Osler's Razor

OK, many this raises MANY questions, starting with "What the heck were you doing looking at this site in the first place?" and "How in the world did you find something so bizarre?" or "Does BLS know you're wasting its money on this?" or "Do you suppose the typos are intentional?"

'Cause this has to be a joke!

Cyndi Lauper safe? C'mon, "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" is practically a gay anthem. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
 

Of this list, I listen to 24 of those bands, so I must be EXTREMELY gay.

And someone needs to tell Eminem that he's listed as endorsing a gay message, that will probably come as a shock to him. There are lots of other things to watch out for him for, but endorsing homosexuality probably isn't one of them.
 

Oh, and Oscar Wilde was "reformed"? When did that happen? After he got out of prison? I suppose I could go look this up somewhere, but I have my suspicions.
 

I am with iplawguy on Cyndi Lauper. how is she safe--I am pretty sure she performed a duet with Ani DiFranco who is clearly NOT safe--maybe I should alert them.
 

Meanwhile, Frank Sinatra is not safe. and Motorhead? Maybe you'll become a violent psycho if you listen to too much Motorhead, end up in prison and be buggered by crazed prisoners, but that's about the only way Motorhead will make you gay

As for John Mayer... well, yuck. I hate that sort of saccharine sweet stuff. Maybe he has a point.

Morrissey is only questionable?

I can think of records and CDs in my collection from several on the list, Stones, the Strokes, Bowie, Bob Mould, Tegan & Sara; etc. And I'm a raging heterosexual.

Just off the top of my head, here's a few they missed

The Kinks (LOLA!)
Wayne/Jayne County (he had a sex change)
Mott the Hoople (All the Young Dudes)
Patti Smith (her version of Gloria)
B-52s (I saw them live.. my date and I had to get off the dance floor to avoid being pummeled by flailing gay men)
Patti LaBelle
Barbra Streisand
Judy Garland
Tom Robinson Band ("Power in the Darkness" and "Glad to be Gay" - great tunes)
Zeppelin ("That's the Way" from III)
Sweet (AC/DC -- the song)
AC/DC --the band
and so on and so on
 

I'm confused. Are they saying that the singers/bands are gay? Or their music promotes "gayness"? Because Freddie Mercury was indeed gay... but I hardly think "Bohemian Rhapsody" is making men and women stand up all over the world, look at their heterosexual partners and go "Maybe I'm wrong?"

This is perhaps even more offensive than that billboard on S I-35 (you know the one).
 

Osler this has to be the stupidest idea I have ever seen. First of all, I do NOT get what all of this homophobia in the world is all about.. To me, I am straight and that is my PREFERENCE. Being gay is like a PREFERENCE, is it not? Some people like broccoli, others prefer carrots, others like lima beans. WHO KNOWS WHY? and WHO CARES who likes what vegetables?!?!?!?!

Sorry to roll on about this but I have this conversation with my Inlaws a LOT. They are good people, Christian, and wonderful people They also happen to believe that gayness is against God and all gay people are going to hell. Also, all people (like me) who were not really socialized to believe in God are going to hell. Also that all NON Presbyterians are going to Hell.

I am Unitarian, and I do not care who likes carrots or broccoli or whatever.. Whatever veggies you want to eat, just eat them and be happy in your life, and do not force others to eat the ones you like and be done with it.

Some of these people like my In Laws think not only is homosexuality BAD, but that these gay people are actively trying to convert straight people to "their side." Probably this is where this stupid LIST came from. LIke "Do not let the gays indoctrinate the youth!!!" Not only this, but they also think that gay people should not get married, because it weakens the institue of marriage. GUESS WHAT???? Marriage is in trouble ANYWAY!!!!

Osler, this list is soooo stupid. Its SOOOO scary that there is a list like this. I respect my In Laws views that they do not approve of Homosexuality. FINE - whatever, but I DO NOT get why they think they can dictate to the world how everyone else should, live. ANd they always tell me that God does not like Gay people... LIKE THEY KNOW!!!!!!!!! Its just so stupid.

and so is this entry and I know it and no one would believe that I went to Cranbrook I know this and now it is perfectly obvious why I did not go to Law School. However I just do not get people who make it their life's work to bash other people and their lifestyles. Its so stupid and backwards and offensive.

I mean BARRY MANILOW??? that guy is like NERD CENTRAL Half of them probably danced to him at their weddings.

I know I am an idiot.. But do you get what I mean?
 

COLE PORTER????? DANGEROUS????
 

What is the deal with this??? I am glad you put this on your blog. Or should I say, GLAAD? hahah

SO SCARY


Quote:

"C.H.O.P.S is the powerful new program developed by Christian Youth expert Donnie Davies. C.H.O.P.S stands for CHANGING HOMOSEXUALS into ORDINARY PEOPLE.

If you have been having feelings that you DO NOT want to have towards people of the same sex as you, then this is the program for you.

If you've been acting on those same feelings, then this is DEFINATELY the program you've been looking for. "
 

Tyd, you lost me. Do you mean that if you believed in this list or were the kind of person who did you would have gone to law school? What does that say about Prof. Osler? and me? And the rest of the lawyers on this site?

Don't know if any of them went to Cranbrook, but my Big Brother in our fraternity did and he's neither Gay nor a Presbyterian. And I think he listens to some of the "unsafe music." At least I know he had a copy of that Orleans LP where they were all naked on the jacket.

He does live in Ann Arbor though... so he could be "one of them," couldn't he...
 

All I know is that Jay-Z is the gayest guy on the planet.
 

NO HAHAHA

I mean that I would not survive in Law School because I cannot MAKE AN ARGUMENT. I just get all jumbled up, and I lose my train of thought and I start to sound like an idiot. SO I would not make a good Lawyer. I definitely do NOT endorse that horrible LIST. And I went to Cranbrook but you would not know it by my argument just now, which I should have read over before I included all of those vegetables and then pushed the PUBLISH button. UGH. THe truth is that I like all vegetables., and I do not mind people who like only certain vegetables and I would never force them to eat any vegetables that they did not want to, or tell they they were not normal for only liking certain vegetables.
 

I've got 46 on that list somewhere in my iTunes and that's not counting Indigo Girls and Elton John twice like they listed them on their list.

Strange...I still feel pretty straight.

re: that creepy billboard on 1-35--is that the one right next to campus on 5th street? Wasn't that formerly a Baylor sports ad? Sad, really.
 

tydwbleach,

Just so you know (as evidenced by my earlier post), not all Presbyterians feel that way. In fact, I'd have to say that your in-laws don't listen too closely in church if they believe that any particular group of people goes to hell or doesn't. Presbyterians are Calvinists and by our church doctrine, we believe that we are CLUELESS about who gets God's grace and who doesn't. Of course, there are those that seem to forget that entire basis of our sect when it comes to gays. And apparently, when it comes to anyone non-Presbyterian. (Though that's the first time I'd heard that one.)

Sorry, just had to stick up for what is generally a very open, tolerant and accepting sect of Christianity. Don't listen to your in-laws! :-)
 

There are so many great religions in the world and so many great religious people, and I know you have to look at these things on an individual basis.

I believe in a God, probably not THE God. I think God is all around us. Little miracles happen every day, if you open your open your eyes and try to see them.
 

Agreed. :)
 

OK, I've done some research and we can add the following bands to the "bad" list:
REM (Michael Stipe),
the Buzzcocks (the name alone and Pete Shelley),
The Who (Pete Townshend-- check out "Rough Boys" if you don't believe me)

On the other hand, the following groups look "safe" to me:
-The Sex Pistols (anarchy, socialism, crime, but no homosexuality)
-The Dead Kennedys (riots, drunkeness, genocide, but no homosexuality)
-Ramones ("Beat on the Brat" has no sexual overtones, nor does "I Wanna Be Sedated")
-Aerosmith (in fact, listeners are urged to "Walk THIS Way")
-The Grateful Dead
-Jefferson Airplane (Lather and White Rabbit are about drugs, but not homosexuality)
 

I'm hoping they are wrong about the Pet Shop Boys....
 

Oh, and Jimi Hendrix? DEFINITELY NOT SAFE! I mean, c'mon, the first verse of "Purple Haze" ends with "Scuse Me While I Kiss This Guy."....Right?
 

i never knew i was a homosexual until now.


i like how there were only like 10 "safe" bands.
 

Thomas--

I think if you get rid of all those String Cheese Incident CDs and stick to Cyndi Lauper for a while, the whole thing reverses itself. To be sure, I'll check that billboard over by the freeway, but I think that's it.
 

I wonder if you could construe Aerosmith's "Pink" to be a lesbian anthem. Sung by a man, though, it's like the most heterosexual song ever. But Steven Tyler's falsetto...

I, for one, am enjoying the gay band gestapo regime. It's a shame their list for "safe" bands skews toward "suck," though.
 

I am joining C.H.A.F.E.

Changing Homophobic Annoying Freaks Everywhere

I have heard that going through the six week course and complimentary lobotomy for the low, low price of $699.00 will forever stop a person from making lists and trying to promote their scary lame band.

SO if anyone needs me I will be in Vegas at the RV convention, and hopefully I can catch Celine Dion and Barry Manilow and if I am LUCKY, Lance Burton.
 

Tdy--

Do you get to drive around Vegas in an RV? Because that would be kind of fun.
 

An RV show in Vegas just seems wrong, in light of the Albert Brooks movie "Lost in America." Be careful Tyd, you may end up as a manager in a der Weinerschnitzel in Safford, AZ.
 

IPLG--

You represent "Wienerschnitzel?" I would think that is a pretty easy mark to protect...
 

No, we don't represent der Weinerschnitzel. Besides, its a dog of a mark.
 

Can I just say something here? Tydwbleach is the best blogging commenter in the history of the world.
 

After Tydwblch's comments, everything else is superfluous, except this: all the bands on the safe list (except Lauper) are pure unadulterated excrement who are all so bad that their CDs should only be used as coasters, not as data storage devices for digital files.

The "bad" list looks pretty interesting really. One question: Who had it in for Cole Porter?
 

Swanburg's Mom?
 

I think Meatloaf is probably safe. Remember, he would do anything for love, but he won't do that. A cautionary tale...

Then again, he was in Rocky Horror... so maybe he's questionable, like Morrissey
 

Besides Jay-Z, I think my favorite addition to the list is this treasure:

--Ted Nugent (loincloth)

Apparently no explanation is necessary.
 

Yes Meatloaf was in Rocky Horror, but didn't end up as the main course?


I might just take that RV parts sales job if they offer it. It seems kind of fun and everyone there was really fun and nice. However, I am getting REALLLLy tired of going on interviews. Today I was asked what three things I would take with me on a desert island. I wanted to say my TRUE, REAL answer - gummy bears, TIVO and crystal meth But I thought it might make a bad impression. So I said My son, My husband and I guess my friend Diane, because I would need her with me to talk about my son and my husband when I am annoyed at them. WHich was probably worse than the first answer.

GAWD I am SOOOOO tired of interviewing. If tomorrow someone offered me a job dancing on a pole wearing clear heels I would consider it, just so I do not have to answer another innane question, such as "What would your co workers say about you?" It was SO tempting to answer "My coworkers leave me alone ever since that time I came to work drunk dressed in a kimono and a rainbow clown wig, waving a sand wedge in the air and shouting "DEATH TO NETFLIX!" I may have offended some people, but they did not make me pay for the damage when I drove my car thru the lobby. SO that was good. Overall I would say I am well-liked."


Driving around Vegas in an RV... yikes that could be fun.... and I could probably handle that hot dog joint... seriously I have had worse jobs. I was actually a CROSSING GUARD once.

Now here is my idea of a good time.. Driving around Vegas in that GIANT HOT DOG mobile... Can you see yourself giving that thing to the valet at The Venetian? "Psst hey come here.. keep it close, I am planning to take it out to the Hard Rock later on. Here are some "litte Smokies" Don't eat them all in one sitting, kid..."


Though, after that rant I did about the electric cars, how I can work in an industry that promotes the use of vehicles that average about 40 gallons to the mile. Not good.
 

For a while in the 90's, The Oscar Meyer company hired graduates of William & Mary to drive the Weinermobile. What a GREAT job for someone just out of college
 

What's gay about a loincloth? You HAVE to be straight to fend off the dudes checking it out while you're wearing one of those, man.
 

On his totally offensive song, it's hard not to like the line "To get to heaven/There's no back door!"