Do y'all like Piña Coladas? - Page 2

Trilby · 08-29-2008, 02:32 PM

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Flint · 08-29-2008, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

The song is a clear attempt to latch onto the zeitgeist of its time. What will become a successful pop song? Mentioning what has been said, that has not been said before, picking up the style of the day. Amongst the fresh tags in 1979's stylesheet: personal ads; pina coladas; health food; yoga; and calling your girlfriend the "old lady". The song is offensive for pandering to such things in such an obvious manner. It's a trick to get you to listen to it.

Yes, I like Red Bull and vodkas,
gettin' caught in hurricanes,
Doin' kundalini yoga,
for fibromyalgia pain...

Shawnee123 · 08-29-2008, 03:23 PM

fibromyalgia pain...heeeelarious!

Shawnee123 · 08-29-2008, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

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Fixed it for ya.

Trilby · 08-29-2008, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

fibromyalgia pain...heeeelarious!

Hey, it's a serious medical problem and if I could only get the liquid morphine I need everyday to do my activities of daily living....but, (giant sigh) they only give me vicoprophen.

I KNOW there are truly people out there who suffer....but, mostly, I"ve seen druggies with it.

Shawnee123 · 08-29-2008, 03:26 PM

Hey, while I have you musicians around...what about the song itself: the music, the arrangement...isn't the PenisColada song rather...tripe?

Shawnee123 · 08-29-2008, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

Hey, it's a serious medical problem and if I could only get the liquid morphine I need everyday to do my activities of daily living....but, (giant sigh) they only give me vicoprophen.

I KNOW there are truly people out there who suffer....but, mostly, I"ve seen druggies with it.

I've seen LOTS of women who don't like to work with it. I shouldn't be like this, but I don't believe in it.

Trilby · 08-29-2008, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

I've seen LOTS of women who don't like to work with it. I shouldn't be like this, but I don't believe in it.

I sorta/kinda feel the same. If you come in with no diagnostics and say, "I've fibromyalgia, gimme [insert favorite drug here]," it gets a bit fishy.
Well, how do you KNOW it's fibromyalgia and not something else if nothing else has been ruled out?"

"Just gimme XYZ."

Won't fly with most docs.

Although, recommending pina coladas might ease the pain.

Shawnee123 · 08-29-2008, 03:36 PM

Yeah, that's how I see it too...from people I know who say they "suffer" (who aren't even the dreaded students I usually speak of!)

Undertoad · 08-29-2008, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

Hey, while I have you musicians around...what about the song itself: the music, the arrangement...isn't the PenisColada song rather...tripe?

Absolutely. As pop/rock-generic as possible for its time. The whole point of the arrangement is to get out of the way of the big vocal, so the listener can be bashed over the head with the lyric.

Of course there are other artists that use this approach, they're just more subtle about it. (B. Springsteen)

SteveDallas · 08-29-2008, 04:48 PM

I like pina coladas.

I don't like the song. It is, as Shawnee said, formulaic. It commits the cardinal musical sin of being lame.

glatt · 08-29-2008, 04:57 PM

I'm actually with you, Shawnee. I hate the message of the song. When I was a kid I thought it was supposed to be romantic, but now that I'm an adult, I despise the story of two cheaters. I also agree with SteveDallas that it's lame. But I always enjoy it when I hear it (not very often) because it really captures the time. Kinda like hearing the Doobies.

Aliantha · 08-29-2008, 05:51 PM

I like pina coladas, but I agree they generally don't have enough alcohol in them. That's why it's always beneficial to make your own.

Clodfobble · 08-29-2008, 05:53 PM

At this very moment, I have pina colada popsicles in my freezer, as well as pina colada yogurt in the refrigerator. I am a big fan of the flavor.

wolf · 08-29-2008, 07:48 PM

Thus far, the only people I see who claim to have Fibromyalgia definitely have Borderline Personality Disorder.

08-29-2008, 02:32 PM	#16
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08-29-2008, 03:23 PM	#18
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	fibromyalgia pain...heeeelarious! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

08-29-2008, 03:26 PM	#21
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Hey, while I have you musicians around...what about the song itself: the music, the arrangement...isn't the PenisColada song rather...tripe? __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

08-29-2008, 03:36 PM	#24
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Yeah, that's how I see it too...from people I know who say they "suffer" (who aren't even the dreaded students I usually speak of!) __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

08-29-2008, 05:51 PM	#28
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	I like pina coladas, but I agree they generally don't have enough alcohol in them. That's why it's always beneficial to make your own. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

08-29-2008, 04:48 PM	#26
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	I like pina coladas. I don't like the song. It is, as Shawnee said, formulaic. It commits the cardinal musical sin of being lame.

08-29-2008, 04:57 PM	#27
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I'm actually with you, Shawnee. I hate the message of the song. When I was a kid I thought it was supposed to be romantic, but now that I'm an adult, I despise the story of two cheaters. I also agree with SteveDallas that it's lame. But I always enjoy it when I hear it (not very often) because it really captures the time. Kinda like hearing the Doobies.

08-29-2008, 05:53 PM	#29
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	At this very moment, I have pina colada popsicles in my freezer, as well as pina colada yogurt in the refrigerator. I am a big fan of the flavor. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

08-29-2008, 07:48 PM	#30
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Thus far, the only people I see who claim to have Fibromyalgia definitely have Borderline Personality Disorder. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

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