day 12 - a song from a band you hate

[osaraba]

YES, I HATE ABBA. That doesn't mean I don't sing along with some of their songs, mostly due to overexposure (please, no more Dancing Queen). I reluctantly semi-like their Take a Chance on Me, but that's because I heard the Erasure version first, which I love (yes, I am a child of the 80s).

Fave line: you don't wanna hurt me, baby don't worry, i ain't gonna let you

Dear god, seeing the video for the original version made me like it even less -- what is with the arm flapping?

LOL, Erasure's parody video is slightly hilarious. Ahahahah, oh yeah, I forgot how awesome that reggae interlude is.

List of all days.

Comments

[koyappi.livejournal.com]

Billy is crushed you know... :(
Dancing Queennnnnnnnn

[osaraba]

AHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAAAA

OH BILLY. I MAKE EXCEPTIONS FOR YOU. <3

[asolarfever.livejournal.com]

Don't hate me...but I love this song. /hides

This song was played at many New Year's Eve parties I'd go to at this bar my dad worked at - I was around 16-18 or so. It just reminds me of that for some reason.

(You're probably wondering how in hell I was able to get into a bar at that age. Well, in Wisconsin you can drink as a minor in a bar/restaurant, as long as a parent is present. Let's just say I definitely took advantage of that! )

[osaraba]

Ahahaha no worries! I don't hold taste in music against anyone! (Mostly.)

That's interesting about Wisconsin's drinking-as-a-minor laws -- are those still in effect, or have they changed? In NYC you can certainly get into a bar/restaurant with a parent... though I don't know if they'd necessarily deliberately serve the minor alcohol (depends on the place).

[asolarfever.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. I haven't lived in Wisconsin since I was 20, and I haven't heard about any changes...so I'm assuming it's still in affect. If it still is, I believe it's the only state that allows minors to drink under a certain circumstance.

But yeah...I'd sit down at the bar, and I could order whatever I wanted without any fear of repercussions from drinking as a minor. I think my dad would've preferred me to do that, instead of at a underage house party, or something like that. Besides, I think drinking underage at a bar was much more fun than a house party. xD

I think the best was June '03 after I turned 20, a month before I moved to NC. I went to this 3-day country music festival, and I basically had one of those huge 32 oz. jugs of hard lemonade attached to my hand, refilled whenever I wanted. Oh, those were the days.

[osaraba]

Sigh. That all sounds kind of awesome. =D

Especially the 3-day music festival. (Country, not so much, but you know, YAY MUSIC FESTIVAL!) \o/

Also, extremely appropriate icon! LOLZ!

[asolarfever.livejournal.com]

My extremely appropriate icon was the only one I had involving alcohol. And who better than buzzed/drunk!Tazer? :)

[lucifuge-5.livejournal.com]

ABBA will always hold a place in my heart . . . as long as the songs are the Spanish versions. And still, there are moments when the LAST thing I want to listen to is "Dancing Queen". My aural relationship with ABBA (as well as disco music in general) is loopy.

Oh, and OF COURSE you like that song! Erasure makes ANY SONG ten zillion times better. :)

[osaraba]

My thoughts on disco: EWWWWW GET IT AWAY GET IT AWAYYYYYYYYY

Erasure is love. =D