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From: jrrt@hogpd.UUCP (R.MITCHELL)
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Subject: Lyrics that EIA like...
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Date: Thu, 25-Oct-84 15:34:03 EDT
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Favorite lyrics?  A lot depends on how well the lyrics are integrated with 
the tune, but great stand-alone lyrics can be found on almost any
Jim Steinman song.  "Paradise By the Dashboard Light" is my favorite.

As I think about it, I realize that my favorite lyrics always involve
musical "stories" that have plot, characterization, etc.  Examples of
fine musical stories include:

Almost anything by Harry Chapin (e.g. "WOLD," "Cat's in the Cradle," and
   that unknown classic about Man's Drive For Perfection, "Six-string
   Orchestra")
The Coasters' "Along Came Jones" 
Much of Gordon Lightfoot (e.g. "Don Quixote" and "The Wreck of the Edmund
   Fitzgerald")

Rob Mitchell  {allegra,ihnp4}!hogpd!jrrt

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