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Originally Posted by MRM
They started out as a Beatles imitation act. Somehow the rumor went out that they were the Beatles recording under a pseudonym because they were part of Brian Epstine’s management company and “BG” supposedly stood for “Beatles Group”. My family had a huge sheet music songbook called something like “Great Songs of the 60s” that had the lyrics to all of the great songs of that era. I Memorized the words to New York Mining Disaster 1941 and fully believed there had been a coal mine cave-in in 1941. It was hard to reconcile that memory with the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack that came out only a few years later.
Have you seen my wife, Mr. Jones?
Do you know what it's like on the outside?
Don't go talking too loud
You’ll cause a landslide
Mr. Jones . . . .
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This morning played New York Mining Disaster 1941 to a 30 year old guy off of Apple Music. I asked who it was. He said the Beatles.
(Then played Tangled up in Blue. He asks, "Who is that? That's a good song.")