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Subject: Re: RUSH'S 'HIT' LIST (additions)
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Date: 21 Dec 92 20:46:32 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]>, yours truly sez:

> In article <[e-mail]>,
> [e-mail] wrote, to much acclaim:
>
> Posted here is the most recent version of the themes/updates list which
> has been discussed here in past weeks.
>
> If there are any corrections or additions that need to be done,
> cooperation of EIB listeners (especially those who have listened for more
> than a year) from across the fruited plain is appreciated. Reply to either
> address posted below. If possible, please use an authoritative source to
> confirm the performers/composers in your contributions.
>
> Obscure update themes which are of historical interest, particularly those
> which are about particular people (was there a Mike Tyson Update?), and
> the circumstances of the time they aired, are especially appreciated.
>
> Without further ado, from the "grooveyard of forgotten favorites," here's
> an updated repost of:
>
> RUSH LIMBAUGH: THE 'HIT' LIST
>
> EIB Network Theme:
> "My City Was Gone" performed by The Pretenders
> from the album LEARNING TO CRAWL
>
> UPDATE THEMES:
>
> Peace Update:
> "Una Paloma Blanca" sung by Slim Whitman
> the very first update, tweaking the unilateral
> disarmament/peace/nuclear freeze movement
>
> Animal Rights Update:
> "Born Free" performed by Andy Williams
> w/ added sound effects, and occasional additional
> lyrics in the chorus by Rush: "...EAT BEEF...
> for beef is de-li-cious ...beef is nu-tri-tious...."
> to tweak the veggies out there
> Also, TV theme from "Flipper" if the story is about dolphins
>
> Feminist Update:
> Originally "Born A Woman"
> (containing lyrics "If you're born a woman, you're born to be
> hurt...") performed by Sandy Posey

Mega-dittos to Joeseph Dougherty ([e-mail])
from the Memory Division of the EIBIFACS (that's EIB Institute
For Advanced Conservative Studies, for those of you in Rio Linda)
for remembering this bit of musical trivia.

> Rush often said following the chorus: "That's hurt... not_heard_..."

> Briefly "Maybe I Mean Yes" performed by Holly Dunn
> during flap about her song allegedly encouraging "date rape"
> Currently "Men" performed by The Forester Sisters
> with added soundbites sampled from a Washington D.C.
> NOW/pro-choice rally: "We're FIERCE... we're
> FEMINISTS... and we're IN YOUR FACE!"
>
> Bob Chang 76427,[e-mail] confirmed that "Men"
> is sung by The Forester Sisters. I'm taking his word for it.
>
> Homeless Update:
> "Ain't Got No Home" performed by
> Clarence 'Frogman' Henry
>
> Correction to the above title courtesy Alex Krislov [SL13]
> 76703,[e-mail]. I must have had something against
> double negatives.
> John Switzer (see below), reports that "Ain't Got No Home"
> is featured in a scene in the 1987 teen vampire film
> "The Lost Boys." One of the Coreys is singing it in the
> bathtub. Which one?

Dittos to Steve Tilson ([e-mail])
for confirming the above story.

> Since Rush gives the start of EIB as August 1, 1988 I'm
> wondering if the listener who sent Rush the 45 of the song
> had seen the movie.
>
> Condom Update:
> "Up, Up, And Away (In My Beautiful Balloon)"
> performed by The 5th Dimension
>
> Dr. Jack Kervorkian/Death Update:
> "The End" by The Doors (edited)
> from the album THE DOORS
>
> Spotted Owl/Timber Update:
> "The Lumberjack" by Jackyl
>
> Dittos to David Lovely ([e-mail]) for confirming
> the above information, and to Ron Dippold
> ([e-mail]) for correcting the title.
> I was amazed it was a real song, and not just something the
> EIB production staff made up!
>
> Sexual Harassment Update:
> "My Eyes Adored You" performed by Frankie Valli
> (w/o the Four Seasons)
> For the sake of completeness, anyone know the album?
> I'd be ashamed to admit it, myself, but... you_can_email it.
>
> President Slick Willie Update:
> "Pressure" by Billy Joel
> from the album THE NYLON CURTAIN
> (KB's suggested slow tempo alternate: "Behind Blue Eyes"
> by The Who, off the album WHO'S NEXT. Vicious-- but it fits.)
>
> "Mrs. Bill Clinton" Update:
> "Hail To The Chief" accompanied by a
> soundbite sample of Hillary cackling in response
> to a question about what she thinks of Rush
>
> Slick Willie Campaign Update:
> "Charming Billy" by Johnny Preston
>
> Thanks to John Switzer 74076,[e-mail]
> Internet: [e-mail] for naming the artist above.
> I'll take his word for it.
>
> Ross Perot Campaign Update:
> "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" by ? (composer)
> two tempos, depending on Ross' success as a candidate,
> the slow tempo version is alleged to be from the
> DOCTOR STRANGELOVE soundtrack. Does anyone remember this?
> Also, the James Bond 007 theme was used at times, because
> Rush thought Perot would be a classic James Bond villain,
> and, I suppose, because of (V.P. candidate) Admiral
> Stockdale's first two names, James... Bond...
>
> John Switzer (see above), reports that the James Bond
> theme was introduced by the TV theme from "Secret
> Agent" in the alternate "Perotnoia Update."
> Anyone else remember?
>
> Democratic Primary Update (1992):
> "The Impossible Dream" sung by Ethel Merman
> from the musical MAN OF LA MANCHA
> back when President Bush's approval was at a record high
> What album? (You_can_email it...)
>
> (Sen.) Ted Kennedy Update:
> "The Philanderer" performed by a Teddy K. soundalike
> to the tune of Dion's 1962 hit "The Wanderer"
> also, "Kenne-day-o" performed by a Harry Belafonte soundalike
> to the tune of 1956 hit "The Banana Boat Song (Day-O)" during the
> Palm Beach rape trial of Teddy's nephew William K. Smith
>
> (U.S. Rep.) Patsy Schroeder Update:
> "The Bitch Is Back" performed by Elton John
> off the album CARIBOU
>
> (Fo'ma D.C. Mayor) Marion Barry Update:
> (as pronounced by Mike Tyson)
> "The No No No Song"? (edited)
> by Ringo Starr?
> containing the chorus "No, No, No... I Don't Smoke It No More"
> aired during Barry's indictment/conviction for 'crack' possession

The above artist/title information supplied by Joseph Dogherty
(see above) of the Memory Division. Any confirmations?

> Muammar Quadhaffi? Sadaam Hussein? Update:
> "You're No Good" performed by Linda Ronstadt
> off the album HEART LIKE A WHEEL
> Help me out here. Which of the two nogoodniks above was this
> update for?
>
> Gulf War Update:
> Wicked Witch's Guards' March
> from THE WIZARD OF OZ soundtrack
> aired during the "Wo" (as pronounced by Sen. Sam Nunn)
> mocking CNN's ponderous kettledrums on "WAR IN THE GULF"
>
> 'General' David Dinkins (N.Y.C. Mayor) Update:
> "General David Dinkins ...Where Are You?"
> a takeoff on TV show theme for "Car 54, Where Are You?"
> Tweaking Dinkins for frequent foreign trips, I think?
> N.Y.C. residents (or NY/NJ Yankees) please reply.
>
> Gorbasm/Gorbachev Update:
> "Imperial March" composed by John Williams
> from THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK soundtrack
> symbolic of the evil empire of the U.S.S.R. as described
> by President Ronald Reagan
>
> Anita Hill Update:
> "She's Come Undone" by The Guess Who
> during/after the confirmation mudwrestling for
> Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas
>
> Pee-Wee Herman Update:
> "Beat It" performed by Michael Jackson
> from the album THRILLER
> w/ added sound bites sampled from "Pee-Wee's Playhouse"
> "Oh... it's Mr. Baloney!"
> aired during Paul Reubens' indecent exposure trial
>
> (U.S. Rep.) Barney Frank Update:
> "My Boy Lollipop" by Millie Small
> after Frank admitted having been "suckered" by
> live-in lover/gay prostitute Steven Gobie
>
> AIDS Update:
> "I'll Never Love This Way Again" by Dionne Warwick
> A VERY short-lived bit, intended to protest ACT-UP's tactics.
> Rush "pushed the envelope" a little too far with this one,
> kind of like with the "Caller Abortion".
>
>
> [additional note: ? <question mark> means that the information
> listed is uncertain/unreliable/unknown]
>
> More corrections/confirmations/additions wanted...
>
> Sources:
>
> THE WAY THINGS OUGHT TO BE, by Rush Limbaugh, Simon and Schuster 1992
> "Bull Rush" by Peter J. Boyer, in Vanity Fair, May 1992
> "Rush Limbaugh: Talking Back" by Terry Eastland, in The American
> Spectator, September 1992
> THE PENGUIN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF POPULAR MUSIC, Donald Clarke (ed.)
> Viking/Penguin New York 1989
>
> and
>
> This, and other computer networks, and READERS LIKE YOU.
>

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