Whoa this is like Ebony & Ivory all over again
What a shower of heartless bastards
John Coan's SHIT OR HIT 2
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DADDY-O wrote:I think your reaction to this is probably very much influenced by whether you heard it as a kid (along with the film, maybe). It certainly moved me back then.
If it's new to you now, then it's going to sound very limp.
I'd agree with this. I liked the song and movie when I was a kid and while not really my thing these days I can still muster up a nostalgic fondness.
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I'm going 'HIT', but I wouldn't speak ill of anyone who thought differently. It's sappy, but Art has a purity that I generally find pretty pleasant to listen to. And it has a context in terms of the film, though it was years ago that I saw it so I can't really say what that does for me personally. I have a vague memory of feeling similarly about the movie - vaguely sappy but not offensively so.
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Does anyone remember that 'hilarious' kid singing this on Tiswas?
Forever.
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HIT.
Love it. Still makes me tearful. Had the single and the book and the book of the film. *sob*
Love it. Still makes me tearful. Had the single and the book and the book of the film. *sob*
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It's not THAT bad:{ wrote:Whoa this is like Ebony & Ivory all over again
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Rayge wrote:It's not THAT bad:{ wrote:Whoa this is like Ebony & Ivory all over again
Nothing is.
Even with my Beatle-goggles on I despise that fucking song.
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Re: John Coan's SHIT OR HIT 2
toomanyhatz wrote:Rayge wrote:It's not THAT bad:{ wrote:Whoa this is like Ebony & Ivory all over again
Nothing is.
Even with my Beatle-goggles on I despise that fucking song.
Well, Moo of Kintyre beats it, I think, and The Frog Chorus may, but basically, we have found a node of agreement, hatz.
Huzzah!
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Re: John Coan's SHIT OR HIT 2
I'm a sucker for this sort of thing.
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