There is quite an odd fascination in society with pirates - at least in the United States. It is popular to dress up as pirates or pirate wenches for Halloween, the swashbucklers are featured in many movies - some of them huge cultural phenomena, when you travel to Caribbean places they don't just sell the history, they sell the pirate life. I personally LOVE the Pirates of the Caribbean movies - when the first one came out, me and several friends dressed up to go see it and got cheered in the theater - I was called 'Saucy.' I collect pirate memorobilia wherever it's available - the Pirates Museum in Nassau, Disney World, Bar Harbor in Maine, you name it. Wherever they sell it I'm all over it.
But let's back up for a minute and think about pirates. No way were they as hot as Johnny Depp or Orlando Bloom. If you ask either of these two actors what it was like being a pirate, they sure won't tell you about lice infestations, the sickness and disease, the muck they had to eat if food ran low, what they slept on, the gut-wrenching smells... just thinking of those things make me think A Pirate's Life [IS NOT] For Me. Let's think about some of the disgusting things they did - terrorizing ports, raping women, marauding and embezzling, mutiny against captains, cutting throats, drinking for days in port. Let's just take a look even at Disney's lyrics:
But let's back up for a minute and think about pirates. No way were they as hot as Johnny Depp or Orlando Bloom. If you ask either of these two actors what it was like being a pirate, they sure won't tell you about lice infestations, the sickness and disease, the muck they had to eat if food ran low, what they slept on, the gut-wrenching smells... just thinking of those things make me think A Pirate's Life [IS NOT] For Me. Let's think about some of the disgusting things they did - terrorizing ports, raping women, marauding and embezzling, mutiny against captains, cutting throats, drinking for days in port. Let's just take a look even at Disney's lyrics:
Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me.
We pillage plunder, we rifle and loot.
Drink up me 'earties, yo ho.
We kidnap and ravage and don't give a hoot.
Drink up me 'earties, yo ho.
Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me.
We extort and pilfer, we filch and sack.
Drink up me 'earties, yo ho.
Maraud and embezzle and even highjack.
Drink up me 'earties, yo ho.
Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me.
We kindle and char and in flame and ignite.
Drink up me 'earties, yo ho.
We burn up the city, we're really a fright.
Drink up me 'earties, yo ho.
We're rascals and scoundrels, we're villians and knaves.
Drink up me 'earties, yo ho.
We're devils and black sheep, we're really bad eggs.
Drink up me 'earties, yo ho.
We're beggars and blighters and ne'er do-well cads,
Drink up me 'earties, yo ho.
Aye, but we're loved by our mommies and dads,
Drink up me 'earties, yo ho.
Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me
I mean, REALLY?
Not gonna lie, but one of my ringtones on my phone is this song. After actually thinking about these things, I have no idea why they are so popular - especially because there are still pirate attacks around the globe! They may not have cutlasses and parrots, but they are still pirates stealing and endangering lives.
So why, after all this 'realization', so I still have no desire to take the ring tone off my phone, to get rid of my pirate flag, to not watch Pirates of the Caribbean and root for the pirates? Huh?
I have no idea...
No comments:
Post a Comment