Fuel in the oil.

Sorry to be so exact -act -act -act -act -act :)

Calm down, calm down. Don't go off the deep end over it.

I will paraphrase my previous post (and what I posted previously agrees with the following): In both lines (the "heart attack" line and the "Cadillac" line) - the repeated sound is "ack" (or "ac" if you will), and in both cases (the "heart attack" line and the "Cadillac" line), the "ack" ("ac") sound is repeated 5 times after the original word. To wit: "...heart attack -ack

-ack -ack -ack -ack", and "...Cadillac -ac -ac -ac -ac -ac". I'm not in the music biz, but I think they call something like that a "hook" or a "gimmick".

The repeated sound on the "Cadillac" line is definitely *NOT* "lac", nor is it repeated only 3 times.

I then stated that I checked several lyrics sites (and they *all* agree

- not one had "lac" after "Cadillac") and that I just listened to the actual song from the "Stranger" album. (Full disclosure: Some lyric sites had no repeat sounds after "heart attack" and "Cadillac" - an obvious simplification on their part - but of those that did have the repeated sounds, it never was "lac" after "Cadillac". One site had the "ac" after "Cadillac" repeating 6 or 7 times - all the others had it 5 times, which is what is on the recording if you listen to it.)

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That make it clear? Proof is in the pudding - listen to the song.

Bill Putney (To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my address with the letter 'x')

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philthy

Thanks for the clarification. I went to only one web site and that, unfortunately, had lac lac lac instead of ack ack ack ack or ac ac ac ac ac :)

I forget my basic statistical instincts and a sample of one is a no-no.

Your notion of actually listening to the record is radical. And empirical. But then I don't have that track. I do have Pianoman or is it Piano Man? I did find a sample of the record but the free sampling was only a few lines which did not reach down to Cadillac-ac-ac-ac-ac-ac.

One other possibility is to buy the sheet music. Somewhere in storage I may even have Billy Joel's piano sheet music. But then I will also have to buy a keyboard which I have been meaning to do since I sold my piano.

Do I fix my Voyager or do I buy a piano?

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I didn't have it either - except on a vinyl - but I don't have anything to play vinyls with any more. So I spent a whole $0.99 and downloaded it from iTunes to make sure.

I did go into my closet thinking the words were on the jacket or something - and they were printed in the jacket liner. Guess what? They didn't have any repeated sounds.

I just checked the listing on iTunes - it's "Piano Man".

Yeah - I tried that too, but finally just downloaded it. So he got royalties twice from me on that one freakin' song!! Thanks to you! :)

Bill Putney (To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my address with the letter 'x')

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Thanks for going to all that trouble. That's impressive. Is there something obscure you want me to look up for you? Or better, a dollar bill via paypal?

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