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Post number 5623

milnak — Wed, 31 Jan 2001 16:58:36 -0800

Songs that you'll never think of the same way again.

By: dagnyscott

dagnyscott — Wed, 31 Jan 2001 17:11:02 -0800

Lor, crikey, look at this! I thought "American Pie" suffered enough being covered by Madonna.

By: hijinx

hijinx — Wed, 31 Jan 2001 17:29:38 -0800

Four words. "Smells Like Holy Spirit".

By: rodii

rodii — Wed, 31 Jan 2001 17:40:26 -0800

I´m inspired, I´ve aflatus Two thousand years; that´s some hiatus Evolutionary theorists, come debate us <= scan this, Satan! God´s the Man, He...did create us We´re His fish - watch Him come bait us Yeah Yeah.

By: rodii

rodii — Wed, 31 Jan 2001 17:41:26 -0800

(can I have the "skankiest HTML" award for that post, by the way?)

By: Spirit_VW

Spirit_VW — Wed, 31 Jan 2001 18:28:55 -0800

no, no, NOOOOOOO!!! Not my beloved Beach Boys! They didn't screw up my beloved Beach Boys tunes, did they?!?!? THEY DID!!! NOOOOOO!!!! They got "Catch a Wave," "Surfin' USA," and "409!" "409?!?!?!?" What the hell???? AND "Fun, Fun, Fun?" What's next, a defacement of "Don't Worry, Baby?" Or "Warmth of the Sun?" AAGH! Now it's personal.

By: Steven Den Beste

Steven Den Beste — Wed, 31 Jan 2001 19:19:50 -0800

A lot of people don't know that when Francis Scott Key wrote "The Star Spangled Banner" he only wrote the words. The melody is actually a traditional English drinking song called "Anacreon in Heaven". I wish I knew original lyrics. (Any of you Brits happen to know what they were?) I really hate that song; I wish the US would change its national anthem. It was only picked in 1931. The third verse glorifies slavery, and the whole thing was written about the War of 1812, when we were fighting the evil British who of course would never become an ally. "America the Beautiful" is a much better choice. It's original, it's beautiful with vivid images ("amber waves of grain"), it doesn't glorify a war with one of our closest friends, and slavery is never mentioned.

By: mkn

mkn — Wed, 31 Jan 2001 19:27:57 -0800

Jesus! Worship Jesus! Have a yabba-dabba-do time Those remade TV show themes are hilarious.

By: bjgeiger

bjgeiger — Wed, 31 Jan 2001 19:32:46 -0800

"America the Beautiful" has eight verses. Which ones should we use.

By: dagnyscott

dagnyscott — Wed, 31 Jan 2001 19:44:06 -0800

Is "aflatus" even a word?

By: jjg

jjg — Wed, 31 Jan 2001 20:07:10 -0800

"Aflatus" sounds like a gastrointestinal condition to me.

By: rodii

rodii — Wed, 31 Jan 2001 20:25:31 -0800

No, but "afflatus" is. Steven: Google did (beware—MIDI for those of you unlucky enough to have failed to not install the plugin).

By: sugarfish

sugarfish — Wed, 31 Jan 2001 20:25:32 -0800

hey hey we're not monkeys is destined to become a classic.

By: dfowler

dfowler — Wed, 31 Jan 2001 20:25:32 -0800

I think I know what they're trying for. The lyric really blows, though. (Sorry, couldn't help myself): af·fla·tus Pronunciation: &-'flA-t&s, a- Function: noun Etymology: Latin, act of blowing or breathing on, from afflare to blow on, from ad- + flare to blow : BLOW Date: 1660 : a divine imparting of knowledge or power : INSPIRATION From Merriam Webster Online Dictionary.

By: mathowie

mathowie — Wed, 31 Jan 2001 20:35:20 -0800

I couldn't stop singing "hey hey we're not monkeys" the other day. It's very catchy, regardless of how stupid the lyrics are.

By: howa2396

howa2396 — Wed, 31 Jan 2001 20:39:40 -0800

Two words: HOLY SHIT! One more word: terrible

By: anildash

anildash — Wed, 31 Jan 2001 21:10:14 -0800

Matt self-blogged! Let's kick his ass out!

By: mathowie

mathowie — Wed, 31 Jan 2001 21:20:51 -0800

another mention of the rules: comments - self blog all you want. if it's too long, or you already covered it, or you dug up something to add to a discussion, link all you want. If it's pertinent, link it. If it's not, it'll be annoying and you'll get called out on it. threads - don't self-blog, it means you're using metafilter as a guestbook for your own site.

By: aaron

aaron — Wed, 31 Jan 2001 22:15:12 -0800

This site can be summed up in this verse from their Bowdlerized "Cocaine":

If you want more of GodMight have to do what's oddNew Wine

I'm sad that they don't have a cover of "Naughty Girls Need Love Too."

By: Dreama

Dreama — Thu, 01 Feb 2001 09:00:00 -0800

When Good People Acct On Tragically Awful Ideas, Part 9417