I have prepared a toast for you all, which I will elocute at the appropriate moment. For now, I’ll need you all to stock up on the bubbly and pick out a fancy outfit in anticipation… Call me a sucker, but I coughed up the $1.29 for Cee Lo Green’s hot new single “Fuck You!“ My thing is, I get a big kick out of happy songs about terrible things (I have a themed playlist), and Green’s song fits precisely in that category. Also, being a big fan of the F-bomb, I am delighted every time the word trips of Cee’s tongue. This article is a more intellectual discussion of the song’s appeal, and how it so quickly exploded in popularity. Other songs I love which make liberal use of my favorite swear word include “Fuck You” by Lily Allen and “Blankest Year” by Nada Surf. What are yours? I’m thinking about pulling together a New Effing Playlist… It’s true that over a dozen years in the book biz have hardened my heart to some of the romance surrounding the printed word, and the joy of reading. Nevertheless, this photo blog unlocked the chains around my Grinchy heart and made me misty, even as the jumpy cynic deep in my brain protested, They’re posed! Photoshopped! Highly implausible! What can I say, I am a deeply suspicious person. That doesn’t change the fact that the photos are beautiful, moving and yes–romantic… Thank you to my friend LW, who pointed me towards this story of a woman who now has multiple sclerosis but can still remember the joy and the pain of a hard race around the track. I should probably read this every day as an exercise in gratitude, but I’m not sure I can put myself through wrenching grief that often. Despite this endorsement, I hope you all click thru, because there is inspiration there to draw upon…
I, too, am a fan of the F word… but not in songs… I like my music to be spick and spam.
I like War Machine.
I have a blogging friend who has/has had MS. She now runs again intermittently and actually ran a marathon a few years back.
Ewen that is amazing — what is the url of your friend’s blog, do you mind sharing?
No worries. She’s changed the URL a few times. Most recent one is http://flashduck09.blogspot.com/
Before that: http://flashduck.blogspot.com/ which has links to her running results.
She’s travelling with her husband in the UK at the moment. Her health seems to be better when she’s travelling or in warmer climates.
“Too Drunk to Fuck” — Dead Kennedys
“Goddamned Job” — the Replacements
“Death or Glory” — the Clash
“Range Life” — Pavement