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id.s · 06-11-2003, 06:41 PM

After all, it is called the alabama song. ~Elsewhere rules~

Demigawd · 06-11-2003, 06:48 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by id.s
Demigawd

Didn't know that. Don't feel superior. I thought I was being kind for once to americans. Another foreigner tune that fits anywhere. Doors of perception are always moving.

I'm just engaging in some friendly jabbing. I consider Canada the greatest country of all-time because it's home to Rush. So, obviously, don't take anything I write too seriously.

NearNihil Experience · 06-12-2003, 09:16 AM

"I also agree that we have to let loose, but choosing less harmful themes would probably be more beneficial to society. Or more Choppin'. "

Fuck Society and its benefits. But more Chopin would be nice.

Enai · 06-12-2003, 10:35 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by RawData
Pink Floyd, The Wall: "We don't need no education..."
RD

Ouch!

Maybe the "moral majority" will support you?

NZAmoeba · 06-12-2003, 06:25 PM

this one is too easy...

Dennis Leary - Asshole

Quote:

Folks, I�d like to sing a song about the American dream.
About you, about me. About the way our American hearts beat
Way down in the bottom of our chests.

About that special feeling we get in the cockles of our hearts,
Maybe below the cockles, maybe in the sub-cockle area,
Maybe in the liver. Maybe in the kidneys. Maybe even in the colon - I don�t know.

(singing)
I�m just a regular Joe, with a regular job.
I�m your average white, suburbanite slob.
I like football, and porno, and books about war.
I�ve got an average house, with a nice hardwood floor.

My wife, and my job, my kids and my car,
My feet on my table - and a cuban cigar.

But sometimes that�s just not enough,
To keep a man like me interested!
(Oh no! No way! Uh uh!)

No, I gotta go out and have fun,
At someone else�s expense!
(Oh yeah! Yeah yeah! Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah!)

I drive really slow, in the ultra-fast lane,
While people, behind me, are goin� insane!

I�m an asshole! (He�s an asshole!) I�m an asshole!
I�m an asshole! (He�s a asshole! Such an asshole!)

I use public toilets, and I piss on the seats.
I walk around in the summertime sayin� �How about this heat?�

I�m an asshole! (He�s an asshole! What an asshole!)
I�m an asshole! (He�s the world�s biggest asshole!)

And sometimes I park, in handicapped spaces,
While handicapped people, make handicapped faces!

I�m an asshole! (He�s an asshole!) I�m an asshole!
I�m an asshole! (He�s a real fucking asshole!)

Maybe I shouldn�t be singin� this song -
Ranting and raving and carrying on.
Maybe they�re right when they tell me I�m wrong.
. . . NAHHHHH!

I�m an asshole! (He�s an asshole! What an asshole!)
I�m an asshole! (He�s the world�s biggest asshole!)

(spoken)
You know what I�m gonna do?
I�m gonna get myself a 1967 El Dorado convertible -
Hot pink! With whale-skin hubcaps, an all-leather cow interior,
and big brown baby seal eyes for headlights! Yeah!
And I�m gonna drive down the highway at 100 miles an hour,
Gettin� one mile per gallon, wolfin� down quarter pounder cheeseburgers from McDonalds
That come in those old-fashioned, non-biodegradeable styrofoam containers.
And when I�m done suckin� down those greaseball burgers,
I�m gonna throw the containers right out the side,
And wipe my mouth on the American flag, and there�s not a God-damn thing anybody can do about it!
You know why? Two words - nuclear fuckin� weapons!
Russia, Germany, Romania, they can have all the democracy they want,
They can have a big democracy cakewalk right through the middle of Tiennamen Square
And it won�t make a lick of difference, because we got the bombs. Okay?
John Wayne�s not dead, he�s frozen! And when we find a cure for cancer,
We�re gonna thaw�r out the Duke and he�s gonna be pretty pissed off!
You know how pissed the Duke�s gonna be? Have you ever taken a cold shower?
Well multiply that by fifteen million and that�s how pissed the Duke�s gonna be.
I�m gonna get the Duke, and Lee Marvin, and John Casavetti and a case of Whiskey,
And I�m gonna drive down to Texas -

(Hey! Hey! Hey! HEY! You know you really are an asshole?)
Why don�t ya just shut up and sing the song pal?

(sung)
I�m an asshole! (I�m an asshole!) I�m an ashole!
I�m an asshole! (He�s the world�s biggest asshole!)

A, S, S, H, O, L, E!
Everybody! A, S, S, H, O, L, E!
(trail into non-vocal chanting and barking)

(spoken)
I�m an asshole, and I�m proud of it.

Rushianbeing · 06-13-2003, 07:56 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Demigawd
I'm just engaging in some friendly jabbing. I consider Canada the greatest country of all-time because it's home to Rush. So, obviously, don't take anything I write too seriously.

SHEET YEAH!!! I second your motion for the new national anthem, too!!

Rushianbeing

RawData · 06-13-2003, 04:01 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by NZAmoeba
this one is too easy...

Dennis Leary - Asshole

Bingo!
RD

beausoleil · 06-14-2003, 12:42 AM

WE'VE GOT A BIGGER PROBLEM NOW, by the Dead Kennedys, (though it may need a little editing).

last call for alcohol. last call for your freedom of speech. drink up. happy hour is now enforced by law.
don't forget our house special, it's called a trickie dickie screwdriver. it's got one part jack daniels, two parts purple kool-aid, and a jigger of formaldehyde from the jar with hitler's brain in it we got in the back storeroom.
happy trails to you. happy trails to you.
i am emperor ronald reagan born again with fascist cravings still, you made me president human rights will soon go 'way i am now your shah today now i command all of you now you're going to pray in school i'll make sure they're christian too
california �ber alles �ber alles california
ku klux klan will control you still you think it's natural nigger knockin' for the master race
still you wear the happy face you closed your eyes, can't happen here alexander haig is near
vietnam won't come back you say join the army or you will pay
california �ber alles �ber alles california
yeah, that's it. just relax. have another drink, few more pretzels, little more msg. turn on those dallas cowboys on your tv. lock your doors. close your mind. it's time for the two-minute warning.
welcome to 1984 are you ready for the third world war?!? you too will meet the secret police they'll draft you and they'll jail your niece you'll go quitely to boot camp they'll shoot you dead, make you a man
don't you worry, it's for a cause feeding global corporations' claws die on our brand new poison gas el salvador or afghanistan making money for president reagan and all the friends of president reagan california �ber alles
�ber alles california

"Thanksgiving Prayer" by William Burroughs

Thanks for the wild turkey and
the passenger pigeons, destined
to be shit out through wholesome
American guts.

Thanks for a continent to despoil
and poison.

Thanks for Indians to provide a
modicum of challenge and
danger.

Thanks for vast herds of bison to
kill and skin leaving the
carcasses to rot.

Thanks for bounties on wolves
and coyotes.

Thanks for the American dream,
To vulgarize and to falsify until
the bare lies shine through.

Thanks for the KKK.

For nigger-killin' lawmen,
feelin' their notches.

For decent church-goin' women,
with their mean, pinched, bitter,
evil faces.

Thanks for "Kill a Queer for
Christ" stickers.

Thanks for laboratory AIDS.

Thanks for Prohibition and the
war against drugs.

Thanks for a country where
nobody's allowed to mind the
own business.

Thanks for a nation of finks.

Yes, thanks for all the
memories-- all right let's see
your arms!

You always were a headache and
you always were a bore.

Thanks for the last and greatest
betrayal of the last and greatest
of human dreams.

id.s · 06-14-2003, 06:53 AM

Thanks for the last and greatest
betrayal of the last and greatest
of human dreams. [/B][/QUOTE]

I love Burroughs. Amen to that. Says a lot about our best choice scenario (Pascals wager?) -Democracy- Best of the bad choices.

RichardMorey · 06-17-2003, 09:29 AM

Am I the only one who likes the Star-Spangled Banner? I think it has several good points:

1. A deity is not central to the song (compare with other patriotic songs)
2. It espouses what could be seen as humanistic values like freedom and bravery
3. It has historical content (it refers to a specific event)
4. The melody, while being hard for "mere mortals" to sing (sorry, I'm a singer), is inspiring when sung by a talented singer.

Maybe I'm weird, but I think we're lucky not to have a song like "God save the President." Maybe we will before the Bush administration gets done...

06-11-2003, 06:41 PM	#21
id.s Regular Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: VICTORIA B. C. CANADA Posts: 206	demigawd After all, it is called the alabama song. ~Elsewhere rules~

06-14-2003, 06:53 AM	#29
id.s Regular Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: VICTORIA B. C. CANADA Posts: 206	beausoleil Thanks for the last and greatest betrayal of the last and greatest of human dreams. [/B][/QUOTE] I love Burroughs. Amen to that. Says a lot about our best choice scenario (Pascals wager?) -Democracy- Best of the bad choices.

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06-12-2003, 09:16 AM	#23
NearNihil Experience Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Up Shit Creek Posts: 1,810	"I also agree that we have to let loose, but choosing less harmful themes would probably be more beneficial to society. Or more Choppin'. " Fuck Society and its benefits. But more Chopin would be nice.

06-14-2003, 12:42 AM	#28
beausoleil Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: US and UK Posts: 846	WE'VE GOT A BIGGER PROBLEM NOW, by the Dead Kennedys, (though it may need a little editing). last call for alcohol. last call for your freedom of speech. drink up. happy hour is now enforced by law. don't forget our house special, it's called a trickie dickie screwdriver. it's got one part jack daniels, two parts purple kool-aid, and a jigger of formaldehyde from the jar with hitler's brain in it we got in the back storeroom. happy trails to you. happy trails to you. i am emperor ronald reagan born again with fascist cravings still, you made me president human rights will soon go 'way i am now your shah today now i command all of you now you're going to pray in school i'll make sure they're christian too california �ber alles �ber alles california ku klux klan will control you still you think it's natural nigger knockin' for the master race still you wear the happy face you closed your eyes, can't happen here alexander haig is near vietnam won't come back you say join the army or you will pay california �ber alles �ber alles california yeah, that's it. just relax. have another drink, few more pretzels, little more msg. turn on those dallas cowboys on your tv. lock your doors. close your mind. it's time for the two-minute warning. welcome to 1984 are you ready for the third world war?!? you too will meet the secret police they'll draft you and they'll jail your niece you'll go quitely to boot camp they'll shoot you dead, make you a man don't you worry, it's for a cause feeding global corporations' claws die on our brand new poison gas el salvador or afghanistan making money for president reagan and all the friends of president reagan california �ber alles �ber alles california "Thanksgiving Prayer" by William Burroughs Thanks for the wild turkey and the passenger pigeons, destined to be shit out through wholesome American guts. Thanks for a continent to despoil and poison. Thanks for Indians to provide a modicum of challenge and danger. Thanks for vast herds of bison to kill and skin leaving the carcasses to rot. Thanks for bounties on wolves and coyotes. Thanks for the American dream, To vulgarize and to falsify until the bare lies shine through. Thanks for the KKK. For nigger-killin' lawmen, feelin' their notches. For decent church-goin' women, with their mean, pinched, bitter, evil faces. Thanks for "Kill a Queer for Christ" stickers. Thanks for laboratory AIDS. Thanks for Prohibition and the war against drugs. Thanks for a country where nobody's allowed to mind the own business. Thanks for a nation of finks. Yes, thanks for all the memories-- all right let's see your arms! You always were a headache and you always were a bore. Thanks for the last and greatest betrayal of the last and greatest of human dreams.

06-17-2003, 09:29 AM	#30
RichardMorey Regular Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Missouri Posts: 112	Am I the only one who likes the Star-Spangled Banner? I think it has several good points: 1. A deity is not central to the song (compare with other patriotic songs) 2. It espouses what could be seen as humanistic values like freedom and bravery 3. It has historical content (it refers to a specific event) 4. The melody, while being hard for "mere mortals" to sing (sorry, I'm a singer), is inspiring when sung by a talented singer. Maybe I'm weird, but I think we're lucky not to have a song like "God save the President." Maybe we will before the Bush administration gets done...

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