tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5575457410940090798.post3791718732946749097..comments2023-04-02T02:56:49.743-07:00Comments on The Cliterature Blog: Mattel superverts "Barbie Girl"veingloryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03709708573358649383noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5575457410940090798.post-77377341944148938742009-09-20T19:00:31.372-07:002009-09-20T19:00:31.372-07:00LMAO! My son liked the you tube song haha. I liked...LMAO! My son liked the you tube song haha. I liked the origanal, it was catchy...I would slap myself today thoguh if I caught myself singing it in public haha.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5575457410940090798.post-57635198859070529732009-09-17T01:16:48.921-07:002009-09-17T01:16:48.921-07:00Actually, the song is a thinly disguised anti-evol...Actually, the song is a thinly disguised anti-evolution song!!<br /><br />I'm a Barbie girl in the Barbie world<br />Life in plastic, it's fantastic<br />You can brush my hair, undress me everywhere<br />Imagination, life is your creation.<br /><br />So Mattel is merely using the song to promote its extreme right-wing agenda.David Tullochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02045028331563220780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5575457410940090798.post-62379100497599691342009-09-16T13:00:39.731-07:002009-09-16T13:00:39.731-07:00"Do the Barbie?" Oh, that sounds so bad..."Do the Barbie?" Oh, that sounds so bad! Regardless, I seriously doubt the "Barbie" dance will ever be as popular as the Macarena.Gargantuahttp://lucentdusk.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5575457410940090798.post-47599340458589303672009-09-16T12:19:21.143-07:002009-09-16T12:19:21.143-07:00I found it grotesque! And I would think so many p...I found it grotesque! And I would think so many people would know the original words - probably not even notice they'd been sanitised.A. of A Changing Lifehttp://travellingspouse.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5575457410940090798.post-27507039709763798292009-09-16T03:59:25.765-07:002009-09-16T03:59:25.765-07:00never liked the song, even then.
i think its sad ...never liked the song, even then.<br /><br />i think its sad that Mattel, the giant that it is, cannot stir its creators to come up with something original and true for their product.<br /><br />a big "tsk! tsk! tsk!" if you ask me.<br /><br />p.s. yeah, the dancing barbies were scary!Mia Dela Cruz-Sorianohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16604527951438504171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5575457410940090798.post-68026843951508237072009-09-15T12:39:41.951-07:002009-09-15T12:39:41.951-07:00woah.. creepy dancing barbies. None the less.. i a...woah.. creepy dancing barbies. None the less.. i am sure that Aqua got paid BIG BUCKS for this stupid little thing, ad personally, i think that means that in the end, AQUA won<br /><br />Think about it.. At first, Mattel wanted to sue (possibly for money) the band.. Then in the end, Mattel had to come back on hands and knees asking for that song because no one there at mattel could have come up with anything nearly as catchy. <br /><br />So you see, its capitalism at its absolute best. The little guy wins by putting a big fat check in the bank.Power Nubby - raising money for handicapped petshttp://powernubby.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5575457410940090798.post-25519930500777908872009-09-14T02:12:36.050-07:002009-09-14T02:12:36.050-07:00Even though the Mattel version was washed clean of...Even though the Mattel version was washed clean of innuendo, in my head I could only hear the original lyrics ... which made the whole thing very uncomfortable.<br /><br />The Barbie tattoos emulating "high-profile stars" like Amy Winehouse were almost as frightening.David Tullochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02045028331563220780noreply@blogger.com