Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!amd!decwrl!decvax!cca!ima!inmet!andrew From: andrew@inmet.UUCP Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Re: Re: Just a short Heuy Lewis question Message-ID: <1660@inmet.UUCP> Date: Sat, 28-Jul-84 08:07:07 EDT Article-I.D.: inmet.1660 Posted: Sat Jul 28 08:07:07 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 30-Jul-84 01:31:53 EDT Lines: 28 Nf-ID: #R:tekig1:-171900:inmet:6600197:000:1373 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