Random non sequitur posts catch-all thread

I do love that Talking Heads had this whole thing figured out by 1981. "Oh, we can add whatever artsy visuals we want tot his? Oh HELL YEAH."

A couple of weeks ago Mina Kimes was having a fun Twitter chat about that Best American Rock Band thing going around. My favorite take of her: Fugazi > Springsteen (I agree!)

But the interesting tangent was a claim that in the end, the UK has The Cure, and there is no American equivalent. I think I might have sold that the Talking Heads were the American version of The Cure.

The Cure also had better videos.

It is #TwoAmericas, but I'm inclined to agree with Bomani Jones that the best American rock band is actually Funkadelic.

Robear wrote:

YES is supposed to be all artsy, though. Prog rock ethics demand it.

Thought it was interesting how bands were experimenting early on in the advent of music videos, that you end up with 2 wildly different videos from the same band, from the same album.

I bought some ice cream that had potato chips in it. Ice cream and potato chips don't go together. Might as well put a cheese burger in it also.

When there's talk about the awesome special effects from early music videos my mind goes straight to Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra

Also, didn't Scandal/Patty Smyth's Goodbye to You used to have a ton of visual effects? I remember some sort of overlay that caused the background to look white and caused terrifically awful pixelated borders around Patty and her bandmates. The only version of the video I can currently find has virtually no effects in it and I can find no mention of different versions online.

Am I suffering from some sort of Mandela effect? Does anyone else remember this?

However, Baron, Ben and Jerry's has used pretzels in ice cream quite successfully, a number of times. Not greasy, you see. Works great.

Tscott wrote:

Also, didn't Scandal/Patty Smyth's Goodbye to You used to have a ton of visual effects? I remember some sort of overlay that caused the background to look white and caused terrifically awful pixelated borders around Patty and her bandmates. The only version of the video I can currently find has virtually no effects in it and I can find no mention of different versions online.

Maybe transmission or display degradation?

This, on the other hand, is a live TV studio performance, the quality of which is amazing. 1982, I think, and quite minimalist, but at the same time, if I had not already been a fan, I'd have been going crazy trying to get their albums.

But of course, Peter Murphy... Who is not a fan?

Prederick wrote:

It is #TwoAmericas, but I'm inclined to agree with Bomani Jones that the best American rock band is actually Funkadelic.

I love Funkadelic! For me, they wouldn’t be my pick for BARB, but I have several friends, both white and POC who do agree with you. I think it’s great that music as an art form has the potential to bridge racial gaps.

Even though The Beatles are British, they are without a doubt my choice for BARB.

Pretzels are great in ice cream.

steinkrug wrote:

Pretzels are great in ice cream.

Hell yes they are. Also: they are great in brownies.

RawkGWJ wrote:

Even though The Beatles are British, they are without a doubt my choice for BARB.

You misspelled "R.E.M." in that sentence. And they are from Georgia. Clearly you are confused.

What I found remarkable is that when people do the whole "Best Rock Band" discussion is how much of a stranglehold the UK has on that list, based on the responses I remember seeing. It's genuinely astonishing.

Well, they're always invading. At least once a decade.

Quality over quantity, I guess...

Prederick wrote:

What I found remarkable is that when people do the whole "Best Rock Band" discussion is how much of a stranglehold the UK has on that list, based on the responses I remember seeing. It's genuinely astonishing.

I honestly thought that The Cure were American. I only learned today that they're British. I can hear the British accent in the singing, but I thought Robert was just affecting it.

It's telling that Americans would expect American singers to affect a British accent, don't you think? It speaks to our Anglophilia.

Robear wrote:

It's telling that Americans would expect American singers to affect a British accent, don't you think? It speaks to our Anglophilia.

Agreed. I’ve been trying to think of an American band that affects a British accent. I could argue that Green Day does in a few songs... hmm... not sure.

Madonna

RawkGWJ wrote:
Robear wrote:

It's telling that Americans would expect American singers to affect a British accent, don't you think? It speaks to our Anglophilia.

Agreed. I’ve been trying to think of an American band that affects a British accent. I could argue that Green Day does in a few songs... hmm... not sure.

I saw The Cure in ‘85-‘86 during their Standing on a Beach Tour. The closest they came to KC was Dallas, so I drove a couple friends to see them, and we crashed at with one of my friends’ aunt.

The weird thing is, it was at the Bronco Bowl. Turns out, we drove to Dallas to see The Cure play at a bowling alley. It was a pretty huge bowling alley, though.

Also, Robert Smith had a flat top. No big hair. That was weird.

RawkGWJ wrote:
Robear wrote:

It's telling that Americans would expect American singers to affect a British accent, don't you think? It speaks to our Anglophilia.

Agreed. I’ve been trying to think of an American band that affects a British accent. I could argue that Green Day does in a few songs... hmm... not sure.

Every punk band

Oyyyy yamm ain ainti-chrooiiist....

fenomas wrote:
RawkGWJ wrote:
Robear wrote:

It's telling that Americans would expect American singers to affect a British accent, don't you think? It speaks to our Anglophilia.

Agreed. I’ve been trying to think of an American band that affects a British accent. I could argue that Green Day does in a few songs... hmm... not sure.

Every punk band

Oyyyy yamm ain ainti-chrooiiist....

If they’re already British, like the Sex Pistols are, it doesn’t count.

Mitch Easter deliberately sang in a British Accent with Let's Active. They were a great live show and played a ton of heavy metal warming up for the show. They also had like six or 8 square meter sized bass amps they'd put in front of the stage. Very crunchy band live. He also produced several REM albums in the early 80's, and I saw them twice where one or two of the REM members would come out for a few songs.

A single, loose breast from a Pride march today made it onto the air at my job and I am dying of laughter, watching the station suddenly go full-blown DEFCON 1 over it.

Prederick wrote:

A single, loose breast from a Pride march today made it onto the air at my job and I am dying of laughter, watching the station suddenly go full-blown DEFCON 1 over it.

Does anyone have eyes on the target?
Summon the censorship gnomes!
Move people move!

aaaOOOgah...
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I'd love to hear Radiohead cover the tracks from the first Bard's Tale game.

Chairman_Mao wrote:

I'd love to hear Radiohead cover the tracks from the first Bard's Tale game.

Me too. I’d listen to Radiohead cover anything. In fact, I’m going to listen to Radiohead right now. Thanks for the idea.

Master and Commander still holds up VERY well.