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I'm a little confused, CH, I listened to both those clips and I didn't notice the major lyrics changes?
by Metatone (metatone [a|t] gmail (dot) com) on Sat Jan 3rd, 2009 at 05:57:35 AM EST
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They are imo minor but significant. Somewhat like a 'wardrobe malfunction'.

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by Sven Triloqvist on Sat Jan 3rd, 2009 at 06:28:09 AM EST
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Can you list what they are?
by Metatone (metatone [a|t] gmail (dot) com) on Sat Jan 3rd, 2009 at 06:42:06 AM EST
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CH was comparing the Little Willie John lyrics to Peggy Lee's version(s) which do not include the Willie 3rd verse and substitute a verse about Romeo and Juliet - thus turning it into a song alluding to romantic rather than sexual love.

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by Sven Triloqvist on Sat Jan 3rd, 2009 at 07:04:22 AM EST
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See, I knew I was confused!

Thanks, now I'll go look for a LWJ recording.

by Metatone (metatone [a|t] gmail (dot) com) on Sat Jan 3rd, 2009 at 07:07:48 AM EST
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The Little Willie version of fever is the second original CH video post

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by Sven Triloqvist on Sat Jan 3rd, 2009 at 07:27:53 AM EST
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And the writers added a fourth verse to Peggy's version, which makes me puke.

"Captain Smith and Pocahantas
had a very mad affair
when her daddy tried to kill him
Daddy no don't you dare
He gives me Fever."

I don't get that Love had much play in LWJ's version.  He got so feverish, he was gettin' a bit violent, which was also a part of post-slave culture.

Where's rg when you need him, to put up a bit of Scriabin.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Sat Jan 3rd, 2009 at 08:10:20 AM EST
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Jellyroll, rock and roll, little red roosters, fish swim so deep, tow me across the pond, etc, the black roots that rock thieved were always bluntly sexual.  

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by Sven Triloqvist on Sat Jan 3rd, 2009 at 08:23:45 AM EST
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