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    Posted: October 02 2021 at 10:49
Now we got the Cooper Under our Wheels, let's glam to get our drug...

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LOL

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OK, in an attempt to relaunch the rewriting of Under My Wheels, I posted a link to the original lyrics in my first post of this thread. It would be a pity, imo, to deprive ourselves of this rewriting fun because of the tantrum of one of us (remember, the first 12 issues of this series didn't have the lyrics included at all and they all went down rather smoothly...)...

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Apparently my post and link last month to the general warning about copyrighted material that lives in the Site Rules and Guidelines section was either not seen or completely ignored. I have hidden several posts that contained full song lyrics. 

Further copyright violations will result in disciplinary action and thread locked. 

Thank you to those who have followed the policy and removed previously posted lyrics. Your help is appreciated. 

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Down Under is up, with partial lyrics.

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Ha, should I go for Sweet Home Alabama then? Just to bring about some indecision...? If not, Down Under will do for me: love that song!

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I vote for The Joker.  

Just to clarify, if the lyric is posted, you can only post a few lines at a time.  Once each section is used, the OP will have to remove them and replace them with the next few lines.  You can also post the link if the people changing the lyrics get ahead of the lines that are posted.  Posting a few lines at a time is okay, but we can't post the entire set of lyrics.  Or, you can just post the link at the top of the thread as Kees did in the last one.

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My vote goes to Men At Work - Down Under
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Here are some songs I have heard way too many times (maybe you have too) if you'll want to pick one:

Down Under (Men at Work)
Smoke on the water
Hungry Like the Wolf
Sweet Home Alabama
Piano Man (Billy Joel)
Brown Eyed Girl (Van Morrison)
Joker (Steve Miller)

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^ Well, start one you don't like and we will help you destroying it! Approve

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^ Okay, sillify for some songs, ...but denigrate for the ones I don't like
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Not denigrate...sillyfy ! (a word of my own making)
Building on some of the previous comments I believe the lyrics should be somewhat easily transferred into other words. So, take a line or two and think to yourself, how easily and humourously can this lyric be modified. Maybe this game should now have a poll added to decide which song to massacre next. Wink


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^ Ah, that's funny... I never looked at it from that perspective... I mean, I never had the idea that we were denigrating the original songs - I think they've proven their outstanding and everlasting qualities, so we will not be able to denigrate them. We're not making fun of them, but making fun with them, imo. Otherwise I would not have started all this.
With the first one, Hotel California, it was never my intention to denigrate that song, I love it - it's an all time classic for me. And I love all those original songs that we have "rewritten", so far. But I don't mind at all turning them into a joke, they can have it and it won't alter my admiration for those songs (even the Phil Collins one!). Beer

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^ For me, the tacky songs work because I have a hard time denigrating a song that is a good song or artistic (proggy). I also have a hard time denigrating a song I'm not familiar with.
Annoying songs i have heard way too many times are more fun to destroy, but thats just me.
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Originally posted by Easy Money Easy Money wrote:

Personally I think picking on annoying tacky songs (Sledgehammer, Hallelujah) works better for me than picking on good songs, but thats just me. Sorry I missed Rocky Mountain Way, that one's pretty tacky too.
What do others think?

Originally posted by Heart of the Matter Heart of the Matter wrote:

What about The Sphinx In The Face, by Van Der Graaf? It's got a rhythm and a rhyming that stick with you from the beginning, and yet it's a reasonably good song.

Like both ideas. I think the "tacky" songs have resonance with more PA members. The classic rock/pop hits seem to work well regarding participation (so, does this mean that we all here at PA are actually preferring the tacky/poppy music and that our love for prog is just an "attitude"? Wink)
But I think it is OK to alternate them with the more proggy songs, although I think a certain "popularity" or "accessibility" helps to get more participation... The more difficult prog songs wear out on participation on the long run (as we've seen with Pirates), but well... we sometimes have to take up a challenge...

All this, to say actually... nothing... Ermm

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^ Remember, the first dozen or so were done without the lyrics in the OP... I admit, it is more convenient with them, but a link does the job for me... It won't avoid some glitches from time to time, but that's part of the charm, I think.

Good to hear you have a big project at hand, if still not entirely solid... Something precious these times when one is working on project base (like I do, outside of my teaching things).

Anyway, jump in when you can/want!

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Sorry for bowing out on the KB. I was throwing a tantrum about not posting the lyrics. I will most likely avoid any that don't include the lyrics in the OP going forward.

Plus, this morning I got hired on as the Project Manager for a green field plant build and they have to be out of their current location by Jan 2023. I have no idea how I'm going to pull that off given that they still haven't closed on the purchase of the new build site and there are huge delays in getting building materials right now, especially little things like steel for roofing. Ermm

I may be jumping in and out from time to time and will try and contribute.
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