An observation I made in class today: We were casully talking about the various types of metal—black, death, power, symphonic, thrash, etc—and I asked when metal seemed to become consumed by taxonomy. I remember the good old days when metal was about sex, Satan, and scaring parents. Why'd it get so complicated?
Back when parents and even some clueless listeners perhaps, thought Van Halen really were Running With the Devil and you were too if you listened to them.
Heh, there's a scholarly study about heavy metal called Running With the Devil. I don't recall the author calling Van Halen a metal band (but Eddie's technique is analyzed), but the title is kind of too good to pass up.
I used to/might still have these recordings of some crazy Christian guy. He even went as far as to call Debbie Harry satanic. He closed off that segment by saying "Call Me"? No thanks!!
An observation I made in class today: We were casully talking about the various types of metal—black, death, power, symphonic, thrash, etc—and I asked when metal seemed to become consumed by taxonomy. I remember the good old days when metal was about sex, Satan, and scaring parents. Why'd it get so complicated?
Back when parents and even some clueless listeners perhaps, thought Van Halen really were Running With the Devil and you were too if you listened to them.
Heh, there's a scholarly study about heavy metal called Running With the Devil. I don't recall the author calling Van Halen a metal band (but Eddie's technique is analyzed), but the title is kind of too good to pass up.
I used to/might still have these recordings of some crazy Christian guy. He even went as far as to call Debbie Harry satanic. He closed off that segment by saying "Call Me"? No thanks!!
I've tried discerning the distinctions, but either my tin ears or not being a metal fan in general has hindered me. Or, at least, where I can see differences, I scratch my head in regarding that an important division. My suspicion is that being a fan makes it easier and more desirable to be a divider; to a non-fan, the seeming similarities are what stand out because there isn't that interest in appreciating the finer points.
It boils down to sex with human females vs. sex with orcs.
I've tried discerning the distinctions, but either my tin ears or not being a metal fan in general has hindered me. Or, at least, where I can see differences, I scratch my head in regarding that an important division. My suspicion is that being a fan makes it easier and more desirable to be a divider; to a non-fan, the seeming similarities are what stand out because there isn't that interest in appreciating the finer points.
It boils down to sex with human females vs. sex with orcs.
*casts an arched eyebrow Wolter's way*
"Grab some wood, bub.'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
All things considered, that’s a pretty deep cut to reference.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
Real talk: I think metal may be the genre whose sub genres vary in sound the most. Black metal and glam metal are theoretically both metal, but only in the same way a slow loris and an orca are both mammals.
Which sub-genre of metal would Nirvana fall under or are they just straight-up heavy metal?
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board
Real talk: I think metal may be the genre whose sub genres vary in sound the most. Black metal and glam metal are theoretically both metal, but only in the same way a slow loris and an orca are both mammals.
Which sub-genre of metal would Nirvana fall under or are they just straight-up heavy metal?
Punk rock.
Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty
We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.
All things considered, that’s a pretty deep cut to reference.
If he really wanted to troll the fuck out of Cruz, he'd insert a random Stryper lyric in there.
Fuck I love a good Cruz meme.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
All things considered, that’s a pretty deep cut to reference.
If he really wanted to troll the fuck out of Cruz, he'd insert a random Stryper lyric in there.
Fuck I love a good Cruz meme.
There was also this, after Friday's debate:
This is all superficial shit and all, but, c'mon, this is pretty cool.
I mean, of course O'Rourke (a reliable...if not exactly standout...progressive vote in the House) is going to be neutered by the Senate into voting party-line for for whatever horrible lizard person Chuck Schumer wants, so his indie cred doesn't make any real-world difference. But I just love that this whole election has become a referendum on Cruz being a sad little case of arrested development.
It's just...spectacular...to watch him walk down open elevator shaft after open elevator shaft trying to keep up with a narrative of "who can pull off a more plausible humanoid?"
Yeah, it's sort of a fun race to watch because it's such a clear case of actual human being vs. lizard person as you're likely to find in a competitive political race. Of course, this is America (and Texas), so the lizard person is likely gonna win.
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a bowl of soup
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
In that superficial way, it's Kennedy vs. Nixon. One candidate exudes total comfort with himself, utter youthful cool, and then there's the undeniable slime monster who inspires aversion on sight and loathing when he speaks. How hard is it to insert O'Rourke and Cruz here:
"Grab some wood, bub.'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft