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12x23 t1_j1h0j9p wrote

The night Santa went crazy is still my favorite weird al song

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Ripcord t1_j1hczi5 wrote

This is still an amazing piece of work.

Newfound relevance, though...?

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Bertrum t1_j1hd8lx wrote

I used to watch this a lot on my Weird Al best of music video DVD

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hsvsunshyn t1_j1hnel5 wrote

I am not saying that Weird Al is a modern-day Nostrodamus, but it seems like there is an Al song for most things.

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askingaboutviruses t1_j1hw4p2 wrote

This is what happens when we let 25 year olds with zero historical perspective write articles. The song was released in 86 which means it was likely written in 85 which was the height of the Cold War. The song reflects the very relevant anxiety of nuclear war something that was never more of a possibility than it was then. We’re not even close to the same place. Not by miles.

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link_dead t1_j1ihx8y wrote

My favorite part is where the government convinced citizens they could survive a nuclear blast by shielding their eyes and balling up against a wall.

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TheRecognized t1_j1jdfal wrote

Replying to askingaboutviruses (#1,038,616)

Write articles? It’s just a post title.

And when you’ve got the leader of Russia repeatedly referencing the nuclear option over a proxy war, “newfound relevance” seems like a fairly apt reference to a Cold War era song

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thtanner t1_j1jihsq wrote

"unstable times"

What's so unstable about now that's different than last year, the year before, the year before that..... ?

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idapitbwidiuatabip OP t1_j1jqt9l wrote

Replying to Scioptic- (#1,037,630)

It was relevant before.

It wasn’t relevant for the longest time.

It has gained newfound relevance in our new age of nuclear brinkmanship.

Your comment sounds like it was written by someone who lives under a rock and doesn’t read enough.

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idapitbwidiuatabip OP t1_j1jr2dc wrote

Replying to askingaboutviruses (#1,038,616)

And it was relevant then.

It faded in terms of relevance after the Cold War ended.

But a new Cold War has begun and brinkmanship is back.

Therefore it’s relevant again. This was very clear from the title yet you didn’t understand and it made you angry.

Simmer down now.

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idapitbwidiuatabip OP t1_j1jzdvx wrote

Replying to Ripcord (#1,046,113)

I mean you’re the one having trouble understanding the term “newfound relevance.”

The song was relevant when it came out during the Cold War.

But an entire generation listened to this in the 90s and 00’s and the concept of nukes dropping was a relic from the past.

That’s no longer the case in 2022. Hence the ‘newfound relevance.’

I can’t believe you needed to have this explained to you.

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thtanner t1_j1l5jr9 wrote

Replying to tacotacotaco14 (#1,045,301)

...and the 2 years prior had a global pandemic. Stuff happens, a lot. It's rarely ever just 'smooth sailing' and I think we take it for granted when it is.

To put it into context, WW2 was only 82 years ago. How many world-altering military, political, and ideological clashes have occurred since then all over the world? What about financial crisis, etc? People act like things are hunky dory all the time, and they really just aren't.

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MollyInanna t1_j1l63im wrote

Al, 2014: > It was a simple enough video to direct. 98% of that video is basically stock-footage clips from public-domain Cold War footage. There was really only one shot at the end, which was easy enough for me to direct. That was also a video the record label did not want to make, because for some reason they thought a Christmas song about nuclear annihilation wouldn’t really play during the holidays. But I wanted to have a Christmas song out, so I funded the video myself; it wasn’t that expensive.

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MollyInanna t1_j1l6kwh wrote

Alternative mix of the song. Al: "[Engineer] Tony Papa and I liked the alternate mix because we thought it sounded more 'Phil Spector-y' but ultimately decided that the official mix was better for purposes of the album."

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askingaboutviruses t1_j1lxsyg wrote

Replying to idapitbwidiuatabip (#1,045,410)

I don’t agree that the song has to do with brinksmanship per se, strictly the impact of nuclear war. I don’t agree a new Cold War has started. Few do. I understand the title and your premise, I don’t agree with them.

As to the rest of the content of your message I genuinely have no idea what you’re on about.

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idapitbwidiuatabip OP t1_j1nebtu wrote

Replying to askingaboutviruses (#1,054,249)

The song lyrics are literally to do with brinkmanship. Which is the term used for when we’re close to nuclear war. (Ie the impact of nuclear war)

A new Cold War has started. Biden said he’d send aid as long as necessary and fund the war indefinitely - that’s the definition of a Cold War.

This isn’t something you agree with. It’s a fact of reality.

The song used to be relevant when it came out, faded in terms of relevance, but now has newfound relevance.

Kids listening to this in the 90s never feared nukes dropping. Kids listening to it now may well have that fear. Why don’t you get it lol

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idapitbwidiuatabip OP t1_j1qrgx0 wrote

Replying to askingaboutviruses (#1,071,418)

You’re being obtuse lol - for all intents & purposes, a new Cold War has started. As in rising tensions without formal declarations of war.

And yes, our world leaders flirting with MAD is brinkmanship.

And the lyrics are about it. Read the lyrics maybe? It’s all about finally going past the brink.

I’m sorry that you never learned how to be wrong and you’re such an immature clown that you have to deny reality and objective fact to try to save face after embarrassing yourself online.

There’s nothing to agree on here. You simply don’t understand- or you do and you’re just too much of a coward to admit you misunderstood.

Sad you have no conviction.

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