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Andrea Andrew

Dude, how did Becky and Joyce miss the obvious signs?

jafortee

“Your prison is walking through this world alone” is a fucked Sunday school lesson

Vampire Buddha

Being raised fundamentalist Christian and only interacting with other fundamentalist Christians until you're 18 skews perception.

Phillip Donnelly

I prefer the Eagles' rendition, myself. My dad like the Linda Ronstadt one.

Melenynder

I liked this era of music where a lot of artists were covering each other and collaborating. Seems like that doesn't happen as much anymore.

Arania Webb

They sing Desperado in church? Tell me that's a joke.

Astariel

Who's saying that tracks? Jennifer?

Ash

Remember, the answer for them is always Jesus. So you’re only alone (and in prison) if you don’t got JESUS.

Sajuuk-Khar

You see boys and girls, SATAN is the “Queen” of Diamonds—a Drag You to Hell Queen if you will, but the Queen of Hearts—wait they said Queen again? Sheeeeiiiiit. Uh. TAMMY FAYE BAKKER

David M Willis

actually sounds like a fairly standard Sunday school lesson to me

jafortee

@David M Willis - yeah, I thought about it more, that was pretty much every week

Populuxe

Once again, I offer the greatest version of Desperado ever recorded, sung by a nine year old girl in rural British Columbia in the 1970s: https://youtu.be/s9F-no5av-s

Rob McBobson

This is completely beside the point, but you can sing "church is where I learned the song from" to the tune of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles".

Rob McBobson

I listened to that link the first time and I'm still genuinely surprised that it's genuinely good. Like, good good, not just charming good.

Douglas Appelt

I don't think Jacob sees the irony is saying "Nobody should know this song", and yet HE not only knows it, he names Linda Ronstadt instead of the Eagles, even though they wrote it & it's one of their best known songs. What makes YOU so special, Jacob? Are you majoring in Music?

AE Gonzalez

I knew Joyce/Becky’s church was evil, but making parishioners sing Desperado crosses the line.

Wednesday

Someone in his life might have progressive supranuclear palsy or a related neurodegenerative condition. You do a lot of reading when that shit gets into your life.

Packy Anderson

So, this came up on my phone while my wife and I were picking up dinner. I showed it to my wife (the Joyce clone) and she chuckled. We got into the car, and when we turned it on, the radio came to life playing Linda Ronstadt. "You're No Good", but still Linda.

Grace Serenity

Our worship pastor used all sorts of secular love songs during church. It's kind of scary how well they blend into that environment

Harold

@Populuxe: And that version, I've always been convinced, was the direct inspiration for one of the best scenes in Jim Sheridan's wonderful Irish-immigrants-in-NYC drama IN AMERICA (2003).

Morgan Byrd

Did you just pull this out of the buffer lol

Harold

@Andrea Andrew: Wait, where do you see Joyce? I only see THE MYSTERIOUS HOODED PERSON

Tessea

Sal has great 'performing' expression.

David M Willis

It works really well as a way to end a sermon on a musical solo, especially if said sermon is a testimonial.

Edwin I Callahan

The person who the song is about isn’t failing Sunday school, he’s kind of failing life. He’s riding the range like he’s the Man With No Name. No lovers, no friends, no allies. Just convenient moments. He’s just a silhouette on a ridge top, fading into the dusk. Pretty soon, it will be like he was never there. Not a way to live and die.

Jamie (QueenofSodor)

between this and the Roadblock strip, Jacob's really shining on Patreon, huh?

Amós Batista

Oh, another song that we learned inside church, before learn the word "secular"...

Andrew Dederer

Re: Jacob going Linda Ronstadt isn't THAT odd. Depends on where you heard the song first (which usually means PARENTS). For example, I've always had a mild reaction to people going after Terry Jack's "Seasons in the Sun" because to me, that's a Kingston Trio Song (and my dad also had "Jacques Brel is alive and well, and living in Paris", but I didn't match those up for a LONG time). One of the weird things about childhood is how you can be exposed to culture "backwards" and only connect dots MUCH later.

Michael Schmidt

I don't know how, exactly, but when I tried to listen to Ronstadt's version of Desperado on YouTube somehow another tab opened up playing John Philip Sousa's On Wings of Lightning at the same time. That was an interesting blend.

Beck Chonigman

Everything I learn about Christianity horrifies me more and more.

Andrew Dederer

Now we just have to have Sal sing "Konya wa Huricane", maybe with her helmet on?

Logibear

I too, think of Linda Ronstadt in the shower

Maude Reads Things

Dude, this is the age of automated queues and related media playlists. It's easier than ever to find older and classic media, especially when older age groups push them to the top of the most watched/read/listened to/played lists

Maude Reads Things

And also, Willis, how dare you not show me Marcie's reaction to Sal singing in a less sad context

ValdVin

As an Older Age Group sort, I would even go so far as to say "It's harder than ever to escape older and classic music". I illustrate the stranglehold thus: "Desperado" was released 53 years ago. It's as close in age to "Rock Around the Clock" as Rihanna's "Umbrella" is to now.

LexiByDay

what is this song?

Tessea

Well now that's stuck in my head. Not that it's a bad thing!

Charles Spencer

Beck(y), most of the alternatives aren't much better.

Charles Spencer

I'm guessing the 'What' is from Jaobe, and Lucy is 'That tracks'.

Charles Spencer

Gods, what are they teaching in schools these days?

VengeanceKnight

Willis, your *Community* influence is showing. This reminds me of the “Sam and Diane” bit from “Modern Warfare.”

Harold

@Logibear: See, here's where clarity of language is important - are you saying that while *you're* in the shower, you think of Linda Ronstadt (say, circa 1975 or so)? Or that you picture Linda Ronstadt *herself* (say, circa 1975 or so) in the shower? (NOTE: "Both" is a more-than-acceptable answer.)

Jesse

“And the LORD said ‘I’m a cowboy!’”

Harold

"...and on a steel horse I ri--- Sorry, different song"

Daibhid Ceannaideach

I've probably said this before, but as a Scot, it's always surprising to hear that there are some aspects of Joyce's fundamentalist services that kind of sound ... fun? Our fundies pretty much believe that having fun in church is blasphemous. (And having fun outside church is at the very least highly suspicious.) While I haven't been in a church that did this myself, I'm reminded of the Vicar of Dibley episode where the new choirmaster leads them in "Love is All Around" with the single alteration of "On Jesus' love you can depend."

Shane Wegner

Strong “I’m five -and a HALF-“ energy.

DramaQueen

I’ve never even heard of the Linda R version and I was alive when it was recorded. Only the Eagles’ version. Her version does sound like it’s being played in church, all it needs is a gospel backup choir.