I'm a little behind, and am once again reminded of what suckers we are as a nation that we STILL use "God Save the Queen" for one of our most popular patriotic songs. I get it at first -- flipping the script on the old homeland or whatever -- but still??
Kaylee: Is that him? Mal: That's the buffet table. Kaylee: Well how can we be sure, unless we question it?
'Shindig'
Natter 60: Gone In 60 Seconds
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Aug 24, 2008 4:40:51 pm PDT #5133 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Barb - Aug 24, 2008 4:42:31 pm PDT #5134 of 10003
“Not dead yet!”
This is beyond surreal. I mean, Jimmy Page has got bongs that are older than Leona Lewis.
Hil R. - Aug 24, 2008 4:44:27 pm PDT #5135 of 10003
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
According to wikipedia [link] , the guy who wrote "My Country, 'tis of Thee" didn't know that the melody was already being used for the British national anthem. However, it also says "citation needed."
Kat - Aug 24, 2008 4:44:29 pm PDT #5136 of 10003
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Barb, ITA. And Jesse, I was like, wait THOSE aren't the right words!!
Connie Neil - Aug 24, 2008 4:44:52 pm PDT #5137 of 10003
brillig
You know, the final parade of athletes would be the perfect time to orchestrate a defection--go over and swap outfits with someone, or maybe have a spare orange shirt and white shorts that a person could slip into. Credentials are kind of tucked anywhere, so it wouldn't be so easy to see if someone snuck into another country's contingent.
Sophia Brooks - Aug 24, 2008 4:47:49 pm PDT #5138 of 10003
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I am not watching the Olympics, but I was watching a Freddie Mercury tribute which ended with footage of him walking out on stage with "God Save the Queen" playing.
Also, George michael did a great job singing Somebody to Love-- was he out in 1992, because if he was not, that makes the song really sad to me.
Jesse - Aug 24, 2008 4:50:38 pm PDT #5139 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
According to wikipedia [link] , the guy who wrote "My Country, 'tis of Thee" didn't know that the melody was already being used for the British national anthem. However, it also says "citation needed."
That's really funny.
sarameg - Aug 24, 2008 4:50:49 pm PDT #5140 of 10003
I still like America the Beautiful much better. Especially the non-religious version I learned . I lived in purple mountains majesty and visited amber waves of grain to see family nearly every year.
Hil R. - Aug 24, 2008 4:54:05 pm PDT #5141 of 10003
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I had no purple mountains or waves of grain. Land of the pilgrims' pride seemed much closer.
Barb - Aug 24, 2008 4:55:20 pm PDT #5142 of 10003
“Not dead yet!”
was he out in 1992, because if he was not, that makes the song really sad to me.
The rumors were certainly around by then, but he wasn't publicly out until the public restroom incident which was several years later.
And that version of "Somebody to Love" is absolutely magnificent. That and the version of "Under Pressure" that David Bowie did with Annie Lenox at that concert were amazing.