h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

"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.

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.

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

I thought it was lots of skills too... Hmm...

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'.

Yeah but hte stage cast came first Jim but I will check the film version on DVD tonight to check for you.

Jim you appear to be correct could you nudge an italic with editorial powers next time you see one to change it.

Fixed it myself.