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Re: [OM] Re: Nat Geo reference

Subject: Re: [OM] Re: Nat Geo reference
From: Tmoynihan@xxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 18:54:30 EDT
In a message dated 99-05-21 17:37:25 EDT, you write:

<< >>> "Please don't take my Kodacrome away"
 >      Was this a song? or did you spoof the song here?
 
 Actually, it was another member who added that lyric. Gary Schloss maybe?
 
 Was it a song?  Ever heard of Simon and Garfunkel.  Hint: they are not New 
York clothiers! >>


I think "Kodachrome" was from Paul Simon's "There Goes Rhymin' Simon" album 
c. 1973 (?)  One of his first post-S&G albums.  "Kodachrome" is a good "blast 
from the past" song.  I grew up in the L.A. area, and all of the radio 
stations bleeped out the word "crap"  from the opening line:  "When I think 
back on all the crap I learned in high school/".  Language like that was much 
too strong for those ancient airways.

For a "blast from the present":  anybody heard the Sarah McLaughlan (sp?) 
song, "Working On a Mystery" lately?  Maybe because her songs are considered 
more cerebral than most, I've not yet heard any radio station (in the Dallas 
area) edit the line, "A beautiful f***ked up man."  Although one station I 
heard recently half-heartedly muted the word.  Curious double standard, since 
current songs with milder expletives do routinely get edited.

Mandatory photo content:  Now I know what they do at that Kodak building over 
by Love Field!

Mandatory Oly content:  Sure got some great Kodachrome pix years ago.  I must 
run some through my humble Miatani collection again soon!

Optional Apology:  for any offense on the McLaughlan song.  Not trying to 
take this group outside family-content bounds, but it is THE most striking 
example I have seen in years, both of boundary-pushing, and of musical double 
standards.

Regards,

Tom Moynihan

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