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From: DBarker%PCO@CISL-SERVICE-MULTICS.ARPA (Deryk Barker)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Chess
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Date: Mon, 18-Mar-85 10:56:35 EST
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The song "One Night in bangkok" is from the new musical Chess.  This has
lyrics by Time Rice (JCS & Evita fame) and music by Benny and Bjorn of
ABBA.  The lyrics are therefore far more idiomatic than those of ABBA
ever were ("Since so many years I have not seen a rifle in your hand"!)
and this appears to continue the trend of put out the LP of a musical
and then when you have made lots of money stage it.

The song "ONIB" (already a hit in the UK) is sung by the wonderful
Murray Head (writer of the extremely wonderful "Say it ain't so Joe" and
actor in "Sunday Bloody Sunday) and contains gem-like lines like "I get
my kicks above the waistline, sunshine".

Chess is apparently (topically) about a world chess championship taking
place in Bangkok.  It also contains a song "I know him so well" sung by
Barbara Dixon and Elaine Page which is absolutely DREADFUL.  (No 1 in
the UK for 3 weeks!)  Even worse if, like me, you can't stand Elaine
Page's voice.