[78-L] Song "The Broken Record"

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This wasn't a 78, but it's too good to pass up. Punk pioneer Iggy Pop made an LP in the 70s called "Lust For Life" (you've heard the title track on a Carnival Cruise commercial), and one of the songs, "Some Weird Sin" has a spot where a skip in exactly the right place makes him sing the line "Trying to break through / trying to break through / trying to break through / trying to break through" over and over for as long as you can stand to listen to it. We'd play that for an hour sometimes, if we were trying to clear out a party or something.

--
Steve.

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From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> One answer..when a chunk breaks and you realign it, especially if it's a 
> moon-shaped break, there will probably be a deep spot between the two pieces 
> where the needle will catch.
> 
> Interesting that the phrase still sticks (so to speak) and means refers to 
> someone who keeps repeating the same idea or dogma (not that that could 
> describe anyone who's recently been posting to this forum, perish the thought).
> 
> G'bye
> G'bye
> G'bye
> G'bye
> 
> Ya know what I am? I'm a little broken record.
> 
> (Beatrice Kay.."Hooray Hooray I'm Goin' Away")
> 
> Mae Questel had a good version as well.
> 
> dl
> 
> Taylor Bowie wrote:
> > I've got another idea...something has been bothering me about a song lyric 
> > ever since I first heard it 30 years ago.
> > 
> > You know that silly novelty tune from late '35 called "The Broken Record"? 
> > There are several versions of it including a Mound City Blue Blowers on 
> > Champion and a Freddy Martin on Br (my taste or lack thereof runs the 
> > gamut).
> > 
> > OK...at one point the lyric makes mention about how,  while playing said 
> > record of the title,  that "the needle stuck on the broken half,  and kept 
> > playing, and saying...."
> > 
> > HOW is this possible?  I mean...how the Hell can ONE half of the record be 
> > broken without the other half being just as broken?  "The broken half"...and 
> > the other half is....intact?
> > 
> > This has always been one of the most irritating examples of lazy lyric 
> > writing I could think of...help me achieve "closure" on this so I can move 
> > on to,  and obsess about,  some other example of  musical/verbal idiocy!
> > 
> > Taylor
> > 
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