You are your Favorite Classic Rock band!
April 5, 2011 8:13 PM Subscribe
What your Favorite Classic Rock Band says About You (Part One) as well as
What your Favorite Classic Rock Band says About You (Part Two)
I-hm
huh.
I haven't done a proper gig in like two years but I still find glitter on my clothes.
also i have sung this, in person, in front of other people
posted by The Whelk at 8:21 PM on April 5, 2011
huh.
I haven't done a proper gig in like two years but I still find glitter on my clothes.
also i have sung this, in person, in front of other people
posted by The Whelk at 8:21 PM on April 5, 2011
for the most part, this is just absurdity, with the odd exception of the grateful dead, which actually seems true
posted by pyramid termite at 8:22 PM on April 5, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by pyramid termite at 8:22 PM on April 5, 2011 [2 favorites]
The Kinks: You have bad teeth and are good in bed.
I-hey!
posted by The Whelk at 8:23 PM on April 5, 2011 [3 favorites]
I-hey!
posted by The Whelk at 8:23 PM on April 5, 2011 [3 favorites]
Uriah Heep: You do not exist.
posted by The Card Cheat at 8:24 PM on April 5, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by The Card Cheat at 8:24 PM on April 5, 2011 [1 favorite]
This is probably the worst thing I've seen on McSweeney's ever.
posted by sanko at 8:25 PM on April 5, 2011 [4 favorites]
posted by sanko at 8:25 PM on April 5, 2011 [4 favorites]
My favorite isn't on either list but my second favorite is. Contrary to some public speculation, I have never smoked banana peels, catnip, or poppies. My third choice was in the relative vicinity though.
posted by fuse theorem at 8:25 PM on April 5, 2011
posted by fuse theorem at 8:25 PM on April 5, 2011
They're just making shit up.
The Moody Blues: You are a former volunteer at the Liberace museum, a serial killer, or both.
...but when they're right, they're right.
posted by mazola at 8:26 PM on April 5, 2011 [4 favorites]
The Moody Blues: You are a former volunteer at the Liberace museum, a serial killer, or both.
...but when they're right, they're right.
posted by mazola at 8:26 PM on April 5, 2011 [4 favorites]
I'll have you know that my while my garage is indeed full of failed stereo-barbeque hybrids, I enjoy the fruits of my successful stereo-barbeque hybrid quite regularly.
posted by oddman at 8:29 PM on April 5, 2011 [4 favorites]
posted by oddman at 8:29 PM on April 5, 2011 [4 favorites]
That Jethro Tull one kind of nailed me. Damn.
posted by nzero at 8:31 PM on April 5, 2011 [3 favorites]
posted by nzero at 8:31 PM on April 5, 2011 [3 favorites]
I like these.
Barely related, does anybody remember a thing in Harper's years ago that compared prog-rock bands to gangsta rap groups?
posted by box at 8:34 PM on April 5, 2011 [2 favorites]
Barely related, does anybody remember a thing in Harper's years ago that compared prog-rock bands to gangsta rap groups?
posted by box at 8:34 PM on April 5, 2011 [2 favorites]
Is this something I would need a TV favorite classic rock band to understand?
posted by mwhybark at 8:37 PM on April 5, 2011
posted by mwhybark at 8:37 PM on April 5, 2011
David Bowie: There is still, somewhere, a Dig Dug or Zaxxon machine with your high score on it.
So not Elevator Action? Huh.
*burns Bowie stuff*
posted by obiwanwasabi at 8:37 PM on April 5, 2011 [4 favorites]
So not Elevator Action? Huh.
*burns Bowie stuff*
posted by obiwanwasabi at 8:37 PM on April 5, 2011 [4 favorites]
What I got out of this is that I was thoroughly entertained by seeing the names of many bands I hadn't thought about in years, though I've certainly enjoyed quite a few of the songs from those bands in the course of my life. But I also thoroughly enjoyed realizing that I had no interest in tracking down and listening to any of said songs on YouTube or anywhere else. Nostalgia ain't what it used to be.
posted by Greg_Ace at 8:38 PM on April 5, 2011
posted by Greg_Ace at 8:38 PM on April 5, 2011
This person obviously knows NOTHING about King Crimson.
posted by kenko at 8:39 PM on April 5, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by kenko at 8:39 PM on April 5, 2011 [1 favorite]
I never really noticed it before, but the Moody Blues are kinda creepy, aren't they?
posted by blargerz at 8:40 PM on April 5, 2011
posted by blargerz at 8:40 PM on April 5, 2011
McSweeney's is awful, especially these lists. It is like a garbage heap of sentences they like with no context to put it in.
posted by munchingzombie at 8:40 PM on April 5, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by munchingzombie at 8:40 PM on April 5, 2011 [1 favorite]
*burns Bowie stuff*
Bowie burns but is not consumed.
posted by The Whelk at 8:42 PM on April 5, 2011 [13 favorites]
I only used my tiny flashlight a few times last month.
posted by spinifex23 at 8:43 PM on April 5, 2011 [3 favorites]
posted by spinifex23 at 8:43 PM on April 5, 2011 [3 favorites]
I remember this when it came out. I think the author is in one of those Punkews bands I like. Not Blacklist Royals or one of the big ones but another one. There was a list like this going around for indie bands that was really accurate.
I like these lists, actually. I'm either:
Bob Dylan: You have the Swiss army knife that comes with a map reader and tweezers.
which used to be true
or
Bruce Springsteen: Your ringtone is either "Takin' Care of Business" or "Chariots of Fire."
which is incorrect. it used to be Bat Out of Hell, and before that Dream Police
hey! where's Cheap Trick?
posted by Lovecraft In Brooklyn at 8:44 PM on April 5, 2011
I like these lists, actually. I'm either:
Bob Dylan: You have the Swiss army knife that comes with a map reader and tweezers.
which used to be true
or
Bruce Springsteen: Your ringtone is either "Takin' Care of Business" or "Chariots of Fire."
which is incorrect. it used to be Bat Out of Hell, and before that Dream Police
hey! where's Cheap Trick?
posted by Lovecraft In Brooklyn at 8:44 PM on April 5, 2011
Brian Eno: You have spent the entire afternoon watching a screensaver that you developed.
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 8:46 PM on April 5, 2011 [8 favorites]
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 8:46 PM on April 5, 2011 [8 favorites]
I like Basement Tapes-era Bob Dylan, which, conveniently, means that I have used my fancy Swiss Army Knife to carve my misspelled name into a picnic table.
posted by box at 8:51 PM on April 5, 2011 [5 favorites]
posted by box at 8:51 PM on April 5, 2011 [5 favorites]
"Yes: Your ideal partner would be into both tantric sex and fat guys."
That's not funny, that's eerily true.
But my #2 favorite is Steely Dan and I have never either snorted cocaine nor owned a copy of Remembrance of Things Past. I suspect by that point the author was getting impatient to finish the damned thing. But I salute him in avoiding any jokes about Canada, Libertarianism, Mark Twain or castrati for Rush.
And I'm still kinda creeped out about Yes. Did I mention I live just down the road from Jon Anderson? And (in the other direction) from where Jack LaLanne lived?
posted by oneswellfoop at 8:51 PM on April 5, 2011 [1 favorite]
That's not funny, that's eerily true.
But my #2 favorite is Steely Dan and I have never either snorted cocaine nor owned a copy of Remembrance of Things Past. I suspect by that point the author was getting impatient to finish the damned thing. But I salute him in avoiding any jokes about Canada, Libertarianism, Mark Twain or castrati for Rush.
And I'm still kinda creeped out about Yes. Did I mention I live just down the road from Jon Anderson? And (in the other direction) from where Jack LaLanne lived?
posted by oneswellfoop at 8:51 PM on April 5, 2011 [1 favorite]
Metafilter: You have a favorite rune.
Metafilter: You know what a steeplechase is.
Metafilter: You do not own a bong, but can quickly make one from a piece of fruit or an abandoned toilet.
and the Jimi Hendrix one is really true
posted by Lovecraft In Brooklyn at 8:51 PM on April 5, 2011
Metafilter: You know what a steeplechase is.
Metafilter: You do not own a bong, but can quickly make one from a piece of fruit or an abandoned toilet.
and the Jimi Hendrix one is really true
posted by Lovecraft In Brooklyn at 8:51 PM on April 5, 2011
they missed...
Devo: You are not men.
Sparks: Your name is Mickey Mouse.
Cheap Trick: Your mommy's all right.
This is why I'll never sell anything to McSweeney's.
posted by oneswellfoop at 8:55 PM on April 5, 2011 [2 favorites]
Devo: You are not men.
Sparks: Your name is Mickey Mouse.
Cheap Trick: Your mommy's all right.
This is why I'll never sell anything to McSweeney's.
posted by oneswellfoop at 8:55 PM on April 5, 2011 [2 favorites]
Cheap Trick: You had a moment in the middle of In Color And In Black And White
posted by Lovecraft In Brooklyn at 8:57 PM on April 5, 2011
posted by Lovecraft In Brooklyn at 8:57 PM on April 5, 2011
ELO: I have never owned a lava lamp.
But I have spent an entire afternoon watching a screen saver. So I'm reading this list from right to left: make a lifestyle choice, and find the music that's appropriate. Time for cocaine and Proust!
(plus, "Joe Jackson" is a classic rock band? WTF?)
posted by benito.strauss at 8:57 PM on April 5, 2011
But I have spent an entire afternoon watching a screen saver. So I'm reading this list from right to left: make a lifestyle choice, and find the music that's appropriate. Time for cocaine and Proust!
(plus, "Joe Jackson" is a classic rock band? WTF?)
posted by benito.strauss at 8:57 PM on April 5, 2011
Devo: You have laughed smugly at somebody who couldn't fix their computer
posted by Lovecraft In Brooklyn at 9:00 PM on April 5, 2011 [5 favorites]
posted by Lovecraft In Brooklyn at 9:00 PM on April 5, 2011 [5 favorites]
Not "Classic Rock" (well, Zep and a few others do get a mention), but compare
Questionable Content's Jeph Jacques presents "Bands as Metaphors for Folks You've Dated". (Previously)
Oh, there's even a Part II.
posted by AsYouKnow Bob at 9:02 PM on April 5, 2011 [1 favorite]
Questionable Content's Jeph Jacques presents "Bands as Metaphors for Folks You've Dated". (Previously)
Oh, there's even a Part II.
posted by AsYouKnow Bob at 9:02 PM on April 5, 2011 [1 favorite]
I do not now nor have I ever owned a jacket with elbow patches.
But I have the urge o buy one now.
posted by eyeballkid at 9:11 PM on April 5, 2011 [2 favorites]
But I have the urge o buy one now.
posted by eyeballkid at 9:11 PM on April 5, 2011 [2 favorites]
Brian Eno: You have spent the entire afternoon watching a screensaver that you developed.
But really, who hasn't?
posted by brennen at 9:11 PM on April 5, 2011
But really, who hasn't?
posted by brennen at 9:11 PM on April 5, 2011
And for the record, the first thing I ever tried to smoke was probably a rolled-up post-it note. Well, not an actual Post-It, but a cheaper knockoff with worse adhesive.
I didn't have very good bad influences in the 3rd grade.
posted by brennen at 9:13 PM on April 5, 2011 [1 favorite]
I didn't have very good bad influences in the 3rd grade.
posted by brennen at 9:13 PM on April 5, 2011 [1 favorite]
These are my people. Brilliantly crystalized and encapsulated, the whole lot of us.
posted by Devils Rancher at 9:15 PM on April 5, 2011
posted by Devils Rancher at 9:15 PM on April 5, 2011
It's okay. When I was in the third grade I couldn't get good Post-Its either. The ones we had were mostly stems.
posted by nebulawindphone at 9:15 PM on April 5, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by nebulawindphone at 9:15 PM on April 5, 2011 [1 favorite]
Questionable Content's Jeph Jacques presents "Bands as Metaphors for Folks You've Dated". (Previously)
Oh, there's even a Part II
that might be the one, but i think there was one with my favorite bands on it
Metafilter: the guy/girl in theater who thinks they're hot shit and all the nerds fawn over them while normal people can't stand them
Belle and Sebastian is the guy who writes you a poem on the first date and you cringe in anticipation but it's actually a really good poem
yep
posted by Lovecraft In Brooklyn at 9:22 PM on April 5, 2011
Oh, there's even a Part II
that might be the one, but i think there was one with my favorite bands on it
Metafilter: the guy/girl in theater who thinks they're hot shit and all the nerds fawn over them while normal people can't stand them
Belle and Sebastian is the guy who writes you a poem on the first date and you cringe in anticipation but it's actually a really good poem
yep
posted by Lovecraft In Brooklyn at 9:22 PM on April 5, 2011
Cheap Trick: you eschewed 8-tracks because you could not clean your weed with the double albums.
posted by Devils Rancher at 9:24 PM on April 5, 2011
posted by Devils Rancher at 9:24 PM on April 5, 2011
Iggy Pop: You have occasionally burned piles of David Bowie stuff.
posted by Devils Rancher at 9:27 PM on April 5, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by Devils Rancher at 9:27 PM on April 5, 2011 [2 favorites]
Janis Joplin: You are Ke$ha.
posted by Hardcore Poser at 9:36 PM on April 5, 2011
posted by Hardcore Poser at 9:36 PM on April 5, 2011
I think the author is in one of those Punkews bands I like
He's in American Steel.
posted by corey flood at 9:44 PM on April 5, 2011 [1 favorite]
He's in American Steel.
posted by corey flood at 9:44 PM on April 5, 2011 [1 favorite]
I don't know which "inspired" the other, but:
What Your Favorite Indie Band Says About You. Part Two.
posted by Navelgazer at 9:58 PM on April 5, 2011
What Your Favorite Indie Band Says About You. Part Two.
posted by Navelgazer at 9:58 PM on April 5, 2011
"Yes: Your ideal partner would be into both tantric sex and fat guys."
The LOL -- I haz it.
posted by bardic at 10:02 PM on April 5, 2011
The LOL -- I haz it.
posted by bardic at 10:02 PM on April 5, 2011
The "indie band" one just seems kind of mean-spirited and weirdly granular without being, you know, funny.
(Then again, I just realized I don't know who at least half of those bands are, so maybe it's just that being 30 means I am no longer in on the joke.)
posted by brennen at 10:29 PM on April 5, 2011
(Then again, I just realized I don't know who at least half of those bands are, so maybe it's just that being 30 means I am no longer in on the joke.)
posted by brennen at 10:29 PM on April 5, 2011
From What Your Favorite Indie Band Says About You. Part Two.
posted by Hardcore Poser at 10:40 PM on April 5, 2011 [2 favorites]
Sonic YouthMean-spirited, yes, but that one's a keeper.
Guys who mistake their blender for a radio.
posted by Hardcore Poser at 10:40 PM on April 5, 2011 [2 favorites]
yeah, that Sonic Youth one is perfect, and that was the list i was thinking of
and apparently I coach a Little League team.
Neutral Milk Hotel
People who get where Christians are coming from with the whole “hope Jesus will rise again” thing.
this is alot more accurate to both me and a few other Hold Steady fans I know. though I might love NMH more
Fiery Furnaces
Those dicks who still won’t smile, even after you acknowledge their apathy with the “Woah, don’t get too excited!” joke.
this describes the band itself better than their fans
I think the author is in one of those Punkews bands I like
He's in American Steel.
thanks! I was close... new 'Steel' was in the name
posted by Lovecraft In Brooklyn at 10:45 PM on April 5, 2011
and apparently I coach a Little League team.
Neutral Milk Hotel
People who get where Christians are coming from with the whole “hope Jesus will rise again” thing.
this is alot more accurate to both me and a few other Hold Steady fans I know. though I might love NMH more
Fiery Furnaces
Those dicks who still won’t smile, even after you acknowledge their apathy with the “Woah, don’t get too excited!” joke.
this describes the band itself better than their fans
I think the author is in one of those Punkews bands I like
He's in American Steel.
thanks! I was close... new 'Steel' was in the name
posted by Lovecraft In Brooklyn at 10:45 PM on April 5, 2011
though now that i think about it i know a Hold Steady fan who's a massive baseball fan. and he's Australian. so yeah
posted by Lovecraft In Brooklyn at 10:53 PM on April 5, 2011
posted by Lovecraft In Brooklyn at 10:53 PM on April 5, 2011
I liked the "What Your Favorite Indie Band Says About You List" because it rekindled my hopes that someone, somewhere hates The Decemberists as much as I do.
posted by Afroblanco at 11:22 PM on April 5, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by Afroblanco at 11:22 PM on April 5, 2011 [1 favorite]
I wish there was a McSweeney's warning label.
posted by Shit Parade at 12:04 AM on April 6, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by Shit Parade at 12:04 AM on April 6, 2011 [1 favorite]
I liked the "What Your Favorite Indie Band Says About You List" because it rekindled my hopes that someone, somewhere hates The Decemberists as much as I do.
posted by Afroblanco at 7:22 AM on April 6
Well hello there!
posted by Decani at 12:45 AM on April 6, 2011
posted by Afroblanco at 7:22 AM on April 6
Well hello there!
posted by Decani at 12:45 AM on April 6, 2011
Most of the jokes sucked but I especially don't get all the shit about the flashlights.
posted by zephyr_words at 1:46 AM on April 6, 2011
posted by zephyr_words at 1:46 AM on April 6, 2011
The fact that Black Sabbath is included in a list with Hall and Oats makes me want to go on a hellride
posted by AndrewKemendo at 3:14 AM on April 6, 2011
posted by AndrewKemendo at 3:14 AM on April 6, 2011
I don't own a garage, and generally loath barbecue. However, I fear there is something in the general direction of truth to this:
Santana: You have had an hours-long conversation with someone before realizing it was just a pile of clothes.
Not hours, I think, and not a pile of clothes. But it was a pile of something rather than then the person I thought it was.
posted by Goofyy at 3:54 AM on April 6, 2011 [1 favorite]
Santana: You have had an hours-long conversation with someone before realizing it was just a pile of clothes.
Not hours, I think, and not a pile of clothes. But it was a pile of something rather than then the person I thought it was.
posted by Goofyy at 3:54 AM on April 6, 2011 [1 favorite]
Step 1: Assemble list of bands.
Step 2: Assemble list of random put-downs, some of which are music-related.
Step 3: Randomly attach items from second list to items from first list.
Step 4: Failure!
posted by Kirth Gerson at 4:05 AM on April 6, 2011
Step 2: Assemble list of random put-downs, some of which are music-related.
Step 3: Randomly attach items from second list to items from first list.
Step 4: Failure!
posted by Kirth Gerson at 4:05 AM on April 6, 2011
I have painted unventillated rooms, but it is not my greatest joy
posted by Redhush at 4:09 AM on April 6, 2011
posted by Redhush at 4:09 AM on April 6, 2011
and even if you don't like Mcsweeneys, once it's been through a metafilter, it seems a lot funnier
posted by Redhush at 4:10 AM on April 6, 2011
posted by Redhush at 4:10 AM on April 6, 2011
I was going to get angry for the time I spent reading this, but this one near the bottom made me laugh:
Blue Cheer: You have a subset of friends whose sole purpose is to hold your hair while you vomit.
posted by marxchivist at 4:18 AM on April 6, 2011
Blue Cheer: You have a subset of friends whose sole purpose is to hold your hair while you vomit.
posted by marxchivist at 4:18 AM on April 6, 2011
Rush: You carry a small flashlight everywhere, and use it at least three times a day.
Almost correct, good job! I've a small laser pointer in my backpack for easily entertaining myself, playing with cats.. or theoretically giving presentation. There is in-fact a flashlight button on it but I never use that.
posted by jeffburdges at 5:00 AM on April 6, 2011 [1 favorite]
Almost correct, good job! I've a small laser pointer in my backpack for easily entertaining myself, playing with cats.. or theoretically giving presentation. There is in-fact a flashlight button on it but I never use that.
posted by jeffburdges at 5:00 AM on April 6, 2011 [1 favorite]
Like all the best McSweeney's stuff, this walks the line between funny and not-funny and serious and not-serious in multiple ways. Also the line between good and not-good. McSweeney's started out publishing work that writers couldn't get published anywhere else: they've taken that niche and pretty much run with it. You have to respect that (or maybe you don't).
posted by rikschell at 5:01 AM on April 6, 2011
posted by rikschell at 5:01 AM on April 6, 2011
I think maybe it's a lot more hilarious in that spinal tap way, where you get the self-deprecating part when you've lived the 70s rock thing as a musician, and you see the truth in it.
posted by Devils Rancher at 5:30 AM on April 6, 2011
posted by Devils Rancher at 5:30 AM on April 6, 2011
The Raspberries: You've used a flashlight to look for the pot that fell on the carpet while you were trying to clean it on an eight track cartridge, before smoking it through a pipe you made out of a carrot.
Nailed it!
posted by spacely_sprocket at 6:11 AM on April 6, 2011
Nailed it!
posted by spacely_sprocket at 6:11 AM on April 6, 2011
Be Bop Deluxe: You say quietly in the front seat of your '70 Chevelle while your best friend and his girl got it on in the open trunk. War Pigs was playing on the cassette deck, and you've hated that song ever since.
posted by Devils Rancher at 6:32 AM on April 6, 2011
posted by Devils Rancher at 6:32 AM on April 6, 2011
Like all the best McSweeney's stuff, this walks the line between funny and not-funny
Yeah, in the same way that Hitler walked the line between sainthood and evil.
posted by salmacis at 6:37 AM on April 6, 2011
Yeah, in the same way that Hitler walked the line between sainthood and evil.
posted by salmacis at 6:37 AM on April 6, 2011
Joni Mitchell: You have accidentally eaten more than half of a scented candle.
If you intended to eat only half a scented candle and managed to stop yourself before getting carried away, does that make you a Judy Collins fan?
posted by eric1halfb at 7:01 AM on April 6, 2011 [3 favorites]
If you intended to eat only half a scented candle and managed to stop yourself before getting carried away, does that make you a Judy Collins fan?
posted by eric1halfb at 7:01 AM on April 6, 2011 [3 favorites]
Ah, McSweeney's: Home to jokes that sound like they should be funny but really aren't.
posted by rocket88 at 7:02 AM on April 6, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by rocket88 at 7:02 AM on April 6, 2011 [1 favorite]
Meat Loaf: You have a mustard stain on your mousepad.
That's-- that's ridiculous. Utterly absurd. Lies and slander.
::buys new mousepad::
posted by Faint of Butt at 7:04 AM on April 6, 2011 [1 favorite]
That's-- that's ridiculous. Utterly absurd. Lies and slander.
::buys new mousepad::
posted by Faint of Butt at 7:04 AM on April 6, 2011 [1 favorite]
*sat* quietly.
I need an extra-large keyboard or something.
posted by Devils Rancher at 7:07 AM on April 6, 2011
I need an extra-large keyboard or something.
posted by Devils Rancher at 7:07 AM on April 6, 2011
I find it weird that so many of you react violently when you don't get the joke. Do you try to get in a fist fight with bombing comics at stand-up shows?
posted by oddman at 7:18 AM on April 6, 2011 [4 favorites]
posted by oddman at 7:18 AM on April 6, 2011 [4 favorites]
Was the indie bands one linked earlier in the thread really funny and inside, or a boring sexist piece of crap? you can probably guess what my opinion is, but I am willing to entertain evidence that the former is true
posted by jtron at 10:06 AM on April 6, 2011
posted by jtron at 10:06 AM on April 6, 2011
I laughed and laughed until I got to my favorite.
posted by tommasz at 10:43 AM on April 6, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by tommasz at 10:43 AM on April 6, 2011 [2 favorites]
I am crying tears of joy now, and my throat hurts from stifling laughter at those McSweeny's lists. Yes, yes, McSweeney's can be way too precious, but these were a lot of fun.
posted by wenestvedt at 10:48 AM on April 6, 2011
posted by wenestvedt at 10:48 AM on April 6, 2011
The first list is mean. I'm not David Bowie.
posted by S'Tella Fabula at 12:07 PM on April 6, 2011
posted by S'Tella Fabula at 12:07 PM on April 6, 2011
"You have injured several people by jogging into them."
I wish I could say that I exercised enough for this to be the case...
posted by cp311 at 4:03 PM on April 6, 2011
I wish I could say that I exercised enough for this to be the case...
posted by cp311 at 4:03 PM on April 6, 2011
You have the Swiss army knife that comes with a map reader and tweezers.
I stole this Swiss Army Knife from Roger McGuinn. True fact.
posted by PeterMcDermott at 4:05 PM on April 6, 2011 [1 favorite]
I stole this Swiss Army Knife from Roger McGuinn. True fact.
posted by PeterMcDermott at 4:05 PM on April 6, 2011 [1 favorite]
does anybody remember a thing in Harper's years ago that compared prog-rock bands to gangsta rap groups?
I seem to recall it said that Wu-Tang's "Protect Ya Neck" and Yes's "Roundabout" were similar in that everyone gets a solo, and compared The Chronic-era Dr Dre to Jethro Tull because of all the flute.
posted by hilker at 4:09 PM on April 6, 2011 [1 favorite]
I seem to recall it said that Wu-Tang's "Protect Ya Neck" and Yes's "Roundabout" were similar in that everyone gets a solo, and compared The Chronic-era Dr Dre to Jethro Tull because of all the flute.
posted by hilker at 4:09 PM on April 6, 2011 [1 favorite]
Most of the jokes sucked but I especially don't get all the shit about the flashlights.
I do. It implies Rush fans are the sort of computer techy people who hung around cables under desks and such. I knew what it meant.
I always like these.
posted by Lovecraft In Brooklyn at 4:51 PM on April 6, 2011 [1 favorite]
I do. It implies Rush fans are the sort of computer techy people who hung around cables under desks and such. I knew what it meant.
I always like these.
posted by Lovecraft In Brooklyn at 4:51 PM on April 6, 2011 [1 favorite]
This is why I'll never sell anything to McSweeney's.
You don't sell to McSweeneys. You get accepted by McSweeney's where it is then seen by other places looking for humor, where they will edit out your edgier items. One day, if you are lucky, you get an email seeking permission to license it for a commercial venue. DAMHIKT.
I'm pretty sure that soon after that you are solicited to be a writer for a late night talk show host. (Gee, I hope it is one I like).
posted by spock at 4:54 PM on April 6, 2011
You don't sell to McSweeneys. You get accepted by McSweeney's where it is then seen by other places looking for humor, where they will edit out your edgier items. One day, if you are lucky, you get an email seeking permission to license it for a commercial venue. DAMHIKT.
I'm pretty sure that soon after that you are solicited to be a writer for a late night talk show host. (Gee, I hope it is one I like).
posted by spock at 4:54 PM on April 6, 2011
The ringtone on my phone is Dylan's Positively 4th Street. And I have a Swiss Army knife. Don't make me use it.
(Actually, when I was a muuuuch younger man, I used a quick acid test to help me get a handle on new people I'd meet. I'd ask them who's your favorite band of these three: The Beatles, the Stones, or the Who? I don't remember exactly what their answer revealed to me, but I do remember that I really preferred hanging out with Who people.)
posted by Benny Andajetz at 10:03 AM on April 7, 2011 [1 favorite]
(Actually, when I was a muuuuch younger man, I used a quick acid test to help me get a handle on new people I'd meet. I'd ask them who's your favorite band of these three: The Beatles, the Stones, or the Who? I don't remember exactly what their answer revealed to me, but I do remember that I really preferred hanging out with Who people.)
posted by Benny Andajetz at 10:03 AM on April 7, 2011 [1 favorite]
We must have traveled in very different circles; I always preferred Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd to any of those three
posted by jtron at 10:18 AM on April 7, 2011
posted by jtron at 10:18 AM on April 7, 2011
We must have traveled in very different circles; I always preferred Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd to any of those three
Most people who were really into music preferred other bands, but everybody had opinion about those three. Back in the day I could probably name a lot of what other music you were into from your answer.
I didn't say it was smart. And I was a wake-and-bake back in the day.
posted by Benny Andajetz at 10:31 AM on April 7, 2011
Most people who were really into music preferred other bands, but everybody had opinion about those three. Back in the day I could probably name a lot of what other music you were into from your answer.
I didn't say it was smart. And I was a wake-and-bake back in the day.
posted by Benny Andajetz at 10:31 AM on April 7, 2011
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