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Back in 1981-82, this lost hit brang amusement to 3rd graders far and wide.
Each day, kids at school would sit there in class and sing this song with new lyrics. They called it "Someone Could Throw A Dart Tonight."
Wait, no, that wasn't it. I think it was "Someone Could Wreck A Cart Tonight." Or maybe it was "Someone Could Eat A Tart Tonight." Yeah, that was it!
For reference, this record was a hit right at the same time as "Harden My Heart" by Quarterflash. There was a kid in one of my classes who was about 5 years older than everyone else who sat there in class singing new lyrics for that song: "I'm gonna farten my fart...I'm gonna swallow my beer." He also came up with new lyrics for the Christmas song "Silver Bells": "Silver bells...Your momma smells."
Years after his heyday, Eddie Rabbitt went on a crusade against rap lyrics. In 1992, he wrote a letter to Billboard in which he groaned, "Are we becoming a nation that is just too cool to care?" On a 1991 album, Eddie included a song called "C-Rap (Country Rap)", which protested against "dirty talking on the radio"...
Silly Rabbitt!
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