Stop reminding me of Simply Red

- ebauche said...
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- 24 Aug 2008, 00:01
Stop reminding me of Simply Red

This is a really minor suggestion:

I use the "Paint it Black" theme on Last. Which I much prefer to the red theme.

However, as a result I always get to see the words "Simply Red" beneath my user name. This has the awful side effect of reminding me of the existence of Mick Hucknall, a person who I'd rather forget about completely, erase from my mind, and never have his ghastly voice or appearance taint my being ever again.

Obviously some people might have a problem with "Paint it black", but at least it's more descriptive.

I can see the desire to have a musical link, and some strange people might like to be reminded of the existence of Mr. Hucknall, but there's always going to be someone who's offended.

If it stated "Paint it red" and "Paint it black", then the case could be made that it's just coincidental that "Paint it black" is the name of a Rolling Stones song.

I'm clearly being pedantic, but please, save me from the memory of Mick Hucknall.

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[quote][b][user]ebauche[/user][/b] said: This is a really minor suggestion: I use the "Paint it Black" theme on Last. Which I much prefer to the red theme. However, as a result I always get to see the words "Simply Red" beneath my user name. This has the awful side effect of reminding me of the existence of Mick Hucknall, a person who I'd rather forget about completely, erase from my mind, and never have his ghastly voice or appearance taint my being ever again. Obviously some people might have a problem with "Paint it black", but at least it's more descriptive. I can see the desire to have a musical link, and some strange people might like to be reminded of the existence of Mr. Hucknall, but there's always going to be someone who's offended. If it stated "Paint it red" and "Paint it black", then the case could be made that it's just coincidental that "Paint it black" is the name of a Rolling Stones song. I'm clearly being pedantic, but please, save me from the memory of Mick Hucknall.[/quote]

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- PossibleNonsens said...
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- 24 Aug 2008, 00:04
In terms of probability, it would probably be faster to hire a really good band to write a song called Simply Red, which would be so awesome as to overshadow all previous associations.

But yeah, I think there must be other musical associations around the words Red and Black, so you could switch it around a bit.

Let's make cover versions or music or whatever.

[quote][b][user]PossibleNonsens[/user][/b] said: In terms of probability, it would probably be faster to hire a really good band to write a song called Simply Red, which would be so awesome as to overshadow all previous associations. But yeah, I think there must be other musical associations around the words Red and Black, so you could switch it around a bit.[/quote]

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- ebauche said...
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- 24 Aug 2008, 12:16
I think the song would have to be pretty incredible to shake off those negative associations that I hold.

I could write a song called "Simply Red", but I'd hate myself for reminding myself of Mr. Hucknall.

I'd nearly switch to the red version just to avoid those words.. just the black version is so much more pleasant on the eye..

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[quote][b][user]ebauche[/user][/b] said: I think the song would have to be pretty incredible to shake off those negative associations that I hold. I could write a song called "Simply Red", but I'd hate myself for reminding myself of Mr. Hucknall. I'd nearly switch to the red version just to avoid those words.. just the black version is so much more pleasant on the eye..[/quote]

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- PossibleNonsens said...
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- 24 Aug 2008, 14:36
Can you still set windows to use 256 shade greyscale? :-D

Let's make cover versions or music or whatever.

[quote][b][user]PossibleNonsens[/user][/b] said: Can you still set windows to use 256 shade greyscale? :-D[/quote]

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- Babs_05 said...
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- 24 Aug 2008, 14:50
Leave it as Simply Red. There's nothing wrong with Mick Hucknall. Maybe not the nicest person in the world but he's a fantastic vocalist. And I don't mind being reminded of Manchester.

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[quote][b][user]Babs_05[/user][/b] said: Leave it as Simply Red. There's nothing wrong with Mick Hucknall. Maybe not the nicest person in the world but he's a fantastic vocalist. And I don't mind being reminded of Manchester.[/quote]

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- ebauche said...
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- 24 Aug 2008, 22:23
Well you see, there's the rub. Of course there are going to be people who aren't going to mind, or may in fact like being reminded of simply red, but then there'll be people who won't.

You might not like it if it said, um, "Red Hot Chili Peppers", or "Lady in Red", or "The Red Light District", or "In the Red" and so on and so forth.

Like I say, I'm being pedantic. You'll never be able to satisfy everyone, period. I'm just trying to win a little bit of satisfaction for myself ;)

In fact, if you were to base it on numbers, it really should say Red Hot Chilli Pepper. They've got 1.5million listeners on Last.fm, compared to Simply Red's paltry 180,000.

And Rolling Stones should get knocked out by "Black Eyed Pea"
:D

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[quote][b][user]ebauche[/user][/b] said: Well you see, there's the rub. Of course there are going to be people who aren't going to mind, or may in fact like being reminded of simply red, but then there'll be people who won't. You might not like it if it said, um, "[artist]red hot chilli pepper[/artist]", or "[track artist=Chris de Burg]lady in red[/track]", or "[track artist=The Prize Fight]The red light district[/track]", or "[album artist=Unearthly Trance]in the red[/album]" and so on and so forth. Like I say, I'm being pedantic. You'll never be able to satisfy everyone, period. I'm just trying to win a little bit of satisfaction for myself ;) In fact, if you were to base it on numbers, it really should say Red Hot Chilli Pepper. They've got 1.5million listeners on Last.fm, compared to Simply Red's paltry 180,000. And Rolling Stones should get knocked out by "Black Eyed Pea" :D[/quote]

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- Russ said...
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- 24 Aug 2008, 22:34
It's a tongue-in-cheek reference. Do you really think everyone who works here loves Simply Red? ;)

Any opinions stated in this post are my own, and not that of Last.fm or CBS unless stated otherwise. Please don't quote this post outside these forums without my permission.

[quote][b][user]Russ[/user][/b] said: It's a tongue-in-cheek reference. Do you really think everyone who works here loves Simply Red? ;)[/quote]

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- RoBz88 said...
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- 24 Aug 2008, 22:44
Russ said:
It's a tongue-in-cheek reference. Do you really think everyone who works here loves Simply Red? ;)
Even your staff icons are Red, me thinks the last.fm squad are all closet Mick Hucknell fans :D lol

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[quote][b][user]RoBz88[/user][/b] said: [quote][b][user]Russ[/user][/b] said: It's a tongue-in-cheek reference. Do you really think everyone who works here loves Simply Red? ;)[/quote] Even your staff icons are Red, me thinks the last.fm squad are all closet Mick Hucknell fans :D lol [/quote]

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- ebauche said...
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- 24 Aug 2008, 23:46
RoBz88 said:
Even your staff icons are Red, me thinks the last.fm squad are all closet Mick Hucknell fans :D lol

It's certainly looking likely. Probably some large posters of Mr. Hucknall hanging in Last.fm HQ.

Let's see some photos!

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[quote][b][user]ebauche[/user][/b] said: [quote][b][user]RoBz88[/user][/b] said: Even your staff icons are Red, me thinks the last.fm squad are all closet Mick Hucknell fans :D lol [/quote] It's certainly looking likely. Probably some large posters of Mr. Hucknall hanging in Last.fm HQ. Let's see some photos![/quote]

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- PossibleNonsens said...
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- 25 Aug 2008, 01:51
ebauche said:
"The Red Light District"

*laughs* That would be awesome!
I vote we change it to this, forever.

Let's make cover versions or music or whatever.

[quote][b][user]PossibleNonsens[/user][/b] said: [quote][b][user]ebauche[/user][/b] said: "[track artist=The Prize Fight]The red light district[/track]" [/quote] *laughs* That would be awesome! I vote we change it to this, forever.[/quote]

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- pumpkinlll said...
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- 27 Aug 2008, 08:40
More choice!

I would like to have more choices of colours. Maybe Blue (Da Ba Dee), Green Day or Deep Purple. =Þ

The css colour themes have lame names. But maybe some people would complain about being reminded about Eiffel 65.

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[quote][b][user]pumpkinlll[/user][/b] said: I would like to have more choices of colours. Maybe [track artist=Eiffel 65]Blue (Da Ba Dee)[/track], [artist]Green day[/artist] or [artist]Deep purple[/artist]. =Þ The css colour themes have lame names. But maybe some people would complain about being reminded about [artist]Eiffel 65[/artist].[/quote]

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- mustaqila said...
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- 27 Aug 2008, 12:50
RoBz88 said:
Russ said:
It's a tongue-in-cheek reference. Do you really think everyone who works here loves Simply Red? ;)
Even your staff icons are Red, me thinks the last.fm squad are all closet Mick Hucknell fans :D lol
I'm offended.

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[quote][b][user]mustaqila[/user][/b] said: [quote][b][user]RoBz88[/user][/b] said: [quote][b][user]Russ[/user][/b] said: It's a tongue-in-cheek reference. Do you really think everyone who works here loves Simply Red? ;)[/quote] Even your staff icons are Red, me thinks the last.fm squad are all closet Mick Hucknell fans :D lol [/quote] I'm offended.[/quote]

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- warmsugarcube said...
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- 27 Aug 2008, 14:13
i sure wish i hadn't read this thread. Now every time i look at the top right of this site i will be forever reminded of both Mick Jagger *and* the guy i previously knew as 'that annoying red headed git' but now know as Mick Hucknell..

[quote][b][user]warmsugarcube[/user][/b] said: i sure wish i hadn't read this thread. Now every time i look at the top right of this site i will be forever reminded of both Mick Jagger *and* the guy i previously knew as 'that annoying red headed git' but now know as Mick Hucknell..[/quote]

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- brtkrbzhnv said...
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- 27 Aug 2008, 14:45
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- ml1muse said...
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- 27 Aug 2008, 14:49
Hahaha, I thought I was the only one with this Simply Red problem :P I keep getting mental images of a singing Mick Hucknall (yay, now I know his name as well..) in front of me.. *shudder*

[quote][b][user]ml1muse[/user][/b] said: Hahaha, I thought I was the only one with this Simply Red problem :P I keep getting mental images of a singing Mick Hucknall (yay, now I know his name as well..) in front of me.. *shudder* [/quote]

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- Babs_05 said...
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- 27 Aug 2008, 16:22
*grabs hairbrush*

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- Whosthatrandom said...
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- 27 Aug 2008, 23:49
This thread just has to be some kind of well-planned in-joke. If not, you're all stark raving mad!

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- akrde said...
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- 28 Aug 2008, 10:38
Re: Stop reminding me of Simply Red

ebauche said:
I'm clearly being pedantic, but please, save me from the memory of Mick Hucknall.

Besides that i have nothing against Mick Hucknall i would vote for moving the Simply Red/Paint it Black color option to the user settings section!

[quote][b][user]akrde[/user][/b] said: [quote][b][user]ebauche[/user][/b] said: I'm clearly being pedantic, but please, save me from the memory of Mick Hucknall.[/quote] Besides that i have nothing against Mick Hucknall i would vote for moving the Simply Red/Paint it Black color option to the user settings section![/quote]

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- pumpkinlll said...
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- 28 Aug 2008, 11:11
Re: Stop reminding me of Simply Red

ebauche said:
I use the "Paint it Black" theme on Last. Which I much prefer to the red theme.
I'm clearly being pedantic, but please, save me from the memory of Mick Hucknall.

Maybe the best thing to do is to use select the red theme and to use a css colour sheet...

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[quote][b][user]pumpkinlll[/user][/b] said: [quote][b][user]ebauche[/user][/b] said: I use the "Paint it Black" theme on Last. Which I much prefer to the red theme. I'm clearly being pedantic, but please, save me from the memory of Mick Hucknall.[/quote] Maybe the best thing to do is to use select the red theme and to use a css colour sheet...[/quote]

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- trainstobrazil_ said...
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- 31 Aug 2008, 00:35
Haha this thread its hilarious.. although as warmsugarcube said I'd never really thought twice about it till I read this thread, this is unfortunate - I use the black theme too :(

[quote][b][user]trainstobrazil_[/user][/b] said: Haha this thread its hilarious.. although as warmsugarcube said I'd never really thought twice about it till I read this thread, this is unfortunate - I use the black theme too :([/quote]

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