Is it trendy to be conservative?

whubee · 26-10-2011 5:51pm #1

People seem to be moving from the more liberal lifestyle to the conservative.
For instance:

I used to be a renegade, I used to fool around, but couldn't take the lifestyle and decided to settle down
So now I'm playing it real straight, i even cut my hair
Some people think the conservative lifestyle to be crazy, but I don't even care, because I think theres no denying that it's the current social trend to be a bit of a square.

I even like 80's bands in business suits, you can still see them on tv
Now I'm even working out almost everyday and have changed what i eat.
Supposedly thats whats good for you, but thats not my concern
I know that it's a crazy change and I know that it probably leads nowhere
But is it not true that the current trend is to be square

It's not too hard to figure out, you see it everyday, even extreme liberals seem to have gone the other way, you still see some of them on the street, it doesn't look like a lot of fun
But they dont see that the liberal lifestyle in Ireland seems to be an idea who's time has come.

Is it really crazy, will it lead I'm nowhere.
As far as I see there is no denying that the current trend is to be conservative.

bobmalooka · 26-10-2011 5:53pm

thats called getting older

Spunge · 26-10-2011 5:53pm

I see

John Doe1 · 26-10-2011 5:53pm

Ive always thought ian-duncan smith was the height of trendiness:cool:

Bobby Baccala · 26-10-2011 5:53pm

I'll swap you some brown bread for it!!

pragmatic1 · 26-10-2011 5:55pm

Whats considered conservative today might have been considered fairly liberal 20 years ago. You're just getting old dude.

Jaxxy · 26-10-2011 5:56pm

You just raped Huey Lewis.

whubee · 26-10-2011 5:58pm

JaxxYChicK wrote: »

You just raped Huey Lewis.

shhhh ffs, i need this.

Yakult · 26-10-2011 6:00pm

More of Preservative myself.

krudler · 26-10-2011 6:00pm

Their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but when Sports came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far more bitter, cynical sense of humour. In '87, Huey released this, Fore!, their most accomplished album. I think their undisputed masterpiece is "Hip to be Square", a song so catchy, most people probably don't listen to the lyrics. But they should, because it's not just about the pleasures of conformity, and the importance of trends, it's also a personal statement about the band itself.

Bobby Baccala · 26-10-2011 6:02pm

krudler wrote: »

Their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but when Sports came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far more bitter, cynical sense of humour. In '87, Huey released this, Fore!, their most accomplished album. I think their undisputed masterpiece is "Hip to be Square", a song so catchy, most people probably don't listen to the lyrics. But they should, because it's not just about the pleasures of conformity, and the importance of trends, it's also a personal statement about the band itself.

Right, so what did you say?

OutlawPete · 26-10-2011 6:06pm

P4DDY2K11 wrote: »

Right, so what did you say?

Ignore the pages from the style section on the floor.

FatherLen · 26-10-2011 6:09pm

rhyme much?

stovelid · 26-10-2011 6:09pm

One felt for him when he fouled his near-perfect sequence of up-tempo, chart smashes with the more sacharine plodder Stuck With You. I seem to recall the video involved him wooing an histrionic heiress in a canoe which seemed - to my 15 year old mind at least - to be another stylistic faux pas in the then more austere post-Duran pop landscape.

4leto · 26-10-2011 6:14pm

Is it trendy to be conservative?

I so hope so
For once in my life I would like to with the Zeitgeist.

im invisible · 26-10-2011 6:14pm

I,, I need to return some videotapes??

Columbia · 26-10-2011 6:15pm

I used to be liberal, now I'm conservative. But having become more conservative I realise I never was liberal, I was just a bit of an idiot in school and the early years of college.

stovelid · 26-10-2011 6:15pm

4leto wrote: »

Zeitgeist.

I can picture you making imaginary quote marks around this.

xsiborg · 26-10-2011 6:46pm

FatherLen wrote: »

rhyme much?

that's exactly what i was thinking aswel, i read the OP like they were trying to form some sort of poetry, but it just wasn't coming together... :rolleyes:

krudler · 26-10-2011 7:23pm

xsiborg wrote: »

that's exactly what i was thinking aswel, i read the OP like they were trying to form some sort of poetry, but it just wasn't coming together... :rolleyes:

Its almost like he was trying to be hip to be square, try harder OP!

whubee · 26-10-2011 10:08pm

krudler wrote: »

Its almost like he was trying to be hip to be square, try harder OP!

This type of thread is a work of art, to appreciate it you must have the refined taste of an artist.
And I stress the word 'artist'.

Lavezzi · 26-10-2011 10:16pm

I spat out my drink and started panting heavily in a combination of rage and confusion when I read the title. I calmed down when I realized it was sarcastic.

Being liberal or conservative is no longer really a choice in Ireland. People just turn on their TV and have the choice be made for them. And it's not too hard to figure out which choice that is, I'll give you a hint, the people on this particular forum demonstrate it in every word they write.

xsiborg · 26-10-2011 10:16pm

whubee wrote: »

This type of thread is a work of art, to appreciate it you must have the refined taste of an artist.
And I stress the word 'artist'.

*cough* government artist *cough* :eek:

reference to "american psycho" in OP's edit

SafeSurfer · 26-10-2011 10:50pm

I think there is a rise in cynicism and a rejection of the idealism that brought about so much positive change in the last half century.

whubee · 26-10-2011 11:00pm

My thread ... it was an attempt at humor...I JUST HAD TO ANNOY A LOT OF PEOPLE!!.
I guess ... i guess im a pretty sick guy.

But even after admitting this there is no catharsis, the moderators punishment continues to elude me, and I gain no deeper knowledge of why I even started this thread, I gain no further giggles, this confession has meant ..nothing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LB5YkmjalDg

Gee Bag · 26-10-2011 11:03pm

SafeSurfer wrote: »

I think there is a rise in cynicism and a rejection of the idealism that brought about so much positive change in the last half century.

Yawn

krudler · 26-10-2011 11:19pm

Try getting a reservation at Dorsia now you stupid fcuking bastard!

Oranage2 · 26-10-2011 11:23pm

I wont rest until pedophiles and kids have the right to civil partnership.

Is it trendy to be conservative?

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