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Posted by jfm ^® , Sep 20,2003,13:23

...you really need to find a copy of "Opening Act" by Ugly Duckling. It's on the Taste the Secret, which is pretty good all the way through (it's a concept album about a fast-food place called Meatshake, where they put meat in everything on the menu). But "Opening Act" is a classic -- "We're the opening act/ We do a couple songs and then we don't come back/ and when we finish we'll be hopin' you clap". The best part is at the end when the guy tries to engage the crowd in call-and-response: "Say 'I wanna rock right now,' everybody -- (crowd chatter, glasses clinking) -- say 'I wanna rock right now,' somebody -- (crickets chirping) -- say 'I wanna rock right now,' anybody -- (girl's voice calls out from the back, "You guys suck")"

It's painful, but funny.

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Posted by Sony of America ^® , Sep 20,2003,16:15

Someone at KFAR has a copy of that, because I've heard it before. Now I'll have to track it down and listen to the whole thing.

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Posted by zilla ^® , Sep 20,2003,17:11

I got one called 'opening band'

sounds like theirs is better

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Posted by jfm ^® , Sep 21,2003,13:25

Not better. But it is more hip-hop-ish. Got a DJ yet, zilla?

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Posted by zilla ^® , Sep 21,2003,14:57

no dj yet, but I used to be one spinning prince tunes for the kids