It's Paul Anka singing Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit." This is wrong for so many reasons and on so many levels that I don't even know where to begin. I'm still burning incense to get the evil spirits out of my office. I may just throw out this iMac. Kurt, my brother, do not let this frigtardedness bother you. Rest easy, gentle soul. Full disclosure: I found this link when I was reading the WaPo guy's review of the XO laptop. Also, extra full disclosure: I once partied with Paul Anka. This was a long time ago, in Vegas, during my dark night of the soul after Sculley threw me out of Apple. I was spending a lot of time with Sammy Davis Jr. -- long story, but I'd met his wife, Altovise, at some charity event, and then I met Sammy and he was just the sweetest guy, honest to God -- and somehow one night we all ended up back at Paul Anka's house. Next thing I know I'm outside sprawled out on a lawn chair near the pool with Elizabeth Shue, whose boyfriend or husband was inside with the others, and she's naked, totally drunk, and straddling me and pouring booze over her breasts. Right in the middle of this Paul Anka walks out of the house onto the patio and almost bumps right into us -- I mean he's that close. We're going at it like monkeys. And here's the cool part. Paul Anka doesn't even bat an eyelash. He just says, Oh, hey, there's some dinner inside if you want to join us. That's it. He walks back inside, totally cool. We finish up and go inside and Paul Anka just smiles and says, Hey guys, sit down, and so we do, and it's as if the whole thing never happened. He never mentions it. Even later, when everyone else was gone and it was just me and Anka smoking a doob outside by the pool, he never says a word. That's just the kind of class act Paul Anka is. Honestly. Namaste, Paul Anka. But please stop singing Nirvana songs.
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Deeply off topic, but so disturbing it must be seen
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I guess I shouldn't tell you about Richard Cheese, then...
El Jobso, what's wrong with it?
I think it's a beautiful cover. I love swing covering rock songs.
Elizabeth Shue...even hotter than BHG!
FSJ, this is so behind the times. The Paul Anka cover this song was released on came out in 2005 (and is worth the purchase if only as a novelty) and he already has a second album of covers out now. It's not as entertaining as the first one but the "Ordinary World" cover isn't so bad.
Awesome El Jobso- I was planning to go to my Guru's retreat center in Rishikesh this Xmas? Purge the last vestiges of my distorted ego based self? but watching this video just did it! Yep, melted my entire neural net/ego based self to Cosmic electo-chemical Goo. I have heard of the teaching whence the initiate will see something so utterly incomprehensible and disturbing, that the mind itself will cease to function. Lifetimes Strapped to the Karmic wheel, over in less than 3 minutes...
I bow to you, my My Master.
Namaste.
Wow! Thanks Paul!
First time I ever understood the lyrics!
"Next thing I know I'm outside sprawled out on a lawn chair near the pool with Elizabeth Shue, whose boyfriend or husband was inside with the others, and she's naked, totally drunk, and straddling me and pouring booze over her breasts."
Was she really there or were you just passed out dreaming of Leaving Las Vegas???
Mother of God, shocking. It's early here in the Uk and I've just been sick.
I already hit it (I think)...
+1 for Richard Cheese. Paul Anka is alright, but Richard Cheese is much better, and so much funnier.
The only thing worse than Paul Anka performing that song is Nirvana performing it.
that's a great album, Steve
He pulled that off very well. Probably one of the things that makes him a great entertainer. The audience looked like it was packed too. Viva Las Vegas!?
- JT
It's better than the original, and I like rock music!
Anka is a consummate musician, FS. Stop being such a snob. If he wants to do homage to the late herion addict Kurt in a Las Vegas hell hole, well then thats just fine. It's not a cover, it's a rendition, and he brings out to the audience a lot of the music Cobain hid inside.
Lighten up, old fella, or you will end up looking like a Sixties loser.
I just caught myself tapping my foot. Oh, I am sooooo old.
Paul Anka, SIOOMA!
I honor the place where my foot and your ass become one you cheesy jerk
OMG Elizabeth Shue
HOT HOT HOT
Damn, if I could be 1/2 the man you are - I'd be twice the man I am today.
OMG Elizabeth Shue
Damn, I shoulda learned how to enunciate like this Anka frigtard!
From the grave...
elizabeth "candy shoes," eh? you dog, you. well, that's why yer the top dog. that's our el jobso. gives a whole new meaning to adventures in babysitting.
but really, fsj, this is so 2005. i've been showing this hilarious train wreck to friends and having them gape in angst as one of their little grunge sacred cows gets lanced big time for a couple years now. hawr, hawr, hawr! they curse jerry garcia, well jerry has the power to reach back from the grave with a big, cold, stinky hand right up through paul anka's stinky (and i don't think paul minded one bit) and give it right back to them. take that mojo, grungetards.
but really, fsj, check with me first on these things. otherwise you're gonna lose some of that "cutting edge" persona.
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