WHERE THE HOKEY POKEY "IS" WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT
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making people want to stab themselves in the ear all the world over

Posted over 2 years ago
This is what I get for surfing the internet when I’m supposed to be working – serves me right. I thought I was a fan of globalization until this Slate article (http://www.slate.com/id/2165921/fr/flyout) showed me the evil that can come of it. To lessen my pain a bit I will subject you to the same torture. Here’s the most asinine chorus so far in 2007 in seven different languages:*Japanese*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6YhaDA6fNc*German*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHdWA65bUVo*Chinese*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_N13DLrRdr4&mode=related&search=*Italian*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKf99abUzgg*French*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erQjjiBKx-Y*Spanish*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfV5bNsBC6g*Portuguese*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5bwXZRB1-kOr, if you are really brave, here’s all of them in *one video*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMgGPKE1tcUEnjoy. Heh.Update: even mog hates Avril Lavigne and isn't letting me hyperlink so you get all the ugly addresses instead.
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Comments (37)

  1. watchbatteries
    watchbatteries says Hey Hey! You You! You need to fix your HTML
    Permalink posted 05/10/2007
  2. chucky
    chucky says bite me - it won't work, I tried to fix it.
    Permalink posted 05/10/2007
  3. Jonh Ingham
    Jonh Ingham says The joy of the modern world is that Avril Lavigne can be Number One and - without even trying not to - I will never hear it.
    Permalink posted 05/10/2007
  4. TroyPowers
    TroyPowers says welcome to the music BUSINESS :) From the business end, it's a good idea. This kid's gonna be rolling in the dough. I can see little retard kids bopping to this all over the planet!
    Permalink posted 05/10/2007
  5. watchbatteries
    watchbatteries says did you put in
    tags?
    Permalink posted 05/10/2007
  6. TroyPowers
    TroyPowers says ??? The hyperlinks work fine for me
    Permalink posted 05/10/2007
  7. davesonic
    davesonic says On behalf of Canada...I'm sorry everyone. First Nickelback, now this.
    Permalink posted 05/10/2007
  8. TroyPowers
    TroyPowers says [singing]Blame Canada! Blame Canada![/singing]
    Permalink posted 05/10/2007
  9. sam9muhr
    sam9muhr says Oh my god... Why did you make me click on each and every one of those?! Did Avril do all that in the other languages or is it other people's voices?
    Permalink posted 05/10/2007
  10. chucky
    chucky says John, what's your secret? It's like picking a scab for me, I can't resist. Troy, I just got a very un-pc image in my head - hahaha - thanks for that. Heath, I did - they didn't work. Troy, I said hyperlink but I meant those pretty little highlighted words that hide the address. Heh. davesonic, I accept your apology on behalf of the rest of the world. haha. :P Sam, because it had to be done..haha. I have no idea if that's her or not although the Chinese one sounded sort of robotic.
    Permalink posted 05/10/2007
  11. sam9muhr
    sam9muhr says Shudder.
    Permalink posted 05/10/2007
  12. iwanttofillyourmouthwithspiders
    iwanttofillyourmouthwithspiders says that just confused and terrified me in so many ways. the saddest part is that i actually sat through the whole video of the one with all the languages.
    Permalink posted 05/10/2007
  13. Jonh Ingham
    Jonh Ingham says My secret? Good question...my almost 12 yr old daughter rabidly hates stuff like Avril, so that's a good indicator. :-) Then I follow up on the good stuff I find through MOG. Next thing I know I'm drowning in music and never listen to the radio. And if it's bubbling up in mass media and is good, somehow it seems to get through my Cone Of Silence.
    Permalink posted 05/10/2007
  14. TroyPowers
    TroyPowers says Chucky, you dirty, dirty girl! :p
    Permalink posted 05/10/2007
  15. chucky
    chucky says spiders, haha - even I didn't do that. And, you lived to tell the tale, heh. John, I envy you. Troy, who me?
    Permalink posted 05/10/2007
  16. dredmunkey
    dredmunkey says hmm, i think that slate piece might make more sense to me if i was familiar with avril...i know of her, but don't think i have heard anything she has done. on the whole globalization tip, do you think that this will lead to a "world language" that will be a mashup of current spoken languages (english, french, chinese, etc) and internet/txt speak...? i know that english is somewhat global, but i think the net will lead to an even more hybrid...or maybe it won't.
    Permalink posted 05/10/2007
  17. Melinda
    Melinda says Evil, just plain evil.:)
    Permalink posted 05/10/2007
  18. chucky
    chucky says dred, you and John are the luckiest people on earth..haha. I don't really know why, but this girl sticks in my damn craw. Interesting thought - one global hybrid language. I think it would be cool but I can't see all of us ever agreeing long enough to get one new language out of it. I do think we'll all pick up more words from other languages though. But, the day I see "lol" in the dictionary I think I'll die a little inside. heh. Melinda, haha - I had to do it.
    Permalink posted 05/10/2007
  19. Dale
    Dale says That's just sick. Have you no conscience? Someone PLEASE think of the children! (At least Sam!)
    Permalink posted 05/10/2007
  20. chucky
    chucky says Heh....hahaha....nope - none at all. ;P
    Permalink posted 05/10/2007
  21. Dale
    Dale says (saving comment for later [ab]use)
    Permalink posted 05/10/2007
  22. Lester Jonze
    Lester Jonze says Golly gosh I was just considering some form of self immolation. And this has finally pushed me to it, thanks.
    Permalink posted 05/10/2007
  23. Rawkkiddoh
    Rawkkiddoh says I hate you so much right now, and how sad is it I went through each language.
    Permalink posted 05/10/2007
  24. mousetrap
    mousetrap says I agree (duh) that it is a stupid, stupid, _stupid_ song. And it's also stupid too. But did anybody catch Ms. Lavigne's appearance on SNL a few weeks back? I did - I was too lazy to switch when she was introduced - and I have to say that I was struck by how, well, lackadaisical she seemed about the song. She seriously looked disenchanted, as though maybe, just maybe, she'd started actually _listening_ to what she was singing and suddenly realized, "Oh my God - this is the most asinine chorus so far in 2007!" Now I know there's that whole post-hip, offhand, 'I'm just gonna toss off this song here and I don't really care if you like it or not" approach, but this didn't seem like that to me. I actually (God help me) stuck around and watched her second song to see if it had the same feel, and it did - I couldn't tell you for the life of me what the song was, but she just seemed to be phoning it in and eager for it to end. (The band members, on the other hand, did a creditable job of masking their inner desolation at having taken such a soul-sucking gig.) Oooh, lucky you! I found the "performance" on YouTube - "*click here*":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8T9bsSNaiWQ (God help you) if you want to watch it and see what you think. Anyway, I'm perfectly willing to admit that I could be wrong about this, but it really did jump out at me and I'm wondering if anyone else had the same impression. Honestly, the video (again, God help me) was a revelation to me because for all of her tiresome posing and faux-bad-girl mannerisms, she actually appears to _care_, for better or worse. But at least the video does serve the public good by establishing once and for all that *NOBODY* should waste their time on girls with *GLASSES!* It's just an instant tipoff that they're, like, so _whatever!_
    Permalink posted 05/10/2007
  25. Dale
    Dale says I have (heaven help me) seen her play live on Letterman; she played "Sk8er Boi", jumped around, and got into the song. Mousetrap nailed it; in the SNL performance, her arms are at her sides when she's not hanging onto the mic. I don't know if this means that she realizes her song sucks, or if she's just tired of playing it. Only time will tell.
    Permalink posted 05/10/2007
  26. Lester Jonze
    Lester Jonze says haha you guys are seriously debating the performance of a manufactured fake pop princess, ohhhh my . (ducks)
    Permalink posted 05/10/2007
  27. ROCKNROLLPIMP
    ROCKNROLLPIMP says as soon as i found out what this post was about I LEFT
    Permalink posted 05/10/2007
  28. Iren
    Iren says "you will record That Thing You Do in spanish, in german, in French...." ect and ect....
    Permalink posted 05/10/2007
  29. Augusts1
    Augusts1 says Toni Basil must be SO proud!
    Permalink posted 05/10/2007
  30. tybees
    tybees says Uggghhh....
    Permalink posted 05/10/2007
  31. Sam The Artist
    Sam The Artist says wow, sheeeeeeeeess come a long way. [sarCASM] hopefully one day she will implode on herself.
    Permalink posted 05/10/2007
  32. sunscream
    sunscream says LMAO
    Permalink posted 05/11/2007
  33. Anonymous says i watched the first one for like 8 sec and that last video just got me saying WHAT?!! lol!
    Permalink posted 05/11/2007
  34. Lady Miss Ian
    Lady Miss Ian says Chucky - you're living up to your evil namesake. But then again I must be a maschocist since I, too, went through all the languages. I sure hope Avril will have a good support group in the Pre-Fab Pop Idol Halfway House when she gets older. Poor girl is probably just months away from shaving her head.
    Permalink posted 05/11/2007
  35. chucky
    chucky says Dale, heh. Lester, then Avril would have won. Heh. And, since I plan to also talk about Avril's performance it's a good thing you ducked...haha. Kevin, hahahha... mousetrap, that performance was very bad. But, I'm not sure that I think it means she cares that it's crap - I think it's part of the posturing. Pimp, admit you listened - just admit it. :) Eric, I even liked the fake Oneders better than Avril. August, I wonder if Toni Basil likes Avril. I guess no. haha. Ty, :) Sam, now that's a video I'd watch in 7 languages. FP, you were strong enough to resist the rest? I salute you. :) Lady Miss Ian, I try. :) Picturing Avril with shaved head......heh.
    Permalink posted 05/11/2007
  36. Anna
    Anna says The worst thing is that this barf-worthy song is now stuck in my head for good. Bad Ashley!
    Permalink posted 05/13/2007
  37. chucky
    chucky says mwahahahaha..........;)
    Permalink posted 05/14/2007

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