Lyric Of The Day #27 (February 21, 2022)

“Hello there, female”

 

Worst pickup line ever? (OK, maybe not quite as bad as “Hey b----“.)

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yatGAAslCsM

 

More musical merriment from New Zealand

Weaponizing “Baby Shark” – have they no shame???

 

This time from The Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/02/11/new-zealand-parliament-protests-canada-sprinklers/

 

The cacophony outside New Zealand’s Parliament building continued on Sunday as officials upped the ante in their attempts to scatter protesters, blasting “Baby Shark,” “Let It Go” and other songs after sprinklers failed to deter the crowds.

 

The efforts did not appear successful, as the people protesting pandemic measures were heard singing along to a cringe-inducing recorder cover of “My Heart Will Go On,” standing their ground amid cries of “freedom!”

 

The anti-protest playlist included James Blunt’s “You’re Beautiful,” to which protesters swayed their arms in the air, as well as “Let It Go” from the Disney movie “Frozen,” and the viral children’s hit “Baby Shark.” Decades-old Barry Manilow songs and the 1990s hit “Macarena” also reportedly made appearances.

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Parliament Speaker Trevor Mallard was taking song requests on Twitter for tunes to be added to the queue, tweeting out YouTube links to various songs. (The latest on Sunday was a suggestion by political commentator Emma Espiner for Johnny Cash’s “Ring of Fire.”)

 

Battle of the bands

From https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/12/canada-police-arrive-to-remove-protesters-at-u-s-border-00008437:

 

Earlier this week in New Zealand, protesters rolled up to Parliament grounds in a convoy of cars and trucks and set up camp. Police have taken a hands-off approach after initial attempts to remove them resulted in physical confrontations.

 

Parliament Speaker Trevor Mallard on Friday ordered his staff to turn on the lawn’s sprinklers to douse them and to play Barry Manilow tunes and the 1990s hit “Macarena” over loudspeakers to annoy them. Protesters responded by playing their own songs, including Twisted Sister’s “We’re Not Gonna Take It.”