I have no words to describe this...

Mark E. Mallett mem at mv.mv.com
Wed Apr 4 14:23:24 EDT 2007


On Wed, Apr 04, 2007 at 01:02:50PM -0400, Mark E. Mallett wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 04, 2007 at 10:56:03AM -0500, mike miller wrote:
> > It may not be rap, but geek songs have been around for quite a while and 
> > not limited to one coast.  The one that I remember best from sometime in 
> > the '80s, don't know which coast, is "On the Xerox Line."
> > 
> > http://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb/user/ambar/lyrics/xerox-line
> 
> I believe that's called the "White Collar Holler" -- Stan Rogers classic
> for the punch-card generation.  I have it on LP :)

To talk to myself, here, this also makes me think of P.D.Q. Bach's
"Classical Rap" .  Dunno if it's online, but one transcription is:

   http://stunewsandphotos.blogspot.com/2006/06/pdq-bachs-classical-rap.html

It's on the Oedipus Wrecks CD, which has a Pathetic / Inane Lyrics
advisory.

mm


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