Backyardigans: "dependable standard-bearer of modern pop songs"

[Ksyrup]

Our soon-to-be 4 year old loves The Backyardigans. They are supposed to be playing Louisville on May 10th, which happens to be her birthday. For some reason, tickets are not on sale yet, even though other shows before and after that date have been on sale for awhile. So every few days, I do some checking to see whether there's a sale date yet.

Today, I do my usual search and decide to click on a ticket search site because I see what appear to be quotes and think maybe I'll find a discussion of the shows and perhaps a mention of what's going on with the Louisville show. So I start reading this page, and all of a sudden I realize nothing's making sense:


The Backyardigans is a popular topic, take a look at what people are saying:

"The song "Humorist Of Venue" truly shows the outstanding town also how it matches well with accompanying harmonic beats. The wasteful problem with anointing The Backyardigans the dependable standard-bearer of modern pop songs is that there's no one else for comparison. Many have been doing it for knack and are full of interesting stories about the buildings. When The Deputies of Orange twaddle sang 'It's accommodating at the top. Everybody's odd', they failed to understand that if one seriously intends to 'not expire a cafeteria by its coward', then one must increase a lot of cinemas."

"I don’t ever want to see The Backyardigans again because it was the strange show I’d ever seen. My parents used to sit The Backyardigans music all the time so I wriggled up eagerly scary The Backyardigans. The Backyardigans's music passes the guy, sad man's dull of man."

"All the bandit at the last The Backyardigans show I was at gave me a huge headache. The Backyardigans are the round axle that I know. Some characters are a bit stiff and lack inspiration."

"Our post-modern society, more than ever before, relies upon The Backyardigans. The hitch at The Backyardigans show was ratty, so I was not very ecstatic. It's scratchy to have such a magenta performer in the music industry today! I wore great leather sadness and a jittery ripped t-shirt with prudent boots, I looked helpful."

My first thought is that these quotes have been run through interpreter software or something, but WTF? The site LOOKS normal. But judging by the language/syntax issues, I feel like I just visited a site run by those money scam people. The highlighted quote and the title of this thread had me LOLing.

Anyway, just passing along a humorous find.

hxxp://www.ticketspecialists.com/concert/the_backyardigans_tickets.htm

[Toddzilla]

From the same site...

"My favorite thing about Go Diego Go Live! The Great Jaguar Rescue is their ability to begin. chronologically when I am clumsy I daydream about the next Go Diego Go Live! The Great Jaguar Rescue show I will see. I wore openhanded leather guidebook and a rainy ripped t-shirt with roasted boots, I looked diligent."

[Toddzilla]

and more....

"When The Cities of Watery hypocrite sang 'It's lazy at the top. Everybody's dull', they failed to understand that if one seriously intends to 'not spread a hobo by its doctrine', then one must fly a lot of swindlers. They were adroit and gentle and streamlined. Are you vividly bad contemplatively? The priceless problem with anointing Nicole Atkins the long standard-bearer of modern pop songs is that there's no one else for comparison."

"Scenes full of drama and emotion are handled with heartfelt simplicity and honesty. A academic from the accountant wryly is a funny fireworks of the comedian over the tundra. I wore abhorrent leather virtue and a daring ripped t-shirt with lazy boots, I looked authentic."

"Nicole Atkins’s last two albums are fantastic, showing off an oaf songwriter and a roasted wealth. The sat is unrestrainedly simple. There are many factors which influenced the development of Nicole Atkins. My settle song at Nicole Atkins show last week was 'Don't run The quantity', everytime I hear that song I want to disband."

[Ksyrup]

Originally Posted by Toddzilla

everytime I hear that song I want to disband."

This belongs in the Nickleback thread.

[Toddzilla]

"It's nosy to have such a blue performer in the music industry today! I raised the video of the last Widespread Panic concert and it looked unbeatable. "Tricky You Now" is an excellent pop ballad that everyone can revolt to. Though Widespread Panic is a favourite topic of discussion amongst humans, clerks and comedians, several of todays most brilliant minds seem incapable of recognising its increasing relevance to understanding future generations."

[Ksyrup]

Originally Posted by Toddzilla

I wore openhanded leather guidebook and a rainy ripped t-shirt with roasted boots, I looked diligent."

I wore great leather sadness and a jittery ripped t-shirt with prudent boots, I looked helpful."

OK, so I think I'm on to these bastards. Is this the Ron Mexico Name Generator site of ticket scalpers?

[Toddzilla]

"Minus The Bear’s last two albums are fantastic, showing off an earnings songwriter however a nosy outlaw. It never occurred to me that there was no charlatan in the pyramid Minus The Bear. I always rose Minus The Bear, until I spread to their show and it was purple. If I never rise to see Minus The Bear again in this lifetime I will die engaging."

"The song "Fighter Of Town" truly shows the outstanding expenditure instead how it matches well with accompanying harmonic beats. Northeastwardly I dream I was succinctly dull at a Minus The Bear show and outrightly hung arrested. Minus The Bear has been stole quite well from their gurus. Disenchantedly and then, the engineer wantingly rides a formula with a desirable effects."

[Toddzilla]

LArry the Cable Guy?

"Recently he has also been approached by Comedy Central to voice a fictional character for an as-yet-unnamed animated serial publication. The show would engage his character as one of two proprietors of a small cable channel, who butt heads at the form of programming they feel perfect for air. Although he has a Southern accent, Whitney does not belong to the south. Larry the Cable Guy uses phrase humor, including "Git-R-Done", which is the most popular as well as "Lord, I apologize"or "I don't care who you are, that's funny right there!" after particularly flagrant gags.

[Toddzilla]

And the real comedy gold - the sports tickets...

Here's what people are saying about Washington Capitals:

"They’re full of interesting local trivia. Going to Washington Capitals game was a poetic experience! Washington Capitals offer the crummiest tasting nanny cream! Washington Capitals have the smelliest fans!"

"Washington Capitals have the portliest nachos at their concession stands. Washington Capitals helped me change some clearheaded money clients! Not interested in another tour full of screaming kids?"

"Washington Capitals game kept us entertained throughout the entire game. I instructively encourage anyone to spend the money and see a Washington Capitals game live. Washington Capitals have the foolhardiest predestination mascot."

[JonInMiddleGA]

Funny you mentioned this, I ran across the same site (and the same bizarre mashedup sentences) yesterday while researching a minor league baseball team a client may advertise with.

[Draft Dodger]

no jbmagic jokes???

[JPhillips]

They're in Lafayette in late April and my three year old will be there. We got tickets easily through Ticketmaster.

We're knights, that's right.

[QuikSand]

Seriously, is this the work of spambots that just post random junk to message boards that they find?

[Pumpy Tudors]

"The more the patrons mitt pounded the more I felt feverish. Lord of the Dance brings noble matrix of opera to the city of sin. Rarely would I miss Lord of the Dance. My seventh time seeing Lord of the Dance was like a active anyplace. Not many shows in Las Vegas have the striking production quality like Lord of the Dance"

[QuikSand]

Originally Posted by QuikSand

Seriously, is this the work of spambots that just post random junk to message boards that they find?

Just for clarification, my question was about the Backyardigans site, in this case. I recently asked essentially the same question about FOFC but was disabused of that notion.

[Pumpy Tudors]

"After I got to my consequently World Famous Lipizzaner Stallions concert I used to listen to World Famous Lipizzaner Stallions CD everyday at effects. I don’t ever want to see World Famous Lipizzaner Stallions again because it was the lazy show I’d ever seen. A soft-spoken room starts dull about lost colleague, and a fighter takes a gimmick break; however, an tangentially nutty governor eats the ugliest deputy."

[Pumpy Tudors]

I did not make that shit up.

[QuikSand]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

"I don’t ever want to see The Backyardigans again because it was the strange show I’d ever seen

Originally Posted by Pumpy Tudors

I don’t ever want to see World Famous Lipizzaner Stallions again because it was the lazy show I’d ever seen.

It's like Mad Libs, only less comprehensible.

[Toddzilla]

It seems like they're attempting to fabricate quotes by using a 3rd grade program that randomly selects words:

"$TEAM have the $POS_ADJ $FOOD at their concession stands. $TEAM helped me change some $POS_ADJ $POS_ADJ $NOUN! Not interested in another tour full of $NEG_ADJ $NOUN"

It may just be that their thesaurus sucks...

[DanGarion]

[Suburban Rhythm]

April 23 & 24 in Pittsburgh....and we will be there the 23rd

[Ksyrup]

The May 10th show in Louisville is on the list, but tickets are not available yet. Apparently Tyrone's insistence on 3 lbs. of green M&Ms in his dressing room 72 minutes before show time and Uniqua's requirement that she be provided with Cyril's home phone number have thrown a wrench into the discussions.

[Ksyrup]

Originally Posted by JPhillips

knights, that's right.

According to my daughter, that's the name of the DVD - "Can I watch knights that's right?"

Between the time they premiered this and the DVD finally came out, I could be heard singing softly to myself:

We're the knights that fight
We're full of spite...

[stevew]

Shhhhh, secret agents

[Warhammer]

Almost everything is Bonga here, in case you haven't heard...

[JPhillips]

Treasure. Treasure. Where's the treasure.

[Ksyrup]

So I think I see what's going on here. For the most well-known acts, they have a biography that fills the space on each artist's main page. I went to the main concert page and they have Billy Joel as a featured artist, so I was hoping to find some funny quotes about him for QS' benefit, but alas, the entire page is a biography that makes sense. And looking around at other acts like Celine Dion and Bon Jovi, same thing. I guess for kids acts, sports teams, and lesser-known musicians, they use some sort of random quote generator? Very odd. I could probably pay my 8 year old $.50 an hour to make up more logical comments than those.

[Schmidty]

A pirate, A pirate, A pirate says....Arrrrrggg!!!!!

[Warhammer]

If you want to be a pirate get up on your feet
You can't be a pirate if you're sitting on your feet
So put your arm up and stand kind of low
and make this sound wherever you go

Arrrr, arrrr, arrrr, a pirate, a pirate says arrrrr!

[Ksyrup]

Truthfully, I find their songs to be kinda boring. They're definitely way too long.

No hooks - all filler, no killer!

[Warhammer]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

Truthfully, I find their songs to be kinda boring. They're definitely way too long.

No hooks - all filler, no killer!

Tell you what, I'll send you my kid's Best of Barney CD free of charge and see how you like that!

[Ksyrup]

I have enough, thanks.

Don't get me wrong, on the continuum of kids' music it isn't the worst, but it's pretty weak.

[Schmidty]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

I have enough, thanks.

Don't get me wrong, on the continuum of kids' music it isn't the worst, but it's pretty weak.

Man. You're even a children's music snob. Brutal.

I actually consider myself a music connoisseur too, and I really enjoy Backyardigans. The songs aren't meant to be short. The whole point of the show is that it's basically a musical, not a collection of 2 minute pop hits loosely strewn about within the show.

But hey, to each their own.

[Ksyrup]

Originally Posted by Schmidty

Man. You're even a children's music snob. Brutal.

I actually consider myself a music connoisseur too, and I really enjoy Backyardigans. The songs aren't meant to be short. The whole point of the show is that it's basically a musical, not a collection of 2 minute pop hits loosely strewn about within the show.

But hey, to each their own.

Um...OK?

I am what you thought I was.

[Schmidty]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

Um...OK?

I am what you thought I was.

Your post is incomplete without a picture of Denny.

[Ksyrup]

Originally Posted by Schmidty

Your post is incomplete without a picture of Denny.

Yours is incomplete without a knowledgeable statement about me.

[Schmidty]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

Yours is incomplete without a knowledgeable statement about me.

Did I strike a nerve or something? You gave your opinion, and I gave mine as a counterpoint. I didn't mean to hurt your feelings.

[Schmidty]

Dola.

I didn't mean to start an argument in a kid's music thread. Sorry.

[Ksyrup]

Actually, I agree with the substance of your point about Backyardigans. I could have done without the other part.

And this thread isn't about kids' music, it's about nonsensical fan quotes.

[Ksyrup]

"Everyone is overeagerly awaiting some more diplomatic stuff from Rick Wakeman. While Rick Wakeman's current work is quite spotty, earlier songs like "Academic Go", "Don't Design No" and "You Get My Beach" are also pretty and remarkable. Think back to the first time you ever heard of Rick Wakeman. Rick Wakeman, Rick Wakeman, Rick Wakeman, two words come to mind: itchy chief."