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Old 05-29-2004, 06:32 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Eric Idle loves the FCC

Here's an MP3 with which Eric Idle isn't at all clear how he feels. In fact, I agree with him. A lot.
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Old 05-29-2004, 06:50 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Haha i loved the Ahnold part

awesome
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Old 05-29-2004, 07:10 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Really good man!
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Old 05-29-2004, 07:32 AM   #4 (permalink)
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LOL that's too funny.
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Old 05-29-2004, 08:02 AM   #5 (permalink)
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That's the sort of tune that sticks in your head. It's going to drive me crazy soon. At least it's a funny song.
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Old 05-29-2004, 09:12 AM   #6 (permalink)
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I woke up to that song today ^_^
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Old 05-29-2004, 09:46 AM   #7 (permalink)
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thats great, i love his stuff

cheney's pacemakers fake!! LOL

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Old 05-29-2004, 10:18 AM   #8 (permalink)
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Wow.
I am going to play that on my radio show.
On repeat.
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Old 05-29-2004, 12:05 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Most excellent thing I've heard today. Magnifique!
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Old 05-29-2004, 03:44 PM   #10 (permalink)
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that is priceless!

encore! encore!
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Old 05-29-2004, 03:57 PM   #11 (permalink)
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That was great... I'm spreading it .
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Old 05-29-2004, 03:59 PM   #12 (permalink)
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OH MY GOD!
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Old 05-29-2004, 05:09 PM   #13 (permalink)
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That rules.
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Old 05-29-2004, 06:26 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Stupid.
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Old 05-29-2004, 06:34 PM   #15 (permalink)
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I agree with BoCo.

Besides its utter childishness, it wallows in the perennial fashion of bashing our social institutions. It's easy to criticize the very things that underlie and ultimately support us and our way of life. Our government is a convenient target to thumb our noses at. I suppose that's why it's such a common thing to do.
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Old 05-29-2004, 07:32 PM   #16 (permalink)
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I can see the comedy in the song but I can't laugh at it....
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Old 05-29-2004, 07:34 PM   #17 (permalink)
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Actually, in this particular case, I agree with most of what he's saying. The BS about the FCC fining people is just wrong, and that's his main point. The rest of it, well, you don't have to agree with him. Releasing it as he's done is probably the cheapest way for him to exibit his position.
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Old 05-29-2004, 08:59 PM   #18 (permalink)
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I agree with BoCo.

Besides its utter childishness, it wallows in the perennial fashion of bashing our social institutions. It's easy to criticize the very things that underlie and ultimately support us and our way of life. Our government is a convenient target to thumb our noses at. I suppose that's why it's such a common thing to do.
Just because you don't despise the way the United States is run doesn't make someone who DOES despise it expressing his feelings "childish." It's so common to criticize the government because people are so commonly fed up with it.

However I respect your opinion because I don't find using your freedom of speech to criticize something you oppose, no matter how easy a target, childish.
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Old 05-29-2004, 10:02 PM   #19 (permalink)
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If that song - which is what I was talking about - isn't childish, then I don't know what is.
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Old 05-30-2004, 02:12 AM   #20 (permalink)
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Childish humour is still goddamn funny humour. Unless you're old
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Old 05-30-2004, 02:52 AM   #21 (permalink)
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Criticising the 'institutions that support our way of life' is the most important way to support 'our' way of life.

It's a song of satire, not a subtle one, but who wants subtle?
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Old 05-30-2004, 04:37 AM   #22 (permalink)
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Yes, hulk, older than a child I suppose...

manalone, it doesn't seem particularly inventive to me to say "fuck you" repetitively to an object of "satire."
Of course, something like this would be a matter of taste.
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Old 05-30-2004, 04:53 AM   #23 (permalink)
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Yes, hulk, older than a child I suppose...

manalone, it doesn't seem particularly inventive to me to say "fuck you" repetitively to an object of "satire."
Of course, something like this would be a matter of taste.
I think the "fun" lies in that it would cost a lot of money to broadcast the song.
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Old 05-30-2004, 06:34 AM   #24 (permalink)
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That's great!
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Old 05-30-2004, 07:32 AM   #25 (permalink)
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I think the "fun" lies in that it would cost a lot of money to broadcast the song.
They'd have to beep it so much that I don't think the FCC'd allow it to be broadcast. (shakes head)
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Old 05-30-2004, 12:51 PM   #26 (permalink)
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After hearing it and enjoying it, now it evokes sadness.
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Old 05-30-2004, 06:34 PM   #27 (permalink)
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quite possibly one of the best songs ive heard
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Old 06-01-2004, 07:16 AM   #28 (permalink)
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manalone, it doesn't seem particularly inventive to me to say "fuck you" repetitively to an object of "satire."
Except that the whole point of the satire is that the FCC places such restrictions on language, while other crime and corruption continues.
It's designed to contrast the, in my opionion, laughable non-event of things like cursing in the Media with the loose moral standards which raise not even an eyebrow in the massses.
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Of course, something like this would be a matter of taste.
The whole point of satire is to offend. Otherwise it isn't satire.
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Old 06-01-2004, 08:32 AM   #29 (permalink)
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Offend who? - the people who like this sort of thing?

Judging from comments here, it's quite popular and well-liked.

I'm not offended.
I just have different standards for what constitutes good work and what doesn't.
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