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"It ain't written in the statute books...It can't be learned in school..."
Power 94½ loved this guy. If Paul Carrack had recorded "B Is For Bubble", Power 94½ would have played it once an hour. Paul was also known for his physical resemblance to Phil Collins. Now Paul has become a wellspring of lost hits.
This action-packed lost hit had a long tail at Power 94½. I'll give that station credit, as this was a better choice than many of the selections Q-102 made. Remember, Q-102 would still occasionally play Dan Hill's "Never Thought" in 1990. A few years earlier, WCLU actually made very good choices as to what minor hits to occasionally throw into the mix after these songs had peaked, such as "Space Age Whiz Kids" by Joe Walsh and "10-9-8" by Face To Face - both of which are now lost hits. But it was Paul's hit that elicited one of my great bursts of lyrical genius.
I think "I Live By The Groove" was popular right when we buyed a new stereo for the den, and the song blasted across the airwaves for months on end. This was also around the time people kept setting fires at my high school. I think that started when the cardboard pizza box got burned on the front steps after the Walk-a-Thon. In any event, I spoofed the line that went, "It can't be learned in school." I would always sing, "It can't be burned in school."
I went to a strange school.
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