Young hipster dude to older hipster dude: Man, fuck Yanni. That guy sucks. [Mocks his singing] ‘The best part of waking up…’ Wait, no, that’s Michael Bolton. Wait, no, that’s Folgers!
Blue line Metro
Washington, DC
Overheard by: Laughing at that guy
Archive for the ‘Music’ Category
According to a Priest and a Rabbi I Met in a Bar Once
Goth girl wearing blue beehive wig: So Morgan Freeman, a college professor, and a hot guy walk into a ska club.
Friend: And?
Goth girl: Oh, there’s no punchline, that actually happened.
Denver, Colorado
With the Possible Exception of the Dominant Chord
Professor: So, how was survey of western music?
Girl: It was terrible: someone would always find a way to bring up gender issues. I mean, I hate to break it to you, but eighteenth century tonal music doesn’t give a shit about your vagina.
Sarah Lawrence College
Bronxville, New York
That Guy Is Always Purple Raining on Our Parade.
Museum employee: I’m from Minnesota, originally.
Guy: I lived in Minnesota for a while, a long time back. Nice place, but there was way too much of that one guy. You know, that guy? The little guy? With “purple …”?
Museum employee: …Prince?
Guy: Yeah, that’s the one.
Art Museum
Denver, Colorado
But I’m Reasonably Sure That’s Where Your Dad Is from
Girl: Whoa…There’s a band called “Asia”? Mom, is this what I was named after?
Mother: No, honey.
Branson, Missouri
Wait ‘Til They Do “The Thong Song” in Middle English
Girls, singing: My milkshake bringeth the lads in the square, prithee, ’tis better than yours, ’tis better than yours, I could teach thee, but I’d levy a fee.
4 Bus
Victoria
Canadia
Overheard by: Fair maiden Juliet
Say Bye-Bye to the ’90s, Mom
Mom: But dear, you must like swing music. It’s simply infectious!
Five-year-old daughter: Mom, I do not like swing music.
Sacramento, California
Overheard by: I don’t like swing music either
…Remember When We Used to Talk About Politics?
60-year-old man #1: Do you get the Disney channel?
60-year-old man #2: I sure do!
60-year-old man #1: Do you ever watch Kim Possible?
60-year-old man #2: It’s my favorite show!
60-year-old man #1: No way! Me too!
60-year-old man #2, attempting to sing: Call me, beep me, if ya’ wanna reach me!
60-year-old man #1: (silence)
60-year-old man #2: I like the naked rat.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, New York
Overheard by: Bacon
A+
Black student, casually: Wait, let me get this straight: he was going to participate, but he was late, so he decided to hate, and that’s what started this debate?
Teacher, baffled: Did you just rap that at me?
Columbia College Fiction Department
Chicago, Illinois
Overheard by: flunk_punk
Definitely the Low Point of Any Bon Jovi Concert
Chubby guy on cell: You know it’s bad when Bon Jovi shows up.
Target
Westminster, Maryland
Overheard by: JoviFan4Life
