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Originally Posted by oldredracer
1A - I am
2B - Oh I don't know. A Japanese country group singing phonetic Gram Parsons like a dubbed foreign movie? " In SOUTH CARORINA..."
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Small hijack, but on still on topic. Years ago I bought a Japanese issued CD of the "Sleepless Nights" album, which at the time wasn't available on CD in the US. The lyrics sheet inside was a best effort attempt to translate into English. Lots of funny changes, but one even made it to the wall of the dressing room of Emmylou's Nash Ramblers.
If you know the song
"The Angels Rejoiced", you'll appreciate this one.
Instead of ".......The angels rejoiced in heaven last night,
I heard my Daddy pray, dear God make it right"
They translated it to "....The angels rejoiced in heaven last night,
I heard my daddy pray "dear god make it rhyme"
Gram might have prayed that way too on a binge night while songwriting
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