"Tonight thank God it's them instead of you"
It baffles me how anyone ever thought that line was a good idea.
I just think it's rather odd that a nation that prides itself on its virility should feel compelled to strap on forty pounds of protective gear just in order to play rugby.
Giles ,'Beneath You'
Comedy 1: A Little Song, a Little Dance, a Little Seltzer Down Your Pants
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Amy - Dec 14, 2011 12:16:18 pm PST #4771 of 8625
Because books.
brenda m - Dec 14, 2011 1:00:52 pm PST #4772 of 8625
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Really? I think that's possibly the most honest line in all of these type of songs put together.
Amy - Dec 14, 2011 1:17:51 pm PST #4773 of 8625
Because books.
It's honest, I guess, but the idea of thanking god that someone else is suffering while you're home stuffing your face full of cookies and making snowmen just strikes me as ... a weird thing to put in a song.
erikaj - Dec 14, 2011 1:24:41 pm PST #4774 of 8625
Always Anti-fascist!
Unless it's the Asshole Song. I use public toilets and pee on the seat On warm summer days, I say "How 'bout this heat?"
billytea - Dec 14, 2011 3:41:03 pm PST #4775 of 8625
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
It's honest, I guess, but the idea of thanking god that someone else is suffering while you're home stuffing your face full of cookies and making snowmen just strikes me as ... a weird thing to put in a song.
I'm pretty sure it's supposed to make the audience feel uncomfortable. You don't get Bono to sing that line if you're intending to endorse privilege.
On which note, I think it's the most powerful line in the song. The rest of it is all "isn't this awful?"; this is the line that asks, "If you think it's awful, what are you going to do about it?"
Morgana - Dec 14, 2011 3:58:03 pm PST #4776 of 8625
"I make mistakes, but I am on the side of Good," the Golux said, "by accident and happenchance.” – The 13 Clocks, James Thurber
On which note, I think it's the most powerful line in the song. The rest of it is all "isn't this awsful?"; this is the line that asks, "If you think it's awful, what are you going to do about it?"
Yes, but the audience is supposed to be other priviledged people in the position to provide help, not people in a homeless shelter.
brenda m - Dec 14, 2011 4:06:14 pm PST #4777 of 8625
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
not people in a homeless shelter.
For sure.
I'm pretty sure it's supposed to make the audience feel uncomfortable. You don't get Bono to sing that line if you're intending to endorse privilege.
This is why it drove me crazy that they were all doing their huge performance grins all through the song. You're singing about droughts, ffs, and people starving. Put on your Serious Face.
billytea - Dec 14, 2011 4:28:54 pm PST #4778 of 8625
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Yes, but the audience is supposed to be other priviledged people in the position to provide help, not people in a homeless shelter.
Indeed, but we were (at that point) talking about the line in the context of the song, not the song in context of Glee. I haven't seen that ep yet, of course (hasn't aired in Australia).
le nubian - Dec 14, 2011 4:41:12 pm PST #4779 of 8625
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
save yourself!
-t - Dec 14, 2011 5:04:48 pm PST #4780 of 8625
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I did not care for this week's Glee. I kind of see what they were going for, but no. I always feel like humanizing Sue is a bad move.
More importantly, I am up to Communication Studies in my crash course of Community seasons past and Hungover Abed is love. "Movie reference."