Wet Leg – "Chaise Longue" (2021)

All day long

On the chaise longue

My dog spends all night – but not all day – on a chaise longue:

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Chaise longue is French for “long chair.”  It’s my favorite piece of furniture because you can make the transition from reading a book to taking a nap without ever leaving a chaise longue – it’s perfect for either activity.

I don’t see why a chaise longue is classified as a chair.  To me, a chair is something that you sit on with your feet on the floor.  

It’s possible to sit in a chaise longue with your feet on the floor.  But doesn’t that sort of defeat the  purpose of a chaise longue?

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Have you ever thought about how many different types of furniture have English names derived from French words?

In addition to chaise longue, there’s armoire, bureau, couch, etagére, and wardrobe (among others).

Many of the terms we use for lingerie are derived from French words as well: e.g., brassiere, bustier, negligée, peignoir . . . and, of course, lingerie itself.

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“Chaise Longue” was released as a single in 2021 by Wet Leg, a British musical duo consisting of Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers.

Teasdale has the primary role in the Wet Leg videos I’ve watched, all of which are pretty damn twee.  She’s front and center in the “Chaise Longue” video, doing the singing while Chambers stays in the background, wearing a bucket-shaped straw hat that completely obscures her face.

Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers

The two women became friends while they were in college in the UK, and I can picture them meeting at a party at school.  Quiet little Hester sitting in a dark corner  when Rhian sashays over and sits next to her.  “Check out what the guy with the red hair is wearing,” Rhian says after a moment. “Do you think they make those pants for men, too?”  Hester would snort, and then sit and wait for another bon mot from Rhian she could laugh at.  After that, they would be fast friends.

Teasdale is super cute, but I feel like she would be super annoying to be with.  She usually has this incredibly smug and self-satisfied look on her face – I’m guessing that men have been kissing her ass for a long time, and that such ass-kissing has convinced her that she is the cat’s pajamas.

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I decided to feature this song on 2 or 3 lines after hearing it on Drew Carey’s “Friday Night Freak-Out” show on Sirius/XM radio.  (It may be hard to believe, but Drew Carey – of all people – consistently plays more interesting music than any other Sirius/XM DJ.  Go figure.)

I was planning to quote these lines at the top of this post:

Is your muffin buttered?

Would you like us to assign someone to butter your muffin?

But upon further review, I decided not to because those lines aren’t original to Wet Leg – they were “borrowed” from a famous scene in the 2004 Lindsay Lohan movie, Mean Girls.

Click here to watch that Mean Girls scene.

Click here to watch Wet Leg performing “Chaise Longue” a month ago in Hollywood.  (Based on their outfits, I'm guessing they shot a cheerleader-porn video after that show.)

Click here to view the official music video for “Chaise Longue.”

Click on the link below to buy the record from Amazon: