Let me say this:
I am a huge fan of what might be called "hippie" music. I'm also a supporter of what the Bill O'Reilly's of the world might call "hippie values". Heck, I even consider myself to be about 23% hippie.
But, there's something about these prancing clowns that makes me want to punch the stupid grins off their ill-bearded faces. They are the embodiment of the whole look-at-me-I'm-alternative, trust-fund having, smirky fake counter-culture that turned off Middle America in the late 90's and gave rise to such disgusting scumbag monsters of history as George Bush, Dick Cheney and Ann Coulter. So, despite being upbeat, harmless and not-entirely crappy, they helped launch a great evil on this country. This is the Sadness of the Spin Doctors.
I actually saw them live once. I ended up buying one of their concert shirts - as was the custom of the time. When I wore this shirt to the summer camp where I worked, one of the little kids mocked me by calling me "Spinny". This insult has haunted me to this day.
Where I dislike this video, mostly because it's a blatant rip-off of Eddie Murphy's Coming to America, I have a soft spot for Little Miss Can't Be Wrong. Why? Well it's because I have an inexplicable secret crush on the "Little Miss". There's something about her bossy paintbrush-waving nagging dance that drives me wild.
Sunday, November 25, 2007
The Sadness of the Spin Doctors
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1 - Despite your acidic commentary and the fact that we couldn't disagree more politically, I do like your point about the whole "look-at-me-I'm-alternative" mentality. It makes pretty much everyone sick one they've been subjected to it enough.
2- I take a special pleasure in informing you that one of Ann Coulter's favorite artists is "hippie music" icon the Grateful Dead.
3- "hippie values"... quite a striking oxymoron.
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