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Doctor Phileas Fragg · Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 11:44 pm Post subject:

HOPPING SPARKLING FLESH-EATING POUTY-LIPPED WOLVES
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Izzhov · Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2009 12:54 am Post subject:

Or does it?
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Cheese Monkey · Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2009 8:00 pm Post subject:

Dude that does it... I need to use a different photo hosting service... <_>
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Sammich Ultima · Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2009 7:48 pm Post subject:

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your mother is a photo service?
i've forgotten how this works :<

Izzhov · Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 2:23 pm Post subject:

I'm reading Pride and Prejudice for English class. My favorite part is when Mr. Darcy turns into Super Saiyan Darcy.
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Mine too!

The_Worminator · Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 8:33 pm Post subject:

I discovered earlier today that someone has written a mashup novel entitled Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. I'm intrigued and may buy it.
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Damian · Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 3:37 pm Post subject:

It's amusing, but there's too much Pride and Prejudice.

It's not really a mashup per se, it's just Pride and Prejudice with a bunch of paragraghs about zombies in it. And a few awesome illustrations.

But still, it is unfortunately Pride and Prejudice.
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Izzhov · Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 3:23 pm Post subject:

I finished Pride and Prejudice for my English class. I didn't dislike it as much as Damian did, but I hated the ending. Still, I must confess it was much more well written than Wuthering Heights, which is pretty much the only other literary romance novel I've read (and was also for English class).

Izzhov · Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 3:40 am Post subject:

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Cheese Monkey · Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 11:37 am Post subject:

You know you're bored at work when you're asked to test an online account creation system and you register "Dr. Boring McTestAccount" the third. ROFL Lune

That is all.
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Upsilon · Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 6:15 am Post subject:

The lyrics question whether life is "real" or "just fantasy" before concluding that there can be "no escape from reality." ... The narrator introduces himself as "just a poor boy" but declares that he "needs no sympathy" because he is "easy come, easy go"; chromatic side-slipping on "easy come, easy go" highlight the dream-like atmosphere.

The narrator explains to his mother that he has "just killed a man", with "a gun against his head" and with that act thrown his life away. This "confessional" section, Whiteley comments, is "affirmative of the nurturant and life-giving force of the feminine and the need for absolution."[6]

The chromatic bass line brings about a modulation to E♭, underpinning the mood of desperation.[6] Taylor's drums enter (1:19), (this features the 1-1-2 rhythm of "We Will Rock You" in ballad form) and the narrator makes the second of several invocations to his "mama" in the new key, reusing the original theme. The narrator explains his regret over "mak[ing] you cry" and urging mama to "carry on as if nothing really matters" to him.

As the ballad proceeds into its second verse, the narrator shows how tired and beat down he is by his actions (as May enters on guitar and mimics the upper range of the piano at 1:50). May sends "shivers down my spine" by scratching the strings on the other side of the bridge. The narrator bids the world goodbye announcing he has got to go and prepares to "face the truth" admitting "I don't want to die / I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all."

Highlighting the phallic nature of guns, Peraino also suggests that the song is a "melodrama of homoeroticism", although, unlike Whiteley, she does not draw upon biographical details.[13] Peraino gives an Oedipal reading, quoting some lyrics with sexual connotations ("Too late, my time has come/Sends shivers down my spine/Body's aching all the time"). Like Whiteley, Peraino identifies the themes of both guilt and desire.
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Doctor Phileas Fragg · Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 9:54 pm Post subject:

So yesterday I told this girl:

"You sing like an ANGEL.

...A HELL'S ANGEL!"
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Damian · Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 10:40 am Post subject:

I never want to listen to Bohemian Rhapsody ever again now.
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Upsilon · Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 6:41 pm Post subject: (Ok I made this one up)

The narrator, implicitly in a nightclub or similar location, claims that he "feels like busting loose" and "touching you" (the woman to whom the song is addressed); he goes on to remark that "can't nobody stop the juice" and implores "baby what's the use?"

As the song moves into the chorus, the narrator begins his lascivious ploy, exclaiming "it's getting hot in here, so take off all your clothes". The woman responds with acquiescence: "I am getting so hot, I'm going to take my clothes off". According to Delacroix[11], "[the chorus] embodies the contrast between gender roles in western culture; the song is from the viewpoint of the male, and represents his fetishization of feminine submission". This notion is further enforced by the (male) narrator's plea to "let it hang all out".

In the second verse, the theme of epicurean ideals is further developed: the narrator asks rhetorically "why you at the bar if you ain't poppin' the bottles?" and "what good is all the fame if you ain't fucking the models?" The ideals of hedonism - and, more specifically, the rejection of social status and societal custom unaccompanied by pleasure - thus emerge as a dominant theme. [12]
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Damian · Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 9:30 pm Post subject:

I think you made that one up yourself and I'm impressed.
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Izzhov · Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 9:37 pm Post subject:

I'm impressed, I'm impressed
When that gorilla beats his chest
I fall to bits
I confess
I admit I'm impressed
When the torpedo in the vest barks his orders
I'm impressed
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For a long time, I've believed most of Linnell's songs are much more personal than he admits to. Of "I'm Impressed", Linnell has said "it reflects working with [them]," referring to the Dust Brothers, who produced most tracks of this album. I think that quote doesn't just refer to the sound of the song, but also to the meaning of its lyrics. I believe that "I'm Impressed" is about how Linnell was originally reluctant to work with a mainstream producer, but changed his mind after hearing how well "The Else" turned out in the end. By this interpretation, the song serves both as Linnell's introduction to and self-review of the entire album.
In the documentary "Gigantic", John Linnell referred to himself as an "elitist snob" in terms of his musical preferences. This is clearly reflected in most of They Might Be Giants work, which strives to be lyrically and musically unique. But ever since "John Henry" was released in 1994, TMBG albums have overall seemed to be getting more and more "mainstream". This is one of the greatest criticisms they have repeatedly received from longtime hardcore fans since that album's release. Perhaps this has been a concern in the back of Linnell's mind for years: that, slowly-but-surely, the band is "selling out". It's possible that, upon agreeing to use the Dust Brothers as producers for "The Else", Linnell felt he was taking a step too close to the mainstream. After all, the Dust Brothers are best known for producing albums for mainstream artists like Beck. He may have initially felt like he was being bullied by them into conforming to the norm, which would explain many lyrics. Words like "gorilla", "Godzilla", "Generalissimo", "torpedo" and "tornado" all could describe Linnell's view of the producers as powerful, intimidating forces that could not be stopped. The line "I find that my head's nodding yes, though my legs are not following" may refer to how Linnell was initially unable to say no to them, but passively was resisting following their ideas. "I'm inspired by events to remember the exits in back of me" could be Linnell recalling other bands that lost credibility by "selling out", resulting in Linnell wanting to exit from the agreement to make the album with the Dust Brothers. This could have been an ongoing internal or external struggle by Linnell throughout the development of "The Else".
But then we get to the chorus. "I'm impressed" is Linnell's ultimate satisfaction with the way it all turned out. "I admit, I'm impressed" is Linnell's confession that the producers were right after all and that their ideas really did help make the album great in the end. The same words Linnell uses to describe the producers could simultaneously describe the way the album sounds: powerful and impossible to ignore. The lyrics "On the one hand, he'll give you five good reasons to follow him" appear in the second verse, which may signal Linnell's change of heart from doubt about the producer's ideas to acceptance of them. At this point, the producers have already started showing Linnell results in the form of great songs that are developing. "On the other hand, you see nobody leaving the stadium" could refer to the reaction of audiences after playing some of the songs that would appear on the album. Not only had the producers started to show him that the songs were good, but even the hardcore fans at concerts were showing approval. So it was becoming a win-win situation for Linnell, and so he became impressed.
If one applies this interpretation, then "I'm Impressed" is also a parody of itself. It is arguably the most mainstream song TMBG has ever produced, but it's such a great song that it doesn't matter. So what if it's mainstream; it totally rocks! Even the hardcore fans seem to agree, as evident from the song's very high ranking on this wiki. Just like Linnell, we too are impressed by this album. Just because much of the music on this album sounds mainstream doesn't diminish its own cleverness and originality. Along with the rest of the album, this song may very well be John Linnell's proof to himself that They Might Be Giants can venture into the realm of mainstream music without sacrificing their creativity and integrity. "I'm Impressed" proves the very same thing to us.

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Izzhov · Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 9:05 pm Post subject:

It's true.
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LynkStar · Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 8:27 am Post subject:

Happy New Year! Here's a pear and a goat, my two go-to random things.

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Dr Fruitcake · Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 9:52 am Post subject:

Animalz? I love animalz!
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Izzhov · Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 2:28 pm Post subject:

It's better if you pronounce it "Animaltz" like a German.
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Dr Fruitcake · Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 6:19 pm Post subject:

"I concur."
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