[78-L] Bad news on record

[David Lennick]

Michael Biel wrote:
> 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
> 
> 
Does he sing it in real time? No wonder he came up with "26 Second Song" in the 
70s.

Speaking of Boa Constrictor, don't forget Slitheree Dee.

And while I was half ignoring these posts, did you mention the Smothers 
Brothers "Chocolate" song in connection with the fact that someone really did 
die in a vat of chocolate yesterday?

dl