There's definite appeal there because it has that figurative spark aspect. A couple people hear it at the end of a frustrating evening of running thru songs, and then realize there's something there and record it. Then the acetate is sent to be played on Dewey Phillips' radio show, where who knows how many listeners—a few hundred?—bombard him with phone calls to play it over and over. The number of people involved is stupidly small. Which could be used as a criticism—the significance rests on the assessment of a small number of people during a relatively short period of time—but there's such a romance to the story. Anything worthwhile needs a compelling origin myth, and rock n roll got one right there.Flex wrote: ↑08 Jul 2019, 7:08pmOkay, thought about this. This is obvious, but "That's All Right" by Elvis. It exploded everything and propelled rock and roll as we know it. Dangerous, rocking, and sexy. That's All Right still feels both historic and timeless when you listen to it (and people still listen to it, for pleasure, which is wild for a music that theoretically was designed to be disposable). Somehow Elvis channeled the subconscious tensions of America and sublimated it into a single that literally changed the course of music. Incredible.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑08 Jul 2019, 2:53pmMy question is for people to come up with alternate "most perfect moments," whether it's a song, album, performance, or year. As always, show your work.
Music opinion/question of the week...
- Dr. Medulla
- Atheistic Epileptic
- Posts: 116000
- Joined: 15 Jun 2008, 2:00pm
- Location: Straight Banana, Idaho
Re: Music opinion/question of the week...
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
- Flex
- Mechano-Man of the Future
- Posts: 35803
- Joined: 15 Jun 2008, 2:50pm
- Location: The Information Superhighway!
Re: Music opinion/question of the week...
This all also applies to "Do the Clam" btwDr. Medulla wrote: ↑08 Jul 2019, 7:28pmThere's definite appeal there because it has that figurative spark aspect. A couple people hear it at the end of a frustrating evening of running thru songs, and then realize there's something there and record it. Then the acetate is sent to be played on Dewey Phillips' radio show, where who knows how many listeners—a few hundred?—bombard him with phone calls to play it over and over. The number of people involved is stupidly small. Which could be used as a criticism—the significance rests on the assessment of a small number of people during a relatively short period of time—but there's such a romance to the story. Anything worthwhile needs a compelling origin myth, and rock n roll got one right there.
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
Pex Lives!
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
Pex Lives!
- Dr. Medulla
- Atheistic Epileptic
- Posts: 116000
- Joined: 15 Jun 2008, 2:00pm
- Location: Straight Banana, Idaho
Re: Music opinion/question of the week...
I assume you meant to say "Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce."Flex wrote: ↑08 Jul 2019, 7:30pmThis all also applies to "Do the Clam" btwDr. Medulla wrote: ↑08 Jul 2019, 7:28pmThere's definite appeal there because it has that figurative spark aspect. A couple people hear it at the end of a frustrating evening of running thru songs, and then realize there's something there and record it. Then the acetate is sent to be played on Dewey Phillips' radio show, where who knows how many listeners—a few hundred?—bombard him with phone calls to play it over and over. The number of people involved is stupidly small. Which could be used as a criticism—the significance rests on the assessment of a small number of people during a relatively short period of time—but there's such a romance to the story. Anything worthwhile needs a compelling origin myth, and rock n roll got one right there.
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
- Flex
- Mechano-Man of the Future
- Posts: 35803
- Joined: 15 Jun 2008, 2:50pm
- Location: The Information Superhighway!
Re: Music opinion/question of the week...
Incredible how many perfect moments Elvis had in him.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑08 Jul 2019, 7:37pmI assume you meant to say "Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce."
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
Pex Lives!
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
Pex Lives!
- Dr. Medulla
- Atheistic Epileptic
- Posts: 116000
- Joined: 15 Jun 2008, 2:00pm
- Location: Straight Banana, Idaho
Re: Music opinion/question of the week...
An old friend who was an Elvis fan, we'd get together to drink and watch Elvis movies, and whenever he did something Elvis-y, we were obliged to yell, "Yay Elvis!"Flex wrote: ↑08 Jul 2019, 7:38pmIncredible how many perfect moments Elvis had in him.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑08 Jul 2019, 7:37pmI assume you meant to say "Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce."
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
Re: Music opinion/question of the week...
Nobody is going to agree with me on this, but everything about the Depeche Mode song "Wrong" is perfect. I love it so much because it was made later in their career, it's one of Martin Gore's darkest songs (and that says a lot) and the video is probably the most chilling thing I have ever seen. I also love the crack/vocal fry in Dave's voice when the first verse starts.
Got a Rake? Sure!
IMCT: Inane Middle-Class Twats - Dr. M
" *sigh* it's right when they throw the penis pump out the window." -Hoy
IMCT: Inane Middle-Class Twats - Dr. M
" *sigh* it's right when they throw the penis pump out the window." -Hoy
- 101Walterton
- The Best
- Posts: 21973
- Joined: 15 Jun 2008, 5:36pm
- Location: Volcanic Rock In The Pacific
Re: Music opinion/question of the week...
On the flip side of that I have always been moved by Rotten’s “do you ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated” mike drop at the Winterland to end the Pistols. Perfect piece of RnR.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑08 Jul 2019, 3:00pmMy offering: The Sex Pistols release "God Save the Queen," a song about marginalization, vengeance, and liberation, with a sound that matches that snarl. And it does what rock music is supposed to do—scare the fuck out of the people in charge and energize the young and alienated. So scary that the charts were rigged to deny it the #1 spot during the Jubilee. It fulfills everything that rock music promised and still sends a chill up my spine when I hear it.
Re: Music opinion/question of the week...
Do the Clam is incredible.Flex wrote: ↑08 Jul 2019, 7:30pmThis all also applies to "Do the Clam" btwDr. Medulla wrote: ↑08 Jul 2019, 7:28pmThere's definite appeal there because it has that figurative spark aspect. A couple people hear it at the end of a frustrating evening of running thru songs, and then realize there's something there and record it. Then the acetate is sent to be played on Dewey Phillips' radio show, where who knows how many listeners—a few hundred?—bombard him with phone calls to play it over and over. The number of people involved is stupidly small. Which could be used as a criticism—the significance rests on the assessment of a small number of people during a relatively short period of time—but there's such a romance to the story. Anything worthwhile needs a compelling origin myth, and rock n roll got one right there.
- Dr. Medulla
- Atheistic Epileptic
- Posts: 116000
- Joined: 15 Jun 2008, 2:00pm
- Location: Straight Banana, Idaho
Re: Music opinion/question of the week...
I did a lecture on post-Watergate 70s America that began with that clip and ended with Reagan asking in 1980 if Americans believed they were better off than four years ago. It's the same question searching for the same answer: yes, we've been fucked over. It captures the root nature of punk and hip hop, that understanding, deep down, that things could and should be better. Man, as much as Lydon annoys and disappoints me now when he opens his yap, from 76 to 80 or 81 his voice mattered.101Walterton wrote: ↑09 Jul 2019, 4:03pmOn the flip side of that I have always been moved by Rotten’s “do you ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated” mike drop at the Winterland to end the Pistols. Perfect piece of RnR.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑08 Jul 2019, 3:00pmMy offering: The Sex Pistols release "God Save the Queen," a song about marginalization, vengeance, and liberation, with a sound that matches that snarl. And it does what rock music is supposed to do—scare the fuck out of the people in charge and energize the young and alienated. So scary that the charts were rigged to deny it the #1 spot during the Jubilee. It fulfills everything that rock music promised and still sends a chill up my spine when I hear it.
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
Re: Music opinion/question of the week...
My guitarist started getting exasperated with my opinion on life and said "under every cynic is a disappointed idealist." To which I replied that I never said that I wasn't both of those things. That shut him up good and proper (which was a great thing for me).Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑09 Jul 2019, 4:27pmI did a lecture on post-Watergate 70s America that began with that clip and ended with Reagan asking in 1980 if Americans believed they were better off than four years ago. It's the same question searching for the same answer: yes, we've been fucked over. It captures the root nature of punk and hip hop, that understanding, deep down, that things could and should be better. Man, as much as Lydon annoys and disappoints me now when he opens his yap, from 76 to 80 or 81 his voice mattered.101Walterton wrote: ↑09 Jul 2019, 4:03pmOn the flip side of that I have always been moved by Rotten’s “do you ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated” mike drop at the Winterland to end the Pistols. Perfect piece of RnR.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑08 Jul 2019, 3:00pmMy offering: The Sex Pistols release "God Save the Queen," a song about marginalization, vengeance, and liberation, with a sound that matches that snarl. And it does what rock music is supposed to do—scare the fuck out of the people in charge and energize the young and alienated. So scary that the charts were rigged to deny it the #1 spot during the Jubilee. It fulfills everything that rock music promised and still sends a chill up my spine when I hear it.
"Suck our Earth dick, Martians!" —Doc
- Dr. Medulla
- Atheistic Epileptic
- Posts: 116000
- Joined: 15 Jun 2008, 2:00pm
- Location: Straight Banana, Idaho
Re: Music opinion/question of the week...
So he meant it as an insult? That's … strange.Kory wrote: ↑09 Jul 2019, 5:04pmMy guitarist started getting exasperated with my opinion on life and said "under every cynic is a disappointed idealist." To which I replied that I never said that I wasn't both of those things. That shut him up good and proper (which was a great thing for me).Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑09 Jul 2019, 4:27pmI did a lecture on post-Watergate 70s America that began with that clip and ended with Reagan asking in 1980 if Americans believed they were better off than four years ago. It's the same question searching for the same answer: yes, we've been fucked over. It captures the root nature of punk and hip hop, that understanding, deep down, that things could and should be better. Man, as much as Lydon annoys and disappoints me now when he opens his yap, from 76 to 80 or 81 his voice mattered.101Walterton wrote: ↑09 Jul 2019, 4:03pmOn the flip side of that I have always been moved by Rotten’s “do you ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated” mike drop at the Winterland to end the Pistols. Perfect piece of RnR.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑08 Jul 2019, 3:00pmMy offering: The Sex Pistols release "God Save the Queen," a song about marginalization, vengeance, and liberation, with a sound that matches that snarl. And it does what rock music is supposed to do—scare the fuck out of the people in charge and energize the young and alienated. So scary that the charts were rigged to deny it the #1 spot during the Jubilee. It fulfills everything that rock music promised and still sends a chill up my spine when I hear it.
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
Re: Music opinion/question of the week...
I think he was trying to say that there may be something behind my cynicism that I wasn't consciously aware of. Not so much an insult as something like "haha you're not as dark as you like to think you are."Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑09 Jul 2019, 5:16pmSo he meant it as an insult? That's … strange.Kory wrote: ↑09 Jul 2019, 5:04pmMy guitarist started getting exasperated with my opinion on life and said "under every cynic is a disappointed idealist." To which I replied that I never said that I wasn't both of those things. That shut him up good and proper (which was a great thing for me).Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑09 Jul 2019, 4:27pmI did a lecture on post-Watergate 70s America that began with that clip and ended with Reagan asking in 1980 if Americans believed they were better off than four years ago. It's the same question searching for the same answer: yes, we've been fucked over. It captures the root nature of punk and hip hop, that understanding, deep down, that things could and should be better. Man, as much as Lydon annoys and disappoints me now when he opens his yap, from 76 to 80 or 81 his voice mattered.101Walterton wrote: ↑09 Jul 2019, 4:03pmOn the flip side of that I have always been moved by Rotten’s “do you ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated” mike drop at the Winterland to end the Pistols. Perfect piece of RnR.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑08 Jul 2019, 3:00pmMy offering: The Sex Pistols release "God Save the Queen," a song about marginalization, vengeance, and liberation, with a sound that matches that snarl. And it does what rock music is supposed to do—scare the fuck out of the people in charge and energize the young and alienated. So scary that the charts were rigged to deny it the #1 spot during the Jubilee. It fulfills everything that rock music promised and still sends a chill up my spine when I hear it.
"Suck our Earth dick, Martians!" —Doc
- Dr. Medulla
- Atheistic Epileptic
- Posts: 116000
- Joined: 15 Jun 2008, 2:00pm
- Location: Straight Banana, Idaho
Re: Music opinion/question of the week...
Chop off one of his fingers with a meat cleaver and let him mull over your character.Kory wrote: ↑09 Jul 2019, 5:31pmI think he was trying to say that there may be something behind my cynicism that I wasn't consciously aware of. Not so much an insult as something like "haha you're not as dark as you like to think you are."Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑09 Jul 2019, 5:16pmSo he meant it as an insult? That's … strange.Kory wrote: ↑09 Jul 2019, 5:04pmMy guitarist started getting exasperated with my opinion on life and said "under every cynic is a disappointed idealist." To which I replied that I never said that I wasn't both of those things. That shut him up good and proper (which was a great thing for me).Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑09 Jul 2019, 4:27pmI did a lecture on post-Watergate 70s America that began with that clip and ended with Reagan asking in 1980 if Americans believed they were better off than four years ago. It's the same question searching for the same answer: yes, we've been fucked over. It captures the root nature of punk and hip hop, that understanding, deep down, that things could and should be better. Man, as much as Lydon annoys and disappoints me now when he opens his yap, from 76 to 80 or 81 his voice mattered.101Walterton wrote: ↑09 Jul 2019, 4:03pm
On the flip side of that I have always been moved by Rotten’s “do you ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated” mike drop at the Winterland to end the Pistols. Perfect piece of RnR.
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
Re: Music opinion/question of the week...
I'll start with the pinkie.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑09 Jul 2019, 5:38pmChop off one of his fingers with a meat cleaver and let him mull over your character.Kory wrote: ↑09 Jul 2019, 5:31pmI think he was trying to say that there may be something behind my cynicism that I wasn't consciously aware of. Not so much an insult as something like "haha you're not as dark as you like to think you are."Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑09 Jul 2019, 5:16pmSo he meant it as an insult? That's … strange.Kory wrote: ↑09 Jul 2019, 5:04pmMy guitarist started getting exasperated with my opinion on life and said "under every cynic is a disappointed idealist." To which I replied that I never said that I wasn't both of those things. That shut him up good and proper (which was a great thing for me).Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑09 Jul 2019, 4:27pm
I did a lecture on post-Watergate 70s America that began with that clip and ended with Reagan asking in 1980 if Americans believed they were better off than four years ago. It's the same question searching for the same answer: yes, we've been fucked over. It captures the root nature of punk and hip hop, that understanding, deep down, that things could and should be better. Man, as much as Lydon annoys and disappoints me now when he opens his yap, from 76 to 80 or 81 his voice mattered.
"Suck our Earth dick, Martians!" —Doc
- Dr. Medulla
- Atheistic Epileptic
- Posts: 116000
- Joined: 15 Jun 2008, 2:00pm
- Location: Straight Banana, Idaho
Re: Music opinion/question of the week...
You'll be a rock n roll god.Kory wrote: ↑09 Jul 2019, 6:52pmI'll start with the pinkie.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑09 Jul 2019, 5:38pmChop off one of his fingers with a meat cleaver and let him mull over your character.Kory wrote: ↑09 Jul 2019, 5:31pmI think he was trying to say that there may be something behind my cynicism that I wasn't consciously aware of. Not so much an insult as something like "haha you're not as dark as you like to think you are."
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft