I made the mistake of seeing Strange Magic (b/c I had two hours to wait out traffic and a free pass and nothing else I wanted to see was on during the window of opportunity) and it occurred to me that “romantic” just means “completely stupid/horrible but treated as desirable” =p
see also My So-Called Life:
“So how would you describe Anne Frank? ”
“Lucky.”
“Is that supposed to be funny, Angela? How on earth could you make a statement like that? Hmm? Anne Frank perished in a concentration camp. Anne Frank is a tragic figure. How could Anne Frank be lucky?”
“I don’t know. Because she was trapped in an attic for three years with this guy she really liked?”
Depends on how you view the people “talking”. Like are they long time friends, an older couple, is one watching from afar, a friend who wants more? It depends on how you view the people.
Well I’d rather see you dead, little girl
Than to be with another man
You better keep your head, little girl
Or I won’t know where I am
You better run for your life if you can, little girl
Hide your head in the sand little girl
Catch you with another man
That’s the end ah little girl
Well I know that I’m a wicked guy
And I was born with a jealous mind
And I can’t spend my whole life
Trying just to make you toe the line
You better run for your life if you can, little girl
Hide your head in the sand little girl
Catch you with another man
That’s the end ah little girl
Let this be a sermon
I mean everything I’ve said
Baby, I’m determined
And I’d rather see you dead
You better run for your life if you can, little girl
Hide your head in the sand little girl
Catch you with another man
That’s the end ah little girl
I’d rather see you dead, little girl
Than to be with another man
You better keep your head, little girl
Or you won’t know where I am
You better run for your life if you can, little girl
Hide your head in the sand little girl
Catch you with another man
That’s the end ah little girl
Nah nah nah
Nah nah nah
Nah nah nah
Nah nah nah (fade out)
As soon as I read that, it immeduately made me think of You Spin Me Round (Like a Record). But that didn’t ever ‘sound innocuous’. It’s pretty upfront and honest about its creepiness.
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Sal is like all those ’80s pop songs that sound innocuous until you listen to the lyrics and discover they’re all about creepy stalkers
Though “Every Breath You Take” might be the only one where that’s intentional.
And yet so many people think it’s a romantic love story.
I made the mistake of seeing Strange Magic (b/c I had two hours to wait out traffic and a free pass and nothing else I wanted to see was on during the window of opportunity) and it occurred to me that “romantic” just means “completely stupid/horrible but treated as desirable” =p
see also My So-Called Life:
“So how would you describe Anne Frank? ”
“Lucky.”
“Is that supposed to be funny, Angela? How on earth could you make a statement like that? Hmm? Anne Frank perished in a concentration camp. Anne Frank is a tragic figure. How could Anne Frank be lucky?”
“I don’t know. Because she was trapped in an attic for three years with this guy she really liked?”
Let’s not forget “The Flame” and “I’ll Wait”. No, actually, do forget “The Flame”. It’s so overrated.
Sadly, not just the 80s … I recently listened to a Beatles album … and it seemed like half the songs were undisguised creepy stalker misogyny …
Depends on how you view the people “talking”. Like are they long time friends, an older couple, is one watching from afar, a friend who wants more? It depends on how you view the people.
Um … try this little gem:
“Run For Your Life”
Well I’d rather see you dead, little girl
Than to be with another man
You better keep your head, little girl
Or I won’t know where I am
You better run for your life if you can, little girl
Hide your head in the sand little girl
Catch you with another man
That’s the end ah little girl
Well I know that I’m a wicked guy
And I was born with a jealous mind
And I can’t spend my whole life
Trying just to make you toe the line
You better run for your life if you can, little girl
Hide your head in the sand little girl
Catch you with another man
That’s the end ah little girl
Let this be a sermon
I mean everything I’ve said
Baby, I’m determined
And I’d rather see you dead
You better run for your life if you can, little girl
Hide your head in the sand little girl
Catch you with another man
That’s the end ah little girl
I’d rather see you dead, little girl
Than to be with another man
You better keep your head, little girl
Or you won’t know where I am
You better run for your life if you can, little girl
Hide your head in the sand little girl
Catch you with another man
That’s the end ah little girl
Nah nah nah
Nah nah nah
Nah nah nah
Nah nah nah (fade out)
Jeez. That might be even worse than the song about about an underage girl with the lyric “If I had wings, I’d take you high up into the night.”
That song never fails to make me cringe. It’s a shame they wasted a good tune on those lyrics.
As soon as I read that, it immeduately made me think of You Spin Me Round (Like a Record). But that didn’t ever ‘sound innocuous’. It’s pretty upfront and honest about its creepiness.
I guess Sal was more Joyce-like than I ever realized…
Staring at them through the window, no doubt.
The bushes outside the window that she jumped out of? Sounds about right.
Joes idea of progress and Dannys are out of sync. by a few orders of magnitude.
Last panel is very DoA
Just replace Joe with Mike and Danny with Walky and you’ve pretty much got it.
Or maybe the Dreamatorium really works.
And in the penultimate panel, Sal and Danny’s hands turn into dinosaurs!
Danny has a small definition of the word Progress
Danny, what the hell is that hand movement in the last panel