Joe, I just checked, and it looks like my spamfilter's been overprotective again. I think I fixed it, so if you could re-send ...
She ain't movin'. Serenity's not movin'.
Kaylee ,'Out Of Gas'
Buffista Music II: Wrath of Chaka Khan
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.
erinaceous - Jul 21, 2004 6:41:43 am PDT #4152 of 10003
A fellow makes himself conspicuous when he throws soft-boiled eggs at the electric fan.
joe boucher - Jul 21, 2004 7:22:43 am PDT #4153 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
I just re-sent it, erin. Let me know if you get it. Maybe the attachment was the problem.
The caller right now to the Leonard Lopate show is a German guy who apparently learned to speak English in Australia. What a strange accent. And this is even kinda on-topic because "word maven Patricia T. O'Conner" is on for her monthly visit. Erin, this should be your gig. O'Conner never has anything useful to say. Caller A: "What's the etymology of the phrase ___?" O'Conner: "I don't know. I've always wondered that, too." Caller B: "___ is often used to mean such and such, but I thought it meant ___. Is that an acceptable usage?" O'Conner: "I've never heard the word. I'll have to look that up." Do I expect her to know everything? Of course not. But if she's going to be promoted as a "word maven" and have a regular gig as an authority on language she should be able to answer a friggin' question on occasion.
I had something to say about music but have forgotten it in my irritation. Lopate's back from the PSA & is playing Sarah Vaughan's "Three Little Words". Very nice. I feel much better now.
billytea - Jul 21, 2004 7:31:21 am PDT #4154 of 10003
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
The caller right now to the Leonard Lopate show is a German guy who apparently learned to speak English in Australia.
I once bought a carpet off a Turk with an Australian accent. It seemed the least I could do.
Allyson - Jul 21, 2004 8:40:01 am PDT #4155 of 10003
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Some songs are holy to me, and therefore, using one of these holy songs to sell soda seems blasphemous. One such song is the Rolling Stones' You Can't Always Get What You Want.
Led Zeppelin's Rock n' Roll also should not be used to sell trucks. It's the only song to which I will play the air drums at a stop light. It is therefore holy and should not be used to sell a truck.
I'm making a mental list of songs which are holy. Baba O'Reilly by The Who. The Cars' All Mixed Up, though I like the Red House Painters' version just as well. Supremes' I Hear a Symphony.
Sweet Jane. I'll Be You (Replacements). Dilate, Ani DiFranco.
These songs are holy and make me not want to buy your product when (if) you use them, because you have blasphemed and caused me to associate your product with a song that was previously associated with a gorgeous memory of something both good and pure.
Hayden - Jul 21, 2004 8:43:39 am PDT #4156 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I felt that way about Nick Drake's "Pink Moon" and the Stooges' "TV Eye" being used to sell cars, but I ended up shrugging it off. Drake's family & the Igster deserve all the cash they can get.
I guess it would piss me off if I heard Big Star's "Kanga Roo" in a car commercial, but I'd probably get over it again.
DXMachina - Jul 21, 2004 8:46:01 am PDT #4157 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Led Zeppelin's Rock n' Roll also should not be used to sell trucks. It's the only song to which I will play the air drums at a stop light. It is therefore holy and should not be used to sell a truck.
Worse, Cadillacs.
evil jimi - Jul 21, 2004 8:47:14 am PDT #4158 of 10003
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
These songs are holy and make me not want to buy your product when (if) you use them, because you have blasphemed and caused me to associate your product with a song that was previously associated with a gorgeous memory of something both good and pure.
I'll second that with a mighty gabba gabba hey! I honestly can't understand the mentality of ad agencies and some of the companies who employ them. How could they come to the conclusion that using a classic song to sell a product, would make me want to buy that product, rather than fire-bomb the HQ of the company for desecrating a great song?
Allyson - Jul 21, 2004 8:51:27 am PDT #4159 of 10003
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
They want their product associated with something cool. I get that.
They're just not allowed to pull from my personal list, because it makes me feel bad and I am VERY IMPORTANT.
I should buy a Hummer and take up three parking spots in the mall. That's how important I am.
Jon B. - Jul 21, 2004 8:57:20 am PDT #4160 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
How could they come to the conclusion that using a classic song to sell a product, would make me want to buy that product, rather than fire-bomb the HQ of the company for desecrating a great song?
I tend toward believing that if it didn't work, they'd stop doing it.
Drake's family & the Igster deserve all the cash they can get.
What Hayden said.
joe boucher - Jul 21, 2004 8:58:30 am PDT #4161 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
I should buy a Hummer and take up three parking spots in the mall. That's how important I am.
I guess "Happy Jack" isn't a holy song for you. If Hummer had been cool enough to use "Pictures of Lily" instead I might consider buying one, my philosophical objections & lack of money notwithstanding.
Click here if you dare. Note: although this is completely oblectionable in so many ways it is "work safe".