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Bernardo de La Paz

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27. "Common People" by Pulp (video): "You'll never watch your life slide out of view..."

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Sun Sep 9, 2012, 01:26 PM

Sep 2012

This song has always been a favorite of mine, since it came out in 1995. In 2007, NME magazine placed "Common People" at number three in its list of the 50 Greatest Indie Anthems Ever.

You'll never live like common people
You'll never do what common people do
You'll never fail like common people
You'll never watch your life slide out of view, and dance and drink and screw
Because there's nothing else to do.

Complete lyrics: http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/pulp/commonpeople.html

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To me, Ann Rmoney comes across as mean spirited. [View all] Stinky The Clown Sep 2012 OP

Absolutely agree Grateful for Hope Sep 2012 #1

Even worse than that Horse with no Name Sep 2012 #17

I see a little Barbara Bush in her... FarPoint Sep 2012 #31

"this is working out...(chuckles)...well for them...paraphrased as she saw the survivors of Katrina Horse with no Name Sep 2012 #34

Thanks.... FarPoint Sep 2012 #38

true that Grateful for Hope Sep 2012 #54

She is mainstreetonce Sep 2012 #2

I don't think she wanted Mitt to run for President. She always looks agitated livetohike Sep 2012 #3

I think she did want him to run, she may have even been the one who convinced him to run Bjorn Against Sep 2012 #22

Exactly. "It's their turn" obxhead Sep 2012 #45

It's our turn Botany Sep 2012 #63

'it's our turn now'. chilling to me spanone Sep 2012 #94

Just to be serious for a moment...Being First Lady is a grueling job. Kurovski Sep 2012 #89

Yes, it's a grueling job.....and I think she doesn't want to do it. Not because of livetohike Sep 2012 #99

I know all about having to bow out, to let go of a dream that's right in your hands. Kurovski Sep 2012 #100

Comes across? How about she is. lonestarnot Sep 2012 #4

Yes, she does! smirkymonkey Sep 2012 #5

I think you are right. madaboutharry Sep 2012 #6

Yep, that's exactly how I feel about her. I hadn't expressed it that way, even RKP5637 Sep 2012 #79

In a moment of compassion ... etherealtruth Sep 2012 #7

I would agree with you - In fact, my guess is that she is hedgehog Sep 2012 #32

Reminds me of an old Hall and Oats song. Whovian Sep 2012 #8

Oh, I loved those guys. freshwest Sep 2012 #12

LOL Jellybeanz Sep 2012 #91

She doesn't want to 'waste her beautiful mind' on us. onehandle Sep 2012 #9

Def a mean woman....thinks of everyone as her inferior Cane4Dems Sep 2012 #10

Anyone who uses.. lexx21 Sep 2012 #36

Welcome to DU! OF COURSE she has a superiority complex. calimary Sep 2012 #67

No, most of them still have to live day to day lives.. EC Sep 2012 #44

Angry at anyone questioning her, period, is how I read it. A lot of anger there. freshwest Sep 2012 #11

A DUer posted her horoscope C_U_L8R Sep 2012 #13

Queen Cruella kestrel91316 Sep 2012 #14

Ya think? eom mrmpa Sep 2012 #15

She is a very mean-spirited entitled person Horse with no Name Sep 2012 #16

If the GOP steals this election; again FarPoint Sep 2012 #46

Same thing that happened to the solar panels when Reagan became POTUS. Horse with no Name Sep 2012 #47

You can learn a lot from micro expressions... CoffeeCat Sep 2012 #18

She truly is a caricature of the evil aristocrat Horse with no Name Sep 2012 #21

watch her eyes when she smiles. Like Mitt, Pathwalker Sep 2012 #42

To be fair, that could be the botox. aquart Sep 2012 #60

I see exactly the same thing you do - the tension in her face, particularly her mouth. Stinky The Clown Sep 2012 #25

The word you're looking for is "countenance." n/t BellaKos Sep 2012 #48

"She's practically a Fancy Feast commercial." LOL! polichick Sep 2012 #80

You're probably laughing... CoffeeCat Sep 2012 #93

Yes - what a great analogy... polichick Sep 2012 #98

Not so much mean-spirited as HillWilliam Sep 2012 #19

Yep. She she doesn't strike me as being "mean". GoCubsGo Sep 2012 #43

Her "aura" to me says selfish. SoapBox Sep 2012 #20

Many of the wealthy, esp those that dont earn their wealth have what I call class-sociopathy. rhett o rick Sep 2012 #23

And Barb's good friends with Roger Ailes... begin_within Sep 2012 #49

She reminds me of a Grand Vizier aint_no_life_nowhere Sep 2012 #24

The worse their campaign gets the meaner she looks lunatica Sep 2012 #26

"Common People" by Pulp (video): "You'll never watch your life slide out of view..." Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2012 #27

Perfect! Cooley Hurd Sep 2012 #59

Personally atreides1 Sep 2012 #28

Very treestar Sep 2012 #29

To me.. AzSweet Sep 2012 #30

ITA, and I think she makes Willard Ilsa Sep 2012 #33

Marie Antoinette chuckstevens Sep 2012 #35

That is because you dont know your place gael Sep 2012 #37

thats the word I've been looking for PatrynXX Sep 2012 #39

"Every time she opens her mouth sounds like a scene from 'The Help'" Sedona Sep 2012 #40

lol Kurovski Sep 2012 #78

"To me, Ann Rmoney comes across as mean spirited." greiner3 Sep 2012 #41

It's the whole "Talking down to the inferiors" Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2012 #50

May get me banned but she's just the human equivilant Whovian Sep 2012 #51

Multi-Cadillac-Driving Plastic Rich Bitch Stepford Wife who has no clue. RBInMaine Sep 2012 #52

she's very condescending napkinz Sep 2012 #53

She comes over as false, superficial Rosa Luxemburg Sep 2012 #55

The one of many clues is calling the media and American people "you people" liberal N proud Sep 2012 #56

Eh...people see what they want to see DPC.Comment Sep 2012 #57

You headed right for the trampoline! Kurovski Sep 2012 #75

:snort: Stinky The Clown Sep 2012 #77

OK, partner. Nostradammit Sep 2012 #86

I still haven't found a way to describe her without getting my post hidden. HopeHoops Sep 2012 #58

Is calling her a "Phoney Baloney" too phallo-centric? Kurovski Sep 2012 #64

I'd put that in the "extremely polite" category compared to some of the things I've posted about her HopeHoops Sep 2012 #68

Perhaps something in the range speculation upon what she might want to do with her immense baloney? Kurovski Sep 2012 #71

No, mostly words that are considered, um, well, "socially unacceptable" on DU (and for good reasons) HopeHoops Sep 2012 #76

But she shops at Costco like the rest of us. She is one of us! nt Quixote1818 Sep 2012 #61

It's wear she buys her baloney! Kurovski Sep 2012 #72

Yeah, so I misspelled "Where" Kurovski Sep 2012 #73

LOL. BTW, if you catch you own spelling error, Marie Marie Sep 2012 #95

Well, Kurovski Sep 2012 #96

The Pukes like mean-spirited. Odin2005 Sep 2012 #62

They do seem to love it - and they're turned on by bullying. CRAZY! polichick Sep 2012 #81

I do too Kurovski Sep 2012 #82

They Make A Perfect Pair DallasNE Sep 2012 #65

I'm sure her economic peers think she's a lovely woman Warpy Sep 2012 #66

Her botox parties are all the rage with the tabernacle choir! Kurovski Sep 2012 #74

A technically purer definition of Ann Romney.. She's a "lady of leisure" SoCalDem Sep 2012 #69

'Ann Romney won the husband lotto' if you can live with a entitled self centered vacuous idiot RepublicansRZombies Sep 2012 #90

They are two peas in a pod.. She probably has no problem with his odd behavior SoCalDem Sep 2012 #92

Yeah, and it is not just a partisan thing either. wildeyed Sep 2012 #70

Not sure about "mean", but you can be damned certain that she's NEVER been subjected to patrice Sep 2012 #83

I'd be willing to bet she heavily DISLIKES being subject to other people's opinions of her. patrice Sep 2012 #84

Her theme song mahina Sep 2012 #85

"YOU PEOPLE" just need to vote for Romney or they'll steal someones pension uponit7771 Sep 2012 #87

I can visualize Mittwife standing on the White House lawn telling us how lumpy Sep 2012 #88

More lost film of the young Princess Ann Rmoney. Kurovski Sep 2012 #97

You nailed it. ClusterFreak Sep 2012 #101