# Lady Marmalade's Whores on Parade
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-marmalades-whores-on-parade/67759
**Category:** The BBQ Pit
**Created:** [June 6, 2001, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-marmalades-whores-on-parade/67759 "2001-06-06T03:02:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2001, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-marmalades-whores-on-parade/67759/1 "2001-06-06T03:02:43Z")
Look: I know the original song is about whores, okay? But for GOD’s SAKES…Christina, Mya, Kim and yes, you too Pink, the video is a freaking PORNO movie. My GOD…what the FUCK is your deal?
Who designed this annoying piece of shit? It’s not sexy, it’s tacky, obnoxious, and downright scary. May you rot in hell forever for introducing this monstrosity on the public.
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### Author:  [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2001, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-marmalades-whores-on-parade/67759/2 "2001-06-06T03:10:18Z")
Oh, here’s a review for those of you who haven’t seen it:
[http://www.mightybigtv.com/story.cgi?show=56&story=1734&page=1](http://www.mightybigtv.com/story.cgi?show=56&story=1734&page=1)
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### Author:  [@Mnementh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mnementh)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2001, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-marmalades-whores-on-parade/67759/3 "2001-06-06T03:34:59Z")
The video frightens me. That’s what whores used to look like? It’d be like sleeping with a blinding, spiky koosh ball…
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### Author:  [@DavisMcDavis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavisMcDavis)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2001, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-marmalades-whores-on-parade/67759/4 "2001-06-06T03:36:01Z")
Christina Aquilera dressing as a prostitute in a video? What range she has!
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### Author:  [@DavisMcDavis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavisMcDavis)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2001, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-marmalades-whores-on-parade/67759/5 "2001-06-06T03:46:14Z")
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> \*Originally posted by Mnementh \*
> \*\*The video frightens me. That’s what whores used to look like? It’d be like sleeping with a blinding, spiky koosh ball… \*\*
That’s funny! I’m going to steal that and pass it off as my own. I’ve banished LOL from my lexicon but I really am giggling out loud. Tee hee.
It seems strikingly unoriginal to have a song about prostitutes and the video is about…prostitutes - who does that any more? They should have picked singers who don’t already look like prostitutes like Celine Dion or Sinead O’Conner or something. At least that would be unexpected. But then Sinead’s already covered House of the Rising Sun… Or have Christina sing a song and not wave her hand around like freakin’ Mariah Carey on a meth comedown. A far better option would be to take the Patti LaBelle version and play it over the “Love Is a Battlefield” footage. That could be interesting.
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### Author:  [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2001, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-marmalades-whores-on-parade/67759/6 "2001-06-06T04:11:31Z")
The dancing is horrible. Horrible. My little sister could have coreographed it better. I hope no one got paid to coreograph the video. Christina Aguilera looks bowlegged and gangly. They all look like drag queens.
I’m tired of people singing that song. It’s getting old. Also, people come up to me saying, “Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir? That means ‘Will you sleep with me tonight!’” Oh, does it? Thank you, because I already speak French and a million other people have told me the exact same thing. I would die happy if I never heard that song again.
That being said, I think it would be fun to dress up like that. At least for sex. But I guess that was the point, right?
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### Author:  [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2001, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-marmalades-whores-on-parade/67759/7 "2001-06-06T04:37:10Z")
Moreover, as you know, “Voulez-vous coucher avec moi?” means that you are asking either a group of people, a stranger on professional terms, or a person entitled to deference to sleep with you.
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### Author:  [@TexasSpur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TexasSpur)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2001, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-marmalades-whores-on-parade/67759/8 "2001-06-06T04:55:39Z")
Christina Aguilera looks like the lead singer from Twisted Sister in that video.
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### Author:  [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2001, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-marmalades-whores-on-parade/67759/9 "2001-06-06T05:15:07Z")
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> Christina Aguilera looks like the lead singer from Twisted Sister in that video.
Damn! I _knew_ she reminded me of someone.
What really annoys me about this song is that it’s been around for quite a few years now, but the Whores of the pop industry remix it, and it’s the KEWLEST NEW SONG EVER!
It’s almost as annoying as when Carlos Santanna was “discovered” last year.
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### Author:  [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2001, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-marmalades-whores-on-parade/67759/10 "2001-06-06T05:23:44Z")
[Dee Snyder]
We’re not gonna take it
No, we ain’t gonna take it…
[/Dee Snyder]
The first time I heard that song, I was like, “Ahhh! It’s the song the babysitter sings in _Beethoven_!!!” I had no clue who sang it before. Gimme a break, though. 🙂
I haven’t seen _Moulin Rouge_ yet, but I hope that song isn’t in the movie.
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### Author:  [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2001, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-marmalades-whores-on-parade/67759/11 "2001-06-06T05:41:16Z")
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> I haven’t seen Moulin Rouge yet, but I hope that song isn’t in the movie.
Of course it’s in the movie. Why else would it be on the sound track? Though, don’t worry. It’s not in for long, and it’s really not that noticable. It doesn’t stand out. It’s there and over before you even realize it!
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### Author:  [@Kayeby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kayeby)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2001, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-marmalades-whores-on-parade/67759/12 "2001-06-06T06:12:35Z")
Nah, Mya doesn’t look too bad. She looks the best of the lot and I think the feathers are really cute. 🙂 Christina looks absolutely _horrible_ - is somebody trying to sabotage her career?
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### Author:  [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2001, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-marmalades-whores-on-parade/67759/13 "2001-06-06T06:50:27Z")
I kinda like it, reminds me of my younger years. 😉
For those who haven’t seen it, you can here: [http://www.christina-a.com/ladymarmalade.html](http://www.christina-a.com/ladymarmalade.html)
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### Author:  [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2001, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-marmalades-whores-on-parade/67759/14 "2001-06-06T09:07:28Z")
I just turned on MTV and it was on. It is fascinating to look at, in a train-wreck sort of way. Christina Aguilera makes The Joker look like a regular person (Holy Shitty Makeup, Batman!).
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### Author:  [@Kayeby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kayeby)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2001, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-marmalades-whores-on-parade/67759/15 "2001-06-06T09:12:31Z")
Does anybody else think Christina Aguilera’s pink make-up makes her look like a babboon’s arse?
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### Author:  [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2001, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-marmalades-whores-on-parade/67759/16 "2001-06-06T09:27:55Z")
Christina Aguilera’s hair and makeup probably weighs more that she does !!
Kim is the only one who looks happy and convincing.
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### Author:  [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2001, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-marmalades-whores-on-parade/67759/17 "2001-06-06T09:33:19Z")
On the left side of my plate is Peanut Chicken.
On the right side is Butter Chicken.
In between is a big pile of Saffron rice.
Just thought you may be interested.
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### Author:  [@Hodge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hodge)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2001, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-marmalades-whores-on-parade/67759/18 "2001-06-06T11:47:31Z")
Hey, it’s tasteless, unapologetic sleaze. What’s not to like?
Hodge (who has a weakness for faux-victorian whore-wear)
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### Author:  [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2001, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-marmalades-whores-on-parade/67759/19 "2001-06-06T12:46:39Z")
[Dan Ackroyd]
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> And now, welcome back to another episode of “Bad Cinema”. Tonight’s truly wretched heap of celluloid concerns a recent divorcee vainly trying to pump some faux life back into a flailing career, fresh on the heels of the painful rejection delivered unto her by her now ex-sexually-ambiguous husband. Replete with tawdry costumes that reveal more about the female reproductive system than most parents ever wanted their children to know, this glittery glitzy hype-humpalicious festival of poor taste and chafing undergarments seems to be the barometer of atrocity by which all other films of similar ilk shall be measured.
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> Soon to be released titles:
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> \*\* My Left Foot Clad In A Fuck-Me Pump
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> The Good, The Bad and The Tacky
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> Priscilla, Queen of The Desert Returns, or ‘Welcome Back, Kotter’
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> Steel Magnolias 😃
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> Behind The Green Door Right Under The Puce Bedclothes
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> Harry Potter And The Cockwrench of Christopher Street\*\* ( With apologies to **jarbabyj** )
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> \*\*Lethal Weapon IX: Penetrating Gazes
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> Stretch: The Untold Spandex Story, starring Adrienne Barbeau, Valerie Bertinelli, Pamela Lee and Harvey Korman as the Rag King
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> Frill- What The Handmaid Saw \*\*
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> Thank you for joining me for another episode of “Bad Cinema”, where tackiness and poor taste are appreciated instead of reviled.
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> Tonight’s episode was brought to you by the fine people at **Astroglide**. Astroglide- when the moment is right.
[/Dan Ackroyd]
😉
Cartooniverse
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### Author:  [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2001, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-marmalades-whores-on-parade/67759/20 "2001-06-06T12:55:14Z")
I gotta get out more. I have never:
Heard of the movie Moulon Rouge
Heard the song Lady Marmalade (I don’t think?? Is it a remake?)
Seen the video
I also have never heard of Lil Kim, Mya, or Pink. (I have heard some of Aguilera’s stuff.
Am I old, out of touch, or very fortunate?
Either way, I may rent this flick when it comes out. Ewan McGregor- mmmmmmmmmm 😉
For a good laugh, visit the site Sue linked to- a very funny review of the video.
Zette
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