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Thread #110341 Message #2314196
Posted By: deleuran
13-Apr-08 - 08:49 AM
Thread Name: Lyr ADD: Don't Try It for It Can't Be Done
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Don't Try - Riley Puckett
It's not a bad Idea, Dick, and it could be fun to see some creative thinking, finding alternative lines, but I go for the line: "You might spring water, folks, punching the bag"
It sounds like it is what Puckett sings.
Another thing is, that we don't always have to go for the correct lyrics. We can make our own. It has been done a lot in the old days. Yesterday I got a CD, with recordings from the medicine shows in the 20's and 30's. There was a great one with Gid Tanner & His Skilled Lickers: "It ain't Gonne Rain No More" I liked it and looked up the lyrics on the internet, and found it, I thought. The melody is the same, the chorus is the same, but the verses has completely different words. And funny too.
So your idea of triggering new ideas is not bad. On the contrary. It could be fun.