Cunk On Earth - S1 E5 - War(s) Of The World(s)
Added 2025-05-04 13:00:06 +0000 UTCCunk on Earth bebeehhhh!!!! My super bad that I forgot about this! Fantastic way to wrap up the series I must say! Huzzah!
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I was actually born in Blackpool. I'm a genuine Blackpudlian! I'm pretty sure most of my family that was there has moved away. I think one of my cousins has a hairdressers there still, though. I was, I think, 11 or 12 when I went over and my favourite thing was all the joke shops. I actually still have a lot of the stuff I bought back then, like my electric shock cigarette lighter that got a LOT of mileage. And a fantasticly realistic fake turd. I disturbed a few teachers with that one. Tbh, if I went over again, I'd still go check it out just for nostalgias sake, fully aware it's nothing like it was. Welcome back btw, hope you're doing OK. 😊
Stevus
2025-05-16 03:25:46 +0000 UTCA couple of thoughts. Regarding Elvis and cultural appropriation, while it is a real thing that can apply, in the case of Elvis, like you, I disagree. It's a tricky subject, but primarily, I think that because Elvis grew up in a primarily black neighbourhood, surrounded by the black culture of that time, it was most likely he would be very heavily influenced by it to say the least, and so he emulated their style of dance, and music, and singing etc and he obviously loved it. That early style was considered rock and roll, which is a derivation of rythym and blues, and early rock and roll was largely the stuff you were talking about that you were listening to while washing up, but there were other white rock and roll musicians of the era who no-one ever seems to have the same issues with. The arguments some people make, which maybe have some validity, are mostly that, in his early days, he sang songs that he took from lesser known black singers and then became famous and rich from it which I guess probably caused a bit of resentment and frustration from some black artists at the time, although many of them totally accepted him. It's also probably true that he introduced that style of music to a much wider audience that wouldn't have otherwise been aware of it, therefore, helped those black musicians become more recognised. Ultimately, appropriation, appreciation, there's a pretty fine line there. So, I can't remember the other thing I was going to say, but I do have an amusing-ish anecdote about Pump up the jam. It came out in 1990 which was the year I went to the UK with my mum and dad to visit all the family over there. At that time it hadn't been released in Australia yet but was just new in the UK, and one of my cousins was OBSESSED with it. She was in her late teens and did alot of going out and clubbing and such. She even won some 'best legs in Blackpool' competion, or something like that, several times, and we'd go to their house and she would be blasting it out on repeat from her bedroom upstairs while getting ready to go out. My aunty had pretty much the same opinion of it as you seem to have and, understandably, it absolutely drove her NUTS! I think that might have been why she did it tbh 'cause they didn't get along so well in those days. They also had a goldfish that was permanently upside down. It probably had something wrong with its swim bladder, in hindsight. It was released here a couple of months later and most of the girls in my class were also obsessed with it. They'd make up dances to perform to it and play it at any opportunity, and it was constantly on the radio too. Practically impossible to get away from. There is also this that might interest you. https://youtu.be/pX7UNOvjoS0?si=gYN7fYpJ1Z0lLy3u
Stevus
2025-05-15 05:27:07 +0000 UTCGreat tip! If you're going to become moustachioed, shave off an eyebrow first. 🫡
Stevus
2025-05-15 04:07:13 +0000 UTC
