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Chris -- 2018-04-11
Apparently K-Fed has been using this since 2005, according to Salon.com, who seems to be crediting this to Stereogum of MSNBC:
http://dir.salon.com/story/ent/col/fix/ … index.html
“Kevin Federline’s musical ambitions have been leaked online, and now the world understands why Britney was so dismissive when she first heard his rapping a few weeks ago—listen to the clip here (MP3) and follow along with the lyrics:
“”But I know that you really can’t wait ‘cause people are always askin’ me, ‘When’s the release date?’ Well maybe baby you can wait and see, Until then, all these Pavarottis following me Gettin’ anxious, go take a peek, I’m starring in your magazine now every day of the week Back then, they called me K-Fed, but you can call me Daddy instead.”
“Is “Pavarottis” some sort of slang term for “paparazzi” we’ve just never heard before? (Stereogum, MSNBC)”
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One early usage I see on Usenet is from 1998:
From: a…@a.a (Well basically)
Subject: Re: SPEAKING IN LIPS AND TONGUES
Date: 1997/08/31
Message-ID: <3408f484.3298092@snews2.zippo.com>#1/1
X-Deja-AN: 269882053
References: <3407F334.D723E4C6@geocities.com> <34082f93.3766986@snews2.zippo.com> <3408B82C.F4BF33D1@execulink.com>
Organization: None
Newsgroups: alt.discordia,alt.alt.alt.alt.alt,alt.friends.sterno,alt.religion.kibology,alt.fan.karl.malden.nose,alt.suicide.holiday,alt.gothic
“All I care about is real issues. I
imagine the evil pov-o-rotzis in hot pursuit of Di, screaming
motorcycles, rocketing into the underground tunnel.”
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Another alt.alt.alt.alt.alt reader replies and takes us home with:
From: “M. Otis Beard” <movingh…@NOOOOOSPAAAAAAMgeocities.com>
Subject: Re: SPEAKING IN LIPS AND TONGUES
Date: 1997/09/03
Message-ID: <5uj4a0$ras$2@gte2.gte.net>#1/1
X-Deja-AN: 269663597
References: <3407F334.D723E4C6@geocities.com> <34082f93.3766986@snews2.zippo.com> <3408B82C.F4BF33D1@execulink.com> <3408f484.3298092@snews2.zippo.com>
Reply-To: movingh…@NOOOOOSPAAAAAAMgeocities.com
Organization: Disgraceland, USA
X-Auth: 59949c500ede8452c1d38492
Newsgroups: alt.discordia,alt.alt.alt.alt.alt,alt.friends.sterno,alt.religion.kibology,alt.fan.karl.malden.nose,alt.suicide.holiday,alt.gothic
Well basically wrote:
>
> The worst part is that I don’t understand a word of this stuff. I go
> to 7-11 for a slurpee and the guy there is urgently telling me about
> subdimensional ether mice. All I care about is real issues. I
> imagine the evil pov-o-rotzis in hot pursuit of Di, screaming
> motorcycles, rocketing into the underground tunnel. Wow.
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There’s an earlier one:
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From: Jeffrey Johnson <ez044…@mailbox.ucdavis.edu>
Subject: Re: Princess Diana is ALIVE! She faked her death!
Date: 1997/09/04
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.95.970904071959.10335B-100000@dilbert.ucdavis.edu>#1/1
X-Deja-AN: 271125776
References: <340AE41E.5535@ix.netcom.com> <340B17B4.29C13F5D@virginia.edu> <5ul0ij$q1d$1@news.lascruces.com>
X-Sender: ez044…@dilbert.ucdavis.edu
X-Complaints-To: usenet@ucdavis.edu
X-Trace: mark.ucdavis.edu 873383132 17938 (None) 128.120.8.189
Organization: University of California, Davis
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.mst3k.misc
On 4 Sep 1997, mirober wrote:
> Plus she gets revenge on the Pavarotzi.
Oh, lordy! I can see it now…the late Lady Di being chased to her death
by a plump tenor on a motorcycle, singing at her in Italian…
JSJ1TG, perhaps he was singing Beethoven’s ‘Elegie auf den Tod eines
Pudels’...
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If I Google for pavarotzi, I find several from before the Federline mp3 is out. This one’s from 2003:
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