70 thoughts on “July 4th Open Mic”

  1. I have an idea. Last week I was out at the mall and they were playing Manfred Mann’s song Do wah diddy over the PA system. In my opinion, this is one of the worst songs EVER!! Not only was this song terrible, but some other dishrag group (A La Carte) did a remake in 1980 which was just as bad. Are there any songs out there that make you want to punch a baby when you hear them? Some of my other bottom 10 songs are: Seasons in the Sun by Terry Jacks, Anything by Madonna (actually, the songs aren’t that bad, I just hate her!), Venus by bananarama, Anything by Marylin Manson (one of the least talented people to ever achieve fame), Hey Now, You’re a Rock Star by Smashmouth (mostly because they whored that song out to every marketing company so that you couldn’t get away from it. They used it to pitch everything from cars to condoms!), etc. Enough of my rants. What songs do you hate with a burning hatred? Which singers/groups would you like to see put in front of a firing squad? I would love to hear your (least) faves!

  2. for the firing squad,Boy George,and Paris Hilton for that one cd,and yea Marylin Manson should be shot first,I have always loved the Bangles theres just something about an all girl band and they were soo hot well at least back then I havent seen a pic of them in a while

  3. I’ll pull the trigger myself: “Muskrat Love”, “Bye Bye Miss American Pie”, “Hey Jude”, almost everything by the Beatles.

  4. “Tiptoe Through the Tulips” by Tiny Tim. I hate it so bad I typed this with my eyes closes.

  5. I can tolerate all music with the exception of rap. I just dig music. This pouring down rain in STL is going to put a damper on a lot of outdoor activities today.

  6. *GASP*! Not American Pie Deej!! I used to sing that to my eldest as a nursery rhyme!

    I hate hate hate Eagle Rock – Eton John, Devil Inside – INXS, everything after the first few lines of At Last – Etta James (sorry) and most of Michael Jackson’s stuff. Especially Thriller and Bad!

  7. Both John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died on July 4, 1826. The 50th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. As we all know, Jefferson drafted the Declaration in committee with John Adams (and Benjamin Franklin).

    After George Washington retired from the Presidency, John Adams became President and Thomas Jefferson became Vice-President. The two men had disagreed politically throughout Washington’s administration, and were only both elected because in those days, whomever came in second in the Presidential vote became Vice-President. During the Adams administration, the two differed on almost every issue, and Jefferson defeated Adams and took the Presidency in 1800. Although they had worked together in the cause for independence, Adams and Jefferson became truly bitter enemies when political parties began to form around each of them.

    Luckily, Adams and Jefferson reconciled in their retirement and they became the absolute best of friends as they lived out their final years. Both men were conscious of living to see the 50th Fourth of July, and both, despite knowing they were on their death beds, made genuine efforts to hang on to dear life until the day had come.

    John Adams’s final words were, “Thomas Jefferson survives.” But he was wrong. Jefferson had died just hours earlier in Virginia.

    Five years to the day after Adams and Jefferson died — on July 4, 1831 — the fifth President, James Monroe, passed away. So three presidents have died on the same date: July 4th.

  8. I’m sorry DJ, but you must be a communist. How could anyone hate the Beatles? Sure, John Lennon was a complete narcissistic self righteous ass, and I’ll agree that a lot of their songs were on the lame side, but they were the most influential group in music history.

  9. (Another)Scott You don’t have to like the Beatles to recognise they played a big part of music history! I dislike more of their stuff than I like.

  10. I had my first snuggle dance/sneak kiss dancing with a fellow to “Hey Jude.”
    I think I was only knee-high to a grasshopper then.

  11. Of course they were influential, but I still don’t like them.

    Madonna, Michael Jackson and rap music were influential too, but just because something is popular or influential doesn’t mean I have to like it.

    I’m unique just like everybody else. 😉

  12. Yes, perhaps it’s a sign of my age! Alas, I used to tell my parents how lame their music was. Of course their music was what influenced the Beatles and all the big groups of the ’60s. I guess you don’t have to like them but it sure makes me feel old! When I was growing up NOBODY disliked the Beatles (except for old farts).

  13. We’re not allowed to take sides, but I am no Beatles fan either.

    BTW, someone other than Deborah will have to be in charge, she’s gone for a week. sigh.

  14. I can’t stand that headbanging techno crap. A friend of mine listens to only that, all day long, every day, and I just want to smash my head thru the wall when I hear it.

  15. His son, Julian. Bella with all of your renovations going on, do not put your head thru the wall, eh?

  16. (Another)Scott – They first hit the US when I was almost 13. I haven’t liked them since I was about 13½. I gotta admit, it was an unpopular position, but there were others like me. We just had to lay low.

  17. Actually, a sad note about Hey Jude is that John Lennon didn’t even write it. Paul McCartney did. Paul had more love for John’s son thatn John did. More evidence that John was a self indulgent prick. John practically disowned Julian after he and Yoko had Sean. I don’t know who was worse… John or Yoko.

  18. That is why I posted that, to correct myself. Sorry for any confusion I may have caused. Yoko was and is way worse, but I still like the Beatles.

  19. As soon as I hit submit, I realized I was wrong. I AM A DUMBASS. Scroll bach, you will see it.

  20. Alright, let’s get this party started. I am having a beer for my American friends to help you celebrate your birthday and to Thank your Troops. Who’s with me?

  21. Bella – I’m in. I only have Molson tho. So here’s to the longest common border in the world…almost a half million Americans and Canadians cross it everyday.

  22. yes they do but salmon do not feed after they hit fresh water. so it is not as big a deal as it sounds. it’s all a game of getting something in fount of one when its mouth is open. that’s why i like to use a dip net. of cores now that i am not a resident it is illegal but at 35 fish each i drive the boat and let my fokes pull in the reds. be sure to go halibut fishing that is my favorite fish to fish for. hot day cold drink and sleeping with my legs over the side of the boat and having a 150lb barn door snag the line that is living. unless i fall into the 35F water then it is only living for 5 minutes.

  23. Yipee, I thought you were all sleeping. Too full from all the bbq’s. Molson’s is great, DJ and Bud a close second.

  24. A L N I totally agree with you. I love river/salmon fishing. Nothing beats the big fight. Well… a few things. I love catching those pinks too. What a scrappy little fish, lots of fun.

  25. pinks are ok on a lite rod and if you eat them fresh. i remember fighting a 50lb halibut up to the side of the boat and only having a small gaff to land it that is a fun fight. never leave home without the harpoon.

  26. I don’t catch and release. My family eats what I catch and we love salmon/cod/halibut/crab/prawns, etc. Screw the treehuggers.

  27. best 4th we ever had in Alaska was a year we caught cod, halibut, king crab, tanner crab, dungoness, shrimp, butter clams, and steamer clams all in one afternoon my mom had a large pot boiling on the camp stove and cooked them all up and we sheared with the cannery rats living in a tent village on the homer spit.

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