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Doug Pearson
jasret at MINDSPRING.COM
Thu Sep 20 16:27:56 EDT 2001
On Thu, 20 Sep 2001 16:16:39 -0400, Eric Siegerman <erics at TELEPRES.COM>
wrote:
>They want things safe, and they play "Lola"?!? They must not
>actually listen to the songs on their playlist...
... don't forget that when it originally came out, the song was banned by
the BBC ... not because of the subject matter, but because it mentions the
brand name "Coca-Cola"! (Allegedly, Ray Davies had to fly back to London
in the middle of an American tour to go back into the studio and sing the
word "cherry", so it could be dubbed over the offending trademark.)
-Doug
jasret at mindspring.com
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