you had to piss on our parade
you had to shred our big day
you had to ruin it for all concerned
in a drunken punch-up at a wedding"
I think that Charles Shaw has a lot to answer for, actually most of it positive like ensuring America has its own vin de table, like debunking the voodoo about wine being something you need a special qualification to be able to buy or enjoy. Like you’ve only got to plant vines and 5 years later become rich. 2 Buck Chuck may not be welcome at my house for dinner if I am serving great food and wine - I mean do me a favour, as much as you can drink it at home because its cheap, at least make an effort to bring something that shows you have some imagination! But, its what America likes - fruit forward, lots of finish, no tannins and lots of sweet alcohol - and its what they buy.
So why is it like a punch up at a wedding?
Because its low class, cheap and nasty and it ruins a party, but there is something perverse about us that we can’t stop taking a peak and watching it, we get some vicarious thrill out of a punch up, as long as its someone else involved. Watching people buy 2 Buck Chuck is a guilty pleasure. Makes us feel self righteously smug...and what wrong with smug every now and again, good for your self esteem.
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