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Comments on MetaFilter post My Name is John DakerFri, 03 Aug 2012 09:42:00 -0800Fri, 03 Aug 2012 09:42:00 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60My Name is John Daker
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John Daker is going to sing a song that's very popular nowadays, it's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi8beYR1iBQ">Christ The Lord Is Risen Today</a>, and he's going to do Amore too, okay? There is a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgJxEfYT3Kg&feature=related">subtitled and animated</a> version also.post:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.118544Fri, 03 Aug 2012 09:39:36 -0800East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94JohnDakersongPeoriaIllinoispublicAccessTV1990televisionhumorcomedyvideointernetClassicThatsAmorehymnChristianitymusicDeanMartinBy: slater
http://www.metafilter.com/118544/My-Name-is-John-Daker#4487610
What's a murry?comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.118544-4487610Fri, 03 Aug 2012 09:42:00 -0800slaterBy: infinitewindow
http://www.metafilter.com/118544/My-Name-is-John-Daker#4487612
Truly, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Daker">Eternal Champion</a>'s path is difficult and twisted.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.118544-4487612Fri, 03 Aug 2012 09:42:15 -0800infinitewindowBy: East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94
http://www.metafilter.com/118544/My-Name-is-John-Daker#4487618
<small>whep.</small>comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.118544-4487618Fri, 03 Aug 2012 09:43:40 -0800East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94By: ShutterBun
http://www.metafilter.com/118544/My-Name-is-John-Daker#4487631
As long as this video's been around, I have still not been able to sit through the whole thing. Too, too uncomfortable. Kinda surprising how few views it's got, given Daker's status as a meme.
I would have given anything if he just went ahead and closed with "Boom goes the dynamite."comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.118544-4487631Fri, 03 Aug 2012 09:49:00 -0800ShutterBunBy: swift
http://www.metafilter.com/118544/My-Name-is-John-Daker#4487655
The interactive transcript for this video is fairly amusing.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.118544-4487655Fri, 03 Aug 2012 09:56:33 -0800swiftBy: Mooseli
http://www.metafilter.com/118544/My-Name-is-John-Daker#4487669
No, Piano Hag, clearly it's not okay.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.118544-4487669Fri, 03 Aug 2012 10:01:49 -0800MooseliBy: PeterMcDermott
http://www.metafilter.com/118544/My-Name-is-John-Daker#4487693
I couldn't sit through the original video either. The animated version made it bearable for me.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.118544-4487693Fri, 03 Aug 2012 10:11:23 -0800PeterMcDermottBy: Decani
http://www.metafilter.com/118544/My-Name-is-John-Daker#4487703
Those people need to get into some sophisticated theology, otherwise some nasty ol' atheists are quite unreasonably going to make fun of them.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.118544-4487703Fri, 03 Aug 2012 10:17:31 -0800DecaniBy: East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94
http://www.metafilter.com/118544/My-Name-is-John-Daker#4487720
I don't think anyone is laughing about his <em>faith</em>, particularly his faith in <em>that</em> being <em>amore</em>comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.118544-4487720Fri, 03 Aug 2012 10:25:26 -0800East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94By: Valued Customer
http://www.metafilter.com/118544/My-Name-is-John-Daker#4487725
<sub>a</sub>a<sup>a</sup>a<sup>a<sup>a</sup>a</sup>a<sub>a<sub>a<sub>a</sub>a</sub>a</sub>allelu<sub>u</sub>ia~comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.118544-4487725Fri, 03 Aug 2012 10:26:35 -0800Valued CustomerBy: Bulgaroktonos
http://www.metafilter.com/118544/My-Name-is-John-Daker#4487765
What's the point of this exactly? Is that he's bad? Because if you sit next to me in Church next Easter Vigil, you can here a version of "Christ the Lord is Risen Today" that's significantly worse.
I'll also butcher "He is Risen" for no extra charge.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.118544-4487765Fri, 03 Aug 2012 10:43:44 -0800BulgaroktonosBy: Bulgaroktonos
http://www.metafilter.com/118544/My-Name-is-John-Daker#4487767
Apparently, I'll also write "here" instead of hear.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.118544-4487767Fri, 03 Aug 2012 10:44:24 -0800BulgaroktonosBy: quonsar II: smock fishpants and the temple of foon
http://www.metafilter.com/118544/My-Name-is-John-Daker#4487809
Well there you go.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.118544-4487809Fri, 03 Aug 2012 11:03:16 -0800quonsar II: smock fishpants and the temple of foonBy: The Bellman
http://www.metafilter.com/118544/My-Name-is-John-Daker#4487810
<i>aaaaaaaaaaaaaalleluuia~</i>
That's not a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moray_eel">moray</a>, that's a snake. Easy mistake though.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.118544-4487810Fri, 03 Aug 2012 11:03:18 -0800The BellmanBy: ROU_Xenophobe
http://www.metafilter.com/118544/My-Name-is-John-Daker#4487857
When an eel bites your fin as you're taking a swim,
That's a moray!comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.118544-4487857Fri, 03 Aug 2012 11:25:47 -0800ROU_XenophobeBy: East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94
http://www.metafilter.com/118544/My-Name-is-John-Daker#4487858
<a href="http://store.perspicuity.com/sections/Products/Moire.sized.jpg">oblig</a>comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.118544-4487858Fri, 03 Aug 2012 11:27:24 -0800East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94By: thirteenkiller
http://www.metafilter.com/118544/My-Name-is-John-Daker#4487866
I think the point is that he's bad, and he's adorable, and he tries really hard, and it's 1990, and it's public access. I think people have a lot of fondness for John Daker, but sometimes things are just objectively funny.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.118544-4487866Fri, 03 Aug 2012 11:30:45 -0800thirteenkillerBy: roll truck roll
http://www.metafilter.com/118544/My-Name-is-John-Daker#4487881
I'd never seen this before, but I also find it adorable in a way that I hope wouldn't bother Daker too much.
Oddly, part of what makes it fun is the clip of the little girl just before Daker. The world this video inhabits is a world in which adults can take voice lessons alongside children without feeling embarrassed about their lack of skill. That's a world where I want to live.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.118544-4487881Fri, 03 Aug 2012 11:38:41 -0800roll truck rollBy: Infinity_8
http://www.metafilter.com/118544/My-Name-is-John-Daker#4487897
"When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie,
Houston we have a problem." -- Jim Rosenbergcomment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.118544-4487897Fri, 03 Aug 2012 11:51:27 -0800Infinity_8By: mullacc
http://www.metafilter.com/118544/My-Name-is-John-Daker#4487902
It's the suit. Duh.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.118544-4487902Fri, 03 Aug 2012 11:53:59 -0800mullaccBy: xedrik
http://www.metafilter.com/118544/My-Name-is-John-Daker#4487915
I dunno, I kinda like the <i>dah dee dah, dah dee dah.... amore</i> bit. I'm willing to cut him some slack. I've been to plenty of rock concerts where the band was so wasted, that's about the best they could swing. Still a great show.
<i>I would have given anything if he just went ahead and closed with "Boom goes the dynamite."</i>
Or disdainfully dropped the mic and walked off the stage.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.118544-4487915Fri, 03 Aug 2012 12:04:07 -0800xedrikBy: Modica
http://www.metafilter.com/118544/My-Name-is-John-Daker#4487927
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaa8Uj-L5fg">This one</a> is the very best version.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.118544-4487927Fri, 03 Aug 2012 12:10:46 -0800ModicaBy: Sidhedevil
http://www.metafilter.com/118544/My-Name-is-John-Daker#4487929
I am not going to listen to this because "Christ the Lord is Risen Today" is my very favorite hymn.
Which might be in part because it doesn't get overused. I mean, you can only sing it once a year, so you never get bored with it.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.118544-4487929Fri, 03 Aug 2012 12:11:39 -0800SidhedevilBy: Bulgaroktonos
http://www.metafilter.com/118544/My-Name-is-John-Daker#4487986
<i>I am not going to listen to this because "Christ the Lord is Risen Today" is my very favorite hymn.</i>
Singing "Christ the Lord Is Risen Today" while the Priest asperges the congregation is my most favorite part of the Church year and I have a ton of favorite parts of the Church year.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.118544-4487986Fri, 03 Aug 2012 12:40:01 -0800BulgaroktonosBy: Philosopher Dirtbike
http://www.metafilter.com/118544/My-Name-is-John-Daker#4488013
<i>I mean, you can only sing it once a year, so you never get bored with it.</i>
Never worked as a church musician, have you?comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.118544-4488013Fri, 03 Aug 2012 12:58:32 -0800Philosopher DirtbikeBy: Sidhedevil
http://www.metafilter.com/118544/My-Name-is-John-Daker#4488025
I have, actually. Do not get me started on "On Eagle's Wings" or any of the junk set to the "Simple Gifts" tune.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.118544-4488025Fri, 03 Aug 2012 13:07:25 -0800SidhedevilBy: ROU_Xenophobe
http://www.metafilter.com/118544/My-Name-is-John-Daker#4488054
<i>I am not going to listen to this because "Christ the Lord is Risen Today" is my very favorite hymn.</i>
YOU SHUT YOUR HERETIC MOUTH! Praetorius is where it's at.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.118544-4488054Fri, 03 Aug 2012 13:17:00 -0800ROU_XenophobeBy: mediated self
http://www.metafilter.com/118544/My-Name-is-John-Daker#4488089
<a href="http://youtu.be/8PVal8Fy7CM">This subtitled version</a> of the original video is pretty funny.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.118544-4488089Fri, 03 Aug 2012 13:29:00 -0800mediated selfBy: Morrigan
http://www.metafilter.com/118544/My-Name-is-John-Daker#4488592
Thank you, <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/118544/My-Name-is-John-Daker#4487986">Bulgaroktonos</a>, for giving me my word of the day:<a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/asperges"> asperges</a>.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.118544-4488592Fri, 03 Aug 2012 17:20:03 -0800MorriganBy: sweetkid
http://www.metafilter.com/118544/My-Name-is-John-Daker#4488691
<em>No, Piano Hag, clearly it's not okay.</em> Wha? This is so mean.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.118544-4488691Fri, 03 Aug 2012 19:07:26 -0800sweetkidBy: slater
http://www.metafilter.com/118544/My-Name-is-John-Daker#4488740
Mean, but I LOL'd heartily at "piano hag"comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.118544-4488740Fri, 03 Aug 2012 19:47:37 -0800slaterBy: Seekerofsplendor
http://www.metafilter.com/118544/My-Name-is-John-Daker#4488903
What the hell is the deal with piano hag lady's hair? OMG.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.118544-4488903Fri, 03 Aug 2012 22:44:52 -0800SeekerofsplendorBy: WCityMike
http://www.metafilter.com/118544/My-Name-is-John-Daker#4489160
He's actually good for the parts he was able to sing -- he was on pitch, gets enough breath to project, and gets some expression into it. What supposedly makes him "bad" is simply that he was nervous enough to fade out on chunks of the lyrics, and I think that's highly forgivable. I'm not sure why the Internet decided to hold him out as an object of memehood.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.118544-4489160Sat, 04 Aug 2012 07:13:37 -0800WCityMikeBy: Countess Elena
http://www.metafilter.com/118544/My-Name-is-John-Daker#4489248
I tried finding out more about John Daker, to see what sort of a life he might have led -- I'm guessing it's a largely blameless one, spent in the insurance field -- but I didn't come up with much. I did find out the name and dates for the piano player -- Reva Cooper Unsicker (1915-1995).
Presumably Mrs. Unsicker, the former Miss Cooper, lived a long, eventful life, struggled through the Depression, raised a family during wartime, and dedicated her leisure hours to her church. It's impossible to say what sort of woman she was, of course. Still, she died and was buried and her family dried their tears and moved along and now here we are, in 2012, and she is part of a small nationwide sensation, as Piano Hag.
The future is so inexplicable.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.118544-4489248Sat, 04 Aug 2012 08:40:27 -0800Countess ElenaBy: [insert clever name here]
http://www.metafilter.com/118544/My-Name-is-John-Daker#4489770
"All I want to do, all I want to do is praise Him."comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.118544-4489770Sat, 04 Aug 2012 17:56:15 -0800[insert clever name here]
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