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From: Marek W. Lugowski <think!harvard!seismo!iuvax!iuvax!marek>
Date: Sun, 8 Dec 85 18:13:04 est
Subject: M+M and racy lyrics
--> From: [me]
--> Subject: Martha and the Muffins
--> "do you suppose..." that being called "Martha and the Muffins" robbed
--> the band of prominence on the new music scene? After all, where is the
--> obligatory anal/phallic/political/medical/randomly-jarring reference?
> certainly in the lyrics:
> "Communication happens out on the floor
> They dance until two, fuck until four..."
> - ("What People do for Fun" -- _Danseparc_)
> - Rob Preston <ihnp4!hound!hejira -- AT&T Bell Labs>
Not fair. This is neither jarring nor representative. M+M has not used
the verb "fuck" before or after. If fact, you're quoting a unique event
in M+M's output: an explicitly sexual reference. Shame on you, as the saying
goes.
-- Marek
marek@indiana.csnet
...!pur-ee!iuvax!marek