If you can't say it in words, say it in song
February 8, 2008 9:56 AM Subscribe
A most succinct explanation of the current problems facing Wall Street.
I think my ears might be bleeding now, but I can't see for certain through the blood coming out of my eyes.
posted by dersins at 10:08 AM on February 8, 2008
posted by dersins at 10:08 AM on February 8, 2008
Bah. Billy Joel covers never made anyone's ears bleed. You're all exaggerating.
posted by Lord_Pall at 10:13 AM on February 8, 2008
posted by Lord_Pall at 10:13 AM on February 8, 2008
This is unnecessary. We all know that Ryan started the fire.
posted by 1 at 10:14 AM on February 8, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by 1 at 10:14 AM on February 8, 2008 [1 favorite]
Time to retire "We Didn't Start the Fire" for parody purposes. May I suggest the pop-music-reference-filled "Life Is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)" from the '70s as a substitute? PLEASE? Any other suggestions?
posted by wendell at 10:32 AM on February 8, 2008
posted by wendell at 10:32 AM on February 8, 2008
I do miss the days when YouTube links in the blue were noted as such. Not because I'M SO FUCKING SICK OF BEING SENT UNIDENTIFIED YOUTUBE LINKS THAT I'M TEARING MY HAIR OUT or anything -- but that too.
posted by digaman at 10:35 AM on February 8, 2008 [3 favorites]
posted by digaman at 10:35 AM on February 8, 2008 [3 favorites]
I ran into the local medical university's chief otologist in Starbucks yesterday and this very topic came up. It turns out that approximately 7.4% of the US population suffer Joel-induced tympanic hemorrhaging each year. The risk is considerably heightened for segments of the population genetically predisposed to have any musical taste whatsoever.
posted by cortex at 10:41 AM on February 8, 2008 [3 favorites]
posted by cortex at 10:41 AM on February 8, 2008 [3 favorites]
Billy Joel covers make baby Jesus break out in sores and cankers.
posted by Dr-Baa at 10:41 AM on February 8, 2008
posted by Dr-Baa at 10:41 AM on February 8, 2008
If I had time to look into writing firefox extensions, I'd do one that scanned the current page for youtube links, and in the background fetched the video titles and displayed them as tooltips or rollovers. You may steal this idea.
posted by George_Spiggott at 10:42 AM on February 8, 2008
posted by George_Spiggott at 10:42 AM on February 8, 2008
Any other suggestions?
"Video Killed the Radio Star" and "It's the End of the World as we Know it (and I feel fine)" are also way overdone. I suggest a change in direction: "Jailbreak" by Thin Lizzy.
Not really appropriate for listing things, but a great tune that I haven't heard often enough over the years.
posted by psmealey at 10:45 AM on February 8, 2008
"Video Killed the Radio Star" and "It's the End of the World as we Know it (and I feel fine)" are also way overdone. I suggest a change in direction: "Jailbreak" by Thin Lizzy.
Not really appropriate for listing things, but a great tune that I haven't heard often enough over the years.
posted by psmealey at 10:45 AM on February 8, 2008
Hell yes, psmealy - really anything off that album... Cowboy Song, Angel from the Coast...
Or how about some Harry Nilsson? Gotta Get Up? Early in the Morning? Coconut?
posted by stenseng at 11:05 AM on February 8, 2008
Or how about some Harry Nilsson? Gotta Get Up? Early in the Morning? Coconut?
posted by stenseng at 11:05 AM on February 8, 2008
It's kinda funny how everytime the guy can't fit all the words into a bar he throws in a 5/4 bar and turns the beat around. I lost count at 10. I think on the last verse he did it every other bar. Or was the orignal like that?
posted by internal at 11:14 AM on February 8, 2008
posted by internal at 11:14 AM on February 8, 2008
Wendell: May I suggest the pop-music-reference-filled "Life Is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)" from the '70s as a substitute? PLEASE? Any other suggestions?
How about "Life is a Rick (and the Internet Rolled Me)". I hear that one a lot.
posted by wzcx at 11:31 AM on February 8, 2008
How about "Life is a Rick (and the Internet Rolled Me)". I hear that one a lot.
posted by wzcx at 11:31 AM on February 8, 2008
I do miss the days when YouTube links in the blue were noted as such. Not because I'M SO FUCKING SICK OF BEING SENT UNIDENTIFIED YOUTUBE LINKS THAT I'M TEARING MY HAIR OUT or anything -- but that too.
FYI, you can set your user preferences to "Display YouTube Video inline". You're one checkbox away from disclosure.
posted by edverb at 3:03 PM on February 8, 2008
FYI, you can set your user preferences to "Display YouTube Video inline". You're one checkbox away from disclosure.
posted by edverb at 3:03 PM on February 8, 2008
None, and I do mean none, of the lines in that song scanned. And the guy's singing voice was... odd.
posted by Happy Dave at 3:51 PM on February 8, 2008
posted by Happy Dave at 3:51 PM on February 8, 2008
When did 'succinct' and 'sucky' become interchangeable?
I happily avoided the original when it dominated the charts, so the song alone doesn't elicit suicidal thoughts on my part, but only Weird Al Yankovic can sing through his nose so much, and I'm pretty sure he does it as a signature, not because he has to.
B+ for effort?
posted by Busithoth at 4:08 PM on February 8, 2008
I happily avoided the original when it dominated the charts, so the song alone doesn't elicit suicidal thoughts on my part, but only Weird Al Yankovic can sing through his nose so much, and I'm pretty sure he does it as a signature, not because he has to.
B+ for effort?
posted by Busithoth at 4:08 PM on February 8, 2008
> Any other suggestions?
The Chipmunks did a heck of a job on "My Sharona."
posted by jfuller at 6:19 PM on February 8, 2008
The Chipmunks did a heck of a job on "My Sharona."
posted by jfuller at 6:19 PM on February 8, 2008
digaman, I'm going to repeat what edverb said above in response to your Youtube link complaint, this time calling your name so you might catch it:
"FYI, you can set your user preferences to "Display YouTube Video inline". You're one checkbox away from disclosure."
It's a great feature, use it.
Maybe MeFi should turn it on by default.
posted by intermod at 8:01 PM on February 8, 2008
"FYI, you can set your user preferences to "Display YouTube Video inline". You're one checkbox away from disclosure."
It's a great feature, use it.
Maybe MeFi should turn it on by default.
posted by intermod at 8:01 PM on February 8, 2008
"FYI, you can set your user preferences to "Display YouTube Video inline". You're one checkbox away from disclosure."
That doesn't solve the problem as he's describing it. In fact I'm not sure what problem it does solve. You're either one click away from going to the youtube page to play it, or one click away from playing it in a floating div. It doesn't tell you what the video's going to be so you have an idea of what it's going to be before you play it. Grabbing the title from the youtube site would be more helpful -- not that titles are always informative, but they typically give you some sort of clue.
posted by George_Spiggott at 9:25 PM on February 8, 2008
That doesn't solve the problem as he's describing it. In fact I'm not sure what problem it does solve. You're either one click away from going to the youtube page to play it, or one click away from playing it in a floating div. It doesn't tell you what the video's going to be so you have an idea of what it's going to be before you play it. Grabbing the title from the youtube site would be more helpful -- not that titles are always informative, but they typically give you some sort of clue.
posted by George_Spiggott at 9:25 PM on February 8, 2008
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