just looking for reactions to help me process the implications

[nofurylike]

this was in tvguide. fine source, fine. caught my eye and kind of shocked me.
i can see many rednecks would find the titles interchangeable. and feel threatened by a jackson credit. whereas the prodigy piece could be a downright anthem, eh? - now, no kneejerks here folk, aah'm white trash, n canno have people objectin to mah speakin m'culchah.

i have to go back to work, so i won't be reading responses, or replying till later. but please tell me if you think i'm wrong feeling kind of unnerved by the following contrast and what it says about that good ol powerful heartland - well, ok, nothing new - sadly - no real surprise, but...
well, just wondering what you think.
thank you!

here is the piece. actual (pre-tvguide) origin unknown:

An Indiana high school marching band has dropped Michael Jackson's "Thriller" from its songlist for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. The band's director told the New York Times that in light of the child molestation allegations facing Jacko, the tune would not be "appropriate for the morals and the ideals and the sense of pride" the parade represents. Instead, the band will play "Smack My Bitch Up" by Prodigy.

lyrics

"Smack My Bitch Up" - The Prodigy

Everybody
Woo
Woo
Woo
Everybody's in it
Woo
Everybody's in it
Everybody's in it

Woo
Change my pitch up
Smack my bitch up
Woo

Woo
Change my pitch up
Smack my bitch up
Woo
Everybody's in it
Everybody's in it

Woo
Change my pitch up
Smack my bitch up
Woo

Woo
Change my pitch up
Smack my bitch up
Woo
Everybody's in it
Everybody's in it

Woo
Woo
Woo
Woo
Everybody's in it

Woo woo
Woo
Woo woo
Woo
Everybody's in it

Smack my bitch up
Woo
Woo
Woo
Woo
Everybody's in it

Woo woo
Woo
Woo woo
Woo
Everybody's in it

Yeaheah
Heahaheahaheah
Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahah
Ahahahahhhhhohohohahohahohah
Yeaheah
Heahaheahaheah
Ahahahahhhhhohohohahohahohah
Ahahahahhhh

Smack my bitch up
Woo
Woo
Woo
Woo
Everybody's in it
Woo woo
Woo
Woo woo
Woo
Every
Woo woo
Woo
Woo woo
Woo
Everybody's in it
Everybody's in it
Woo

Woo
Change my pitch up
Smack my bitch up
Woo

Woo
Change my pitch up
Smack my bitch up
Woo
Everybody's in it
Everybody's in it

***

back later!

peace!

[theivoryqueen]

1. Joke, right?

[nofurylike]

2. i wondered the same

thanks for remining me i forgot the tvguide link.

it says it right there.

[nofurylike]

3. link

http://www.tvguide.com/news/entertainment/index.asp#B

and it SAYS from the NYTimes, but i haven't time now to find that story link.

i best do that now, i realize.

peace!

[nofurylike]

4. weirder and weirder. oh, and nytimes link

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/22/nyregion/22BAND.html

from the times article:

-snip-
Instead, in a late scramble to keep everyone happy in Herald Square on Thursday, the marching band from Bloomington High School North in Bloomington, Ind., will strike up "R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A." by John Mellencamp.
-snip-

i don't have those lyrics, but....

now, i am puzzled why tvguide would write what it did with no <sarcasm/> tag, but i guess they made an excellent point. it sure got me!

okay. so. call this entertainment, wid a bit o soshul filosofy t'rown in, eh?

might this be my bad?

off to work!

(mods: can't blame you if you want to remove this.)

[nofurylike]

5. john mellencamp's lyrics

definite improvement. though ironic, as he was boycotted way back when, remember? because of that cover depicting violence against a womon - ? vague memory. just irony.

R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A.
John Cougar Mellencamp

They come from the cities
And they come from the smaller towns
Beat up cars with guitars and drummers
Goin crack boom bam
Chorus
R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A.
R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A.
R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A., Yeah, Yeah!
Rockin' in the U.S.A.
Said goodbye to their families
Said goodbye to their friends
With pipe dreams in their heads
And very little money in their hands
Some are black and some are white
Ain't to proud to sleep on the floor tonight
With the blind faith of Jesus you know that they just might, be
Rockin' in the U.S.A.
Hey!
Voices from nowhere
And voices from the larger towns
Filled our head full of dreams
Turned the world upside down
There was Frankie Lyman-Bobby Fuller-Mitch Ryder
(They were Rockin')
Jackie Wilson-Shangra-las-Young Rascals
(They were Rockin')
Spotlight on Martha Reeves
Let's don't forget James Brown
Rockin' in the U.S.A.
Rockin' in the U.S.A.
Hey!

***
better get off to work before i get in even more trouble here, yes?

:)))

peace!

[nofurylike]

6. so, this is an ejucashunal thread

for me, especially:

do your research!

jes call me one red-faced redneck.

sigh. shoulda jus gone to work when i was s'pose to. another fine lesson.

humble sorry!
sleep deprivation drunk. no excuse, i know.

peace!