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* ''Theatre/TheBookOfMormon'':
** The song "Man Up" contains the line "We will listen to the fat white guy", referring to Elder Cunningham, who was originally played by an actor of that description. It gets changed to "We will listen to the ''weird'' white guy" in productions where the actor playing Cunningham is thinner.
** In "I Believe", the lyrics reference Thomas Monson, the president of the LDS Church at the time of the show's premiere. When Monson passed away, the lyric was changed to reference Monson's successor, Russell Nelson. His name even has the same number of syllables as his predecessor.
** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Mormon_(musical)#Accusations_of_racism_and_script_revisions In 2021,]] some of the lyrics were revised in a two-week workshop of the original cast and crew amidst concerns that the original show's depiction of the Ugandan villagers was cartoonishly backwards to the point of being racist. The most notable changes include:
*** The RunningGag (present in several songs) about Nabulungi using a typewriter to send "texts" is changed to her having an [=iPad=] that she uses to make Facebook posts, changing the joke from the villagers not understanding modern technology to social media being used to spread misinformation. This has the dual effect of making the joke more topical as this became a much more hot button issue in the 2020s than it was in the 2010s.
*** Continuing from the above, "Hasa Diga Eebowai" has a new line where Mtumbo says he learned that "the cure for aids is raping a baby" from a Facebook post.
*** Price's lines in the final confrontation with General Butt Fucking Naked are given to Nabulungi to make it clearer that the villagers are standing up to their oppressor rather than the missionaries acting as pure white saviors.
*** "I Am Africa" had its lyrics adjusted to make the missionaries look more obviously buffoonish and the villagers more obviously annoyed.
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* ''Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'': In "Angel of Music," Meg notes, "Your face, Christine, it's white," suggesting that Christine's enraptured state isn't good for her health. In productions where dark-skinned actresses play Christine, however (i.e., when Lucy St Louis and Emilie Kouatchou took over the role in London and New York respectively), the lyrics are modified appropriately.
-->'''London:''' "Your face, Christine, so strange."\\
'''New York:''' "Christine, are you alright?"
** The London version also changes the next two lines to keep the original rhyme scheme:
--->'''Christine:''' "I'm changing, Meg."\\
'''Meg:''' "No one changes."
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* A ''very'' early game to make use of this is the UsefulNotes/PlayStation game ''Slamscape''. The music in levels would stay the same but the instruments would change depending on what enemies were near. It served as a handy means of knowing if certain enemies were sneaking up on you and, [[NintendoHard given the game's difficulty]], it was definitely appreciated. Certain powerups would also add additional riffs to the song, like an extra drum line.

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* A ''very'' early game to make use of this is the UsefulNotes/PlayStation Platform/PlayStation game ''Slamscape''. The music in levels would stay the same but the instruments would change depending on what enemies were near. It served as a handy means of knowing if certain enemies were sneaking up on you and, [[NintendoHard given the game's difficulty]], it was definitely appreciated. Certain powerups would also add additional riffs to the song, like an extra drum line.



* When "[[http://music.flashygoodness.com/track/luna-ascension Luna Ascension]]" from ''VideoGame/TowerOfHeaven'' was reused in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashLand'', it was [[http://music.flashygoodness.com/track/tower-of-heaven-luna-ascension-gb-mix redone]] to have a more authentic UsefulNotes/GameBoy sound, as well as the addition of a remix of "[[http://music.flashygoodness.com/track/pillars-of-creation Pillars of Creation]]" after the second loop.

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* When "[[http://music.flashygoodness.com/track/luna-ascension Luna Ascension]]" from ''VideoGame/TowerOfHeaven'' was reused in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashLand'', it was [[http://music.flashygoodness.com/track/tower-of-heaven-luna-ascension-gb-mix redone]] to have a more authentic UsefulNotes/GameBoy Platform/GameBoy sound, as well as the addition of a remix of "[[http://music.flashygoodness.com/track/pillars-of-creation Pillars of Creation]]" after the second loop.

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* In ''[[VideoGame/SonicRushSeries Sonic Rush Adventure]]'', the Windmill Village music is remixed each time you craft a new vehicle, becoming faster-paced and gaining more instrument lines.

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In ''[[VideoGame/SonicRushSeries Sonic Rush Adventure]]'', ''VideoGame/SonicRushAdventure'', the Windmill Village music is remixed each time you craft a new vehicle, becoming faster-paced and gaining more instrument lines.
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** During the "The Last Domino?" tour, the band played a slowed down, BossaNova-esque version of the TitleTrack to Music/TheLambLiesDownOnBroadway.
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** "Watcher of the Skies" would only be performed without lyrics after Music/PeterGabriel's departure[[note]]Likely because it would be very trickly for Phil Collins to focus on singing while playing a very complex drum groove, or Phil just preferred playing the drums for this song than singing it.[[/note]] It would later be dropped from the setlist entirely as it only sounded good on one piece of equipment (the Mark II Mellotron it was recorded on).

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** "Watcher of the Skies" would only be performed without lyrics after Music/PeterGabriel's departure[[note]]Likely because it would be very trickly for Phil Collins to focus on singing while playing a very complex drum groove, or departure[[note]]It's unknown why but it's likely Phil just preferred playing the drums for this song than singing it.[[/note]] It would later be dropped from the setlist entirely as it only sounded good on one piece of equipment (the Mark II Mellotron it was recorded on).

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