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Question: What do you think of the song 'I wish I was a punk rocker'?



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Sep 6th, 2006 at 11:11am

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'......with flowers in my hair'

Does anybody else hate this song as much as I do?? I can't bear to listen to more than 5 seconds of it - in fact it's got so bad, that when it comes on the radio at work, I now go around switching all of the radios off for at least 4 minutes, whilst threatening impending violence if anybody turns the radio back on before the song has finished.

Awful, awful, awful Sad

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Reply #1 - Sep 6th, 2006 at 11:12am

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I rather like it. Takes all sorts. Tongue Cheesy
 
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Reply #2 - Sep 6th, 2006 at 11:15am

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anybody else hate this song as much as I do??


Yes.

Even though I have only heard it a few times. Whoever sings that song has the most irritating voice I have heard. (Even worse that James Blunt!!Lips Sealed)   Undecided
 
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Reply #3 - Sep 6th, 2006 at 11:30am

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Doesn't really sound like any punk rocker I've heard about.
 
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Reply #4 - Sep 6th, 2006 at 11:32am

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Whoever sings that song has the most irritating voice I have heard.

Your right, she sounds like a goat Wink Grin

& another thing - I've never ever seen a punk rocker with a flower in his/her hair...............& if the singer wants to be a punk rocker so much, then why isn't she singing a punk rock type song??

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Reply #5 - Sep 6th, 2006 at 11:32am

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Doesn't really sound like any punk rocker I've heard about.

It's not supposed to. You're missing the point. Roll Eyes Tongue
 
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Reply #6 - Sep 6th, 2006 at 11:35am

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Ah I see now, I've never really liked the song enough to really pay attention to the lyrics.

Does anyone know who wrote the original?
 
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Reply #7 - Sep 6th, 2006 at 11:37am

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It's not supposed to. You're missing the point. Roll Eyes Tongue

Please tell me you haven't got a flower in your hair Doug Grin Grin

I figure that what she really wants to be is a hippy - to be honest, I probably have missed the point of the song, granted - but only because I can't bear to listen to it. Cheesy

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Reply #8 - Sep 6th, 2006 at 11:42am

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& another thing - I've never ever seen a punk rocker with a flower in his/her hair...............& if the singer wants to be punk rocker so much, then why isn't she singing a punk rock type song??

Your lack of imagination disappoints me. She is basically saying she was born too late. The Hippy or Punk generation is when she would have liked to grow up.
 
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Your lack of imagination disappoints me.

LOL, it's not lacking Doug, it's just clouded in frustration brought on by this song Grin

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Reply #10 - Sep 6th, 2006 at 11:49am

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Does anyone know who wrote the original?

She did.

PS. Sandi Thom. http://www.video-c.co.uk/watchsearchedvideos.asp?vidref=sand001
 
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She did.

PS. Sandi Thom. http://www.video-c.co.uk/watchsearchedvideos.asp?vidref=sand001

Don't click that link people - it's just a cruel trick!!

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Don't click that link people - it's just a cruel trick!!

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Reply #13 - Sep 6th, 2006 at 1:47pm

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Never heard of it until now, google'd it and heard it, yuk! Tongue Lips Sealed
 
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Reply #14 - Sep 6th, 2006 at 4:40pm
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She became famous by way of webcasting from her basement flat in Tooting, just up the road from me...
Now everybody in Tooting knows her, mind you before she came along everybody in Tooting knew Jimmy White*  Roll Eyes
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Reply #15 - Sep 6th, 2006 at 4:47pm

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Oh my god that song bugs me Angry After about 5 seconds i feel like i want TO DIE! My mother was a punk (sad, i know) and PUNK ROCKERS NEVER EVER HAD FLOWERS IN THEIR HAIR! Maybe hippies but NOT PUNKS!! Grrrrrr Angry
 
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Um Hagar has pointed out that we were missing the point twice already Wink
 
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Reply #17 - Sep 6th, 2006 at 5:19pm

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Oh my god that song bugs me Angry After about 5 seconds i feel like i want TO DIE! My mother was a punk (sad, i know) and PUNK ROCKERS NEVER EVER HAD FLOWERS IN THEIR HAIR! Maybe hippies but NOT PUNKS!! Grrrrrr Angry

What's the matter with you people? You only have to listen to the first four lines to understand what it's about. Roll Eyes

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Oh I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair
In '77 and '69 revolution was in the air
I was born too late into a world that doesn't care
Oh I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair
 
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Reply #18 - Sep 6th, 2006 at 5:26pm
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Don't really get the point of the song.. Then again I don't get the point with most of today's song... So that is why I usually try to avoid them 8)


This is a good punk rocker though

Now this is a song with a Message... allthough not all agree with it... even I don't fully agree with iot... The clip is really cool though...

Might be a bit too much and loud for some of you... Don't understand why... but for some it's to much..

Anyway...

Watch at own risk,, slightly political Grin
 
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Reply #19 - Sep 6th, 2006 at 5:55pm

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There really are some not so bright people around lately Roll Eyes
However that being said, I cant stand the song.
 
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There really are some not so bright people around lately Roll Eyes

Must be too easy. It's actually a very clever little song.

Makes me wonder if people actually understand all those songs with obscure lyrics or just make out that they do. Roll Eyes Tongue
 
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I'll be the first to admit to liking some songs without really listening to the lyrics, I suppose thats what happens with a catchy tune. Then only to realise what its about after listening carefully. Not a nice surprise in some cases Grin
 
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Reply #22 - Sep 6th, 2006 at 6:31pm
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Must be too easy. It's actually a very clever little song.

Makes me wonder if people actually understand all those songs with obscure lyrics or just make out that they do. Roll Eyes Tongue


Well a certain quartet of ladies did a remake of the song " Voulez vouz couchez avec moi ce soir" without knowing the meaning of the text... nof if some of those ladies would say that to you... well.... uhm ok
 
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Reply #23 - Sep 6th, 2006 at 6:43pm

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I think she is wrong anyway both the Hippy and Punk periods, although probably started with the best intentions, both ended up being as cynical, cold and image obsessed as any musical "movement" today.

Beside that I find this song to be bland and her voice extremely irritating.

Oh yeah and Souichiro that song was originally a Genesis song. It sounded fairly similar but I actually prefer the Disturbed version seems to be a fuller sound.
 
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I think she is wrong anyway both the Hippy and Punk periods, although probably started with the best intentions, both ended up being as cynical, cold and image obsessed as any musical "movement" today.

I think that's the point of the song. Maybe there's more to it than you realise.

However, if you don't like it you don't like it.
 
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It's hard to tell if she's trying to be ironic or the song really is just basically nostalgia.
 
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Reply #26 - Sep 13th, 2006 at 4:22pm

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I get the song i just hate it!
 
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