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At one point yesterday I heard Sheriff's "When I'm With You" faintly playing in the background. You know it, even though you don't think you do. It's one of your standard 80's monster ballads. Give a listen here and you should recognize it. You may remember the last note-- it's fairly high for a man (although I'm sure it's falsetto) and goes on for a really long time.

Hearing the song reminded me of an interview I once listened to with the lead singer, one Freddy Curci. He was twisting Casey Kasem's ear about a dispute he was having with some arbiter of world records; Curci believed he should be the owner of the record for longest note held. While I can't remember the exact details, he was denied the record because there was evidence that his note could have been studio-enhanced. (And should he really get the record for holding a falsetto note?) (And, can I give Dave Grohl an award for that screaming bit he does near the end of "Monkeywrench"?) (Nevermind.)

Anyway, because I'm a dork, I did a little web research last night. And found... THIS.

Holy crap. It looks like someone just threw up on my monitor. Granted, I made a couple of websites that looked a little like this, but that was in 1994. I'm not sure what I like best about this site: the misuse of "quotes" and Capitalization, all of the animated images, or this statement: "He is arguably one of the best vocalists in Rock History, if not the best in my opinion." I was undecided until I looked at the source file behind this page, and saw the keyword content (what you want a web crawler to pick up when it indexes your site.) For example, if you viewed the source for this or any simpleprop page, you'd see that we'd want to be associated with the following words:

Simple Prop, simpleprop, satire, comedy, social, commentatry, movie reviews, crap, Austin, Minnesota

Fitting, right?

The following are the keywords for the Curci page:

freddy, curci, freddy, curci, freddy, curci, freddy, curci, freddy, curci, steve, demarchi, steve, demarchi, steve, demarchi, lou, gramm, foreigner, tom, johnston, doobie, brothers, steve, perry, journey, frank, sinatra, sheriff, alias, dreamer's, road, classical, opera, italian, canada, canadian, vocalist, singer, talented, brad, delp, brad, delp, boston, best, male, vocalists, ever, foreigner, doobie, brothers, heavy, metal, rock, roll, falsetto, voice, classic, rock, vocalist, talented, kevin, cronin, reo, speedwagon, freddy, curci, freddy, curci, freddy, curci, freddy,curci, freddy, curci, freddy, curci, freddy, curci, freddy, curci, freddy, curci, freddy, curci, freddy, curci, freddy, curci, freddy, curci, freddy, curci, freddy, curci, freddy, curci, freddy, curci, freddy, curci, freddy, curci, freddy, curci, freddy, curci, freddy, curci, freddy, curci, freddy, curci, freddy, curci, freddy, curci, freddy, curci, freddy, curci, freddy, curci, freddy, curci, freddy, curci, freddy, curci, freddy, curci, freddy, curci, freddy, curci, freddy, curci, Freddy, Curci

Sinatra?

This guy has to be a nutjob, right?

Right. Although at least it sounds like he's a realist: "It seems like nobody wants to hear bands like Journey, Styx, and Led Zeppelin anymore."

Happy Friday.


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