Oh Canada
 

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.




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music
 

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

Bad Music Nominee
 

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...

Puffy Nipples, Porn Stars, Etc...
 

Um..... thanks?

Oh Canada
 

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?

Speaking of Bad Lyrics
 

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

Most Stupid Song Poll
 

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

Puffy Nipples, Porn Stars, Etc...
 

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

POLL
 

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?

POLL
 

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!

music
 

i LOVE pablum!

AND 1992!

YAY!
_________________
Pushy the Puppy,
Pablum Spooner
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Oh Canada
 

Is this kinda like "why do they bother to disinfect the arm before sticking in the lethal injection needle?"

Other Flashback 70's crap
 

Good one. At the risk of reopening this can of worms about 70's music (but with the proper qualifiers -- 70's AM Pop radio staples), I give you this. I think it beats your example by a nose.

"Seasons in the Sun -- Terry Jacks"

Goodbye to you my trusted friend
We've known each other since we were nine or ten
Together we climbed hills and trees
Learned of love and A B C's
Skinned our hearts and skinned our knees.

Goodbye my friend it's hard to die
When all the birds are singing in the sky
Now that the spring is in the air
Pretty girls are everywhere
Think of me and I'll be there

We had joy we had fun
We had seasons in the sun
But the hills that we climbed were just seasons
Out of time......

Goodbye Papa please pray for me
I was the black sheep of the family
You tried to teach me right from wrong
Too much wine and too much song
Wonder how I got along.

Goodbye Papa its hard to die
When all the birds are singing in the sky
Now that the spring is in the air
Little children everywhere
When you see them I'll be there.

We had joy we had fun
We had seasons in the sun
But the wine and the song like the seasons
Have all gone.

We had joy we had fun
We had seasons in the sun
But the wine and the song like the seasons
Have all gone.

Goodbye Michelle my little one
You gave me love and helped me find the sun
And every time that I was down
You would always come around
And get my feet back on the ground.

Goodbye Michelle it's hard to die
When all the birds are singing in the sky
Now that the spring is in the air
With the flowers everywhere
I wish that we could both be there

We had joy we had fun
We had seasons in the sun
But the stars we could reach
Were just starfish on the beach

We had joy we had fun
We had seasons in the sun
But the stars we could reach
Were just starfish on the beach

We had joy we had fun
We had seasons in the sun
But the wine and the song like the seasons
Have all gone

All our lives we had fun
We had seasons in the sun
But the hills that we climbed were just seasons
Out of time......

We had joy we had fun
We had seasons in the sun


One word -- Ouch.

spookyfish

Other Flashback 70's crap
 

Sure, screw with the classics. Next thing you know you'll be nominating Wildfire by Michael Martin Murphey.

She comes down from yellow mountain -
on a dark, flat land she rides - on a pony she named Wildfire
with a whirlwind by her side, on a cold Nebraska night

Oh, they say she died one winter, when there came a killing frost
and the pony she named Wildfire busted down his stall
In a blizzard he was lost

She ran calling Wildfire
She ran calling Wildfire
She ran calling Wildfire

By the dark of the moon, I planted - but there came an early snow
There's been a hoot owl howlin' by my window now for six nights in a row
She's coming for me, I know - and on Wildfire we're both gonna go

We'll be riding Wildfire
We'll be riding Wildfire
We'll be riding Wildfire

On Wildfire we're gonna ride; we're gonna leave sod-bustin' behind
Get these hard times right on out of our minds, riding Wildfire



I always cry when I think of that poor widdle pony out in the blizzard. Stupid bitch should have taken better care of her horse.

Speaking of Bad Lyrics
 

This is a slippery slope. As far as cheesy 70s lyrics go, how about At Seventeen by Janis Ian. Or Convoy.

Classic Pablum, 70s Style
 

While we're here, 1977's "Telephone Man" by Meri Wilson:

I went to my apartment on a Monday at one
A-singin' do lolly, lolly chicka-boom, chicka-boom
Started movin' in it on a Tuesday at two
A-singin' do lolly, lolly chicka-do, chicka-do
Wednesday at three I called the phone company, singin':
"Hey baby, put a phone in for me"
Thursday at four he came a-knockin' at my door, singin':

"Hey, baby, I'm your telephone man
You just show me where you want it and I'll put it where I can
I can put it in the bedroom, I can put it in the hall
I can put it in the bathroom, I can hang it on the wall
You can have it with a buzz, you can have it with a ring
And if you really want it you can have a ding-a-ling
Because-a hey baby, I'm your telephone man"

Can you believe that? And then he says:

"Now when other fellas call ya tell 'em how it all began"

Well...can you imagine?

My heart began a-thumpin' and my mind began to fly
And I knew I wasn't dealin' with no ordinary guy
So while he was a-talking I was thinkin' up my plan
Then my fingers did the walkin' on the telephone man

Singin' hey lolly, lolly
Hey lolly, lolly
Hey lolly, lolly
Get it any way you can
Right? Ha ha ha, so...

I got it in the bedroom, and I got it in the hall
And I got it in the bathroom, and he hung it on the wall
I got it with a buzz, and I got it with a ring
And when he told me what my number was I got a ding-a-ling

A-singin' hey lolly, lolly
Hey lolly, lolly
Hey lolly, lolly
Just-a doin' my thing

Ha, ha...I've never done anything like this before!

Let's have joy and fun and ....
 

It's tripe, but Terry Jacks' version is just one and by no means the earliest version of it. Kingston Trio had one earlier, and there are a bunch of others out there too (Pearls before Swine?). It was a 60s standard.

Which may be a possible new poll: The worst music that has still been recorded by multiple "artists" (at least no one would EVER try to do Billy, Don't Be a Hero again...).

Other Flashback 70's crap
 

You use the word classic far more loosely than I do. ;)

If he hadn't "made it" in music, he's got a great serial killer name.

sf

P.S. The 409 was not, by any stretch of the imagination, a great engine. Too prone to blowing up because the cylinder castings were made too thin. You would be much better off with a slightly later model 427. (It's just you can't rhyme as much stuff with 427). Just my $.02.

Let's have joy and fun and ....
 

Well, my sister did. And I still have the tape. It provides me with unimaginable leverage in family disputes.

Let's have joy and fun and ....
 

Oh, that's easy. Mr. Postman. Made waaay too many times.

And nomination for stupid lyrics - Horse with no name...in the desert you can't remember your name cuz there ain't no one for to give you no pain....

Most Stupid Song Poll
 

Well if that's the route we're going down, how about an oldie, like "Land of 1000 Dances."

I said na, na na na na, na na na na na-na-na na-na-na, na na na naaaaa. Watch it now watch it. Do the mashed potato, etc.

str8

Other Flashback 70's crap
 

We could discuss the pros and cons of the different 351s and really piss off the other FBers. BTW, although I admit that "great" was a strong word for the 409 (I will admit that my emotion over the Imp got the better of me), I still like it.

Other Flashback 70's crap
 

4-2-7, 4-2-7
I think I've died and gone to heaven
with my four-two-seven

It's not like the beach boys brought forth hundreds of words to rhyme with nine.

Most Stupid Song Poll
 

Let's get to the bottom of this descent. Rock and Roll Part II.


1) The "Ba na na na" are horn sounds.
2) The "Chakachaka" part is some sort of percussion.

Ba na na na... Hey! Ba na na.
Ba na na na... Hey! Ba na na.
Ba na na na... Hey! Ba na na.

Chakachaka chakachaka chaka... (fans scream here: "Go team!" substituting
whichever team they are rooting for)

Repeat forever.

Other Flashback 70's crap
 

You just gotta love an era when they sang about their cars so much. Now we just hear about bitches and blunts. :D

Other Flashback 70's crap
 

Understood. But say your line out loud a few times.

Just doesn't have quite the same panache, does it?

;)

Though you add something about parking outside the 7-11, etc. etc. That might help.

spookyfish

Other Flashback 70's crap
 

Yeah, even Little Old Lady from Pasadena was about a granny in a hot car, right?
Go granny go granny go granny GO.

Other Flashback 70's crap
 

This song upset me when I was little and I heard it on a relative's radio.

Officially, the worst song ever is MacArthur Park. I never heard it until I was in college, and I am still not sure I have heard it in its entirety.

Even(Father is a bigger musical snob than any of y'all, so I didn't know there was pop music in the 70s other than Prine, Raitt, Little Feat, etc.)Odds

Remakes
 

"I Want Candy," a cute, forgettable 60s tune, was brought back to life by Bow Wow Wow, mercifully ignored for many years, and now is being sung by both Aaron Carter and Good Charlotte. Stop the madness!

Speaking of remakes, I am looking for a punk remake of Doris Day's "Que Sera Sera" that is probably at least 15 years old. Anyone know the band that did it?

oops.
 

Meant to be a PM -- sorry.

Other Flashback 70's crap
 

Oh YES! We have a winner...
I don't think that I can take it
cuz it took so long to bake it
and I'll never have that recipe agaaaaaaiiiiin
Ohnoooooooo
Oh noooooooo!

Most Stupid Song Poll
 

Dave Barry did this poll years ago. "MacArthur Park" was up there, by Dave's pick was "I Am I Said" by Neil Diamond. It's hard to argue.

I am, I said
To no one there
An no one heard at all
Not even the chair
I am, I cried
I am, said I
And I am lost, and I can't even say why
Leavin' me lonely still

And in a development that will give PLF chills, I have it on very good authority that wealthy suburban seventh graders are now wearing parachute pants. I repeat: PARACHUTE PANTS. Looks like it's finally time to break that ol' Members Only jacket out of the closet. Oooooh, baby . . . I've missed you so much . . . .

music
 

A guy yesterday pled guilty and is facing hard time for putting the Hulk up on a board such as this one for anyone to download. No tear in my eye.

str8

speaking of remakes
 

Anyone heard the remake of Boys of Summer on the radio these days (I think it is The Ataris)? Sounds exactly like the prior version (and that isn't a good thing). They changed "Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac" to "Black Flag sticker on a Cadillac". My question -- even if you loved that song in the first place, why would you do a remake that sounds exactly the same? Where's the fun in that.

this sets aside the question of why a radio station would bother playing it...

Most Stupid Song Poll
 

Does this mean we all have to go out and get Hammer/Arsenio wedge haircuts?

Cars, Bitches and Blunts Anyone?
 

Not necessarily true. Sometimes you get a little bit of everything. Case in point.

"Still A G Thang"

Yeah yeah yeah I'm fin up in the corner in my
lowrider dogg. Ya heard me?

Top dollar with the gold flea collar
dippin' in my blue Impala (DPG)
[Repeats throughout intro]

(Yeah it's still a G thang)
It's time for all the lowriders out there
yeah all the dippers you like to get ya dip on
hit a switch or two, bang a corna' sittin' on threes
yeah right trip...

It's like 4 & to the 5 & to the 6 & to the 7
I once was told that all doggs go to Heaven
Well how ya been where ya been & what it look like?
My game trump tight especially when it bump like
four DPG's gettin' crazy
& No Limit is the label that pays me!
Ridin' 'round town layin' game down like Goldie
& I remember what my momma showed me
told me game recognize game
& stay true to what ya do & don't be ashamed
I got all my game from her sometimes I have to wonder
how I keep from goin' under I'm a cold muthafucka
I fall to my knees & thank God before I do my thang
I don't know why, I love to gangbang
See life ain't nuthin' but a twist anyway bitch anyway
you can say what you wanna say
Just don't get in my way 'cause I'm a mean old
Fiend know C know & P know see loc
We make music for the thugs and the bangers
and the bitches. Fuck you R&B singers
She want a nigga with his khackies hangin' real low
in a black rag Sixty-four hmm
Rollin' down the street lookin' way clean
bangin' that real shit nigga like Al Green
I'm headed straight to the LB
forget it that's what they tell me
Sell me everythang except some bullshit
and when it's time for the gunfight nigga pull quick
Cause ain't nothin' butter but us
and nigga you'll get wet up for fuckin' with my cheddar
It's cold outside nigga grab ya sweater
and that bad bitch you fuckin' with
nigga she get ya set up
Boy you done put all ya trust in that hoe
didn't ya see what happened to the President niggaro
livin' in a tight house big as the White House
You fucked around & stuck ya dick
in that white bitch mouth
What you talkin' 'bout? Fool I'm dirty like the South
and to be real I feel that's how I'm comin' out
Back on the hoe stroll highway pimp patrol
put ya cuffs on ya girl nigga let her off parole
Man nigga way cold with his game
What's his muthafuckin' name? Who me?
I'm the capital S I don't fuck with stress
N double O-P D-O muthafuckin double G
Coldest entertainer gangbanger since Alphonz Capone
Count money like Basie police try to chase me
Niggas try to replace me but you can't
I'm ridin' in a tank I'm blowin' hella dank
So whether ridin' in ya lo-lo or smokin' on some doe doe
spread the word and take the fo' door
The Last Don done hooked up with the muthafuckin'
King of the coast with the most here's a toast
and Snoop Dogg is the representer
through the niggas & G's through the LBC's
and the Calio projects Brooklyn to Queens
Chi-town woe now the Dogg Pound in the house
everytime we touch down right next to my hometown
D-town (Detroit) Eastside St. Louie (St Louie)
Spokane get ya money man tic-tock
Little Rock right next to Houston, Texas
home of Rap-A-Lot we like to jack a lot
gimme what ya got let me get that up out ya nigga
I got ya somethin' for the summertime while it's hot
and got the bitches posted up in the parkin' lot
and guess what she want the
nigga with the biggest nuts (Who dat?)
A nigga who don't give a fuck
Ya see niggas like me all we see is
money, power moves, and a bitch a week
And last but not least my nigga *B-O-Z*
much love from the N.O. my nigga Feel me?
and my little cousin D-A-Z forever nigga
this DPGC and oh yeah Dr. D-R-E
you know where I'm at nigga holla at me
get at me holla at me nigga holla at a dogg that's real
y'all niggas know what's happenin'
It's still a (DPG) thang
It's still a G thang

Top dollar with the gold flea collar
dippin' in my blue Impala

See what I mean?

Other Flashback 70's crap
 

SOMEONE LEFT THE CAKE OUT IN THE RAAAAAIIIIIIIIN ...... uh, oops, just felt like singing. Sorry. Despite my love for that song, it wasn't a bad nomination, E/O. And it has been recorded multiple times, too.

That being said, there is nothing wrong with enjoying music that evokes pleasant memories. Sebbby, if Mrs. D likes reflecting upon her first kahlua and cream party as a teenager, let her listen to "Rio" when she wants. Why is that a bad thing?

And, although I am not a musical snob, I am a big fan of non-commercial music. But I am lucky enough to live in an area serviced by a radio station that plays bands that don't belong to major labels, and has venues that offer something other than arena tours. We don't all have the luxury of going to small intimate clubs to see the likes of Sleater-Kinney, Dar Williams, or Rufas Wainwright, much less the really hep stuff that the Pretty One listens to.

So, people of the FB I say unto you: Eat at Applebee's if you so desire! Drink a mojito! And, by all means (if you want to, that is), listen to "Love My Way" while reliving your days as a cheerleader who wouldn't go past second base!

Most Stupid Song Poll
 

Well you know, the 1812 Overture, which some people consider a great song, and which has been recorded by countless artists, has ABSOLUTELY NO WORDS WHATSOEVER!

Puffy Nipples, Porn Stars, Etc...
 

LOL!!!

speaking of remakes
 

I wondered exactly the same thing. But then I remembered: radio sucks.

Edited to add: I am sure that they started playing it in warm-ups because their guitar player thought it was funny. Then, it sounded pretty good so they played it at shows. Then, their A&R guy heard and thought hey, I bet we could release it.

What I wonder is how much of a songwriting credit they claim for the Black Flag line.