I Saw U2 Live Twice's definitions

mindfuck

1. A now scientific and academic but still obscene word for mind manipulation with misinformation, gaslighting and outright lies that are so ridiculous yet are believed by some people. A practice used by cults. Head games, especially on a large scale.

2. Any kind of lie or rumor used in news or education. Absolute bullshit that the source wants you to accept and believe.

America has been in a massive mindfuck for years .

1. News media have slipped in fake stories claiming that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. cheated on his PhD., cheated on his wife, was a pervert or a (drumroll, please) Communist. Total bullshit. A historical mindfuck for the racist whites to justify their hatred.
2. During the 1991 Gulf War the media claimed that the Iraqi desert climate 'made it so that their chemical weapons didn't work' on US soldiers. The whole USA was in a jingoistic massive mindfuck. It was sickening.
3. In school we were taught that Christopher Columbus 'discovered' the New World and brought peace, freedom, Christianity and technology to the Native Americans. Yet even in 2nd grade we read that Norse men came here at least 500 years before. Last year I visited a Huron museum in Quebec City that showed that Norse and Huron had an indirect 'trading Silk Route'. Columbus was no hero, he was a bastard and we were mindfucked with bogus history.
4. Every fucking day Dirtbag Traitor Trump pulls his mindfuck on the public. First the CoVid-19 is a 'hoax', then he wears a mask, then he doesn't, then he blames China for 'inventing' it. He keeps changing the lies all the time, he can't keep up with it and his followers eat up all his crap. It's a massive mindfuck.
5. I've been calling all night and morning, I heard Stacy say to her roomate to tell me she wasn't home. She's been seeing Anthony on the side and she's playing a mindfuck on me. I don't like it.

by I Saw U2 Live Twice September 21, 2020

colour

it's how everyone on the planet spells the word "color" except us Yanks, thanks to the spelling reforms of Noah Webster.

1. I was watching TV in my hotel room late at night in Niagara Falls, Canada. I could get American and Canadian TV signals there because I was at the border. There was an ad for Clairol with some lovely chicks showcasing their hair. Next to a lovely babe with long red hair was the logo: it said "Clairol Colour Treatment". I was watching an ad on Canadian TV.

2. At Oakes Parks in the Niagara area I was having a nice discussion with a Canuck lady. She said that I must be an American because I said "out" as opposed to "ewt". I said that yes I'm a Yank and that I spell "colour" with 5 letters, not 6.

3. Cyndi Lauper had a hit in 1986 with "True Colors". In 1998 Phil Collins released his version of it, respelling it as "True Colours" beings that he is British.

3. "Any Colour You Like" is a synthesizer-heavy instrumental by Pink Floyd.

4. The TA for one of my college classes is a Canadian. He says that American spelling for words like "catalogue" becoming "catalog" and dropping the "u" in "colour" to make "color" is a sign of laziness. Hey, it eliminates excess baggage. It's called "simplifying". That's the American way, fella!

5. Eeeeeeeeeyeww! What's your favorite color baby? ... LIVING COLOUR.

by I Saw U2 Live Twice May 22, 2009

USMC

OK, we all know that USMC stands for the honorable "United States Marine Corps" and some people refer to them as "Uncle Sam's Misguided Children". However, in early 1987 there was a big scandal where one or two security guards at the U.S. embassy in Moscow, U.S.S.R. were caught being involved in an espionage ring and security breach, and one or more of the guards (who were United States Marines) were in a sexual relationship with a Russian female agent. They were court-martialed and for a while "USMC" was an abbreviation for "Under Seduction of Moscow's Cunt". This occured even while Reagan and Gorbechev were in a state of friendly dialog and Cold War tensions were lessening.

This USMC/embassy mess did not stop the talks between the U.S.A. and the U.S.S.R. from continuing. The Cold War ended peacefully a few years later and the incident was largely forgotten.

by I Saw U2 Live Twice January 25, 2008

Not My President

This phrase is a notorious slogan found on stickers and T-shirts, used by people who oppose the policies of George W. Bush. The sticker also features a picture of W. The slogan is an anthem of resistance and refusal to accept Bush as America's legitimate President. It became more commonplace after the Iraq war started.

At the parking lot of a Media Play store I saw a purple car with a Not My President sticker on the rear.

by I Saw U2 Live Twice October 2, 2007

All Those Years Ago

A hit for George Harrison in early 1981. Its lyrics were rewritten shortly after fellow Beatle John Lennon was murdered on December 8, 1980. It has fellow Beatles Paul McCartney on bass and Ringo Starr on drums. Technically, it's a 'Threetles' song since it has the three surviving Beatles on it. But since George wrote it, it's on his solo album 'Somewhere in England' and he sang lead on it and played guitar - it's considered to be a George Harrison solo song. Collaborations between the fellow Beatles on each others' solo albums are pretty common and continue to this very day. The video shows clips from Beatles movies.

'All Those Years Ago' is a tribute to the late John Lennon. It went to #2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 Chart and it scored significantly elsewhere. At the same time there were other tributes to John and the Beatles. The Dutch studio group STARS ON 45 had a Number One hit all over the world with a dance medley of mostly Beatles covers (it even made it in Communist East Germany, imagine that!). The influential Roxy Music scored their only Number One with their cover of Lennon's 'Jealous Guy'. Lennon's 'Imagine' hit the top in the UK. Lennon himself hit Number One posthumously. There would be other 'tribute' songs by Elton John, fellow Beatle Paul, Pink Floyd, and others during the next few years.

by I Saw U2 Live Twice January 16, 2024

kool aid

a cheap refreshing drink that comes in the form of a powder in a packet. Comes in many, many flavors. Just add water. Non-carbonated, the drink is promoted on TV by the walking Kool Aid pitcher. He holds a picture and a cup filled with the drink and says "Ohhhh yeahhh!" as he crashes through a wall. Jim Jones and his People's Temple cult in the Jonestown compound in Guyana commited mass suicide by drinking Kool Aid laced with cyanide.

Mom: Are you thirsty? I got some grape flavored Kool Aid.

Kids: Kool Aid! Kool Aid!
Tastes great!
Kool Aid! Kool Aid!
Can't wait!
Kool Aid! Kool Aid!
Tastes great!
Kool Aid! Kool Aid!
Can't wait!
Yaaayyyyy for Kool Aid!

by I Saw U2 Live Twice December 9, 2007

Hey Jude

A mighty big hit for the Beatles, it went to #1 on both sides of the Atlantic. It spent a record number of weeks on top of America's Billboard, a record that was equaled by "Every Breath You Take" by The Police. A classic.

1. When I was in military recruit training ("boot camp") I was assigned to Junior Officer Of the Deck (JOOD) watchstanding security duty. I wore a yellow armband on my left shirt sleeve that said "JOOD". Every hour I'd tour the building to ensure that all was "secure". I entered my company's barrack room and one of my fellow company mates was standing next to a bunk singing "Hey JOOD. Don't be afraid. Take a sad song and make it better. Remember...". When I got to a compartment on the third floor a recruit shouted, "Hey look, fellas! It's the JOOD!" The whole company broke into singing "Hey Jude" (Hey JOOD, get it?). When I was back on the Quarterdeck on the first floor, you could hear the singing continuing on: ... bettah, bettah, bettah, bettah, bettah, bettah, yeaaaaah! Da da da da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da, hey, Jude!...". Recruit training isn't much fun for anyone, but this was pretty amusing.

2. I saw Sir Paul McCartney on Saturday Night Live on TV perform "Hey Jude". People in the audience screamed their heads off. One time when Paul was singing the vocals for this song in the studio (or maybe during a Beatles TV performance) he screamed so intensely he passed out. He didn't konk out when performing on SNL that night.

by I Saw U2 Live Twice January 8, 2008