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  1. Go check out "Big Lizard" and "Bitchin' Camaro" next. I think these two were the closest they ever came to having "hits."
  2. One thing she's especially famous for is how she pronounces her "Rs" when singing. You hear it really well in "Non, je ne regrette rien," another song we've all heard but maybe don't know who sings it.
  3. Exactly. The songs are very much on the nose. Now go listen to "Right Wing Pigeons from Outer Space." It's about Reagan but completely apropos for Trump.
  4. Yeah, Celine is Quebecoise, so she's fluent in the French language and culture. Her speaking accent/dialect is quite different from Parisian, though. Much like the English, you don't detect her accent too easily when she sings. There's something weird about singing that tends to dampen accents unless they're stressed for effect. Anyway, I've never been a fan of hers (at all) because of the style of music, but she belted that one out beautifully.
  5. Post-punk parody band from the 80s: Dead Milkmen. They loved making fun of rubes and predicted in many of their songs where the Right-Wing was headed. In my HS group, they were a staple for just about every house party. We just drank and smoked and sang along. Everyone in my small West Texas town group of outcasts knew the lyrics. You'll understand when you listen. It's not terribly abrasive if you're in on the joke, but it's hilarious if a clueless meathead football player happens to show up at the house party. The lyrics are embedded below the video if you'd like to read along. You know what, Stuart, I LIKE YOU. You're not like the other People, here, in the trailer park. Oh, don't go get me wrong. They're fine people, they're Good Americans. But they're content to sit back, maybe Watch a little Mork and Mindy on channel 57, maybe kick Back a cool, Coors 16-ouncer. They're good, fine people, Stuart. But they don't know ... what the queers are doing To the soil! You know that Jonny Wurster kid, the kid that delivers papers In the neighborhood. He's a foreign kid. Some of the neighbors Say he smokes crack, but I don't believe it. Anyway, for his tenth birthday, all he wanted was a Burrow Owl. Kept bugging his old man. "Dad, get me a burrow owl. I'll never Ask for anything else as long as I live." So the guy Breaks down and buys him a burrow owl. Anyway, 10:30, the other night, I go out in my yard, and there's The Wurster kid, looking up in the tree. I say, "What are You looking for?" He says "I'm looking for my burrow owl." I say, "Jumping Jesus on a Pogo Stick. Everybody knows The burrow owl lives. In a hole. In the ground. Why the hell do you Think they call it a burrow owl, anyway?" Now Stuart, do you Think a kid like that is going to know what the queers are Doing to the soil? I first became aware of this about ten years ago, the summer My oldest boy, Bill Jr. died. You know that carnival comes into Town every year? Well this year they came through with a ride Called The Mixer. The man said, "Keep your head, and arms, inside The Mixer at all times." But Bill Jr, he was a DAAAREDEVIL, just Like his old man. He was leaning out saying "Hey everybody, Look at me! Look at me!" Pow! He was decapitated! They found His head over by the snow cone concession. A few days after that, I open up the mail. And there's a pamphlet In there. From Pueblo, Colorado, and it's addressed to Bill, Jr. And it's entitled, "Do you know what the queers are doing to our Soil?" Now, Stuart, if you look at the soil around any large US city, There's a big undeground homosexual population. Des Moines, Iowa, For an example. Look at the soil around Des Moines, Stuart. You can't build on it; you can't grow anything in it. The government Says it's due to poor farming. But I know what's really going on, Stuart. I know it's the queers. They're in it with the aliens. They're building landing strips for gay Martians, I swear to God. You know what, Stuart, I like you. You're not like the other People, here in this trailer park.
  6. You've got a good musical ear. Piaf is one of the greats of 20th-century French music. I didn't know the particular song Celine sang, but I immediately recognized that it must have belonged to her solely because of the pacing, singing style, melody, etc. To be honest, I've never been a fan of Celine Dion, but props to her. That's the best she's ever sounded, in my opinion. Growing up in small-town Texas, I'd never heard her name until I took French in high school and got a slightly better education when I went to live in an exurb of Paris as an exchange student for a year. Of course, we've all heard "La Vie en Rose," but some may not have heard her name. She's a real treasure over there, on par with our own Louis Armstrong as a comparison in American culture.
  7. They forgot a stanza: Forty-five hillbillies a-humpin' a couch, Forty-five hillbillies a-humpin' a couch, Forty-six, if you check JD's crouch, Forty-six hillbillies a-humpin' a couch. Meh, I'll let someone else workshop it.
  8. Just wait until you see the lighting of the cauldron.
  9. Oh, I know what the queers are doing to our soil.
  10. I bet Enchubben's parents didn't allow him to watch Three's Company because "What if Jack maybe isn't faking it?"
  11. I bet the bearded lady made him get a little (and I mean little) enchubbened in his pants, and the only thing he knows is to lash out in embarrassed anger. As we've seen, that self-doubt/self-loathing is one of the unifying forces of the right.
  12. Did you even watch the opening ceremonies? There were a lot of other "odd" things you've never seen in any other opening Olympic scenario: a metallic robot horse galloping down the Seine, decapitated Marie Antoinette singing that led into a metal band performing on balconies, athletes riding boats, a floating Olympic caldron, etc. But your triggered ass's only one and only comment in a 6-page thread about a ceremony lasting over 3 hours was based on a single performer in a faux "fashion show" meant to evoke in a tongue-in-cheek way the decadence of the court at Versailles just before the French Revolution. If you hadn't noticed, "liberty, equality, fraternity" (the motto of the French Republic) was the basic theme for the entire show. But yes, I'm sure the art director also wanted to make cranky weirdos like you a little pissed because people like you don't actually believe in liberty, equality, or fraternity. All you right-wing pigeons just want to yell at your teevees: "We gotta blow up those things we don't understand!"
  13. Hahaha! @Enchubben is triggered by the bearded lady in the Olympics thread. https://www.surlyhorns.com/board/topic/36454-2024-paris-olympics/?do=findComment&comment=6326513
  14. One of the cooler things about this is that the building they're playing from is the Conciergerie, which was used as a prison during the French Revolution. It's where the prisoners heading to the guillotineβ€”including Marie Antoinetteβ€”were held. So, there was a specific historical reason why they chose to make it the most "metal" part of the spectacle.
  15. The Petit Prince and Ariane Rockets got their moments in the spotlight during that too.
  16. You say the country is going in the wrong direction, and within that context, you say things are trending left/progressive. Then you imply that Black women are better off than in 1992. Are you saying that's a bad thing?
  17. I'm in my hometown right now and probably physically closer to the epicenter than 99% of Surlyites (~55 miles SW of the epicenter), but I didn't feel a thing.
  18. @ztejas Yeah, conservatism is one of the last labels I'd pin on Trump. Nationalism, protectionism, isolationism, populism, and authoritarianism would all come before conservatism in my definition of Trumpism. Even on the abortion issue, I'd say having Big Government denying a person's individual right and invading their personal privacy isn't a "conservative" policy. It's really more of a theocratic imposition of evangelical beliefs to control women's conduct. Moreover, I would certainly never tag "conservative" to any of the personal conduct Trump has engaged in throughout his adult life. Agreed. Ztejas's prolific posting history proves that he's a genuine guy, and he more than deserves a chance to be heard. I often find myself in disagreement with many of his takes on a variety of issues, but I've never considered him in the same league as the drive-by trolls who come in here occasionally.
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  20. Hey, I don't if anyone's told you this are not, but it's actually kind of funny. Your avatar perfectly matches your online persona -- I even read your comments with that voice. Really, it's top-notch. Well done. Bravo, you psycho.
  21. Gentle reminder: Trump appointed Wray.
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