[78-L] Bad news on record

Michael Biel mbiel at mbiel.com
Thu Jul 9 16:10:08 PDT 2009


From: soundthink at aol.com
> Then there's Shel Silverstein's "25 Minutes to Go," in which the
> condemned prisoner counts down the minutes before his demise and
> actually gets hanged while singing the song, never finishing his
> last verse. 
> "One more minute to go! And now I'm swinging and here I gooooooooooo!"
> Cary Ginell

Sorta like the Bjork movie "Dancer In the Dark".  But I kinda like
Shel's song "Boa Constrictor" otherwise known as "I'm Being Eaten By A
Boa Constrictor".  There have been several other recordings of the Boa
song.  Anybody else record his 25 Minutes To Go?

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com






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