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-=== Real craziness ===+==== Real craziness ====
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-=== False craziness -- i.e., the self-congratulatory "I'm a rebellious free spirit" kind of craziness ===+==== False craziness -- i.e., the self-congratulatory "I'm a rebellious free spirit" kind of craziness ====
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-Perhaps eligible for a cross-ref to Songs with bad grammar because of the un-ironically used oxymoron "a little crazy" ("You know we're never gonna survive unless we get a little crazy"). Recalls the great Karen Black line from Can She Bake a Cherry Pie: "I'm almost not crazy anymore."+Perhaps could go in Songs with bad grammar because of the un-ironically used oxymoron "a little crazy" ("You know we're never gonna survive unless we get a little crazy"). Recalls the Karen Black line from Can She Bake a Cherry Pie: "I'm almost not crazy anymore."
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First line of //Whiter Shade of Pale//, Procol Harum, is, "We skipped the light fandango." First line of //Whiter Shade of Pale//, Procol Harum, is, "We skipped the light fandango."
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The common expression is "Trip(ped) the light fantastic." The common expression is "Trip(ped) the light fantastic."
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Wallflowers' album title is: Bringing Down the Horse. Wallflowers' album title is: Bringing Down the Horse.
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The common expression is "bring(ing) down the house." The common expression is "bring(ing) down the house."
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The standard //Side by Side// (I have it by Patsy Cline), goes "Oh, we ain't got a barrel of money." The standard //Side by Side// (I have it by Patsy Cline), goes "Oh, we ain't got a barrel of money."
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The common expression is "barrel of monkeys." The common expression is "barrel of monkeys."
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-====== Sign that technology is getting TOTALLY OUT OF CONTROL!!! (circa 1967) from Sonny Bono ======+====== Technology is getting TOTALLY OUT OF CONTROL!!! (circa 1967), Sonny Bono ======
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-//We're Not the Jet Set// -- George Jones +//We're Not the Jet Set// -- George Jones & Tammy Wynette
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-Pre-pc admitting to air polution, like "In the Summertime" and "Lay Down"+the pre-pc confessions of an air polluter
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 +I apologize for the profane and scatological but that's how it goes with parody lyrics
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-I apologize for the fact that these tend toward the profane or scatological. Unfortunately I think it's par for the course when dealing with parody lyrics +
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"Laxatives will happen / "Laxatives will happen /
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-to the tune of Elvis Costello's "Accidents Will Happen"+Elvis Costello's //Accidents Will Happen//
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-to the tune of Starship's "We Built This City"+Starship's //We Built This City//
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====== Thematic similarity in the lyrics of "Rock and Roll Waltz" Kay Starr and "Surrender" Cheap Trick ====== ====== Thematic similarity in the lyrics of "Rock and Roll Waltz" Kay Starr and "Surrender" Cheap Trick ======
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