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The Mighty Musical Observations Thread
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"I used to bullseye womp rats in my T-16 back in Whittier, they're not much bigger than two meters.'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
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Maybe they could use Donald Trump as John Rotten. After all he's a soon to be out of work actor.Silent Majority wrote: ↑11 Jan 2021, 11:54amDanny Boyle's a good filmmaker, but I googled the names in the cast and that band shouldn't really be played by pretty boys.
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These days, Lydon would feel honoured by that. Thank Christ he doesn't tweet!Marky Dread wrote: ↑11 Jan 2021, 9:36pmMaybe they could use Donald Trump as John Rotten. After all he's a soon to be out of work actor.Silent Majority wrote: ↑11 Jan 2021, 11:54amDanny Boyle's a good filmmaker, but I googled the names in the cast and that band shouldn't really be played by pretty boys.
"I used to bullseye womp rats in my T-16 back in Whittier, they're not much bigger than two meters.'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
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Thinking about it maybe they should get John to play Donald in a Trump movie. The rise and fall of a president.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑11 Jan 2021, 9:47pmThese days, Lydon would feel honoured by that. Thank Christ he doesn't tweet!Marky Dread wrote: ↑11 Jan 2021, 9:36pmMaybe they could use Donald Trump as John Rotten. After all he's a soon to be out of work actor.Silent Majority wrote: ↑11 Jan 2021, 11:54amDanny Boyle's a good filmmaker, but I googled the names in the cast and that band shouldn't really be played by pretty boys.
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.
"Without the common people you're nothing"
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He'd *definitely* feel honoured by that. Wouldn't even need to wear a fat suit.Marky Dread wrote: ↑11 Jan 2021, 10:54pmThinking about it maybe they should get John to play Donald in a Trump movie. The rise and fall of a president.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑11 Jan 2021, 9:47pmThese days, Lydon would feel honoured by that. Thank Christ he doesn't tweet!Marky Dread wrote: ↑11 Jan 2021, 9:36pmMaybe they could use Donald Trump as John Rotten. After all he's a soon to be out of work actor.Silent Majority wrote: ↑11 Jan 2021, 11:54amDanny Boyle's a good filmmaker, but I googled the names in the cast and that band shouldn't really be played by pretty boys.
"I used to bullseye womp rats in my T-16 back in Whittier, they're not much bigger than two meters.'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
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I'm sure Lydon will dislike this series no matter who plays him.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑12 Jan 2021, 7:34amHe'd *definitely* feel honoured by that. Wouldn't even need to wear a fat suit.Marky Dread wrote: ↑11 Jan 2021, 10:54pmThinking about it maybe they should get John to play Donald in a Trump movie. The rise and fall of a president.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑11 Jan 2021, 9:47pmThese days, Lydon would feel honoured by that. Thank Christ he doesn't tweet!Marky Dread wrote: ↑11 Jan 2021, 9:36pmMaybe they could use Donald Trump as John Rotten. After all he's a soon to be out of work actor.Silent Majority wrote: ↑11 Jan 2021, 11:54am
Danny Boyle's a good filmmaker, but I googled the names in the cast and that band shouldn't really be played by pretty boys.
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I have a deep aversion to biopics and Lydon is another problematic one where he is just too distinct of a person to be played by someone else. Boyle is probably going to do about as good a job as you can do and it's still going to be awful.Silent Majority wrote: ↑11 Jan 2021, 11:54amDanny Boyle's a good filmmaker, but I googled the names in the cast and that band shouldn't really be played by pretty boys.
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.
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I really can't listen to the Pistols anymore. Lydon's right wing bullshit and constant belittling of others has soured the experience for me. It has been a gradual process but I really wouldn't play them out of choice now.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board
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I'm in about the same place.
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I can usually separate the art from the artist but for some reason I can't in this instance.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board
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I think it's cos the Pistols are so defined, and made distinctive, by his attitude and vocals in a way that even other punk bands aren't.Heston wrote: ↑12 Jan 2021, 11:08amI can usually separate the art from the artist but for some reason I can't in this instance.
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When I hear the Pistols or PiL, I still get that jolt of electricity, but I don't play them for pleasure anymore. It's not liberating but rather, as Heston put it, sour. Like Morrissey, I hoped he wasn't that person, but he is. Choices and consequences all around.Silent Majority wrote: ↑12 Jan 2021, 11:14amI think it's cos the Pistols are so defined, and made distinctive, by his attitude and vocals in a way that even other punk bands aren't.Heston wrote: ↑12 Jan 2021, 11:08amI can usually separate the art from the artist but for some reason I can't in this instance.
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I can sometimes separate the two but more often than not I can't.Heston wrote: ↑12 Jan 2021, 11:08amI can usually separate the art from the artist but for some reason I can't in this instance.
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Hello,revbob wrote: ↑12 Jan 2021, 12:59pmI can sometimes separate the two but more often than not I can't.Heston wrote: ↑12 Jan 2021, 11:08amI can usually separate the art from the artist but for some reason I can't in this instance.
I guess I'm lucky as I can draw a line - kind of a Johnny Rotten versus John Lydon. It helps if I picture skinny John versus fat John. I used to struggle a bit with Johnny Ramone but got past it. I'd be curious to know how Johnny Ramone would consider Trump - being a New Yorker, he would probably dislike him initially.
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I think he'd be a huge fan, even at first. He liked celebrities.gkbill wrote: ↑12 Jan 2021, 1:55pmHello,revbob wrote: ↑12 Jan 2021, 12:59pmI can sometimes separate the two but more often than not I can't.Heston wrote: ↑12 Jan 2021, 11:08amI can usually separate the art from the artist but for some reason I can't in this instance.
I guess I'm lucky as I can draw a line - kind of a Johnny Rotten versus John Lydon. It helps if I picture skinny John versus fat John. I used to struggle a bit with Johnny Ramone but got past it. I'd be curious to know how Johnny Ramone would consider Trump - being a New Yorker, he would probably dislike him initially.