From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V16 #243 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Wednesday, June 20 2007 Volume 16 : Number 243 Today's Subjects: ----------------- moar adventures in loldom ["natalie jacobs" ] fess up ["Lauren Elizabeth" ] Philolsophers [Barbara Soutar ] Re: fess up [miss lesser hamden ] Re: LOLCHILTON!!1111 [Rex ] Re: LOLCHILTON!!1111 [2fs ] Re: fess up [Rex ] Captain Beefheart's rules for guitarists ["m swedene" ] Re: LOLCHILTON!!1111 [2fs ] Re: LOLCHILTON!!1111 [Benjamin Lukoff ] RE: LOLCHILTON!!1111 ["Bachman, Michael" ] Re: LOLCHILTON!!1111 ["Lauren Elizabeth" ] Mah controbushunz [FSThomas ] Re: fess up ["Lauren Elizabeth" ] Re: RH political themes ('cause I refuse to use a lol subject line) [Carr] Re: LOLCHILTON!!1111 [Jeff Dwarf ] Re: LOLCHILTON!!1111 [Sebastian Hagedorn ] not your mama's pong ["Lauren Elizabeth" ] my boots are in disarray ["Brian Huddell" ] Re: not your mama's pong [Tom Clark ] Re: fess up [Rex ] Re: RH political themes ('cause I refuse to use a lol subject line) [Rex ] Re: fess up [2fs ] Re: LOLCHILTON!!1111 [kevin ] Re: fess up [Rex ] Re: fess up [Tom Clark ] Tweedy/Wilco on TV tonight ["Michael Sweeney" ] Re: Catching Up (to iPhone) ["Lauren Elizabeth" ] I want to know who was responsible for this... ["michael wells" ] For the Philosophers in the group [FSThomas ] Re: fess up / Marcy Playground > The Verve Pipe LOL!!1oneoneone [Rex Subject: moar adventures in loldom LolCode: http://www.lolcode.com/ LolGoogle: http://insanecats.com/cgi-bin/single.py?month=jun07&msg=18 n. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 01:17:52 -0400 From: "Lauren Elizabeth" Subject: fess up hi fegs, lord knows it's not my style to praise anyone _onlist_, but as i don't know who to mail offlist, i am stuck here. this is genius: http://www.denisvengeance.com/lolfegz/?p=30 and okay, am i spacing out: m.e.? mark ellen? moss elixir? the anonymous author? i thought also "m.e." as in "me" i.e. tc himself, but ruled it out as it doesn't seem his style. xo - -- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 01:53:19 -0400 From: Barbara Soutar Subject: Philolsophers Here's a site that takes the lolcat meme beyond cats and walruses, to philosophy and science. Some of the photos made me LOL, some I don't get. I thought some of you would like it. http://flickr.com/photos/samethreechords/535644276/in/pool-philolsophers/ Barbara Soutar Victoria, BC ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 09:35:53 -0400 From: miss lesser hamden Subject: Re: fess up one time at band camp, Lauren Elizabeth (softboygirl@gmail.com) said: >this is genius: >http://www.denisvengeance.com/lolfegz/?p=30 damn. i am so far behind. but poking my head in to this thread, previous posts unread, one is compelled to say, "zomgwtfbbq!!11!11" +w ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 07:06:20 -0700 From: Rex Subject: Re: LOLCHILTON!!1111 On 6/19/07, FSThomas wrote: > > And here I thought it was LOLCLINTON!!111 and I would have to take aim > at you. > > Chilton scores you a pass, you lucky, lucky man. LOLCLINTON!!111 could have been positive or negative, though. But I just wouldn't go there. - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 09:13:47 -0500 From: 2fs Subject: Re: LOLCHILTON!!1111 On 6/20/07, Rex wrote: > > On 6/19/07, FSThomas wrote: > > > > And here I thought it was LOLCLINTON!!111 and I would have to take aim > > at you. > > > > Chilton scores you a pass, you lucky, lucky man. > > > LOLCLINTON!!111 could have been positive or negative, though. But I just > wouldn't go there. Another victim: - and another: Still haven't come up with a suitable lolfeg though... - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 07:16:14 -0700 From: Rex Subject: Re: fess up On 6/19/07, Lauren Elizabeth wrote: > > hi fegs, > > lord knows it's not my style to praise anyone _onlist_, but as i don't > know who to mail offlist, i am stuck here. this is genius: > http://www.denisvengeance.com/lolfegz/?p=30 (Raises hand) LOLTHX!!!!11 and okay, am i spacing out: m.e.? mark ellen? moss elixir? Moss Elixir. For some reason there are a disproportionate amount of recent lolfegz are references to Moss Elixir lyrics... maybe because it has really good lyrics. The early ones were really Soft Boy centric. - -Rex the > anonymous author? i thought also "m.e." as in "me" i.e. tc himself, > but ruled it out as it doesn't seem his style. > > xo > > -- > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." > > - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 13:10:13 -0400 From: "m swedene" Subject: Captain Beefheart's rules for guitarists Found this and thought you might enjoy it! http://musicthing.blogspot.com/2007/06/practice-in-front-of-bush-captain.html Mike ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 14:39:44 -0400 From: "Lauren Elizabeth" Subject: Re: LOLCHILTON!!1111 i wouldn't have posted this except for there being this clinton thread. << Dion Wins Clinton Campaign Song Vote Celine Dion has landed the official song for U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. Dion's "You & I" will accompany Democrat Clinton as she travels across America in her bid to become the next U.S. leader in next year's election. Clinton last month launched a competition on her website asking people to vote for which song she should use in her campaign. Among the other tracks in contention were U2 songs "City Of Blinding Lights" and "Beautiful Day," The Staple Singers' "I'll Take You There," The Temptations' "Get Ready," Shania Twain's "Rock This Country!" and Dixie Chicks' "Ready To Run." Clinton's husband, former U.S. President Bill Clinton, used Fleetwood Mac classic "Don't Stop" for his successful campaign in 1992. >> source was: http://www.imdb.com/news/wenn/2007-06-20#celeb9 well, it looks like it was slim pickings. even i, known to occasionally rock out to ms. spears' cover of "my prerogative" or be entranced by the latest beyonce video, say: "celine dion? ouch." the dixie chicks song would have sent out a nice message of healing to the conservatives. i don't know the u2 song. the title is kind of weird for a campaign song. it sounds like the people in the song are not much on energy conservation and so it would send the wrong message. or maybe a nuclear bomb went off in the city and that's not very cheerful now is it? and okay, nothing against our beloved canadians, but shouldn't she have gone with something a little more - american? honestly, i am thinking "rock this country!" would have been the bomb. oh wait, i think ms. twain is canadian as well. the field is narrowing. maybe she should have gone for the retro vote and reused bill's fleetwood mac song. they are even like half american i think. btw, i wonder how long it will be before i see a news headline with "clinton" and think hillary and not bill. xo - -- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 14:00:18 -0500 From: 2fs Subject: Re: LOLCHILTON!!1111 On 6/20/07, Lauren Elizabeth wrote: > > i wouldn't have posted this except for there being this clinton thread. > > << > Dion Wins Clinton Campaign Song Vote > > > source was: > http://www.imdb.com/news/wenn/2007-06-20#celeb9 > > > the dixie chicks song would have sent out a nice message of healing to > the conservatives. "Healing"? Ha! I almost wish they'd picked that one for the sheer "fuck you!" value. > and okay, nothing against our beloved canadians, but shouldn't she > have gone with something a little more - american? Oh, much hay will be made of that, I'm sure. Bill O'Reilly is probably sputtering incoherently as I type. I mean, more than usual even. btw, i wonder how long it will be before i see a news headline with > "clinton" and think hillary and not bill. Not soon enough for Hillary I'll bet. Anyway: ick. Celine Dion? That'll also win Hillary the "Creepy Manager Guy Who Ends Up Marrying Singer He Met When She Was A Teeny Teen" vote as well. Okay, new feg contest: what Robyn song would *you* nominate for your favorite (or most hated) political candidate (US or other)? - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 12:29:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Benjamin Lukoff Subject: Re: LOLCHILTON!!1111 On Wed, 20 Jun 2007, 2fs wrote: > Okay, new feg contest: what Robyn song would *you* nominate for your > favorite (or most hated) political candidate (US or other)? Since "I Wanna Destroy You" is too obvious, I'd have to go with "Cheese Alarm." Speaking of which, I see they're reissuing "Jewels for Sophia." Why? ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:30:05 -0400 From: "Bachman, Michael" Subject: RE: LOLCHILTON!!1111 >Okay, new feg contest: what Robyn song would *you* nominate for your favorite (or most hated) political candidate (US or other)? Fred Thompson is not know for being the most energetic guy, so how about "Statue With a Walkman" for him? MJ Bachman ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:33:14 -0400 (EDT) From: Christopher Gross Subject: RH political themes ('cause I refuse to use a lol subject line) On Wed, 20 Jun 2007, 2fs wrote: > Okay, new feg contest: what Robyn song would *you* nominate for your > favorite (or most hated) political candidate (US or other)? "Do Policemen Sing" for Giuliani, no question about it. - --Chris ______________________________________________________________________ Christopher Gross On the Internet, nobody knows I'm a dog. chrisg@gwu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 14:53:36 -0500 From: 2fs Subject: Re: RH political themes ('cause I refuse to use a lol subject line) On 6/20/07, Christopher Gross wrote: > > On Wed, 20 Jun 2007, 2fs wrote: > > > Okay, new feg contest: what Robyn song would *you* nominate for your > > favorite (or most hated) political candidate (US or other)? > > "Do Policemen Sing" for Giuliani, no question about it. If I were a Giuliani fan, of course the best song would be "Rudie Can't Fail" by The Clash. The Fall has a song called "Hilary" (spelled that way, I think). And of course there's the Chemical Brothers' "Barack-Rockin' Beat" or whatever it's called... Hmm...any number of addle-minded Republicans ("Believe in evolution? I can't even spell it!") would be appropriate saluted by "Nowhere Man"... - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:05:24 -0400 From: "Lauren Elizabeth" Subject: Re: LOLCHILTON!!1111 On 6/20/07, 2fs wrote: > On 6/20/07, Lauren Elizabeth wrote: > > the dixie chicks song would have sent out a nice message of healing to > > the conservatives. > > "Healing"? Ha! I almost wish they'd picked that one for the sheer "fuck > you!" value. i think the voice in your head when you read that is different than the voice in my head. i was going to say most of the time the voice in the head for my posts should be steven wright's but then i realize it's more complicated because there's substantially more inflection kind of like steven wright crossed with one of teenagers from the o.c. maybe david spade. at least how he is on "don't shoot me" which as i recall he was also like on saturday night so i think of him as being like that all the time. but sheesh i hope my actual voice would be more girlish (although david space has a fair bit of girlishness to him IMO.) oh, according to wikipedia, steven wright has a twitter account: http://twitter.com/stevenwright i looked and it seems like it might be his. xo - -- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:23:11 -0400 From: "Lauren Elizabeth" Subject: Re: LOLCHILTON!!1111 2fs says: > and another: > > Still haven't come up with a suitable lolfeg though... a day or two, i realized i totally spaced on bloomsday. they have a lovely celebration in philadelphia each year. imo, bloomsday is on the short list of the great things about philadelphia. my father and i have gone to it a number of times: http://www.rosenbach.org/programs/bloomsday.html they close off delancey street which is a lovely, tree-lined street with brick homes, and the museum hosts a kind of bloomsday block party with readings all day long. on occasion, my father sends out bloomsday cards but since he's not an academic, his recipient list is rather small. i'll definitely show him your lol. but sadly i expect a problem from the generation gap (which i can best describe as despite my father being one of the funniest people i know, he doesn't find "the simpsons" funny in the least. i blame television.) xo p.s. i am embarrassed to say i have started ulysses several times but have never completed it. - -- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:42:22 -0400 From: FSThomas Subject: Mah controbushunz Idle hands. Idle hands. http://www.denisvengeance.com/lolfegz/?p=31 - -f. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:47:34 -0400 From: "Lauren Elizabeth" Subject: Re: fess up miss lesser hamden says: > damn. i am so far behind. but poking my head in to this thread, > previous posts unread, one is compelled to say, "zomgwtfbbq!!11!11" a tangent as this is not about woj who is the alpha and omega of fegs... one of things i like about lolfegz is imagining some non-feg coming across across lolfegz. they _so_ make no sense. i don't mean this in a "dopes don't robyn" way" just that his lyrics are so odd to begin that the lolfegz reach a very high level bizarreness. well except they also make sense. xo - -- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 13:10:10 -0700 (GMT-07:00) From: Carrie Galbraith Subject: Re: RH political themes ('cause I refuse to use a lol subject line) >On 6/20/07, Christopher Gross wrote: >> > Okay, new feg contest: what Robyn song would *you* nominate for your >> > favorite (or most hated) political candidate (US or other)? >> >> "Do Policemen Sing" for Giuliani, no question about it. "Sinister But She Was Happy" for Hillary? (Sorry, not a big fan of HC) "Uncorrected Personality Traits" for McCain (or Gingrich)? Just a thought. - - c ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 13:57:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Re: LOLCHILTON!!1111 2fs wrote: > Okay, new feg contest: what Robyn song would *you* nominate for > your favorite (or most hated) political candidate (US or other)? "The President" for dubya, rudy, and mccain. Dennis Kucinich could maybe use "Positive Vibrations." If the Clintons had any sense of humor though, they would have acknowledged that "The Bitch is Back" probably got the most write in votes and used it for a week before going to a "real" campaign songs. Actually, if they had any semi-savvy advisors, they would have rigged it to make sure "The Bitch is Back" won just so they could joke about it for a few days. "Children have always enjoyed my movies. They are just not allowed to watch many of them." -- John Waters . ____________________________________________________________________________________ Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story. Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games. http://sims.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 23:06:46 +0200 From: Sebastian Hagedorn Subject: Re: LOLCHILTON!!1111 - -- Lauren Elizabeth is rumored to have mumbled on 20. Juni 2007 16:23:11 -0400 regarding Re: LOLCHILTON!!1111: > p.s. i am embarrassed to say i have started ulysses several times but > have never completed it. Same here. And Gravity's Rainbow and Moby Dick and Der Zauberberg and ... - -- Sebastian Hagedorn Am alten Stellwerk 22, 50733 Kvln, Germany http://www.uni-koeln.de/~a0620/ "Being just contaminates the void" - Robyn Hitchcock ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 18:23:26 -0400 From: "Lauren Elizabeth" Subject: not your mama's pong http://www.plasmapong.com/ and really, what _doesn't_ get better when you add some real-time fluid dynamics? xo - -- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 17:46:14 -0500 From: "Brian Huddell" Subject: my boots are in disarray I wanted to hear the studio version of "Statue WaW" for some reason this morning and was surprised to find that it, along with the Sequel sampler its bits are stored in, *and* the Invisible History disc it was sitting next to, were not where I expected them to be -- were in fact nowhere to be found! I probably haven't looked at that part of that shelf for 5 years or more so I'm not sure yet who I need to kill. I doubt it's any of you (unless my brother is lurking without my knowledge). So I wonder if anyfeg would be willing to rip SWaW (the Sequel sampler version) and/or Invisible History and either post a torrent or up them to my ftp server. If the latter, I'll make it available to anyone else who might want it. Most likely I have nothing worth trading. Thanks! +brian (saw my grandmother eyeing that shelf a few years ago) in New Orleans ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:52:27 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: not your mama's pong On Jun 20, 2007, at 3:23 PM, Lauren Elizabeth wrote: > http://www.plasmapong.com/ > > and really, what _doesn't_ get better when you add some real-time > fluid dynamics? Separate PPC and Intel releases? It's called a Universal Binary dude, look it up. Anyway, it's pretty cool. I'd like to get the screensaver when it's available. - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 17:08:18 -0700 From: Rex Subject: Re: fess up On 6/20/07, Lauren Elizabeth wrote: > > > one of things i like about lolfegz is imagining some non-feg coming > across across lolfegz. they _so_ make no sense. i don't mean this in > a "dopes don't robyn" way" just that his lyrics are so odd to begin > that the lolfegz reach a very high level bizarreness. well except > they also make sense. What amazes me is that it reveals just how deeply into RH we must all be... I mean, how many songs does the guy have, and we all (I think) recognize all these quotes, even in loliform, instantly. And no, nobody else would know wtf at all. That should be kinda scary. But there surely must be, somewhere, like, lolskynyrd and lolcroce and lolmarcyplayground and so forth, so lolfegz ftw. - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 17:10:35 -0700 From: Rex Subject: Re: RH political themes ('cause I refuse to use a lol subject line) On 6/20/07, 2fs wrote: > > > The Fall has a song called "Hilary" (spelled that way, I think). Why do I half-think that's a cover? But it's not, is it? It can't be. I love that album, actually. - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 19:31:34 -0500 From: 2fs Subject: Re: fess up On 6/20/07, Rex wrote: > > > What amazes me is that it reveals just how deeply into RH we must all > be... > I mean, how many songs does the guy have, and we all (I think) recognize > all > these quotes, even in loliform, instantly. Uh, nope - not all. Many, yes - but several required explication or googlizimatation. And no, nobody else would > know wtf at all. That should be kinda scary. But there surely must be, > somewhere, like, lolskynyrd and lolcroce and lolmarcyplayground and so > forth, so lolfegz ftw. Hmm. I suspect that the crossover between fegs and whatever demographic it might be that most propagates the whole "lol" phenomenon (I know, I know - I should have said "phenomelol") is quite a bit broader than it is with fans of a lot of other artists. Marcy Playground? Rex, have you been burrowing into the back catalog again? - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 17:33:53 -0700 (GMT-07:00) From: kevin Subject: Re: LOLCHILTON!!1111 >Same here. And Gravity's Rainbow and Moby Dick and... FYI Moby Dick is one of the most entertaining things in the world to read when you have a head full of nitrous oxide. A little something I learned back in the 70s when I was getting a bunch of dental work done and consequently inhaling a lot of gas. Mr. Melville's characters took on a wonderfully vivid life... ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 18:17:55 -0700 From: Rex Subject: Re: fess up On 6/20/07, 2fs wrote: > > On 6/20/07, Rex wrote: > Marcy Playground? > > Rex, have you been burrowing into the back catalog again? > The local station Star (you know, 90 whatever FM) totally still plays "Sex & Candy" every frickin' day. People have come to mistakenly believe it's Nirvana. I can't explain. - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 18:26:35 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: fess up On Jun 20, 2007, at 6:17 PM, Rex wrote: > On 6/20/07, 2fs wrote: >> >> On 6/20/07, Rex wrote: >> Marcy Playground? >> >> Rex, have you been burrowing into the back catalog again? >> > > The local station Star (you know, 90 whatever FM) totally still > plays "Sex & > Candy" every frickin' day. People have come to mistakenly believe > it's > Nirvana. I can't explain. That would be The Who. - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 01:28:29 +0000 From: "Michael Sweeney" Subject: Tweedy/Wilco on TV tonight Less than 4 hours 'til these are on, but...in case any are interested... Sundance Channel is showing "Jeff Tweedy: Sunken Treasure" at midnight (Central) tonight...followed by the Wilco doc "I am Trying to Break Your Heart" at 1:30 am. The Tweedy film is from 2006, and has him doing more than 20 songs. (I've seen him solo and enjoyed the re-workings / interpretations of the bigger-band pieces...plus, he's pretty funny in between songs.) (Also -- heard "Sky Blue Sky" once all the way through and enjoyed it -- reminiscent of the "Being There" content in spots...and at least half I had heard (and enjoyed) back at the T-giving show...) Michael "Apparently no Buckingham or Reed news today" Sweeney _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail to go? Get your Hotmail, news, sports and much more! http://mobile.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 22:03:54 -0400 From: "Lauren Elizabeth" Subject: Re: Catching Up (to iPhone) i don't know if this is funny since i live in a strange world without products by apple, but at least it'll give you something to read while waiting for your iphone. http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/20/the-onion-releases-latest-round-of-iphone-specs/ xo - -- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:03:34 -0700 From: "michael wells" Subject: I want to know who was responsible for this... Stan Lee gets his own action figure http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070620/ap_en_ot/people_stan_lee ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 20:55:21 -0500 From: 2fs Subject: Re: fess up On 6/20/07, Rex wrote: > > > > On 6/20/07, 2fs wrote: > > > > On 6/20/07, Rex wrote: > > Marcy Playground? > > > > Rex, have you been burrowing into the back catalog again? > > > > The local station Star (you know, 90 whatever FM) totally still plays "Sex > & Candy" every frickin' day. > What's weird (or not) is that although I recognized the name of the band, and now recognize the name of the song, I can't for the life of me figure out how the song goes. Probably because I do remember that when I heard it, it struck me then as, well, instantly forgettable. It might be floating around my collection somewhere on some old compilation or other. I'm not going to bother looking for it. - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 22:28:43 -0400 From: FSThomas Subject: For the Philosophers in the group http://flickr.com/groups/philolsophers/pool/show/ - -f. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 20:06:16 -0700 From: Rex Subject: Re: fess up / Marcy Playground > The Verve Pipe LOL!!1oneoneone On 6/20/07, 2fs wrote: > > > What's weird (or not) is that although I recognized the name of the band, > and now recognize the name of the song, I can't for the life of me figure > out how the song goes. Probably because I do remember that when I heard > it, > it struck me then as, well, instantly forgettable. > > It might be floating around my collection somewhere on some old > compilation > or other. I'm not going to bother looking for it. Speaking of not being able to be bothered, here's a forwarded e-mail I sent to a friend about a year ago when the "classic" status of that song came to my attention: ________ Since I keep hearing this damn song and wondering why it is suddenly a hit all over again, I checked out the top songs on KROQ the year it came out just to see what other forgotten-by-me one-hit wonders might be also coming down the pike courtesy of STAR. All of these were more popular contemoraneously in1997 1. *Sublime*: Wrong Way (When did he die, before this, right? This is part of the Tupac/L. Ron Hubbard post-mortem installment plan, as are their numerous other hits here...) 2. *Sugar Ray*: Fly 3. *Foo Fighters*: Everlong 4. *The Mighty Mighty Bosstones*: The Impression That I Get (Wow, this I had indeed totally forgotten!) 5. *Smash Mouth*: Walkin' On The Sun 6. *Third Eye Blind*: Semi-Charmed Life 7. *The Wallflowers*: One Headlight 8. *Beck*: The New Pollution 9. *The Smashing Pumpkins*: Eye 10. *Blur*: *Song 2* 11. *Prodigy*: Breathe 12. *Reel Big Fish*: Sell Out 13. *Jewel*: You Were Meant For Me 14. *Third Eye Blind*: Graduate 15. *Chumbawamba*: Tubthumping 16. *Sublime*: Santeria 17. *Sneaker Pimps*: *6 Underground* (Hard to imagine) 18. *Squirrel Nut Zippers*: Hell (It was a weird time at KROQ back then...) 19. *Dave Matthews Band*: Crash Into Me 20. *Sublime*: Doin' Time 21. *White Town*: Your Woman 22. *No Doubt*: Sunday Morning 23. *Matchbox 20*: Push 24. *Tool*: Stinkfist 25. *Fiona Apple*: Criminal 26. *The Verve Pipe*: The Freshmen (Approx. same class as Marcy Playground) 27. *Depeche Mode*: It's No Good 28. *Beck*: Jack Ass 29. *Luscious Jackson*: Naked Eye (Wow, who remembered KROQ even playing them?) 30. *The Offspring*: Gone Away So it was a slight relief that it was never really that popular, until I found out that it really peaked in 1998, and here it is in the Top 10. This might even be a weirder list... 1. *Beastie Boys*: Intergalactic 2. *Harvey Danger*: Flagpole Sitta 3. *Blink-182*: Dammit 4. *Sublime*: Bad Fish 5. *Green Day*: *Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)* 6. *Everclear*: I Will Buy You a New Life 7. *Marcy Playground*: Sex and Candy 8. *Hole*: Celebrity Skin 9. *Goo Goo Dolls*: Iris 10. *Garbage*: I Think I'm Paranoid None of which helps me rid my life of the song, but it is slightly interesting. Kinda. - -Rex ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V16 #243 ********************************