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Buddy Holly was shite, as was Bill Haley, the sweaty old cunt.Who/what else is also shite?
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 15:50,
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Like the infamous "backdoor" incident of 2009?(
sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:01,
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Oh, hi.Don't look down. Nothing to see there.
OOH! LOOK! SHINY DISTRACTIONS!
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scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:03,
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The way to test thisis to call Sportscow a cunt and see if he notices.
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scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:02,
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I can't do that, I really like SportscowIf only there were someone else in this mini-thread I could call a cunt...
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Hmm...let me think.
Nope, no one else springs to mind.
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scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:05,
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The BeatlesThe Take That of the 60's.
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Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 15:53,
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Show your working please(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 15:54,
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I have to say I only rate probably four songs of theirs.(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:01,
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Helter Skelter, Tomorrow Never Knows and....errr.....Sorry, I think I meant to say 'two'.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:05,
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And how many Take That songs do you rate?I'll bet that those four Beatles songs are pretty peerless too.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:04,
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That's the point.Peerless they weren't - I put it to you that at every single stage of their recording career someone else was doing what they were doing but better. And it was The Pretty Things.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:06,
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You are correct, but also incorrect...They were always in the right place at the right time and reflected what was going on in music very well.
History has incorrectly portrayed them as the sole innovators, but it is equally lazy to dismiss their worth.
You can dislike them, but not dismiss them.
This argument really needs to take place over a beer and a smoke, rather than the internet.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:13,
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Oh and of course The Pretty Things are fantastic.but with SF Sorrow they were following The Beatles, not leading
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:15,
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SF Sorrow is not their best work if you ask me.The singles they were putting out around that time were fucking mindblowing. I believe 'Defecting Grey' to be the finest British psychedelic single ever made.
Also in Mr Evasion they appear to invent drum'n'bass. In the 60s.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:18,
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No arguments from me thereIt is fucking ace.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:21,
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Wilson was out of the race by thenOne of the things that helped tip him over was McCartney dropping by and playing She's Leaving Home to him on the piano.
This says a lot about the poor man's mental state, as that is a truly awful song.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:26,
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Hahahah it really is.The whole of Sgt Pepper is fucking dreadful if you ask me.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:28,
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Kate BushFucking nutjob and terrifying in equal measures to a young sportscow
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 15:54,
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My father was obsessed with Kate BushHe was also a fucking nutjob and terrifying in equal measures
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Peej, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:00,
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Ah, butone in Kate Bush is worth two in the hand.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:04,
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I'd rather have the handI'll wager her cunt has teeth
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:07,
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I'm not sure I could have performed as a 4 year old(
sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:11,
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That's not what your creepy uncle told me.(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:13,
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Buddy Holly was greatYou are mostly correct about Bill Haley apart from the b-side of Rock Around the Clock, 13 Women.
And before you say it, yes of course the version by The Renegades is far superior. In fact, it is fucking ace.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 15:57,
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Holly went shit.Lucky he carked it before things went really bad.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:02,
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We all go shit in the endIn fact that is my answer to the question: ultimately everything.
Holly played and important part in music history.
And air-safety history.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:06,
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I am more bothered about the loss of The Big Bopper.(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:07,
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They'll be on the top of his head man(
sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:12,
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Just going to leave this here before I go home.www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDF0sU8toak
A contender for one of the best cover versions ever.
G'night all.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:29,
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And if you can't listen at workgo home and listen. Now.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:31,
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Nu-metaland all people that like any nu-metal band. No Exceptions.
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Peej, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 15:58,
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He can't mean them - they were INCREDIBLE.(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:03,
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especially that song '*insert name here* is a Right Fucking Bender'(
Peej, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:06,
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Fucking hell, I only just read it too.I literally checked the signature to make sure I got it right then typed it.
I am a twat.
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scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:04,
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Scarpe is a twatFrom the album 'Scarpe is a Twat' by Electric Head Funk
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Peej, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:07,
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Ah yes, their classic concept triple-album from '68.(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:08,
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That's actually the only song of theirs that I rateI don't know what it is, but something about it speaks to me in a way that most songs don't.
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scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:08,
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Prefab sprout.Cars and girls is okay but the rest of their shite makes me want to smash a baby in the face with a newborn kitten then beat the kitten to death with a baby giraffe then make the baby giraffe watch all of lost before strangling it to death while probably sobbing.
I'm not really a fan, is what I'm trying to say.
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mark morrisons prison shoes I love Willie, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:08,
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God they were awful.The singer was a right fucking chutney as well - not to mention their dreadful name.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:11,
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just woeful, totally pish.(
mark morrisons prison shoes I love Willie, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:12,
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While I love the imagerybit of a random choice, no? It's not as if they were ever massively famous or owt
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:25,
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OasisI like one or two of their songs but christ, what a pair of utter fuckwits. The same goes for 'urban' music, almost without exception.
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People who think their tastes = fact.We all like and dislike things, but some areas, like music, are largely subjective.
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CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:11,
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I agree except for one small caveat.If I don't like it, it is shit.
but you are right about everybody else.
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scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:14,
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Yes dear.Sadly they all want the same caveat. TBH, I feel it to, but I try to control it to avoid being a knob
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CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:25,
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Yeah, I was trying to be tongue in cheek.There's not a lot of point in going around declaring something popular as shit, even if it seems patently obvious that it is, because clearly a large amount of people disagree.
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scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:28,
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Oh I don't think the majority are always right, quite the reverse in fact.But even leaving processed pap out of the discussion you either enjoy a song/artist or you don't, it's not something you arrive at based on evidence or rational argument, it's an emotional reaction, arguing about who'd right is a big game of my dad's bigger than your dad.
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CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:32,
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Again, agreed, if I implied popular = not shit, I didn't intend toI just meant, well, exactly what you are saying really, that arguing against it is an exercise in futility. So it's best just to ignore what you don't like and leave others to it.
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scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:35,
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If only I had the maturity to do this in every area....(
CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:41,
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But not when it comes to the Twilight series of so called books and films(
Peej, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:17,
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There are exceptions to every ruleExcept this one.
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CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:26,
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Don't be stupid.I am always right about everything.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:22,
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Yes dear.Of course you are. Would you like your milky drink now?
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CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:26,
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this is entirely trueexcept for anyone who watches Xfactor or Big Brother, they should just be culled.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:22,
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www.b3ta.com/questions/offtopic/post1434931
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CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:27,
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Alice CooperLet's be honest, once you get past the horror-film imagery and the ever-so-rock-n-roll persona, his music isn't really all that good, is it?
(...and yet he is still not among the Three Biggest Triumphs of Style Over Substance in the History of Popular Music)
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Go on then, this should be interestingPlease don't say Marilyn Manson, a) because I liked them when I was of an appropriate age to do so, and b) because I don't think you can credit MM with being a greater triumph of style over substance than Alice Cooper when the latter clearly directly inspired the former
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Marilyn Manson is fucking gashHe looks as threatening as a pink mouse
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:19,
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Hey, at least I cleaned my pubes up!(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:23,
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Too little, too late according to my mum.She's off the cock for life apparently.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:31,
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Nope.In third place is David "Shitting" Bowie, just for being an awful cunt who seemed more interested in silly names and costume changes than musical innovation.
In second place is that ghastly old harridan Madonna, who is only kept off the top spot by...
...Lady "Christ you really are ugly, aren't you?" Gaga, who seems bent on trying to be a carbon copy of the former. Or just bent.
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You and I are in full agreement, once again.(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:21,
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At least, I can't think of anyone who rivals the aforementioned frightful cunts in terms of favouring a phenomenally bent image at the expense of trying to write anything remotely listenable...Even Chubby Checker, in his defence, didn't really push his image further than just being a fat, grinning spastic, and just wrote shit songs instead.
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My three year old pointed out you can sing the lyrics from any lady gaga song over the top of any other.I of course beat her and sent her to bed without supper for knowing Lady Gaga lyrics.
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Peej, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:22,
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and you had right on your side.(
the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:23,
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I cannot fucking stand The Beatles.I quite literally hate every single one of their songs.
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Kroney, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:22,
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Yesterday you didn't mention this(
sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:26,
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Yesterdaaay, mnermner seeemed so faar awaaayAwful, navel gazing *whiney* shit.
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Kroney, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:28,
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I wasn't the one that brought it upI seem to have been mistaken for sportscow again...
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leprosy..I'm not half the man I used to be.
things keep falling off of me.. oh I believe in leprosy.
syphilis ... it started with a kiss
now it hurts me when I try to piss .. oh I believe in syphilis
gonarrhea ... I loved you though it hurt me, dear
and so forth.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:32,
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You are 'Weird Al' YankovicAICthat you are fucking disgrace who should have been destroyed in the womb.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:38,
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Oh, I don't know Monty, he's had a few catchy songs.Alternative Polka was funny.
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CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:39,
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Oh he's dreadful, really embarrasing.(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:58,
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That's not really a Wierd Al song, is it?I genuinely thought my old uni hockey team made it up. You live and learn.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:47,
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Aww, come onsome of their stuff was alright. Cheerful catchy pop, what's wrong with that?
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I think their earlier singles were on the whole OK. They got worse as they went on.Inoffensive pop music, I cannot say I hate it. As per Tango up there ^ people seem to think they were incredible innovators and this is mostly simply not the case. There were many worse 60 acts though.
Freddie and the Dreamers, for example, were so mind-meltingly shit I actually struggle to comprehend that they were real.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:40,
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Their earlier stuff was better, in my opinionbut if I was going to pick my favourite something from the 60s it'd be motown, in any case...
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For me it would be mid-60s US teen garage punk.I fucking love the snotty attitude of people like The Sonics. Love it.
Also the 'Freakbeat' scene in Britain c.'66.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:48,
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There were worse acts at that time, I agree, but by and large I don't have to listen to their songs anymoreI don't have to listen to people bang on and on about how great they are and I don't have to put up with the especially annoying one occasionally trying to look relevant.
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Kroney, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:49,
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Bam MargeraUnfunny, HIM obsessed twat. His dad should have beat the shit out of him for the shit he pulled. He's a shit skater too, he'd never have got on a THPS game if it wasn't for him being a famous, unfunny HIM obsessed twat. He is also a cunt.
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Peej, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:28,
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From Yahoo! answers:'His Infernal Majesty is a cult for the ones who adore love metal........it's the blood running through our veins, the state of mind we all crave for.........for the ones like me, it's everything........for the ones like u, it's just a band........'
I hate them just on the strength ofthat answer.
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scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:33,
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They went by this name:"Valo lady 4ever!"
So I suspect you are correct.
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scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:36,
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They're a shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit band(
Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:35,
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James Brown's controversial followup single.(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:36,
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It'd still be better than anything they'd done.(
Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:39,
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IIRC, they're responsible more than anyone else that lads wearing makeup was 'cool' againStill not sure who is a bigger tosser though, Ville Valo or Robert Smith.
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:43,
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I'm worried about how much you know about them.I'm beginning to suspect that the 'HIM are shit' thing is just a desperate bluff.
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scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:46,
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They started to get quite big over here when I was in school(
Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:47,
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No wonder I have never heard of them, I haven't bought anything new in the last couple of years.(
scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:51,
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Yeah man, I preferred it when wearing make-up made be different and individual, rather than cool.I hear where you're coming from, this is why, other than the time I met you I've not worn eye-liner in many years.
It's not up to you to work out how much of the above is sarcasm.
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CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:50,
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Do you wear it because all of your mates do, and it's 'cool'?Or because it's what you want to do?
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:52,
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Ah ha, you fail.The only non-sarcastic bit was "other than the time I met you I've not worn eye-liner in many years."
Anyway, in past tense, it was because mostly I wanted to, the fact other people I hung out with was probably also a factor, as was the fact that girls liked it. Cool, other than my personal perception of it didn't come into it.
/taking it way too seriously.
Having seen how it came out on Halloween, I might still do eye-liner on special occasions.
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CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:57,
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Thing is, with your style, it could work quite wellHowever, when the only thing that they ever used to wear were band t-shirts, baggy jeans and trainers, the eyeliner just looked fucking ridiculous.
Especially as it only started to be done after HIM did it, and Blink 182 copied.
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:59,
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Bam Margera is obsessed with B3ta legend HimJim.(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:35,
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I like Buddy Holly in this.www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0nK6dlbfmU&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL7E6EEFA93E19ACC6
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mark morrisons prison shoes I love Willie, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:42,
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To be honest I don't know why I picked Holly to dismiss.He made some great records. I'm just being a contrary cunt. Again.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:51,
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I was wondering about this, as I'm sure you've mentioned you like some of his stuff before...(
Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:54,
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His first tunes were great - he went a bit shit.(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:56,
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Everyday is a very good song, I think(
Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:57,
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Monty Monty quite contrary.Thinks Buddy Holly is a cunt.
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mark morrisons prison shoes I love Willie, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:54,
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Monty Monty quite contrary.How does your garden grow?
With all the beer cans on the lawn
and wine bottles all in a row row row
and wine bottles all in a row.
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Peej, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:56,
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and wine bottles all in a row row row
and wine bottles all in a row.
In the loft, hydroponics innit blud?
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 17:09,
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In plays where the shite appears first as a human and then as a ghost, the first role is known as the maeshite and the later as the nochishite.(, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:47, Reply)
Hahahahhaha 10/10 and a worthy POTD(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:55,
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The Beach Boys.A barber shop quartet who got lucky. The only reason they sold so many records is because you'd find them next to the beatles in HMV.
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JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 16:47,
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Bastard.Every day it’s a getting closer.
Monty’s going to die,
And in hell he’s gon’a roast there.
Stuff like that is really gon’a make my day.
Ahey ahey ahey hey yeah.
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Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 17:02,
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teenagers are fucking shit, they think they know it all and are somehow importantbut they are the worst people on the planet. they should all be sent to Borstal from ages 13 -19
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Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 17:04,
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Motorhead are pretty bent, when you think about it(
Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 17:05,
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That's fighting talk.Wait...something is not right about this exchange...
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scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 17:09,
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*head bangs**air guitars*
Squawk ace of spades ace of spades squawk.
sqauwk lolracist squawk.
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I love The Beatles, Oasis, Kate Bush,Bowie, the Beach Boys...
My taste in music is REALLY being trashed here. So in retaliation, I say "urban" music and rap is trash and modern metal and punk sounds like white noise to me.
PS don't you even fucking start of the Manfreds.
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