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2008-12-22 -Short Attention Span Theater-

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Posted by Anonymoose 2008-12-22 13:07|| || Front Page|| [11136 views ] Top

#1 What kind of society arrests people for inadvertently "taunting" an abstract group of people?

Arabic? Persian? Euroweenie?

Posted by Mullah Richard 2008-12-22 14:04|| 2008-12-22 14:04|| Front Page Top

#2 The Macarana will be next. Thats gotta offend someone besides me.

Posted by BrerRabbit 2008-12-22 14:49|| 2008-12-22 14:49|| Front Page Top

#3 Known as the Hokey Pokey, it became popular in the USA in the 1950s. Larry LaPrise, Charles Macak and Tafit Baker were granted the copyright for the song in 1950. According to popular legend they created this novelty dance in 1949 as entertainment for the ski crowd at Idaho's Sun Valley resort.

There is another contrary belief that states that Robert P. Degan and Joseph P. Brier, both natives of Scranton, Pennsylvania, wrote the original song as confirmed by the U.S. Copyright Office in 1996, thus giving two groups of musicians the rights. Ray Anthony's big band recording of the song turned it into a nationwide sensation by the mid-1950s (The "Hokey Pokey" appeared on the B side of Anthony's "Bunny Hop" single). Its rights were purchased in the mid-1960s by country-western music star Roy Acuff's publishing company, Acuff-Rose.

From Wikipedia

Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues 2008-12-22 14:55|| 2008-12-22 14:55|| Front Page Top

#4 But yet so far, no penalties are being instituted for the playing of anything by Barry Manilow, Cher or The Captain and Tenille.....

Posted by USN, Ret. 2008-12-22 15:03|| 2008-12-22 15:03|| Front Page Top

#5 Hey! No dissin' Manilow, Ret.

I dare you to listen to "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy from Company B" and not want to dance.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-12-22 15:15|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-12-22 15:15|| Front Page Top

#6 You know if a song is only offensive after a long explanation from a questionable source...

Did you know the Muslim call to prayer was originally a mocking of Christian's and thus it is hate speech and must be stopped?

Posted by rjschwarz 2008-12-22 15:21|| 2008-12-22 15:21|| Front Page Top

#7 Sorry Barb, but i would rather listen to three hours of my Spousal Unit telling me how to mow the lawn than 1 minute of big haired Barry.
Might get the chicks all wound up, but i think he don't do a lot for most guys.
(besides, with the mighty Briggs all fired up, i can't hear her anyways....)

Posted by USN, Ret. 2008-12-22 16:39|| 2008-12-22 16:39|| Front Page Top

#8 USN Ret, did you know Barry Manilow is the original singer of the McDonald's song, "You Deserve a Break Today"?
Other than that, he did have a wonderful voice. I'd rather listen to him than ANY Rapper.

Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues 2008-12-22 18:29|| 2008-12-22 18:29|| Front Page Top

#9 He wrote that commercial ditty, DB - and a bunch of others.

I heard a concert of his (years ago) where he did a medley of them - it was really surprising.

I do like his voice. :-D

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-12-22 18:43|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-12-22 18:43|| Front Page Top

#10 Kraftwerkesque

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2008-12-22 19:11|| 2008-12-22 19:11|| Front Page Top

#11 Deacon, thanks for that little bit of trivia, i will never look at a big mac the sameway.

Barry's hit song, slightly modified for the golden arches: " I write the song that makes the young gilrs cry,"
becomes: "I wait too long I'm gonna burn your fries,"

Feel free to add on. I'm gonna go listen to Merle.

Posted by USN,Ret. 2008-12-22 22:48|| 2008-12-22 22:48|| Front Page Top

#12 OK, who scrambled my consonants??? should be 'girls,' dammit.

Posted by USN,Ret. 2008-12-22 22:50|| 2008-12-22 22:50|| Front Page Top

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