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From: kebarnes@memstvx1.memst.edu Newsgroups: alt.rush-limbaugh,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh Subject: RUSH'S 'HIT' LIST (updated) Message-ID: <1993Jan25.180515.5210@memstvx1.memst.edu> Date: 25 Jan 93 18:05:15 -0600 Organization: Memphis State University Lines: 288

Posted here is the most recent version of the themes/updates list which has been discussed here in past weeks.

If there are any corrections or additions that need to be done, cooperation of EIB listeners (especially those who have listened for more than a year) from across the fruited plain is appreciated. Reply to either address posted below. If possible, please use an authoritative source to confirm the performers/composers in your contributions.

Obscure update themes which are of historical interest, particularly those which are about particular people, and the circumstances of the time they aired, are especially appreciated.

Without further ado, from the "grooveyard of forgotten favorites," here's

RUSH LIMBAUGH: THE 'HIT' LIST

compiled and edited by Ken Barnes (75320.711@compuserve.com, KEBARNES@msuvx1.memst.edu)

EIB Network Theme: "My City Was Gone" performed by The Pretenders from the album LEARNING TO CRAWL

UPDATE THEMES:

Peace Update: "Una Paloma Blanca" sung by Slim Whitman the very first update, tweaking the unilateral disarmament/peace/nuclear freeze movement

Animal Rights Update: "Born Free" performed by Andy Williams w/ added sound effects, and occasional additional lyrics in the chorus by Rush: "...EAT BEEF... for beef is de-li-cious ...beef is nu-tri-tious...." to tweak the veggies out there Also, TV theme from "Flipper" if the story is about dolphins

Feminist Update: Originally "Born A Woman" (containing lyrics "If you're born a woman, you're born to be hurt...") performed by Sandy Posey+ Rush often clarified the chorus: "That's_hurt_... not_heard_..." Briefly "Maybe I Mean Yes" performed by Holly Dunn from the album ? during the flap about her song allegedly encouraging "date rape" Currently "Men" performed by The Forester Sisters* from the album TALKIN' 'BOUT MEN with added soundbites sampled from a Washington D.C. NOW/pro-choice rally: "We're FIERCE... we're FEMINISTS... and we're IN YOUR FACE!"

+Information supplied by Joseph Dougherty (jdough@unf6.cis.unf.edu) *Information confirmed by Bob Chang (76427.2100@compuserve.com)

Homeless Update: "Ain't Got No Home" performed by Clarence 'Frogman' Henry

Trivia: John Switzer (74076.1250@compuserve.com, jrs@netcom.com) reports that "Ain't Got No Home" was featured in the 1987 teen vampire film "The Lost Boys"! (One of the Coreys sang it in the bathtub.) Confirmed by Steve Tilson (sdt8s@curry.edschool.Virginia.EDU).

Condom Update: "Up, Up, And Away (In My Beautiful Balloon)" performed by The 5th Dimension

Dr. Jack Kervorkian/Death Update: Was "The End" by The Doors (edited) from the album THE DOORS Currently "And When I Die" by Blood, Sweat & Tears* from the album BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS

*Thanks to Don Wiggins (wiggins@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu) and David Budd (budd@playfair.stanford.edu) for identifying this new theme

Environmental Update*: "Tiptoe Through The Tulips"? by Tiny Tim

KB axz: Does anyone else remember this one? I think it's ancient history, since I don't recall ever having heard it.

*Information courtesy of Tracy Atteberry (attebery@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu)

Spotted Owl/Timber Update: "The Lumberjack" by Jackyl*

* Confirmed by David Lovely (dlovely@meaddata.com) and Ron Dippold (rdippold@cancun.qualcom.com)

Earth Summit Update*: "Heading To Rio"? by Peter Allen?

* Information provided by T. Atteberry (see above)

Sexual Harassment Update: "My Eyes Adored You" performed by Frankie Valli (w/o the Four Seasons)

Women In The Locker Room Update*: "Where The Boys Are" sung by Connie Francis

* Information provided by T. Atteberry (see above)

Native American Update: "Indian Reservation (The Lament Of A Cherokee Reservation Indian)" performed by Paul Revere And The Raiders* off the album INDIAN RESERVATION w/ added sound effects of war whoops and drumbeats, along with soundbite samples from Atlanta Braves crowd noise? aired during brief controversy fomented by Russell Means? and various "Indian civil rights leaders" over the Braves' fans' "tomahawk chop" and the names of certain sports teams

*Thanks to Angelia Sparrow (asparrow@cs.umr.edu) for providing the name of the artist. Confirmations of this information would be most helpful.

President Slick Willie Update: "Pressure" by Billy Joel from the album THE NYLON CURTAIN (KB's suggested slow tempo alternate: "Behind Blue Eyes" by The Who, off the album WHO'S NEXT. Vicious-- but it fits.)

"Mrs. Bill Clinton" Update: "Hail To The Chief" accompanied by a soundbite sample of Hillary cackling in response to a question about what she thinks of Rush

(HHS Secretary) Donna Shalala Update*: "Shalala" a takeoff on "Layla" by Derek And The Dominos off the album LAYLA AND OTHER ASSORTED LOVE SONGS (HHS is the Department of Health and Human Services, for those of you in Rio Linda. She's part of the "cabinet that looks like America.")

*Thanks to Colette Marine (cdm@nmu.edu), Gregory Halbrook (gsh@iti.org), and EIB historian (nay, valedictorian) John Switzer for reporting this new update. Y'all look like America.

Slick Willie Campaign Update: "Charming Billy" by Johnny Preston?*

*Information contributed by J. Switzer (see above)

Ross Perot (Campaign) Update (1992 and beyond): "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" by ? (composer) two tempos, depending on Ross' success as a candidate, the slow tempo version is alleged to be from the DOCTOR STRANGELOVE soundtrack Also, the [TV theme from "Secret Agent" followed by the]* James Bond 007 theme was used at times, in the "Perotnoia" version of the update, because Rush thought Perot would be a classic James Bond villain, and, I suppose, because of (V.P. candidate) Admiral Stockdale's first two names, James... Bond...

*Information in brackets provided by J. Switzer (see above)

Democratic Primary Update (1992): "The Impossible Dream" sung by Ethel Merman? from the musical MAN OF LA MANCHA back when President Bush's approval was at a record high

(Former CA Gov.) Jerry Brown* Campaign? Update (1992): "You're No Good" performed by Linda Ronstadt off the album HEART LIKE A WHEEL Seems Gov. Moonbeam and Ms. Ronstadt were a item for a while, so where_else_could Rush turn for a theme? Dial 1-800-JERRY'S EX!

* thanks to Kurt Ludwick (kel111@psuvm.psu.edu) of the Memory Division of the LIFACS for recalling who this was the theme for. [That's Limbaugh Institute For Advanced Conservative Studies, for those of you in Rio Linda, CA...]

(Sen.) Ted Kennedy Update: "The Philanderer" performed by a Teddy K soundalike to the tune of Dion's 1962 hit "The Wanderer" also, "Kenne-day-o" performed by a Harry Belafonte soundalike to the tune of 1956 hit "The Banana Boat Song (Day-O)" during the Palm Beach rape trial of Teddy's nephew William K. Smith

(N.Y. Gov.) Mario "Coomo" Update: (as pronounced by The REVEREND Jackson) "I Put A Spell On You" performed by Screamin' Jay Hawkins* referencing Cuomo's nominating speech at the 1988? DNC (Democratic National Convention, for those of you in Rio Linda) as well as his propensity for sabotaging the Democratic Presidential nominees by talking about their "courage to raise taxes" n' such

*megadittos to A. Sparrow (see above) for providing the artist's name

(U.S. Rep.) Patsy Schroeder Update: "The Bitch Is Back" performed by Elton John from the album CARIBOU

(Sen.) Carol Moseley Braun Update: "Movin On Up" theme by Jeff Barry and Ja'net Du Bois* from the TV sitcom "The Jeffersons"

*dittos to the omnipresent J. Switzer for reporting this new theme, and to John Petterchak (japg6581@uxa.cso.uiuc. edu) for confirming the artist

(Fo'ma D.C. Mayor) Marion Barry Update: (as pronounced by Mike Tyson) "The No No No Song"? by Ringo Starr (edited) containing the lyrics "No, No, No... I Don't Smoke It No More" aired during Barry's indictment/conviction for 'crack' possession

Gulf War Update: Wicked Witch's Guards' March from THE WIZARD OF OZ soundtrack aired during the "Wo" (as pronounced by Sen. Sam Nunn) mocking CNN's ponderous kettledrums on "War In The Gulf"

'General' David Dinkins (N.Y.C. Mayor) Update: "General David Dinkins ...Where Are You?" a takeoff on TV show theme for "Car 54, Where Are You?"

KB sez: I believe this theme to be referring to Dinkins' frequent foreign trips. NY/NJ Yankees please confirm.

Gorbasm/Gorbachev Update: "Imperial March" composed by John Williams from THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK soundtrack symbolic of the evil empire of the U.S.S.R. as described by President Ronald Reagan

Anita Hill Update: "She's Come Undone" by The Guess Who during/after the confirmation mudwrestling for Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas

Pee-Wee Herman Update: "Beat It" performed by Michael Jackson from the album THRILLER w/ added sound bites sampled from "Pee-Wee's Playhouse" "Oh... It's Mr. Baloney!" aired during Paul Reubens' indecent exposure trial

(U.S. Rep.) Barney Frank Update: "My Boy Lollipop" by Millie Small after Frank admitted having been "suckered" by live-in lover/gay prostitute Steven Gobie

AIDS Update: "I'll Never Love This Way Again" by Dionne Warwick A VERY short-lived bit, intended to protest ACT-UP's tactics. Rush "pushed the envelope" a little too far with this one, kind of like with the "Caller Abortion".

Further corrections/confirmations/additions wanted!

? (question mark) indicates the information is uncertain/unreliable/unknown ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sources: The Way Things Ought To Be, by Rush H. Limbaugh, Simon And Schuster, 1992

"Bull Rush" by Peter J. Boyer, Vanity Fair, May 1992

"Rush Limbaugh: Talking Back" by Terry Eastland, The American Spectator, September 1992

The Penguin Encyclopedia Of Popular Music, Donald Clarke, ed. Viking/Penguin 1989

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