It isn't every airline offers flights for 50p...
August 26, 2010 5:29 AM Subscribe
Cheap Flights by Fascinating Aida is a new song from a trio of satirical women who have been making people laugh for over a quarter of a century. As they say on their homepage "It started by going fungal, then it went bacterial, and is in severe danger of going viral. Hurrah! We write a hit - it's only taken 27 years!". Other notable songs include their ode to viagra Getting it, White's Blues, and an old gem Time, from 1987.
Huh, different strokes I guess. I think 'Time' is great and the others are clever fun. I love this kind of cabaret act. How have I never heard of this group before now? Thanks, handee.
posted by mediareport at 6:19 AM on August 26, 2010
posted by mediareport at 6:19 AM on August 26, 2010
True. Its all relative. But the only stroke this lot make me want to do is with my finger to the back of my throat. It's far too light to be satire. Calling it satire would be like calling a seaside postcard hardcore pornography. Someone should do a BBC4 doc on them. Could be the Anvil! of UK light entertainment. They've been plugging at it long enough to similar effect.
posted by The Salaryman at 6:30 AM on August 26, 2010
posted by The Salaryman at 6:30 AM on August 26, 2010
"I'm happy as a chipmunk with his cheek full of nuts"
Oh my.
posted by DU at 6:33 AM on August 26, 2010
Oh my.
posted by DU at 6:33 AM on August 26, 2010
Ok, The Salaryman, we get it. You don't like them. You've said so twice. Thanks.
I like them. Very much. Thanks for this post.
Song For Tom is another fine tune of theirs: like some others it's not so much satire as a character driven comic song.
posted by motty at 6:43 AM on August 26, 2010 [2 favorites]
I like them. Very much. Thanks for this post.
Song For Tom is another fine tune of theirs: like some others it's not so much satire as a character driven comic song.
posted by motty at 6:43 AM on August 26, 2010 [2 favorites]
Great song. It perfectly captures a depressingly familiar on-line journey. You start off thinking that you're way too smart to be taken in by a low headline price because you've factored in a margin for the extras that you'll inevitably get billed for. Several screens later comes the crushing realisation that your "budget" trip is not just slightly more expensive than you thought, but more expensive than you can possibly imagine and that you're just a great eejit for ever having believed you'd be able to afford it in the first place.
It's very Irish in style - it's almost as if they had some particular airline in mind...
posted by Asking at 7:25 AM on August 26, 2010
It's very Irish in style - it's almost as if they had some particular airline in mind...
posted by Asking at 7:25 AM on August 26, 2010
I do like it. They have a number of talents and the clips are quite charming and funny. Thank you. It's nice to see musicianship and wit matched in a good way.
posted by nicolin at 7:45 AM on August 26, 2010
posted by nicolin at 7:45 AM on August 26, 2010
Christ, Salaryman. They're not to my taste, but they've been about Radio 4 for years so they're hardly cruise ship material. (And just what is wrong with Victoria Wood, ffs?)
posted by mippy at 2:10 PM on August 26, 2010
posted by mippy at 2:10 PM on August 26, 2010
Sent this to a couple of anglo-phile pals and they enjoyed it thoroughly. Thanks again, handee.
posted by mediareport at 7:32 PM on August 26, 2010
posted by mediareport at 7:32 PM on August 26, 2010
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posted by The Salaryman at 6:11 AM on August 26, 2010