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Thread #31961   Message #418762
Posted By: GUEST,Timothy Cameron
15-Mar-01 - 10:27 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: It's Good News Week
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'It's Good News Week'
Welcome Bartholomew. Earlier today Martin Ryan guided me to an old thread from 1998, when somebody else had asked about "Good News Week", and there was a complete set of lyrics there which had the "sacred cow" lyrics. One of my fellow musicians here in Toronto also said there was something about a sacred cow, which has lead me to conclude that there are two versions of this song, because the version I have DOES NOT match the lyrics you and Martin sent me. One version must have been considered unsuitable for radio or something. Maybe the "lots of blood in Asia now" line was a bit much for an audience who were heading off to Viet Nam, so another vocal track was hastily done with alternate lyrics. I'll settle for the "sacred cow" version though if we can't solve this mystery. It sounds like Susan is listening to the same version as me. In a perverse way, I'm beginning to enjoy this quest. Are we having fun yet?