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jasonwjasonw Posts: 424
edited October 2008 in Other Music
Anyone else think this was a Weird Al song for 2 months?
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  • hopethatuchokehopethatuchoke Posts: 2,927
    Weird Al songs generally aren't terrible
  • harmless_little_f***harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    I like it.... *runs away*
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

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  • 3manstack3manstack Posts: 205
    Can't remeber where I heard it, but agree with the sentiment.

    It sounds like a bad lincoln Park Rip off, which is super terrible, becasue lincoln park are terrible by themselves so any one aping them are even worse.
  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    I like it.... *runs away*
    dont worry- i like it as well!!
  • BinFrogBinFrog MA Posts: 7,309
    "We think we're Cake, and Bloodhound Gang, Devo and Linkin Park", and yet they're nowhere near any of those bands (not that I am saying Linkin Park is good, mind you). That's all I can think of when I hear that song. It's not witty, it's just repetitively annoying.

    Ugh. If the rest of their catalog is as horrible as that Handlebar song, count me out.
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  • jasonwjasonw Posts: 424
    3manstack wrote:
    Can't remeber where I heard it, but agree with the sentiment.

    It sounds like a bad lincoln Park Rip off, which is super terrible, becasue lincoln park are terrible by themselves so any one aping them are even worse.


    Yes! I thought it was Weird Al spoofing Linkin Park.......I was amazed when I found out those were real lyrics and not a spoof
  • harmless_little_f***harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    3manstack wrote:
    Can't remeber where I heard it, but agree with the sentiment.

    It sounds like a bad lincoln Park Rip off, which is super terrible, becasue lincoln park are terrible by themselves so any one aping them are even worse.

    I like Linkin Park but this song is far better. Not as loud, more interesting musical arrangement, the lyrics go some way to being intelligent (not a reason I rate Linkin Park).. It's got good live musicianship.. it has a trumpet solo for goodness' sake.
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • xSmackSoundxxSmackSoundx Posts: 479
    I honestly really like it...
  • Kilgore_TroutKilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    how can anyone like this??? its easily one of the worst popular songs ive heard in 10 years... atleast most other shitty pop and rap songs have a decent hook or beat... and the lyrics sound like something off of "scream"
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  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    3manstack wrote:
    Can't remeber where I heard it, but agree with the sentiment.

    It sounds like a bad lincoln Park Rip off, which is super terrible, becasue lincoln park are terrible by themselves so any one aping them are even worse.
    a terrible song that gets stuck in your head.

    only reason i quoted this post is because i saw a douchebag at the bar last night with a Linkin Park tshirt on (who would wear one?) drinking a Blue Moon. who drinks Blue Moon?? i mean, it's okay at best but not worth drinking.
  • Blind MelonBlind Melon Posts: 911
    I like Linkin Park.
    If I could, think I would give in.
  • Kilgore_TroutKilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    Blind Melon wrote:
    I like Linkin Park.
    I like Blue Moon
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  • mnicole22mnicole22 Posts: 417
    I am not a fan of this song.
    AKA Cinnamon Girl :(

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  • harmless_little_f***harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    sgossard3 wrote:
    I like Blue Moon

    I want to hear from anyone who likes Linkin Park once in a blue moon ;)
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    sgossard3 wrote:
    I like Blue Moon
    like i said, it's okay but not worth drinking.
  • harmless_little_f***harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    I know I said I liked this song but I went back to Youtube and searched for a lot of other stuff from this band, and I've changed my mind.... it's all fucking brilliant.
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • Blind MelonBlind Melon Posts: 911
    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    I want to hear from anyone who likes Linkin Park once in a blue moon ;)

    Bravo. Jolly good show!
    If I could, think I would give in.
  • CCRefugeeCCRefugee Posts: 76
    The song is nowhere near as vapid as it sounds.

    I just don't like political/message music in disguise. Either do it or don't.
  • mensanemensane Posts: 912
    this song is terrible....thankfully they have stopped playing it every hour on the End.

    i hit a point where i would turn off the radio when it came on.
  • mole1985mole1985 Posts: 1,119
    This song is crap but the rest of the album is eally good. Worth looking into folks.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zDW0GROnt8&feature=related

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  • harmless_little_f***harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    Is there no one else who thinks these guys are good?

    Just bought the album and it's fantastic. Comparing these to Linkin Park is like comparing Pearl Jam to Creed. They write intelligent, important political lyrics, they play fantastically - drums, guitar, bass, cello/viola/trumpet... and the drumming is insane, not a programmed looped beat in sight. There's complexity in their song structures.. a couple of the tracks change rhythm completely, twice or more. This album is very, very, very clever.

    Fans of Rage Against the Machine should really give it a good listen.
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • iamicaiamica Chicago Posts: 2,628
    Meh. It's an OK song, but I have a feeling they're going to be a one hit wonder.
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  • urbanhippieurbanhippie Posts: 3,007
    I love this song, and the others that I've heard off the album seem to be great too.
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  • harmless_little_f***harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    iamica wrote:
    Meh. It's an OK song, but I have a feeling they're going to be a one hit wonder.

    I'm a bit sad that anyone on the Pit cares about 'hits' anyway ;)
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • partyofonepartyofone Posts: 44
    Ummm...how can you guys compare Flobots to Linkin Park. Please.
    Just because Handlebars is catchy doesn't mean it sucks.
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  • harmless_little_f***harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    partyofone wrote:
    Ummm...how can you guys compare Flobots to Linkin Park. Please.
    Just because Handlebars is catchy doesn't mean it sucks.

    +1
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • mole1985mole1985 Posts: 1,119
    I hoping these guys come and tour over here next year. It's a great album in my top 5 for this year I think.
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  • harmless_little_f***harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    Flobots, 'Stand Up'

    Stand up... we shall not be moved,
    Except by a child with no socks and shoes.
    If you've got more to give then you've got to prove
    Put your hands up and I'll copy you.

    Stand up... we shall not be moved
    Except by a woman dying from a loss of food.
    If you've got more to give then you've got to prove,
    Put your hands up and I'll copy you.

    We still don't understand thunder and lightning.
    Flash back to when we didn't fund the dam,
    Didn't fund the dam levee. No wonder man
    Now our whole damn city's torn asunder man,
    Under water but we still don't understand
    We see hurricane spills overrun the land
    Through gaps you couldn't fill with a 100 tons of sand
    No we still don't understand.

    We've seen planes in the windows of buildings crumbled in
    We've seen flames send the chills through London
    And we've sent planes to kill them and some of them were children
    But still we're crumbling the building.
    Underfunded but we still don't understand,
    Under God but we kill like the son of Sam,
    But if you feel like I feel like about the son of man,
    We will overcome...

    So Stand up... we shall not be moved,
    Except by a child with no socks and shoes.
    If you've got more to give then you've got to prove,
    Put your hands up and I'll copy you.
    Stand up... we shall not be moved,
    Except by a woman dying from a loss of food.
    If you've got more to give then you've got to prove,
    Put your hands up and I'll copy you.

    Stand up... we shall not be moved,
    Except by a child with no socks and shoes,
    Except by a woman dying from a loss of food,
    Except by a freedom fighter bleeding on a cross for you.
    We shall not be moved...
    Except by a system that's rotten through
    Neglecting the victims and ordering the cops to shoot,
    High treason, now we need to prosecute.

    So Stand up... we shall not be moved
    And we won't fight a war for fossil fuel.
    It's times like this that you want to plot a coup,
    Put your hands up and I'll copy you.
    So Stand up... we shall not be moved
    Unless we're taking a route we have not pursued,
    So if you've got a dream and a lot to do,
    Put your hands up and I'll copy you.

    I said Put your hands up and I'll copy you
    Put your hands up and I'll copy you.
    if you've got a dream and a lot to do,
    Put your hands up.

    Now shake, shake,
    A Polaroid dream,
    Nightmare negatives develop on the screen
    We sit back and wait for the government team,
    Criticize they but who the fuck are we?
    The people want peace but the leaders want war,
    Our neighbors don't speak, peek through the front door.
    House representatives preach, "Stay the course,"
    Time for a leap of faith
    Once More.

    Put your hands up high if you haven't abandoned
    Hope that the pen strokes stronger than the cannon,
    Balls to the wall, nose to the grindstone,
    My interrogation techniques leave your mind blown.
    So place your bets, let's speak to the enemy.
    Don't let em pretend that we seek blood,
    And who's we anyways Kemo Sabe?
    Mighty warlord wanna-be street thug,
    a threat for a threat leaves the whole world terrified,
    blow for blow never settles the score,
    word for word it's time to clarify,
    we the people did not want war.

    So Stand up... we shall not be moved,
    Except By a child with no socks and shoes.
    If you've got more to give then you've got to prove,
    Put your hands up and I'll copy you.
    Unless we're taking a route we have not pursued,
    So if you've got a dream and a lot to do,
    Put your hands up and I'll copy you.

    I said put your hands up and I'll copy you,
    Put your hands up and I'll copy you,
    If you've got a dream and a lot to do,
    Put your hands up...
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • LoveBoatAdmiralLoveBoatAdmiral Posts: 1,191
    Is this a thread about Blue Moon or the Flobots? Cuz I really like Blue Moon...

    No, but really,

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  • Kilgore_TroutKilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    partyofone wrote:
    Ummm...how can you guys compare Flobots to Linkin Park. Please.
    Just because Handlebars is catchy doesn't mean it sucks.
    i think its a pretty fair comparison... bad white boy rap with shitty lyrics... that goes for handlebars and stand up... why so many PJ fans are saying they like this song is beyond me...
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