OCmike's Humpday Challenge (Thursday Edition)

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 9:45 pm

The faster we go, the rounder we get.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 5:50 pm

OCmike wrote:Never got the Grateful Dead... lyrics

Yeah, because it's not like Robert Hunter (the dude doing the lyrics, and not a member of the band) was the greatest lyricist in rock history, or anything like that.

I guess you need to appreciate the bigger picture, and be able to catch (and years later, still discuss and debate) references to classical literature and cool stuff like that.

I'd recommend you stick to finding the deep meaning in "pour some sugar on me." If this deep meaning doesn't come to you right away, I'm sure if you ask Bushice, he can hum a few bars.

The Whistle Is Screaming · Fri Apr 20, 2007 6:06 pm

Dinsdale wrote:
OCmike wrote:Never got the Grateful Dead... lyrics

Yeah, because it's not like Robert Hunter (the dude doing the lyrics, and not a member of the band) was the greatest lyricist in rock history, or anything like that.

I guess you need to appreciate the bigger picture, and be able to catch (and years later, still discuss and debate) references to classical literature and cool stuff like that.

I'd recommend you stick to finding the deep meaning in "pour some sugar on me." If this deep meaning doesn't come to you right away, I'm sure if you ask Bushice, he can hum a few bars.

Dins = He ain't often right, but he's never been wrong

I may have to post it in PSU's thread as well.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 6:09 pm

Once in a while you get shown the light, in the strangest of places if you look at it right.

The Whistle Is Screaming · Fri Apr 20, 2007 6:14 pm

strangers stopping strangers, just to shake their hands*

* one of my few survivng tour shirts, cartoon charachters galore.

OCmike · Post by **OCmike** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 6:19 pm

Dinsdale wrote: Yeah, because it's not like Robert Hunter (the dude doing the lyrics, and not a member of the band) was the greatest lyricist in rock history, or anything like that.

You're not calling him a "genius" are you? Didn't we go down this road once already in a music thread? :D

I guess you need to appreciate the bigger picture, and be able to catch (and years later, still discuss and debate) references to classical literature and cool stuff like that.

If I want classical literature, I'll read classical literature, not listen to songs about it. They have any about paint drying? That sounds more interesting.

I'd recommend you stick to finding the deep meaning in "pour some sugar on me." If this deep meaning doesn't come to you right away, I'm sure if you ask Bushice, he can hum a few bars.

I did actually own several Def Leppard albums, but preferred their music before their guitarist drank himself to death. Pretty much everything from "Hysteria" on up is garbage.

Step inside,
walk this way
you and me babe
hey hey!
---------
And I want
And I need
And I love
Animal
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I said
Rock! Rock! Till you drop
Rock! Rock! Never stop
Rock! Rock! Till you drop
I say rock! Rock! Till you drop

If you're looking for me to defend the above lyrics, it'll be a long wait.

Their older stuff is a little pop rock for me to listen to more than once in awhile, but it was on the radio when I was in junior high/high school, so I remember it all quite well and it can be nice for a walk down memory lane.

It's not that I hate the Grateful Dead, I just don't get the fanatical following more than anything else. They have a couple of songs that I hear on classic rock stations (which you'll probably tell me aren't their best stuff) that I know and are okay, but not good enough for me to forsake my life and belongings and follow them around the world. Hell, NO band is worth that.

I assume you know who Milton Friedman is, yes? I lived next door to his daughter and was best friends with her son for a few years until I put his tooth through his lip for picking on my little sister. I think I was 10 at the time. Rack me for being a pre-pubescent stud big bro. But I digress...

Rick, my friend, inherited somewhere in the neighborhood of $100 million (in a trust) when his grandfather kicked. The guy could have lived any type of lifestyle he wanted to and been comfortable for the rest of his life. Rather than invest his money in a house and live like a king, this dude travelled with the Dead all over the world and saw every show they did for something like 4 years straight. In the process, he did so much acid and shrooms that he became a long-haired burnout with a Butthead (HUH HUH UHHHHHH...) laugh. I mean...what am I not getting here?

Oh, and it's not like he was always into that type of music. Until high school, he was into Cyndi Lauper, George Michael and Michael Jackson BIGTIME. This dude lived and breathed "Thriller" for years. Not really sure where he made the shift into full-on Deadhead mode, but he fully bought into the not showering, no haircut, no changing clothes for a week, culture.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 6:19 pm

Everybody's playing in the Heart Of Gold Band.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 6:22 pm

You can't go back and you can't stand still
If the thunder don't get you then the sig lines will

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 7:51 pm

OCmike wrote:
Not really sure where he made the shift into full-on Deadhead mode.

Dinsdale wrote:Once in a while you get shown the light, in the strangest of places if you look at it right.

OCmike · Post by **OCmike** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 7:55 pm

Mikey wrote:
OCmike wrote:
Not really sure where he made the shift into full-on Deadhead mode.

Dinsdale wrote:Once in a while you get shown the light, in the strangest of places if you look at it right.

Since when did losing the desire to shower become "seeing the light"?

Oh, and Dins, nice sig...fag.

I think I was 12 or 13 when I bought my last DL album. Can a brotha get a pass on his junior high musical tastes?

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 8:47 pm

OCmike wrote:I think I was 12 or 13 when I bought my last DL album. Can a brotha get a pass on his junior high musical tastes?

I might consider a pass, except I have no reason to believe your pubescent mantra of "don't stop believing" has been disavowed.

OCmike · Post by **OCmike** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 9:02 pm

They're in a box at my parents' house somewhere along with my Scorpions, Cars and any other quality LPs that I used to listen to in 1984.

Tom In VA · Post by **Tom In VA** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 9:41 pm

OCmike wrote:They're in a box at my parents' house somewhere along with my Scorpions,

You couldn't even get metal right. tsk tsk tsk

:RAZZ:

OCmike · Post by **OCmike** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 9:48 pm

Those are my LP's. They do not by any means represent any of the real music that I began listening to when I got older, like Roxette, Depeche Mode, Til' Tuesday, Thompson Twins, Duran Duran, etc.

Mister Bushice · Post by **Mister Bushice** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 10:20 pm

OCmike wrote:Those are my LP's. They do not by any means represent any of the real music that I began listening to when I got older, like Roxette, Depeche Mode, Til' Tuesday, Thompson Twins, Duran Duran, etc.

What? No Ace of Base?

Terry in Crapchester · Fri Apr 20, 2007 10:55 pm

Tom In VA wrote:
OCmike wrote:They're in a box at my parents' house somewhere along with my Scorpions,
You couldn't even get metal right. tsk tsk tsk

:RAZZ:

What, you mean like Poison and Motley Crue. :P

And before anyone rags on Def Leppard, they should give a listen to High 'n' Dry. Not rocket science lyrics by any stretch of the imagination, but imho, the definitive metal album, before the girlie men took over the genre.

Of course, as Mike mentioned, Def Leppard later jumped the shark in spectacular fashion. But it would appear that Mike has his timing off in that regard -- I see the shark jumping as being tied into the drummer losing an arm, not the guitarist dying.

Tom In VA · Post by **Tom In VA** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 3:52 am

Terry in Crapchester wrote: What, you mean like Poison and Motley Crue. :P

That was low. I thought we were cool.

No I meant like Maiden, Priest, Motorhead, Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax, Storm Troopers of Death, Overkill ... blah blah blah

I wore a Judge Death Anthrax tee-shirt to my first Dead show.

OCmike · Post by **OCmike** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 1:21 pm

You wore a Judge Death tee to a place where a bunch of people are dropping acid hits on their eyeballs? That's just cruel!

BTW, war that comic. Far and away my favorite as a kid.

Quadruple-unwar Sylvester-fucking-Stallone playing Judge Dredd and killing what could/should have been an awesome flick.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 5:43 pm

Terry in Crapchester wrote:High 'n' Dry... the definitive metal album

This thread just keeps getting funnier. Just got really funny, as a matter of fact.

The discussion shifts to OG neo-metal, and there's no love for the Tigers of Pan Tang yet?

smackaholic · Post by **smackaholic** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 1:45 am

Dinsdale wrote:
Terry in Crapchester wrote:High 'n' Dry... the definitive metal album

This thread just keeps getting funnier. Just got really funny, as a matter of fact.

The discussion shifts to OG neo-metal, and there's no love for the Tigers of Pan Tang yet?

definitive metal album? as in defining suck ass metal? not here to hate on DL, but, I'm guessing that led zepplin and black sabbath might just possible rank a tad, actually more like infinity higher than DL on the heavy metal definitive list. Actually, DL is more along the 80s hair metal type of thing, although, they weren't near as bad as ratt and crue and friends..

OCmike · Post by **OCmike** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 2:03 pm

As far as I'm concerned, Crue and Guns n' Roses get a pass on their glam metal days. For one thing, they're miles better musically than other bands from that genre, but they also HAD to dress that way to get gigs in LA during the 80's. All of the bands back then did that shit...for some reason.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 6:09 pm

So, Def Leppard was the "definitive" metal band, riding the tail end of the KISS wave, and "girlie men" like Metallica, Megadeath, Slayer, Mercyful Fate, and others came along and girlied it up?

I may have spoken too soon...every now and then, T-Dawg says something really funny.

OCmike · Post by **OCmike** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 1:19 pm

Sorry, but Megadeth, other than Mustaine's soloing ability, blew. Too bad he was such an egomaniac that he couldn't see his own shortcomings and hire a fucking lead singer.

And Slayer wasn't metal, it was satanic death metal, which is a completely other category. Those types of bands are basically gimmick acts who can't attract a mainstream audience, so they try to appeal to a niche with albums like "Reign in Blood".