[78-L] Bad news on record

[Robert Shirer]

Hi all,
Some have mentioned the Smothers Brothers Chocolate song, but they also did 
a wonderful version of "Hangman, Hangman Slack Your Rope", which resulted in 
in "slack it for a gllllp. . . . "  Quite gruesome, if you think about it.

And with specific reference to StevenC's reference of the teenage death 
songs of the fifties and early sixties, Steve Goodman did a wonderful medley 
of,. as he put it, "dead girl songs" which is on the 2 CD compilation of his 
wonderful stuff: "No Big Surprise: the Steve Goodman Anthology".   He wanted 
to borrow a cowboy hat from the audience, but all they had was a motorcycle 
helmut.  So he did "Born to be Wild", followed by "Teen Angel", "Tell Laurie 
I Love Her", and, as he said, "I'll never have another chance to sing this": 
"(Laurie) Strange Things Happen". I don't have the specific information, but 
Rounder put out an lp, many years ago, with a range of teenage suicide 
songs; it grandly included a kleenix dispenser.  I kindly gave my brother 
and sister copies, but hadn't the wit to buy one for myself.  Oh well. . .
Cheers,
Bob Shirer
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steven C. Barr" <stevenc at interlinks.net>
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Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 8:55 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Bad news on record


> Also, we mustn't forget all the doleful msical tales of the late 
> fifties...
> like "Tell Laura I Love Her" (and others I can't recall) in which the
> singer/protagonist gets in a fatal automobile accident...?!
>
> ...stevenc
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