heard_..."
Briefly "Maybe I Mean Yes" performed by Holly Dunn
from the album ?
during the flap about her song allegedly encouraging "date rape"
Currently "Men" performed by The Forester Sisters*
from the album TALKIN' 'BOUT MEN
with added soundbites sampled from a Washington D.C.
NOW/pro-choice rally: "We're FIERCE... we're
FEMINISTS... and we're IN YOUR FACE!"

+Information supplied by Joseph Dougherty ([e-mail])
*Information confirmed by Bob Chang (76427,[e-mail])

Homeless Update:
"Ain't Got No Home" performed by
Clarence 'Frogman' Henry

Trivia: John Switzer (74076,[e-mail],
[e-mail]) reports that "Ain't Got No Home" was featured
in the 1987 teen vampire film "The Lost Boys"!
(One of the Coreys sang it in the bathtub.)
Confirmed by Steve Tilson ([e-mail]).

Condom Update:
"Up, Up, And Away (In My Beautiful Balloon)"
performed by The 5th Dimension

Dr. Jack Kervorkian/Death Update:
"The End" by The Doors (edited)
from the album THE DOORS

Environmental Update*:
"Tiptoe Through The Tulips" by Tiny Tim

KB axz: Does anyone else remember this one? I think it's
ancient history, since I don't recall ever having heard it.

*Information courtesy of Tracy Atteberry
([e-mail])

Spotted Owl/Timber Update:
"The Lumberjack" by Jackyl

KB axz: Is this really true? I don't remember
anything but the chainsaws.

Earth Summit Update*:
"Heading To Rio" by Peter Allen

* Information provided by T. Atteberry (see above)

Sexual Harassment Update:
"My Eyes Adored You" performed by Frankie Valli
(w/o the Four Seasons)

Women In The Locker Room Update*:
"Where The Boys Are" sung by Connie Francis

* Information provided by T. Atteberry (see above)

President Slick Willie Update:
"Pressure" by Billy Joel
from the album THE NYLON CURTAIN
(KB's suggested slow tempo alternate: "Behind Blue Eyes"
by The Who, off the album WHO'S NEXT. Vicious-- but it fits.)

"Mrs. Bill Clinton" Update:
"Hail To The Chief" accompanied by a
soundbite sample of Hillary cackling in response
to a question about what she thinks of Rush

Slick Willie Campaign Update:
"Charming Billy" by Johnny Preston?*

*Information contributed by J. Switzer (see above)

Ross Perot Campaign Update:
"When Johnny Comes Marching Home" by ? (composer)
two tempos, depending on Ross' success as a candidate,
the slow tempo version is alleged to be from the
DOCTOR STRANGELOVE soundtrack
Also, the [TV theme from "Secret Agent" followed by the]*
James Bond 007 theme was used at times, in the "Perotnoia"
version of the update, because Rush thought Perot would
be a classic James Bond villain, and, I suppose, because of
(V.P. candidate) Admiral Stockdale's first two names,
James... Bond...

*Information in brackets provided by J. Switzer (see above)

Democratic Primary Update (1992):
"The Impossible Dream" sung by Ethel Merman?
from the musical MAN OF LA MANCHA
back when President Bush's approval was at a record high

(Sen.) Ted Kennedy Update:
"The Philanderer" performed by a Teddy K soundalike
to the tune of Dion's 1962 hit "The Wanderer"
also, "Kenne-day-o" performed by a Harry Belafonte soundalike
to the tune of 1956 hit "The Banana Boat Song (Day-O)" during the
Palm Beach rape trial of Teddy's nephew William K. Smith

(N.Y. Gov.) Mario "Coomo" Update:
(as pronounced by The REVEREND Jackson)
"I Put A Spell On You" performed by Screamin' Jay Hawkins*
referencing Cuomo's nominating speech at the 1988? DNC
(Democratic National Convention, for those of you in Rio Linda)
as well as his propensity for sabotaging the Democratic Presidential
nominees by talking about their "courage to raise taxes" n' such

*megadittos to Angelia Sparrow ([e-mail])
for providing the artist's name

(U.S. Rep.) Patsy Schroeder Update:
"The Bitch Is Back" performed by Elton John
from the album CARIBOU

(Sen.) Carol Moseley Braun Update:
"Movin On Up" theme by Jeff Barry and Ja'net Du Bois*
from the TV sitcom "The Jeffersons"

*dittos to the omnipresent J. Switzer for reporting this new theme,
and to John Petterchak ([e-mail]. edu)
for confirming the artist

(Fo'ma D.C. Mayor) Marion Barry Update:
(as pronounced by Mike Tyson)
"The No No No Song"? by Ringo Starr (edited)
containing the lyrics "No, No, No... I Don't Smoke It No More"
aired during Barry's indictment/conviction for 'crack' possession

Muammar Khadaffi? Sadaam Hussein? Update:
"You're No Good" performed by Linda Ronstadt
off the album HEART LIKE A WHEEL

KB axz: Which of the two nogoodniks above was this the theme for?

Gulf War Update:
Wicked Witch's Guards' March
from THE WIZARD OF OZ soundtrack
aired during the "Wo" (as pronounced by Sen. Sam Nunn)
mocking CNN's ponderous kettledrums on "War In The Gulf"

'General' David Dinkins (N.Y.C. Mayor) Update:
"General David Dinkins ...Where Are You?"
a takeoff on TV show theme for
"Car 54, Where Are You?"

KB sez: I believe this theme to be in reference to
Dinkins' frequent foreign trips. NY/NY Yankees
please confirm.

Gorbasm/Gorbachev Update:
"Imperial March" composed by John Williams
from THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK soundtrack
symbolic of the evil empire of the U.S.S.R. as described
by President Ronald Reagan

Anita Hill Update:
"She's Come Undone" by The Guess Who
during/after the confirmation mudwrestling for
Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas

Pee-Wee Herman Update:
"Beat It" performed by Michael Jackson
from the album THRILLER
w/ added sound bites sampled from "Pee-Wee's Playhouse"
"Oh... It's Mr. Baloney!"
aired during Paul Reubens' indecent exposure trial

(U.S. Rep.) Barney Frank Update:
"My Boy Lollipop" by Millie Small
after Frank admitted having been "suckered" by
live-in lover/gay prostitute Steven Gobie

AIDS Update:
"I'll Never Love This Way Again" by Dionne Warwick
A VERY short-lived bit, intended to protest ACT-UP's tactics.
Rush "pushed the envelope" a little too far with this one, kind of
like with the "Caller Abortion".

Further corrections/confirmations/additions wanted!

? (question mark) indicates the information is
uncertain/unreliable/unknown
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Sources:
The Way Things Ought To Be, by Rush H. Limbaugh,
Simon And Schuster, 1992

"Bull Rush" by Peter J. Boyer, Vanity Fair May 1992

"Rush Limbaugh: Talking Back" by Terry Eastland,
The American Spectator,  September 1992

The Penguin Encyclopedia Of Popular Music,
Donald Clarke, ed. Viking/Penguin 1989

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