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From: pheffner@fang.att.com (Paul Heffner)
Subject: Re: "Eve of Destruction": Right-wing parody
Organization: AT&T Tax Systems Development, Maitland FL
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 20:39:31 GMT

cc697@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Eric Oppen) writes:
> 
> Quite some time back, the Good Doctor (glory and honor unto him, be unto
> him) played a right-wing parody of the anti-war song "Eve of Destruction."
> The title was something like "Dawn of Correction", and the only lyrics I

"...but I think you're wrong, We're just on the dawn of *Correction*..."

Yeah, I sure remember this one, that was when I was a little dude and my
older sister was the music head in the family. You can't begin to imagine
what sort of tension the whole 'Nam thing set up in a family where the
'Ol man was a WW-II vet and the oldest daughter was a prototype-hippie
(before Summer-of-love and the advent of the plastic hippies). _Dawn_of_
_Correction_ was one of several "answer" songs which popped up during 
this time which illustrated just how divided the pop world was over
'Nam. Even Jan and Dean got into the act with an answer to Donovan's
_Universal_Soldier_ with _Universal_Coward_ with lines like "...He's
the Universal Coward, and he runs from everything, from a giant, from
a human, from an elf...". I understand Jan Berry refused to sing on 
that one and Dean Torrence(sp?) had to bring in other folks to help
him get it recorded. Dark days indeed for the Land of the Free...


Heff
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From: lenny@icus.ICUS.COM (Lenny Tropiano)
Subject: Weird Al's Lyrics to "It's still Billy Joel to Me."
Followup-To: poster
Organization: ICUS Software Systems, Austin, Texas
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 02:56:23 GMT

Does anyone have the lyrics to the unpublished parody to Billy Joel's
It's Still Rock and Roll to me.  (Weird Al's "It's Still Billy Joel to Me")?

Thanks.

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From: s7958246@titan.ucc.umass.edu (s7958246)
Subject: Chicken Pot Pie {was: Re: Weird Al's lyrics "It's still]
Organization: University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1992 03:04:08 GMT

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   Heh... when we were at the concert, that song just b rought gales of
laughter to the pit. Yes, we did have a pit going at te Weird Al concert,
we moshed to Polka Yer Eyes Out...
   After the show we waited outwside of his trailer to see if he would come out.
He didn't, but threw us a plate of hors d'oeuvres (sic, very sic) and a
piece of the guitar he smashes at the end of "You Don't Love Me Anymore."
my brother caught it. If he dies soon, I wasn't there. Honest.

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From: docbrown@eskimo.celestial.com (Dan Sanderson)
Subject: Re: Wierd Al concert
Organization: -> ESKIMO NORTH (206) For-Ever <-
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 21:52:52 GMT

Oh, that reminds me of a question I wanted to ask.  Does anyone have a
tour schedule for the Weird Al tour?  Any chance he'll be in Seattle?

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Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 02:43:34 -0500 
From: Steven Pei-Han Chai <sc5x+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Al on MathNet [PBS]

Excerpts from netnews.rec.music.dementia: 10-Nov-92 Al on MathNet [PBS]
Gerald L Jr Reno@cps.msu (205)


> Thought everyone should know... 

> Wierd Al Yankovic was on "MathNet" on PBS' Square One TV today and yesterday...
> he played a D.J. who they thought might be accepting Payola.

> Jerry Reno reno@cps.msu.edu


This might mean that he'll be on for the rest of this week. Right?
As part of their show for the week.

Happy  (happy+@cmu.edu)
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From: Ray.Chramega <Ray.Chramega@mixcom.mixcom.com>
Subject: Re: One-Hit Wonders: The List (version 2.0)
Organization: Milwaukee Internet Xchange BBS, Milwaukee, WI U.S.A.
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 05:35:58 GMT


What about....

John Travolta - "Gonna Let Her In"
Starland Vocal Band - "Afternoon Delight"
Patrick Hernandez - "Born To Be Alive"
Alecia Bridges - "I Love The Nightlife (Disco Round)"

- NOTE: "Born To Be Alive" features Madonna in her first professional
  gig as a background vocalist.

-Ray C.
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From: sjl@TEFS1.acd.com (Scot Leibacher)
Subject: Christmas song by Elton John
Organization: Applied Computing Devices, Inc., Terre Haute IN
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 13:38:18 GMT

Hi all,
     Just got out the demented Christmas Tunes tapes the other day (its
getting to be that time of year, you know) which reminded me of a quest I
have been on. I have a rather poor recording of a Christmas song that I 
am almost sure was performed by Elton John. The title, if I remember 
correctly, is something like WHO BE A TURKEY AT CHRISTMAS. I have been 
searching for someone that can tell me the album this is off of, or another
source for this song, or someone with a better copy. Some of the lyrics are
as follows:

      I am sitting here on Christmas Eve,
      a brandy in my hand.
      I've had a few too many,
      and its getting hard to stand.

      I keep hearing noises,
      from my fireplace,
      SOMETHING SOMETHING SOMETHING
      or the brandy wants to race.

      And I keep hearing,
      Ho, Ho, Ho
      quess who's here
      the fat and jolly freind draws near.

      Ho, Ho, Ho,
      surprise, surprise
      The Bearded weird has just arrived.

      etc, etc.

Any help anyone could be would be greatly appreciated. If anyone has a half-way
decent recording of this tune, please E-mail me. Thanks,


     -Scot L.
From: jwlr@monet.cc.rochester.edu (James Willer)
Newsgroups: rec.music.dementia
Subject: Re: "Deteriorota" (was "Eve of Destruction": Right-wing parody)
Date: 11 Nov 92 20:05:55 GMT
Organization: University of Rochester - Rochester, New York

foregone@stein.u.washington.edu (Ah so Grasshopper!) writes:

>I was wondering about the parody of "Desiderata (sp?)" by National Lampoon
>called "Deteriorota". Does anybody have the lyrics to this song also?
>All I remember is "For a good time call ???-????. Ask for Candy."

I'd like to see it, as well.

All I've got is:

"Rotate your tires"
"Take heart amidst the darkening gloom that your dog may finally be
	getting enough *cheese*"

				James Willer
[any opinions above are already registered with the federal government]
From: poutsmaj@mace.cc.purdue.edu (unknown)
Newsgroups: rec.music.dementia
Subject: Wierd Al concert
Date: 9 Nov 92 15:55:17 GMT
Article-I.D.: mentor.BxGHK6.EJu
Organization: Purdue University

Ha Ha

I just got my tix for the Wierd Al concert Sunday in Indianapolis.  I can't
wait!!!!!

I don't know much about the Murat theatre but the tix say orchestra sect
row F.  Anybody know if this is good?  But then, how bad can it be?

paul
From: pjb4288@ultb.isc.rit.edu (Pete - Toonatic - Boulay)
Newsgroups: rec.music.dementia
Subject: Re: Christmas song by Elton John
Date: 9 Nov 92 23:15:07 GMT
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology
Originator: pjb4288@ultb

Can someone email me the original post about Elton John's Christmas song???

I missed the original and want to post it to the Elton John fan list.
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From: mruddick@joule.elee.calpoly.edu (Michael Ruddick)
Newsgroups: rec.music.dementia
Subject: Shel Silverstein
Date: 6 Nov 92 21:39:35 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

I am trying to find a copy of Shel Silverstein's "The Great Smoke Off".  I
am not sure taht is the correct title of the song/poem, but the author is
for sure.  It's mostly Shel Silverstein talking (i.e. reciting a poem) with
a little bit of guitar in the background.  I've heard it before on Dr. Demento,
years ago, but never got a copy of it.  Can anyone help me out?  Has anyone
else even heard of this before?
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From: s7958246@titan.ucc.umass.edu (s7958246)
Subject: Re: Al on MathNet [PBS]
Organization: University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 01:23:12 GMT

In article <1992Nov10.225654.12505@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> reno@cps.msu.edu (Gerald L Jr Reno) writes:
>
>Thought everyone should know... 
>
>Wierd Al Yankovic was on "MathNet" on PBS' Square One TV today and yesterday...
>he played a D.J. who they thought might be accepting Payola.
>
>Jerry Reno reno@cps.msu.edu

   He also had a video on Square One TV, called the "Patterns Polka" I believe. And Doctor Demento makes a cameo appearance in the video as well. Isn't that cool?

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From: pheffner@fang.att.com (Paul Heffner)
Subject: Re: Christmas song by Elton John
Organization: AT&T Tax Systems Development, Maitland FL
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 20:49:22 GMT

sjl@TEFS1.acd.com (Scot Leibacher) writes:
> Hi all,
>      Just got out the demented Christmas Tunes tapes the other day (its
> getting to be that time of year, you know) which reminded me of a quest I
> have been on. I have a rather poor recording of a Christmas song that I 
> am almost sure was performed by Elton John. The title, if I remember 
> correctly, is something like WHO BE A TURKEY AT CHRISTMAS. I have been 
> searching for someone that can tell me the album this is off of, or another
> source for this song, or someone with a better copy. Some of the lyrics are

>      -Scot L.


 That was the flip side of the single "Step into Christmas" by Elton,
I think the whole title was: "Ho Ho Ho (Who'd be a turkey at Christmas)"
You probably won't have an easy time finding this, maybe somewhere who
advertises in Goldmine could locate the single for you (I've never seen
it on any of the Rock/Christmas compilations. Likewise for the wonderful
"I believe in Father Christmas" by Emerson, Lake, and Palmer which I would
love a slice of vinyl on, but no such luck. You might try to record off the
air on Christmas Eve when many of the stations just play non-stop christmas
music commercial free. (At least around here they do...)

Heff
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From: damatt01@starbase.spd.louisville.edu (David A. Mattingly)
Subject: Bugs Bunny: Sour Belly Trio
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 20:04:00 GMT
Organization: University of Louisville



"Sour Belly Trio" comming right up.
CALLER:

(Spoken)

Let's all square dance
Places all
Bow to your corner
Bow to your own

(Sang)

Three hands up and 'round you go
Break it up with a dosey doe
Chicken in the bread pan kicken' out dough
Skip to the lou my darling
The old lady out you pretty little thing
Promenade around the ring
Big foot up and little foot down
Make that big foot jar the ground
Lady step back and two gents in 
Back you go and forward again
Step right with an elbow swing
Skip to the lou my darling
Alimain left with the old left hand
Follow through the right and left grand
Meet your honey with a great big smile
Promenade Indian style.

BUGS:

(sang)

Promanade across the floor
Sashay right on out the door
Out the door and into the glade
Everybody promanade
Step right up your doing fine
I'll pull your beard, you'll pull mine
Yank it again like you did before
Break it up with a tug of war
Now into the brook and fish for the trout
Dive right in and splash about
Trout Trout pretty little trout
One more splash and come right out
Shake like a hound dog, shake again
Wallow around in the old pig pen
Wallow some more your all know how
Roll around like an old fat sow
Alimain left with your left hand
Follow through with a right and left grand
Now lead your partner the dirty old thing
Follow through with an elbow swing
Grab an fence post hold it tight
Womp your partner with all your might
Hit him in the shin, Hit him in the head
Hit him again the critter aint dead
Wop him low and wop him high
Stick your finger in his eye
Pretty little rhythm, pretty little sound
Bang your heads against the ground
Promanade all around the room
Promanade like a bride and groom
Open up the door and step right in
Close the door and into a spin
Whirl Whirl twist and twirl
Jump all around like a flying squirrel
Now don't you cuss and don't you swear
Just come right and form a square
Now right hand over and left hand under
Both join hands and run like thunder
Over the hill and over the dale
Duck your head and lift your tail
Don't you stray and don't your roam
Turn around and promanade home
Corn in the crib and wheat in the sack
Turn your partner promanade back

(spoken)

And now your home
Bow to your partner
Bow to the gent across the hall
And 'dat is all



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From: dct@odin.mda.uth.tmc.edu (David C. Tuttle)
Newsgroups: rec.music.dementia
Subject: Re: "Deteriorota" (was "Eve of Destruction": Ri
Date: 12 Nov 1992 19:38:41 GMT

tabbdav@eng.auburn.edu (David R. Tabb) writes:

> Hi. This is my first post...

Er, yes.  Please use carriage returns every 70 or so characters, as if
you were typing on a typewriter.  It makes things much more legible.

> ...I heard and taped this song off the Good Doctor's radio show a
> couple years ago. Either this is the song you want and I got the title
> wrong or this is another version of "Desiderata" no one's ever noticed
> before. Enjoy!
>			      DIMINUATA

It is "Deteriorata", as written by Tony Hendra and published by the
National Lampoon in the early '70s.  The audio version was recorded
for the National Lampoon Radio Hour and can be found on one of their
albums (Gold Turkey, I think).  And just in case you're curious, it is
copyrighted.

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From: st923058@pip.cc.brandeis.edu (Rosaleen Dhu)
Subject: Oops
Reply-To: st923058@pip.cc.brandeis.edu
Organization: Brandeis University
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 19:03:45 GMT

	Okay, so I screwed up on the Nilsson thing. My problem is that the
radio station on which I've heard many of my OHW suggestions, is an oldies
station, so they tend to play only the early stuff by artists like Nilsson
who made it big later. Are you positive he recorded "Everybody's Talkin"?
Did someone else record it? 'Cause they do play that on my station (Oldies
103 FM. YEAH!) and it sure doesn't sound like Nilsson. Oh well, I will have
to listen to it again. The spelling error on 'Klymaxx' was the fault of
a stupid article I read in a local newspaper about the death (well-deserved,
in the article's author's opinion) of disco. I don't happen to think "PaF"
is disco--I _like_ it--but I will bow to the supreme expertise of those
wiser than I.
	As for ? and the Mysterians, you mean they actually had another hit?
Yuck. And am I the only person who thinks that we really should move this
thread to rec.music.misc or whatever it's called?
				Rosaleen
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From: mbecke69@ursa.calvin.edu (Mark Becker)
Subject: Re: Wierd Al concert
Organization: Calvin College
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 21:31:58 GMT

docbrown@eskimo.celestial.com (Dan Sanderson) writes:

>Oh, that reminds me of a question I wanted to ask.  Does anyone have a
>tour schedule for the Weird Al tour?  Any chance he'll be in Seattle?

If anyone has a scedule, PLEASE send it to me too!!!
(Or just post it, I'm sure lots of people would love you for it!)

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Subject: Re: "We Will Stand" stolen by Clinton
From: jsteiner@anwsun.phya.utoledo.edu (jason 'Think!' steiner)
Date: 5 Nov 92 01:29:21 EST
Followup-To: talk.politics.misc
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ajw@cbnews.cb.att.com (andrew.j.whitman) writes:
> bproden@ualr.edu writes:
> >This DOES have to do with Christian music.
> >
> > ["Clinton is pretending to be a Christian!" post munched]
> 
> This ALSO has to do with Christian music.
> 
> [Long, humorous, satirical, "God sez Clinton is the antichrist &
>  America will suffer for putting such a horrid man in office"
>  post munched.]

this has NOTHING to do with Christian music. all replies to
talk.politics.misc.

as to ajw's reply: no, God isn't going to punish the US for putting
Clinton into office. good thing too. Clinton will hurt us quite
enough.

consider this 

a recent study by the National Taxpayers Union foundation came up with
the following results: of the top 100 big spenders in Congress, only
4 were Republican. there was one independent and the rest were 
Democrats.

Clinton's record isn't much better. he's repeatedly raised taxes on 
the upper and middle classes, the very same people who's money keeps 
the economy running. when confronted with his lies (yes, lies. i 
won't mince words) in Ark. his response was that "his word was only 
good for 24 hours".

now. we put this man, and that group of people in charge of the 
country for 4 years and expect the economy to get -better-? don't 
count on it.

our economy is not that bad now. the world is in a global recession.
comparatively our country is right on top. when i checked the numbers
a few weeks ago the -only- economic indicator that was down was
consumer confidence. expect that to turn around in the near future,
prompted by a liberal-dominated media's message of "happy days are
here again". however, in the next 1-2 years it will take for a 
Democratic Washington DC to realize its agenda the economy will again 
nosedive, this time for real. unfortunately, i will also be 
graduating in that time frame. finding a job in a country where 
anyone with the money to hire me is being taxed to death is not a 
happy proposition. grad school looks better and better...

oh, and BTW, i didn't vote for Bill (obviously), i didn't vote for
Ross, and i didn't even vote for George.

jason

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From: urcat@mcl.ucsb.edu (Eilidh Swan)
Newsgroups: rec.music.christian
Subject: Re: Praise and Worship Song Leading
Date: 6 Nov 92 00:47:13 GMT

In <1992Oct28.210021.13758@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> mchen@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Mike J. Chen) writes:

>A lot of people have been talking about transposing music down.
>I have the same problem when singing high songs (since I'm baritone
>to bass).  I've just started picking up the guitar and would like
>someone to explain the general idea (i.e. rules) of transposing
>the chords.  Is it simply shifting over chord down a certain number
>of steps or ....?

If you are familiar with music "theory" (and I mean only basics) it
is simple enough to try and work out suitable keys to transpose music.
To get you started, keep this table in mind, these are the notes available:

  C   C#/Db  D   D#/Eb   E   F   F#/Gb   G   G#/Ab   A   A#/Bb   B   (C)

(Capitals *below* stand for Major Chords, lower-case followed by m = minor)

If your song consists of these chords:  D  bm   A   D   G   D  ..... (1st key)
And you want it lower,   		|  |    |   |   |   |
start trying combinations:		V  V    V   V   V   V

	(by the way, this is		C  am   G   C   F   C  ..... 
         how we lowered the hymn
	 Holy, Holy, Holy)		A  f#m  E   A   D   A  ..... (new key)

...by matching the table up note for note:  if you go down 2 half steps
to go from D to C, then go down 2 half steps from bm to am, 2 half steps
from A to G.....etc.  Or from D to A was 5 half steps down (a minor 3rd,
if you are familiar with that) and 5 half steps from bm is f#m, etc.....

  C  C#/Db  D  D#/Eb  E  F      F#/Gb  G  G#/Ab  A  A#/Bb  B  (C)    (C#/Db)  
            C  C#/Db  D  D#/Eb  E      F  F#/Gb  G  G#/Ab  A  A#/Bb  B  
       
Do you see how I shifted the table over 2 half steps to match up the new key?
This will help you find a key suitable for your instrumentalists' abilities.
For examble, transposing a song from G to Eb on guitar will upset most
guitarists.  Ask first (if you are not the guitarist.....) or your pianist
may not appreciate a song suddenly in C# .....

The idea is to try, try, try again until you match fluency on the instrument
to the vocal range you are aiming for.  A Cappella singing is always an option!

Good Luck!  I hope this helps a number of people out there!

Eilidh Swan
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Subject: Re: What is industrial music?
From: jsteiner@anwsun.phya.utoledo.edu (jason 'Think!' steiner)
Date: 9 Nov 92 16:12:47 EST
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easteee@wkuvx1.bitnet writes:
> What exactly is 'industrial' music?

this question is the source of some of the longest threads on 
rec.music.industrial. but that's not about to keep me from taking
a stab at it. :^)

industrial music is generally harsh, synthetic, and quite percussive.

there are exceptions, but most of the time those three elements will
be in evidence to some degree or another. and what a band lacks in 
one aspect will be made up for in another.

hmm. it'd be interesting to rate a few bands i know & see how they match
up... think i'll do that. (i'll use a rating of 1-5 stars, 1 being least,
5 being most. won't be very precise, but it'll do for now.)

			harsh	synth.	percussive

Mortal			***	*****	***
JYRADELIX		*	*****	*****		} "Christian" bands
Painted Orange		**	*****	**
old Mad At The World	*	*****	**

Depeche Mode		*	*****	*
Ministry		*****	***	***
old NIN			***	*****	***		} "secular" bands
new NIN			****	**	***
Crash Worship		****	*	*****
Nitzer Ebb		***	*****	*****

feel free to correct me or offer different opinions. i can see several
places where i could dispute myself. a ten point system would be a little
better, but this is ok for the moment.

would it be of use to anyone to maintain a list like this? i myself would
like to be able to place, say Circle of Dust before i buy. it's not as
good as listening to it first, but info is info.

jason			****	*	***

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