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19 Aug 09 - 06:12 AM (#2703674) Subject: Facebook song From: George Papavgeris Is this, like, a totally contemporary folk song, or what? |
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19 Aug 09 - 06:21 AM (#2703678) Subject: RE: Facebook song From: jeddy i like the words but not the delivery. we all can't have the same taste but that was worth at least one listen :0) thanks george. me x x x x x x |
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19 Aug 09 - 06:23 AM (#2703679) Subject: RE: Facebook song From: George Papavgeris My tongue was firmly in my cheek, hoping to snare Richard! But you're right, delivery is a little "little girl" and there's not enough venom to match the lyrics. |
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31 Aug 09 - 10:59 PM (#2713409) Subject: RE: Facebook song From: katlaughing I loved it! A friend sent it to me. |
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01 Sep 09 - 11:34 AM (#2713727) Subject: RE: Facebook song From: the lemonade lady Hmmm... In my old age, i really don't like hearing the F word sung anymore. I find it insulting. Otherwise, well yeah, good 'funny' song. I think I'm losing my sense of humour maybe? sal |
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01 Sep 09 - 11:47 AM (#2713743) Subject: RE: Facebook song From: Emma B A 'love song' for our time maybe? :) |
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01 Sep 09 - 12:22 PM (#2713773) Subject: RE: Facebook song From: Stringsinger I loved it! It's a torch song and a takeoff on the chick singer/songwriter. Great satire! Frank |
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01 Sep 09 - 01:45 PM (#2713844) Subject: RE: Facebook song From: Acorn4 Re the "F word" in songs. Last year we moved from Leicester to a village a few miles outside of the city, and were pleased to see we had a good local pub. Once a month on a Wednesday they have an open mike night which is mainly young hopeful bands. We learned that punk is back in a big way. A lad got up and the first think we noticed was that the crotch of his trousers was well below his knees. He introduced his song with shouting "ONE, TWO F***K YOU" - apparently this is the standard introduction to a punk song, a bit like "As I roved out one May morning" -the rest of the lyrics were inaudible as his guitar was switched up to max distortion, and we didn't know "how would you like us to f**k off?" . It doesn't really bother me that much, though. On the subject of the trousers, I saw a lad in town walking along with one hand around his girlfriend and the other holding up his trousers. What would he do if he wanted to send a text? But back to the song, I liked it, obviously a bit tongue in cheek, but as you were talking about in your workshop, George, a bit of a lack of structure, but a lot of modern material seems to be like this. Well worth a view though, and she's got a good range on her voice. |
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01 Sep 09 - 02:41 PM (#2713893) Subject: RE: Facebook song From: Amos I think she's lovely!! Like the song, too. The venom is purely feminine in style and delivery but it is there in full. A |
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01 Sep 09 - 02:45 PM (#2713895) Subject: RE: Facebook song From: Amos A Geek Did E-mail Me A geek did e-mail me, it did astound me He said he'd searched far, and on Facebook found me. Python and XML, in his hand did shimmer He makes web-pages sing, and softly glimmer. He courted me a week and met for dinner. He swore his love was true, for he was no sinner. And both with drinks a few we did conspire To my bower in real-time, to both retire. I love to watch my love with his keyboard smoking I love to hear the keys, the clear code making! His IM's they are fair, and his tweets go flying! My love is a cyberstud, there's no denying My love's is coding now, an e-store building, It's getting mighty hot, the MkDir filling! Nothing can be more gay with the new page loading And at night 'tis bright as day when on me he's coding! Where is my love a-gone with his cell phone muted?? No SMS he sends, nor emails well-suited! Too long before the screen, he becomes bedazzled! I will go seek my love, that he be not frazzled! Strange news from Google comes, strange news is carried! Strange news on Facebook says my love is married I wish him joy though our cyber-love's no longer For I love my old love still, my lost geek yonder What did you promise me, when you lay beside me? You said we would be one, just like e-Harmony! It's witness I've got none for our tweets are flown now, But your karma will repay you, that I am alone now. I stare at Facebook pages I would like to smash now, To think I loved a geek whose core would crash so! I hope his code compiles, but he does not hear me; I'll not DDOS his servers all, he need not fear me. |
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01 Sep 09 - 03:00 PM (#2713904) Subject: RE: Facebook song From: VirginiaTam I love it and think the "little girl" delivery is perfect for the subject. and I love Amos Geek cum Blacksmith song. |
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01 Sep 09 - 03:16 PM (#2713920) Subject: RE: Facebook song From: Richard Bridge Well, George, plainly it is not a folk song - but I *fucking* love it! I don't find it nearly as annoyingly "little Girl" as many well known "folk" personality women. The main thing I don't like is the New York usage of "fuck" as a noun to indicate a dishonest or distasteful person. While other adjectival and adverbial usages of "fuck" exist the noun means one thing and one thing only. I also hate pianos. But it would be a cracking song re-arranged for guitar and maybe fiddled with a bit to describe BNP cloning activities. |
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01 Sep 09 - 03:34 PM (#2713933) Subject: RE: Facebook song From: Amos I think you're being a bit arbitrary and authoritarian, there, Sir Bridge. A New Yorker might even go so far as to accuse you of being a stupid fuck. It's short for "fuck-head" or "fuck-wit" I suppose. A |
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01 Sep 09 - 03:50 PM (#2713953) Subject: RE: Facebook song From: Acorn4 There's also a great one by Chumbawumba called "Would You Like to Add me as a Friend?" |
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01 Sep 09 - 04:45 PM (#2713997) Subject: RE: Facebook song From: Barbara Someone I know posted this on her FB page a couple weeks back; that's where I first heard it, and yes, I added it to mine. I didn't mind the delivery; though I prefer to see who I'm listening to in daylight and w/o that much makeup/"styling". But that's just me. I was also grateful it came with subtitles. Clever song. I liked it. Blessings, Barbara |
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01 Sep 09 - 05:30 PM (#2714022) Subject: RE: Facebook song From: McGrath of Harlow I'd like to have heard it sung by Kirsty McColl. I can imagine it as an extra track on Kite. |
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02 Sep 09 - 12:07 AM (#2714276) Subject: RE: Facebook song From: GUEST,Gerry For what it's worth, she's Australian, has operatic training, and has put on some terrific performances at folk festivals here in Oz. Perhaps best known for her song about Australian Idol (which is probably also on YouTube somewhere). |
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02 Sep 09 - 01:03 AM (#2714302) Subject: RE: Facebook song From: quokka If you liked Kate Miller Heidke, check out her version of Talking Heads Psycho Killer |
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02 Sep 09 - 03:38 AM (#2714335) Subject: RE: Facebook song From: GUEST,Jenny brampton I believe the Anglo Saxon meaning of the offending word is 'to poke with a stick' so i can't see what relevance it has to any of this. I'll get my cloak. |
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02 Sep 09 - 04:49 AM (#2714370) Subject: RE: Facebook song From: Richard Bridge Last time I was in the company of people frequently using "fuck" as a noun meaning an unworthy person there was a definite overtone of dishonesty about it. |