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 Post subject: This lede does not sing
PostPosted: Tue Jun 22, 2004 6:51 pm 
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — There’s no song like “Over the Rainbow.”<p>Yep, that's the lede on the AFI's list of 100 top U.S. movie songs. I'm not sure how it could be worse.


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 Post subject: Re: This lede does not sing
PostPosted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 6:11 pm 
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Yeah, well, there's no song like this one, either, but I don't see it on the top of any lists.


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 Post subject: Re: This lede does not sing
PostPosted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 12:50 pm 
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<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by EMorse:
Yeah, well, there's no song like this one, either<hr></blockquote>Ah, but there is! Eric Idle ripped off the tune of "Sing As We Go," published in 1934 by Harry Parr Davies, and wrote new lyrics for Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album. <p>"Never Be Rude to an Arab," on the other hand...


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