#SongoftheDay Don't Rain On My Parade (Shirley Bassey)

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Last week I was telling my newsletter subscribers about a mix tape my best friend made me in high school. This song was on it. It was Barbra for sure, but when I searched for it on YouTube, none of the versions that came up was an exact match to the one that was on my mix tape.

I always wondered why my friend included this track among the Tori Amos and Ani DiFranco songs. I suspected it represented her impression of me: that I was always very interested in getting my own way, and I didn't like to be contradicted, especially when she tried to bring me down to earth.


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Giselle


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