tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1052603946890695463.post643867545644300847..comments2023-07-19T06:38:44.138-07:00Comments on deskslave: Requiescat In Pace, Ya Freakaikenheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05643810106193868169noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1052603946890695463.post-47821558385975013352009-07-03T00:27:47.178-07:002009-07-03T00:27:47.178-07:00Sorry Alice, gotta say that I think I have incontr...Sorry Alice, gotta say that I think I have incontrovertible proof that Sir Elton needs to go.<br /><br />Island Girl<br /><br />I see your teeth flash, Jamaican honey, so sweet<br />Down where Lexington cross 47th Street<br />She's a big girl, she's standin' six foot three<br />Turnin' tricks for the dudes in the big city<br /><br />Island girl, what you wantin' with the white man's world?<br />Island girl, black boy wants you in his island world<br />He wants to take you from the racket boss<br />He wants to save you but the cause is lost<br /><br />Island girl, island girl, island girl<br />Tell me what you're wantin' with the white man's world?<br /><br />Well, she's black as coal but she'll burn like a fire<br />And she wraps herself around you like a well worn tire<br />You feel her nail scratch your back just like a rake<br />He one more gone, he one more John who made the mistake<br /><br />Island girl, what you wantin' with the white man's world?<br />Island girl, black boy wants you in his island world<br />He wants to take you from the racket boss<br />He wants to save you but the cause is lost<br /><br />Island girl, island girl, island girl<br />Tell me what you're wantin' with the white man's world?<br /><br />OK, leaving aside the misogyny and racism for a minute, I would like to point you to the following touching couplet:<br />Well, she's black as coal but she burns like fire<br />And she wraps herself around you like a well worn tire<br /><br />How exactly does a tire, well-worn or otherwise, wrap itself around you? The clumsy little twit was going for the easy rhyme. Uhhh...I got fire, now what? Hmmm...wire? <br /><br />She's as black as coal but she burns like fire<br />And she'll wrap herself around you like a spool of wire?<br /><br />She's as black as coal but she burns like fire<br />If I were an ancient Greek I might play the lyre?<br /><br />She's as black as coal but she burns like fire<br />I just read Malcolm Gladwell's book Outlier?<br /><br />And Beth, I have to leave at least Marie alone. Recently, her daughter came out and rather than reject her or do something icky and heavy-handed like her church might want. But old Marie was pretty steadfastly in her daughter's corner. So she is spared the fate of others. Did I mention Sting?DeskSlavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13884591995210197704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1052603946890695463.post-19021353953085627922009-07-01T12:43:11.647-07:002009-07-01T12:43:11.647-07:00I don't understand the dislike of Elton John. ...I don't understand the dislike of Elton John. Loved his stuff when it was new. Not listening so much anymore. I hate the rolling stones. Sick of any rap stuff alsoalicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02245347215403310472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1052603946890695463.post-37649706342602013872009-06-30T19:57:13.935-07:002009-06-30T19:57:13.935-07:00I agree with Billy Joel, for whom I have an unreas...I agree with Billy Joel, for whom I have an unreasonable dislike. I do LOVE me some Thriller, though!Suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17578210689961256655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1052603946890695463.post-79329605991703593892009-06-29T12:58:11.115-07:002009-06-29T12:58:11.115-07:00aw, you can do better than that:
Donny and/or Mari...aw, you can do better than that:<br />Donny and/or Marie leap immediately to mind. However I'm of the Holocene crowd, so my list of annoying entertainers are more along the lines of brainless twits like Denise Richards.bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16166172834086385843noreply@blogger.com