# Show your patriotism by urinating on Pink Floyd! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 22, 2001, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-your-patriotism-by-urinating-on-pink-floyd/83150 "2001-09-22T03:04:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2001, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-your-patriotism-by-urinating-on-pink-floyd/83150/41 "2001-09-23T06:46:33Z")
> [@](#): > > I have to wonder why anybody cares. Could it be because they _like the friggin’ song_? Nah, that can’t be it… ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2001, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-your-patriotism-by-urinating-on-pink-floyd/83150/42 "2001-09-23T08:07:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SpoilerVirgin \* > \*\*I just have to hijack for a moment to say a word about Elton John and _Candle in the Wind_. > > Elton John and his partner wrote a beautiful, poignant song about Marilyn Monroe. Later, Elton John devoted much time and energy to the AIDS cause. Through this cause, he became a personal friend of Diana, Princess of Wales. At the same time, the song became a symbol of the AIDS movement, and was played by many people, including Elton John himself, to commemorate those who died of AIDS. The song took on a more universal meaning about senseless loss. > > When Diana was killed in a car accident, it seemed inevitable that the poignant song associated with one of her causes would become a tribute to her. Elton John and his partner wrote some additional lyrics to their own song to pay tribute to Elton’s friend. Proceeds from the sale of the song were donated to Diana’s charities. > > I just don’t get where the bashing surrounding all of this comes in. Of course, that doesn’t mean that all rewrites of songs are appropriate. But this one was.[/hijack] \*\* Because Elton John is worth bashing. I don’t give a fuck who he is, I am a young heathen and grew up hating his fucking music for how many times I had it shoved down my throat by every goddamn feelgood yuppie dreaming of yesteryear and promising themselves that they didn’t sell out, they bought in. I am fully willing to admit that Elton John may more may not be a genius, but on the other hand FUCK ELTON JOHN! Erek ---
**Author:** ![OrganicMatter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/898d66/32.png) [@OrganicMatter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OrganicMatter)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2001, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-your-patriotism-by-urinating-on-pink-floyd/83150/43 "2001-09-23T09:26:24Z")
> [@](#): > > I am fully willing to admit that Elton John may more may not be a genius, but on the other hand FUCK ELTON JOHN! I attempted to insert a [sic] somewhere in the quote, but failed to decide upon the best place for it. It’s good that someone can bring such clarity and finality to a debate. After struggling with the complexity offered up by this thread, I was just pleased to see it all placed in the proper perspective, and summed up so well. BTW: I thought the _Wish You Were Here_ rendition was pretty good. Not as good as the real thing mind you, but good nonetheless. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2001, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-your-patriotism-by-urinating-on-pink-floyd/83150/44 "2001-09-23T11:14:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by OrganicMatter \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > I am fully willing to admit that Elton John may more may not be a genius, but on the other hand FUCK ELTON JOHN! > > I attempted to insert a [sic] somewhere in the quote, but failed to decide upon the best place for it. > > It’s good that someone can bring such clarity and finality to a debate. After struggling with the complexity offered up by this thread, I was just pleased to see it all placed in the proper perspective, and summed up so well. > > BTW: I thought the _Wish You Were Here_ rendition was pretty good. Not as good as the real thing mind you, but good nonetheless. \*\* Well the thread struck me as pretty fucking dumb considering whoever did the rendition of Wish You Were Here, most likely didn’t do it without the say so of Roger Waters. Aren’t copyrights good for 50 years before they see public domain? And, I think Elton John sucks and felt that this would be a nice time to say so. Erek (Tiny Dancer is a good song though) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Big\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@The\_Big\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Big_Cheese)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2001, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-your-patriotism-by-urinating-on-pink-floyd/83150/45 "2001-09-23T11:56:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by _somewhat~damaged_ \* > **It sounded like Springsteen and Wonder came up with new material, and I enjoyed their contributions to the show as well.** If you’re referring to the song Stevie Wonder did, ‘Loves in Need of Love today’, that was off his ‘Songs in The Key Of Life’ album that came out roughly in '74. Unless you’re referring to another verse he added, I can’t remember exactly from friday if he did or didn’t. I know the last verse was sung by someone from Take 6, who had a hell of a voice and added a lot to the rendition. ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2001, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-your-patriotism-by-urinating-on-pink-floyd/83150/46 "2001-09-23T13:20:23Z")
> [@](#): > > Well the thread struck me as pretty fucking dumb considering whoever did the rendition of Wish You Were Here, most likely didn’t do it without the say so of Roger Waters. I’m not sure what the situation is in this case, but I don’t think they needed the permission of Roger Waters. One rarely has to have the permission of the artist to cover a song. If you’re doing it live, the artist is compensated via the venue’s ASCAP/BMI fees. If you want to put the song on an album, you obtain permission through the Harry Fox Agency. Neither situation involves the consent–or even, necessarily, the knowledge, of the artist. It may be different because this was a television broadcast; I don’t know. Maybe someone more schooled in entertainment law can come set us straight. Dr. J ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2001, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-your-patriotism-by-urinating-on-pink-floyd/83150/47 "2001-09-23T14:13:29Z")
[…heaving a deep and heavy sigh… …girding loins for battle… …lovingly placing Book of Reason aside so as not to waste its precious contents on a swine…] **mswas** Luckily, this isn’t a chat board. This will be here long enough for you to go find someone who can read it to you. According to Lao-Tsu (he’s one of those guys from history, wrote a little book called _The Art of War_), every battle is either won or lost before it begins. And you’ve lost. You’ve lost because you’re a muttonheaded numbskull, a helpless dolt, a brain-paralyzed imbecile who wouldn’t know the sound of beautiful music from the smell of a rotten fart. Your ignorance shines so bright that you could spawn a solar system. Your understanding of music is so minuscule that it would pass through the Super-Kamiokande detector. Your opinion is so worthless that I’ve forgotten what it is. I’m gonna have to plow back through your glurge and dig all of it up, a feat akin to disengaging a shit-clog from a crack house toilet. Lessee… > [@](#): > > Because Elton John is worth bashing. No, Elton John is worth admiring. _You’re_ worth bashing. But not in any significant sense. More along the lines of popping bubble wrap. You’re like the Chihuahua that everybody wants to step on to shut its fucking impotent yap. You’re like a burning bag of turds on someone’s porch — they don’t _want_ to deal with it, but circumstances force them to. > [@](#): > > I don’t give a fuck who he is,… He’s the guy who raises tens of millions of dollars for AIDS charities. He’s a knight in her majesty’s honorable court. He’s an accomplished musician, classically trained, who has delighted millions upon millions of faithful listeners for several decades. He produces works of art that span the full range of music theory. He’s a superstar who earned his way to the top through hard work, diligent effort, and great sacrifice. That you don’t give a fuck who he is is no reflection on him, but on yourself. It simply means that you’re an ass pimple. A hemorrhoid. A cum stain. > [@](#): > > I am a young heathen and grew up hating his fucking music for how many times I had it shoved down my throat… See, that’s what’s wrong with the Attention Deficit generation. You think you’re supposed to eat everything. You’ve never produced any actual music, just three minute spans of harsh, cacophonous, discordant noise. And even then, you have to have a computer do it for you. God forbid you should strum a real guitar or bang a real drum. You shouldn’t try to _eat_ the music. What you’re supposed to do is something that would feel really weird to you if you ever tried it, kinda like Neo felt when he opened his eyes for the first time. To hear music, you have to shut the fuck up for a few minutes and stifle those urges to blather moronic epithets at men who are so much greater than you are that exponents are too feeble to render the difference between you. No, you don’t hate his music for being shoved down your throat any more than you hate ice-cream or freedom or anything else people wasted their time providing to you. You hate his music because you’re an insatiable spoiled brat, a pusillanimous dickwad. > [@](#): > > …by every goddamn feelgood yuppie dreaming of yesteryear and promising themselves (sic) that they (sic) didn’t sell out, they (sic) bought in. Your bewildering incomprehension of context oozes from your vacuous post like puss from a running sore. What the fuck do you imagine you know about such a glorious era when students could actually read and write? When young people committed time and resources to making a difference in the world? When segregation of minorities, an indiscriminate war machine, and social injustice were being fought against in the streets? You myopic clod of coprolite. While you play with your navel lint and surf the Internet to find new ways to masturbate, your predecessors are lying in graves at the parking lot of Kent State, where they died in puddles of their own blood, giving their lives for causes you cannot even fathom. > [@](#): > > I am fully willing to admit that Elton John may more (sic) may not be a genius,… So, maybe he is, maybe he ain’t. I guess you want recognition for that brave disclosure. You discredit a man who spends his whole adult life entertaining and helping people, but think it means something when you begrugingly spit out some capricious, vacillating nod of contemptuous approval in his general direction. Well, do us all a favor. Get completely the hell off our side. Admit nothing. Go back to occupying yourself with mindless and wasteful activity. Go eat a book. > [@](#): > > …but on the other hand FUCK ELTON JOHN! Spare us your fantasies. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2001, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-your-patriotism-by-urinating-on-pink-floyd/83150/48 "2001-09-23T14:15:57Z")
Sun-Tsu. But what’s the point? You wouldn’t have known the difference. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2001, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-your-patriotism-by-urinating-on-pink-floyd/83150/49 "2001-09-23T14:56:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SPOOFE \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > I have to wonder why anybody cares. > > Could it be because they _like the friggin’ song_? Nah, that can’t be it… \*\* What, so now you can’t listen to the original anymore? Was it **that** traumatizing? I recommend professional help. Or changing the channel when you hear something you don’t like. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2001, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-your-patriotism-by-urinating-on-pink-floyd/83150/50 "2001-09-23T21:00:47Z")
Revtim, you’re an ass. > [@](#): > > What, so now you can’t listen to the original anymore? Beside the point. > [@](#): > > Was it that traumatizing? Beside the point. > [@](#): > > I recommend professional help. And I recommend you undilate your sphincter and pull that ten-foot thornpole out of your rectum. > [@](#): > > Or changing the channel when you hear something you don’t like. You never heard the expression “It’s the thought that counts”? ---
**Author:** ![miatachris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@miatachris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miatachris)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2001, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-your-patriotism-by-urinating-on-pink-floyd/83150/51 "2001-09-23T22:12:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jack Batty \* > > To tell you the truth, I don’t know what you’re talking about because I couldn’t tear my eyes off that vision in the skin tight leather pants playing the violin. \*\* I’m glad to see I wasn’t the only one that enjoyed that. ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2001, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-your-patriotism-by-urinating-on-pink-floyd/83150/52 "2001-09-23T22:21:19Z")
One of my biggest problems with their version on the show is that the new verse replaced the most beautful lyrics in the song: > [@](#): > > Did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts? > Hot ashes for trees? > Hot air for a cool breeze? > Cold comfort for change? > Did you exchange a walk-on part in the war for a lead role in a cage? I learned a long time ago that if you’re going to do things your own way, you have to be able to do them damn well. Neil Young did “Imagine” at this show. The lyrics to that song ask people to imagine what it would be like if there were no heaven or hell, no religion, no countries. Yet this is a time in which people are turning to religion for strengh and to patriotism for unity. So why didn’t Neil re-write the lyrics to send that message? Because he knows he couldn’t write better lyrics than Lennon’s, and because he knows that the song has meaning to a lot of people that transcends the words. Similarly, “The Star-Spangled Banner” means a lot to people well beyond “There’s a lot of stuff blowing up, but they haven’t hit the flag yet.” You can bet that if someone came out and sang it with all-new lyrics–even if those lyrics expressed a heartfelt and appropriate sentiment–people would be pissed. So it is with “Wish You Were Here”. It’s a beautiful song that didn’t need a re-write to make more meaningful, but they re-wrote it anyway. Dr. J PS: I saw the Goo Goo Dolls open for the Reverend Horton Heat at Bogart’s back in 1995. They were OK. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2001, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-your-patriotism-by-urinating-on-pink-floyd/83150/53 "2001-09-23T22:22:22Z")
Well, you got me in the crushing grip of logic there SPOOFE, I surrender. Please continue to get upset over bad cover songs as if that fucking means something to the original. ---
**Author:** ![John487](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@John487](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John487)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2001, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-your-patriotism-by-urinating-on-pink-floyd/83150/54 "2001-09-23T22:32:01Z")
it’s just a song, get over it, get a life. ---
**Author:** ![pesch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pesch/32/4925_2.png) [@pesch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pesch)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2001, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-your-patriotism-by-urinating-on-pink-floyd/83150/55 "2001-09-23T23:26:13Z")
Strictly as a minor hijack, but **Libertarian’s** rant was a thing of beauty and a joy to read. Wow. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2001, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-your-patriotism-by-urinating-on-pink-floyd/83150/56 "2001-09-23T23:31:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Libertarian \* > \*\* > **mswas** > > Luckily, this isn’t a chat board. This will be here long enough for you to go find someone who can read it to you. According to Lao-Tsu (he’s one of those guys from history, wrote a little book called _The Art of War_), every battle is either won or lost before it begins. And you’ve lost. You’ve lost because you’re a muttonheaded numbskull, a helpless dolt, a brain-paralyzed imbecile who wouldn’t know the sound of beautiful music from the smell of a rotten fart. > > \*\* I’ve read the art of war so yes, I did know who wrote it. Nice non-sequitur though. You have my kudos. \*\* > [@](#): > > Your ignorance shines so bright that you could spawn a solar system. Your understanding of music is so minuscule that it would pass through the Super-Kamiokande detector. Your opinion is so worthless that I’ve forgotten what it is. I’m gonna have to plow back through your glurge and dig all of it up, a feat akin to disengaging a shit-clog from a crack house toilet. > > \*\* Forgot your Ritalin again? I’ll remind you. Elton John sucks. I am still chuckling over the correlation of not liking Elton John and being unaware of the Art of War. \*\* > [@](#): > > Lessee… > > > [@](#): > > > > Because Elton John is worth bashing. > > No, Elton John is worth admiring. _You’re_ worth bashing. But not in any significant sense. More along the lines of popping bubble wrap. You’re like the Chihuahua that everybody wants to step on to shut its fucking impotent yap. You’re like a burning bag of turds on someone’s porch — they don’t _want_ to deal with it, but circumstances force them to. > > \*\* Wow, colorfully creative. He still sucks. > [@](#): > > I don’t give a fuck who he is,… He’s the guy who raises tens of millions of dollars for AIDS charities. He’s a knight in her majesty’s honorable court. He’s an accomplished musician, classically trained, who has delighted millions upon millions of faithful listeners for several decades. He produces works of art that span the full range of music theory. He’s a superstar who earned his way to the top through hard work, diligent effort, and great sacrifice. That you don’t give a fuck who he is is no reflection on him, but on yourself. It simply means that you’re an ass pimple. A hemorrhoid. A cum stain. \*\* [/quote] Wow, again, colorful and creative. I am glad you have found an idol worthy of putting aside your golden calf. Congratulations. Like I said, he’s in all probability a genius. He’s in all likelihood a great, guy, a saint even. I think his music sucks. Though, speaking of ignorance have you ever heard of Jochem Paap, Cevin Key, or Simon Posford? There are some musical geniuses for you. I’ve at least heard of Elton John. > [@](#): > > I am a young heathen and grew up hating his fucking music for how many times I had it shoved down my throat… See, that’s what’s wrong with the Attention Deficit generation. You think you’re supposed to eat everything. You’ve never produced any actual music, just three minute spans of harsh, cacophonous, discordant noise. And even then, you have to have a computer do it for you. God forbid you should strum a real guitar or bang a real drum. You shouldn’t try to _eat_ the music. What you’re supposed to do is something that would feel really weird to you if you ever tried it, kinda like Neo felt when he opened his eyes for the first time. To hear music, you have to shut the fuck up for a few minutes and stifle those urges to blather moronic epithets at men who are so much greater than you are that exponents are too feeble to render the difference between you. No, you don’t hate his music for being shoved down your throat any more than you hate ice-cream or freedom or anything else people wasted their time providing to you. You hate his music because you’re an insatiable spoiled brat, a pusillanimous dickwad. \*\* [/quote] \ That was beautiful \ I’m checking…nope Elton John still sucks. Again, ignorance raises it’s head. If you think you just press a button on a computer then that’s pretty ignorant. If you think Elton John doesn’t use the exact same software that the modern bands use, then you are ignorant as well. If you think modern bands can’t play instruments very well, again you are ignorant. In fact As far as ADHD goes, wasn’t it you that couldn’t remember what you were responding to? > [@](#): > > …by every goddamn feelgood yuppie dreaming of yesteryear and promising themselves (sic) that they (sic) didn’t sell out, they (sic) bought in. Your bewildering incomprehension of context oozes from your vacuous post like puss from a running sore. What the fuck do you imagine you know about such a glorious era when students could actually read and write? When young people committed time and resources to making a difference in the world? When segregation of minorities, an indiscriminate war machine, and social injustice were being fought against in the streets? You myopic clod of coprolite. While you play with your navel lint and surf the Internet to find new ways to masturbate, your predecessors are lying in graves at the parking lot of Kent State, where they died in puddles of their own blood, giving their lives for causes you cannot even fathom. \*\* [/quote] Yeah I couldn’t possibly fathom the cause. By not liking Elton John I have proven that I care nothing for free speech or the cessation of an unjust war. Yes, all that could be gleaned from my dislike of Elton John. > [@](#): > > I am fully willing to admit that Elton John may more (sic) may not be a genius,… So, maybe he is, maybe he ain’t. I guess you want recognition for that brave disclosure. You discredit a man who spends his whole adult life entertaining and helping people, but think it means something when you begrugingly spit out some capricious, vacillating nod of contemptuous approval in his general direction. Well, do us all a favor. Get completely the hell off our side. Admit nothing. Go back to occupying yourself with mindless and wasteful activity. Go eat a book. \*\* [/quote] Mmm…mmm good. > [@](#): > > …but on the other hand FUCK ELTON JOHN! > [@](#): > > \*\* > Spare us your fantasies. \*\* You gleaned tons of info about me from my dislike of Elton John, from an Ignorance of music and social events to not having heard of Lao Tzu, I mean Sun Tzu. I have gleaned something about you. That you turned 80 on your 40th birthday. When you were out there protesting and feeling your oats during the fire of your youth, did you ever think you’d be a crotchety old man when you were only middle aged? I mean, when you were listening to Elton John as a young man did you look back and think, “Wow Elton John is great, but compared to Slim Whitman he’s just a hack who makes a lot of noise!” Erek ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2001, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-your-patriotism-by-urinating-on-pink-floyd/83150/57 "2001-09-23T23:43:54Z")
> [@](#): > > There’s lots of music I don’t like, I just turn the channel But it was on eeeveeerrryyyy channel! 😃 For the record, I thought it sucked as well. I wasn’t really watching it, but turned around when I heard the opening notes. Then, about a second later, I realized it wasn’t anyone from Pink Floyd. Then I realized that whoever it was was about as qualified to sing Pink Floyd as I am. Then I realized that he was playing with the lyrics and it wasn’t going to get any better. At that point, I turned back to the computer. Yep, it sucked alright. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2001, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-your-patriotism-by-urinating-on-pink-floyd/83150/58 "2001-09-24T00:01:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pesch \* > \*\*Strictly as a minor hijack, but **Libertarian’s** rant was a thing of beauty and a joy to read. > > Wow. \*\* You’re old and crotchety too huh? Erek ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2001, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-your-patriotism-by-urinating-on-pink-floyd/83150/59 "2001-09-24T00:16:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by _somewhat~damaged_ \* > **It’s nice what they did, but I’d have to agree with some sentiment expressed ealier. If a person only made a donation so they could talk to a celebrity, were they really doing it out of a sense of chairity.** If it got more money to people who needed it, who cares what the motives of the people donating was? ---
**Author:** ![\_somewhat\_damaged](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/ccd318/32.png) [@\_somewhat\_damaged](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_somewhat_damaged)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2001, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-your-patriotism-by-urinating-on-pink-floyd/83150/60 "2001-09-24T03:57:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by The Big Cheese \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by _somewhat~damaged_ \* > > **It sounded like Springsteen and Wonder came up with new material, and I enjoyed their contributions to the show as well.** > > If you’re referring to the song Stevie Wonder did, ‘Loves in Need of Love today’, that was off his ‘Songs in The Key Of Life’ album that came out roughly in '74. Unless you’re referring to another verse he added, I can’t remember exactly from friday if he did or didn’t. I know the last verse was sung by someone from Take 6, who had a hell of a voice and added a lot to the rendition. \*\* You’d probably know more than I would. _grins_ I’m not a serious fan of Stevie Wonder and know only of his songs that I’ve heard on the radio over the years. More of a Nine Inch Nails fan myself. Where was Rage Against the Machine? Wonder why they weren’t asked to perform, heh. _somewhat~damaged_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-your-patriotism-by-urinating-on-pink-floyd/83150.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-your-patriotism-by-urinating-on-pink-floyd/83150.md?page=4)