Sunday, February 12, 2023

Boy is one $yllable. So is girl.

"'But you can't write, 'You're a rich boy' in a song, so I changed it to a girl,' Daryl told Rolling Stone. A year or two later Daryl was flipping through a book about the notorious Son of Sam when he found out the killer 'was motivated by 'Rich Girl.' 'It wasn't exactly a pleasant thing to know,' he said with some understatement."

"The Super Seventies 'Classic 500'"

http://mobile.dudasite.com/site/superseventies?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.superseventies.com%2Fsw_richgirl.html&utm_referrer=#2653

Why didn't they think they could sing this kind of song about a boy?

Daryl Hall & John Oates - "Rich Girl" - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nCAso76mbdI

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