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From: myers@uwvax.UUCP (Jeff Myers)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: Worst Song Lyrics (Offensive)
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Date: Wed, 24-Oct-84 12:07:01 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct 24 12:07:01 1984
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> 
> My candidate for the worst lyrics of all time -- and I'm surprised
> that nobody else has brought it up yet -- is the following song
> from "Jesus Christ Superstar" by Webber & Rice.  Supposedly the
> Jews are singing it to Jesus.
> 
> 	Ho-sanna, Hey-sanna, Sanna, Sanna, Ho,
> 	Sanna Hey, Sanna Ho Saaa Naaaaa...
> 	Hey, J.C., J.  C.,
> 	You're all right by me!
> 	Sanna Hey, Sanna Ho, Superstar!
> 

If these are the worst lyrics of all time, then all music must be pretty
wonderful and sophisticated (perhaps the original poster is joking?!).

I find that they lend exactly the right air of pretentious/shallow/non-holy
adulation of the mass of the masses at that time in the story.

Make the lyrics fit the mood (apologies to Gilbert & Sullivan).

Jeff Myers