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Title: "roxanne" was a "punk tango"?
Post by: paul on January 20, 2009, 10:17:24 PM: does that mean it originally sounded like this?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypycpKQxXR0[/youtube]
Title: Re: "roxanne" was a "punk tango"?
Post by: chrisfoll577 on January 21, 2009, 08:26:35 AM: Poor Sting in his old age must be confusing when he first wrote the song with the time when they just rearranged it for Moulin Rouge.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHO5KWIMZUo[/youtube]
Title: Re: "roxanne" was a "punk tango"?
Post by: Sarah on January 21, 2009, 08:35:38 AM: God, that was a stupid movie.
Title: Re: "roxanne" was a "punk tango"?
Post by: senorcorazon on January 21, 2009, 08:49:27 AM: Quote from: Sarah on January 21, 2009, 08:35:38 AM
God, that was a stupid movie.

Thank you. I've been saying this for years.
Title: Re: "roxanne" was a "punk tango"?
Post by: Kim Kelly on January 21, 2009, 09:20:10 AM: That's what I was thinking, Chris.
Title: Re: "roxanne" was a "punk tango"?
Post by: daveB from Oakland on January 21, 2009, 12:40:19 PM: Quote from: senorcorazon on January 21, 2009, 08:49:27 AM
Quote from: Sarah on January 21, 2009, 08:35:38 AM
God, that was a stupid movie.

Thank you. I've been saying this for years.

Thirded.
Title: Re: "roxanne" was a "punk tango"?
Post by: Steve in North Hollywood on January 22, 2009, 05:31:37 AM: Quote from: paul on January 20, 2009, 10:17:24 PM
does that mean it originally sounded like this?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypycpKQxXR0[/youtube]

That's hilarious! That new instrumentation gives the song a much cheerier feel.
Title: Re: "roxanne" was a "punk tango"?
Post by: paul on January 22, 2009, 08:33:49 AM: the best thing about it is that it was created with no effort at all. someone just fed the a capella through the program (songsmith) and it spat out that track. and an internet meme was born...
Title: Re: "roxanne" was a "punk tango"?
Post by: scratchbomb on January 22, 2009, 12:49:44 PM: Quote from: daveB! Oakland! on January 21, 2009, 12:40:19 PM
Quote from: senorcorazon on January 21, 2009, 08:49:27 AM
Quote from: Sarah on January 21, 2009, 08:35:38 AM
God, that was a stupid movie.

Thank you. I've been saying this for years.

Thirded.

How do I turn "fourth" into a verb?

I always felt like "Moulin Rouge" should have totally flopped at the box office. Then it could have been revived years later as camp, a la "The Apple". Because it's that unfocused and crazy.
Title: Re: "roxanne" was a "punk tango"?
Post by: Stupornaut on January 22, 2009, 12:57:45 PM: Quote from: scratchbomb on January 22, 2009, 12:49:44 PM
Quote from: daveB! Oakland! on January 21, 2009, 12:40:19 PM
Quote from: senorcorazon on January 21, 2009, 08:49:27 AM
Quote from: Sarah on January 21, 2009, 08:35:38 AM
God, that was a stupid movie.

Thank you. I've been saying this for years.

Thirded.

How do I turn "fourth" into a verb?

I always felt like "Moulin Rouge" should have totally flopped at the box office. Then it could have been revived years later as camp, a la "The Apple". Because it's that unfocused and crazy.

I'm wondering if Tom still has his circa-2001 ardor for that movie. The shows where he was first really getting into it, to the horror of many of his callers, were fantastic.
Title: Re: "roxanne" was a "punk tango"?
Post by: Sarah on January 22, 2009, 01:08:26 PM: Tom's devotion to the movie was absolutely sincere, of course.
Title: Re: "roxanne" was a "punk tango"?
Post by: scratchbomb on January 22, 2009, 01:47:23 PM: Quote from: Sarah on January 22, 2009, 01:08:26 PM
Tom's devotion to the movie was absolutely sincere, of course.

I recall one show from the last year or so where he said (totally and badly paraphrasing here) that it was completely insane, but everybody in it was totally on board with that insanity, so it was okay.

I'll give it that, at least. Not my cup of tea, but it's totally nuts and clearly doesn't care that it's totally nuts.
Title: Re: "roxanne" was a "punk tango"?
Post by: masterofsparks on January 22, 2009, 02:08:35 PM: Quote from: scratchbomb on January 22, 2009, 12:49:44 PM
Quote from: daveB! Oakland! on January 21, 2009, 12:40:19 PM
Quote from: senorcorazon on January 21, 2009, 08:49:27 AM
Quote from: Sarah on January 21, 2009, 08:35:38 AM
God, that was a stupid movie.

Thank you. I've been saying this for years.

Thirded.

How do I turn "fourth" into a verb?

Quadded. Why?
Title: Re: "roxanne" was a "punk tango"?
Post by: scratchbomb on January 22, 2009, 03:02:36 PM: Quote from: masterofsparks on January 22, 2009, 02:08:35 PM
Quote from: scratchbomb on January 22, 2009, 12:49:44 PM
Quote from: daveB! Oakland! on January 21, 2009, 12:40:19 PM
Quote from: senorcorazon on January 21, 2009, 08:49:27 AM
Quote from: Sarah on January 21, 2009, 08:35:38 AM
God, that was a stupid movie.

Thank you. I've been saying this for years.

Thirded.

How do I turn "fourth" into a verb?

Quadded. Why?

Thank you, that is now in my personal lexicon.
Title: Re: "roxanne" was a "punk tango"?
Post by: Jake from Memphis on January 22, 2009, 06:23:19 PM: Only Sting would be dumb enough to cover a song from "Moulin Rouge"
Title: Re: "roxanne" was a "punk tango"?
Post by: Steve in North Hollywood on January 23, 2009, 03:00:38 AM: Quote from: Jake from Memphis on January 22, 2009, 06:23:19 PM
Only Sting would be dumb enough to cover a song from "Moulin Rouge"

Priceless!!!
Title: Re: "roxanne" was a "punk tango"?
Post by: Nicksy on January 24, 2009, 01:23:15 PM: I'm just outraged that beardo over here tainted the inaguration.
Title: Re: "roxanne" was a "punk tango"?
Post by: Steve in North Hollywood on January 25, 2009, 05:24:35 AM: Quote from: Nicksy on January 24, 2009, 01:23:15 PM
I'm just outraged that beardo over here tainted the inaguration.

Yeah, seriously. And what's a Harkonnen doing at our president's inauguration anyway? Those guys are the scum of the universe!
Title: Re: "roxanne" was a "punk tango"?
Post by: masterofsparks on January 26, 2009, 12:04:10 PM: If the clips of the interview that Tom played are any indication, I'd say The Police have signed on with Barry Levitz of CAA.