Random Thoughts 9: Attack of the Vapid Posts

[Arakhor]

Well, you should be so lucky.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I have 980 fanfics saved.

Only 20 more to go.

Though contrary to how it may look, I am very picky about what fanfics I save. If I see horrible grammar or characters acting OOC in the first few paragraphs, I'm out.

 

[Takhisis]

I've only recently bothered listening to Kylie Minogue. I knew she existed, as a person, since I was a child, but I just never looked her up or listened to her. And I have decided that Kylie Minogue is not a person but instead a name they attach to a random person they take off the street for every music video, because she looks like a 100% different person in every single one. And every video inevitably has comments going "This is Kylie's best look!"

Anyways, Loco-motion is a bop. Completely incoherent as a dance song, but the beat is nice.

You can't get her of your head, it seems.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I got a spam email from myself, asking if I was interested in hot Russian babes. Damn spoofers. It got through the spam filters too.

 

[Synobun]

Well... are you?

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Not really.

 

[Synobun]

Typical Canadian xenophobia.

 

[Cutlass]

Is it weird that every time this song starts that I start having Vietnam War Movie flashbacks?

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Is it weird that every time this song starts that I start having Vietnam War Movie flashbacks?

My radio station started playing that song the moment I saw that post.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

Is it weird that every time this song starts that I start having Vietnam War Movie flashbacks?

I think of The Departed instead. The trailer for that movie was the first time I had heard the song, believe it or not.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

For some reason I associate CCR's Fortunate Son with Vietnam War movies, even though I have no idea if it's ever been used in one

 

[Cutlass]

For some reason I associate CCR's Fortunate Son with Vietnam War movies, even though I have no idea if it's ever been used in one

I don't know if it was used in one. But it was written about the Vietnam War situation.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

That's probably why

 

[hobbsyoyo]

For some reason I associate CCR's Fortunate Son with Vietnam War movies, even though I have no idea if it's ever been used in one

Yeah for me it's CCR for Vietnam, followed by Hendrix. I can't remember specifically if Fortunate Son was in a Vietnam movie/trailer but other songs by them certainly were.

The other go-to 'Nam song is Stop, hey what's that sound, everybody look what's going down (I can't remember the name of the song)

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortunate_Son#Film_and_television

In the 1980 film Melvin and Howard the song is played after Melvin drops Howard off in Las Vegas.

In the 1994 film Forrest Gump, "Fortunate Son" is featured, and is the introduction song in the scene where Forrest and Bubba are shown flying in a U.S. Army UH-1C Huey helicopter, to the combat zone in South Vietnam, c. 1966, in the Vietnam War.

In the 2004 version of the film The Manchurian Candidate, a cover version of this song performed by Wyclef Jean is featured and is the opening track of the closing credits.[20]

In the 2007 film Live Free or Die Hard this song is featured several times.

In the 2009 episode "In Country...Club" from American Dad! this song plays when Stan brings his son to a Vietnam War reenactment. The song however was not credited.[21]

In the 2010 film Little White Lies (called the French Big Chill, in part for its use of American rock classics), "Fortunate Son," performed by Creedence Clearwater Revival is featured.

In the 2010 episode "Chuck Versus the Beard" from the show Chuck, this song is covered by the band Jeffster!.

In the 2012 film Battleship, the original CCR version plays over the closing credits.

In the 2016 film War Dogs this song is featured.

In 2016, this song was included in the soundtrack album for the film Suicide Squad.[22]

In the 2017 film Logan Lucky this song is featured during a montage sequence.

In the 2018 Family Guy episode "Family Guy Through the Years", the song is played when Quagmire describes his Vietnam experience, which he heard constantly due to its association with the war.

On June 28, 2018, an official music video for the song was finally produced. It shows people doing lots of fun, anti-war activities, with the words "It ain't me" whenever the song hits the chorus.

In the 2019 American Horror Story: 1984 episode "Rest in Pieces" this song is featured.

In a 2019 special of Amazon's car show The Grand Tour the song is featured.

 

[Cutlass]

Yeah for me it's CCR for Vietnam, followed by Hendrix. I can't remember specifically if Fortunate Son was in a Vietnam movie/trailer but other songs by them certainly were.

The other go-to 'Nam song is Stop, hey what's that sound, everybody look what's going down (I can't remember the name of the song)

Don't forget CSN.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

The other go-to 'Nam song is Stop, hey what's that sound, everybody look what's going down (I can't remember the name of the song)

Buffalo Springfield, For What It's Worth (written by Stephen Stills)

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I also associate this one, even though I think there's only one line referring to the war near the end

 

[hobbsyoyo]

So many people had to die to give us some killer tunes

Wonder what songs will be written about today?

 

[Cutlass]

So many people had to die to give us some killer tunes

Wonder what songs will be written about today?

Rock and roll is dead. You don't get good topical songs anymore.