Alternate post title: “How Erika had a stroke at Target.”
So what you’ve got here is more proof that when the world is running down, you make the best of what’s still around…
First of all, the little girlies buying this shirt at the mall probably weren’t even born when the original iconic shirt was popular. Secondly, I guarantee you that they have no idea what it means. (Hint: sex) Thirdly, wtf?, it’s “Frankie Say Relax” — who got all persnickety with the grammar and decided to edit history?
Those who don’t remember history are DOOMED TO WEAR A T-SHIRT WHICH PROVES TO THE WORLD HOW STUPID THEY ARE. However, I am quite possibly the only one who would think that was a fitting punishment.
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Ha ha — could be worse. Could be "I'll tumble for 'ya… I'll tumble for 'ya… I'll tumble for you!!"
Better?
Ah, but are the moms who buy this shirt too young to know? Sad, it is.
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Oh babies having babies… and not teaching them the seminal works of the 80s. That's just sad, that's what that is.
ha! I saw the offending t-shirt in Target a few weeks ago and thought the EXACT SAME THING. Even made a comment to my huz.
To any teenager thinking of buying: Crash Test Mommy Say Don't Do It.
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Seriously…who younger than us would know the song or the group or any of it??
wow..I feel so fraking old
Oh lord, they can't be serious! And I thought those Hot Topic Clash shirts were bad. (Says the 30-something woman who owns a Blondie tee shirt from JC Penney.)
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Oh like I'm not right there with you.
Next thing we'll see are t-shirts that say Where's the Chicken?
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"Who you gonna call? The Busters of Ghosts!"
Oh my God. Unbelievable!
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Now I have "I'll Tumble for Ya…" in my head. THANKS.
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Oh, no way! That's wrong on so many levels – what you said, plus they're pink and not oversized. Sheesh. How's a girl supposed to look like she stepped (danced?) out of a Wham video dressed like that?
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Oh Christine, yes… The pink, fitted, size XS, grammatically correct Frankie shirt. Le Sigh…
Great. Now I've got an earworm.
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My tween loves these retro shirts they sell (not this particular shirt); and she often picks designs that have "peace" symbols or anti-war sentiments… and I think it's sad that hippie/war protesting shirts are back in vogue, by necessity. Fekking Bush.
Sorry for the downer. Frankie say relax, after all… ;)
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Ack! And I'll bet there were no legwarmers in sight near this display either! This is just wrong on so many levels. At least it makes it easy to resist buying the shirts, though. I always think that if you wore the style the first time, you should wear the rerun when it comes around again: this way, there's no temptation.
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I meant, of course, should NOT wear the rerun. Apparently, I should go get some sleep.
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Arrrgghh! Now that song is stuck in my head! Of that means I’m showing my age…thanks a lot ;)
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I still have (somewhere, in my high school archives) an original "RELAX" t-shirt that was the tie-dye 80's version (I think they called it colorchrome… where it changed colors depending on the temperature?)
noooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this is akin to when the beatles song was used for the nike commercial. the end of all sacred!
That is SO wrong in every way!!! At least I'll have the consolation of having "Relax" stuck in my head for the rest of the day.
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I bet they couldn't get the licensing rights for "say". Like where else is Frankie Goes to Hollywood gonna get money?
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Thanks! Now I am going to have that song running through my head all day.
Besides – who gets to relax with an 8 month old around.
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Oh, geesh. Next we'll see Beatles songs selling shoes and crap. Oh.
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OMG! My daughter BOUGHT one of these at Target, was like, $9.
And for the rest of the day not only could I not get the “relax” sound out of my mind—-I kept thinking of Will Ferrell
as that insane designer, mongoto or whatever his name is. My daughter LOVED it. So did her friends. All of the mothers cringe.
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WTH?
Has someone bastardized Melt With You/Modern English yet? That was my song freshman year of college in 1987. If so, I shall crawl into a hole.
Oh Target, Target, Target.
I still can't quit you.
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THANK YOU! I KNEW it was not “SAYS.” Of all eras that DO NOT need rewriting, the 80s. . .
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