Plagiarism 2

Twelve more original songs by Rusty Spell, plagiarizing the musical style of twelve different artists and groups. Album cover plagiarizes Belle and Sebastian.

Recording: 27 Apr-29 Jun 2005 by Rusty Spell at Love and Letters Studios in Edinburg TX and Hattiesburg MS. Cover design and photography: Rusty Spell. Total Running Time: 44.03.

Vocals by Rusty Spell with Carrie Hoffman. Electric guitar, acoustic guitar, soprano ukulele, baritone uke, keyboard, toy accordion, harmonica, snare, bongo, tambourine, guiro, castanet, Slovakian coin, and samples by Rusty Spell.  Songs written by Rusty Spell except: 4. written by Rusty Spell with adlibs by Rusty Spell and Carrie Hoffman 5. written and adlibbed by Rusty Spell 7,12. adlibbed by Rusty Spell.

Lyrics * Liner Notes * Scorecard

"12 More Original, Flattering Songs"

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1. Dwarf Chaos Theme -- Bounce along. Crash your cymbals.  Play your accordions. Plagiarism of Danny Elfman.
2. Joe -- Some guys can't take a hint. Plagiarism of post-69 Love Songs Magnetic Fields.
3. I Think I'd Wanna Know (If I Was You) -- Woman advice from a good buddy. Plagiarism of Bob Dylan.
4. John Waters -- A song that may or may not be about the filmmaker. Plagiarism of The B-52's.
5. C'mon C'mon C'mon -- Seven minutes in heaven. Plagiarism of The Violent Femmes.
6. Don't! -- More personifications of Love.
Plagiarism of Erasure.
7. I Saw the Grass -- Double entendres blended with single entendres.
Plagiarism of The Frogs. 
8. Variable -- Pronounced the French way, very ah bluh.  Monks.
Plagiarism of Enigma.
9. Song for Nora -- Piano song in the future tense.
Plagiarism of Ben Folds.
10. Why Why Why? -- Other boys don't do that: only you do.
Plagiarism of The Shaggs and Girls with Attitude.
11. Your Best Friend -- Some relationships are based on problems. Hey, whatever works. Plagiarism of Morrissey.
12. Coming To Me -- As good an attitude as any other. Plagiarism of The Jesus and Mary Chain.

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