08 March, 2006

When Pigs Fly

Bret's comments about unlikely musical pairings reminded me of a CD I heard about from an old Fidonet acquaintance. It's called When Pigs Fly and features such delightfully twisted gems as Lesley Gore singing AC/DC's "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap", Herman's Hermits doing "White Wedding", and The Connells covering "Insane In The Brain".

The concept is pretty far out there, but some of the covers actually aren't bad. Except... well, let's just say that hearing the Jackie Chan/Ani DiFranco cover of "Unforgettable" may give you an entirely new insight into the matter of William Hung's recording contract and, perhaps, make you bleed from the eyes.

Randomness

It cracks me up to read some of the comments around these parts. Contrary to popular myth, it's not just the guys who seem obsessed with talking about gas and nose nuggets.

A distinction worth noting: Farting on cue is entertainment. Farting on queue is biological warfare.

Borrowing a page from Fred's playbook, I was checking out the search terms that are bringing people to my blog:
  • colon smells
  • bohemia sunshower
  • coke and asparagus flush
  • drunk wife tool
Oh, to be a fly on the wall.

Now playing: Live, V

19 comments:

Lou said...

Colorful stuff!

Turtle said...

I feel so "normal" and boring compared to the rest of you bloggers. Is there something I'm missing like a strange chromosome? Any ideas? I just don't get it.

Foo said...

I wouldn't think of speaking for anyone else, but I'm pretty sure my style of posting stems from my having been dropped (repeatedly) on my head as a child.

Tink said...

Bohemia Sunshower?! Ahahahaha! *Wipes tears from eyes* And WHY do those words pull up your site? Hmmm? I have got to do that for my blog. Care to spill the instructions?

Foo said...

Tink: Ooooh... a challenge, is it.

Let's see. If I use Google's advanced search, restricted to my blog (foorider.blogspot.com) and search for "bohemia sunshower" (without the quotes, which would have ensured that I didn't get a hit), I find that it's this post that got the hit. "Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia" and the word "sunshower", which appeared in one of the comments.

How did I know someone got to my blog using those search terms? I added a statistics counter last month, after reading some other bloggers' comments about the sort of traffic jumps they saw after being tagged on popular blogs. I use a free counter from www.pstats.com, which shows me referrers (sites linking to mine) and search engine terms.

Anne said...

Nose nuggets? I'll have to add that to my mental dictionary.

Anne said...

By the way Foo - come by and see MY bike. Well, the bike I used to have.

Tink said...

It's official... You're awesome.

Foo said...

No, madame, I am a geek. =)

Anne said...

geek schmeek.

Whistle Britches said...

Foo, is that homebrew in your hand?

Suzy-Q said...

Foo, what does your shirt say??

Foo said...

The shirt has the logo for the Dallas Off-Road Bicycle Association (DORBA). The button says "WHINING" with the red circle-and-stripe (i.e. "no whining").

Homebrew? No. It's a cartoon representation of some sort of beer, possibly Miller Lite, from the color of it. Shiner Bock would be darker.

Peggy said...

The CD sounds like it belongs in my ... er...eclectic music collection. Herman's Hermits & "White Wedding." Dang -- I wish I'd thought of that.

Foo said...

Anne: Here are the Google results for "geek schmeek". Enjoy.

Peggy: Did you listen to the sound clips for any of the tracks? The Herman's Hermit's one isn't the worst of the lot, and there are a few of them that are actually pretty darned listenable.

The Don Ho one would probably give me nightmares (as did Pat Boone's In A Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy when one of my co-workers brought it to work and tricked me into giving it a listen). And, of course, you already know my feelings on whether or not Jackie Chan should ever again warble into a microphone.

Foo said...

Yes, I would imagine you understand about the head dropping effect as well as anyone... ;)

Jenn said...

Just saying 'Jackie Chan singing' gives me the giggles.

As a matter of fact, I just posted today about nose picking. Scratching the gray matter, and I do mean the brain.

WV:"WVSKET"
The numerous aol cds that come in US Postal mail used as targets on a West Virginia shooting range. (PULL!)

Foo said...

I stand corrected.

Fred said...

And now that you put them together, expect more hits for these phrases.

I only put up a few of the searches. Someday, I'm going to start a separate blog of nothing but the search terms. Here's three of the latest:

* wild women hillbillies
* las vegas jello wrestling coach
* turd sticking out of toilet picture

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