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Song: Party At The Leper Colony

Running Time: 3:38

Year: 2002

Album: Poodle Hat

Style parody of: Bo Diddley, Buddy Holly

Genre: Classic rock

Guitar tuning: E flat

Lyrics: Lyrics

Video: None

Download/Listen: None

Forum: Forum Discussion Page

Trivia[]

  • A leper is someone who suffers from leprosy, an infectious disease sometimes known as Hansen's disease. A leper colony is a place they would be quarantined in to avoid spreading the disease.
  • The song is filled with wordplays of anatomical idioms, playing on the idea that leprosy causes people's bodies to fall apart (it doesn't).
  • The song is based around the Bo Diddley beat, a particular rhythm popularized by bluesman Bo Diddley in the 1950s and used in countless rock and blues songs.
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