Monday, May 10, 2004
More Songs About Things I Thought Was About Something Else But Is Really About Something Else Than That I Thought It Was About
I'm a bandwagon Iggy Pop fan. I thought he was ok before, but when Trainspotting was released, I then became the "Iggy Pop personifies my lifestyle" kind of fan. If Iggy Pop worked in a cubicle that is. But the song 'Lust For Life' made me a big fan. Great thumping bass, sung in a half daze of pet tranquilizers & thinking, "This song is going to be big! I bet American Bandstand will be begging me to come on the show!", along with the typical 70's theme: kinkiness.
But my whole view of the song changed when it became the national anthem of wholesome family fun with Captain Steuban. I simply can't picture Gopher dressing up in women's clothing - oh sorry, but I can, that was the episode that Gopher pretended to be Doc's fiancé - anyways I digress. Nonetheless as I listen to the song now I think of completely different things now. So, please allow me, to translate the song for you.
Original:
Lust For Life
Iggy Pop
Here comes johnny yen again
With the liquor and drugs
And the flesh machine
He's gonna do another strip tease.
Hey man, where'd ya get that lotion?
I've been hurting since I've bought the gimmick
About something called love
Yeah, something called love.
Well, that's like hypnotizing chickens.
Well, I'm just a modern guy
Of course, i've had it in the ear before.
I have a lust for life
'cause of a lust for life.
I'm worth a million in prizes
With my torture film
Drive a gto
Wear a uniform
All on a government loan.
I'm worth a million in prizes
Yeah, i'm through with sleeping on the sidewalk
No more beating my brains
No more beating my brains
With liquor and drugs
With liquor and drugs.
Well, i'm just a modern guy
Of course, i've had it in my ear before
Well, i've a lust for life (lust for life)
'cause of a lust for life (lust for life, oooo)
I got a lust for life (oooo)
Got a lust for life (oooo)
Oh, a lust for life (oooo)
Oh, a lust for life (oooo)
A lust for life (oooo)
I got a lust for life (oooo)
Got a lust for life.
Well, i'm just a modern guy
Of course, i've had it in my ear before
Well, i've a lust for life
'cause i've a lust for life.
Here comes johnny yen again
With the liquor and drugs
And the flesh machine
He's gonna do another strip tease.
Hey man, where'd ya get that lotion?
Your skin starts itching once you buy the gimmick
About something called love
Love, love, love
Well, that's like hypnotizing chickens.
Well, i'm just a modern guy
Of course, i've had it in the ear before
And i've a lust for life (lust for life)
'cause i've a lust for life (lust for life)
Got a lust for life
Yeah, a lust for life
I got a lust for life
A lust for life
Got a lust for life
Yeah a lust for life
I got a lust for life
Lust for life
Lust for life
Lust for life
Lust for life
Lust for life
Newly translated:
Have Fun On A Boat
Here comes our entertainment director again
With the foosball & punch
And the shuffleboard
She's gonna host another karaoke.
Hey man, where'd ya get that lotion?
I've been hurting since I got a sunburn
About something called skin cancer
Yeah, something about skin cancer.
Well, that's like trading in a Cadillac for a Lincoln.
Well, I'm just a fun time guy
Of course, I've won in Yatzee before.
I'm having fun on a boat
Because of fun on a boat.
Bingo is worth hundreds in prizes
With my F24 & B7
Drive a golfcart
Wear a Hawaiian shirt
All on a credit card.
Bingo is worth hundreds in prizes
Yeah, I'm through with sleeping during the massage
No more sleepy foot
No more sleepy foot
With the foosball & punch
With the foosball & punch
Well, I'm just a fun time guy
Of course, I've won in Yatzee before.
I'm having fun on a boat
Because of fun on a boat.
etc....
But my whole view of the song changed when it became the national anthem of wholesome family fun with Captain Steuban. I simply can't picture Gopher dressing up in women's clothing - oh sorry, but I can, that was the episode that Gopher pretended to be Doc's fiancé - anyways I digress. Nonetheless as I listen to the song now I think of completely different things now. So, please allow me, to translate the song for you.
Original:
Lust For Life
Iggy Pop
Here comes johnny yen again
With the liquor and drugs
And the flesh machine
He's gonna do another strip tease.
Hey man, where'd ya get that lotion?
I've been hurting since I've bought the gimmick
About something called love
Yeah, something called love.
Well, that's like hypnotizing chickens.
Well, I'm just a modern guy
Of course, i've had it in the ear before.
I have a lust for life
'cause of a lust for life.
I'm worth a million in prizes
With my torture film
Drive a gto
Wear a uniform
All on a government loan.
I'm worth a million in prizes
Yeah, i'm through with sleeping on the sidewalk
No more beating my brains
No more beating my brains
With liquor and drugs
With liquor and drugs.
Well, i'm just a modern guy
Of course, i've had it in my ear before
Well, i've a lust for life (lust for life)
'cause of a lust for life (lust for life, oooo)
I got a lust for life (oooo)
Got a lust for life (oooo)
Oh, a lust for life (oooo)
Oh, a lust for life (oooo)
A lust for life (oooo)
I got a lust for life (oooo)
Got a lust for life.
Well, i'm just a modern guy
Of course, i've had it in my ear before
Well, i've a lust for life
'cause i've a lust for life.
Here comes johnny yen again
With the liquor and drugs
And the flesh machine
He's gonna do another strip tease.
Hey man, where'd ya get that lotion?
Your skin starts itching once you buy the gimmick
About something called love
Love, love, love
Well, that's like hypnotizing chickens.
Well, i'm just a modern guy
Of course, i've had it in the ear before
And i've a lust for life (lust for life)
'cause i've a lust for life (lust for life)
Got a lust for life
Yeah, a lust for life
I got a lust for life
A lust for life
Got a lust for life
Yeah a lust for life
I got a lust for life
Lust for life
Lust for life
Lust for life
Lust for life
Lust for life
Newly translated:
Have Fun On A Boat
Here comes our entertainment director again
With the foosball & punch
And the shuffleboard
She's gonna host another karaoke.
Hey man, where'd ya get that lotion?
I've been hurting since I got a sunburn
About something called skin cancer
Yeah, something about skin cancer.
Well, that's like trading in a Cadillac for a Lincoln.
Well, I'm just a fun time guy
Of course, I've won in Yatzee before.
I'm having fun on a boat
Because of fun on a boat.
Bingo is worth hundreds in prizes
With my F24 & B7
Drive a golfcart
Wear a Hawaiian shirt
All on a credit card.
Bingo is worth hundreds in prizes
Yeah, I'm through with sleeping during the massage
No more sleepy foot
No more sleepy foot
With the foosball & punch
With the foosball & punch
Well, I'm just a fun time guy
Of course, I've won in Yatzee before.
I'm having fun on a boat
Because of fun on a boat.
etc....
Comments:
Doesn't that figure - I pay $10 just last week so I can receive more than 5 comments on Backblogger's comment - because Blogger didn't have a comment & now Blogger adds it.
What finally drove me to post this was the most recent cruise line commercial. It started at school where some 10 year olds were making telling the class what they were going to do for summer. This smartass spoiled child-bitch then proceeds to show a video tape of the cruise line, & then plays 'Lust For Life' on the cd player.
First - why not make it more blatant that you're richer than all the other kids? And second - since when has Iggy Pop been played at primary schools? I remember on music day when all the kids brought their Olivia Newton John 45's me & my friend tried to get the teacher to play Queen but the teacher said no. But now kids get to play Iggy Pop, what the...
But I was in Publix & guess what they were playing? Pink Floyd, 'Rock Lobster' by B-52's, I couldn't believe it. But then I started thinking, of shit - this is now considered 'Good times golden oldies'.
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First - why not make it more blatant that you're richer than all the other kids? And second - since when has Iggy Pop been played at primary schools? I remember on music day when all the kids brought their Olivia Newton John 45's me & my friend tried to get the teacher to play Queen but the teacher said no. But now kids get to play Iggy Pop, what the...
But I was in Publix & guess what they were playing? Pink Floyd, 'Rock Lobster' by B-52's, I couldn't believe it. But then I started thinking, of shit - this is now considered 'Good times golden oldies'.
