― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Thursday, 11 August 2005 23:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― strng hlkngtn, Thursday, 11 August 2005 23:18 (eighteen years ago) link
Oh, fragile flameWhen no one sees the same
Fat boyGoes about his dayTrying to think of funnyThings to sayLike, this is just a game I play,And I like me this way.
Oh, fragile flameWhen no one feels the same
Hush, sleepDon’t thinkJust eatYou’re daddy’s little boyYou’re momma’s pride and joyYou know they love yaBut not because they hold ya
And fat boy saysWouldn’t it be nice? If I could melt myself like iceOr outrun my skinAnd just be pure wind?
Oh, fragile flameSometimes I feel the same
― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Thursday, 11 August 2005 23:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― strng hlkngtn, Thursday, 11 August 2005 23:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― strng hlkngtn, Thursday, 11 August 2005 23:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Thursday, 11 August 2005 23:36 (eighteen years ago) link
SnaggletoothNever laughs wideOr smiles when guys walk byThey like her titsBut alas those gnarled chickletsHidden behind her lips
Hush, sleepDon’t thinkJust grind your teethYou’re daddy’s little girlYou’re momma’s whole worldNever know the feel of a drillBecause they won't pay the orthodontists bill
And snaggletooth saysWouldn’t it be nice? If I could spit them out one by oneOr get punched in the mouthAnd then just Fixadent and forget it
― strng hlkngtn, Thursday, 11 August 2005 23:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― maura (maura), Thursday, 11 August 2005 23:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Black Extreme ROFFLEs (Dan Perry), Thursday, 11 August 2005 23:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 11 August 2005 23:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 11 August 2005 23:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― strng hlkngtn, Thursday, 11 August 2005 23:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― strng hlkngtn, Thursday, 11 August 2005 23:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 11 August 2005 23:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Thursday, 11 August 2005 23:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 12 August 2005 00:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― strng hlkngtn, Friday, 12 August 2005 00:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― strng hlkngtn, Friday, 12 August 2005 00:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 12 August 2005 00:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Friday, 12 August 2005 00:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Friday, 12 August 2005 00:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 12 August 2005 00:13 (eighteen years ago) link
xpost: (no whz on my stk plz)
― strng hlkngtn, Friday, 12 August 2005 00:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 12 August 2005 00:15 (eighteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Friday, 12 August 2005 00:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 12 August 2005 00:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Friday, 12 August 2005 00:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Friday, 12 August 2005 01:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― strng hlkngtn, Friday, 12 August 2005 01:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Friday, 12 August 2005 01:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 12 August 2005 01:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Friday, 12 August 2005 02:09 (eighteen years ago) link
On-topic: I haven't heard or don't remember "Fat Boy", but "Pieces of You" is totally classic: "FAAGOOOOTT! FAAGOOOOT!"
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Friday, 12 August 2005 02:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Friday, 12 August 2005 12:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― strng hlkngtn, Friday, 12 August 2005 12:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― strng hlkngtn, Friday, 12 August 2005 12:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Friday, 12 August 2005 13:34 (eighteen years ago) link
conflating manhattan project mythologies.
"Goes to the pool"
pacific theater.
"Sees his reflection"
self-explanatory, i should think.
"Doesn’t know what to do"
the pilot's crisises of confidence as they approach japan.
"He feels little inside"
numbed from the horrors of war.
"And filed with pride"
yet still knowing they are doing their patriotic duty.
"Oh, fragile flame"
of democracy
"When no one sees the same"
the otherization of the enemy during wartime (cf. "slap a jap")
"Fat boy"
see number one.
"Goes about his day"
the basic operations of the enola gay.
"Trying to think of funnyThings to say"
making jokes to pass the time/ease the nervousness.
"Like, this is just a game I play,"
the idea of all of their targets being giant chess pieces at that height
"And I like me this way."
again, proud of their work.
"Oh, fragile flameWhen no one feels the same"
see above.
"Hush, sleepDon’t thinkJust eat"
now, this is where it really gets artful because she leaves it up to us as to whether or not she is referring to the japanese below them or their families/friends at home blissfully unaware of the task they are about to undertake
"You’re daddy’s little boyYou’re momma’s pride and joy"
referring to the scientists at los alamos most likely
"You know they love yaBut not because they hold ya"
the blind eye that produced the "end the war any way necessary so long as it doesnt reach american soil" philosophy
"And fat boy saysWouldn’t it be nice? If I could melt myself like iceOr outrun my skinAnd just be pure wind?"
again is she anthropomorphizing the bomb or discussing the impact and its aftermath? or both?
"Oh, fragile flameSometimes I feel the same"
― strng hlkngtn, Friday, 12 August 2005 13:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― strng hlkngtn, Friday, 12 August 2005 14:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― Zack Richardson (teenagequiet), Friday, 12 August 2005 14:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Friday, 12 August 2005 14:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― strng hlkngtn, Friday, 12 August 2005 14:38 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dan ("Snaggletooth") Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 29 March 2006 23:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 25 May 2006 19:11 (seventeen years ago) link
― jewess harvell (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 25 May 2006 19:16 (seventeen years ago) link
― jewess harvell (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 25 May 2006 19:18 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dan ("Slap A Jap" OMG) Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 25 May 2006 19:21 (seventeen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 25 May 2006 19:22 (seventeen years ago) link
― jewess harvell (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 25 May 2006 19:23 (seventeen years ago) link
― strongohulkington, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 01:42 (seventeen years ago) link
― strongohulkington, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 01:43 (seventeen years ago) link
― strongohulkington, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 01:44 (seventeen years ago) link
― strongohulkington, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 18:38 (seventeen years ago) link
This was and is still so awesome.
― HI DERE, Friday, 9 November 2007 22:41 (sixteen years ago) link
fat boy was stupkd
― Surmounter, Friday, 9 November 2007 22:46 (sixteen years ago) link
still my finest hour.
― strongohulkington, Friday, 9 November 2007 22:52 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.lileks.com/patriotica/misc/hiro.jpg
― HI DERE, Friday, 9 November 2007 22:54 (sixteen years ago) link
i have to say this is not how i first pictured hirohito
― strongohulkington, Friday, 9 November 2007 22:56 (sixteen years ago) link
EMPEROR HIROHITO really looks like... shall we say a DROOP?
Perhaps we shall!
― HI DERE, Friday, 9 November 2007 23:00 (sixteen years ago) link
did people really go around slapping people that much in the 40s?
― strongohulkington, Friday, 9 November 2007 23:04 (sixteen years ago) link
It was a different, simpler time then.
― HI DERE, Friday, 9 November 2007 23:06 (sixteen years ago) link
thanks to racism, we would have been in different units of the army, dan, but still united in slapping a jap
― strongohulkington, Friday, 9 November 2007 23:09 (sixteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7jg-4GaRBM
― sorry i poisoned u with nachos :( (HI DERE), Friday, 12 June 2009 18:41 (fourteen years ago) link
fyi the woman who wrote this is now judging a songwriting competition
― DJP, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 14:41 (twelve years ago) link
She found her level.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 16:42 (twelve years ago) link
american jap-slappers
― death to ilx, long live the frogbs (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 16:45 (twelve years ago) link
hahaha i never saw this thread before
― lemon kerrang! (jjjusten), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 16:49 (twelve years ago) link
amazingly this is NOT the first google response for "hoagie pits"― strongohulkington, Tuesday, April 17, 2007
― death to ilx, long live the frogbs (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 16:52 (twelve years ago) link
I still owe you a Pez dispenser
― DJP, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 17:40 (twelve years ago) link
And I still owe you a Pez dispenser
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Monday, 13 July 2015 21:22 (eight years ago) link
this thread killed me
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Monday, 13 July 2015 23:06 (eight years ago) link
Deserves a Genius feature.
"Fat boy"conflating manhattan project mythologies."Goes to the pool"pacific theater."Sees his reflection"self-explanatory, i should think."Doesn’t know what to do"the pilot's crisises of confidence as they approach japan."He feels little inside"numbed from the horrors of war."And filed with pride"yet still knowing they are doing their patriotic duty."Oh, fragile flame"of democracy"When no one sees the same"the otherization of the enemy during wartime (cf. "slap a jap")"Fat boy"see number one."Goes about his day"the basic operations of the enola gay."Trying to think of funnyThings to say"making jokes to pass the time/ease the nervousness."Like, this is just a game I play,"the idea of all of their targets being giant chess pieces at that height"And I like me this way."again, proud of their work."Oh, fragile flameWhen no one feels the same"see above."Hush, sleepDon’t thinkJust eat"now, this is where it really gets artful because she leaves it up to us as to whether or not she is referring to the japanese below them or their families/friends at home blissfully unaware of the task they are about to undertake"You’re daddy’s little boyYou’re momma’s pride and joy"referring to the scientists at los alamos most likely"You know they love yaBut not because they hold ya"the blind eye that produced the "end the war any way necessary so long as it doesnt reach american soil" philosophy"And fat boy saysWouldn’t it be nice? If I could melt myself like iceOr outrun my skinAnd just be pure wind?"again is she anthropomorphizing the bomb or discussing the impact and its aftermath? or both?"Oh, fragile flameSometimes I feel the same"see above.― strng hlkngtn, Friday, August 12, 2005 1:56 PM (eleven years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― strng hlkngtn, Friday, August 12, 2005 1:56 PM (eleven years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― to pimp a barfly (Eazy), Tuesday, 9 May 2017 14:52 (six years ago) link
STRONGO, I ACTUALLY HAVE A PEZ DISPENSER I CAN GIVE YOU
― PJD PDJ DPJ (DJP), Tuesday, 9 May 2017 18:52 (six years ago) link