creed: what if
Boards of Canada: What if Music had the Right to Children?
The Hu: <epic throat vocals>
GWAR: What if we sprayed people with alien cum?
Exocrine : What if I became god?
If anyone hasn’t seen the ICP vs. GWAR Hot Ones episode that came out the other day, go watch it now.
Everyone should go to a gwar show
It’s pretty high on my bucket list.
I was in charge of the stage lighting in a concert they gave in Cologne, like 25 years ago.
One of my fondest memories.
On a related note, GWAR did an NPR Tiny Desk concert. It’s really… something.
I liked the concert they did when the airline temporarily lost their costumes.
Tiny Desk concerts are a national treasure.
Also Led Zeppelin: squeeze my lemon baby, 'till the juice runs down my leg
That was a reference to the Robert Johnson song Traveling Riverside Blues. Apparently Johnson might have himself taken it from a Roosevelt Sykes song.
Also Led Zeppelin: Hobbits are pretty dope
Also: what if whales played drums
Is that a metaphor?
Yes, it’s a little known pice of trivia actually, they were making a statement about the war
This is true. During the war the soldiers were suffering with shortages and they had low quality food. Overly filled and lpoor leaky lemons were rife. A lot of legs were sticky. It was Hell.
Close, but you were actually one of the lucky divisions to get even rotten lemons. Trench warfare was largely a battle of attrition and rations had to last, hot meals and fresh fruit (especially sources of vitamin c) were a luxury to be supplied with. Scurvy wasn’t uncommon. Here’s a bunch of cool links
Those are some cool links, thanks!
It was not a party, let me tell you. Or do a search for the ironically named “lemon party” to get the info straight from the source.
Powerwolf: What if the Spanish Inquisition involved werewolves?
Guns n’ Roses: YOU’RE CRAZY!
I love Zep, but it’s amusing know somebody thinks they’re possibly philosophical romantics.
Half of their music was straight up stolen blues songs.
And stolen folk revival (Black Mountain Side), stolen other rock songs (Stairway). After I started getting more into British Isles folk and more deep cut rock, I had to grieve my belief that Zep were profound innovators. But still, they were wizard image makers, amazing musicians, and great curators.
British Isles
Deprecated term, pleased don’t use.
UK and Irish is fine. Even just British is fine if you collectively mean to include Irish bands based in and primarily touring the UK.
Dares you to call Kneecap British to their faces.
Not sure why would take something where I’m talking about a music scene and apply it to an individual band, but sure.
There are bands that only ever sell or perform in Ireland. That is the Irish music scene. Just like there are footballers that play in Ireland, and films made in Ireland. And there is the British music scene, which includes Irish people selling there, performing there. And a British football system, and a British film market. But you wouldn’t call individuals or bands from Ireland performing there British, any more than you’d correctly call Roy Keane or Cillian Murphy British.
There’s only so many chord progressions available. They’ve all been done. Their version of When the Levee Breaks is fucking solid, man. They made some magic. All current music is built on top of the foundation laid by all previous music, and it basically always has been.
Fripp and Eno would like a word with you. Granted, that shit was unlistenable.
I was about to go on a mild tirade about King Crimson, while a bit busy, still being music that followed the norms well enough, when I realized I have never listened to the project you are referring to. In fact I looked up Brian Eno, because I recognize his name, but I can’t tell you that I recognized any of what he’s credited with on Wiki. I guess I have a rabbit hole to fall down today.
You most likely have heard something produced by Brian Eno.
You have absolutely heard many things that would not exist without him.
That makes sense. Kinda like Bill Laswell, like yeah he made a good bit of stuff, but produced like a ton of shit. I’m excited to have something unexpected to dig on today.
King Crimson is closer to The Backstreet Boys than it is to Fripp and Eno.
They were massive nerds and I love them for it.
I mean, imitating sex noises is so romantic, right?
I thought that was just him about to sneeze
So many of their songs are about abandoning romantic partners. Kinda gross.
they say write what you know
And I mean, like, really REALLY good at pinball.
Practically a wizard
He’s not!
There has to be a twist.
That would sound good in the name of a movie
We’re going with “Tommy.”
The Guess Who: what if Americans were weird?
Kid Rock: Uh… what? 🥴
I’m curious f anyone here has seen the movie “Tommy” this is a song from the movie. Sung by Elton John.
You mean The Who, correct?
Nah, in Tommy, Elton John sung it.
Hey only sings Pinball Wizard in Tommy, iirc
It’s from the album Tommy, and the song was sung by Roger Daltry
There was a movie adaptation. Since Daltry was playing Tommy he couldn’t exactly sing so they did have people like Elton John, Ann Margaret and William Shatner sing songs. Elton John sang Pinball Wizard.
So both of you are correct.
I don’t remember Elton John singing it, but it has been quite a while since I watched the movie. 🤔
From Wikipedia, “The song was performed by British musician Elton John in Ken Russell’s 1975 film adaptation of Tommy”
I watched it semi recently, so it was fresh -ish in my mind.
The Beatles: What if I was a walrus?
Tusk: what if a movie was based around a beatles song?
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We would shout and swim about The coral that lies beneath the waves
*bleating wife intensifies*
Absolutely incredibly unpopular opinion, but all of these bands are terrible. I guarantee I’m getting downvoted for this comment.
No need to apologize. You are entitled to your tastes. I can’t stand Adele and her “singing” is like cats scratching a chalkboard.
It’s ok to not like a band, but if you’re going to call classic ones “terrible” you should at least bring some argument
I downvoted you so you can be right about something.
Lol
I downvoted you because you’re factually wrong.
I downvoted you just because of the second sentence in your comment.
Tommy wasn’t disabled, he was traumatised by seeing his parents have sex.
