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Old 28-09-2010, 22:00
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An absurd amount of time in my life has been taken up by staring at the screen on this forum trying to decode the acronyms used for songs on here :-)
You're not alone. Surely it's quicker to type out the title or part of the title than the alphabety spaghetti ...... quicker than the figuring em all out at least

or.. YNASIQTTOUTOPOTTTTASQTTFEAOAL
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Old 28-09-2010, 22:13
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An absurd amount of time in my life has been taken up by staring at the screen on this forum trying to decode the acronyms used for songs on here :-)
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Old 28-09-2010, 22:55
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Revol mentions every leader bar two of Russia/Soviet Union from 1917 til 2000, plus France (Napolean), and some others that have already been mentioned...
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Old 29-09-2010, 00:34
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It sells at market stalls, parades Milan catwalks - La Tristesse

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Old 29-09-2010, 01:49
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Sorry I used the acronymns as everyone else seems to especially in all those threads about "which album makes me want to eat pizza second most/what is the worst song to open a coconut to...etc."

Nice replies, thanks!

Wasnt Kevin Carter about a guy who took a photo somehwere in Africa? Where was Kevin Carter from?

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Old 29-09-2010, 03:03
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Kevin Carter is from South Africa.
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In Archives of pain they mention dictators like Amin (Uganda) and Milosevic among others.
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Old 29-09-2010, 08:58
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Bombay (or in more correct terms, "Mumbai") (Me and Stephen Hawking)
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Old 29-09-2010, 18:39
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Wasnt Kevin Carter about a guy who took a photo somehwere in Africa? Where was Kevin Carter from?
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/ar...981431,00.html
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There is society, where none intrudes,
By the deep sea, and music in its roar:
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Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;
And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.' (from Sea Fever - John Masefield)


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Old 29-09-2010, 23:43
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Bombay (or in more correct terms, "Mumbai") (Me and Stephen Hawking)
It would have been Bombay still when Richey wrote the lyrics. The name of the city wasn't changed until 1995, after he had gone missing.
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