Has the world of music been made a better or worse place by the existence of "Lady Marmalade" in its many versions?

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A better place 15
A worse place13


Dom Passantino, Friday, 22 February 2008 14:12 (eighteen years ago)

Someone finally translate that line please!

"would you like to couch with me?" or something?

Mark G, Friday, 22 February 2008 14:14 (eighteen years ago)

LaBelle's version made the world a better place. Everyone else's made the world plunge into a thousand decades of lamentably abject lameness.

Alex in NYC, Friday, 22 February 2008 14:14 (eighteen years ago)

Hotlinked picture was of a golliwog. Get it? "Lady" "Marmalade".

Dom Passantino, Friday, 22 February 2008 14:15 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9otpMxEG9No&feature=related

The Sugababes do a cover exhibiting all the wanton sluttishness of a logistic firm's AGM.

Dom Passantino, Friday, 22 February 2008 14:16 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ClGcjYObDc

Apparently it's illegal to cover this song if you don't own a corset top.

Dom Passantino, Friday, 22 February 2008 14:17 (eighteen years ago)

Who the Hell is Shanna Crooks?

Alex in NYC, Friday, 22 February 2008 14:18 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3vwrkU6KVY

Leona Lewis disinterestedly fills in one of the weeks on The X-Factor

Dom Passantino, Friday, 22 February 2008 14:19 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2mytu_jsimpson-plabelle-clauper-lady-marm_music

Hey, if you want sexy, and you want great cover versions, two words are synonymous with both those terms: Jessica Simpson

Dom Passantino, Friday, 22 February 2008 14:20 (eighteen years ago)

better for the original
worse for the covers

blueski, Friday, 22 February 2008 14:26 (eighteen years ago)

Could we maybe clear up here the question of what lady marmalade actually is?

NickB, Friday, 22 February 2008 14:31 (eighteen years ago)

She's a prostitute, obviously.

Alex in NYC, Friday, 22 February 2008 16:19 (eighteen years ago)

wau, people

HI DERE, Friday, 22 February 2008 16:21 (eighteen years ago)

best bit of jacob's ladder = when this song is playing

blueski, Friday, 22 February 2008 16:21 (eighteen years ago)

I'm assuming you're saving the Tom Jones and REM versions for some sort of horrific big reveal?

Matt DC, Friday, 22 February 2008 16:23 (eighteen years ago)

I would like to say that the Nanette Workman version of this is easily the best, but hilariously it appears that nobody wants to put the actual good version of this online.

Dom Passantino, Friday, 22 February 2008 16:25 (eighteen years ago)

Christina/Kim/Pink/Mya versh works for me.

Noodle Vague, Friday, 22 February 2008 16:30 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Mp115afFIA&feature=related

Pretty sure there'd be world peace by now if Eve had never existed.

Dom Passantino, Friday, 22 February 2008 16:33 (eighteen years ago)

Someone finally translate that line please!

"would you like to couch with me?" or something?

I don't know any French, but a friend of mine who does said it translates to "Would you like to sleep with me tonight?".

Tuomas, Friday, 22 February 2008 16:36 (eighteen years ago)

See also:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLh2d-EwzGI

Noodle Vague, Friday, 22 February 2008 16:39 (eighteen years ago)

The world has obviously been vastly improved by this song, and the attempts of perpetrators to diminish its magnificence are of no consequence.

Literal: "Would you like to have some coochie with me, this evening?"

contenderizer, Friday, 22 February 2008 16:47 (eighteen years ago)

Labelle yes
All Saints yes
Christina n' Pink n' Eve n' Lil' Kim NONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONO

Dingbod Kesterson, Friday, 22 February 2008 16:56 (eighteen years ago)

wtf is up with multiple people on this thread not being able to tell the difference between Eve and Missy Elliott

Alex in Baltimore, Friday, 22 February 2008 17:04 (eighteen years ago)

pretty sure the french means "fremma neppa venette"

max, Friday, 22 February 2008 17:22 (eighteen years ago)

wtf is up with multiple people on this thread not being able to tell the difference between Eve and Missy Elliott

Except that neither Eve or Missy Elliott appear on this song, the rap is by Lil' Kim. According to Wikipedia Elliott co-produced it though.

Tuomas, Saturday, 23 February 2008 16:45 (eighteen years ago)

Missy introduces the song in the video.

Noodle Vague, Saturday, 23 February 2008 16:47 (eighteen years ago)

IT'S MYA, FOR FLIP'S SAKE

William Bloody Swygart, Saturday, 23 February 2008 22:36 (eighteen years ago)

Worse, obv. Don't even like the original much, and the cover versions are all awful.

Geir Hongro, Sunday, 24 February 2008 22:08 (eighteen years ago)

Worse, it's just about the only thing I know in French, and I have the idea it probably isn't the wisest thing to say to the first person you mean on the street in Paris...

Geir Hongro, Sunday, 24 February 2008 22:09 (eighteen years ago)

meet even

Geir Hongro, Sunday, 24 February 2008 22:10 (eighteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

ILX System, Saturday, 1 March 2008 00:01 (eighteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

ILX System, Sunday, 2 March 2008 00:01 (eighteen years ago)


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