For more added info, because of that gig he cancelled the rest of the tour... (source) (new window)

ah ah... nice career suicide

What, did they ask about his acting career?

/couldn't help it

my gene pool, get out of it.

Whatever Canada, you're just still pissed becuase we took over with Rhea Pearlman and ex-pat John Candy.

Oh, come back, proud Canadians
To before you had TV,
No hockey night in Canada,
There was no CBC (Oh, my God!).
In 1812, Madison was mad,
He was the president, you know
Well, he thought he'd tell the British where they ought to go
He thought he'd invade Canada,
He thought that he was tough
Instead we went to Washington....
And burned down all his stuff!

And the White House burned, burned, burned,
And we're the one's that did it!
It burned, burned, burned,
While the president ran and cried.
It burned, burned, burned,
And things were very historical.
And the Americans ran and cried like a bunch of little babies
Waa waa waah!
In the War of 1812!

Now some hillbillies from Kentucky,
Dressed in green and red,
Left home to fight in Canada,
But they returned home dead
It's the only war the Yankees lost, except for Vietnam
And also the Alamo... and the Bay of... ham.
The loser was America,
The winner was ourselves,
So join right in and gloat about the War of 1812

And the White House burned, burned, burned,
And we're the one's that did it!
It burned, burned, burned,
While the president ran and cried.
It burned, burned, burned,
And things were very historical.
And the Americans ran and cried like a bunch of little babies
Waa waa waah!
In the War of 1812!

In 1812, we were just sittin' around,
Mindin' our own business, puttin' crops into the ground.
We heard the soldiers coming and we didn't like that sound.
So we took a boat to Washington and burned it to the ground.

Oh... we... fired our guns, but the Yankees kept-a coming,
There wasn't quite as many as there was a while ago.
We fired once more and the Yankees started running,
Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico, oh, oh....
They ran through the snow and they ran through the forest,
They ran through the bushes where the beavers wouldn't go.
They ran so fast, they forgot to take their culture,
Back to America, and Gulf and Texaco

So, if you go to Washington, its buildings clean and nice,
Bring a pack of matches, and we'll burn the White House twice!

And the White House burned, burned, burned,
But the Americans won't admit it
It burned, burned, burned,
It burned and burned and burned
It burned, burned, burned,
Now, I bet that made them mad
And the Americans ran and cried like a bunch of little babies
Waa waa waah!
In the War of 1812

FTA: Then, Ghomeshi asked about Thornton's passion for music.

"Would you say that to Tom Petty?" Thornton shot back.

Hate to break it to ya Billy Bob, you ain't no Tom Petty.

geez, what a putz

\used to like BBT

Can we pay the Canadians to keep him? Maybe he could work for the SyFy productions in Vancouver.....

HappyHarryHardOn: For more added info, because of that gig he cancelled the rest of the tour... (source) (new window)

ah ah... nice career suicide

It wasn't suicide, he had no career in this regard to start with.

A movie star with a band is the Hollywood equivalent of a self published novel.

my headline was better

/meh

i think willy must've hooked him up with the powerful local weed and the moron smoked it before the interview, it's the only way to explain his behaviour.

remember people, if you come to canada don't roll fatties, you can't handle the fatties, they will own you and turn you into billy bob.

maww...
thornton hurt subby's feelings

Awesome, now we don't have to worry about him stinking up the airwaves down here. Thanks Canada, we owe you one.

moerty: i think willy must've hooked him up with the powerful local weed and the moron smoked it before the interview, it's the only way to explain his behaviour.

remember people, if you come to canada don't roll fatties, you can't handle the fatties, they will own you and turn you into billy bob.

Do they have a lot of antique furniture in Canada? Maybe that was it.

/billy bob has a phobia about antique furniture

Forbidden Doughnut: Can we pay the Canadians to keep him? Maybe he could work for the SyFy productions in Vancouver.....

Nuh-uh. You guys sent Celine back, there's a restocking fee. Billy-Bob goes, and never comes back.

/srsly
//or take Celine back and we'll talk.

Nick and Relic approve.

Always hated that skeevy, grimy, slimy, greasy mofo.

moerty: i think willy must've hooked him up with the powerful local weed and the moron smoked it before the interview, it's the only way to explain his behaviour.

remember people, if you come to canada don't roll fatties, you can't handle the fatties, they will own you and turn you into billy bob.

I think you're mistaking stoned for douchbaggery. He clearly was off on a "I'm a muso, look at me look at me, DON'T look at me" prima donna typical celebroty trying hard to be credible tip

/woof

bingo the psych-o: HappyHarryHardOn: For more added info, because of that gig he cancelled the rest of the tour... (source) (new window)

ah ah... nice career suicide

It wasn't suicide, he had no career in this regard to start with.

A movie star with a band is the Hollywood equivalent of a self published novel.

Yeah, good point. He never really done anything of worth since that drunk santa thing, did he?


....still no vids on Youtube... But I took the time to listen to his music and HOLY SHIAT, it is the SUCK... dude can sing but its all these shiatty ballads with no soul and tons of fail.. ugh

I'm a Moxy Fruvous fan, so I think he deserves all of this backlash and more for giving Jian a hard time.

Oh, and I suppose I'm obligated to get a kick out of something or other in this thread -- I'll have to check.

Three of the first four sentences in the article tell us about the damn flu. Do these guys write for the department of redundancy department or something? Reading that was painful. -_-

They boo Billy Bob, we want to kick Avril Lavigne in the box and shove her. We're even.

i haven't heard the interview itself, but when i first heard about it on the news, i assumed it was just a J. Phoenix type stunt thing.
but nope, it was the real deal.

/ I reckon liked him in "Slingblade", mhmmm.
// I F***ing loved him in F***ing "Bad Santa". that was the Sh*t.

* I reckon I...

Billy Bob needs to acknowledge that he peaked at getting acclaim for playing a (not full) retard and banging Angelina Jolie when she was still hot, childless, crazy and bisexual (both of which was undeserved) and call it a life well lived.

Well played Canucks - well played!

I never understood why Canadians would be so quick to bring this up, considering the British did the actual burning. It's like having your older brother beat up Bruce Lee when you were kids, then growing up and bragging about that time you "totally kicked Lee's ass" while having a few drinks with your friends.

Sure insulting Canadians in America is funny, doing it in Canada is just stupid. Rather like going to Poland to tell pollak jokes.

He may be an asshole but I love Sling Blade and Bad Santa.

Rhaab: I'm a Moxy Fruvous fan, so I think he deserves all of this backlash and more for giving Jian a hard time.

Oh, and I suppose I'm obligated to get a kick out of something or other in this thread -- I'll have to check.

HHHHHHOOOOOOLLLLYY SSHHHHHIIIAATT

I just learned that the guy who was actually interviewing him is the MOxy Fruvous guy!

Oh man,... what an insult.. This dude has more music in the tip of his tiny toe than this mongoloid hillbilly cocksmoker can ever hope to have

Now im just kind of annoyed by this idiot... did Billy Bob even knew who he was, or even know about Moxy Fruvous...

im just nodding my head... what a dick

Sweet Chin Music: I never understood why Canadians would be so quick to bring this up, considering the British did the actual burning. It's like having your older brother beat up Bruce Lee when you were kids, then growing up and bragging about that time you "totally kicked Lee's ass" while having a few drinks with your friends.

The fact that you refer to yourselves as "Bruce Lee," that's why we mock you right there.
If anyone you'd be Chuck Norris. Strong sure, but dumb as a brick, suffering from a severe case of hubris and mostly just a big joke to all the rest of the world who's ass you could kick.

mebiuspower: He may be an asshole but I love Sling Blade and Bad Santa.

I strongly urge you to rent Monster's Ball. Watch it, then watch the extras. He does some of the scenes from that movie in character as Karl Childers. It's hilarious. And I agree with you; no matter what went down in that TV interview a couple days ago, I'll give him a pass for the 2 movies you mentioned, and also for Tin Men.

George_Spelvin: Oh, come back, proud Canadians
To before you had TV,
No hockey night in Canada,
There was no CBC (Oh, my God!).
In 1812, Madison was mad,
He was the president, you know
Well, he thought he'd tell the British where they ought to go
He thought he'd invade Canada,
He thought that he was tough
Instead we went to Washington....
And burned down all his stuff!

And the White House burned, burned, burned,
And we're the one's that did it!
It burned, burned, burned,
While the president ran and cried.
It burned, burned, burned,
And things were very historical.
And the Americans ran and cried like a bunch of little babies
Waa waa waah!
In the War of 1812!

Now some hillbillies from Kentucky,
Dressed in green and red,
Left home to fight in Canada,
But they returned home dead
It's the only war the Yankees lost, except for Vietnam
And also the Alamo... and the Bay of... ham.
The loser was America,
The winner was ourselves,
So join right in and gloat about the War of 1812

And the White House burned, burned, burned,
And we're the one's that did it!
It burned, burned, burned,
While the president ran and cried.
It burned, burned, burned,
And things were very historical.
And the Americans ran and cried like a bunch of little babies
Waa waa waah!
In the War of 1812!

In 1812, we were just sittin' around,
Mindin' our own business, puttin' crops into the ground.
We heard the soldiers coming and we didn't like that sound.
So we took a boat to Washington and burned it to the ground.

Oh... we... fired our guns, but the Yankees kept-a coming,
There wasn't quite as many as there was a while ago.
We fired once more and the Yankees started running,
Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico, oh, oh....
They ran through the snow and they ran through the forest,
They ran through the bushes where the beavers wouldn't go.
They ran so fast, they forgot to take their culture,
Back to America, and Gulf and Texaco

So, if you go to Washington, its buildings clean and nice,
Bring a pack of matches, and we'll burn the White House twice!

And the White House burned, burned, burned,
But the Americans won't admit it
It burned, burned, burned,
It burned and burned and burned
It burned, burned, burned,
Now, I bet that made them mad
And the Americans ran and cried like a bunch of little babies
Waa waa waah!
In the War of 1812

Awesome, I did a high school essay on "The Bold Canadian".

John Buck 41: mebiuspower: He may be an asshole but I love Sling Blade and Bad Santa.

I strongly urge you to rent Monster's Ball. Watch it, then watch the extras. He does some of the scenes from that movie in character as Karl Childers. It's hilarious. And I agree with you; no matter what went down in that TV interview a couple days ago, I'll give him a pass for the 2 movies you mentioned, and also for Tin Men.

I'd recommend A Simple Plan as well...excellent movie.

Tenor Reaper: What, did they ask about his acting career?

/couldn't help it

He wasn't asked about his movie career. Jian mentioned he was an award winning movie start, director and screenwriter, then interviewed and asked questions about the band their music and influences. Billy Bob got pissy because Jian was trying to provide context for the listeners. It turns out his manager told producers that they would like the interviewer to focus on the music and not ask questions about his film career, as he's trying to "promote his band and not himself"

And if you saw TSG's rider the band is to be listed as Billy Bob Thornton and the Boxmasters...... and he doesnt want his celebrity to 'help' his music career???

He was a total prick and it was uncalled for, that's it.

As soon as I saw George_Spelvin's 61-line lyric post, I wondered how long it would take before some farking moron quoted the entire thing just to add his one line of stupidity at the end. Congrats Flappyhead, you're that farking moron.

I missed it. What did he do, say that Canadian beer sucks? Because them's fightin' words IIRC.

John Buck 41: mebiuspower: He may be an asshole but I love Sling Blade and Bad Santa.

I strongly urge you to rent Monster's Ball. Watch it, then watch the extras. He does some of the scenes from that movie in character as Karl Childers. It's hilarious. And I agree with you; no matter what went down in that TV interview a couple days ago, I'll give him a pass for the 2 movies you mentioned, and also for Tin Men.

Oooh! So close

Sweet Chin Music: I never understood why Canadians would be so quick to bring this up, considering the British did the actual burning. It's like having your older brother beat up Bruce Lee when you were kids, then growing up and bragging about that time you "totally kicked Lee's ass" while having a few drinks with your friends.

We weren't a country until 1867, or 1980-something if you count the Canada Act. Everyone was British or French. Their descendants are Canadian. They were protecting Lower Canada (or whatever it was called). Get over it. Also, sorry we didn't want Detroit.

Canadians burned down the White House? Could've sworn it was the British.

Canada bragging about burning the White House is Mobkey:
We weren't a country until 1867, or 1980-something if you count the Canada Act. Everyone was British or French. Their descendants are Canadian. They were protecting Lower Canada (or whatever it was called).

His point stands. You invaded a sovereign country under dubious circumstances accompanied by a warmongering nation of professional soldiers. And were then forcibly pushed back and accomplished nothing. America wins and you go back to living next door to Quebecers.

//We will,we will, I-rock you.

Canadians didn't do shiat.

Why is this link in the Music section, shouldn't it just be under the Showbiz tab since Billy Bob Thorton is just an actor?

For those who missed the interview: YouTube (new window)

How dare BBT treat Jian Ghomeshi that way!! Who does he think he is? The King of Spain?

/now he eats humble pie

Quantum Apostrophe: Always hated that skeevy, grimy, slimy, greasy mofo.

would you say that about Tom Petty?

MickCollins: And were then forcibly pushed back and accomplished nothing.

What the farking fark? what the hell do they teach you?

Oh, and your slaves ran "North" right? To...some magical land that is not on your maps in your history books. Home of the free..yeah. Riiiight. Use your brain, if you have one. American history is bullshiat, man.

/Just like Canadian sovereignty is almost impossible to prove
//Confederation was an attempt to take all the good direct democracy stuff from the American constitution but use the Crown to protect us from the predatory powers in the hands of the rich stuff.
///It worked! We're the USA but more boring.

Sweet Chin Music: I never understood why Canadians would be so quick to bring this up, considering the British did the actual burning. It's like having your older brother beat up Bruce Lee when you were kids, then growing up and bragging about that time you "totally kicked Lee's ass" while having a few drinks with your friends.

That's because canada has never accomplished anything on their own, so they have to take credit for the accomplishments of others.

sad thing is, the pad is suffering due their association with him

This is the best music that Canada has to offer. Pretty sad, indeed.

Arcade Fire - can't sing
Artificial Joy Club - Alanis Clones
Bachman-Turner Overdrive
The Band - defunct
Barenaked Ladies - can't sing
Broken Social Scene
Cowboy Junkies - washed up
Crash Test Dummies - can't sing
Celene Dion - lord help us all
The Guess Who - never that great to begin with
Loverboy - lord help us all
Alanis - can't sing
Matthew Good Band
The Mynah Birds - never released an album - too bad
The New Pornographers - can't sing
Nickelback - lord help us all
Our Lady Peace
Protest the Hero - Listen to me! I'm Dio!!!
Rush - can't sing
Skinny Puppy
Sloan
Steppenwolf - never that great to begin with
The Tragically Hip - can't sing

/meh..

dougfm: As soon as I saw George_Spelvin's 61-line lyric post, I wondered how long it would take before some farking moron quoted the entire thing just to add his one line of stupidity at the end. Congrats Flappyhead, you're that farking moron.

Agreed +2.

Question: Why does Fark bring out these "ooh, I'd better cut & paste the lyrics to some forgotten song" types? What? - no one else will take them?

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Valdes: This is the best music that Canada has to offer. Pretty sad, indeed.


*snip*

Who gave you the impression that anyone gives a shiat about your "taste" in music?

Better question: What have you contributed to music?

As soon as I saw Flappyhead's response to George_Spelvin's 61-line lyric post, I wondered how long it would take before some farking moron pointed out how much of a moron Flappyhead was just to add his own line of stupidity to the thread. Congrats dougfm, you're that farking moron.