"Dead Skunk" is a 1972 novelty song by Loudon Wainwright III.
The song is musically a simple folk song based on banjo, but accompanied by guitar, drums and fiddle. The lyrics describe a dead skunk in the middle of a busy road and the smell it produces for pedestrians. Wainwright has said that the song came out of an actual accident involving a skunk, and that he wrote it afterward in 15 minutes. ("Someone had already killed it, but I ran over it.")
Although the single was released in November 1972, it was not until well into 1973 that it caught on with radio stations, and its number 16 peak on the Billboard Hot 100 chart was not reached until the week ending 31 March 1973. It peaked at number 12 on the Cashbox charts on April 14. It was the only record to chart for Wainwright. "Dead Skunk" also reached number eight in Canada and number 12 in Australia.
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Mark. was first, and correct, with:
"Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road."
Kevin K. in Washington, DC, wrote:
Skunk
Bit of a trick questions, really. The main concern is the Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road. But (without cheating, from memory) there's others:
you've got yer dead cat
and you've got yer dead dog
On a moonlit night
you've got yer dead toad frog
You've got yer dead rabbit
And yer dead raccoon
The blood and the guts
Are make you swoon
There's a dead skunk in the middle of the road
And he's stinking to high heaven
Alan J answered:
A Skunk.
mj said:
It announces itself well before it's seen
It's a Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road and it's stinkin' to high
Heaven.
Mac Mac replied:
Dead Skunk
Dave responded:
Skunk. Dead Skunk (In the Middle of the Road) is Loudon Wainwright III's only single that cracked the Billboard Top 100, peaking at #16 in 1973. The song has enduring popularity on the radio, in ballparks, and compilations of novelty songs.
Folksinger and actor Wainwright was a musical guest during SNL's first season, and much later won a 2010 Grammy award for Traditional Folk Album. Wainwright played a reoccurring role in the TV series MASH, among other roles on TV and films. Wikipedia says he is 73 years old and hasn't retired yet.
Stephen F said:
A dead skunk.
Roy, still a Libtard, still isolating in Tyler, TX wrote:
You know it's officially Spring in East Texas when you see/smell that first Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road. (in West Texas, it's the first dead armadillo).
Jacqueline answered:
It was about "...Dead skunk in the middle of the road". Was glad to see this guy's still alive and kicking!
Jon L responded:
Thanks for an easy one. Dead Skunk
Cal in Vermont replied:
A skunk as in
"Dead skunk in the middle of the road
Dead skunk in the middle of the road
Dead skunk in the middle of the road
Stinkin' to high heaven!"
Randall wrote:
Dead Skunk
zorch said:
Skunk. Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road.
Jim from CA, retired to ID, responded:
There's a dead skunk in the middle of the road
David of Moon Valley replied:
wasn't it something about a Dead Skunk?…in the middle of the road, stinkin' to high heaven...
Harry M. said:
Skunk
Deborah wrote:
"Dead Skunk (In the Middle of the Road)" and it's stinkin' to high heaven. Classic.
It's been cloudy, unusually cool, even rainy this week in NorCal, and it's predicted through the rest of the workweek. I actually enjoy it, even when my bike rides are rained out. Even in a pandemic I'm easily entertained.
John I from Hawai`i says,
Dead Skunk
Dave in Tucson answered:
No guess this time! Answer is Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road.
Billy in Cypress U$A replied:
I had to search for the answer and I had no scent to follow the path, but the answer seems to be "Dead Skunk". If it had been written inTexas at that time, it might have been titled "Dead Armadillo". Unfortunately, we still have plenty of skunks around here, but not so many armadillos any more.
Daniel in The City responded:
Skunk
DJ Useo wrote:
Skunk. Phew! A very good novelty song, though. It's funny, & also very catchy. Somehow, it seems smelly things are funny.Inline image
Lol.
Barbara, of Peppy Tech fame said:
The answer is "Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road." Had to look that one up!
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The rock band unveiled the new shirt on its Twitter account on Wednesday, and posted it on its merchandise website.
The shirts sell for $25.00 each and all proceeds go to the MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund.
The jab at Trump comes a week after the president visited an Arizona factory that makes protective N95 face masks. During the visit, however, he did not wear a mask of his own. While Trump was there, employees played Guns N' Roses' 1991 hit "Live and Let Die" in the background. The music was so loud, it was nearly impossible to hear Trump speaking.
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Trump attended Stern's wedding in 2008 and has been on his SiriusXM show "too many times to count," Stern said last year. "He was one of the top 5 guests of all time. He was wild…completely unfiltered."
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The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association, which manages the venue, cited a lack of resolution on the coronavirus crisis as the reason for the season cancellation.
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The law now taking effect was sponsored by Republican state senator Deidre Henderson, who has long called for decriminalisation on the grounds that the law has not stopped polygamy, but instead enabled abuse by keeping the practice underground.
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The outbreak began on the evening of March 10, 2020, when a large group met for choir practice at a church in Skagit County, Washington State. The virus was already killing people in the Seattle area, so there was a reluctance to meet up for that week's practice, according to the Los Angeles Times, who reported on the outbreak in March before the CDC'S report.
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Over the course of the 2.5-hour practice, the group sang together in a large multipurpose room - seats had been separated but were still just 15-25 centimeters (6-10 inches) apart - before splitting into two smaller groups for a further 50-minute singalong. They also had a 15-minute break, in which cookies and oranges were laid out to eat, although many did not partake. When the practice finished, each member returned their chair, causing a congregation around the chair racks, before parting ways.
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Closed to the public because of the new coronavirus pandemic, only about 30 employees attended the mass on Wednesday in the small town where three poor shepherd children reported visions of the Virgin Mary in 1917.
Last year, 6.3 million people visited the shrine, the country's most renowned pilgrimage site.
The closure of Portugal's borders and the paralysis of the tourism sector are having "a disastrous impact on the whole region," said Alexandre Marto, who runs a cooperative of around 10 hotels with 1,000 beds, out of a total of 9,000 in Fatima.
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