Music: Same to You, Mac

Q. Are we making money tonight?

Does your future look real bright?

Shall we answer Elvis one more time?

A. Yes, we're making money tonight And the future, it looks bright.

One more Lonesome will make number nine.

So far, there are only half a dozen versions of Are You Lonesome Tonight?, including the original by Elvis Presley, which is now the nation's No. 1 hit. But if Elvis stays up there, there may well be a dozen variations on the theme. The Lonesome craze is the most blatant example of pop music's latest fad: the "answer"...

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