Comments on: There’ll Be a Load of Compromisin’, on the Road to My Horizon http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/therell-be-a-load-of-compromisin-on-the-road-to-my-horizon/ falling indelibly into the past Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:43:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Wendy http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/therell-be-a-load-of-compromisin-on-the-road-to-my-horizon/#comment-1454 Wendy Sun, 15 Aug 2004 21:28:26 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=665#comment-1454 <p>Do you watch Northern Exposure reruns? It was on one from this week. It was the one where Joel has Maggie fly in some bagels; Chris played it as a request for a former Cicely-an for her father’s birthday. I’m not a NoEx expert; I just happened to watch the beginning of this ep today. :) </p> Do you watch Northern Exposure reruns? It was on one from this week. It was the one where Joel has Maggie fly in some bagels; Chris played it as a request for a former Cicely-an for her father’s birthday. I’m not a NoEx expert; I just happened to watch the beginning of this ep today. :)

]]> By: KF http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/therell-be-a-load-of-compromisin-on-the-road-to-my-horizon/#comment-1453 KF Sun, 15 Aug 2004 20:03:51 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=665#comment-1453 <p>Scott—that’s just weird.  There must be some sort of bizarre synchonicity between Glen Campbell and the collective unconscious right now.  All I can think is that it’s got to do with that concert he played in the Arizona prison last month. </p> <p> And Collin—I’m amazed to hear that anything Manilow has such an antibiotic effect for you; perhaps it’s due to overexposure in my youth, but I’m ragingly susceptible to Manilow-infections… </p> Scott—that’s just weird.  There must be some sort of bizarre synchonicity between Glen Campbell and the collective unconscious right now.  All I can think is that it’s got to do with that concert he played in the Arizona prison last month.

And Collin—I’m amazed to hear that anything Manilow has such an antibiotic effect for you; perhaps it’s due to overexposure in my youth, but I’m ragingly susceptible to Manilow-infections…

]]> By: Scott McLemee http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/therell-be-a-load-of-compromisin-on-the-road-to-my-horizon/#comment-1452 Scott McLemee Sun, 15 Aug 2004 18:25:41 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=665#comment-1452 <p>This is really strange.....I woke up this morning with several lines of “By the Time I Get to Phoenix” looping in my brain. So if you do figure out how the Glenn Campbell ended up in your head, do let me know. It is worth avoiding whatever did it. </p> <p> For what it’s worth, for the past few days I have mostly been listening to the MC5’s “Kick Out the Jams” (not just the song but the album of the same title), plus various things by the Pixies. Hard to imagine anything less Campbellesque. </p> This is really strange…..I woke up this morning with several lines of “By the Time I Get to Phoenix” looping in my brain. So if you do figure out how the Glenn Campbell ended up in your head, do let me know. It is worth avoiding whatever did it.

For what it’s worth, for the past few days I have mostly been listening to the MC5’s “Kick Out the Jams” (not just the song but the album of the same title), plus various things by the Pixies. Hard to imagine anything less Campbellesque.

]]> By: collin http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/therell-be-a-load-of-compromisin-on-the-road-to-my-horizon/#comment-1451 collin Sun, 15 Aug 2004 04:05:00 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=665#comment-1451 <p>For me, Barry Manilow’s “Copacabana” is the penicillin that kills earworms dead. Had to break it out the other day as two of the girls in my neighborhood decided to practice the lyrics to “Oh Mickey” at top volume, over and over and over. </p> <p> And the worst part about it? They had the lyrics wrong, and so of course, I corrected them in my head, and once I did, the lyrics were there to stay for hours...ugh. </p> For me, Barry Manilow’s “Copacabana” is the penicillin that kills earworms dead. Had to break it out the other day as two of the girls in my neighborhood decided to practice the lyrics to “Oh Mickey” at top volume, over and over and over.

And the worst part about it? They had the lyrics wrong, and so of course, I corrected them in my head, and once I did, the lyrics were there to stay for hours…ugh.

]]> By: KF http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/therell-be-a-load-of-compromisin-on-the-road-to-my-horizon/#comment-1450 KF Sat, 14 Aug 2004 17:26:25 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=665#comment-1450 <p>Touché.  You have officially supplanted the song stylings of Mr. Glen Campbell with the gone but unfortunately not forgotten Starland Vocal Band.  (Vocal Band?  Why did I not think that was weird in 1976?) </p> <p> It’s been eons since I’ve thought of that song, and particularly its inimitable closing line: </p> <p> “A-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a… <br /> ...Afternoon Delight!” </p> <p> Sigh.  I guess I deserved that.  But you gotta admit, Glen’s is a pretty good rhyme, to go six syllables deep. </p> Touché.  You have officially supplanted the song stylings of Mr. Glen Campbell with the gone but unfortunately not forgotten Starland Vocal Band.  (Vocal Band?  Why did I not think that was weird in 1976?)

It’s been eons since I’ve thought of that song, and particularly its inimitable closing line:

“A-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a…

…Afternoon Delight!”

Sigh.  I guess I deserved that.  But you gotta admit, Glen’s is a pretty good rhyme, to go six syllables deep.

]]> By: cindy http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/therell-be-a-load-of-compromisin-on-the-road-to-my-horizon/#comment-1449 cindy Sat, 14 Aug 2004 17:07:28 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=665#comment-1449 <p>No, I can’t, but now you’ve planted this one in me, dammit! </p> <p> And I so loathe Glen Campbell.  Just for that, I want you to think long and hard about the Starland Vocal Band’s “Afternoon Delight”: “Skyrockets in flight/ Afternoon Delight/ A-a-a-a-fternoon Delight. . .” </p> <p> :-) </p> No, I can’t, but now you’ve planted this one in me, dammit!

And I so loathe Glen Campbell.  Just for that, I want you to think long and hard about the Starland Vocal Band’s “Afternoon Delight”: “Skyrockets in flight/ Afternoon Delight/ A-a-a-a-fternoon Delight. . .”

:-)

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