*giggling* No, you didn't sound like an ass - the song really doesn't translate well just as lyrics.
Also, we of the 80's had the 60's as our sort of retro cool, and this song kind of fed into that. Most songs were about, Oh you know, waking me up before you go go and lips like sugar and stuff, protest songs were not our thing, so this song kind of filled a niche.
It really is an interesting song to hear, because you get the actual voices of the soldiers and the news people.
There was this really dumb show called...well I foget but it was a lip synching contest, and this one guy dressed up like a soldier, and did this song and it was really eerie.
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on 2005-08-05 09:59 pm (UTC)Also, we of the 80's had the 60's as our sort of retro cool, and this song kind of fed into that. Most songs were about, Oh you know, waking me up before you go go and lips like sugar and stuff, protest songs were not our thing, so this song kind of filled a niche.
It really is an interesting song to hear, because you get the actual voices of the soldiers and the news people.
There was this really dumb show called...well I foget but it was a lip synching contest, and this one guy dressed up like a soldier, and did this song and it was really eerie.
I didn't mean to sound all lecturey, either!