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Do these words suddenly make sense, 40 years later?

Alyx Sands
Mental Mentor Linguist
Join date: 17 Feb 2007
Posts: 2,432
09-23-2007 06:51
From: Hypatia Callisto
ah, but there's short ones :D

Et il est un jour arrivé
Marteler le ciel
Et marteler la mer

"And when the day arrives
I’ll become the sky

You just got caged, and it's going up up and away...

"And I’ll become the sea"

What goes up... must come down.

"Et la mer avait embrassé moi
Et la délivré moi de ma cellule"

And the sea will come to kiss me"

splat

"For I am going
Home"

The only way out is to TP... Home you go to avoid the long way down.

"Rien ne peut m'arrêter maintenant"

"Nothing can stop me now"

Well, unless the TP fails :)

http://www.ninwiki.com/La_Mer


"Down in it" works quite well, too....

"Kinda like a cloud I was up way up in the sky and I was feeling some feelings you wouldn't believe sometimes I don't believe them myself and I decided I was never coming down"
Definitely some extreme orbiting experience...you can see fun things up there...

"Just then a tiny little dot caught my eye it was just about too small to see
but I watched it way too long and that dot was pulling me down"

We all know the little green map dots, don't we?
Oh, and
"I was swimming in the haze now I crawl on the ground"
Perfect representation of flying with draw distance too low, and falling out of the sky...
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Raymond Figtree
Gone, avi, gone
Join date: 17 May 2006
Posts: 6,256
This one is uncannily prescient
09-23-2007 09:41
I read the blog today oh, boy
About a lucky man who upgraded
And though the news was rather sad
Well, i just had to click
I saw the profile pic
He had his hair up in his ass
He didn't notice that his shape had changed
A crowd of people stood and stared
They'd seen ruth's face before
Nobody was really sure if he was from WOW

I saw a film today oh, boy
The Brazilian blingtards had just won the war
A crowd of av's turned away
But i just had to look
Having read the book Snowcrash
I'd love to click your attachment

Woke up, got out of bed
Dragged a comb across my ass
Found my way downstairs and tp'ed out
And looking up, i noticed i was Ruth
Found my crab and grabbed Nim's hat.
Made a cube in seconds flat
Found my way upstairs and ran into a wall
Somebody spoke but I don't have Voice
Ah

I read the thread today oh, boy
Four thousand items gone from inventory
And though the crabs were rather small
They had just lost them them all
Now they know how many prims it takes to fill the Troll Sweat sim
I'd love to click your attachment
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Kelli May
karmakanic
Join date: 7 Oct 2006
Posts: 1,135
09-23-2007 09:43
Mama, just killed a man
Put a gun against his head
Pulled my trigger, now he's dead
Mama, life had just begun
But now I've gone and thrown it all away

The unrepentant cries of a griefer, his first SL account terminated for using weapons in a non-combat area...

Mama, ooo
Didn't mean to make you cry
If I'm not back again this time tomorrow
Carry on, carry on, as if nothing really matters

And of course, you know they'll be straight back with an alt
Desmond Shang
Guvnah of Caledon
Join date: 14 Mar 2005
Posts: 5,250
09-23-2007 10:11
*sitar music plays, Des sits on a pillow, lotus position, palms upward*

This has all been predicted before... the Metaverse is but a step in the journey...

When you can shed all need for material and virtual possessions, you will become one with the wireless...
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Jesse Barnett
500,000 scoville units
Join date: 21 May 2006
Posts: 4,160
09-23-2007 10:18
Strange, I never noticed before this thread just how pretty this forum is. The font colors change, expand & contract. Almost like it is a living entity that is breathing. I can almost "hear" the words........................................
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From: someone
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Chip Midnight
ate my baby!
Join date: 1 May 2003
Posts: 10,231
09-23-2007 10:25
From: Joseph Worthington
Us? You're the one they make sense to. I still say Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit" fits SL better than this.


I'd go with King Crimson's "Neurotica" myself.

"I see cheetah in their
tight skins and tired heels all-night hippo in
the diner crossing the street swarthy herds of young
impala flambastic gibbon even a struggling monza
and over there that brilliant head ornament on that
Japanese macaque but look closely at the hammerhead hand
in hand with the mandrill, it's a sight you're
unlikely to see anywhere else on the planet..."

Edit to add: I don't think any explanation is needed. ;)
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Jezebella Desmoulins
Registered User
Join date: 4 Nov 2005
Posts: 561
09-23-2007 10:27
From: Tod69 Talamasca
On the bright side, no one has made any comparrisons with a Barry Manilow song! :D


"Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl
With yellow feathers in her hair and a dress cut down to there
She would merengue and do the cha-cha
And while she tried to be a star, Tony always tended bar
Across a crowded floor, they worked from 8 till 4
They were young and they had each other
Who could ask for more?"

Lola and Tony are typical newbie employees of any club in SL. Lola worked the money trees for enough L$ to buy the flexi-feathers and sexy dress. She's hoping for enough tips to purchase a few more dance anims. Tony wears the tux from the library. After 4 SLT, he and Lola use the scripted bed in one of the club's escort rooms.

"At the Copa, Copacabana
The hottest spot north of Havana (here)
At the Copa, Copacabana
Music and passion were always the fashion
At the Copa....they fell in love"

Copacabana sim isn't really that popular, but they have two dozen camping chairs so it always appears at the top of the search listings.

"His name was Rico, he wore a diamond
He was escorted to his chair, he saw Lola dancin' there
And when she finished, he called her over
But Rico went a bit too far, Tony sailed across the bar
And then the punches flew and chairs were smashed in two
There was blood and a single gun shot
But just who shot who?"

One day a blingtard using the "gangster" AO came into the club. He waved his prim you-know-what and offered Lola L$500 for her services. Tony took offense. Pushing escalated to guns and orbiting. Then someone dropped a nuke.

"At the Copa, Copacabana
The hottest spot north of Havana (here)
At the Copa, Copacabana
Music and passion were always the fashion
At the Copa....she lost her love"

The sim crashed. Tony couldn't log back on because the system kept saying it was still logging him out.

"Her name is Lola, she was a showgirl
But that was 30 years ago, when they used to have a show
Now it's a disco, but not for Lola
Still in the dress she used to wear, faded feathers in her hair
She sits there so refined, and drinks herself half-blind
She lost her youth and she lost her Tony
Now she's lost her mind!"

Tony was banned from SL and never returned because of multiple ARs submitted by Tony and his buddies. Lola still logs in but spends mosts of her time slumped over, AFK. While attempting to parcel the land, the sim owner lost the club to a landbot. The sim was later resold at a 100% markup to someone else who turned it into a badly textured 1970s disco.

"At the Copa, Copacabana
The hottest spot north of Havana (here)
At the Copa, Copacabana
Music and passion were always the fashion
At the Copa....don't fall in love"

Don't fall in love because the "escorts" who hang around the new disco club are actually German federal agents pretending to be minors.

";(Copa) don't fall in love
Copacabana
Copacabana..."

May Barry Manilow forgive me.
Colette Meiji
Registered User
Join date: 25 Mar 2005
Posts: 15,556
09-23-2007 10:34
From: Tod69 Talamasca
On the bright side, no one has made any comparrisons with a Barry Manilow song! :D



From: Barry Manilow

Her name was lola, she was a showgirl
With yellow feathers in her hair and a dress cut down to there
She would merengue and do the cha-cha


You know the old complaint all the women in SL are Strippers.


From: Barry Manilow

And while she tried to be a star
Tony always tended bar
Across the crowded floor, they worked from 8 til 4
They were young and they had each other
Who could ask for more?


Sounds like a Inter-Club Rommance .. AWWWW.


From: Barry Manilow

Chorus:

At the copa (co!) copacabana (copacabana)
The hottest spot north of havana (here)
At the copa (co!) copacabana
Music and passion were always in fashion
At the copa.... they fell in love


Everyone thinks their club is the hottest.


From: Barry Manilow

His name was rico
He wore a diamond
He was escorted to his chair, he saw lola dancing there
And when she finished,he called her over
But rico went a bit to far
Tony sailed across the bar
And then the punches flew and chairs were smashed in two
There was blood and a single gun shot
But just who shot who?


Well .. heres all kinds of SL elements. Dont be the jealous type when dating a Showgirl. The classic no one cares if you are partnered to ask you for SLex. Its even got griefing in it.


From: Barry Manilow


At the copa... she lost her love


Always happening in SL the typical SL relationship is a One night stand that lasts for a month.


From: Barry Manilow

Her name is lola, she was a showgirl,
But that was 30 years ago, when they used to have a show
Now it’s a disco, but not for lola,
Still in dress she used to wear,
Faded feathers in her hair
She sits there so refined,and drinks herself half-blind
She lost her youth and she lost her tony
Now she’s lost her mind

Repeat chorus

At the copa... don’t fall in love
Don’t fall in love


Allways pining for the ones that got away.
Raymond Figtree
Gone, avi, gone
Join date: 17 May 2006
Posts: 6,256
09-23-2007 11:31
From: Jesse Barnett
Strange, I never noticed before this thread just how pretty this forum is. The font colors change, expand & contract. Almost like it is a living entity that is breathing. I can almost "hear" the words........................................

Dammit, now I have to go call my old mushroom connection!!
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Maggie McArdle
FIOS hates puppies
Join date: 8 May 2006
Posts: 2,855
09-23-2007 16:49
goes into her panic room and locks the door..boots up the radar and listens for errant venusian signals.......
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Hypatia Callisto
metadea
Join date: 8 Feb 2006
Posts: 793
09-23-2007 16:49
From: Alyx Sands
"Down in it" works quite well, too....

"Kinda like a cloud I was up way up in the sky and I was feeling some feelings you wouldn't believe sometimes I don't believe them myself and I decided I was never coming down"
Definitely some extreme orbiting experience...you can see fun things up there...

"Just then a tiny little dot caught my eye it was just about too small to see
but I watched it way too long and that dot was pulling me down"

We all know the little green map dots, don't we?
Oh, and
"I was swimming in the haze now I crawl on the ground"
Perfect representation of flying with draw distance too low, and falling out of the sky...


I bow before thee... fantastic. I think Trent Reznor is the second coming of the Antichrist. Or is that first coming... oh, I dunno. I'm such a pathetic NIN fan :D
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Colette Meiji
Registered User
Join date: 25 Mar 2005
Posts: 15,556
09-23-2007 16:52
From: Jezebella Desmoulins
"Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl
.


Eeeps LOL i didnt notice your post when I made mine :eek:

Anyhow its a great song may as well get "sang" twice.
Carli Dancer
Registered User
Join date: 15 Aug 2006
Posts: 411
Help me Obi-One, your my only Hope
09-23-2007 17:13
"Her name was Leia, she was a princess,
with a danish on each ear, and Darth Vader drawing near"

Sounds like she should have shopped at ETD instead of Yadni's

"so R2-D2 found Ben Kenobi, (Obi-Wan)
He'd have to put the Death Star plans into the Rebellions hands,
So Luke and Obi-Wan had to get to Alderaan
So they stopped into Mos Eisly to have a drink with Han"

People in SL are always getting sidetracked. Leia needed them, but there they are gabbing with Han.

"At the Star Wars, Star Wars cantina
The weirdest creatures you've ever seena
Here at the Star Wars, Star Wars cantina,
music and blasters and old Jedi masters
at the Star Wars."

This is basically a Homage to the Furry Jedi Masters all over Second Life.

"His name was Solo (Han solo), he was a pilot
with a blaster at his side and a smile twelve parsecs wide,
there with Chewbacca, he was a Wookie,
They met with Luke and Obi-Wan about the Millennium Falcon,
docking bay ninety four(ninety four), stormtroopers at the door
With a flash of Bens lightsaber, now there's an arm on the floor"

lil run-in with the W-HATs

Did I mention Harrison Ford is *hawt* yet?

"His name was Yoda, he was a muppet.
Darth Vader was so bad and by the way he's Luke's dad,
Luke kissed his sister, his hand got cut off
In that galaxy far far away, Luke has had a lousy day,
Boba Fett was so mean, Jabba had bad hygiene,
Why didn't they all just relax, back on Tatooine"

SL "families" really can become weird. They should have stayed at the club.

"The Star Wars...
The Star Wars cantina...
The Star Wars...
The Star Wars cantina..."

Proof that Star Wars RP is more interesting than you thought.
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