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Laurie Anderson – Example #22 Lyrics	15 years ago
For a long time, I thought the spoken-word tape loop in the middle was also German. However, it is actually a woman (Anderson?) saying, "It was a red marker, and it said . . ." played backwards.

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Bruce Springsteen – I'm on Fire Lyrics	20 years ago
I've always wondered if this wasn't the shortest song to break the top 40 (or 20, or however high on the charts it got).

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Paul Simon – Graceland Lyrics

20 years ago

The line about the girl who calls herself the human trampoline always makes me think of a bit of Terry Gilliam's animation in an episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus. It shows a smiling woman in a bikini with a stomach like a beach ball lying on her back as tiny, little men jump on her belly and use her as a . . . You guessed it! She said losing love is like being Napolean. Everybody sees you're Bonaparte.

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Paul Simon – 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover Lyrics	20 years ago
These are by far the weakest lyrics Paul Simon ever wrote, and it's amazing that the song was a hit.

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Paul Simon – You Can Call Me Al Lyrics	20 years ago
Like madawab, I've always loved the bass solo on this song (which is 2 measures, not 4). On VH1's Behind the Record, Paul said the solo is 1 measure of bass solo spliced to the same solo played in reverse!

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