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mmb	Rewriting someone else's song (85* d)	RE: Rewriting someone else's song	09 Nov 02
I can't recall who it was, but back in the 60's or 70's, someone who recorded "Eleanor Rigby" placed a disclaimer on the album notes, giving a reason for changing one word in the song. Can anyone help me - Joan Baez, Simon & Garfunkel??? The reason I think of that example is related directly to the "Swimming to the Other Side" reference in the posting that started this thread. I recall a teacher who really loved the song and wanted to teach it to her class. Except her children's parents were of a particularly conservative religious stance, and would have had fits at the lyric "We can worship the ground we walk on." She never did use that song with that class - at least not that year. M.

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