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Captain Hygiene posted:Lol Is every song by The Police creepy or just the one?
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venus de lmao posted:Is every song by The Police creepy or just the one? I dunno, that's the only one I know.
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venus de lmao posted:Is every song by The Police creepy or just the one? A lot of them are. It's sorta their thing.
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3D Megadoodoo posted:According to Estelle, American men are "five foot seven" whatever the gently caress that means. Biplane posted:They're all weird feet guys, I think. 3D Megadoodoo posted:It is weird to have five foots, or seven. thepopmonster posted:No, but it is odd.
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kazil posted:https://twitter.com/BirdRespecter/status/1785026113120710807 craptown posted:Surprised they didn't discreetly transfer him to another server
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That's bullshit because the church already ruled on the water content of the liquid used in baptisms when they allowed beer to be used.
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I came across the record of a kid who'd been emergency-baptized with beer by the midwife in the early 1700s. Then over a decade later, a new priest heard about it and rebaptized the kid, a pretty big no-no!
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Multiple baptisms? That's a slippery slope to refusing to dance and not saying hi to me in the liquor store.
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Pentaro posted:The dog who is so angry he cannot move. He cannot eat. He cannot sleep. He can just barely growl. Bound so tightly with tension and anger, he approaches the state of rigor mortis. 
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venus de lmao posted:Is every song by The Police creepy or just the one? There's a few. But they aren't cluelessly creepy. I think you're supposed to eventually notice that "Every Breath You Take" isn't actually a love song, and despite the jaunty tune "Don't Stand so Close to Me" is about a dangerous situation.
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Facebook Aunt posted:"Don't Stand so Close to Me" is about a dangerous situation.
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Facebook Aunt posted:There's a few. But they aren't cluelessly creepy. I think you're supposed to eventually notice that "Every Breath You Take" isn't actually a love song, and despite the jaunty tune "Don't Stand so Close to Me" is about a dangerous situation. I grimace every time I hear about a couple using "Every Breath You Take" as part of their wedding, in whatever capacity. Same for "I Will Always Love You", which is about a breakup.
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May 1, 2024 00:38
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I will always love you is about a professional parting not about a romantic relationship at all
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Lemniscate Blue posted:I grimace every time I hear about a couple using "Every Breath You Take" as part of their wedding, in whatever capacity.
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FreudianSlippers posted:I will always love you is about a professional parting not about a romantic relationship at all Wanna hear it through the office PA as layoffs are announced.
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Lemniscate Blue posted:I grimace every time I hear about a couple using "Every Breath You Take" as part of their wedding, in whatever capacity. Message In A Bottle isn't creepy, I don't think? I've never exactly closely examined the lyrics, though, I could be wrong.
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Malachite_Dragon posted:Message In A Bottle isn't creepy, I don't think? I've never exactly closely examined the lyrics, though, I could be wrong. Oh it's about some freaky loving poo poo. You don't even want to know.
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Lemniscate Blue posted:I grimace every time I hear about a couple using "Every Breath You Take" as part of their wedding, in whatever capacity. Our wedding rsvps included a spot for a song request to add to the playlist, and my Aunt was offended that we didn’t include her request of Escape (the pina colada song) Drunkenly explaining to her that a song about people seeking an affair didn’t quite match the vibe we were going for was a real highlight of the reception
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WithoutTheFezOn posted:Uh, yeah, I suppose that’s one way to put it. Yeah, it is. The song can be read a few ways depending on the listener's bias. But the only inappropriate thing that actually happens within the text of the song is a teacher giving a student a ride home on a rainy day. And that's mostly inappropriate because everyone knows she has an obvious crush on him. The song sets up a dangerous situation where several bad things could happen. It evokes dread. Which is in contrast to the bouncy tune.
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Malachite_Dragon posted:Message In A Bottle isn't creepy, I don't think? I've never exactly closely examined the lyrics, though, I could be wrong. 100 billion bottles wash up on the shore. There aren't anywhere near 100 billion humans on earth. QED most of the bottles he receives are from non-humans. 
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Malachite_Dragon posted:Message In A Bottle isn't creepy, I don't think? I've never exactly closely examined the lyrics, though, I could be wrong. It's nihilistic at best, it's a song about someone wallowing in their loneliness and waiting for someone to come save them and then at the end of the song they realise that billions of other people are also hopelessly alone and desperate. That doesn't make them feel better though, the lyrics for the second half of the song are just "Sending out an SOS" repeated dozens of times until the song fades out Walking On The Moon is fine, it's about a guy walking home from a girl's house and he's so goddamned elated it feels like gravity isn't holding back as much Snowglobe of Doom has a new favorite as of 02:24 on May 1, 2024 |
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Facebook Aunt posted:Yeah, it is. The song can be read a few ways depending on the listener's bias. But the only inappropriate thing that actually happens within the text of the song is a teacher giving a student a ride home on a rainy day. And that's mostly inappropriate because everyone knows she has an obvious crush on him. He is also explicitly attracted to her and afraid people will notice. It references Nabokov; come on, man.
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Blue Footed Booby posted:He is also explicitly attracted to her and afraid people will notice. Everyone already noticed, the kids have started talking poo poo in the classroom and then "Strong words in the staff room/The accusations fly"
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Synchronicity is about being attacked by a lake monster
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Blue Footed Booby posted:He is also explicitly attracted to her and afraid people will notice. It references Nabokov; come on, man. He's attracted to her, the one teenager who is giving her all to trying to attract him. There is zero indication that he is attracted to any other teenager. Zero indication that he is a predator who became a teacher to gain access to children. He references Nabokov while having a nervous breakdown about the situation. It could happen to you. I think that's the point of the song. Anyone can suffer from inappropriate biological attraction. My boobs didn't pop out the day I turned 18. I was an early bloomer, I was menstruating at 11 and had C cups by 14. Sometimes I caught grown men looking. It wasn't pervy when they would glance and then look away, that's just dudes boob-radar alerting them to boobs in the area. Sometimes they'd even look embarrassed for noticing, which was funny. It was pervy when they'd have a good long stare. When they'd look me up and down, taking it all in. It was pervy when grown men driving by catcall a 12 year old. Kinda pervy when some old man gives you a "compliment" about how well you're growing up. Kinda pervy when HS seniors shout to a 14 year old "you want fries with that shake?" It was the duty of every good man more than 2 years older than me to pretend to not notice I had boobs and hips and a dump truck rear end. That's the standard. Treat kids like kids. Expecting men to never actually experience an inappropriate attraction is not a reasonable standard, the point is that as a responsible adult you have to deal with it like a responsible adult.
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Whereas my Facebook aunt just posts chotchkes she finds at antique stores.
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I would simply not stand so close
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oldpainless posted:I would simply not stand so close more like oldpestless
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Don't post. Don't post. Don't post where I can see.
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Crystal Lake Witch posted:Our wedding rsvps included a spot for a song request to add to the playlist, and my Aunt was offended that we didn’t include her request of Escape (the pina colada song) Every breath you take I like pina coladas I will always love you Perfect day In that order.
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Facebook Aunt posted:100 billion bottles wash up on the shore. There aren't anywhere near 100 billion humans on earth. QED most of the bottles he receives are from non-humans.
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FoolyCharged posted:Alas! Poor Yorick! I knew him, Hor...
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Don't Stand So Close To Me is a drat good song. Probably one of their best. I think Facebook Aunt's interpretation is solid, but I do still wish it was about something else. Like how I always feel inhibited singing along to Boys Boys Boys, one of my favorite Lady Gaga songs (not that there is anything wrong with liking boys boys boys of course) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTLypnpiJ3E
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I just found a quote from an old interview on Sting's official website which clarifies what he thought the song was about, if anyone wants the mystery ruined. If you like the song you're probably happier not knowing.
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:I just found a quote from an old interview on Sting's official website which clarifies what he thought the song was about, if anyone wants the mystery ruined. If you like the song you're probably happier not knowing. In the grand scheme of things authorial intentions don't matter that much though.
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Facebook Aunt posted:100 billion bottles wash up on the shore. There aren't anywhere near 100 billion humans on earth. QED most of the bottles he receives are from non-humans. Bottles Georg, who lives near the beach & sends 90 billion messages annually, is an outlier & should not have been counted
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The spectrum of Police songs is honestly wild. You can go from songs about war and the anxiety of the modern human experience, all the way over to a guy singing about his blow-up doll or shouting "WELL TELEPHONE IS RINGING, IS THAT MY MOTHER ON THE PHONE". The percussion is pretty much always on point though. Thanks Stewart Copeland!
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A friend of mine played with Copeland once, he was a tremendous rear end in a top hat.
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 cause at 5 o’clock they take me to the gallows pole Zanno posted:the sands of time for me are running low
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Baron von Eevl posted:A friend of mine played with Copeland once, he was a tremendous rear end in a top hat. Imma read this as has and be happy with that
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