The twisted perversity of "All I Want To Do Is Make Love To You"
The twisted perversity of "All I Want To Do Is Make Love To You"
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#1The twisted perversity of "All I Want To Do Is Make Love To You"
Posted: 12/29/13 at 10:22pm
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
~ Muhammad Ali
lovepuppy
Broadway Star Joined: 12/7/05
#2The twisted perversity of
Posted: 12/29/13 at 11:58pm
Sorry, but as a child of the '80s, I gotta say...this article is stupid. Funny writing, sure. But heck, I was in high school when it came out and I understood the whole thing. The author has questions?
The kicker is toward the end when the author says something like "even I, now as a man approaching mature adulthood"--meaning what, he's now 30?? Move aside, youngster, this song ain't no revelation. And it's far from the '80s "silliest" song. Hasn't this guy heard anything by Tony Basil or Weird Al? Or as a friend just pointed out to me--"Tarzan Boy" by Baltimora??
Puh-lease.
"There is no use trying," said Alice; "one can't believe impossible things." "I dare say you haven't had the practice," said the Queen. "When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." --Alice in Wonderland
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#2The twisted perversity of
Posted: 12/30/13 at 12:24am
This analysis is tedious. It isn't even good humor. If you want to analyze twisted perversity in songs start with the Christmas canon.
The Christmas Shoes - nothing says Merry Christmas like a little boy who is sent out to find his dying mother a pair of shoes because she's going to meet Jesus tonight. And you know it gets even worse when the children's choir (angels) chimes in.
Baby It's Cold Outside - aka the Christmas date rape song. Stay away from a song where a woman sings "Hey, what's in this drink?"
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#3The twisted perversity of
Posted: 12/30/13 at 8:57am
It's Toni with an i not Tony with a y.
And "Hey Mickey" is the best song about anal sex ever on the pop charts.
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#4The twisted perversity of
Posted: 12/30/13 at 10:43amHe could at least get the lyrics correct. It's "He brought the woman out of me," not, "He broke the woman in me." Though, I am certain his girlfriend wouldn't know what that meant either.
Pretty pretty please don't you ever ever feel like you're less than f**ckin' perfect!
MrMidwest
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/8/05
#5The twisted perversity of
Posted: 12/30/13 at 10:48am
I prefer What About Love and Alone, muhself.
Sometimes I just like to randomly text friends:
'But there's one thing that you forgot..
WHAT ABOUT LOVE? DON'T YOU WANT SOMEONE TO CARE ABOUT YOU?'
Celine gets emotional singing 'Alone'
"The gods who nurse this universe think little of mortals' cares. They sit in crowds on exclusive clouds and laugh at our love affairs. I might have had a real romance if they'd given me a chance. I loved him, but he didn't love me. I wanted him, but he didn't want me. Then the gods had a spree and indulged in another whim. Now he loves me, but I don't love him." - Cole Porter
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#6The twisted perversity of
Posted: 12/30/13 at 10:52amI always wondered about that "Take me by the hooves" lyrics. Thanks, Namo!
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
~ Muhammad Ali
#7The twisted perversity of
Posted: 12/30/13 at 10:54am
That Salon article has EPIC FAIL written all over it.
Favorite HEART rocker: STRANDED
Oh, the melodrama!
#8The twisted perversity of
Posted: 12/30/13 at 10:59am
Eff ALL the others (which are pretty spectacular!), Barracuda is the SONG!
or their cover of Stairway.
Pretty pretty please don't you ever ever feel like you're less than f**ckin' perfect!
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#9The twisted perversity of
Posted: 12/30/13 at 11:26am
Their covers of Zepplin absolutely top the originals. Incredible.
And agreed that this is hardly the silliest song of the eighties. If anyone can actually tell me what a "Safety Dance" is and how to do it beyond looking at your hands, I'll give you a dollar.
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
~ Muhammad Ali
#10The twisted perversity of
Posted: 12/30/13 at 2:49pmI am not *that* old--it was from the '90s wasn't it??
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#11The twisted perversity of
Posted: 12/30/13 at 2:56pmI'm surprised the song hasn't been covered on Glee.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
#12The twisted perversity of
Posted: 12/30/13 at 3:15pmI'm sure it will be, in their upcoming gay sex episode. (You can already hear where the condom opening sequence goes...)
#13The twisted perversity of
Posted: 12/30/13 at 3:31pm
It was actually 1990. I know this because at a Broadway Loves the 80s benefit, someone did it and apologized that it wasn't technically allowed.
Pretty pretty please don't you ever ever feel like you're less than f**ckin' perfect!
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#14The twisted perversity of
Posted: 12/30/13 at 3:37pm
"I'm sure it will be, in their upcoming gay sex episode. (You can already hear where the condom opening sequence goes...)"
So what song are they using for the episode where Marley is in the hospital due to complications with her anorexia and Rachel rushes back to McKinley to take her place for the fundraiser to send the group to Nationals, thereby postponing the first official preview of Rachel Barry IS Funny Girl. But the cast, crew and audience of Funny Girl don't mind because in GleeLand that's just how we roll.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
lovepuppy
Broadway Star Joined: 12/7/05
#15The twisted perversity of
Posted: 12/31/13 at 12:15am
Oops, typo while rushing to type in mild disgust, upon reading that stupid article. Toni, indeed. Thanks.
Agreed on "Safety Dance!" That writer should have his pen taken back.
"There is no use trying," said Alice; "one can't believe impossible things." "I dare say you haven't had the practice," said the Queen. "When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." --Alice in Wonderland
#16The twisted perversity of
Posted: 12/31/13 at 3:09pmGothapc--isn't it obvious? We Didn't Start the Fire.
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