See? Told you.Why is the tip of the middle finger so red? It's like he tied a rubber band around it, or put a little tiny condom on it or something. Let's sincerely hope it's not the latter.
Wikipedia: "The popular Canadian teen drama Degrassi: The Next Generation, which is known for naming each episode after an 80s hit song, named an episode after this song." Whaaaa? Am I the only blogger who has a blog devoted to making fun of songs that are for the most part from the '80s who wasn't aware of this?
This calls for another gratuitous picture of somebody's ass.
Oh! Here's a full episode guide. I guess that other Wikipedia page wasn't kidding, although it looks like they didn't really commit to naming every episode after a song until Season 2, unless there are popular '80s songs called "Basketball Diaries" and "Family Politics" and "Parents' Day" that I am unaware of.And no, I didn't expect to be Googling "degrassi the next generation episode guide" tonight, thank you very much.
Hey, have you ever heard of this band Loverboy? Like Degrassi: The Next Generation, they are Canadian. What a happy coincidence. Apparently "Working for the Weekend" was their follow-up to the smash hit "The Kid Is Hot Tonite."
Here's a list of bands and artists mentioned on Loverboy's Wikipedia page, in its entirety:
* Cheap Trick
* ZZ Top
* Def Leppard
* Kansas
* Journey
* Judas Priest
* Jon Bon Jovi
* Richie Sambora
* Bryan Adams
* Brian MacLeod (?)
* Enrique Iglesias
* Foreigner
That seems about right.
Fun fact! In 2000, Loverboy bassist Scott Smith was declared dead after being lost at sea!
Another fact: Loverboy has won the most all time "Juno Awards," which is a thing that a) I have never heard of and b) is apparently like the Canadian equivalent of a Grammy.
So, my question is, really? Come on, Canada! I was going to go on a tirade about like Neil Young and Joni Mitchell and Gordon Lightfoot and Rush and plenty of other fine Canadian musicians whose names are not coming to mind, but it appears the Junos, while they officially began in 1970, have a sort of spotty history and at one point may have been solely devoted to classical music, but, all that being said, even so, really?! Loverboy??
By the way, my train of thought while writing this post has somehow led me to start downloading George Michael songs. What?
Ok, time for some anticlimactic lyrics ...
Everyone's watching, to see what you will do / Everyone's looking at you, ooh
I'm not sure what to say about these lyrics. They seem to just be nonsense. There are two verses in the song, and an eight-line chorus, and none of them appear to be at all related to each other.
Everyone's wondering, will you come out tonight? / Everyone's trying to get it right, get it right
Still not sure what to say.
Everybody's working for the weekend / Everybody wants a new romance / Everybody's goin' off the deep end / Everybody needs a second chance, oh
These lyrics are nice, and fun, but what do they have to do with the first verse we just saw?
Also, first eight lines all start with either "everyone" or "everybody."
'Cause I gotta have faith / Ooh, I gotta have faith
Whoops, sorry about that.
You want a piece of my heart / You better start from the start / You wanna be in the show / Come on, baby, let's go
Again, what? What show? Who is he talking to? Who is he? (Besides awesomely named lead singer Mike Reno, that is.)
"Start from the start"?
Where am I?
Everyone's looking to see if it was you / Everyone wants you to come through
Mike Reno sounds a little bit like Geddy Lee here. Canada!
Everyone's hoping it'll all work out / Everyone's waiting, they're holding out
Yep. That's the whole song. Is there any rational way to link all these random lyrics together? Is this a trenchant social commentary on American society, as legions of workers whose souls were crushed to powder long ago trudge to factories or cubicles, fooling themselves into thinking they are "working for the weekend" when their weekends really consist of just more mind-numbing monotony, just in front of the TV instead of the Excel spreadsheet or the ... uh ... wall of the coal mine, or whatever it is they look at all day at work? And, the rambling and nonsensical lyrics are meant to be emblematic of the pointlessness of this inexorable march toward death?
Goddam Canucks always thinking they're better than us ... well I'll show ... zzzzzzzzzz.
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Oh, so I can't make fun of a band for singing nonsense when the post making fun of them is itself composed largely of nonsense? Fuck you! Go back to Calgary!
ReplyDelete...and you havew written, recorded and toured with how many hit songs...?
ReplyDeleteYeah - that's what I thought...
Your break's over - get back to the deep fryer...
I'm Canadian, and I think you're doing a great job.
ReplyDeleteThese people above criticizing you? Their national identity is based on default.
Go on, ask them what is it to be Canadian? Then ask them why they're so sensitive about being one.
"Fun fact! In 2000, Loverboy bassist Scott Smith was declared dead after being lost at sea!"
ReplyDeleteIsn't the above rather disrespectful writing?
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