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Thread #97435   Message #3382610
Posted By: GUEST,Grishka
28-Jul-12 - 06:43 AM
Thread Name: Folk Songs That Hit the Charts as Pop Songs
Subject: RE: Folk Songs That Hit the Charts as Pop Songs
Like many threads started by Joe, often years ago, this one makes interesting reading. "A Guy Is a Guy" is the very rare case that almost unchanged old lyrics appeared as if freshly written (- melodies are much easier to adapt). The adaptation here was heavy bowdlerization, but nevertheless the song was perceived as risqué in the sense of progressive relaxation of taboos in the USA. I do not see anything else like this in the above lists, among those songs that I know at all.