The 2016 Song

November 26, 2016 12:54 PM

NSFW: a bit sweary; also reminders of bad 2016 things. Flo and Joan are British-born and Canadian-based sisters Nicola and Rosie Dempsey who improvise, write and play songs (Wanderlust, Save the Bees, It's Alright) on the comedy circuit. Their latest, The 2016 Song, has quickly gone viral. [Facebook][Twitter]
posted by Wordshore (22 comments total)

Saw this yesterday and yep, that about sums it all up. Fuck 2016.
posted by Bringer Tom at 1:05 PM on November 26, 2016 [1 favorite]

And to add to the Fuck 2016 chorus: Ron Glass is dead at 71. Why is it we can't have nice things again?
posted by ricochet biscuit at 1:52 PM on November 26, 2016 [2 favorites]

People and events mentioned in the song, in order, with links to relevant MetaFilter content (caution: not a happy list). Looks like MetaFilter has done a fairly comprehensive job of covering the grim news of this year soon thankfully ending:

* David Bowie
* Alan Rickman
* Prince
* Sharon Jones
* Terry Wogan
* Ronnie Corbett
* Caroline Aherne (BBC obituary) No MetaFilter obituary post? Sorry, Caroline..
* Leonard Cohen
* Victoria Wood
* Muhammad Ali
* Gene Wilder
* Great British Bake Off
* Harambe
* Zika virus
* Brock Turner
* Ambien (on Wikipedia)
* Quim (definition)
* Cats is back on Broadway
* Mass shooting
* Police shootings
* Spike in race crimes
* Nice
* Hillary
* Farage
* Brexit
* Trump
* USA Election
* Clowns
* Nazis

(And after compiling this list am going to do something defiantly cheerful for the rest of the evening)
posted by Wordshore at 2:00 PM on November 26, 2016 [13 favorites]

Jesus, tempting fate a little bit here? We've got more than a month to go, yet.

You couldn't wait until 2017?
posted by ODiV at 2:14 PM on November 26, 2016 [2 favorites]

I haven't ruled out the possibility that 2017 will never come. Like, Time itself will become so disgusted after reading one of Trump's tweets that it'll fuck right off and leave this part of the universe in perpetual stasis. And we would deserve it.

Get your summations in now, is what I'm saying.
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 2:21 PM on November 26, 2016 [11 favorites]

I endorse everything about this, except the gin part.

Gin is not responsible for 2016. Gin is one of the few reasons I'm even barely dealing with 2016.
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 2:23 PM on November 26, 2016 [11 favorites]

You taint slug made of ween
You garbage bag of bum-dust


For people who apologize so much for swearing, they certainly are good at it.
posted by louche mustachio at 3:03 PM on November 26, 2016 [5 favorites]

Well, they're English. It's the language of Shakespeare and Chaucer, don't you know.
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 3:08 PM on November 26, 2016 [5 favorites]

MetaFilter: You laid an egg of solid fuck.
posted by Wordshore at 3:14 PM on November 26, 2016 [1 favorite]

I can't help but think of Florence, Fidel, and Ron all standing in line together at the gates of eternity and what kind of conversations they might have.
posted by mochapickle at 3:17 PM on November 26, 2016 [3 favorites]

It's increasingly obvious that they are the rats leaving the sinking ship. God help us that remain.
posted by Jessica Savitch's Coke Spoon at 3:56 PM on November 26, 2016 [1 favorite]

This is ... exactly what I needed to hear.
posted by SecretAgentSockpuppet at 4:35 PM on November 26, 2016 [2 favorites]

I will - if past events are anything to go by, and 2016 spares my burly chassis - be with a group of inebriated Scots very close to Edinburgh Castle at the moment the year is finally disposed of.

I will suggest that, following the bells and the traditional chorus of Old Lang Syne, we embark on a rousing chant of Three Fuck-Offs For 2016. And they will be the last fucks I ever give for that year.
posted by Devonian at 4:42 PM on November 26, 2016 [3 favorites]

It actually reminds me of a little ditty sung by Wendy Testaburger at an audition...
posted by the sobsister at 7:47 PM on November 26, 2016 [2 favorites]

I want to see them do this live wearing these shirts.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 8:23 PM on November 26, 2016 [1 favorite]

Okay. Ron Glass is taking it too far.
When will the fuckery of this year end?
posted by teleri025 at 10:46 PM on November 26, 2016 [2 favorites]

Another Save the Bees track!:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI3gsb_d27I&t=3s
posted by zippercollider at 1:41 PM on November 27, 2016

It fits right in with "post facts" 2016 that they aren't really sorry for all that lovely swearing.
posted by chavenet at 3:15 AM on November 28, 2016 [2 favorites]

2016 personified as a food product.
posted by Wordshore at 5:16 AM on November 28, 2016 [2 favorites]

2016 strikes back in typically petulant style, displaying the customary lack of anything vaguely resembling self-awareness.
posted by flabdablet at 4:38 PM on November 28, 2016 [1 favorite]

Time Person Of The Year mockup from Movement Magazine
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 5:16 PM on November 28, 2016

Better link for the mockup
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 5:25 PM on November 28, 2016