"Do They Know It's Christmas?",laura_seabrookDecember 19 2005, 11:26:57 UTC
The sheer tonnage of self-deluded angsting on this number, in particular, irks the hell out of me now (No, most of them don't know it's Christmas, you overzealous Britpacking weenies, most of them are still NOT DAMN CHRISTIAN!), but I still have to list it. And listen to it, apparently.
Still many more have no idea it's Hannakah (sp) Ramadan, Beltain, et cetera. Yes I agree, it's a huge wanky song!
Re: "Do They Know It's Christmas?",nematoddityDecember 19 2005, 14:21:41 UTC
Yep. I mean, it's always going to hold a special place in my heart--along with all those long-forgotten songs by Scritti Politti, the Fixx, Haircut 100, Voodoo Camera and Split Enz--but come on, now. No, most of the tribes don't know it's Christmas. And even if they were unfortunate enough to be struck with wandering missionaries, they wouldn't really know what to do with it--what place has a winter celebration of 'we'll get through these cold months by remembering the light of the Lord' (which applies even when Christmas was still pagan, for those who don't know reading along) in a desert in drought where the temperature can hit 98 degrees at midnight??Gaaah. Self-involvement. Making the token gesture so you feel all special. Damn it, bring me real charity. A group of DJs in Denver one year signed up once to distribute food baskets to the poor. I was very surprised to have the morning DJ for my station bring me Christmas-in-a-box. He didn't say anything beyond "Merry Christmas, hope things get better". It was very cool
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Re: "Do They Know It's Christmas?",lit_melissaDecember 19 2005, 15:16:18 UTC
Scritti Politti, the Fixx, Haircut 100, Voodoo Camera and Split Enz
you have no idea how HAPPY that list just made me. ::squee::
as for the original song...i wonder if it dawned on any of the people singing while they were recording? or did they just mindlessly go along with whatever they were told? ::shrug:: i still know all of the words and feel compelled to sing along anyway. :P
Re: "Do They Know It's Christmas?",nematoddityDecember 19 2005, 23:57:20 UTC
I am, unrepentently, an eighties child. :)
I don't think it's possible to dawn on a bunch of twenty- and twenty-two-year-olds the larger religious and political ramifications of groups around the world that do not, already, celebrate Christmas as the Western world knows it. It's a reflective state usually reserved for the over-thirty (if then) set. :)
Yeah, because the War on Drugs has been so effective...Honestly, can't we come up with a better term than "War on" something? Can't we go to fudge with an enemy now and again? Or at least ice cream with topping?
Nope. Just urge manufacturers to develop better canned ham.
It's like the War on Fruitcake. Most folks who've declared war on fruitcake haven't ever tasted a real one...they just don't know.
So it's like the canned ham thing--I'm sure, somewhere, there are good canned hams...maybe. There could be, anyway. But most folks eat the bad stuph, and declare the entire category anathema.
Re: Christmas cards...nematoddityDecember 19 2005, 23:23:33 UTC
We had so many going out this year--and my hands hurt so much--we went with commercial cards. They're pretty, but they're not my usual. I didn't even do ornaments this year!
(Well. I cut a red bow out of a Sprint phone service holiday ad, backed it with glue and fabric, and sewed little gold jingle bells through the paper...but come on, that's a toss-off I can do anytime.)
You should come hang out with us on Neocolours. It's where Ariel, Ty, Jia and I all met. Because we are sad, pathetic people. Who play neopets. *hangs head*
Hey--not that the icon isn't beautiful--and yay, you finally decided on a name!--but where the hell is that particular cartoon found? I have searched EVERYWHERE on Ill Will Press and I cannot manage to track it down. It makes me cranky. :0
Neocolours is a neopets site and discussion board. It used to be located here and featured scripts that allowed you to look at all of the different pets and colours, as well as detected new ones when they were added to the servers. Alas, it's been undergoing some trauma recently -- I think it's being moved to new databases or something -- and so our temporary forum is here.
I'm Figment there; that's why everyone calls me that. :)
It is a fabulous icon, isn't it? Wish I'd made it. :P The comic that it's from is in the foamy archives. Squirrel Banter. It's one of my favourites. That the Kavorkian Scarf. I love the pill-eating squirrel!
Funnily enough, my introduction to Ill Will had nothing to do with Foamy. I ran across a random link about holiday happiness--the holiday in question being Halloween--and I clicked it. It led me to a cartoon featuring a dark and stormy night, and a young girl sleeping in bed. Then, in the darkness, shapes begin to resolve--hulking, winged, horrific shapes of doom. The girl looks at them, and squeezes her eyes shut...looks at them and gets scared...and then looks at them in irritation.
She turns on the light and they're all cardboard cutouts, that her older sister placed in her doorway. Or maybe roommate. And roommate/sister gets kicked out of the house for it.
I could so sympathise...because that's exactly the kind of nonsense I've been known to pull. :)
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Still many more have no idea it's Hannakah (sp) Ramadan, Beltain, et cetera. Yes I agree, it's a huge wanky song!
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you have no idea how HAPPY that list just made me. ::squee::
as for the original song...i wonder if it dawned on any of the people singing while they were recording? or did they just mindlessly go along with whatever they were told? ::shrug:: i still know all of the words and feel compelled to sing along anyway. :P
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I don't think it's possible to dawn on a bunch of twenty- and twenty-two-year-olds the larger religious and political ramifications of groups around the world that do not, already, celebrate Christmas as the Western world knows it. It's a reflective state usually reserved for the over-thirty (if then) set. :)
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It's like the War on Fruitcake. Most folks who've declared war on fruitcake haven't ever tasted a real one...they just don't know.
So it's like the canned ham thing--I'm sure, somewhere, there are good canned hams...maybe. There could be, anyway. But most folks eat the bad stuph, and declare the entire category anathema.
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(That is one freaky icon.)
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(Well. I cut a red bow out of a Sprint phone service holiday ad, backed it with glue and fabric, and sewed little gold jingle bells through the paper...but come on, that's a toss-off I can do anytime.)
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(Though I am SO not addicted anymore!)
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I know not what this is.
Hey--not that the icon isn't beautiful--and yay, you finally decided on a name!--but where the hell is that particular cartoon found? I have searched EVERYWHERE on Ill Will Press and I cannot manage to track it down. It makes me cranky. :0
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I'm Figment there; that's why everyone calls me that. :)
It is a fabulous icon, isn't it? Wish I'd made it. :P The comic that it's from is in the foamy archives. Squirrel Banter. It's one of my favourites. That the Kavorkian Scarf. I love the pill-eating squirrel!
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Funnily enough, my introduction to Ill Will had nothing to do with Foamy. I ran across a random link about holiday happiness--the holiday in question being Halloween--and I clicked it. It led me to a cartoon featuring a dark and stormy night, and a young girl sleeping in bed. Then, in the darkness, shapes begin to resolve--hulking, winged, horrific shapes of doom. The girl looks at them, and squeezes her eyes shut...looks at them and gets scared...and then looks at them in irritation.
She turns on the light and they're all cardboard cutouts, that her older sister placed in her doorway. Or maybe roommate. And roommate/sister gets kicked out of the house for it.
I could so sympathise...because that's exactly the kind of nonsense I've been known to pull. :)
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