(TV) "True Story": Putting "Let Go the Mansion" To Good Use

["Casey, Leo J" <CaseyL@VOLPE.DOT.GOV>]

>I had to recheck the header to see if Leo sent this post.

"True Story" :

My sister-in-law 'forced' my brother and their 2 kids to 
move to a wealthy suburb of Boston a couple of years ago, 
(although they really can't afford it), so she could 
"compete" with her sister, who had married a very wealthy 
man and who lived in same town. 

My 6 year-old niece and sister-in-law often visit (and 
sometimes I tag along too) her sister/'cousins' expensive 
and gigantic house.  

For several weeks, each time we returned to their more humble 
house, I would play "Let Go The Mansion" for my niece (and sing 
the lyrics), but Verlaine's words were not too subtly directed at 
my sister-in-law.

	Leo 

"The rich really are different from you and me." 
F. Scott Fitzgerald
 
-----Original Message-----
From: tv-owner@obbard.com  Behalf Of
Dennis D
Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 11:12 AM
To: tv@obbard.com
Subject: Re: (TV) OT but interesting
>I had to recheck the header to see if Leo sent this post.

> 
> In another connection to the "Fifty years of pop" list,
> Verlaine's "Let Go The Mansion" was used by the Reagan
> re-election campaign in 1984 after Springsteen requested that
> they stop using "Born in the USA". 
> 
> --Phil
> 
> P.S. Yes, I made that up.
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