williethepimp

American politics especially is a joke...you have 2 parties which are exactly the same,the only thing that changes is the rhetoric... Americans elect on the basis of image...if the image is ok,youre half way there....eg Palin and Schwartzenegger....Reagan also.... George dubya wanted to portray himself(or his handlers did) as a tough macho country boy,so he bought a ranch in Texas,so the foto -ops would look good...the minute his 2 terms was up-he sold it....job done. You elected Obama,an intelligent man,a statesman even..but his election promise for a fair medical care for everybody was stymied by the lobbyist working for the insurance companies,therby neutering his radical,much needed reform. Your democracy is meaningless when a president cannot put his policies into law because of the corporations who REALLY run the country. The American electorate must be the dumbest bunch of voters in the civilised word to vote in a retard like Bush...not even fairly ,as the first time as the election was rigged in Florida. Right wing talk show hosts like Limbaugh have too much airtime,and religious right wing nut-jobs are given air time(and lauded) for saying the Haiti earthquake was god's punishment for AIDS.These people would never get air time in the uk or Europe,they'd be ridiculed by all and sundry,not going to the White House to have dinner with the pres,like Robertson did. Your foreign policy,especially to Israel is unbelieveable,and any media critiscism against the Zionist lobby is immediately punished with censorship or dismissal,as in the case of Helen Thomas.... I could rant on ad infinitum about American "democracy"...in short,its an unfunny joke...

Bloody hell Ken,that could be re-titled "Ode to the arse"....I never knew there was so much to discern from looking at a pic of an arse...but you have described it beautifully...Charles Dickens could not have given a better inspective description.... aS they say,"Every day is a schoolday"...and Ive just learned something new...

Great to see you back in LOS bb.....now ,go and get them pics for us all to enjoy!

Hilarious Ken....it would have made a great modern-day Brian Rix farce on the West End.Joe Orton(remember him)couldn't have written anything as funny......

agreed,its an engrossing read Ken,"bumlets"....that's a real ken-ism....I'll borrow that one I think.

well,I think thats about covered "most bases"....here's a thing I fuckin' detest...the creeping into english english of american english slang,and sayings...... I heard an english twat the other day referring to TRAINERS as "sneakers" FFS.....Also "you do the math" ...another bullshit american phrase...its MATHS idiot....an abbreviation of MATHEMATICS,there is no singular....."whatever" "like-duh!" While we're at it,Muslims.......what a bunch of cunts.....if you're gonna strap a bomb to yourself and kill loads of people...FIRST,make your way into the House of Commons and take out a few politicians who started the illegal war in Iraq,NOT the INNOCENT commuters on the underground and the number 7 bus to Finchley......If they killed jack straw and tony blair i might join the mujahideen myself! OOPS-I thought this was the RANT thread.....

The aussies I kinda like,but only in small doses,like scousers....Most yanx I meet I get along with,new yorkers especially,however,west coast yanx....california specifically all seem to be so bewilderingly stupid as to be almost unrecognizable from sentient beings...I suppose that explains them voting in Schwartzenegger....also,the alaskans voted in sara palin...I wonder how many of them it takes to change a lightbulb....AB,care to respond??

Exactly...I thought genesis were ,at the best,ok when peter gabriel was with them,but they went to shit completely when phil collins took over.....While we're at it....Bryan fuckin Adams...another twat of the highest order.... As it happens ,I quite like Billy Joel's songs,I think he's a great talent.... As for evensong-5555-its the lyrics lung...listen to the lyrics of the west's awake-its pure poetry Hey this is great....we can combine the music thread with the insults thread....

5555-im certainly no royalist...i'd put them all against the wall and shoot them like the russians did...theyre a laughing stock....the yanx always assume we love the royals and think maggie thatcher was great-wrong again yanx,most of us hated the sight of the bitch.....if she's have died in the brighton bombing many brits would have not shed a tear.... as for more personal insults-DT's musical taste is crap ,as is alaskan bear's....feckin country music....puh-lease....

ive been fascinated with this old song for a while....a grea version I think,and my current favourite song [/media]

this is one of my favourites....uniques sound of uncle frank,a true original http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeQ_S8G16Rw&feature=player_detailpage[/media]

GOOD CALL from me also giz....plus 1 for ur good taste......without wishing to be too controversial-genesis are shite......'kin hate 'em

Americans are so stupid they vote borderline retards into office,Bush twice ,Reagen,Sarah fuckin Palin becomes a governer ,and maybe next president,Schwartzenegger as governer of california ffs.....come on Yanx,why are youse so feckin stupid?Is it something in the burgers....?.#

gotta give a mention to another favourite of mine another of Manchester's finest,before she went solo-she was with Vinegar Joe,a fairly obscure band around in the 70's http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEjIYRZ6paY&feature=player_detailpage[/media]

agreed,a very original version of addicted to love....you're right about the androgynous look Lung,very TS. I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Shirley Bassey,not exactly my cup of tea,but I gotta admit she's got an incomparable voice...this is one of my favourites... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpgnFFf7PME&feature=player_detailpage[/media]

I love this girl-the tragic Nico,fahion model,actress singer as well as heroin addict love her accent-I think she was originally Danish http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjjDmX9Tkss&feature=player_detailpage[/media]

some canadian mentioned Joni Mitchell...(I'm a huge Leonard Cohen fan also)...Joni has a special quality I think,almost an inner glow...they say Crosby Still and Nash were all in love,and in bed with her ...(not at the same time)...I can well believe it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSZcK48cTiU&feature=player_detailpage[/media]

jusr read the whole thread,quite a few Ive never heard of,so I'll re-read it and listen to them....I saw there was no mention of my favourite girl singer ,Alison Moyet... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq_-0-YBxIs&feature=player_detailpage[/media]

Not obscure to Americans ,but maybe the brits on here never heard of weird Al.....I like humour in music,and clever lyrics,Al has it in spades... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nej4xJe4Tdg&feature=player_detailpage[/media]

Nice choice lefty-I could really get to like Kina...AND ,never heard of her before,so,to me,she's obscure

Hi Iceberg,a big welcome from me also....

[/media] 55555-yes mate,that's the first sulk of the forum!!! Here's the pink fairies again...

[/media]The edgar broughton band

Hi folks,never heard of the subdudes before-but I can tell I'd like them. Never heard of Michael Hedges-loved the cover....The edgar broughton band?,saw them loads of times....they had a great anthem,Out Demons Out, which was sorta their theme tune. During my "arts lab sojourn,We also hosted loads of bands there,the pink fairies ,skin alley (both london bands I think) and a local band from Stockport called greasy bear.....I looked them up on you tube but couldn't find them....but serendipiditiously I found a great band from NY called THE GRIZZLY BEARS...great sound. [/media] [/media]

I wouldn't mind grazing on that arse....great pic BB-very informative account of HH...I 'll definitely consider it for future....what does a decent GH cost there BB,?I heard HH is expensive ,being that the King has a house there and lots of hi-so Thais