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Not the 60s, but I distinctly remember a song whose refrain was “Da Da Da”. Can’t get much more intellectual than that. Edit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

Not the 60s, but I distinctly remember a song whose refrain was “Da Da Da”. Can’t get much more intellectual than that. Edit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNYcviXK4rg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNYcviXK4rg

kstenerud 3y ago
Don't think me unkind Words are hard to find They're only cheques I've left unsigned From the banks of chaos in my mind And when their eloquence escapes me Their logic ties me up and rapes me De-do-do-do, de-da-da-da Is all I want to say to you De-do-do-do, de-da-da-da Their innocence will pull me through De-do-do-do, de-da-da-da Is all I want to say to you De-do-do-do, de-da-da-da They're meaningless and all that's true https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5CrU-r55Yo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5CrU-r55Yo
- tempodox 3y ago
  Ah, The Police. That actually predates the song I had in mind: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Da_Da_Da https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Da_Da_Da
  - kstenerud 3y ago
    Yes, the Trio song was a bit of a special case. Remmler was attempting to deconstruct and critique the genre, and was well aware of how the mindlessly repetitive and simplistic and musically boring the core was once all the frills were stripped away. That was actually the whole point, as can be seen in the video they did https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqTBlft8gQA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqTBlft8gQA The fact that it became a chart hit only proved his point - kinda like the cow clicker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cow_Clicker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cow_Clicker And just in case that didn't hammer it home, the remastered video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm97VG_QIXI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm97VG_QIXI Notice how bored everyone looks. The sheer lack of energy. The guy pausing to light a cigarette and mount it on his guitar. The repetitive wave of the "audience" that holds awful, amateurish drawings of their faces (i.e. any moron with a synth could produce this crap). It's a bit like looking at Picasso's bull in a grotesquely comical way...

kstenerud 3y ago

Don't think me unkind Words are hard to find They're only cheques I've left unsigned From the banks of chaos in my mind And when their eloquence escapes me Their logic ties me up and rapes me De-do-do-do, de-da-da-da Is all I want to say to you De-do-do-do, de-da-da-da Their innocence will pull me through De-do-do-do, de-da-da-da Is all I want to say to you De-do-do-do, de-da-da-da They're meaningless and all that's true https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5CrU-r55Yo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5CrU-r55Yo

tempodox 3y ago
Ah, The Police. That actually predates the song I had in mind: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Da_Da_Da https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Da_Da_Da
- kstenerud 3y ago
  Yes, the Trio song was a bit of a special case. Remmler was attempting to deconstruct and critique the genre, and was well aware of how the mindlessly repetitive and simplistic and musically boring the core was once all the frills were stripped away. That was actually the whole point, as can be seen in the video they did https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqTBlft8gQA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqTBlft8gQA The fact that it became a chart hit only proved his point - kinda like the cow clicker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cow_Clicker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cow_Clicker And just in case that didn't hammer it home, the remastered video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm97VG_QIXI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm97VG_QIXI Notice how bored everyone looks. The sheer lack of energy. The guy pausing to light a cigarette and mount it on his guitar. The repetitive wave of the "audience" that holds awful, amateurish drawings of their faces (i.e. any moron with a synth could produce this crap). It's a bit like looking at Picasso's bull in a grotesquely comical way...