The true story of “We Built This City”- the most detested song in human history

[Melizmatic]

@Daneyul

I guess I’ll just have to chalk it up as a wookie mistake.

[Daneyul]

Noble idea, but a time machine would be put to better use in sending an assassin to George Lucas’s house, right before he first uttered the words “Prequel”.

[nemomen]

@Gyrofrog

And I always said to [George’s wife] Ani, ‘My God, he is so homely.’ She said, "No, he’s not homely, he’s very attractive.’

He was a brilliant Alto Sax player in a mind-bogglingly cool jazz band who managed to write a top 40 hit in '59 that was a jazz tune in 5/4 time. And he looks like a jazz super-genius wearing a sharp suit. How could women not swoon?

@Daneyul

a time machine would be put to better use in sending an assassin to George Lucas’s house, right before he first uttered the words “Prequel”

There are so many wrongs to be righted in this world, but perhaps rather than an assassin, no, it’d have to be an assassin. Sorry George, it’s for the greater good.

[cameronh1403]

Agreed…

[nimelennar]

@Daneyul

Noble idea, but a time machine would be put to better use in sending an assassin to George Lucas’s house, right before he first uttered the words “Prequel”.

Oh, come on. That is completely immoral, reprehensible, and ultimately wouldn’t fix anything.

You’d have to send the assassin back to before he uttered the words “Special Edition.”

[L_Mariachi]

@Gyrofrog

I remember a late-80s thrash version of “Seasons in the Sun.” Can’t find it, though.

Not really thrash, but

Seasons In The Sun - Me First And The Gimme Gimmes

[Nonentity]

@nimelennar

Oh, come on. That is completely immoral, reprehensible, and ultimately wouldn’t fix anything.

You’d have to send the assassin back to before he uttered the words “Special Edition.”

Goodness, the both of you…
You’d also need to send back a robot replica of him, programmed to release a proper cleaned-up version of the trilogy on DVD.

[Ratel]

“Radar Love” [jaw tightens]

[Ratel]

You three! That would be a complete and utter breakdown in basic human decency if the time assassin didn’t stop along the way to polish off Peter Jackson the second he finished the final extended scene edit for “The Return of the King”.

[Ratel]

“We Built this Hive of Scum and Villainy…”

[awfulhorrid]

I know that Dead Puppies is often trotted out as a prime example of Demented music, but I still hate that song. I pretty much hated it from the first time I heard it, actually, and I cringe every time it’s mentioned. Ogden Edsel did better songs - heck I’d much rather hear Kinko the Clown or Daddy’s Money.

(Not anything against you for posting this, you understand. It’s kind of inevitable, really.)

[ficuswhisperer]

Whhaatttt? That’s a bona fide classic. Cherokee on the other hand… Something about a group of white men from Sweden singing about the Trail of Tears that seems less than genuine to me.

[piratejenny]

Did somebody say song about a dead dog?

[ficuswhisperer]

@nemomen

There are so many wrongs to be righted in this world, but perhaps rather than an assassin, no, it’d have to be an assassin. Sorry George, it’s for the greater good.

Wasn’t this a Patton Oswalt bit?

ETA: Yes, yes it was. And it’s wonderful.

At Midnight I Will Kill George Lucas With A Shovel

[anon67050589]

One Tin Soldier.

[Gyrofrog]

[L_Mariachi]

[anon67050589]

sniff

I usually enjoy covers that put a totally different spin on something, but wow is that well past my limit for enjoyment!

[stinkinbadgers]

I understand. While unlike you I did think it was awesome, I have since put it in the category of “songs I’ve heard so many times I could die happy if I never heard it again”.

[stinkinbadgers]

@piratejenny

Did somebody say song about a dead dog?

Or how about the opposite? All these dogs dying, how about some owners.

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