The scariest thing you'll read all day

[yendi]

"In 1991 I recorded "Achy Breaky Heart" and we are not too terribly far away from the 20-year anniversary, and there are some major stars who want to re-do that song."

Yep, that's Billy Ray Cyrus, threatening us all.

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[luis-mw.livejournal.com]

Aren't there laws to prevent this sort of thing? Terrorism laws, bio-weapons laws, something...?

[yendi]

Alas, they claim some sort of "artistic expression" issue.

[allah-sulu.livejournal.com]

Depends who remakes it. I love the Dweezil/Ahmet Zappa cover of Britney Spear's "Hit Me Baby One More Time"...

[yendi]

The difference is that, at its core, BOMT is a decent song (which is why the Bowling With Soup cover is also damned good).

[slipjig.livejournal.com]

Aiee! *grabs Bible, hides behind couch*

[yendi]

Like a Bible's going to stop a member of the Cyrus clan.

[blergeatkitty.livejournal.com]

I'm going to learn it for ukulele. Muwahahahahahahaaaaa.

(I still know all the words.)

[yendi]

I know all the words to Weird Al's "Achey Breaky Song," but not to the original.

[davidlubar.livejournal.com]

I've heard William Hung is looking for a new cover to launch his comeback.

[yendi]

He's the only man who could do justice to that song.

[feste-sylvain.livejournal.com]

A recent song that has aroused great hostility is ``Achy Breaky Heart,'' by Billy Ray Cyrus. According to voter Mark Freeman, the song sounds like this: ``You can tell my lips, or you can tell my hips, that
you're going to dump me if you can; But don't tell my liver, it never
would forgive her, it might blow up and circumcize this man!''

From Dave Barry's Worst Songs of All Time. (http://www.cs.umd.edu/~gasarch/HUMOR/worstsongs.html)

(That said, I actually like "MacArthur Park", altho the metaphors in it are as heavy-handed as a heavy-handed metaphor.)

[yendi]

Both songs were parodied on the same Weird Al album, too.

(Incidentally, I remember that column well, but somehow forgot that it came out in time to include BRC.)

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

Nooooo!

[lordrexfear.livejournal.com]

would said stars be... I don't know... Miley, Jonas Bros. and... um... Taylor Swift?