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<div style="background:#FFFFEE; padding:6px; border-color:#CCCCCC;border-style:solid; border-width:1px"><small>The first line of Strong Bad's intro song for this email bears a strong resemblance to the chorus of "<a class="extiw" href="/index.php?title=Billie_Jean" title="wikipedia:Billie Jean">Billie Jean</a>", by <a class="extiw" href="/index.php?title=Michael_Jackson" title="wikipedia:Michael Jackson">Michael Jackson</a>.</small> <b>The second line is sung to the tune of the riff of "Snail Shell" by They Might Be Giants.</b></div><br/>
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<p><b>From:</b> <a href="/index.php?title=the_movies" title="the movies">the movies</a><br/>
<b>Posted on:</b> 20:03, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
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<ul><li>Generic tune
</li><li>Doesn't seem remotely similar to the song.
</li><li>Pretty Vague
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<ul><li>The tune of "here comes an email" does match the line "I want to thank you" at the start of the chorus, but it's a rather generic riff.
</li><li> Snail Shell!?! That sounds nothing like it.
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<ol><li><a href="/index.php?title=User:Bluebry" title="User:Bluebry"><span style="color: #333;"><b>Bl</b></span><span style="color: #3225d9">ueb</span><span style="color: #333;">ry</span></a>
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</li><li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/index.php?title=User_talk:Trey56" title="User talk:Trey56"><img alt="" border="0" height="20" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/images/thumb/3/33/The-cheat-small.png/20px-The-cheat-small.png" width="20"/></a><a href="/index.php?title=User:Trey56" title="User:Trey56"><span style="color:#3D59AB"><i><b>Trey</b></i></span><span style="color:#778899"><i><b>56</b></i></span></a></span>
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  Shelling Out a Reference
The first line of Strong Bad's intro song for this email bears a strong resemblance to the chorus of "[[Billie Jean]]", by [[Michael Jackson]]. '''The second line is sung to the tune of the riff of "Snail Shell" by They Might Be Giants.'''<br />
''Note: Only the part in '''bold''' is being voted on. The first part is included for context.''


'''From:''' [[the movies]]<br />
'''Posted on:''' 20:03, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
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 Shelling Out a Reference

The first line of Strong Bad's intro song for this email bears a strong resemblance to the chorus of "Billie Jean", by Michael Jackson. The second line is sung to the tune of the riff of "Snail Shell" by They Might Be Giants.
Note: Only the part in bold is being voted on. The first part is included for context.

From: the movies
Posted on: 20:03, 4 March 2007 (UTC) Arguments for: Arguments against:

Additional comments:


Bl ueb ry · Brightstar Shiner · phlip · T · C · Mycroft Holmes · Some kind of scientist · User talk:Trey56 · Trey 56 · TheYellowDart · (t · c) · Drippingyellowmadness · talk · TheThin · gé · Dangeresque, too? · · [ Back to STUFF index ]

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