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South Carolina

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song nameSouth Carolina
artistJohn Linnell
albumState Songs, TMBG Clock Radio
year1999
first playedOct. 7, 1995 (13 known performances)
run time3:46
sung byJohn Linnell

[edit] Trivia/Info

  • This is the same recording as South Carolina (Hello EP) (1994), but mixed differently.
  • Originally this song would have been the single accompanying State Songs, but because it was too long and there wasn't enough room for it on the die-cut vinyl, the record company went with Montana instead.
  • A song about getting rich in the mythical American way: getting hurt and suing someone. (In this case, by being in a bicycle accident.) TMBG's Dial-A-Song service was created after John Linnell himself was injured in a bicycle accident.
  • Allusion is made to the Hammerstein/Kern song "Ol' Man River", which has the line "Tote dat barge, lift dat bale".
  • From the State Songs liner notes:
The Official State Shell of the Palmetto State is the Lettered Olive. The State Dance is the Shag, and the State Insect is the Praying Mantis.

[edit] Song Themes

Accidents, Addiction, Compulsion, Bodily Mutilation, Colors, Food, French, G Major, Heads, Language, Letters Of The Alphabet, Medical, Occupations, References To Other Songs Or Musicians, Shapes, Tableware, Upside Down, US States

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