I thought that it was playing off that stereotype of airplanes being shot up on the west side.
― chinavision!, Monday, 8 July 2013 17:35 (ten years ago) link
Has anyone ever before used the Fright/Flight pun to describe a plane crash though? I mean, all plane crashes could be characterized as scary.
― how's life, Monday, 8 July 2013 17:38 (ten years ago) link
it beats me of course, but if I really wanted to speculate about why "fright" could have been applied in an innocent manner in this case, I would guess it's because most people survived? I guess you wouldn't say that a flight that crashed in the ocean with no survivors was quite a fright.or is that poor reasoning? I don't know really.
― chinavision!, Monday, 8 July 2013 17:47 (ten years ago) link
let's change "innocent" to "naive," because, honestly, that's a stupid headline anyway
― chinavision!, Monday, 8 July 2013 17:48 (ten years ago) link
Oh, I totally missed that
― Nhex, Monday, 8 July 2013 17:49 (ten years ago) link
seems like half the job of headline writers for tabloids is coming up with eye-catching puns. coming up with a fresh line is probably a feather in one's cap, even if it's borderline incoherent.
― twerking for obvious reasons (contenderizer), Monday, 8 July 2013 17:53 (ten years ago) link
I can def see how the headline writer's attention could have been fixed on the rhyming play on words to the exclusion of seeing the racist connection between changing "flight" to "fright" and the fact it was a Korean airliner. That's where it comes in handy to have a lot of eyes engaged before a paper goes to print.
― Aimless, Monday, 8 July 2013 18:45 (ten years ago) link
well it's at least a little more innocuous than "chink in the armor"
― frogbs, Monday, 8 July 2013 18:49 (ten years ago) link
that's true but.. still not good
― Nhex, Monday, 8 July 2013 18:53 (ten years ago) link
Fright of the Careener
― pplains, Monday, 8 July 2013 18:58 (ten years ago) link
I thought this was posted more about 2 deaths in San Francisco taking precedence over just another Chicagoan shot dead.
Me too, especially since I had just read a tweet to the same effect.
― Je55e, Monday, 8 July 2013 19:47 (ten years ago) link
oh man
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Monday, 8 July 2013 19:48 (ten years ago) link
xp yeah, that's what i was thinking!
― Nhex, Monday, 8 July 2013 20:10 (ten years ago) link
well thinking it through, using 'fright' to describe an incident where two people died and the roof of the airplane was tore off and it literally cartwheeled on the tarmac is a little underselling the story
― 乒乓, Tuesday, 9 July 2013 00:10 (ten years ago) link
It was, however, an Asian flight!
― mh, Tuesday, 9 July 2013 00:16 (ten years ago) link
Ugh: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/25/us/paula-deens-soul-sister-portrays-an-unequal-bond.html
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 25 July 2013 12:18 (ten years ago) link
Suzy, we have a Black Boy Lane in Tottenham.
With the Black Boy pub on it (if it's till there)
― Tommy McTommy (Tom D.), Thursday, 25 July 2013 12:29 (ten years ago) link
That was pretty cool of Paula Deen to create a retirement plan for $10/hr employees. Bet they had lots of money to contribute to it.
― carlos danger zone (mh), Thursday, 25 July 2013 12:42 (ten years ago) link
She also helped fix the floor of her trailer.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 25 July 2013 13:04 (ten years ago) link
I'm visiting my rural, red rednecky hometown and heard a station promo thing on one of the classic rock stations that said "four out of five rappers agrees that our music is better than theirs" with a long Flavor Flav "yeaaaahhhhh boy" sample at the end, instantly thought about this thread.
― joygoat, Thursday, 25 July 2013 14:25 (ten years ago) link
our classic rock station plays these horrible racist promos that are like "would you rather listen to... THIS?" *plays clip of Inner Circle "Bad Boys"* "...or THIS?" *plays clip of Steve Miller Band* "We thought so too!"
― loosely inspired by Dr. Dre (crüt), Thursday, 25 July 2013 14:43 (ten years ago) link
What a weird choice -- I don't think I'd even bat an eye if a classic rock station played "bad boys"
― PJ. Turquoise dealer. Chatroulette addict. Andersonville. (Hurting 2), Thursday, 25 July 2013 14:45 (ten years ago) link
Trying to think of any radio format that would play "Bad Boys" as part of a regular non-ironic rotation.
― pplains, Thursday, 25 July 2013 14:46 (ten years ago) link
haha otm, "Bad Boys" could easily be a Steve Miller song
and yes they actually used Inner Circle as an example. occasionally they'll use an actual modern radio rap track but for the most part it's just "Who Let The Dogs Out?" type shit. it is ALWAYS music by black artists, though.
― loosely inspired by Dr. Dre (crüt), Thursday, 25 July 2013 14:49 (ten years ago) link
Occurred to me the other day what an odd ironic signifier "Electric Avenue" has become, given it's about the Brixton riots.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 25 July 2013 14:50 (ten years ago) link
The other day at the playground this kind of weird, chubby burnout-looking dad was at the playground with his toddler daughter and her friend, and he was singing with them while he pushed them in the stroller, and one of the songs they did was Fly Like an Eagle. It was pretty cuet.
― PJ. Turquoise dealer. Chatroulette addict. Andersonville. (Hurting 2), Thursday, 25 July 2013 14:50 (ten years ago) link
yeah, these belong in the "yup definitely racist" ongoing thread
― Nhex, Thursday, 25 July 2013 14:53 (ten years ago) link
It is weird that I've heard classic rock stations play the same promos against country music, but they always use some generic, exaggerated twangy song about a dead dog - not any real artists, not even someone like Ray Stevens. And yet I've also heard these rap and "pop" ads with actual [black] artists used too.
Though now that I've given it a second's more of thought, perhaps that's a good thing that classic rock stations aren't creating their own rap parodies for these breaks.
― pplains, Thursday, 25 July 2013 15:11 (ten years ago) link
"would you rather listen to... THIS?" *plays clip of Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On"*...or THIS?" *plays clip of Steve Miller Band* "We thought so too!"
― pplains, Thursday, 25 July 2013 15:12 (ten years ago) link
what if you like everything but country and rap?
― frogbs, Thursday, 25 July 2013 15:16 (ten years ago) link
Don't you mean "country and (c)rap?"
― nickn, Thursday, 25 July 2013 15:50 (ten years ago) link
ironically those classic rock stations are probably owned by the same conglomerates that own the hip-hop stations
― PJ. Turquoise dealer. Chatroulette addict. Andersonville. (Hurting 2), Thursday, 25 July 2013 15:52 (ten years ago) link
waht if u only like country and rap
― 'Understand, your daughter's addiction is not your problem' (Bananaman Begins), Thursday, 25 July 2013 16:09 (ten years ago) link
come live in atlanta
― loosely inspired by Dr. Dre (crüt), Thursday, 25 July 2013 16:10 (ten years ago) link
Wonder what artist/song combo I would use if had to make a race-baiting 'we all hate rrrrraaap, right?' trailer.
― 'Understand, your daughter's addiction is not your problem' (Bananaman Begins), Thursday, 25 July 2013 16:16 (ten years ago) link
Would you rather listen to this: *plays clip of "Fack"* or THIS: *plays clip of "Cult of Personality"*We thought so, too!
― "Post-Oven" (DJP), Thursday, 25 July 2013 16:19 (ten years ago) link
tbf one of the promos did feature Jimi Hendrix for the classic rock clip
― loosely inspired by Dr. Dre (crüt), Thursday, 25 July 2013 16:22 (ten years ago) link
Schoolboy error, bet that intern was moved on quick.
― 'Understand, your daughter's addiction is not your problem' (Bananaman Begins), Thursday, 25 July 2013 16:25 (ten years ago) link
C'mon, Hendrix is the offical "proves we're not racist" artist for classic rock stations.
― nickn, Thursday, 25 July 2013 18:27 (ten years ago) link
See also: Beastie Boys on alt-rock stations.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 25 July 2013 18:40 (ten years ago) link
Eric Burdon & War
― pplains, Thursday, 25 July 2013 21:27 (ten years ago) link
Stevie Ray Vaughn's cover of "Superstitious"
Dobie Gray - see, now there's a black artist we play.
― pplains, Thursday, 25 July 2013 21:28 (ten years ago) link
Thin Lizzy? No, we're talking about black musicians, not Irish.
― pplains, Thursday, 25 July 2013 21:29 (ten years ago) link
Do what now?
Beastie Boys on alt-rock stations makes them seem more racist, not less
― Panaïs Pnin (The Yellow Kid), Thursday, 25 July 2013 21:35 (ten years ago) link
RIP Jurassic 5
― loosely inspired by Dr. Dre (crüt), Thursday, 25 July 2013 21:35 (ten years ago) link
Love would count too except none of the listeners know that Arthur Lee was black.
― nickn, Thursday, 25 July 2013 21:46 (ten years ago) link
I've said it elsewhere, possibly already in this thread, but it used to drive me nuts that the classic rock station I worked at would play the Blues Brothers' "Soul Man", but not the Sam & Dave version.
You could argue that hey, it's a classic rock station, in which case I'd ask then why the fuck are we playing the Blues Brothers?
― pplains, Thursday, 25 July 2013 21:49 (ten years ago) link
xp: I have never heard of a classic rock radio station that plays Love.
― how's life, Thursday, 25 July 2013 22:04 (ten years ago) link