Signs of the Apocalypse

[fuzzyoctopus]

This is kind of on the line of the "things I hate" thread was, but different.

These are the things that make you fear for the future of mankind, like frivolous lawsuits, the success of N'Synce, and the existance of Richard Simmons.

What prompted this post, you might ask?

Kidz Bop.  Those of you who don't know what I'm talking about, count yourselves lucky.  Kidz Bop is a set of CD's, periodically released, that has children singing simplified versions of popular rock songs.

Truly the most evil torture device ever invented.  The fact that people BUY these things, and buy them for their children, makes me sick to my stomach.

Half of these songs are based around sex, and it's being aimed at children?  Or how is an 8-year old supposed to appreciate a song like "My Immortal"?

It's a sign of the apocalypse, I tell you.

[Gemm: Rock & Roll Star; Born to Rock]

What about the new one they've got out? Where the kids sing Beatle songs? That one hurt my ears.

[Peter Ahlstrom]

What's the story behind "My Immortal," anyway?

[fuzzyoctopus]

You're going to have to listen to the song, I think.

[Spriggan]

I've only heard it becasue I use to own the CD, I've never heard it on the raido.  But I don't listen to the teenie-bop stations that might play it.

[Peter Ahlstrom]

I've heard the song lots of times, and I can only guess that it's either about someone in a coma or someone with a mental disability.

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

I haven't heard it, but the Smiths sing a song about a Girlfriend in a Coma (I know, I know, it's really serious).

[Maxwell]

my friend had a road sign that said "appocolypse, 3 miles" does that count

[fuzzyoctopus]

I've heard the song lots of times, and I can only guess that it's either about someone in a coma or someone with a mental disability.

*sound of jaw dropping*

Or, alternatively, about breaking up with someone who you gave your whole heart to and who has dropped you like a stone, but you  still can't forget them.

Not that your suggestions are bad, just.... um, wrong.

[42]

Or, alternatively, about breaking up with someone who you gave your whole heart to and who has dropped you like a stone, but you  still can't forget them.

I thought she was singing about someone who died. Or alternively, she died and is now haunting her past love because she just can't seem to move on.

[Peter Ahlstrom]

the title is "my immortal"...

for the coma angle, I thought her boyfriend has been in a coma for years, not waking up, little hope of recovery, no end in sight, and she wants to move on but can't...

or the mental disability thing, same sort of thing, perhaps from an accident, now a vegetable or severely disabled person that needs constant care, or perhaps even a family member she feels tied to and can't abandon because she's the only relative left and no one else will do it, but it's keeping her from forming any other relationships...

[fuzzyoctopus]

well....I still say that Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb" is about zombies.

[EUOL]

I've only heard it becasue I use to own the CD, I've never heard it on the raido.  But I don't listen to the teenie-bop stations that might play it.

Yeah.  Those teenie-bop stations love goth-metal.

[Sig]

Speaking of mental disabilities...

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

well....I still say that Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb" is about zombies.

BLASPHEMER!