Fashionistas you have arrived 3-25-03 - 10-3-03

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
Thank you - fortunately the following song is actually the one in my head right now, and is not soon to be dislodged.

Baby on Board -by the B-Sharps

Baby on Board,
How I've adored,
That sign on my car's windowpane.
Bounce in my step,
Loaded with pep,
'Cause I'm drivin' in the carpool lane.
Call me a square,
Friend, I don't care,
'Cause that little yellow sign can't be ignored.
I'm tellin' you it's mighty nice.
Each trip's a trip to paradise,
With my baby on board


My favorite Simpsons song after Happy Birthday Burnsie by the Ramones. I am glad Paigow is not around so I can be unoriginal.

My favorite:

Mr. Plow jingle:

Call Mr. Plow,

That's my name,

That name again

Is Mr. Plow


Mr. Plow rap:

Boom-chi-cha-boom-chi-cha-boom-chi-boom

I'm Mr. Plow, and I'm here to say,

I'm the plowin'est guy in the USA.

I got a big plow and I'll move a lot of things,

Like your cow if you have one...


Mr. Plow jingle in Spanish:

Linda Ronstadt: Senor Plow no es macho,

Es solamente un borracho...

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
All this music talk has got me thinking. What is the stupidest song you've ever heard?

While Gloria Estefan's "Rhythym Is Gonna Get You" is a tempting choice (At night while you're lying in your bed/Hear the music in your head/Wishing you were dead), I'll go back to the 70s for the David Geddes hit, "Run, Joey, Run."

(Chorus- woman's voice)

Daddy please don't
It wasn't his fault
He means so much to me
Daddy please don't
We're gonna get married
Just you wait and see

Every night, the same old dream
I hate to close my eyes
I can't erase the memory
The sound of Julie's cry

She called me up, late that night
She said, "Joe, don't come over,
My Dad and I just had a fight
And he stormed out the door!

I've never seen him act this way,
My God, he's goin' crazy
He said he's gonna make you pay
For what we done-- he's got a GUN
so run, Joey run, Joey run!"

(Chorus- woman's voice)

Daddy please don't
It wasn't his fault
He means so much to me
Daddy please don't
We're gonna get married
Just you wait and see

I got in my car, and drove like mad
Til I reached Julie's place
She ran to me, with tear-filled eyes
And bruises on her face!

All at once I saw him there,
Sneaking up the driveway (Woman's voice: Watch out!)
Julie yelled, "He's got a gun!"
And she stepped in front of me

Then suddenly, a shot rang out
And I saw Julie falling
I ran to her, I held her close
When I looked down, my hands were red
And here's the last words Julie said

(Woman's voice)

Daddy please don't
It wasn't his fault
He means so much to me
Daddy please don't
We're gon...na get... mar...ried......

Run, Joey run, Joey run, Joey run, Joey run, Joey run, Joey ruuuuuunn!!!

[ThrashersFan]

Originally posted by evenodds
I think we have a winner.

Noooooo. You cannot give the dumbest song award to a touching ode to the Chevy 409 engine -- perhaps one of the greatest engines ever built (can anyone say 4:56 gears ... woohoo). I have dreams about the 1964 Impala SS with 409...SCHWEET...dual four barrel monster offering 425 bhp...ahhhhhhhhhhhhh :drool:

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by evenodds

We also willingly accept the pablum the record industry spoons into our heads that recreates the music of our youth.

Speaking of the record industry spooning stuff, has anyone heard the president of the RIAA spouting off about how they're suing the evil file sharers? I heard an interview with this guy yesterday, and I think that the Spanish Inquisition (and not the musical Mel Brooks version) wouldn't have been good enough at torturing and seeking out file sharers.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by Sidd Finch
Is listening to weird stuff that no one was ever really into an option? I mean like, the kind of jazz that's so dissonant it causes people to run screaming from the room.

Sidd(help me TM, I don't wanna be old)Finch

You shouldn't be worried. You travel in different packs. And the people you'll find listening to your music will either be your age or younger, but as weird as you. You won't have to worry about killing their buzz, because chances are, they aren't cute and so it wouldn't matter if you did, or they're as nuts as you and suffer from permabuzz.

TM

[ThrashersFan]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,90586,00.html

Spree: VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Canada will open North America's first legal safe-injection site (search) for drug addicts later this year, a decision that drew swift criticism from White House drug czar John Walters. The so-called "shooting gallery" will be federally funded, a 12-seat facility where addicts will be given the equipment they need to inject safely under the supervision of nurses, said Viviana Zanocco, spokeswoman for the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority, which will run the program.




:dance2:

[Sidd Finch]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Speaking of the record industry spooning stuff, has anyone heard the president of the RIAA spouting off about how they're suing the evil file sharers? I heard an interview with this guy yesterday, and I think that the Spanish Inquisition (and not the musical Mel Brooks version) wouldn't have been good enough at torturing and seeking out file sharers.

While the RIAA's public statements may be a bit off the deep end, it's hard for me to be upset with them. File-sharing is costing recording companies enormous amounts of money. The long run effect of this may be that only the bubble gum bands that sell lots of albums on the first day of release are economically viable.

The RIAA and recording cos spent several years not going after consumers, just going after websites (i.e. Napster). That didn't work. They put some effort into making music available for purcahse over the internet, with mixed results (possibly too early to tell). I'm not sure that they have much choice any longer, but to put some fear into consumers. OTOH, I doubt it will be all that effective (cf. that AOL tried the same tactic against spammers a few years ago, and Microsoft is trying it now...)

Sidd(perhaps I'm just bitter because I never could figure out how to navigate KaZaa)Finch

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

How about Donna Summers "Love to Love you Baby". Here are the lyrics, which, you should remember, are stretched over the requisite 3+ minutes by sounds that can only be compared to those you'd expect to be made by a cat engaging in S&M.



Love to Love you Baby

I love to love you baby...

When you're laying so close to me
there's no place I'd rather you be
than with me here...

I love to love you baby...

Do it to me again and again
you put me in such an awful spin
in a spin...

I love to love you baby...

Lay your head down real close to me
soothe my mind and set me free
set me free...

I love to love you baby...

[Sidd Finch]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
You shouldn't be worried. You travel in different packs. And the people you'll find listening to your music will either be your age or younger, but as weird as you. You won't have to worry about killing their buzz, because chances are, they aren't cute and so it wouldn't matter if you did, or they're as nuts as you and suffer from permabuzz.

TM

Um..... thanks?

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by ThrashersFan
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,90586,00.html

Spree: VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Canada will open North America's first legal safe-injection site (search) for drug addicts later this year, a decision that drew swift criticism from White House drug czar John Walters. The so-called "shooting gallery" will be federally funded, a 12-seat facility where addicts will be given the equipment they need to inject safely under the supervision of nurses, said Viviana Zanocco, spokeswoman for the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority, which will run the program.




:dance2:

I understand the humanity of not wanting people to share needles in dark alleys. But in the long run (or short run) isn't the heroin going to kill them anyway? Or is this a means for counseling people while you're giving them the clean needle - that maybe you should try this methodone instead?

[Oliver_Wendell_Ramone]

I really don't think it's fair to bust out the cheesy 70s lyrics, but as that door has already been opened, I offer the lyrics to "Chevy Van:"

I gave a girl a ride in my wagon
Now she crawled in and took control
She was tired as her mind was draggin'
And I said get some sleep--and dream of rock n roll

Like a picture she was laying there
And moonlight dancing off her hair
She woke up and took me by the hand
She's gonna love me in my Chevy van
And that's all right with me

Her young face was like that of an angel
And her long legs were tanned and brown
Better keep your eyes on the road son
Better slow this vehicle down 'cause

'Cause like a picture she was laying there
And moonlight dancing off her hair
She woke up and took me by the hand
She's gonna love me in my Chevy van
And that's all right with me

I put her out in a town that was so small
You could throw a rock from end to end
A dirt road main street, she walked off in her barefeet
And it's a shame I won't be passin' through again

Like a picture she was laying there
And moonlight dancing off her hair
She woke up and took me by the hand
We made love me in my Chevy van
And that's all right with me

Yeah like a picture she was laying there
And moonlight dancing off her hair
She woke up and took me by the hand
We made love me in my Chevy van
And that's all right with me

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by ThrashersFan
Noooooo. You cannot give the dumbest song award to a touching ode to the Chevy 409 engine

Sure you can, although I think Thurgreed failed to define the terms of the poll. The 409 ditty was insipid because the song uses approximately 12 words. Musically, i kind of enjoy it, and cars are one the classic subjects of song, along with girls and booties.

Thurgreed seems to have nominated songs that are stupid/offensive. The lyrics are a bit more verbally rich, but the words used aren't put to good use. That makes deciding a bit more difficult. I might see Thurgreed's R. Kelly nomination with a Billy Ocean-"Get into my Car" nomination of my own. It's approximately equivalent, but from a more innoncent day where musicians didn't film there sexual escapades with minors.

Hey you, get in to my car
Who me?
Yes you, get in to my car
Woooooooooh. Wah! Hey!

Who's that lady
Coming down the road
Who's that lady
Who's that woman
Walking through my door
What's the score
I'll be the sun
Shining on you
Hey Cinderella
Step in your shoe
I'll be your non-stop lover
Get it while you can
Your non-stop miracle
I'm your man

Get outta my dreams
Get in to my car
Get outta my dream
Get in to the back seat baby
Get in to my car
Beep Beep, yeah
Get outta my mind
Get in to my life
Ooooooh
Oh I said hey (Hey) you (You)
Get in to my car


link to painful remainder of lyrics

[bridge of love]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
What you write is a fair and well-taken. But by agreeing with Less' post, I was not trying to make the point that, by eschewing 80s revivalism and classic rock stations, you will find music that is so fresh and original that it cannot be traced in any way back to any prior music. I was making a different point. Something about peaches.

I like peaches, but so did my parents, not as much as I like them, they were more apple people, so maybe I'm different

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
While Gloria Estefan's "Rhythym Is Gonna Get You" is a tempting choice (At night while you're lying in your bed/Hear the music in your head/Wishing you were dead), I'll go back to the 70s for the David Geddes hit, "Run, Joey, Run."

(Chorus- woman's voice)

Daddy please don't
It wasn't his fault
He means so much to me
Daddy please don't
We're gonna get married
Just you wait and see

Every night, the same old dream
I hate to close my eyes
I can't erase the memory
The sound of Julie's cry

She called me up, late that night
She said, "Joe, don't come over,
My Dad and I just had a fight
And he stormed out the door!

I've never seen him act this way,
My God, he's goin' crazy
He said he's gonna make you pay
For what we done-- he's got a GUN
so run, Joey run, Joey run!"

(Chorus- woman's voice)

Daddy please don't
It wasn't his fault
He means so much to me
Daddy please don't
We're gonna get married
Just you wait and see

I got in my car, and drove like mad
Til I reached Julie's place
She ran to me, with tear-filled eyes
And bruises on her face!

All at once I saw him there,
Sneaking up the driveway (Woman's voice: Watch out!)
Julie yelled, "He's got a gun!"
And she stepped in front of me

Then suddenly, a shot rang out
And I saw Julie falling
I ran to her, I held her close
When I looked down, my hands were red
And here's the last words Julie said

(Woman's voice)

Daddy please don't
It wasn't his fault
He means so much to me
Daddy please don't
We're gon...na get... mar...ried......

Run, Joey run, Joey run, Joey run, Joey run, Joey run, Joey ruuuuuunn!!!

Oh, this is a finalist. But if Run, Joey, Run is in we've got to nominate "Billy, don't be a hero", don't we?

[Sparklehorse]

Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
Oh, this is a finalist. But if Run, Joey, Run is in we've got to nominate "Billy, don't be a hero", don't we?

I was thinking about Billy too...and what about Afternoon Delight?

Gonna find my baby, gonna hold her tight
Gonna grab some afternoon delight
My motto's always been 'when it's right, it's right'
Why wait until the middle of a cold dark night?
When everything's a little clearer in the light of day
And we know the night is always gonna be there any way

Thinkin' of you's workin' up my appetite
Looking forward to a little afternoon delight
Rubbin' sticks and stones together makes the sparks ingite
And the thought of lovin' you is getting so exciting
Sky rockets in flight
Afternoon delight
Afternoon delight
Afternoon delight

Started out this morning feeling so polite
I always though a fish could not be caught who wouldn't bite
But you've got some bait a waitin' and I think I might try nibbling
A little afternoon delight
Sky rockets in flight
Afternoon delight
Afternoon delight
Afternoon delight

Please be waiting for me, baby, when I come around
We could make a lot of lovin' 'for the sun goes down

Thinkin' of you's workin' up my appetite
Looking forward to a little afternoon delight
Rubbin' sticks and stones together makes the sparks ingite
And the thought of lovin' you is getting so exciting
Sky rockets in flight
Afternoon delight
Afternoon delight
Afternoon delight

Afternoon delight!