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From:
Niels P. Mayer
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Date:
Wed, 27 Dec 95 03:36:59 -0800
Subject:
(idm) help with a massive attack verse
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Quoth "the old man with a rave name <mwgarey@onramp.net>" :
quoted 11 lines i realize this is probably Not the forum, but i'm guessing> i realize this is probably Not the forum, but i'm guessing > there Must be at least some Massive Attack fans here. > > i'm trying to ascertain what is being said in the first verse > of the chorus from Be Thankful For What You've Got ( Blue Lines ). > > i'm hearing: > ... > my friend is hearing: > > diamonds in the back <- ( huh? )
I think your friend is right. Or go check the original from 1974 "Be Thankful For What You Got" by William DeVaughn (available in rerelease on Rhino's "Soul Hits of the 70's vol. 12 (didn't it blow your mind)") =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= == Niels Mayer (mayer@netcom.com) == == "When your hammer is C++, everything begins to look like a thumb." == == -- Steve Haflich, smh@Franz.COM, 12/31/94. == =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=