Chicago: Totally hands-free!!!

Sorry for my indignation, but it's basically the best song ever.

Eh. It's more interesting than if it weren't in French, but it's not really doing much for me.

I don't listen to French music.

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Daft Punk doesn't know what to do with you.

Oh wait, it's THAT song. I guess I do know it. :>

sorry nick, I slept on Plastic Bertrand. :(

Are we still friends?

HOW CAN YOU GUYS NOT KNOW "CA PLANE POUR MOI"?!?!?!?

How would *I* know Plastic Bertrand?

(Whenever I actually say "how would *I* know" these days, it's an impression of Jesse's impression of me.)

Most of what I've learned about old-school music-geek stuff comes from either the SPIN Alternative Record Guide that I got for Christmas 1995 or random threads on ILM in the last four years.

I just looked it up on YouTube. No, I've never heard it. But I like it!

I'm not really indignant, I just thought it was one of those songs everyone knew. It's in a Pepsi commercial right now, albeit in a weak cover version.

Soooo hooky and P!O!P!

I never had the Spin guide! I had the Rolling Stone Album Guide, which was instrumental in my classic rock education. (But not of much use apart from that.)

Everyone knows Belgian punk songs from 1978?

Yeah, I've never heard it.

Soooo hooky and P!O!P!

Monotonously chanting over '50s-style rock-and-roll blues progressions = hooky?

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I don't even know WHERE I've heard it, and I didn't know the title, but I deffo know the song. And usually *I'M* the one going "WAH? HUH?" about music!

*Sonic Youth has covered it

*It's been in lots of John Hughes movies, or it seems that way

*It's just one of those songs

*I am the Kingofthedivan

It's not amazing. It's just plain fun. It's happy.

John, I love how your unfamiliarity with something moves right along into insulting everyone who doesn't share your subjective opinion. Well done.

OK YOU TWO

You forgot to mention how stupid and unrewarding post-punk and DIY are, though.

What? I'm just making sure John is feeling all right today. It's unlike him, he's usually so detail oriented.

Listen to Dystopia, its rewarding as hell.

"""But seriously, when I started here (not a temp job), this one woman actually asked me if I was good with letters. What do you mean? You know, can you alphabetize things?"""

!! Jenny has a story just like that. She started at an admin job in G'boro and her boss said, "How are you with your alphabet?"

it's, I meant to type it's plz no judge me

I remember that story, Jesse!! OMG.

She should have said the alphabet makes her ovaries hurt.

*Sonic Youth has covered it

For a compilation, apparently. Not on any official SY release.

*It's been in lots of John Hughes movies, or it seems that way

You're kidding. John Hughes movies play songs by Belgian punk bands? I guess I wasn't paying attention.

i love ca plane pour moi. i think someone played it at our wedding. i'll admit i mostly know it from a shoes commercial in the UK a few years back, which led to me downloading it.

i think i've ticked off other admin people here by sending a load of stuff to the apparently slow color copier. which i was asked to do, but they're all kind of glaring at me like i should have known it was slow and to do in bunches. sigh.

Monotonously chanting over '50s-style rock-and-roll blues progressions = hooky?

OOOOO WEEE OOO OOOO

^Hooky part

I am drafting an email to my superiors asking them to do a little bit of extra work. I'm not looking forward to sending it. All I'm asking for really is that they start using shared calendars on Outlook, and turn in their billable hours to me more than once per month....

Should I be scared?

Should I just quit?

Wait, that song is by a band? I saw one dude.

also, LOL I know nothing about movies

European Vacation (1985) (performer: "Ca plane pour moi")
... aka National Lampoon's European Vacation (UK: video box title)

Hm. Hard to say, Jesse. Are they all jerks?

The thing is, at some point your man-hours and your productivity should be worth something to yr company. It's really up to your manager to put his or her authority to work to either a) defend you and require people to be more accountable so you can work efficiently, or b) let you know that regrettably yr superiors' laziness is more important than your time. In either case, you find out where you stand.

Jesse, it sounds like the kind of thing they wouldn't mind doing, but want to be reminded of so they don't have to think about it, i.e. you're fine.

Just make it as easy as possible for them, Jesse, and it shouldn't be a problem. Offer to help them set stuff up or answer questions if need be. Also couch it in terms that sound more like a suggestion than a command, and stress how it would help increase efficiency.

John, I love how your unfamiliarity with something moves right along into insulting everyone who doesn't share your subjective opinion. Well done.

Not insulting you, I just thought it was odd use of "hooky." But I've only heard it once, maybe I'll come around. I do think it's pretty "pop," although not the kind of pop I usually like.

You forgot to mention how stupid and unrewarding post-punk and DIY are, though.

I don't think they're stupid, they're just really not my bag at all. So they're unrewarding for me. And I guess when you talk about particular songs or bands you like, I get a little frustrated because I really don't see what you see in them. The frustration is not meant to be directed at you, although I'm sure it occasionally comes off that way.

Just, like the other week, I was driving Matt home from band practice and I had my iPod on shuffle and a Times New Viking song from Nick's Q1 mix came on, and Matt was kind of like, How do bands like this get signed, it sounds like shit! And I shrugged and was like, yeah, I don't get it either. Maybe they're good live.

haha

Maybe if they added another keyboard.

I was kidding about the quitting part. I love it here. I really do. They are TOTALLY not jerks at all. Some of the best employers I have had ever.

Still, I hate asking for things.

What bothers me most I know how emails tend to get skimmed and forgotten, so I am probably going to have to pester them about this, which I really don't want to do.

The main thing I'm thinking they'll balk at is the Outlook calendar thing. Either balk or forget to do. Esp. the guy. He is a MESS.

xpost Maybe. That wouldn't change the shoddy production, though.

Tell them in words they'll understand: "This is about YOUR MONEY."

John is going to hate the next FF album (assuming it sounds the way I want it to sound).

:(

Maybe it will be the album to change your mind.

Or the exception to your rule.

Of course, we aren't "signed" though.

There's no "rule," it's just that some stuff (like Times New Viking, Husker Du, early Ponys, etc.) is hard for me to listen to because I want it to sound "better." By which I usually mean more polished -- not as sloppy and tinny and thin and distant.

Like, there are good songs in there, do 'em justice!