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Post by Jean Luc de Lemur on Mar 14, 2018 0:51:18 GMT -5
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Post by Jean Luc de Lemur on Mar 26, 2018 13:16:44 GMT -5
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Post by Rainbow Rosa on Mar 26, 2018 13:21:50 GMT -5
The New Yorker... more like The New "Great Job, Internet!"
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Post by Crash Test Dumbass on Mar 26, 2018 14:17:18 GMT -5
The New Yorker... more like The New "Great Job, Internet!" New Yorker Editor In Chief
"'What the hell', we thought, 'most of our cartoons don't make sense either anyway'", says Editorial Board |
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Post by Celebith on Mar 26, 2018 14:27:27 GMT -5
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Post by Celebith on Mar 26, 2018 14:29:04 GMT -5
This should be in some 'Basil Frankweiler' movie, except the kids live in a mall instead of a museum. |
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Post by Crash Test Dumbass on Apr 29, 2018 12:27:05 GMT -5
I was at a wedding yesterday where the DJ played Africa during the dinner service, and fully half of the guests put down their food to sing along. It was like a movie or something.
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Post by Jean Luc de Lemur on Apr 29, 2018 15:58:25 GMT -5
Is Toto a piece of moldy cheese that survived beyond the eighties or one that was, to stretch this metaphor, rotting at the back of the pop cultural fridge and brought out again by the internet? Because I have heard more about “Africa”—and Toto—in the past few months than in my entire almost thirty years prior to the past few months.
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Post by Mr. Greene's October Surprise on Apr 30, 2018 21:14:16 GMT -5
Is Toto a piece of moldy cheese that survived beyond the eighties or one that was, to stretch this metaphor, rotting at the back of the pop cultural fridge and brought out again by the internet? Because I have heard more about “Africa”—and Toto—in the past few months than in my entire almost thirty years prior to the past few months. It's because '80s kids, you dwoob. |
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Post by Jean Luc de Lemur on May 1, 2018 14:00:39 GMT -5
Is Toto a piece of moldy cheese that survived beyond the eighties or one that was, to stretch this metaphor, rotting at the back of the pop cultural fridge and brought out again by the internet? Because I have heard more about “Africa”—and Toto—in the past few months than in my entire almost thirty years prior to the past few months. It's because '80s kids, you dwoob. I thought the nineties kids would have completely displaced them by now. |
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Post by Crash Test Dumbass on Sept 7, 2018 12:05:36 GMT -5
The unrelated outro is also amazing.
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Post by Crash Test Dumbass on Sept 12, 2018 7:53:14 GMT -5
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Post by Prole Hole on Sept 12, 2018 10:26:17 GMT -5
This thread just wont die. Like the something something Kilimanjaro something desert something *shitty instrumental break*
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Post by Celebith on Nov 17, 2018 11:28:04 GMT -5
The Weezer cover seems to have had its moment, and I'm glad it's gone. Although fairly accurate, it's so antiseptic and airless, drained of emotion. The video with Weird Al is pretty good, though.
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Post by Celebith on Nov 17, 2018 11:35:57 GMT -5
The unrelated outro is also amazing. I was on the fence, but Hannah's vocals added whatever it was that this needed to make it great. |
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Post by Rainbow Rosa on Nov 17, 2018 15:07:49 GMT -5
The Weezer cover seems to have had its moment, and I'm glad it's gone. Although fairly accurate, it's so antiseptic and airless, drained of emotion. The video with Weird Al is pretty good, though. I do think the Toto cover of "Hash Pipe" that came out of this - the one with the funny hair metal synth solo - was pretty funny. Better than the original (not hard given this is Weezer we're talking about)! |
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Post by Rainbow Rosa on Nov 19, 2018 18:30:16 GMT -5
(I secretly like every part of this song other than the dumb lyrics and verse and chorus)
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Post by Celebith on Nov 20, 2018 18:56:13 GMT -5
(I secretly like every part of this song other than the dumb lyrics and verse and chorus) My daughter and I, although we like a lot of the same music, come down on different sides about what we generally appreciate. Other than exercise music, most of my favorites tend to be due to the lyrics (this is super simplified - I am a sucker for 'Wall of Sound' compositions and other over-the-top cheese) while my daughter is all about the melodies and considers the vocals more of just another instrument. You could, like Trump 'singing' the National Anthem, substitute a bunch of random words and hums while sticking to the tune of this, and it would still be, unlike Trump 'singing' the National Anthem, just fine. |
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Post by Roy Batty's Pet Dove on Dec 20, 2018 0:53:15 GMT -5
Prole what is your opinion of this version of "Africa"?
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Post by Powerthirteen on Dec 20, 2018 23:20:59 GMT -5
More or less related to this thread. I laughed.
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Post by Prole Hole on Dec 21, 2018 3:23:27 GMT -5
It has been pointed out to me by Gamblin' Telly that this thread is now over three years old and still, somehow, going. Like a terrible, terrible guitar solo played by a terrible, terrible band. Thanks, everyone! I guess! |
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Post by Gamblin' Telly on Dec 21, 2018 3:29:17 GMT -5
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Post by Prole Hole on Dec 21, 2018 3:45:17 GMT -5
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Post by Rainbow Rosa on Dec 21, 2018 12:11:05 GMT -5
How do you feel about this version of "Africa"
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Post by Prole Hole on Dec 22, 2018 13:57:49 GMT -5
How do you feel about this version of "Africa" Yeah, substantially better! |
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Post by Roy Batty's Pet Dove on Jan 14, 2019 20:49:43 GMT -5
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Post by Rainbow Rosa on Jan 14, 2019 21:19:45 GMT -5
This is what Stonehenge was |
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Post by Prole Hole on Jan 15, 2019 13:57:21 GMT -5
This is what Stonehenge was There's a gag about rock music in here somewhere... |
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Post by Jean Luc de Lemur on Jan 17, 2019 18:27:54 GMT -5
This is violence against the Namib Desert, I say as someone with a professional interest in the Namib Desert. |
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Post by Roy Batty's Pet Dove on Jan 24, 2019 21:23:30 GMT -5
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