[An email to my brother, off to Fuquay Varina to look at a riding lawnmower]
This reminded me of the "One Night in Fuquay" parody from my youth. Derived from the contemporary "One Night in Bangkok", http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9mwELXPGbA.
My memory is that the lyrics included "One night in Fuquay and the rednecks get you". But I get a grand total of three Google hits:
A comment here: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/04/18/968231/-80s-new-wave#
The part I remember goes...
One night in Fuquay makes your brain cells crumble
Drinkin' beer and wasting electricity
Watching Dukes of Hazzard on black and white TV
A note here: http://relocatetriangle.typepad.com/relocate_triangle/2007/01/the_triangle_is.html
Back in the 1980s when “One Night in Bangkok” was a hit, a local radio station did a parody titled “One Night In Fuquay” that made fun of its small size and lack of nightlife.
And a comment here: http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?p=856065
Back in the 80s, a Raleigh DJ team did a parody of One Night In Bangkok called One Night In Fuquay. "I can feel a redneck walking next to me."
I wonder if that song is lost to posterity. Seems a bit of a shame.
