Comments on: Twenty trillion out a septillion

Twenty trillion out a septillion

Orange Goblin — Sat, 31 Jan 2004 14:09:16 -0800

Under eights give their opinions on classic rock - Bob Dylan (and others) get compared to Busted.

By: RubberHen

RubberHen — Sat, 31 Jan 2004 14:43:27 -0800

Errr...what is Busted?

By: wsg

wsg — Sat, 31 Jan 2004 14:49:29 -0800

Busted

By: machaus

machaus — Sat, 31 Jan 2004 14:57:22 -0800

Who's Annie Key? heh...

By: logovisual

logovisual — Sat, 31 Jan 2004 14:58:15 -0800

For anyone who doesn't wanna follow the link, Busted are a three-piece teenboy-pop combo in the UK -- think Avril Lavigne, but all guys, or Green Day with even less edge. Admittedly some of theirs songs are on the same level of "God, I really do like this" shame-faced pop-love as Avril's best -- namely, "Year 3000" and "What I Go To School For." This was great. I think I may start using "Better than Busted?" as my primary musical criterion...

By: mcsweetie

mcsweetie — Sat, 31 Jan 2004 14:58:30 -0800

Ben is one far out kid.

By: mcsweetie

mcsweetie — Sat, 31 Jan 2004 15:03:53 -0800

HOLY MOSES! busted is terrible.

By: moonbiter

moonbiter — Sat, 31 Jan 2004 15:06:17 -0800

Victory for Generation X! Nirvana wins!!!

By: bradth27

bradth27 — Sat, 31 Jan 2004 15:20:29 -0800

Speaking of Crosstown Traffic..... Me and "the boy" - he's four - were off to town the other day to pick up some groceries. That song came on the radio, and I just had to crank it up. I looked in the rearview mirror, and my kid is all over the place, dancing and snapping his fingers, big smile, you get the picture.. So, after the song is over, I'm thinking, Cool, my kid has some damn good taste in music. And that's when he said, "Hey Dad, does that guy always sing about Poop? That was awesome!" I guess he just liked the "DoDo" chorus.

By: Ryvar

Ryvar — Sat, 31 Jan 2004 16:30:00 -0800

Speaking as someone right between Gen X and Gen Y (born 1980), I gotta say that out of the songs listed, including Busted - only Smells Like Teen Spirit and Immigrant Song would get my vote as 'good.' There's a couple of songs from the Doors that would also get a thumbs up, but not the one chosen here. On the flipside, Busted is an even bigger thumbs down than the classic rock.

By: kindall

kindall — Sat, 31 Jan 2004 17:16:40 -0800

Who's Annie Key? She's the one you strike to continue.

By: Hildago

Hildago — Sat, 31 Jan 2004 17:21:31 -0800

These fuckers have no taste in rock. Still, I'd trust them over the editors of Rolling Stone.

By: Ufez Jones

Ufez Jones — Sat, 31 Jan 2004 17:54:27 -0800

Holly: He said bums. Heh. These kids are great. Thanks, OG.

By: deadcowdan

deadcowdan — Sat, 31 Jan 2004 18:47:11 -0800

These fuckers have no taste in rock. Still, I'd trust them over the editors of Rolling Stone. That's not saying much. John Ashcroft is more trustworthy than the editors of RS.

By: Satapher

Satapher — Sat, 31 Jan 2004 19:12:37 -0800

all that kid dialouge was made up

By: synecdoche

synecdoche — Sat, 31 Jan 2004 19:32:33 -0800

I LOVED The Who and The Doors when I was eight. Still do.

By: neustile

neustile — Sat, 31 Jan 2004 21:05:34 -0800

for a 6 yr old that Ben kid was a bit too smart. I certainly didn't know what 'bass' meant when I was 6, much less know when it's 'brilliant.'

By: SisterHavana

SisterHavana — Sat, 31 Jan 2004 21:26:54 -0800

Benjamin on "Smells Like Teen Spirit": This would definitely win Pop Idol. Somewhere, Kurt Cobain is rolling over in his grave.

By: centrs

centrs — Sat, 31 Jan 2004 23:29:34 -0800

ben is cool. the english don't mean the word "brilliant" the way we do, as in "inspired". it just means "cool". just like "gorgeous" means "exceptionally beautiful" to us but (as far as i can tell) actually means "inspired" over there. also, i know kids ben's age that would know what "bass" means. it's all in the parenting.

By: dejah420

dejah420 — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 00:24:18 -0800

Hi-styrical! This reaction to Zeppelin had me on the floor...just cause I know 18 year old stoners who would say the same things...actually...it's probably the best LZ argument I've heard in years... Beth It's kind of eeeevol. I'm going to watch Lord Of The Rings Three next week. Holly No you're not. Beth Am. Holly Not. This was a fantabulous link. :)

By: kjh

kjh — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 00:42:33 -0800

shocking that they neglected to throw a beatles tune in there.

By: nthdegx

nthdegx — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 03:30:54 -0800

just like "gorgeous" means "exceptionally beautiful" to us but (as far as i can tell) actually means "inspired" over there No, it doesn't. It's commonly used to mean very beautiful, or very tasty in the UK. Ben sure likes his rock music. Raaaawk!

By: rocketpup

rocketpup — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 03:39:51 -0800

shocking that they neglected to throw a beatles tune in there. Well, they can't publish 6 y.o.'s slagging off the Beatles, can they? Somebody would get ridden out of town on a rail!

By: the fire you left me

the fire you left me — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 12:27:27 -0800

Holly: It sounds like when your wee goes back up. What does this mean in 7 year old English parlance?

By: Orange Goblin

Orange Goblin — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 12:33:48 -0800

I have absolutely no idea. Maybe the..splash..it makes?

By: centrs

centrs — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 12:41:26 -0800

maybe it's the irish that use "gorgeous" that way then. i've heard many a person use "gorgeous" as slang and could infer from the context that they didn't mean "very beautiful" or "very tasty".

By: dg

dg — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 13:54:48 -0800

We are using second-rate boy bands as a yardstick for what music is good now? What a sad, sad world we live in.

By: y2karl

y2karl — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 14:38:55 -0800

Who's Annie Key? She's the one you strike to continue. *rimshot* Hi-yo! /Ed McMahon

By: adamgreenfield

adamgreenfield — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 15:26:15 -0800

I call bullshit on this. The dialogue smells like, not teen spirit, but some staff writer just that little bit too clever for their own good.

By: m@

m@ — Mon, 02 Feb 2004 17:04:37 -0800

not nearly as funny as this

By: asok

asok — Tue, 03 Feb 2004 05:52:35 -0800

Link not working m@.

By: m@

m@ — Mon, 23 Feb 2004 18:41:27 -0800

google cache second page seems to work from the google cache.