I Get Wet came out 20 years ago. Fuck that makes me feel ancient.
The Andrew WK Thread
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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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That’s absolutely not a swatch. God damn it, Hoy, leave the 80s to the experts.matedog wrote: ↑14 May 2021, 9:46amGood job AWK!
https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2021/0 ... lationship
I also like that she can get him to wash his hair and put on a clean non-white shirt for the first time ever, but the shitty Swatch watch is forever:
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"But the gorilla thinks otherwise!"
"But the gorilla thinks otherwise!"
Re: The Andrew WK Thread
It looks like some 90s Timex shit you horology nerd, but my point was that he has a shitty old digital watch.Wolter wrote: ↑14 May 2021, 10:07amThat’s absolutely not a swatch. God damn it, Hoy, leave the 80s to the experts.matedog wrote: ↑14 May 2021, 9:46amGood job AWK!
https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2021/0 ... lationship
I also like that she can get him to wash his hair and put on a clean non-white shirt for the first time ever, but the shitty Swatch watch is forever:
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.
Re: The Andrew WK Thread
Looks to be a Casio G-Shock to me, but hey, what's wrong with Swatch watch? I've still got a couple of them in a drawer somewhere, might be collectible someday!matedog wrote: ↑14 May 2021, 10:10amIt looks like some 90s Timex shit you horology nerd, but my point was that he has a shitty old digital watch.Wolter wrote: ↑14 May 2021, 10:07amThat’s absolutely not a swatch. God damn it, Hoy, leave the 80s to the experts.matedog wrote: ↑14 May 2021, 9:46amGood job AWK!
https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2021/0 ... lationship
I also like that she can get him to wash his hair and put on a clean non-white shirt for the first time ever, but the shitty Swatch watch is forever:
God, what a mess, on the ladder of success
Where you take one step and miss the whole first rung
Where you take one step and miss the whole first rung
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The swatch is a very specific brand that was popular with kids when I was about 10. It looked like [drumroll] a swatch of fabric with analog hands and no numbers, not a cheap Casio digital watch. Do your damn research or stick to the 90s.matedog wrote: ↑14 May 2021, 10:10amIt looks like some 90s Timex shit you horology nerd, but my point was that he has a shitty old digital watch.Wolter wrote: ↑14 May 2021, 10:07amThat’s absolutely not a swatch. God damn it, Hoy, leave the 80s to the experts.matedog wrote: ↑14 May 2021, 9:46amGood job AWK!
https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2021/0 ... lationship
I also like that she can get him to wash his hair and put on a clean non-white shirt for the first time ever, but the shitty Swatch watch is forever:
”INDER LOCK THE THE KISS THREAD IVE REALISED IM A PRZE IDOOT” - Thomas Jefferson
"But the gorilla thinks otherwise!"
"But the gorilla thinks otherwise!"
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You are not sir.
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Knowing his existence has neither provided value nor detriment to my life, if I’m being honest.
”INDER LOCK THE THE KISS THREAD IVE REALISED IM A PRZE IDOOT” - Thomas Jefferson
"But the gorilla thinks otherwise!"
"But the gorilla thinks otherwise!"
Re: The Andrew WK Thread
He made a bizarrely perfect album that gained a little bit of commercial/mainstream attention in early-mid 2002. I Get Wet as paradoxically foreign yet familiar. His follow up the next year did not quite have the intangible perfection and the novelty of his schtick wore off. He eventually became a sort of self help, self esteem boosting figure and his music became secondary. He is a well established "party" meme and does lots of weird shit that we've documented in this thread, but beyond his brief dabbling in commercial relevance in 2002, I don't think he's ever been popular.
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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So "I Get Wet" sounded like nothing that has come before and really nothing that has come since. However, the new Smith Street Band is the first time I can really say, "hey this sounds like Andrew WK." Even if it diverges in many other ways (for example, I don't think it's about partying), the robot voice and the drums are spot on "Party Hard."
I'm enjoying the hell out of the song as well.
I'm enjoying the hell out of the song as well.
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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They sealed the deal!matedog wrote: ↑14 May 2021, 9:46amGood job AWK!
https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2021/0 ... lationship
I also like that she can get him to wash his hair and put on a clean non-white shirt for the first time ever, but the shitty Swatch watch is forever:
https://www.vogue.com/slideshow/kat-den ... wk-wedding
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'm torn on whether her voice is cool sounding or annoying as fuck.matedog wrote: ↑12 Dec 2023, 4:21pmThey sealed the deal!matedog wrote: ↑14 May 2021, 9:46amGood job AWK!
https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2021/0 ... lationship
I also like that she can get him to wash his hair and put on a clean non-white shirt for the first time ever, but the shitty Swatch watch is forever:
https://www.vogue.com/slideshow/kat-den ... wk-wedding
"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
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Don’t know what she sounds like just that she got jugs.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑12 Dec 2023, 4:31pmI'm torn on whether her voice is cool sounding or annoying as fuck.matedog wrote: ↑12 Dec 2023, 4:21pmThey sealed the deal!matedog wrote: ↑14 May 2021, 9:46amGood job AWK!
https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2021/0 ... lationship
I also like that she can get him to wash his hair and put on a clean non-white shirt for the first time ever, but the shitty Swatch watch is forever:
https://www.vogue.com/slideshow/kat-den ... wk-wedding
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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Go find some clips of her talking.matedog wrote: ↑12 Dec 2023, 4:31pmDon’t know what she sounds like just that she got jugs.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑12 Dec 2023, 4:31pmI'm torn on whether her voice is cool sounding or annoying as fuck.matedog wrote: ↑12 Dec 2023, 4:21pmThey sealed the deal!matedog wrote: ↑14 May 2021, 9:46amGood job AWK!
https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2021/0 ... lationship
I also like that she can get him to wash his hair and put on a clean non-white shirt for the first time ever, but the shitty Swatch watch is forever:
https://www.vogue.com/slideshow/kat-den ... wk-wedding
"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