Look, I never liked DMB either, but they were massively popular at the time, so I don’t think we can truly say they weren’t “cool.”
I liked none of their music except this one song, which was why I read the article. Still definitely not going to check out the movie, as it has “not for me” written all over it.

Because it’s all OK since he gave them head. Forcing someone to receive oral sex isn’t a crime (sarcasm).

Did you miss the part of this story where he removes a protective guard from his students vagina before simulating oral sex? There is literally no excuse for that kind of behavior.

Wow. That’s just vile!

Now that you mention it, Byrne’s vocal arrangements are very reminiscent of church music. I love that style!

What I read said that the theme of the album was the disconnectedness of modern life (ugh). I’m sure the article went on from there, but when older people start talking about how things aren’t as good as they were in the past, I check out. FWIW, this reading of the lyrics seemed to legitimately jive with what I was…

Clearly, she’s in bed with Big Dong!

To be fair, coprophilia wasn’t on the menu here.

So you’re saying I need to check out The Catherine Wheel stat? I will if it makes Feelings sound meh!

That is...not what I read. But it IS much cooler than what I read, so I’ll go with that!

Close relative - check

I was not aware of that biographical detail. But just to be clear, it could be a natural relative, like a brother. I understand that step-relatives are more likely to be offended, But I have to make the point that some folks offend against those who they should protect.

I like ETHWHT as well. I liked it so much that I made the mistake of looking it up on Wikipedia to see what he was singing about. Don’t be like me!

What is your take on Feelings? I love it and wanted him to do something like it again, but the closest I’ve seen is Everything That Happens Will Happen Today, which is good, but it ain’t no Feelings.

He’s got no reason to be optimistic

Or, you know, her real father. People get away with doing that because no one wants to believe anyone would do it.

I’d like to hear more about your sack-of-flour candidate!

Ronan IS a very pretty man, but he is no one’s daughter!

Couldn’t agree with you more. Kinja is not just a poor commenting platform, it is an actively crappy content management system. Did you see that Paul Haggis was accused of sexual assault? Because I didn’t find out until a little while ago, and only then because I was really hard up for reading material, so scrolling…

Thank you for telling me that! The movie looks so clearly early 90's to me that I didn’t think it might be set slightly in the future. But that only makes sense with the rest of the story.