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It embarrasses me not just a little that I like that song. (Not the radio edit, so much, though.)

(Also, it occurs to me that I spend a lot of time being embarrassed about my tastes in music. I blame Unfogged.)

Posted by: Parenthetical | Link to this comment | 08- 5-10 5:00 PM

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It does have some nice guitar playing courtesy Adrian Belew.

Posted by: nosflow | Link to this comment | 08- 5-10 5:11 PM

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How did the radio edit deal with the not-suitable-for-radio bits?

Posted by: essear | Link to this comment | 08- 5-10 5:28 PM

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3: It's chicken-themed: "I wanna pluck you like an animal."

Posted by: Stanley | Link to this comment | 08- 5-10 5:32 PM

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"I want to feel you from the inside of your car."

Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 08- 5-10 5:40 PM

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5: what, like the back of a volkswagon?

Posted by: Turgid Jacobian | Link to this comment | 08- 5-10 6:01 PM

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Basically, "fuck" ends up sounding more like "fffk", which isn't all that different from "fuck".

Posted by: nosflow | Link to this comment | 08- 5-10 6:11 PM

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And apparently "I want to feel you from the inside" could have meant anything and was allowed on the radio.

Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 08- 5-10 6:25 PM

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8: Perhaps he's a surgeon.

Posted by: Stanley | Link to this comment | 08- 5-10 6:27 PM

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While it is true that the radio edit of NIN's "Closer" is not the best way to experience,

Just to experience in general? Hard to argue with that.

Posted by: Gonerill | Link to this comment | 08- 5-10 6:36 PM

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How did the radio edit deal with the not-suitable-for-radio bits?

They could've just used a slight alteration to the lyrics.

Posted by: persistently visible | Link to this comment | 08- 5-10 6:50 PM

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11: And then fight a stranger in the Alps?

Posted by: essear | Link to this comment | 08- 5-10 6:52 PM

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12: That's my favorite one of those.

Posted by: Stanley | Link to this comment | 08- 5-10 6:58 PM

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Anyone can be made to look foolish through misquotation, Gonerill, but it's hardly sporting.

Posted by: nosflow | Link to this comment | 08- 5-10 7:07 PM

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I see the relevant pronoun has sportingly made an appearance.

Posted by: Gonerill | Link to this comment | 08- 5-10 7:09 PM

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13: My favorite Alp is Piz Bernina.

Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 08- 5-10 7:09 PM

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Speaking of music of the early 90s: I just saw, for the first time, the trailer for The Social Network that features a weird choral version of "Creep". It's... not very flattering toward Zuckerberg. But I guess his billions console him.

Posted by: essear | Link to this comment | 08- 5-10 9:58 PM

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"I want to feel you from the inside" could have meant anything

"I'm in You" reached #2 way back in 1977.

Posted by: apostropher | Link to this comment | 08- 6-10 10:31 AM

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18: "reached #2" could also mean anything.

Posted by: M/tch M/lls | Link to this comment | 08- 6-10 12:31 PM

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Most work days I take an englassed elevator that overlooks some HVAC equipment on an adjacent roof that is prominently marked "REZNOR"*. For some reason it usually gives me a mild sub-rush of satisfaction when I notice it--maybe because it semi-fits in with the famous Warhol icons which serve as supplementary floor designations on the elevator, or maybe I'm just easily amused by anything at that time of the morning.

*His great-grandfather (or great-great) founded the company, although apparently it is no longer owned by the family.

Posted by: JP Stormcrow | Link to this comment | 08- 7-10 6:19 AM

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Buffalaxed song videos took creative mishearing of lyrics to a high level. Benny Lava !

Posted by: Econolicious | Link to this comment | 08- 8-10 10:13 PM