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That day--our "feast of Crispian"--won more than a simple victory. We came together as a school, watching and celebrating and relaxing. Ahren Rittershaus wrote "Die Prep" with duct tape on his sweatshirt, and during the second half, we sang TV theme songs from "Different Strokes" to "The Jeffersons...
...very next day the sponsor called up and said, "Fine. We'll print the lyrics if that's what you want," and my balloon went pfffffffffft. I did the concert, and the words to Solidarity Forever were there in the program, and the audience sang all four verses lustily, including, "They have taken untold millions that they never toiled to earn./ But without our brain and muscle, not a single wheel can turn./ We can break their haughty power, gain our freedom, when we learn/ That the union makes us strong...
...Duritz's new lyrics to the song, which included the introduction of words from "So You Wanna Be a Rock and Roll Star" by The Byrds. Reflecting on the band's bittersweet feeling about their own fame--something that did not exist when the song was first written--Duritz sang, "We all wanna be big, big stars, but then we get second thoughts about that." He concluded almost whispering, "Mr. Jones and me, we don't see each other much anymore," hinting at the changes the band has gone through since it first became a hit four years...
Returning within a few moments to do it all over again, their encore opened with a 10 minute extended version of "Round Here" that featured lyrics from their unreleased "Barely Out of Tuesday" and "Private Archipelago" by the band Sordid Humor, for whom Duritz previously sang back-up vocals. The optimistic and cathartic "A Long December" followed, and the show ended with "Walkaways." Duritz remained on stage for a few extra minutes to talk with fans and thank them. He began by saying, "Some nights I'm really talkative. Tonight, I'm not." That was too bad. While Duritz certainly...
...YORK: If you can make it here, sang one particular Chairman of the Board, you can make it anywhere. Now what was true in the musicals is true in real life, and all the CEOs are singing it. Fortune magazine has shot the Big Apple straight in to the top of its list of North American cities to do business...