Don't be dissin' "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)"

[AlienGirl]

It is the Leftovers' trademark song, performed frequently at karaoke places frequented by the Leftovers! It is a true classic! :D

Tucker

[everythingsxen]

1. If you like Pina Colada's....

and gettin caught in the rain...

[AlienGirl]

2. And it has no

reference to Howdy Doody in it! None!

[Rooktoven]

3. It is an awful, awful song

exceeded however by the other Rupert Holmes "hit" _Him_

[FredScuttle]

37. If Hell has elevator music

you can be sure that tune is playing nonstop. It's the aural equivalent of a root canal.

[NightTrain]

4. Let me guess: you're too young to remember 1979...

...and how that fucking song was all over the radio and jukeboxes. And to have it revived as a staple of "Lite Rock" radio is adding insult to injury! :puke:

Kinda like when Lee Ann Rimes, who wasn't even born until the '80s, remade "You Light Up My Life" and made those of us who remember 1977 suffer through that piece of shit all over again. :grr:

Once a crappy song, always a crappy song.

[Susang]

6. Truer words were never said

People who weren't around back then don't realize how much more limited our radio choices were.

One more offense against humanity that I must mention : I've Never Been To Me - Charlene

[absyntheNsugar]

8. Ugh...I was 9 when it came out

AND I HATED IT THEN!!!!!

[ConcernedCanuk]

35. well, I's just a dummCanuk - but I liked that song !

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I lived in SanDee for all of 1979, and yup, Disco was in, and me being a new Canuk in the US, I was havin a major culture exposure to CA

and I loved it

I was single, girls liked me, some just because of my "canukness"

So . . .

No apologies from me for loving every minute !!

[ScreamingMeemie]

5. Okay, now it's stuck in my head...and I'm bouncing around...

and I'm supposed to be going to bed....;)

[xcentrik]

7. Yeah, it's swell!!

Almost as enjoyable as sticking your genitals in a blender and hitting "Purree."

[AlienGirl]

9. Hey, the Leftovers are an awesome karaoke band!

:D Especially now that we have someone in the band who we can razz about "escaping."

Tucker

[everythingsxen]

10. At least I was able to escape...

:D

Not forever of course.. but for a good long time... :P

[AlienGirl]

11. Hehe, well, you still have your trademark song, too

Funniest. Karaoke. Night. Ever. :P

And all caught on tape by Ashton...

[everythingsxen]

12. Uh - huh...

:P

[AlienGirl]

13. Oh, just wait...

:P

[everythingsxen]

14. That's ok.. I have a lot of stuff for you too...

:evilgrin:

[AlienGirl]

15. Uh-huh. And I'm finding more and more for you by the day...

:evilgrin:

[EV1Ltimm]

16. Sorry, but that song is inherently evil.

[AlienGirl]

17. Not when we sing it!

With appropriate "patter," of course...

Tucker

[everythingsxen]

18. patter?

Is that code for drunk as skunks? :P

[AlienGirl]

19. Yeah...

And the stand-up comedy that happens around the songs. You know, "I'm not good, but I'm funny, so laugh!" and that sort of thing...

Tucker

[everythingsxen]

20. Ah yes...

You are so incredible when you get up on stage...

Even when I am no longer sober I am terrified up there...

You are so calm and cool though..

[AlienGirl]

21. LOL, I actually like that stuff

My associations with being "in the spotlight" are all about making people laugh at family gatherings.

But I can see where microphones and an audience might make you a little jumpy.

Tucker

[everythingsxen]

22. You know it..

:D

I like small groups.. crowds make me nervous.. I wonder why? :D

[AlienGirl]

23. Depends on the crowd!

Crowd of people where I'm stuck in the middle looking at armpits? :scared: Crowd of people laughing cause I look like an idiot? Rock on!

How do you feel about lines, like at airport security?

Tucker

[everythingsxen]

24. I don't mind that as much..

when it is nice and orderly.

I hate being the center of attention though.

[AlienGirl]

25. Lines SUCK

Airport security gives me chills. I don't mind flying, but the airport is teh suck. What's funny is Ulex has the same weird phobia, so we do the moral-support thing for each other pre-flight.

*staring at you* You're the center of attention! Bwahaha!

Tucker

[everythingsxen]

26. Cool..

It doesn't work in small groups or on the net..

More than a half dozen people though.... and blammo.. terror.

[AlienGirl]

27. I noticed

Your expression when you were waiting for the song to begin said it all.

[everythingsxen]

28. LOL

I bet..

Deer - Headlights

[AlienGirl]

29. Bus

ted.

[everythingsxen]

30. We will have to do some comparisons...

between videos..

[AlienGirl]

31. Indeed!

Some video-capture screenshots, too.

[RebelOne]

32. I don't care what any of you say,

but I liked that song. But I did get sort of sick of hearing it on the radio every 15 minutes.

[ConcernedCanuk]

33. Oh my gawwwwd - ur right - but it is an "addictive" tune - - -

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I remember that song when it came out, I was living in SanDiego at the time

and now it's "buzzing" thru my head - all YOUR fault !!

and I actualy DRANK the darn things,

you could buy them pre-mixed at almost any corner store

back in my DWI days

- (settle - that's over 20 years ago!!)

:silly:

[wyldwolf]

34. I liked the second single from that artist better...

Him! Him! Him! Whats she gonna do about him!

a wooo hoooo hooo hooo hoo hoo!

[joeybee12]

36. Any gay NE man knows that "the dunes on the cape" are NOT for

making love after midnight. It's much more, um, casual.

[regnaD kciN]

38. O.K., you've forced me to retaliate...

WE LIKE THA MOOOOOOOON...