Dentro las piñones y las olas riquenas

[venta]

On the way in to work this morning I experimented with having Radio 1 on in the car. Too much talking, not enough music. Though it did make me laugh at one point.

However, at one point they deigned to play a song, and it was Basement Jaxx's new single Oh My Gosh. This seems to be the continuation of a disturbing trend started by Mike-The-Streets Skinner last year in Fit But You Know It. "I think you are really fit, You're fit but my gosh don't you know it".

Has anyone under the age of about 72 ever said "my gosh" in the last ten years ? Really ? Is it about to take off as the favoured expression of surprise among all the cool kids ? Has it already (I wouldn't know).

It also makes me wonder what, in not listening carefully to lyrics, I might have missed.

And what's next ? My Goodness Me! by Velvet Revolver ? Crumbs by the Chemical Brothers ? It's a slippery slope, I tell you.

Comments

[ewx.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure about “my gosh” but “gosh” seems relatively frequent to me.

[venta.livejournal.com]

“gosh” seems relatively frequent to me

Really ? I wonder if I just haven't been noticing it, then. Or else you have politer friends than I do :)

[al-fruitbat.livejournal.com]

Has anyone under the age of about 72 ever said "my gosh" in the last ten years ? Really ?

[sheepishly raises hand]

[stegzy.livejournal.com]

[Raises hand too]

[stegzy.livejournal.com]

You mean you havent heard That Policeman is a Nice Chap by Snoop "How much is that Doggy in the Window" Dog??

[beckyc.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure about the "Oh my" bit, but I do use gosh. And "goodness", and similar words. I doubt if it's cool though.

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

It's used in Dancehall quite a bit, from where I assume it's filtering back into UK dance music w/MCs. There's a bit of a trend for semi-archaicisms returning like this. See also vex/vexed.

[venta.livejournal.com]

It's used in Dancehall quite a bit

<peeks over rock/indie parapet>

Oooh, there's a whole world out there, isn't there ?

Gosh.

See also vex/vexed

Really ?

[bateleur.livejournal.com]

It's worth noting that the live version may have different lyrics, in the finest tradition of REM's "Star me kitten".

I listen to Radio 1 most mornings (in part because it's the only station with good reception for my entire trip) and I've decided that what I need is a radio with a button which mutes Chris Moyles whilst letting me continue to listen to Comedy Dave.

[venta.livejournal.com]

a button which mutes Chris Moyles whilst letting me continue to listen to Comedy Dave

Ah. I haven't quite got their voices sorted out enough yet to be sure which one's talking at any given time.

If it was Dave who kept interjecting things like "text the word CAULIFLOWER to..." this morning, then I approve :)

[zandev.livejournal.com]

Golly.

[snow-leopard.livejournal.com]

I have ocassionally been accussed of actually being a cartoon character because of my tendancy to use out-dated expressions of surprise or distaste.

[venta.livejournal.com]

Oh :(

I was hoping it was owing to your tendency to leave Snow_Leopard shaped holes in walls, or abilities to run up walls and swallow baguettes whole :)

[broadmeadow.livejournal.com]

I suspect you may have been victim to a Radio Edit.

I am led to believe that the album version of Dry Your Eyes, for example [incidentally, also the most irritating song released in many a year] is a string of profanity.

I'm not a big fan of "gosh", but "bother" is a favourite of mine. It's an interesting twist that these words, being little used, can make more of an impact than the rather more colourful - and originally shocking - alternatives which replaced them.

[broadmeadow.livejournal.com]

Oh, and in a nice tie-in with the choice of wireless station:

Up until 5pm: The Light Programme
After 5pm: The Home Service (although avoid the Archers at 7pm - those 15 minutes give you all the time you need to tune into the Commercial stations).

Yes, I will concede I do normally call them Radio 2 and Radio 4, but "wireless" has stuck!

[venta.livejournal.com]

I suspect you may have been victim to a Radio Edit.

Do you mean or Basment Jaxx, or The Streets ? It seems a bit unlikely that Basement Jaxx would release a song where even the title was different for radio (Not even Oh My *) - would lead to an awful lot of confusion, I'd have thought ?

I'm not 100% sure but I don't think the album version of Fit But You know It has different lyrics, either.

Any thoughts on best radio-edit every ? I'd rather the song did something slightly clever than just blanked out a word. My favourite is Cowboy by Kid Rock, which contains the lines:

"Cuss like a sailor...drink like a Mick,
My only words of wisdom are just, Suck My Dick."

The version I've got cuts out all backing, guitars etc after "...just", and replaces "suck my dick", with a calmly spoken "radio edit". It's great :)

[venta.livejournal.com]

"bother" is a favourite of mine

People saying 'bother' always make me think of Winnie-the-Pooh.

Which is a Good Thing, of course.

[venta.livejournal.com]

I listened to (excerpts from) a borrowed copy of A Grand Don't Come For Free, and the album version of Fit... does still say "my gosh". The album version of Dry Your Eyes does have two naughty words in it (or rather the same one twice), according to my not-full-attendion listening, but it's not quite a string of profanity.

No idea about what he might say live, of course.

[surje.livejournal.com]

i'm a great fan of "oh my gosh" and "oh my goodness"!

[venta.livejournal.com]

Ah, but do you say them for real, or in a post-modern ironical sort of way ?

:)

[ebee.livejournal.com]

"You DID NOT just do that!OH MY G..
*dawning realisation that I'm standing in Church hall in charge 20 under-7 kids desperately hanging onto my words in the hope I'll swear so I can be told off and reported to the Vicar*
...OSH."

[venta.livejournal.com]

I can certainly imagine gosh coming in handy there. I was more curious as to whether anyone would say it as their natural expression-of-surprise-of-choice.

It is interesting, though, noting what words people to suddenly veer into when they realise that their original choice is inappropriate/going to get them told off.

Ffffffff...iji was very popular when I was at about 14 :)

[philipstorry.livejournal.com]

Does this mean that there will soon be a dancefloor hit featuring samples of Penfold saying "Cripes, Dangermouse!"?

(It's probably been done already, actually...)

I'd quite like to see it the other way around, too. Maybe we can find some clips of Bill & Ben The Flowerpot Men that would fit nicely to an overdubbing of Derek & Clive... I know some stoners who could probably be amused for years by that...

[venta.livejournal.com]

there will soon be a dancefloor hit featuring samples of Penfold saying "Cripes, Dangermouse!"

Yes. Oh yes. Please.

[deeteeuk.livejournal.com]

I'm waiting for 50 Cent's next opus, "Cripes, I've missed the chuffing bus". Hopefully, it will include the single "Crivens, I'm jolly famous".

[bloodnok.livejournal.com]

Has anyone under the age of about 72 ever said "my gosh" in the last ten years ?

Since sitting between a devout Christian and a 17 year old girl that blushes when I say "fsck!" [1] , and positively turns pale when others in the company use the c word, I find my cursing rapidly following that path. To the good, I feel: I feel all the more power with a harshly sneered "Arse!".

Although I probably rate as a head age of about 93 (8/


[1] A very sweet young non-Senga [2] from Greeneuch - egads, 'tis the Eighth Wonder Of The World! Truly a rose grown on a rich source of manure.

[2] This may seem like a parody website, but it is entirely accurate.