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436.2 #285 (DL Qual #124)
August 2, 2011 3:15 PM
"Do you ever feel like a plastic bag, drifting through the wind, wanting to start again?" (Katy Perry, Firework). Worst opening line for a song? What do you guys think? I mean, she could have at least said "balloon."
I'm just not a big fan of her music - dina8
12.8 #6075 3:17PM
Ain't that from like Americam Beauty movie - Cricket
224.1 #1307 3:18PM
Lol, me neither dina8! - Spoonful_O_Sugar
436.2 #285 3:18PM
Cricket, I didn't even connect the scene in American Beauty to the song--maybe that's the significance! Whenever that song comes on the radio I think, "Geez, that's like the worst opening line ever!" - Spoonful_O_Sugar
436.2 #285 3:27PM
But balloon wouldn't give it enough syllables - cesium55
529.7 #216 4:04PM
Wondered if she was promoting littering... - BaseballMickey_CM
2852.6 #16 4:06PM
Lol BBM CM - cesium55
529.7 #216 4:17PM
Lol, cesium. But "blue balloon" would work. I mean, there's always a random balloon that floats up while the fireworks are happening! - Spoonful_O_Sugar
436.2 #285 4:57PM
I have to agree with you...plastic bag, although I use them, sounds Trailer trashish ;o) - MomWithAJuiceBoxBuzz
922.2 #94 4:58PM
Agreed. Who really compares themself to a bag? This isn't American Beauty. Lol. - DannieLand921
30.4 #4355 5:00PM
Plastic bags caught in a gust of wind are floating passively as compared to a helium balloon which floats straight up on it's own power. The meaning conveyed would have been different. However it really is an unusual word to have in a song. - Polkadobo
372.1 #371 5:05PM
She probably picked it because saying balloon doesnt go with the rythym and it sounds weird replacing it. - Starr
549.9 #201 5:07PM
Very true, polka, but "plastic bag" ruined the song. So, "balloon" would have a different connotation...Maybe "rose petal" is better. - Spoonful_O_Sugar
436.2 #285 5:12PM
I wish I've seen more rose petals drifting around than gross littered plastic bags - Polkadobo
372.1 #371 5:16PM
And it's a more feminine phrase :) - Spoonful_O_Sugar
436.2 #285 5:22PM
I saw a plastic bag floating aimlessly on the freeway. It made me think of you and I chuckled - cesium55
529.7 #216 6:03PM
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