I always enjoyed the cheerful cynicism of the Pina Colada song. I thought one of the points of the song was that both of them were with exactly who they deserved to be with, and who they belonged with. Cause if they broke up they might make two other perfectly nice people miserable, instead of each other. When it comes to Freebird -- nah, I got nothing.
Whatever happened to the still beating heart of a virgin? No one has any standards anymore.
Giles ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Typo Boy - Jul 30, 2013 3:14:18 pm PDT #793 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
billytea - Jul 30, 2013 3:22:53 pm PDT #794 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I love "Escape" (the Pina Colada song) like crazy. I've promised Tim I won't sneak it onto the wedding dance party playlist.
At my first wedding, my older brother replaced our choice of music for the walk down the aisle with Neil Diamond's "Cracklin' Rose". Fortunately, I double-checked everything before the ceremony started.
I got annoyed at "Freebird" this morning, too, the song of "yeah, toodles, honey, I'm way too cool and free-spirited to care that I'm breaking your heart. Hope your birth control didn't fail, bye!"
I was quite disappointed when I realised, not long ago really, that this was the message behind A-Ha's "Take On Me".
quester - Jul 30, 2013 3:25:29 pm PDT #795 of 30000
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
{{Tom}}
Surgery~ma for Grace and Kat!
I have 6 siblings and wouldn't touch any of them with a 10-foot pole - sexually.
I have no Pandora station. I listen to NPR talk all.the.time.
Amy - Jul 30, 2013 3:29:34 pm PDT #796 of 30000
Because books.
Oh god, I used to love "Escape," too. My love for "Brandy" is sort of unholy at this point, though. "At night when the sun goes down, Brandy walks through a silent town, and loves a man who's not around ..."
Man, I *loved* that book with a fierce, burning love in high school and college. I re-read it in my 30s, and I was like, WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK, JOHN IRVING?
This is me and Flowers in the Attic.
Steph L. - Jul 30, 2013 3:57:29 pm PDT #797 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
And at the end neither one of them realizes that they're involved with someone who will look for fun in the personal ads while involved with someone else.
Wait, I thought the song made it clear when they met at the bar it was because he answered her personal ad, so they both did know exactly what was going on.
Amy - Jul 30, 2013 3:59:21 pm PDT #798 of 30000
Because books.
Yeah, I thought the point was that they were actually perfect for each other. Even if they didn't know it when they answered the ads, they recognized it as soon as they saw each other and realized they should have been communicating more honestly.
I may have thought about this too much.
DavidS - Jul 30, 2013 4:05:21 pm PDT #799 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
so they both did know exactly what was going on.
No, they're both cheating on each other.
Typo Boy - Jul 30, 2013 4:10:38 pm PDT #800 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
No, they're both cheating on each other.
Or at least intended to. Which kind of makes them people who belong together...
Scrappy - Jul 30, 2013 4:11:28 pm PDT #801 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Yeah--they MEANT to cheat on each other, but ended up with each other.
sarameg - Jul 30, 2013 4:18:08 pm PDT #802 of 30000
Related to nothing being discussed here, the guards at the pool were swabbing down the deck. With bleach. Or rather, chlorine used in the pool system.
My nose. My supersonic nose today. Whoo boy.