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Thread #37513   Message #523572
Posted By: Rick Fielding
08-Aug-01 - 12:41 PM
Thread Name: Sexist lyric? Change it or ....?
Subject: RE: Sexist lyric? Change it or ....?
Laughin' My head off Barry! That happened to me during Leezie Lindsay as well. Two seconds after "Ronald MacDonald" I burst out laughing and screwed up the whole song! Talk about the power of advertising! Well I caved in to the Big Mac and "Ronald" has become "Donald" forevermore.

One problem for those who DO mix "Commie/Pinko" songs with traditional ones (as I do) is that often there are people in the audience who are just waiting to jump on a word or phrase, and loudly let you know about it. Unless you can match their agressiveness REALLY quickly, the performance can go down hill rapidly. I've found that singers "from across the pond" can deal with it much better than American or Canadian ones can. We simply don't have words equivalent to "Bollocks, Shite", or my favourite, "Oi! Shut yer Gob!"

Rick