Giles, if you would like to get by in American society, then you are going to have to follow our traditions. You're the patriarch. You have to host the festivities, or it's all meaningless.

Buffy ,'Sleeper'


Buffista Music 4: Needs More Cowbell!

There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.


DavidS - Apr 06, 2011 11:54:13 am PDT #4356 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Was buried in my post above. (boy, I'm smarmy today!)

Why don't just go around correcting people today, Jon?! I'm sure somebody's misused the serial comma somewhere in your immediate vicinity, and you might be able to catch somebody with spinach on their teeth too.

You should stroll through the cubicles just chanting out flaws as you see them:

"You there! Comma goes inside the quote mark, you idiot. This is America, dammit. Lady, that hair color doesn't suit you. Hey kid, your taste in music is appalling. Go listen to the Fire Engines and get back to me when you're not useless."


Daisy Jane - Apr 06, 2011 12:35:46 pm PDT #4357 of 6436
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

That's not a theremin; it's a tannerin. GOD!


Jon B. - Apr 06, 2011 1:45:46 pm PDT #4358 of 6436
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Daisy Jane FTW!


billytea - Apr 06, 2011 4:37:30 pm PDT #4359 of 6436
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

Midnight Oil, "U.S. Forces"
U2, "Bullet The Blue Sky"
Frankie Goes To Hollywood, "Two Tribes"
Elton John, "American Triangle"

I always think of Genesis' "Land Of Confusion" as being largely anti-American too, though that owed a lot to the video.


Sue - Apr 06, 2011 4:46:43 pm PDT #4360 of 6436
hip deep in pie

Let's Impeach the President & Rockin' in The Free World - Neil Young.


DavidS - Apr 06, 2011 5:21:19 pm PDT #4361 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Oh yeah, thinking of the video then "Dominion" by Sisters of Mercy.


Daisy Jane - Apr 07, 2011 6:32:03 am PDT #4362 of 6436
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

Oh, there's a specifically anti-Bush one, but nevermind. I just looked it up and he's American.


Frankenbuddha - Apr 07, 2011 7:31:31 am PDT #4363 of 6436
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Oh, there's a specifically anti-Bush one, but nevermind. I just looked it up and he's American.

If you mean Neil Young, he's from Canada originally.

ETA, so technically North American.


Daisy Jane - Apr 07, 2011 7:33:17 am PDT #4364 of 6436
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

Nope, I mean Connor Obrest and When The President Talks to God.


smonster - Apr 07, 2011 11:41:39 am PDT #4365 of 6436
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

Todd Snider, also American, has one called somehing like "Your Flag Sticker Won't Get You Into Heaven."

There must be some good French ones out there. Where's Megan?