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Things I would like to Figure Out - Part 1
Back in the mid-90's I used to work summer evenings at Manitoulin Island's only health and international food store: The Island Pantry. I have fond memories of slinging frozen yoghurt on those hot summer evenings, which could actually be fairly quiet, given that, in those days, The Pantry was the only store that was open past 6pm. So, to entertain myself, I used an old tape deck to dub a pile of mixed music tapes from various sources, which mostly consisted of other dub tapes that I borrowed from other people.
My pile of mix tapes is lost somewhere in the sands of time, having been long since replaced by mixed CDs, however, there's one song form the old days that I would love to locate, but have never been able to find, due mostly to not knowing the title of the song or even the band that sings it.
It was a very strange song, very slow and dreamy, filled with a distorted male voice and long twangs of steel guitar. The only lyrics that I can recall are: "Sammy was a boxer, took a beating in the ring, hands raised in victory, something, something, something".
I have, of course, tried variants of these lyrics in Google, but to no avail, so I would be eternally grateful to anyone who might be able to point me in the direction of what this mystery tune could be!
Posted by Dylon on September 3, 2008 10:04 PM |
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