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   From: meanmrmustard@gmail.com   
      
   "Nobody in Particular"  wrote in message news:nvju6v$qcb$1@dont-email.me...   
   >   
   > On 11/4/2016 1:59 PM, dagnabit wrote:   
   > >   
   > > one night on the radio I heard what I thought   
   > > was a parody of barry manilow, but it was   
   > > really him.   
   >   
   > When we first got cable in the early 80's, i flipped through all the new   
   > channels and found a parody of TV preachers, the PTL club with Tammy   
   > Faye Bakker crying with runny mascara. I was laughing because the parody   
   > was so realistic. Then, after a while, i realized it was a serious show,   
   > not a parody. Sure had me fooled.   
      
   the barry manilow thing that I heard was a live show.   
   pretty sad that he couldn't even cover his own songs   
   without sounding like a parody of himself. I would   
   bet that he spends a great deal of time in the studio   
   trying to get his songs right.   
      
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