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I ate a hamburger and said Hooray - August 4th, 2004
« on: August 04, 2004, 10:04:26 pm »
Ah, Phillippe. Even when confronted with the ugly truth of Springsteen's seminal work, you merely put your own special spin on it.

Carry on.
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I ate a hamburger and said Hooray - August 4th, 2004
« Reply #1 on: August 04, 2004, 11:34:37 pm »
Holy crap Philippe has his hand over his heart while listening to the Beef read.
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I ate a hamburger and said Hooray - August 4th, 2004
« Reply #2 on: August 04, 2004, 11:38:56 pm »
Why is Philippe wearing a football helmet?

Is this the new uniform of Philippe Otter, Agent of H.U.G.S.?
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I ate a hamburger and said Hooray - August 4th, 2004
« Reply #3 on: August 05, 2004, 12:44:21 am »
Philippe is the next Ronald Reagan.  Awsome.
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I ate a hamburger and said Hooray - August 4th, 2004
« Reply #4 on: August 05, 2004, 07:29:29 am »
It seems that Philippe and G.W. share the same political outlook for the US.
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I ate a hamburger and said Hooray - August 4th, 2004
« Reply #5 on: August 05, 2004, 01:47:24 pm »
Can I just tell you how much I hate 4th of July fireworks set to music. Let's see... You get Born in the USA. That's a protest song. You get Keep On Rockin' in the Free World. That's a protest song. And of course, you get Proud to be an American, and I'm sorry, but if I never heard that song again, everything would be perfectly okay.

I guess most folks are just like Philippe. They hear USA and think it's patriotic. Whatever.

I do love Keep on Rockin' in the Free World. I just think it's idiotic to play it during these types of things, or maybe what I really think is that all people are idiots. Yes, that's it.
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I ate a hamburger and said Hooray - August 4th, 2004
« Reply #6 on: August 05, 2004, 03:15:22 pm »
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Can I just tell you how much I hate 4th of July fireworks set to music. Let's see... You get Born in the USA. That's a protest song. You get Keep On Rockin' in the Free World. That's a protest song.


Add "Fortunate Son" to this little genre... I saw it a while ago in a patriotic ad for #####.
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I ate a hamburger and said Hooray - August 4th, 2004
« Reply #7 on: August 05, 2004, 05:04:17 pm »
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Can I just tell you how much I hate 4th of July fireworks set to music. Let's see... You get Born in the USA. That's a protest song. You get Keep On Rockin' in the Free World. That's a protest song.


Add "Fortunate Son" to this little genre... I saw it a while ago in a patriotic ad for ******.


Yeah, I was gonna say that one, too, but I don't think I've ever heard it specifically at a fireworks display. They'll pull out anything that says something about "red white and blue." It kills me that CCR would even agree to allow them to use it. I guess it's all about the Benjamins.
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I ate a hamburger and said Hooray - August 4th, 2004
« Reply #8 on: August 05, 2004, 05:30:23 pm »
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Can I just tell you how much I hate 4th of July fireworks set to music. Let's see... You get Born in the USA. That's a protest song. You get Keep On Rockin' in the Free World. That's a protest song.


Add "Fortunate Son" to this little genre... I saw it a while ago in a patriotic ad for ******.


Yeah, I was gonna say that one, too, but I don't think I've ever heard it specifically at a fireworks display. They'll pull out anything that says something about "red white and blue." It kills me that CCR would even agree to allow them to use it. I guess it's all about the Benjamins.


I like to think that Fogerty et al view it as an "in-joke" type situation -- i.e. "Ha Ha, you're paying me huge sums of money to use a song that's making fun of you."
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I ate a hamburger and said Hooray - August 4th, 2004
« Reply #9 on: August 05, 2004, 06:48:31 pm »
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Can I just tell you how much I hate 4th of July fireworks set to music. Let's see... You get Born in the USA. That's a protest song. You get Keep On Rockin' in the Free World. That's a protest song.


Add "Fortunate Son" to this little genre... I saw it a while ago in a patriotic ad for ******.


Yeah, I was gonna say that one, too, but I don't think I've ever heard it specifically at a fireworks display. They'll pull out anything that says something about "red white and blue." It kills me that CCR would even agree to allow them to use it. I guess it's all about the Benjamins.


I like to think that Fogerty et al view it as an "in-joke" type situation -- i.e. "Ha Ha, you're paying me huge sums of money to use a song that's making fun of you."


Also, one really good way to dilute the message of a protest song is to make it mainstream by adopting it. History is written by the winners.
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I ate a hamburger and said Hooray - August 4th, 2004
« Reply #10 on: August 06, 2004, 12:12:35 am »
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Also, one really good way to dilute the message of a protest song is to make it mainstream by adopting it. History is written by the winners.


This reminded me somehow of another example of this phenomenon: "This Land is Your Land", the closing verses of which are usually omitted when it's performed by people who aren't Arlo Guthrie.  (Also, it was a very very long time before I learned who the song was by and that the Canadian lyrics weren't the real ones.  Sigh.)
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I ate a hamburger and said Hooray - August 4th, 2004
« Reply #11 on: August 06, 2004, 12:27:45 am »
at a fireworks display I went to this summer, they played Jimmy Eat World's "Bleed American".....
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I ate a hamburger and said Hooray - August 4th, 2004
« Reply #12 on: August 06, 2004, 02:01:57 am »
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the Canadian lyrics weren't the real ones.  Sigh.)


What are the Canadian lyrics?

Let's see - "From Manitoba...", that scans beautifully.  But now I'm stuck.
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I ate a hamburger and said Hooray - August 4th, 2004
« Reply #13 on: August 06, 2004, 02:09:44 am »
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at a fireworks display I went to this summer, they played Jimmy Eat World's "Bleed American".....

I find it interesting that they renamed the album from Bleed American to self titled but left the song alone and continued to use it as a single.
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I ate a hamburger and said Hooray - August 4th, 2004
« Reply #14 on: August 06, 2004, 03:21:08 am »
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Also, one really good way to dilute the message of a protest song is to make it mainstream by adopting it. History is written by the winners.


Or by presenting it thusly:

Some folks are born made to wave the flag
Oooh that red white and blue
AND YOUR SOUTHEAST TEXAS CHEVY DEALERS ARE WAVING RED WHITE AND BLUE-SIZED SAVINGS RIGHT IN YOUR FAT DUMB FACE ALL WEEKEND LONG
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