The Times recommends this version with Ms Piggy ad Nureyev which the description calls "Miss Piggy Geting(sic) Lucky in the Steam Room"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EJ1SBAO1HU
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 30 October 2019 18:40 (four years ago) link
also via the NYT story, here's a crazy detail about the song's role in the "inspiration of Al Qaeda":https://qz.com/1491525/baby-its-cold-outside-and-the-rise-of-islamic-fundamentalism
“The dance hall convulsed to the tunes on the gramophone and was full of bounding feet and seductive legs,” Qutb wrote later. “Arms circled waists, lips met lips, chests met chests, and the atmosphere was full of passion.”
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 30 October 2019 18:43 (four years ago) link
Wow @ "Tupperware"
― No language just sound (Sund4r), Wednesday, 30 October 2019 18:44 (four years ago) link
That Ray Charles/Betty Carter version is actually a good example of the song being performed as a "playful" exchange between two equals, and not at all like she is being coerced or otherwise stuck on the weaker side of a power dynamic.
― dracula et son fils (morrisp), Wednesday, 30 October 2019 18:48 (four years ago) link
Love the German: Too-pah-Vaw-ray
― jmm, Wednesday, 30 October 2019 18:56 (four years ago) link
that Ray Charles/Betty Carter rendition is wonderful, its a shame to discover that this song did 9/11
― “Hakuna Matata,” a nihilist philosophy (One Eye Open), Wednesday, 30 October 2019 19:03 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/pi8ssLF.jpg
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Friday, 8 November 2019 19:04 (four years ago) link
Holiday Song? Killy?
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Friday, 8 November 2019 19:08 (four years ago) link
there should be more psychotic Christmas songs
― Jordan Pickford LOLverdrive (Neanderthal), Friday, 8 November 2019 19:09 (four years ago) link
city sidewalks, bloody sidewalks
this is Satan's big day
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 8 November 2019 19:10 (four years ago) link
xxxp That meme would also work well with an iconic Duvall/Nicholson still from The Shining.
― quinn morgendorffer stan account (morrisp), Friday, 8 November 2019 19:11 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jz5kHC0g9HQ
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Friday, 8 November 2019 19:15 (four years ago) link
Simply... having... a murderous Christmastime
― tempted by the fruit of your mother (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 8 November 2019 19:16 (four years ago) link
Last ChristmasI cut out your heart
― Jordan Pickford LOLverdrive (Neanderthal), Friday, 8 November 2019 19:21 (four years ago) link
Jingle Hell
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Friday, 8 November 2019 19:26 (four years ago) link
All I want for Christmas is your two front teeth
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Friday, 8 November 2019 20:14 (four years ago) link
I fell for you last Christmas When I saw you from afarI'd like to cut your boobs offAnd keep them in a jar.
― Life is a meaningless nightmare of suffering...save string (Chinaski), Friday, 8 November 2019 20:16 (four years ago) link
https://images.genius.com/3b3335e86b69365e407ffae2370c161d.600x600x1.jpg
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 8 November 2019 20:17 (four years ago) link
silent night, deadly night has nothing on that album cover
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Friday, 8 November 2019 20:32 (four years ago) link
I saw Mommy disemboweling Santa Claus...
― tempted by the fruit of your mother (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 8 November 2019 22:01 (four years ago) link
she didn't hear me creep down the stairs to take a peekand now I'm really fucked up and I can't get back to sleep
― Jordan Pickford LOLverdrive (Neanderthal), Friday, 8 November 2019 22:07 (four years ago) link
I fixed #BabyItsColdOutside.In this version she ignores his entreaties to stay and heads on out. Turns out there WERE no cabs to be had out there, it WAS up to her knees out there, and her frozen body is found the next day.Everybody happy now?— Just Bill (@WilliamAder) November 4, 2019
― No language just sound (Sund4r), Saturday, 9 November 2019 05:00 (four years ago) link
Ted Bundy possibly
― Jordan Pickford LOLverdrive (Neanderthal), Saturday, 9 November 2019 05:02 (four years ago) link
xp No offense, I'm happy now.
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Saturday, 9 November 2019 14:44 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVz6TCT5Bjs
It's back, sped up and inverted. Feliz Navidad!
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Tuesday, 20 October 2020 20:11 (three years ago) link
^That's from 2012... but I bet we will get a "clever" COVID-themed rewrite from someone this year.
― bagel in the streets, donut in the sheets (morrisp), Tuesday, 20 October 2020 21:32 (three years ago) link
I really can't stayPlease stay six feet away
― eat my room temperature ass (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 20 October 2020 21:39 (three years ago) link
My money is on that family that did the pajama rap. I know the husband did his "hilarious" take a few years ago, but surely this is low hanging fruit for them.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 20 October 2020 21:49 (three years ago) link
D'oh! Saw news of candy cane vinyl with a link to this song, so thought it was a new release. Haven't been following them for years (obv).
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Tuesday, 20 October 2020 22:28 (three years ago) link
Baby it's Cov'd Outside
fucker writes itself
― Notes on "Scamp" (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 20 October 2020 23:02 (three years ago) link
Say what's in this drink?
Hydroxychloroquine
― I wish you luck with a capital F (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 20 October 2020 23:56 (three years ago) link
Is it me, or does this thread revive seem to come earlier every year?
― enochroot, Wednesday, 21 October 2020 00:51 (three years ago) link
Please pull down your mask (Why would you even ask?)There’s no need to hide (It’s not about pride)I’ll stay by your side (“...If I got pneumonia and died”?)I know I won’t see you laterWhen I’m hooked up to a ventilator(Both:) So, baby, let’s stay inside
― bagel in the streets, donut in the sheets (morrisp), Wednesday, 21 October 2020 01:25 (three years ago) link
stay two metres awaaay
― Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Wednesday, 21 October 2020 17:45 (three years ago) link
or six feet (USA)
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Wednesday, 21 October 2020 18:33 (three years ago) link
its not officially the holiday season until my facebook feed is filled with people who ride for Michael Jackson and TI busting out the handclap emojis to post about how THIS-SONG-IS-NOT-OK!
― turn the jawhatthefuckever on (One Eye Open), Wednesday, 21 October 2020 18:55 (three years ago) link
balls has the most otm post itt
― eat my room temperature ass (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 21 October 2020 20:32 (three years ago) link
eh, silly that this has become such a thing to have such an ardent take on.
― DT, Wednesday, 21 October 2020 22:01 (three years ago) link
Relitigate
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Sunday, 11 December 2022 18:58 (one year ago) link