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April 20, 2014

New Takes On An Old Classic Open Thread - [Niedermeyer's Dead Horse]
— Open Blogger

Sir Mix-A-Lot is a musical genius. When he created "Baby Got Back" in 1992, he crafted a musical masterpiece that can be recreated in any genre without losing a beat.

Like your big butts in jazz? There's a "Baby Got Back" for that.

Easy listening? Here's some mellow big butts for you.

Prefer metal? Try this one.

Then again, does anything beat the original?

Posted by: Open Blogger at 04:12 PM | Comments (114)
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1 Not sure this is a courtesy.

Posted by: tbodie at April 20, 2014 04:15 PM (yFFC0)

2 Ahhh, a fresh thread...

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 20, 2014 04:15 PM (ojnk6)

3 Obligatory: 1ST Eleventy. Something, something.

Posted by: tbodie at April 20, 2014 04:17 PM (yFFC0)

4 It's like Stardust for the twenty-first century.

Posted by: WalrusRex at April 20, 2014 04:17 PM (Mogjf)

5 I blame the Republicans for big butts.

Posted by: Hammerin' Hank Aaron at April 20, 2014 04:20 PM (Dwehj)

6 The easy listening one borrowed heavily from "Leaving on a Jet Plane." I kept waiting to hear Peter, Paul, and Mary.

Posted by: no good deed at April 20, 2014 04:22 PM (ILBCY)

7 5 I blame the Republicans for big butts.
Posted by: Hammerin' Hank Aaron at April 20, 2014 08:20 PM (Dwehj)
Big butts in white sheets. Almost as good as Nights in White Satin.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 20, 2014 04:23 PM (I9I9J)

8 Anybody watch "Heaven is for Real"? I'm going to see a movie and that's playing. It's kind of surprising that the theater has two "Christian" movies playing, God's not Dead and that one.

Posted by: lowandslow at April 20, 2014 04:24 PM (IV4od)

9 I came back from Europe to DROS at Ft Dix and I saw the Big Butts video on the TV in the BOQ. I thought it was a joke at first.

Posted by: blaster at April 20, 2014 04:26 PM (4+AaH)

10 If you can't remember the lyrics of a song years later then it wasn't very good.

Posted by: Neokong at April 20, 2014 04:27 PM (XpLC7)

11 Big butts in white sheets. Almost as good as Nights in White Satin. Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 20, 2014 08:23 PM (I9I9J) when you say almost is that like horse shoes n hand grenades or nuclear bomb grade almost?

Posted by: tbodie at April 20, 2014 04:28 PM (AMsS5)

12 Personally I favor a well-turned ankle, but it's a tougher thing to rhyme. _

Posted by: His Anaconda at April 20, 2014 04:28 PM (4CVLy)

13 Well, I didn't set the house on fire tonight. Filled it with smoke, sure, while we were finishing our Easter dinner, but I think that's a perfectly legitimate lifestyle choice. 375 degrees, 575 degrees, who cares? Snickerdoodles, carbon-doodles, what's the diff? Sigh.

Posted by: Mama AJ at April 20, 2014 04:29 PM (SUKHu)

14 Try out this version of Boyz in the Hood. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZNFo5lL4iw

Posted by: no good deed at April 20, 2014 04:29 PM (ILBCY)

15 #WarOnWomen!

and it's a another shitty song, in a crappy genre, that requires absolutely no talent in its "artists".

rap/hip-hop/however they label this garbage today, sucks.

always has, always will.

Posted by: redc1c4 at April 20, 2014 04:31 PM (q+fqH)

16 Yeah, I'm "that guy", blonde and curvy.

Posted by: tbodie at April 20, 2014 04:31 PM (AMsS5)

17 I DJ at a nightclub on the weekends, and I started playing Richard Cheese's version of "Baby Got Back" when it was almost closing time. I thought it would be a good signal that party time is over. It worked for a few weeks, but now customers hang around to sing along.

Posted by: Captain Whitebread at April 20, 2014 04:31 PM (Pd9h2)

18 Somebody stop those ladies from drinking 32 oz sodas!!!!! That'll fix it!

Posted by: Nanny Bloomberg... at April 20, 2014 04:31 PM (qoKTg)

19 He stole that from Shreck.

Posted by: eman at April 20, 2014 04:34 PM (AO9UG)

20 It worked for a few weeks, but now customers hang around to sing along. *** Ha! I knew a DJ back in the day that would play heavy metal at closing time.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 20, 2014 04:34 PM (DmNpO)

21 25 years later, we are stuck with Kim Kardashian's huge deformed ass and Miley's twerking. Wonderful...

Posted by: Maj. Beauregard Pug, Continental Army at April 20, 2014 04:35 PM (8c12T)

22 Is there an Ewok version?

Posted by: eman at April 20, 2014 04:35 PM (AO9UG)

23 The jazz version: Imagine Sinatra or Tony Bennett sining it.

Posted by: John P. Squibob at April 20, 2014 04:36 PM (1Mxs7)

24 And Flo-Jo is dead. Coincidence????

Posted by: Maj. Beauregard Pug, Continental Army at April 20, 2014 04:36 PM (8c12T)

25 Un huh, Un huh, yeah, Un huh

Posted by: Sir Faps-a-Lot at April 20, 2014 04:37 PM (wc/mG)

26 Is there an Ewok version? Princez Got Tail ...

Posted by: Catina Bar Band Fake Book Players... at April 20, 2014 04:37 PM (qoKTg)

27 22 Is there an Ewok version? Posted by: eman at April 20, 2014 08:35 PM (AO9UG) Wait...you want to see Ace twerking???

Posted by: Maj. Beauregard Pug, Continental Army at April 20, 2014 04:38 PM (8c12T)

28 The Julie Andrews cover brings down the house.

Posted by: eman at April 20, 2014 04:39 PM (AO9UG)

29 27 22 Is there an Ewok version? Posted by: eman at April 20, 2014 08:35 PM (AO9UG) Wait...you want to see Ace twerking??? Posted by: Maj. Beauregard Pug, Continental Army at April 20, 2014 08:38 PM (8c12T) How else do you get Platinum HQ?

Posted by: eman at April 20, 2014 04:40 PM (AO9UG)

30 I've got the Red Sox radio streaming right now, but if I didn't, I'd suggest that in the same vein as the prospective simultaneous-viewing movie thread, we do a simultaneous listening thread. I'd say pick a Classic Rock channel from Stitcher (where the podcasts are ) and use it as context music for a thread about Classic Rock. Same for Jazz, Metal, whatever. Since it's a radio station, you could go in and out at will, whereas with the movie thread, which I'm looking forward to, you've really got to commit to keep up.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 20, 2014 04:43 PM (ZshNr)

31 Sir Mix-A-Lot is a musical genius.

Posted by: Here Lies Western Civilization - RIP at April 20, 2014 04:45 PM (5ikDv)

32 Big butts, bountiful butts, bouncy butts, bodacious butts, Boston butts with carrots and potatoes, Bertha Butts, butts on the hoof, beautiful butts, barrel worthy butts, butts you can take home to meet mama, bleached butts, I can't believe it's not butts, silicone butts, hobo butts, face sized spider butts, lonely butts, pork butts, open thread butts, buttquakes, behemoth butts, butts in need, butts indeed,

BUTTS FOR SALE

Posted by: BUTTS FOR SALE at April 20, 2014 04:45 PM (cHZB7)

33 The easy listening version is from Jonathan Coulton. Coulton's stuff is definitely worth checking out. Shop Vac is a classic.

Posted by: Scanner Dan at April 20, 2014 04:45 PM (DHXV/)

34 In a couple of hours, GOT will be on. I hope there isn't a lull in the murder and mayhem. I don't want it to be reduced to a Who Killed JR (Joeffrey)? type shit.

Posted by: Maj. Beauregard Pug, Continental Army at April 20, 2014 04:46 PM (8c12T)

35 Hip Hop/Rap is the music of the Devil.

Posted by: Behind Enemy Lines at April 20, 2014 04:47 PM (thLL8)

36 You could set your drinks down on Kardashian's ass. She'd be great at parties.

Posted by: Maj. Beauregard Pug, Continental Army at April 20, 2014 04:47 PM (8c12T)

37 Buttnado. You forgot Buttnado, butts for sale.

Posted by: jwpaine at April 20, 2014 04:51 PM (2oU2+)

38 MOZART " Symphony No. 14 A Major" was originally titled "Ooo So Fine Chunky Baby Bootie".

Posted by: True Stuff from Historical Times at April 20, 2014 04:52 PM (5ikDv)

39 Heavy Metal Rap O.M.G. !!!!

Posted by: Smith at April 20, 2014 04:53 PM (MMl1N)

40 Bertha Butt Boogie http://tinyurl.com/ny5dp72

Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 20, 2014 04:54 PM (V4CBV)

41 Know who likes big butts? The fuckin Koch Brothers...

Posted by: tu3031 at April 20, 2014 04:56 PM (yagOO)

42 9 I came back from Europe to DROS at Ft Dix and I saw the Big Butts Dix and big butts You army guys need more chicks when deployed

Posted by: Navycopjoe at April 20, 2014 04:57 PM (dNkDl)

43 I liked the parody someone wrote the other day about the new planet discovered. "Planet got air"

Posted by: Buzzion at April 20, 2014 04:58 PM (z/Ubi)

44 You army guys need more chicks when deployed
Said the sailor.

Posted by: fluffy at April 20, 2014 04:58 PM (Ua6T/)

45 Is there a U.S./Russia butt gap?

Posted by: eman at April 20, 2014 05:00 PM (AO9UG)

46 It worked for a few weeks, but now customers hang around to sing along. *** Ha! I knew a DJ back in the day that would play heavy metal at closing time. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 20, 2014 08:34 PM (DmNpO) Amateur. Should have went with this. http://tinyurl.com/cmw5rlo

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 20, 2014 05:02 PM (AHzA7)

47 As a side note, Richard Cheese is a blast to watch live. Lots of fun.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 20, 2014 05:03 PM (AHzA7)

48 Jay Z and the city of LA have announced they will hold a Coachilla like concert in downtown LA. Jay Z said it was for "everyone" and was "inclusive" -- for only $150 bucks a day ticket price. I predict riots.

Posted by: Maj. Beauregard Pug, Continental Army at April 20, 2014 05:05 PM (8c12T)

49 I like the Latin version better: http://tinyurl.com/5k4pvr magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.

Posted by: Grey Fox at April 20, 2014 05:05 PM (to6VO)

50 You want to chase people out -- Yoko Ono. It works every time. 5 minutes or less and the place is empty.

Posted by: Maj. Beauregard Pug, Continental Army at April 20, 2014 05:06 PM (8c12T)

51 "Then again, does anything beat the original?" Ah, indeed. Nothing like the classics.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 20, 2014 05:07 PM (J9Xir)

52 Important moron news bulletin:

Honey Badger doesn't give a fuck and cannot be contained.

http://cheezburger.com/60253185

http://tinyurl.com/mus2pad

Posted by: DaveA[/i][/b][/s] at April 20, 2014 05:07 PM (DL2i+)

53 Snickerdoodles, carbon-doodles, what's the diff?

Caramelization is good on meat, why wouldn't it be good on cookies.

Posted by: DaveA[/i][/b][/s] at April 20, 2014 05:09 PM (DL2i+)

54 Grading research papers right now and I cannot understand for the life of me how a kid can do a paper on Churchill and not mention WWII a single time. Well..This kid did!

Posted by: jmel at April 20, 2014 05:09 PM (Z8fhO)

55 All righty now. Who's wife is this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=PEPoO08IMog

Posted by: GMB (et al) at April 20, 2014 05:09 PM (nkPV9)

56 Carbon doodles are good for the digestive tract.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 20, 2014 05:10 PM (aDwsi)

57 Sir Mix-A-Lot is a musical genius. After watching "Idiocracy" again today I would agree. And shit.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 20, 2014 05:10 PM (J9Xir)

58 56 Carbon doodles are good for the digestive tract. Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 20, 2014 09:10 PM (aDwsi) On flesh, not so good on baked goods. I'm thinking grilled brats for example

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 20, 2014 05:12 PM (HVff2)

59 I the fullness of time, Michael Bolton will do a cover.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 20, 2014 05:13 PM (aDwsi)

60 Grading research papers right now and I cannot understand for the life of me how a kid can do a paper on Churchill and not mention WWII a single time. Well..This kid did! Posted by: jmel -------------------- Because old dead white guy.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 20, 2014 05:14 PM (aDwsi)

61 >>>Grading research papers right now and I cannot understand for the life of me how a kid can do a paper on Churchill and not mention WWII a single time.<<<

Winston liked his booty like he liked his cigars; big and bold.

Posted by: Fritz at April 20, 2014 05:17 PM (oJUxt)

62 60 Grading research papers right now and I cannot understand for the life of me how a kid can do a paper on Churchill and not mention WWII a single time. Well..This kid did! Posted by: jmel -------------------- Because old dead white guy. Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 20, 2014 09:14 PM (aDwsi) Maybe it's Part I?

Posted by: eman at April 20, 2014 05:17 PM (AO9UG)

63 Sir Mix-A-Lot is a musical genius. After watching "Idiocracy" again today I would agree. And shit. Posted by: Ricardo Kill Funny at times. Entertaining in a kind of juvenile way. Genius. No. There is very little "genius" in pop culture, such as it is. Most of it will be forgotten in 20 years.

Posted by: Bossy Conservative riding Orca at April 20, 2014 05:17 PM (+1T7c)

64 Grading research papers right now and I cannot understand for the life of me how a kid can do a paper on Churchill and not mention WWII a single time. Well..This kid did! Posted by: jmel I am reading "Warlord" , a biography of Churchill. He is actually a lot stranger than I realized, but then a lot of the political figures in Great Britain (and in the US for that matter) are stranger than most of us can imagine. Popular political figures are almost always towering egotists with real psychological problems that would cripple most of us. Yet, they are, for the most part, elected and chosen by the people. The people are idiots, by and large. Sir Mix-a-lot. QED.

Posted by: Bossy Conservative riding Orca at April 20, 2014 05:21 PM (+1T7c)

65 64 The people are idiots, by and large. -------- Well said Bossy. You were a lot nicer than I would've been

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 20, 2014 05:23 PM (HVff2)

66 52 That honey badger is awesome, and don't give a shit at all.

I had no idea they were that clever. I would not want one of them mad at me.

Posted by: GnuBreed at April 20, 2014 05:28 PM (cHZB7)

67 Grading research papers right now and I cannot understand for the life of me how a kid can do a paper on Churchill and not mention WWII a single time. Well..This kid did! Posted by: jmel at April 20, 2014 09:09 PM (Z8fhO) Please, I beg you, tell me this is high school and not college.

Posted by: Sean Bannion, BA, History[/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 20, 2014 05:29 PM (yz6yg)

68 "There is very little 'genius' in pop culture, such as it is. Most of it will be forgotten in 20 years."

I occasionally muse about how, before the 20th century mass media revolution, culture had a much longer shelf life and could provide a useful mechanism of transmission of ideas and values between generations.

I grew up in the late 20th century with some mass media pop culture stuff, but also with classic stories and literature ranging from the Bible to Paul Bunyan. Stories with which my parents and their parents before them had also grown up. So we had a shared cultural vocabulary to invoke when speaking to one another.

Down to the level of descriptive phrases and metaphors. The idea of a Procrustean bed is useful, but it only works if you have at least some rough idea of the myth behind same.

Well, that's all shot to shit. EVERYTHING is now pop culture, and short-lived pop culture at that. Intergenerational communication is over. The shared cultural vocabulary is gone. Now what?

Posted by: torquewrench at April 20, 2014 05:30 PM (noWW6)

69 >>I'm thinking grilled brats No, no, it was my fault, not the kids'.

Posted by: Mama AJ at April 20, 2014 05:34 PM (SUKHu)

70 Yes Sean, it is high school, but still frustrating. Churchill is an icon and I think that such ignorance is inexcusable.

Posted by: jmel at April 20, 2014 05:35 PM (Z8fhO)

71 The shared cultural vocabulary is gone. Now what? Posted by: torquewrench at April 20, 2014 09:30 PM (noWW6) I don't see the problem here.

Posted by: President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho [/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 20, 2014 05:35 PM (yz6yg)

72 The shared cultural vocabulary is gone. Now what? Posted by: torquewrench --------------- Oh, I don't know... , perhaps the decay of society?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 20, 2014 05:36 PM (aDwsi)

73 It's gone the way of buggy whips and Easter bonnets torque.tt's a brave new world.

Posted by: freaked at April 20, 2014 05:36 PM (JdEZJ)

74 Butt Siriusly, now I'm craving bratwurst and caramelized onions.

Posted by: Mama AJ at April 20, 2014 05:36 PM (SUKHu)

75 Yes Sean, it is high school, but still frustrating. Churchill is an icon and I think that such ignorance is inexcusable. Posted by: jmel at April 20, 2014 09:35 PM (Z8fhO) Oh, concur. Absolutely. My comments on that paper would run something along the lines of: "D- No context. What happened from 1939 to 1945?" Dolt would probably still not get the point. ButÂ…if it were collegeÂ….it would be much, much worse.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 20, 2014 05:38 PM (yz6yg)

76 torque - Derbyshire included a chapter in his book 'Doomed' that was devoted to the issue of the loss of social capital. Mostly he referred to various studies which show that the 'glue' that used to hold communities together is rapidly disappearing.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 20, 2014 05:39 PM (aDwsi)

77 68 Well, that's all shot to shit. EVERYTHING is now pop culture, and short-lived pop culture at that. Intergenerational communication is over. The shared cultural vocabulary is gone. Now what? Posted by: torquewrench at April 20, 2014 09:30 PM (noWW6) Yep. Most young people I know are only familiar with things that go back to their youth. There are astonished that I know things that go back to my parent's youth. "How do you know that?!,"they say.

Posted by: eman at April 20, 2014 05:39 PM (AO9UG)

78 Maybe the kid is only covering up to the Wilderness Years?

Posted by: Maj. Beauregard Pug, Continental Army at April 20, 2014 05:40 PM (8c12T)

79 "tt's a brave new world..." Yeah, now it's all about cutting ass and cashing checks. Yo.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 20, 2014 05:40 PM (J9Xir)

80 Ya know what culture carries across generations? Mad Magazine. My boys love reading my old ones. They read Gall In The Family years before they saw Archie Bunker on TV. When they saw the actual show it was like a revalation.

Posted by: freaked at April 20, 2014 05:42 PM (JdEZJ)

81 I sat next to a lady on a plane last who was grading some papers. Being right there I took a glance at some of them and I assumed maybe high school but probably junior high. She and I starting talking a bit later and come to find out she was a college prof'. Those papers? OMFG.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 20, 2014 05:42 PM (J9Xir)

82 >>The idea of a Procrustean bed is useful, but it only works if you have at least some rough idea of the myth behind same. My kids actually know that story from the Percy Jackson books! And the online game Pirate 101 is absolutely chock full of references. World history has been fun this year every time they get a reference. I think it's still out there, but there is so much info upon which to overload that it's harder to see. It also takes having conversations with the grilled brats, er, kids, and reading aloud and all sorts of effort.

Posted by: Mama AJ at April 20, 2014 05:43 PM (SUKHu)

83
There is just about nothing in pop culture today that holds an iota of interest to me.

Shallow, transient IQ degrading crap.

Posted by: irongrampa at April 20, 2014 05:44 PM (SAMxH)

84 Does anything beat the original? I think this one comes close.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0kK_dDioII
...butt so big when she backs up, it goes boop...boop...boop!

Posted by: Bob in Houston at April 20, 2014 05:44 PM (b7AU3)

85 Caramelization is good on meat, why wouldn't it be good on cookies. Posted by: DaveA at April 20, 2014 09:09 PM (DL2i+) Because it is not actually caramelization but a Malliard reaction. Unless you are dousing it in sugar beforehand. (I am not a foody. Gah. Spit. But I used to date a chemist)

Posted by: Kindltot at April 20, 2014 05:44 PM (SZM+L)

86
And those are the good points.

Posted by: irongrampa at April 20, 2014 05:45 PM (SAMxH)

87 When Churchill told Hitler "Why you hatin', bro?" and Hitler was all "Fuck you, bitch" then the whole world knew the shit just got real.

Posted by: eman at April 20, 2014 05:45 PM (AO9UG)

88 "When Churchill told Hitler....." And then Tojo said "It's on!" and Roosevelt shot back "Oh no you didn't" while he wagged his finger.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 20, 2014 05:48 PM (J9Xir)

89 I agree Mama there is just so much info readily available out there it is impossible to know it all. Information overload. The trick is sifting thru it and picking out the important stuff.

Posted by: freaked at April 20, 2014 05:49 PM (JdEZJ)

90 "Most young people I know are only familiar with things that go back to their youth. There are astonished that I know things that go back to my parent's youth. 'How do you know that?!,' they say."

Actual conversation with a modern college co-ed:

She, most indignantly: "How do you expect me to know anything about President Kennedy being shot? I hadn't been born yet!"

Well, dear girl, neither had I.

That's why we have this subject called "history".

Posted by: torquewrench at April 20, 2014 05:49 PM (noWW6)

91 It used to be we studied history and therefore theoretically learned lessons from their experiences, both mistakes and victories. Now, your own experience eeems to be all that matters. This is why we are repeating the mistakes that are easily documented in the past, IMO.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 20, 2014 05:53 PM (ojnk6)

92 "Shallow, transient IQ degrading crap." These kids today. In my day we read Mad Magazine and Moby Dick and played in the dirt with a stick. And we LIKED IT!

Posted by: freaked at April 20, 2014 05:54 PM (JdEZJ)

93 "And we LIKED IT!" Channeling Grumpy Old Man.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 20, 2014 05:55 PM (J9Xir)

94
You know what astonishes me?

The lack of curiosity prevalent in the young ones.

With the unparalleled availability to find answers that we never enjoyed that lack of curiosity is scary.

Posted by: irongrampa at April 20, 2014 05:56 PM (SAMxH)

95 __jmel Give the kid an F and ask him why he didn't make note of the fact that The Kenyan had the bust of Churchill removed from the WH and taken to the local rent-a-storage place.

Posted by: BarneyOffal at April 20, 2014 05:56 PM (ul4Lc)

96 A song written about Mochelle. What's not to like about it.

Posted by: Nip Sip at April 20, 2014 05:57 PM (0FSuD)

97 So what did they know about Churchill, if they didn't reference World War 11, they certainly wouldn't know about his wartime exploits, or his time as Chancellor of the Exchequer,

Posted by: Jeffrey Pelt at April 20, 2014 06:00 PM (Jsiw/)

98 "The lack of curiosity prevalent in the young ones." I see that too. It's like there is no desire to aquire and retain knowledge because they know they can look it up on the Internet. Why memorize the Presidents when you can get the list in 10 seconds on your phone?

Posted by: freaked at April 20, 2014 06:00 PM (JdEZJ)

99 You know what astonishes me? The lack of curiosity prevalent in the young ones. With the unparalleled availability to find answers that we never enjoyed that lack of curiosity is scary *** It's crazy how often I use Bing and Wiki and remain amazed (dazzled!) by the availability of information. However, the amount of info, much of it crap, requires that one possess critical thinking skills in order to sift through the rubbish. Still, we are blessed with an abundance of knowledge at our fingertips that our ancestors could never have dreamed possible.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 20, 2014 06:01 PM (DmNpO)

100 77 68 Well, that's all shot to shit. EVERYTHING is now pop culture, and short-lived pop culture at that. ==================== Once we valued earned wisdom. Then we valued gross knowledge. Now we value the ability to come up to speed. And we're judging it by its accomplishment in the most trivial faddy things, because they change the fastest.

Posted by: Sister Sestina at April 20, 2014 06:01 PM (LtUE0)

101 I see that too. It's like there is no desire to aquire and retain knowledge because they know they can look it up on the Internet. Why memorize the Presidents when you can get the list in 10 seconds on your phone? *** Why bother to learn to spell or to write longhand. Right? *smh*

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 20, 2014 06:02 PM (DmNpO)

102 Clearly he does more than one video. http://tinyurl.com/cyt8v86

Posted by: Nip Sip at April 20, 2014 06:02 PM (0FSuD)

103 Last time I was in a grammar school was at my niece's public elementary school, 7-8 years ago. Where in my school we had pictures of the Founding Fathers, passages from the Declaration, images of the Mayflower, TANSTAAFL in big block letters, they had nothing but trendy PC crap. "Recycling is the best thing you'll do today!". "Green = A+!". I nearly puked.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 20, 2014 06:03 PM (ZshNr)

104 99 Learning actual history will allow one to sift through the crap and come to a better conclusion. Sadly, this is being deemphasised more every day.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 20, 2014 06:03 PM (ojnk6)

105 http://tush.tumblr.com/ Because I'm a giver...

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 20, 2014 06:05 PM (84gbM)

106 ont up

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 20, 2014 06:05 PM (DmNpO)

107 I am certainly more knowledgable today than I would be without the Internet. I think its great but it also is changing the way people think and wonder if we are too dependent on it already.

Posted by: freaked at April 20, 2014 06:05 PM (JdEZJ)

108 99 You know what astonishes me? The lack of curiosity prevalent in the young ones. With the unparalleled availability to find answers that we never enjoyed that lack of curiosity is scary =============== Isn't it funny that just when it's the easiest to check stuff before uttering, we see it being done the least? My hubby was online dueling with some Brit prof who scolded him on obviously Googling before posting. Hubby explained that yes he did but he knew the basics already, he just wanted to make sure that he got the specific numbers right. Prof then grandly exclaimed it was more worthy to be fast and off the top of your head - though wrong! - then cowardly crosschecking and be right.

Posted by: Sister Sestina at April 20, 2014 06:07 PM (LtUE0)

109 With the unparalleled availability to find answers that we never enjoyed that lack of curiosity is scary. Posted by: irongrampa at April 20, 2014 09:56 PM (SAMxH) That's a big part of why I started homeschooling. My bright, if not terribly schoolastic, children were turning into zombies. If the answer was not *immediate* their response was "Never mind" and I didn't consider that to be okay at all.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 20, 2014 06:07 PM (GDulk)

110 97 So what did they know about Churchill, if they didn't reference World War 11 Posted by: Jeffrey Pelt at April 20, 2014 10:00 PM (Jsiw/) Was that the war where they reconstituted Churchill's DNA and programmed a starship's supercomputer with it, and he vanquished the intelligent centipedes from the Orion quadrant? 'Cause that was totally kickass.

Posted by: rickl at April 20, 2014 06:08 PM (sdi6R)

111 Churchill Fun Fact:

Winston Churchill was banned for life from Coachella for extremist rhetoric posted on his Facebook account. True story.

Posted by: Fritz at April 20, 2014 06:11 PM (oJUxt)

112 Re: historical/pop culture ignorance: I've had something of the opposite problem--"You're not old enough to know (pop culture icon from the '30s-'70s)!" and even, on at least one memorable occasion, knowing more about a pop culture phenomenon than someone who lived through it. (The one case I'm thinking of involved freshman comp, a prof to whom NPR was vastly superior to anything else on the radio, and a paper arguing for the existence of regional commonalities among British Invasion bands. Even though I gave specific examples of bands and songs, I had to define the British Invasion for her because she didn't know what I was talking about!) I mean, I've gotten used to being a relic among my peers, whether it's "Why would you read Shakespeare?" or "Who the heck is Hedda Hopper?"--but some things are just disconcerting.

I wonder, though, to what extent 'twas ever so. How many really stupid pop songs were written in the twelfth century, say, that didn't warrant remembering the way "Sumer Is I-Cumin In" did? And how much of today's dreck will merit even a Forgotten 45s-type replay in another 20 years?

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at April 20, 2014 06:13 PM (Aiwi+)

113 Ah, Yes. Sir-Mix-Alot --- or as I know him as, Prime Minister. He used to build competition CB amps, were called SkullCracka Amps. He is also a licensed Amateur Radio Operator. Lives up in Washington State. Talked with him on the phone for a freakin' hour once; this was before I actually knew who he really was.

Twas a funny moment.

Posted by: Patrick in Michigan at April 21, 2014 09:30 AM (OhrW4)

114 In fact, here's his voice on what is known as the "Superbowl" or Channel 6 on the CB: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXfod6pgymc

Posted by: Patrick in Michigan at April 21, 2014 09:35 AM (OhrW4)

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