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[wavin_goodbye]

does anyone else enjoy how he says "munndays" ? (in the song i don't like mondays)

it amuses me very much... :)

[Documad]

That's pretty much the only thing I like about him. :)

My friend and I have always joked about Roger Daltrey and how he sings SubstiTEWte. He puts the TEW in lots of words. Like Getting in TEWne, "I'm in TEWne".

[minorthreat]

have you ever noticed how he's irish and that's how the irish pronounce monday? you stupid prick

[roosta]

i didnt think we irish pronounced the word monday any differently then the rest of you... :confused:

[Trimm Trabb]

i didnt think we irish pronounced the word monday any differently then the rest of you... :confused:

oh but you do. I always laugh at silly irish people, and then I immitate their accents.

[Parkey]

oh but you do. I always laugh at silly irish people, and then I immitate their accents.
"SINN FEIN IS A LEGITIMATE POLITICAL PARTY!" That's the only phrase I can say in a convincing Irish accent. I don't think it comes across that well in the written word...

[Documad]

have you ever noticed how he's irish and that's how the irish pronounce monday?
Yeah, but the funny thing is that British singers of the 60s and early 70s grew up listening to American music (often black music) and so they tried to sound like Americans. Rod Stewart didn't sound like a Scot, because he was trying to sound like Sam Cooke. I can't think of any Irish examples except Van Morrison, who never sounded Irish to me. What I loved about Roger Daltrey is that he always sounded British (and to my American ears he sounded more working class but what to my American ears know?) when no one else did.

With punk and beyond, British singers started sounding different from Americans, and I assume more like Brits, and also less posh, which I assumed was part of their political or social statement. Mostly, I just was happy that it sounded fresh.

I liked the Clash for a lot of reasons, but I think the main reason I liked early Squeeze was because they sang with "funny" accents. :D I was a silly American teenager so please cut me some slack. :o

btw, in the late 70s when there was a new sense of pride about sounding British, it seemed like a lot of British singers realized they were British and they started sounding different. I think Peter Frampton gave it a try but I'm trying to think of a better example. Because I remember thinking "Frampton's British! wtf!"

[Documad]

Hey, remember The Commitments? My silly friends could barely understand a word that was said in that movie and I was laughing all by myself at the jokes. But my friends could understand all the singing.

[Parkey]

Sounding British is very much the thing again at the moment. Even bands like The Killers have an Estuary twang to their Shed Seven facsimilies...

[wavin_goodbye]

have you ever noticed how he's irish and that's how the irish pronounce monday? you stupid prick

relax buddy ... i'm not making fun of it.. i just like how he says it .. i have quarter irish and half scottish anyway, not that it makes a difference

[Documad]

And then there's Madonna. She used to have a crude accent even by American standards and she's always been a very course person, with the bad skin and teeth, and now she is trying so hard to appear more cultured.

I have studiously avoided her for so long (it's a difficult trick btw) but I saw her on an American late night talk show last year and was too lazy to get my ass off the couch and find the remote so I had to watch her discuss the wonders of having an estate in the English countryside. She appeared to be wearing jodhpurs at the time. I swear she was wearing a houndstooth coat. People say it's her husband's influence, but he never struck me as a blueblood. Chrissie Hynde might be half mad but she never pulled that shit.

[b-grrrlie]

Mesmerizing, tantalizing
Captivating, we're devastating !


Me being a foreigner I didn't hear that much the differences in dialects when I was younger.
I could do a perfect Baccara impersonation tho'! :D

[Parkey]

And then there's Madonna. She used to have a crude accent even by American standards and she's always been a very course person, with the bad skin and teeth, and now she is trying so hard to appear more cultured.

I have studiously avoided her for so long (it's a difficult trick btw) but I saw her on an American late night talk show last year and was too lazy to get my ass off the couch and find the remote so I had to watch her discuss the wonders of having an estate in the English countryside. She appeared to be wearing jodhpurs at the time. I swear she was wearing a houndstooth coat. People say it's her husband's influence, but he never struck me as a blueblood. Chrissie Hynde might be half mad but she never pulled that shit.
Madonna's bloke is proper Olde English; don't believe the gangster schtick. I saw her on Live 8 and she appears to have assumed an English accent now.

[enree erzweglle]

It's times like this when I'd hate to be a celebrity.

Critiques of every change, every bit of progress or lack of it that you make in the evolution of your life. Ouch.

I don't know much about Bob Geldoff, but I'm impressed and grateful that he pulled together two huge events that'll help define what my generation did to try to stop or at least raise awareness of the problems in Africa.

I don't really care how he pronounces stuff or what he looks like...to me, that's noise compared to the rest.

[wavin_goodbye]

i think you missed the point too ^^^


talking about celebrities assuming funny accents... anyone hear system of a down's lost in hollywood? daron malakian seems to take on an 80s british punk accent.. great song.. the way he sings that is funny though

[enree erzweglle]

i think you missed the point too ^^^

I was actually responding to the comment about Madonna. I didn't make it clear.

[wavin_goodbye]

my apologies

[enree erzweglle]

my apologies
:) I posted that quickly and didn't want to make it seem like an attack. I wasn't too clear.

[PaddyBoy]

oh but you do. I always laugh at silly irish people, and then I immitate their accents.

Good for you!

[Documad]

I was going to call Madonna a hose bag. But then I decided it was too crude.

[WhoMoi?]

Chrissie Hynde might be half mad but she never pulled that shit.

:D (y)
The word "poser" comes to mind when I think of Madonna. I don't really use that word ever, either. She just seems like she tries so hard to assume some specific image. People are always talking about how she's so amazing and innovative for switching up her image all the time, but it just makes me want to throw stuff at her.

[minorthreat]

[QUOTE=Documad]

I liked the Clash for a lot of reasons, but I think the main reason I liked early Squeeze was because they sang with "funny" accents. :D I was a silly American teenager so please cut me some slack. :o
QUOTE]

hey don't get me wrong, i love singers with accents. rock n roll!