Posted Feb 21, 2003 by Jim Lynn. Ten Glorious Years...
"Dana Andrews said prunes
Gave him the runes
and passing them caused quite a thrill"
It's been a while since I listened, but I'm almost certain this line should read:
"Dana Andrews said prunes
Gave him the runes
and passing them used lots of skills"
which, apart from anything else, retains the rhyme scheme with 'hills' and 'kills' in the previous lines.
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Posted Feb 21, 2003 by Demon Drawer (Really wishing he could put what he wants in here, but he's not upst with hootoo)
Jim I can assure you that the lyrics were thoroughly researched for this article and listened to numerous times in various forms and even in another lanquage. 
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Posted Feb 21, 2003 by Count Zero
You know... come to think of it I always heard "used lots of skills". In our Rocky Horror the common retort to that line was "Yay! Skills!". I'll watch my DVD later to check. I'm not saying that the lyrics aren't "caused quite a thrill", just what we heard. The line definetly makes more sense that way.
Hmmm
Maybe it was the audience that yelled "used lots of skills"
Definetly going to give it another listen.
BTW Excellent article
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Posted Feb 21, 2003 by Archangel Fashion Cat
I thought it was lots of skills too... Hmm...
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Posted Feb 21, 2003 by Jim Lynn. Ten Glorious Years...
http://www.rockymusic.org/sfdf/
http://www.songwords.net/waiguo/soundtrack/rockyhorrorshow/001.htm
or just compare two google searches:
http://tinylink.com/?owF9zHixgD
(searching for "rocky horror" "science fiction double feature" "used lots of skills")
and
http://tinylink.com/?CXiMuOsOnx
(searching for "rocky horror" "science fiction double feature" "caused quite a thrill")
"listened to numerous times in various forms"
Maybe you listened to a recording of a stage show cast recording which used a different lyric. The movie definitely 'uses lots of skills'.
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Posted Feb 24, 2003 by Demon Drawer (Really wishing he could put what he wants in here, but he's not upst with hootoo)
Yeah but hte stage cast came first Jim but I will check the film version on DVD tonight to check for you.
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Posted Mar 4, 2003 by Demon Drawer (Really wishing he could put what he wants in here, but he's not upst with hootoo)
Jim you appear to be correct could you nudge an italic with editorial powers next time you see one to change it.
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Posted Mar 4, 2003 by Jim Lynn. Ten Glorious Years...
Fixed it myself.
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