Aside from her regular duties as princess of the anti-woke left, Aimee Terese has been at the forefront of "lefties against lockdowns". She's anti-mask and anti-vaxx, in the COVID context. Currently she and the rest of her super-race of shitposters are under lockdown, Down Under. Going stir-crazy while also having ADHD has given her energy levels unheard of before, and she's just about ready to explode.
To harness and channel that anti-COVID hysteria energy, I've set new lyrics to "Bad Reputation" by Joan Jett (original lyrics here). It's the perfect anthem for a defiant, uppity broad who is sick of all the bullshit and is setting off on the warpath. I'm using the Avril Lavigne cover version of the tune, since she's more like Aimee than Joan Jett is (both being sweethearted five-foot firecrackers, whereas Joan Jett is the too-cool-for-school 5'5 butch lesbian).
I think the original reflects Aimee's posting style rather well, combining a punchy & punky manic bluntness, with a polysyllabic $10 word to signal that there's a higher point being made in the midst of what might otherwise seem like shitposting.
I also chose a punk song because leftoids claim to respect that genre, while crying over tweets from babes with actual punk energy like Aimee or Cassandra Fairbanks. In reality, leftoid nerds are more in love with indie, not punk, since too much energy and attitude would overload their spergy senses. (No clapping, and no aggressive scents allowed in the DSA convention!)
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I don't give a damn 'bout the vaccination
You're living in the pod, we don't need this isolation
The masks didn't do what they said they'd do
So why would the rest be true?
And I don't give a damn 'bout the mass vaccination
Mad hoes (ho ho ho ho ho hoes)
Go seethe (see see see see see seethe)
I don't give a damn 'bout the vaccination
Independent mind? That's a contraindication
They lied when they said "It's one-and-done"
Now I'll be taking none
And I don't give a damn 'bout the mass vaccination
Mad hoes (ho ho ho ho ho hoes)
Go seethe (see see see see see seethe)
I don't give a damn 'bout the vaccination
You're following a cult, gimme excommunication
And I don't really care if it sounds deranged
My health'll stay unchanged
And I'm never gonna care 'bout the mass vaccination
Mad hoes (ho ho ho ho ho hoes)
Go seethe (see see see see see seethe)
I don't give a damn 'bout the vaccination
They're giving carte blanche to the pharma corporations
They'll make the data say what they wanna say
It's all so fake and gay
So why should I care about the mass vaccination, anyway?
Mad hoes (ho ho ho ho ho hoes)
Go seethe (see see see see see seethe)
I don't give a damn 'bout the vaccination
Over-optimizing is the real contamination
They sing their own praise for their galaxy brains
While they all just circle the drain
And I don't give a damn 'bout the mass vaccination
Mad hoes (ho ho ho ho ho hoes)
Go seethe (see see see see see seethe)
A certain someone just reminded me of this song by UB40 from 1993, a #1 hit here in the US (and Australia as well).
ReplyDeleteAdd it to the list of rare cover songs that are mellower, electronic covers of an intense, acoustic original, as described in an earlier post, and a follow-up including "A Whiter Shade of Pale" by Annie Lennox (also from the '90s).
Usually when the arrangement changes drastically, it's going from an electronic original to an acoustic cover, and the energy goes from intense to mellow. The whole Unplugged trend of the '90s, and quirky / twee coffee-shop covers of the 2000s (e.g. Nouvelle Vague doing bossa nova covers of '80s synth anthems).
The original "Can't Help Falling in Love" is mostly acoustic and emotionally intense. The UB40 cover is very electronic, and although bouncy and dance-y, on the mellow groovy side, not a club banger. Mellowed out.
Such a strange pattern, but it's made some of the best covers out there -- including chart-toppers like this one. It has total mainstream appeal.
Similar example, also from UB40 is "Red Red Wine", whose original is mostly acoustic and dialed up on the emo-meter. The cover is more electronic and subdued in intensity.