On Fri, 21 May 1999 Tmoynihan@xxxxxxx wrote:
>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.
Isn't it /Building A Mystery/? I don't know, as the only song by
SM that I like currently is /Adia/. For my musical tastes, see
http://student.ucr.edu/~siddim01/pl.html
>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.
So this gruop is rated "G"? As in 'groovy' huh?
--
"I don't know how to leave you / And I don't know how to stay / I got
things that I must tell you / That I don't know how to say / ... / And
talking don't come easy / When the words get in the way / ... / The truth
would look so easy now / But I'm running out of lies / ... / All I have
are yesterdays / Tomorrow never comes / ...."
[wow, what a ballad] --/All I Want Is Everything/ Def Leppard
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