Comments on: Saturday Salon

By: Shaun

Shaun — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:29:05 +0000

Roger Jones @ 59

I’m your worst nightmare squared,
that’s times two for those who aren’t mathematically aware

A worst nightmare squared is the worst nightmare multiplied by itself not times 2.

A fail for these lyrics in the maths department.

By: joe2

joe2 — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:05:22 +0000

Garrett rejects Traveston Dam!
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/11/11/2739725.htm?section=justin

By: Paul Burns

Paul Burns — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:38:03 +0000

Rather than disrupt the Rupert thread,the pasta shells weren’t totally destroyed. (@ 13 on the Rupert thread.) I need a bigger pot, might buy one on Thursday.

By: Alpha

Alpha — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:51:10 +0000

“squared” is not “times two”

I hope this helps.

By: David Irving (no relation)

David Irving (no relation) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:48:24 +0000

My sons enjoy rap and hip-hop, Roger, but I don’t particularly. (Although some of the hybrid stuff produced by Rage Against the Machine and Faith No More, among others, is pretty good.)

That said, the stuff I grew up with (Stones, Kinks, Who, Animals, etc) is 90% crap as well.

By: Liam

Liam — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:46:46 +0000

I can be sadistic – David Oldfield’s midnight show on 2GB

More evidence as if any were needed that one should never, ever, make enemies with corporate IT.

By: Roger Jones

Roger Jones — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:38:18 +0000

DI(nr),
don’t get me wrong – some of those lyrics are pretty clever – just not the ones Fran was listing to

Harsh, industrial-strength. Hmmm, sounds like some of the music I listen to.

By: David Irving (no relation)

David Irving (no relation) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:31:33 +0000

Harsh but fair, Roger.

I put it down to the industrial-strength drugs young people take these days.

By: Roger Jones

Roger Jones — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:44:33 +0000

Fran #25,

it sounds like since Elvis “left the building” you have no idea who’s “in da house”. Well who else would be in da house but da homies? As you can gather, music today is very domesticated. It sets many good examples for today’s youth:

Couldn’t sit down, big gun kept stickin’ my pelvis
Shit, it was either that or be living with Elvis

I have eschewed fire-arms and have turned over the new leaf of non-violence

I’m your worst nightmare squared,
that’s times two for those who aren’t mathematically aware

Not knowing mathematics is an incredibly frightening prospect for confronting life

From now on, I’m a use self control
instead of birth control
cause 315 dollars ain’t worth your soul

I voted for Obama and universal health care, but also recognise the responsibility begins with me

There is a wealth of wisdom hidden beneath those apparently banal and repetitive lyrics

By: David Irving (no relation)

David Irving (no relation) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:08:13 +0000

Fran, apparently Bowie used to produce his lyrics from cut-ups, a la William Burroughs. (Now you know why Naked Lunch is … umm … challenging.)