hidden music
Nigel E. Richardson
nigel at impolex.demon.co.uk
Thu Jan 18 04:10:40 CST 1996
> John Burgess writes:
> Just wanted to say that I, too, "hear" the music behind those
> off-the-wall lyrics. I guess that TRP is pushing some very deep buttons
> in the brains of many of his readers... at least those old enough to have
> a musical referent!
I've got a hunch they're all parodies, but the only one I'm 100%
sure of - and it took a couple of reading over the last decade or so
to click - is in the Kenosha Kid episode, which starts: "Got a hardon
in my fist,"and is, of course, "Bye Bye Blackbird". All together now....
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