Comments on: Pre-holiday Fluff Cavalcade Six: Clanging Chimes of Doom http://kateharding.net/2007/12/22/pre-holiday-fluff-cavalcade-six-clanging-chimes-of-doom/ Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:44:36 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: DiosaNegra1967 http://kateharding.net/2007/12/22/pre-holiday-fluff-cavalcade-six-clanging-chimes-of-doom/#comment-40283 DiosaNegra1967 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:39:07 +0000 http://kateharding.net/2007/12/22/pre-holiday-fluff-cavalcade-six-clanging-chimes-of-doom/#comment-40283 dang....i'm REALLY late to THIS party....LOL...but, i gotta comment: - simon lebon was gonna be my baby's daddy (LOL) - boy george was gonna be my BFF (LOL) - steve norman (sax player from spandau ballet) was my backup baby daddy (SNORK) - nick rhodes was my 3rd baby daddy (i seriously need some birth control, dontcha think?) - john taylor (ditto) - larry mullen, jr. of U2 (ditto to the extreme) and, yes...I AM a sucker for guys in eyeliner! thanx again for the fab thread, kate! dang….i’m REALLY late to THIS party….LOL…but, i gotta comment:

- simon lebon was gonna be my baby’s daddy (LOL)
- boy george was gonna be my BFF (LOL)
- steve norman (sax player from spandau ballet) was my backup baby daddy (SNORK)
- nick rhodes was my 3rd baby daddy (i seriously need some birth control, dontcha think?)
- john taylor (ditto)
- larry mullen, jr. of U2 (ditto to the extreme)

and, yes…I AM a sucker for guys in eyeliner! thanx again for the fab thread, kate!

]]> By: Colleen (but not prettypear Colleen) http://kateharding.net/2007/12/22/pre-holiday-fluff-cavalcade-six-clanging-chimes-of-doom/#comment-32080 Colleen (but not prettypear Colleen) Fri, 28 Dec 2007 02:18:27 +0000 http://kateharding.net/2007/12/22/pre-holiday-fluff-cavalcade-six-clanging-chimes-of-doom/#comment-32080 I know I am late to this party, but like Nomie, I was born in 1984, and this is the list of people I could confidently identify in that video: Sting There were others that I thought I knew who were, but Sting is the only one I would bet money on. This is the kind of stuff that makes me feel like I'm only pretending to be an adult. I know I am late to this party, but like Nomie, I was born in 1984, and this is the list of people I could confidently identify in that video:
Sting

There were others that I thought I knew who were, but Sting is the only one I would bet money on.

This is the kind of stuff that makes me feel like I’m only pretending to be an adult.

]]> By: Nomie http://kateharding.net/2007/12/22/pre-holiday-fluff-cavalcade-six-clanging-chimes-of-doom/#comment-31561 Nomie Sun, 23 Dec 2007 22:36:12 +0000 http://kateharding.net/2007/12/22/pre-holiday-fluff-cavalcade-six-clanging-chimes-of-doom/#comment-31561 ...y'all, I was <i>born</i> in 1984. I'm off to feel very young and watch the Muppet Christmas Carol again. …y’all, I was born in 1984.

I’m off to feel very young and watch the Muppet Christmas Carol again.

]]> By: sheenie http://kateharding.net/2007/12/22/pre-holiday-fluff-cavalcade-six-clanging-chimes-of-doom/#comment-31531 sheenie Sun, 23 Dec 2007 14:54:00 +0000 http://kateharding.net/2007/12/22/pre-holiday-fluff-cavalcade-six-clanging-chimes-of-doom/#comment-31531 confession: It just occurred to me this year what an extremely patronizing and ignorant song this really is/was, in fact it was only last night that I really listened to what I was singing with to, and I had to stop as I realized how completely fucking rude it is. In 1984, I truly believed I would help save Ethiopia from all of its troubles by buying this album etc...the humiliation, sigh, how was one expected to think about this song rationally when all of their true loves were in one video - Nick, Simon, Bono, Sting, will you marry me???? ps do you think they knew how absolutely patronizing this song really was? confession: It just occurred to me this year what an extremely patronizing and ignorant song this really is/was, in fact it was only last night that I really listened to what I was singing with to, and I had to stop as I realized how completely fucking rude it is. In 1984, I truly believed I would help save Ethiopia from all of its troubles by buying this album etc…the humiliation, sigh, how was one expected to think about this song rationally when all of their true loves were in one video – Nick, Simon, Bono, Sting, will you marry me????

ps do you think they knew how absolutely patronizing this song really was?

]]> By: buffpuff http://kateharding.net/2007/12/22/pre-holiday-fluff-cavalcade-six-clanging-chimes-of-doom/#comment-31512 buffpuff Sun, 23 Dec 2007 12:29:54 +0000 http://kateharding.net/2007/12/22/pre-holiday-fluff-cavalcade-six-clanging-chimes-of-doom/#comment-31512 <b>Damn</b> this quick-off the mark comments doodah! Damn this quick-off the mark comments doodah!

]]> By: buffpuff http://kateharding.net/2007/12/22/pre-holiday-fluff-cavalcade-six-clanging-chimes-of-doom/#comment-31511 buffpuff Sun, 23 Dec 2007 12:29:02 +0000 http://kateharding.net/2007/12/22/pre-holiday-fluff-cavalcade-six-clanging-chimes-of-doom/#comment-31511 <i> Stoned off his ass? Seriously, he wins the award for looking most bored and out of it in that video, in a very tight competition.</i> Nope – Marilyn just looked like some balding, middle-aged, very slightly effeminate bank manager – though Steve "Fade To Grey" Strange was <i>completely</i> off his face. (Did Visage ever make it as far as the US? I'm guessing probably not). Stoned off his ass? Seriously, he wins the award for looking most bored and out of it in that video, in a very tight competition.

Nope – Marilyn just looked like some balding, middle-aged, very slightly effeminate bank manager – though Steve “Fade To Grey” Strange was completely off his face. (Did Visage ever make it as far as the US? I’m guessing probably not).

]]> By: buffpuff http://kateharding.net/2007/12/22/pre-holiday-fluff-cavalcade-six-clanging-chimes-of-doom/#comment-31510 buffpuff Sun, 23 Dec 2007 12:26:55 +0000 http://kateharding.net/2007/12/22/pre-holiday-fluff-cavalcade-six-clanging-chimes-of-doom/#comment-31510 <i> Stoned off his ass? Seriously, he wins the award for looking most bored and out of it in that video, in a very tight competition.</i> Nope – Marilyn just looked like some balding, middle-aged, very slightly effeminate bank manager – though Steve Strange was <i>beyond</i> stoned off his. (Did Visage ever make it as far as the US? I'm thinking probably not though, as manufactured 80s bands go, they were quite good). Stoned off his ass? Seriously, he wins the award for looking most bored and out of it in that video, in a very tight competition.

Nope – Marilyn just looked like some balding, middle-aged, very slightly effeminate bank manager – though Steve Strange was beyond stoned off his. (Did Visage ever make it as far as the US? I’m thinking probably not though, as manufactured 80s bands go, they were quite good).

]]> By: Jannette http://kateharding.net/2007/12/22/pre-holiday-fluff-cavalcade-six-clanging-chimes-of-doom/#comment-31396 Jannette Sun, 23 Dec 2007 00:05:36 +0000 http://kateharding.net/2007/12/22/pre-holiday-fluff-cavalcade-six-clanging-chimes-of-doom/#comment-31396 P.S. Even though I didn't know about gayness when I was 9, it did occur to me to wonder if the Ethiopians in question <i>cared</i> that it was Christmas. Turns out that they might have cared, but that Ethiopian Christians, like other Eastern Christians, celebrate Christmas on January 7. Also, about half the country is Muslim, and, in 1984, there were still significant numbers of Ethiopian Jews. So the whole premise of the song's lyrics is... flawed. This is one area where "We Are the World" is superior. P.S. Even though I didn’t know about gayness when I was 9, it did occur to me to wonder if the Ethiopians in question cared that it was Christmas.

Turns out that they might have cared, but that Ethiopian Christians, like other Eastern Christians, celebrate Christmas on January 7. Also, about half the country is Muslim, and, in 1984, there were still significant numbers of Ethiopian Jews.

So the whole premise of the song’s lyrics is… flawed. This is one area where “We Are the World” is superior.

]]> By: Jannette http://kateharding.net/2007/12/22/pre-holiday-fluff-cavalcade-six-clanging-chimes-of-doom/#comment-31391 Jannette Sat, 22 Dec 2007 23:41:28 +0000 http://kateharding.net/2007/12/22/pre-holiday-fluff-cavalcade-six-clanging-chimes-of-doom/#comment-31391 In December 1984 I was only 9. I had no idea what "gay" meant. Like, none whatsoever. Also, I think I might need some pop-up arrows to make sure I recognize all the participants. (Or at least the less-obviously-recognized participants.) For example, there is <i>no</i> way that I'd be able to identify the members of Spandau Ballet or Big Country. And was Paul Young <i>that</i> big? I only remember "Every Time You Go Away"... (And while we're on the topic of Beloved Christmas Songs of the 80's, Wikipedia tells me that Wham's "Last Christmas" was in second place on the UK pop charts for the entire time that "Do They Know It's Christmas" was number one. I am not ashamed to say that I love love love Wham.) In December 1984 I was only 9. I had no idea what “gay” meant. Like, none whatsoever.

Also, I think I might need some pop-up arrows to make sure I recognize all the participants. (Or at least the less-obviously-recognized participants.) For example, there is no way that I’d be able to identify the members of Spandau Ballet or Big Country. And was Paul Young that big? I only remember “Every Time You Go Away”…

(And while we’re on the topic of Beloved Christmas Songs of the 80’s, Wikipedia tells me that Wham’s “Last Christmas” was in second place on the UK pop charts for the entire time that “Do They Know It’s Christmas” was number one. I am not ashamed to say that I love love love Wham.)

]]> By: Debbie B http://kateharding.net/2007/12/22/pre-holiday-fluff-cavalcade-six-clanging-chimes-of-doom/#comment-31364 Debbie B Sat, 22 Dec 2007 21:16:16 +0000 http://kateharding.net/2007/12/22/pre-holiday-fluff-cavalcade-six-clanging-chimes-of-doom/#comment-31364 Paul Youngs' Record Producer's Secret Algebra: (Fluffy Party Mullet x Jazz Hands) + (Righteous Spinning inside Leather Jacket / stone wash jeans) = 80's Pop Romantic HIT! *cue sighing girls in front roe* Thanks for another trip you fabulous lady, you! Paul Youngs’ Record Producer’s Secret Algebra:

(Fluffy Party Mullet x Jazz Hands) + (Righteous Spinning inside Leather Jacket / stone wash jeans) = 80’s Pop Romantic HIT! *cue sighing girls in front roe*

Thanks for another trip you fabulous lady, you!

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