taking sides: "army of me," bjork v. "let's work," mick jagger

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two one-time masters of irony drop their guard when confronted with folks that they consider to be lazy losers, thereby revealing for all to see an inner heartless bitch that their prior works had only hinted at! with overbearing instrumental backing by the best technology that their great wealth could buy -- as if their overbearing blockbusting beats would REALLY drive the point home (if the callous lyrics weren't enough).

i vote for bjork, because the beats are better ... not to mention that during the clinton years if you were a loser then you really WERE a loser and deserved all the scorn you got (as opposed to jagger's distillation of the reagan/thatcher ethos that prevailed when "let's work" was recorded).

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Sunday, 6 August 2006 19:01 (twenty years ago)

"two one-time masters of irony" ??

― fandango (fandango), Sunday, 6 August 2006 19:08 (twenty years ago)

not to mention that during the clinton years if you were a loser then you really WERE a loser and deserved all the scorn you got

You Clinton Democrats are so endearing.

― Rockist_Scientist (RSLaRue), Sunday, 6 August 2006 19:09 (twenty years ago)

HI DERE
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― timmy tannin (pompous), Sunday, 6 August 2006 19:12 (twenty years ago)

i see that i should learn to do irony a little better ...

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Sunday, 6 August 2006 19:13 (twenty years ago)

i love this thread but i'm going to get some coffee and a donut

― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Sunday, 6 August 2006 19:38 (twenty years ago)

"Let's Work" is a brilliant parody of Norman Tebbit's famous "on your bike" speech. To ram home the point that it was a piss-take, Mick rolled out the children's choir (Tebbit famously feasted on the blood of pre-pubescent boys as he believed it would grant him the gift of eternal evil), and then danced around like a senile Tory cunt on Top of the Pops.

― Son of Spam (noodle vague), Sunday, 6 August 2006 20:17 (twenty years ago)

mick jagger!

― lAUrEl ANNE dOWNS (GoDdAMN GOrGEOUS), Monday, 7 August 2006 02:11 (twenty years ago)

Tough. I'd listen to Mick's financial advice over Bjork's any day, so "Let's Work."

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Monday, 7 August 2006 10:22 (twenty years ago)

kiley dean's 'busy' should be included here as a third choice

(i vote bjork)

― The Lex (The Lex), Monday, 7 August 2006 10:23 (twenty years ago)

Kasabian are apparently furious that the Rolling Stones are going to charge them £150 each to watch them in concert - even though the Leicester-born rockers will be playing as their support act.

He added: "It's probably Americans who are running it, not Jagger".

ah, the naivety, or stupidity, of youth.

― fandango (fandango), Monday, 7 August 2006 11:08 (twenty years ago)

The correct answer is of course "Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But The Rent" by Gwen Guthrie.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Monday, 7 August 2006 11:51 (twenty years ago)

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