songs which are factually inaccurate

[ouirdeaux]

That's not a factual inaccuracy, just a silly question. Much the way Travis' 'Why does it always rain on me? Is it because I lied when I was 17?' displays a profound ignorance of meteorology, as well as unjustified egotism.

 

[Raheem]

the answer to the question "Who'll Stop The Rain?" is quite obviously "nobody", what's your agenda even asking it.

Little bit of an East Coast perspective.

 

[Sue]

That's not a factual inaccuracy, just a silly question. Much the way Travis' 'Why does it always rain on me? Is it because I lied when I was 17?' displays a profound ignorance of meteorology, as well as unjustified egotism.

Because you live in Glasgow. (As my Glasgow living sister always says.)

 

[petee]

Little bit of an East Coast perspective.

are you saying that in San Diego or Vancouver there are those who can, in fact, stop the rain?

 

[Knotted]

Nine Million Bicycles on several points. I like that she corrected herself.

 

[Raheem]

are you saying that in San Diego or Vancouver there are those who can, in fact, stop the rain?

The stoppers seem to be fairly evenly distributed within the population, but the stopping seems to be more remarked upon in certain locations, such as rural California at present.

 

[A380]

Postman Pat wasn’t really that happy.

 

[Orang Utan]

That's not a factual inaccuracy, just a silly question. Much the way Travis' 'Why does it always rain on me? Is it because I lied when I was 17?' displays a profound ignorance of meteorology, as well as unjustified egotism.

The answer (to Fran Healy, not you) is ‘cos you’re a cunt and deserve it’

 

[ouirdeaux]

That still fails the meteorology test, though. If rain worked that way, Boris Johnson would be soaking wet all the time. And any place suffering from drought would just have to hire Nigel Farage to drop by, and the problem would be solved.

 

[Gerry1time]

One of my favourite ever letters to Viz read:

"John Lennon once sang 'Whatever gets you through the night, it's alright, it's alright', but I doubt he'd have said that if he'd gone downstairs at 3am to get a glass of water, only to find Yoko Ono anally masturbating with his toothbrush"

 

[Orang Utan]

One of my favourite ever letters to Viz read:

"John Lennon once sang 'Whatever gets you through the night, it's alright, it's alright', but I doubt he'd have said that if he'd gone downstairs at 3am to get a glass of water, only to find Yoko Ono anally masturbating with his toothbrush"

Isn’t that what Walking On Thin Ice is all about?

 

[ouirdeaux]

I would like to unread this thread. Is there something I can click that will erase it from my memory?

 

[Raheem]

I would like to unread this thread. Is there something I can click that will erase it from my memory?

Other than a trigger, don't think so, sorry.

 

[JimW]

Sunday is much like any other day now in an increasingly secular society and with shopping commonplace, but it certainly wasn't when Morrisey wrote the song. He could definitely have had an afternoon pint on any of the other days of the week.

 

[SpookyFrank]

No, no they're not.

 

[A380]

That still fails the meteorology test, though. If rain worked that way, Boris Johnson would be soaking wet all the time. And any place suffering from drought would just have to hire Nigel Farage to drop by, and the problem would be solved.

And I don't think it's ever rained men.

 

[Sue]

The only way is not up. There's always the long and bitter recrimination-filled down option too.

 

[A380]

The only way is not up. There's always the long and bitter recrimination-filled down option too.

Even if there were a heaven, you couldn't build a stairway to it.

 

[Sue]

Even if there were a heaven, you couldn't build a stairway to it.

Have you never seen A Matter of Life and Death as that shows that clearly you can.

 

[Dystopiary]

One of my favourite ever letters to Viz read:

"John Lennon once sang 'Whatever gets you through the night, it's alright, it's alright', but I doubt he'd have said that if he'd gone downstairs at 3am to get a glass of water, only to find Yoko Ono anally masturbating with his toothbrush"

I remember that! Though it was vaguer and said "his partner" so it could have been May Pang at the time of writing.

eta How do I remember this absolute trivia but not really important things?

 

[petee]

The stoppers seem to be fairly evenly distributed within the population, but the stopping seems to be more remarked upon in certain locations, such as rural California at present.

but there is no evidence that those people, if they do exist objectively and are not merely asserted to exist, were responsible for current western US droughts.

 

[Raheem]

but there is no evidence that those people, if they do exist objectively and are not merely asserted to exist, were responsible for current western US droughts.

There is a very strong and heavily-studied theory. The bottom line being that it is not, by any means, a lie to suggest that people are capable of stopping rain. Much less so to merely ask a question about it.

 

[petee]

There is a very strong and heavily-studied theory.

which has, ultimately, been disproven by the research of voivonovich, ramstein, and ramachandran.
so again, what is the agenda motivating the attempt to assert that which is known to be unreal?

 

[Raheem]

which has, ultimately, been disproven by the research of voivonovich, ramstein, and ramachandran.
so again, what is the agenda motivating the attempt to assert that which is known to be unreal?

I'm not going to Google, but I think maybe you should try to wean yourself off listening to songs. Your research sounds too important.

 

[petee]

I'm not going to Google, but I think maybe you should try to wean yourself off listening to songs. Your research sounds too important.

what could be more important? a generation has grown up in the belief that there are people who can stop the rain. we just came out of four years of trump. co-incidence?

 

[Raheem]

what could be more important? a generation has grown up in the belief that there are people who can stop the rain. we just came out of four years of trump. co-incidence?

Well, Americans are arguably sometimes a little slow...

 

[Raheem]

...anyway, let's agree to differ on the question of whether human activity is capable of having an effect on the climate.

 

[isvicthere?]

That's not a factual inaccuracy, just a silly question. Much the way Travis' 'Why does it always rain on me? Is it because I lied when I was 17?' displays a profound ignorance of meteorology, as well as unjustified egotism.

A more accurate enquiry might be: "Why does it always rain on me? / Is it because I live in Scotland?" But that might lack a soupcon of poetic licence.

 

[nottsgirl]

It seems like things can definitely get worse as well as better.

 

[hitmouse]

From the new Viz: