Ruth Leon recommends… Fascinating Aida on How not to be a C..t
Ruth Leon recommendsHere, courtesy of Dillie Keane, Adele Anderson and Liza Pullman, otherwise collectively known as Fascinating Aida, is their perennial Christmas advice for us all for this, and every, holiday season
My favourite Christmas song will undoubtedly offend quite a number of you ….but I’ll risk it, because it will make the rest of you roar with laughter as I do every time I watch it.
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Love it!
Best laugh I’ve had this Christmas!
Priceless! They’re currently on tour in the UK and I urge everyone to go and see them. They’re clever, musically adept and absolutely outrageous. I’ve rarely laughed so uncontrollably in my entire life. Thank you Ruth for spreading the word!
Shock tactics work well when they go hand-in-hand with sharp wit. This doesn’t, IMO.
I’ve enjoyed their live shows in the past. I’m not going to say I enjoyed this to appear open minded and edgy. It’s just crude.
If that’s an example of English humor ….
Hinge and Bracket did it so much better. Crudeness is no substitute for wit, and it also doesn’t cover up infantile music making.
Excellent. They’ve been consistently brilliant ever since they started. Long life to Fascinating Aida.
I was always taught not to use the “c” word…EVER. I was amazed when I overheard multiple educated, sophisticated middle-aged women use it about their female boss (at a prestigious NY music venue). I was totally shocked (though the characterization was entirely merited).
I guess it is analogous to gay men calling one of their own a faggot, but heaven forbid someone else does.
That said, Fascinating Aida’s version is funny…
I know what you mean. I’ve always found the C-word grating and offensive but have reached the age where I’ve ceased to care when used by women within a humourous and educated framework, such as here with Fascinating Aida. Their body of work over the last few decades gives them, for me at least, a free pass on pretty much everything up to and including murder. Have a listen to their early songs which also dealt with nuclear war et al. They are a wonderful institution.
The kind of “humor” that is based mainly on using “naughty” words is called “sophomoric” for a good reason, and this is a typical example of it.