tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post4617634177794637067..comments2024-03-28T14:41:03.787-04:00Comments on PowerPop: Unsolicited Song of the Week: The Full Retard*NYMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863355110457910935noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-84701330839199129562010-08-17T16:07:49.007-04:002010-08-17T16:07:49.007-04:00Nice. Stealing big, always a sign of great creativ...Nice. Stealing big, always a sign of great creative talent.<br /><br />APAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-34128048256713842972010-08-16T23:34:27.932-04:002010-08-16T23:34:27.932-04:00"Substitute."
Once you know it, it'..."Substitute."<br /><br />Once you know it, it's surprisingly obvious.<br />:-)steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-48602702585269145052010-08-16T23:29:25.341-04:002010-08-16T23:29:25.341-04:00self-parodying humor is always a high-wire act.
...self-parodying humor is always a high-wire act. <br /><br />but what song is that lick from?? I think the Supertramp suggestion is right, but I tended to deny their existence whenever possible when they were current.<br /><br />APAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-71280851286300103622010-08-16T22:26:10.250-04:002010-08-16T22:26:10.250-04:00As I said, it's from the speech Robert Downey ...As I said, it's from the speech Robert Downey Jr gives to Ben Stiller about why Sean Penn lost the Oscar. "You never go the full retard."<br /><br />It's deliberately offensive, obviously, but as I alos said, direct complaints to those guys.steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-59856827590777852102010-08-16T20:49:28.000-04:002010-08-16T20:49:28.000-04:00I hate the word retard. It bugs me because it moc...I hate the word retard. It bugs me because it mocks the disabled. that's so wrongAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-83655121426788682042010-08-16T19:39:54.848-04:002010-08-16T19:39:54.848-04:00Sorry. I find this song kind of irksome, actually...Sorry. I find this song kind of irksome, actually.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-27722292607076314912010-08-16T18:42:06.608-04:002010-08-16T18:42:06.608-04:00There was a band called Samiam...
http://en.wikip...There was a band called Samiam...<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SamiamDanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10557932331658823137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-17989928125003769712010-08-16T16:58:39.075-04:002010-08-16T16:58:39.075-04:00Your best line in months Steve.
ROTP(lumber)Your best line in months Steve.<br /><br />ROTP(lumber)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-23506962942916382432010-08-16T16:14:34.115-04:002010-08-16T16:14:34.115-04:00Let's leave Madonna out of this, okay?
:-)Let's leave Madonna out of this, okay?<br />:-)steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-26743223061686696262010-08-16T15:08:53.150-04:002010-08-16T15:08:53.150-04:00Nice song. Sounds Supertrampy to me.Nice song. Sounds Supertrampy to me.Kid Charlemagnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12109953353900729258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-4241365332897383922010-08-16T08:42:11.172-04:002010-08-16T08:42:11.172-04:00I hear Matthew Sweet's "I've Been Wai...I hear Matthew Sweet's "I've Been Waiting," ya know, but that's not the source.mister muleboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367123802128879318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-48448905145959545442010-08-16T08:31:54.533-04:002010-08-16T08:31:54.533-04:00Uh, I assumed that the question of where "Sam...Uh, I assumed that the question of where "Sam I Am" was stolen referred to the music, rather than the well known Dr. Seussian title.<br /><br />Perhaps I was wrong...<br />:-)steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-35654211415455785352010-08-16T00:06:40.557-04:002010-08-16T00:06:40.557-04:00"Sam I Am" is from the Dr. Seuss childre..."Sam I Am" is from the Dr. Seuss children's classic, <i>Green Eggs and Ham</i>.cthulhunoreply@blogger.com