I Saw U2 Live Twice's definitions

Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da

1. The Beatles experimented with many musical styles during a time when rock'n'roll was starting to expand beyond the original forms known as rockabilly, soul and other genres. Hard rock,heavy metal, ska, psychedelic rock and proto-punk were emerging. This party tune has been described by Stewart Copeland of the Police as a brilliant example of early "white reggae". It has lyrics that are kinda kooky and there's a lot of gonzo background singsong nonsence, too. A playful ditty that critics shouldn't take too seriously. It's just plain fun. This tune's title has various other spellings such as "obladi oblada". It has a simple cheerful free-for-all air to it that today's corporate disposable entertainment business doesn't allow.

2. a simple catchall term that means the same as "life goes on", "oh well", "la-di-da", "oh yeah", "whatever" and so on - expressed in a casual, unannoyed, devil may care, dismissive and blow it off manner and attitude. Nothing to get hung up about, but it's not the same as saying "shit happens". .

1. During the summertime when I was 14, me, my mom and my sister were sitting on plastic buckets and peeling apples. The radio was playing Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da by the Fab Four.

2. Anton: Hey look at this! Bradgelena are adopting yet ANOTHER Third World orphan. Also, Madonna has found a brand new lover!

Jeff: Yeah yeah yeah. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, life goes on. Yeah!

by I Saw U2 Live Twice September 27, 2008

Sausalito

a little town, north of San Francisco, accesable from either the Golden Gate Bridge or by ferry going across the San Francisco Bay. A picturesque and beautiful community, when you enter the town you see a welcome sign that declares Sausalito to be a "Nuclear Free Zone". Quite a number of movies have been filmed here, and there are some music recording studios. Quite a handful of music performers and bands (such as Huey Lewis and the News) have recorded albums in Sausalito.

When I visited Sausalito the campy 1981 hit "Sausalito Summernights" by the Dutch band Diesel was playing in my head. If you're in the Bay Area and you've got time to kill, Sausalito is well worth exploring. You can get a lot of pretty pictures with your camera.

by I Saw U2 Live Twice January 3, 2008

00s

The numerals spell it all. Zero economic opportunity after college, zero sence in the general public, cultural zeroes, zero understanding and tolerance, near zero entertainment, politicians with zero intelligence and zero scruples, hysteria, panic, hatred and witch hunt frenzy stirred up by political cretins and a sensationalistic zero IQ media (esp. TV news). It's the Decade of Duh.

1. 1999 turns into 1984 (the novel). Fanatics attack on 9/11 and a great panic ensues. Armchair warriors see war on TV 24/7. Fundie fanaticism (Christian and Muslim) flowers. Meanwhile the economy tanks and the U.S. Constitution is used as toilet paper. Talking heads on TV toss in trashy celebrity stories to distract viewers. This turns America into a Masturbation Nation.

2. Reality TV becomes the opiate of the masses.

3. Anybody who stands near a flag, pretends to pray in public, holds up a cross, talks of "family values" or boasts of kickin' ass is venerated by the masses.

NBC reporter: Mr. Bush, who is your favorite philosopher?

W: Uhhhh - Jesus Christ!

*BING*BING*BING*BING*BING*

4. Rock'n'roll is long dead by 2000. However, some newer bands that recently released albums like *Stella, Spinerette, the Plasticines, Datarock and the Ravionettes hint that rock may be coming back to life as this ugly decade ends. Lord I hope so.

5. Let's be honest. How many females have become famous for their intelligence or talents in anything during the past 10 years? Cross your legs, shake your ass, put on a seductive "fuck-me-honey" air about you. Then you're a star. It's the Decade of Dumb Ditzy Dolls. The Season of the Bitch. Whatever happened to gender equality and respect?

6.This nightmarish decade of lying, corruption, hate, arrogance, neglect and stupidity - the 00s - I AIN'T GONNA MISS IT. Good riddance to bad rubbish.

by I Saw U2 Live Twice December 12, 2009

Sarah Palin

Lemme see. Less than 2 years as a guv, and that makes Sarah qualified to be a Vice-President and maybe President of the U.S.A.. Her election loss shows that maybe some people are starting to use their heads and not their dicks. Just because some female looks good and strikes a pose with a fuck me honey look doesn't mean that she has a brain or good intentions.

Sarah Palin recently told the media to leave her children alone. Yet last fall she exploited them for her campaign (this "family values" crap - most politicians do this!), one of her daughters is a teen pregnancy case, her husband (or some other relative) possibly wanted Alaska to secede , on and on. I'm "pro-hunting" (and FYI, ex-Pres Bill Clinton hunts too) but it's wrong to kill animals if you don't utilize them for food, furs, etc. Killing caribou with a gat while hanging from a chopper is just plain reckless, wasteful, and stupid. She's in a fundamentalist cult that thinks mankind co-existed with the dinosaurs 4000 years ago. The Bible says that God doesn't work on OUR time or OUR calendars! Check out the science books. The Flintstones it ain't. They think that gay people can be "cured" of their sexual orientation (just ask a homosexual about that). She wants to allow oil drilling in the Arctic, never mind the Eskimos and polar bears. She's too dumb to believe in global warming. So many corrupt deeds, so many skeletons in the closet. Doesn't know that Africa is a continent. Bloggers call her "MILF", "GILF", "VPILF", oh WTF? She poses like Sharon Stone with her legs crossed but she's not holding a cigaret. John McCain is a decent, respectable war hero but he aligned himself with Christian Reich pukeheads who are not his friends. He was smart to disassociate himself apart from the violent white trash riff-raff who were at some of his rallies who were demanding that Obama be hung (they said he's a "terrorist" and an "Arab" (!)). Yet Sarah blabbed that "Obama is in cahoots with terrorists". She's a dumdum with no class. McCain might've been an alright President but he relied on the WRONG PEOPLE for support. Sarah is just a

Dumb girl! Dum dum dum
...

The girl is STUPID AS CAN BE!
Run DMC

Every time she flaps her yap, out comes the crap. Just like Ann Coulter. She's one real bad apple. She needs to STFU and go back to her cold igloo and stay!

John McCain is a Vietnam War HERO but Sarah Palin is an abosolute ZERO.

by I Saw U2 Live Twice February 1, 2009

pop music

1. Utter corporate shit that the men in suits push on the public in order to dumb down the populace. It is manufactured to the max by some "songwriters" in Europe who think music can be put together like Lego sets - I could write better lyrics and music than what's on these "songs" when I am STONED. Pop music acts concentrate more on their looks, sexuality and choreographed dance moves. ALL of those teenybopper pop acts suck out the unwashed ass. The fucking Spice Girls started this trend of trash about 10 years ago and the public have been sheep ever since. We need a punk-like rock and roll movement to bring music back to the people.

2. A chart-topping new wave hit for M in late 1979.

1. Quit playing that Britney Spears crap! She can't sing. Here. Play this U2 CD instead. U2 rocks. That Britney Speares CD ain't good for nothing except for use as a frisbee, and then you should fling it in the fucking trash can.

2. ... New York London Paris Munich everybody talk about pop music
talk about pop music, talk about pop music
shimmy shimmy doo-wop pop pop shoo-wop...

by I Saw U2 Live Twice November 12, 2008

racino

The word "racino" is one of many "combo" words that enter the English language over time as new developments in society and technology occur. A racino is basically a racetrack where can place bets on the racing event but also has a casino that has slot machines and maybe more games such as BlackJack, poker, craps, keno, Wheel of Fortune (that's where a giant wheel is spun by a lovely lady and you bet on which section the arrow will point at. You see this game in the Old Wild Western flicks, this game has nothing to do with that Vanna White TV show), roulette (not Russian) and such.

1. I've played in many casinos in Nevada as well as some run by Native Americans like the Chippewa. However the first racino I've ever played in was Wheeling Downs, West Virginia. I've played the slots and bet on greyhound races there. You got the slots and there's dog races held there so Wheeling Downs is a racino.

2. In central Ohio the horse racing arena Scioto Downs has been running for years. Now it recently has had electronic slot machines (and maybe more games) installed so Scioto Downs now promotes itself in the ads as a racino.

3. Wheeling is in the tip or "panhandle" of West Virginia. If you're heading to Wheeling Downs (or just passing thru the WV tip) from Ohio or Pennsylvania be eXtra careful. There's a speed trap there and vehicles get pulled over and they line up both sides of the highway. Speeding ticket fines are steep. You've been warned.

by I Saw U2 Live Twice August 10, 2012

Comfortably Numb

1. a state of severe alienation and burnout. When the pressures of life and the evils, insanity and corruption of the outside world are too much and you build a mental wall and you shut yourself out from everything and everyone. You just want to retreat by watching TV or listening to music a LOT to take you from your inner pain but your attention span is so minimized you may wind up on the couch looking up at the ceiling and constantly changing TV channels with the remote. Certain scenes or sounds may bring up painful emotions and make you cry. So you try to quench the pain by smoking, drinking or doing dope.

2. a song from the 1979 Pink Floyd classic double album "The Wall" where the alienated and overburdened rock musician Pink (no, not the real life female pop singer!) is found " comfortably numb" watching the tube and is given "a little pin prick" of horse to "get going for the show". The lyrics (written by bassist Roger Waters) describe in great detail this condition of mental/emotional illness. Dave Gilmour gives a fierce guitar workout and Nick Mason slams an electric drum as the tune fades out. Richard Wright's synthesizers are augmented by an orchestra.

1. Daniel is dog tired after working 12-hour shifts all during the week, and rotating shift schedules every week on top of that. He just sits on his couch and polishes off the Riunite and tokes while watching 13 channels of shit on the TV to choose from. In the meantime he has scenes from his life flashing back in his head. He has become comfortably numb.

2. "Comfortably Numb" is a major highlight of a Pink Floyd concert.

by I Saw U2 Live Twice June 5, 2009