Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/3/84; site harvard.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!lo From: lo@harvard.ARPA (Bert Lo) Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Re: The artist of a silly song, anyone? Message-ID: <88@harvard.ARPA> Date: Fri, 12-Oct-84 21:01:50 EDT Article-I.D.: harvard.88 Posted: Fri Oct 12 21:01:50 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 14-Oct-84 04:43:13 EDT References: <149@ssc-vax.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Aiken Computation Laboratory, Harvard Lines: 23 > I know that I'm inviting a flood of responses, but I'll open the gates anyway. > While driving Calif. -> NY over the summer, I heard a song as I was leaving > Salt Lake City, but they didn't anounce the title or who sang it. The chorus > was: > > "Everybody run, > The homecoming queen's got a gun..." > > and it concerned a homecoming queen who was gunning down teachers and students > at a homecoming parade. It was a pretty silly song, and I'd love to know > who recorded it and where I could pick it up and if she's recorded anything > else. Does this ring a bell with anyone? > > -- Mark A. > ...uw-beaver!ssc-vax!adolph The name of the song is, of course, "The Homecoming Queen's Got A Gun". It's by Julie Brown. You might remember her from "I Like 'Em Big & Stupid", a song whose lyrics were posted here during the period of stupid lyric mania. In fact, those two songs are the B and A side's respectively of her indie 12". Bert Lo lo@harvard.ARPA