I’ve been a fan of Industrial music pioneers Throbbing Gristle for many, many years, and this morning I went searching for the lyrics to their classic piece, “Hamburger Lady.” True to form, the Internet dumbs down another cultural phenomena to the level of Britney ringtones and Hannah Montana lunchboxes as seen by the first link I found below:
You can imagine the shrieks of unfettered teenage girl glee when I saw that I could have Hamburger Lady as my very own ringtone! Following the link, I was greeted by this image of a young woman happily jamming to TG on her iPod:
This made me wonder if I was being duped… I mean, don’t you think this image is a little… misleading? I set about correcting this issue straight away:
There, doesn’t that seem more appropriate? I just hate inconsistency. HA M B U R G E R L A D Y . . .
3 Responses to “In Honor of the Hamburger Lady”
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May 17th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
Iggy Pop, Devo, Beatles, The Who….Throbbing Gristle?..it’s got to be on national television before I really get indignant (even then, I really don’t). A commercial for Hamburger Helper?…I think War Pigs, from a melodic point of view, would be much more effective but that’s just me!
May 18th, 2009 at 10:33 am
That is a much more appropriate. Would they, could they, with a scream?
May 18th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
So, um, just curious… What are you getting exactly?