Roman Polanski and Woody Allen fail to see what's wrong with this classic tune.Flex wrote: ↑24 May 2023, 10:57pmThis observation belongs in the rape van:
I am very on the record for hating be true to your school, dorky ass shit when it was released and truly vile that they keep performing it as fuckin' crypt keeper old 90 year olds or whatever, but i'm listening to Spirit of America right now (killer comp) and for some reason When I Grow Up (To Be A Man) induced a gag reflex that it hadn't before, particularly when considering this is another song the band won't retire just because it's insanely, insanely age inappropriate:Will I look for the same things in a woman that I dig in a girl?
(Fourteen, fifteen)
Will I settle down fast or will I first wanna travel the world?
(Sixteen, seventeen)
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I never really took it that way. I assumed the count up was highlighting the narrator aging through teenage years as he ponders his life changes. I don't read anything too skeevy or lascivious about it.Flex wrote: ↑24 May 2023, 10:57pmThis observation belongs in the rape van:
I am very on the record for hating be true to your school, dorky ass shit when it was released and truly vile that they keep performing it as fuckin' crypt keeper old 90 year olds or whatever, but i'm listening to Spirit of America right now (killer comp) and for some reason When I Grow Up (To Be A Man) induced a gag reflex that it hadn't before, particularly when considering this is another song the band won't retire just because it's insanely, insanely age inappropriate:Will I look for the same things in a woman that I dig in a girl?
(Fourteen, fifteen)
Will I settle down fast or will I first wanna travel the world?
(Sixteen, seventeen)
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
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I'm with you on this one. This song never seemed sleazy to me. I've always heard it as an honest look at what growing up means.matedog wrote: ↑25 May 2023, 10:27amI never really took it that way. I assumed the count up was highlighting the narrator aging through teenage years as he ponders his life changes. I don't read anything too skeevy or lascivious about it.Flex wrote: ↑24 May 2023, 10:57pmThis observation belongs in the rape van:
I am very on the record for hating be true to your school, dorky ass shit when it was released and truly vile that they keep performing it as fuckin' crypt keeper old 90 year olds or whatever, but i'm listening to Spirit of America right now (killer comp) and for some reason When I Grow Up (To Be A Man) induced a gag reflex that it hadn't before, particularly when considering this is another song the band won't retire just because it's insanely, insanely age inappropriate:Will I look for the same things in a woman that I dig in a girl?
(Fourteen, fifteen)
Will I settle down fast or will I first wanna travel the world?
(Sixteen, seventeen)
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If you don't buy that, you don't deserve to be America's Most Rabid Mike Love Fan.™
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Mike Love can really and truly go fuck himself:
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Was he trying to be funny? Failed miserably.
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Hey, the man knows his audience are bitter assholes who hate the world.
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Jeez, subtweeting Hoy in a big way hereDr. Medulla wrote: ↑09 Jul 2023, 8:43pmHey, the man knows his audience are bitter assholes who hate the world.
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Mike knows his biggest fans read Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/nancyberk/ ... fcbda94591
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It would actually be pretty fun to see the beach boys at stagecoach.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑17 Sep 2023, 6:25amMike knows his biggest fans read Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/nancyberk/ ... fcbda94591
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Seems like an opportune time to finally release Stars and Stripes vol 2.Flex wrote: ↑17 Sep 2023, 11:17amIt would actually be pretty fun to see the beach boys at stagecoach.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑17 Sep 2023, 6:25amMike knows his biggest fans read Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/nancyberk/ ... fcbda94591
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
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You just want to "accidentally" see Nickelback.Flex wrote: ↑17 Sep 2023, 11:17amIt would actually be pretty fun to see the beach boys at stagecoach.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑17 Sep 2023, 6:25amMike knows his biggest fans read Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/nancyberk/ ... fcbda94591
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It's even worse that he sullies Surfer Girl with his nonsense.
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I''m holding out hope for a country version of Summer of Love.matedog wrote: ↑17 Sep 2023, 11:37amSeems like an opportune time to finally release Stars and Stripes vol 2.Flex wrote: ↑17 Sep 2023, 11:17amIt would actually be pretty fun to see the beach boys at stagecoach.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑17 Sep 2023, 6:25amMike knows his biggest fans read Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/nancyberk/ ... fcbda94591
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