I mean I figured that out when they said Fall Out Boy.
Plus, why would listen to that version when The Hoff did a version? www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoRUe9xXin4 (It is also awful, but I mean that’s obvious. It’s David Hasselhoff.)
Not the biggest fan of the Fall Out Boy cover, but everyone here that wasn’t alive when the original came out is doing themselves a disservice by not listening.
The lyrics have been updated, it’s not a cover.
Hearing Trump’s name in the same song that mentions MySpace and Sandy Hook has got to be the same level of cultural whiplash as Billy Joel mentioning “Wheel of Fortune,” Watergate, Joseph Stalin, and “Stranger in a Strange Land.”
Except it really hits home, because those of us that weren’t adults when the original came out recognize and have memories of almost everything in the song, just like Billy Joel intended.
Almost everything is correct, because not everyone is as way into boxing as Billy Joel. He mentions multiple boxers in the song.
I mean I’m not shocked, he was a boxer himself before he became a professional musician, but it’s still funny he apparently thought everyone else was as into boxing as he was and so those names would resonate as much as Liberace’s or Satayana’s.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Maybe. All I know is that Billy Joel and his crew didn’t.
state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
Unrelated to the post, but there’s an updated version of that song from Fall Out Boy: youtu.be/2LkVKCWL0U4
dellish@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Fair warning: nobody asked for it and nobody should listen to it. It’s terrible.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I mean I figured that out when they said Fall Out Boy.
Plus, why would listen to that version when The Hoff did a version? www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoRUe9xXin4 (It is also awful, but I mean that’s obvious. It’s David Hasselhoff.)
state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
I don’t think it’s terrible.
VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
Not the biggest fan of the Fall Out Boy cover, but everyone here that wasn’t alive when the original came out is doing themselves a disservice by not listening.
The lyrics have been updated, it’s not a cover. Hearing Trump’s name in the same song that mentions MySpace and Sandy Hook has got to be the same level of cultural whiplash as Billy Joel mentioning “Wheel of Fortune,” Watergate, Joseph Stalin, and “Stranger in a Strange Land.” Except it really hits home, because those of us that weren’t adults when the original came out recognize and have memories of almost everything in the song, just like Billy Joel intended.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Almost everything is correct, because not everyone is as way into boxing as Billy Joel. He mentions multiple boxers in the song.
I mean I’m not shocked, he was a boxer himself before he became a professional musician, but it’s still funny he apparently thought everyone else was as into boxing as he was and so those names would resonate as much as Liberace’s or Satayana’s.
state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
Exactly. I enjoy the updated lyrics.
maccentric@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Why do some folks have a [+1] after their names?
Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Are you using Voyager? That might be the user tags feature that’s counting your upvotes per user. You can toggle it in the settings.
maccentric@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
I am, thanks for the info. I just enabled that feature recently and didn’t realize that was part of it. Cheers