"Billy Don't Be a Hero" is on the Top 40 in hell.
I wish my brain would let me become nostalgic for "Sister Goldenhair," but it's my most persistent earworm.
Numfar! Do the dance of joy.
Elder ,'Power Play'
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.
Ginger - Jul 30, 2013 5:01:45 pm PDT #816 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Amy - Jul 30, 2013 5:05:09 pm PDT #817 of 30000
Because books.
until I was 13 I thought the lyric went, "If you like bean enchiladas..."
I am singing it this way forever now.
I want a complete exegesis of "Billy Don't Be a Hero" by COB tomorrow. With footnotes.
Sadly, I could probably do this without irony. And add a sidebar about "The Night Chicago Died."
Sophia Brooks - Jul 30, 2013 5:05:44 pm PDT #818 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
My most persistent earworm is George M. Cohan's "I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy". I am not sure what that says about me.
§ ita § - Jul 30, 2013 5:10:19 pm PDT #819 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
There's a webcomic going around that's Excape++--they're actually having an affair with each other, and she's gotten pregnant despite pretending to be either a boy or Hitler...or something. Looking it up would break my brain, though.
billytea - Jul 30, 2013 5:11:19 pm PDT #820 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.
"Billy Don't Be a Hero" is on the Top 40 in hell.
To drive home the point that you've been a fool with your life.
Connie Neil - Jul 30, 2013 5:18:42 pm PDT #821 of 30000
brillig
I'm sorry for damaging your love for "Escape", Teppy. I counter it with my sense of utter betrayal when I figured out the meaning behind "I've got a brand new pair of roller skates, you've got a brand new key."
Also, what is the champagne room, never mind why is there no sex in there.
And I always sympathized with the girl in "Billy Don't Be a Hero. But not with the whiner in "Where Have the Cowboys Gone?" who can't deal with her husband since he came back from the war. (though it's sad and interesting that another generation has "back from the war" tropes)
Sophia Brooks - Jul 30, 2013 5:21:32 pm PDT #822 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
figured out the meaning behind "I've got a brand new pair of roller skates, you've got a brand new key."
is this what i think it is???
Steph L. - Jul 30, 2013 5:23:27 pm PDT #823 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
I'm sorry for damaging your love for "Escape", Teppy.
Oh, my love for that song is unbreakable.
"I've got a brand new pair of roller skates, you've got a brand new key."
I had that song stuck in my head yesterday, for no reason at all. I sure hadn't heard it anywhere.
Strix - Jul 30, 2013 5:25:18 pm PDT #824 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I had "Moves Like Jagger" stuck in my head at night two weeks ago for 6 HOURS as I battled insomnia.
PURE HELL.
billytea - Jul 30, 2013 5:25:28 pm PDT #825 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 counter it with my sense of utter betrayal when I figured out the meaning behind "I've got a brand new pair of roller skates, you've got a brand new key."
One of the most ludicrous things I ever heard was a parody of that song called -- actually, here it is: [link]