I was working part-time at a five and dime, my boss was Mr. McGee

[THUNDER HANDS]

He told me several times that he didn't like my kind
Because I was just too leisurely

It seems that I was busy doing something close to nothing
But different than the day before

But that's when I saw her
Oooooh, I saw her
She walked in through the out door
Out door
Out door

She wore a raspberry beret
The kind you find in a second hand store
A raspberry beret
If it was warm she wouldn't wear much more

<Magic Rat dances around his now-deserted office>

:D

YAY FRIDAY!

[GOPisEvil]

1. An Austin band called The Derailers covered that tune...

...think Buck Owens-style country version of that song. It is AWESOME. It wasn't even listed on the cd track list. If I hadn't been driving and unable to stop the cd player, I might not have heard it.

[NuckinFutz]

3. Speaking of Prince covers...

The Asylum Street Spankers (another awesome Austin group) have done rather unusual covers of 1999 and Darling Nikki.

They also do a really fun cover of the B-52s' Dance This Mess Around.

Check them out sometime. They're in Houston tonight, at the Mucky Duck, then next week in PA. I've been impatiently waiting.

[swag]

2. The Minnesota connection

At last I see the connection between Dylan and Prince.

Some of that could be straight out of "Tangled Up in Blue."

[deutsey]

4. "She wore a Greeeeeen Beret...

the kind you find in the Vietnam War."

That's what a friend of mine used to sing jokingly when this song first came out.

Whenever I hear the song I always think of his version... :-)

[Intelsucks]

5. The Hindu Love Gods also covered that song

Warren Zevon + R.E.M. - Michael Stipe = Hindu Love Gods