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From: andrew@inmet.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Re: Just a short Heuy Lewis question
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Date: Sat, 28-Jul-84 08:07:07 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jul 28 08:07:07 1984
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Nf-From: inmet!andrew    Jul 27 14:00:00 1984

> 	After driving 2500 miles across this fruited-plain country of ours,
> listening to the radio, I realized that there are different versions of the
> Heart of Rock & Roll.  As near as I could tell, Huey spent some time dubbing in
> the names of most major cities near the end of the song.  In 6 days, I counted
> no less than 4 different versions.

It's not a new idea.  25 years ago, a guy named Tommy Facenda recorded *28*
different versions of "High School U.S.A.", each of them mentioning high
schools in a different metropolitan area.  Ready?  They were: Virginia, NYC,
NC/SC, Washington DC, Philadelphia, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Minneapolis/St. Paul,
FL, Newark, Boston, Cleveland, Buffalo, Hartford CT, Nashville, IN, Chicago,
New Orleans, St. Louis, AL/GA, Cincinnati, Memphis, L.A., S.F., TX, Seattle/
Portland, Denver, and OK.

A sample line, from the Boston version:

"They come from Somerville and Lexington
 South Boston and Arlington
 Norwood, Milton, my oh my
 Watertown and Brighton High
 Chelsea, Everett, Newton too
 Well I wanna do the high school bop with you!"

Much more recently, Terry Cashman released a novelty single, "Talkin' Baseball"
with a different version for each major league team.  And wasn't there
something called "My Town" within the past year or so, based on the same idea?
 
Andrew W. Rogers		...{harpo|ihnp4|ima|esquire}!inmet!andrew