![]() It makes me so sad when I hear people say self-deprecating things, knowing they heard it somewhere else first. I would love to continue this conversation in a more healthy way when you are ready to do so. I don’t believe in labels and discussing things with mean-spirited people.I need some time to regroup and then I would like to talk about what you just said (or called) me. I have learned two responses that work for me: A defensive stance and demeanor is not attractive on me (perhaps on no one). I learned that getting defensive often only made me look petty, childish, and well… DEFENSIVE. Frankly, I can stand the smell of scorched material. I’m no expert in rebuttal of mean insults, however I learned at a fairly young age that “fighting fire with fire” only burned everyone. I can set up a boundary (and have… mentioned below), but I cannot just shut the door and throw away the key (although there is a time for that too… read on!). Sometimes the “stuck in my playback feature” of my brain are negative comments, labels, or criticisms from people I care about. Determine the level of influence. Do I work with this person? Is this someone I must see either occasionally or frequently?.Should I spend any time at all contemplating what they’ve said as constructive criticism, or is something I should immediately release as misdirected and poisonous barbs? If so, does it mean I need to change some behaviors? Determine if there is any merit in what they are saying.What if they are family? What if it is someone you work with daily? Most of the time, if someone tells me something negative I try to: ![]() Experience tells me that a state of defeat = dissatisfied and unfulfilled life.Ī get so aggravated when people (and sometimes counselors) say you should erect boundaries with people who tell you negative things that you take to heart. These negative, perpetually repeating thoughts can bring us down and keep us in a state of defeat. ![]() These negative thoughts can turn into self-fulfilling prophecies. Sometimes unhealthy thoughts and labels stick with us because at some important developmental milestone, we heard these negative things enough we have come to believe them. Something doesn’t have to make sense to get stuck in our head though. It is a song that frankly? It doesn’t make much sense. For some reason, this song is just stuck in my noggin’. I know! I do have better things to do! However, I’m in the car enough that I tend to fill the time with singing… or maybe BELTING out the OLDIES is a more truthful admission. Now I mention this because this song has been going through my head for a solid week. To help fill that void for you, click here for a captioned version: Enjoy If you have never heard this “gem”, you are MISSING OUT. I know this not because I was there (ahem), but heard the song throughout my childhood. In 1988, a movie was made based on the song, which was called Purple People Eater.Sheb Wooley released a song in 1958 called the “ One-Eyed, One Horn, Flying Purple People Eater“. As mentioned above, the design takes its cue from a misinterpretation of the lyrics, coloring the creature purple. The Hagen-Renaker ceramics company of California created a figurine of the Purple People Eater as part of its 1958–59 “Little Horribles” line. In addition to Wooley’s rendition, Judy Garland recorded the song in 1958 and Jimmy Buffett recorded a version of the song for the 1997 film Contact. The song was so ambiguous that it prompted listeners to draw pictures of the “people eater” and most of the pictures showed him to be purple.Īs with the Chipmunk Song, which was released later that same year, the People Eater’s voice is sped up to provide the texture and timbre we’re familiar with today. The song was released in June 1958 and reached #1 on the Billboard Pop Charts and #12 on the UK singles chart from June 9-July 14 that year. I wanna get a job in a rock ‘n roll band. He said eating purple people, and it sure is fineīut that’s not the reason that I came to land I said Mr Purple People Eater, what’s your line? ![]() Many think that the creature is purple, but he actually is described in the song as eating purple people. The premise of the song originated from a joke told by the child of one of One version of a one horned one eyed purple people eaterĪpparently the joke hit a chord, because Wooley composed the song within an hour. The song was written and performed by Sheb Wooley and is classified as a novelty song. The creature is described as a “one-eyed, one-horned, flying, purple people eater” ![]() “The Purple People Eater” tells how a strange creature descends to Earth because it wants to be in a rock ‘n’ roll band. ![]()
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