Both the Australian and New Zealand left-wing establishments suffered humiliating defeats on Saturday night, but only one is a true triumph for the common people
I came to assume that The (pop-song) Voice was an attempted rip-off in the style of Billy Joel without the faintest idea what the BJ was actually about. Or at least that it wasn't a howl about self-empowerment. Though howls of self-empowerment are certainly worth a laugh. And BJ doesn't give you cause to laugh.
Don't get excited, don't say a word
Nobody noticed, nothing was heard
It was committed discreetly, it was handled so neatly
And it shouldn't surprise you at all
You know
Break all the records, burn the cassettes
I'd be lying if I told you that I had no regrets
There were so many mistakes, and what a difference it makes
But still it shouldn't surprise you at all
You know
I said it shouldn't surprise you at all
You know
Don't look now but you have changed
Your best friends wouldn't tell you
Now it's apparent, now it's a fact
So marshal your forces for another attack
You were so young and naive, I know it's hard to believe
They said Pfizer was a Miracle Vaccine, and boy was it ever -- took out Jacinda, Dan and Nic.
Still, it was only a matter of time before their lithium batteries did the same job. (But were we prepared to wait?)
(In Dan's case it overrode his brain transplant and on one occasion sent him out of control; they sorted it with a steel pin. Jacinda's intermittent "laugh" was never considered a real problem. In fact, it made her sound almost human.)
As for the Voice -- try to understand it. Try to make it clear. Marcia's lithium just exploded in Noel's face.
But they'll be back. Bigger and better model coming soon.
A resounding response here but now being played as racist and unsympathetic around the world. I had a comment from a friend in England who took it for granted that “indigenous people are not being properly recognised in Australia..” ( I won’t bother you with my reply beyond offering a clarification of what indigenous actually means. )
The playing of the result as racist and unsympathetic is predictable. A win for reality, but the clowns are back in the saddle and disinclined to accept the result. You instanced Brexit and it is the same playbook. Watch out for the refusal of the enlightened to accept a reality with which they disagree.
I came to assume that The (pop-song) Voice was an attempted rip-off in the style of Billy Joel without the faintest idea what the BJ was actually about. Or at least that it wasn't a howl about self-empowerment. Though howls of self-empowerment are certainly worth a laugh. And BJ doesn't give you cause to laugh.
Don't get excited, don't say a word
Nobody noticed, nothing was heard
It was committed discreetly, it was handled so neatly
And it shouldn't surprise you at all
You know
Break all the records, burn the cassettes
I'd be lying if I told you that I had no regrets
There were so many mistakes, and what a difference it makes
But still it shouldn't surprise you at all
You know
I said it shouldn't surprise you at all
You know
Don't look now but you have changed
Your best friends wouldn't tell you
Now it's apparent, now it's a fact
So marshal your forces for another attack
You were so young and naive, I know it's hard to believe
But now it shouldn't surprise you at all
You know
No it shouldn't surprise you at all
You know
What has it cost you, what have you won?
The sins of the fathers are the sins of the sons
It was always within you, it will always continue
But it shouldn't surprise you at all
You know
I said it shouldn't surprise you at all
You know
They said Pfizer was a Miracle Vaccine, and boy was it ever -- took out Jacinda, Dan and Nic.
Still, it was only a matter of time before their lithium batteries did the same job. (But were we prepared to wait?)
(In Dan's case it overrode his brain transplant and on one occasion sent him out of control; they sorted it with a steel pin. Jacinda's intermittent "laugh" was never considered a real problem. In fact, it made her sound almost human.)
As for the Voice -- try to understand it. Try to make it clear. Marcia's lithium just exploded in Noel's face.
But they'll be back. Bigger and better model coming soon.
100% Jim and thanks for a much needed dose of humour! Not much to chuckle about these days.
A resounding response here but now being played as racist and unsympathetic around the world. I had a comment from a friend in England who took it for granted that “indigenous people are not being properly recognised in Australia..” ( I won’t bother you with my reply beyond offering a clarification of what indigenous actually means. )
The playing of the result as racist and unsympathetic is predictable. A win for reality, but the clowns are back in the saddle and disinclined to accept the result. You instanced Brexit and it is the same playbook. Watch out for the refusal of the enlightened to accept a reality with which they disagree.
Completely agree, and like I said, they'll simply now come at it from another angle.