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(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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How come looking back on the evening's threads I find that my spelling is better than when I'm on here sober?
Plus running to Nirvana and Polly whatserface is not as good as running to dance music.
Edit- PJ Harvey.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 8:20, 252 replies, latest was 16 years ago)
I used to listen to junglist pirate stations, that always did the job.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 8:31, Reply)
They are losing thousands of pounds each time the police come and confiscate it, but it gets replaced within a day or two.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 8:41, Reply)
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 8:35, Reply)
My ipod is borked. I can't go back to the song list so I'm stuck with Nirvana and Polly whatsername.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 8:38, Reply)
Except for Gonz of course, his are speshul just as they are.
Oh, its because you are trying harder when you are pished up.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 8:37, Reply)
Oh man, if this lasts all day I can finish my book.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 8:38, Reply)
Do you agree?
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 8:48, Reply)
The listening part is right, but in asking questions it's too easy to set a personal agenda. It's better to reflect, summarise or paraphrase what a speaker's said to encourage them to explore in the direction they want to take.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 8:50, Reply)
Not knowing which direction to take may point to an issue in its own right and might be worth exploring to enable the client to make progress in future etc etc
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 8:56, Reply)
Wasn't much use for me in moving forward.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 8:54, Reply)
So long as I wasn't going to kill myself at the end of the session, job done as far as he was concerned.
Never exploring why I really am like I am.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 8:58, Reply)
One counsellor was great, one superb, a couple pretty poor, and the CPNs are low-grade Therapy-R-Us. I had to reach absolute rock fucking bottom to push my GP to refer me for proper therapy.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 9:02, Reply)
Lower could be unsuccssful attampt. Cheaper would be attempt achieved.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 9:09, Reply)
and it surprised me when she said that she effectively just repeats things back to people and then asks how that made them feel and that's about it because Samaritans aren't allowed to give out advice.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 9:05, Reply)
I have opinions on everything, regardless of prior knowledge.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 9:15, Reply)
I wouldn't be able to resist saying "right, I would do this..."
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 9:33, Reply)
I think you'd be surprised how easy it is to resist. It becomes very possible to just sit back and look at the options and try and guide someone to what they feel happy with. It's quite an organic process
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 9:40, Reply)
It seems to be more about encouraging the client to make discoveries about themselves, come their own conclusions and plan their own recovery. More of a facilitating role than an advising one.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 9:20, Reply)
Noel knows his stuff. An advisory role is not an acceptable one for a counsellor. When I'm talking to people in a role of facilitator I don't give advice. If a friend comes to me outside of that role then I will
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 9:27, Reply)
I don't get hangovers (little gift from my dad's genetics there) which is lucky because according to my arm I had 22 drinks last night.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 9:39, Reply)
I don't get proper hangovers either, just a gentle feeling of pissedness. But now... I've quit alcohol so I'll never feel that again either.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 9:43, Reply)
I read another book by the same guy who helped me quit smoking and change my diet. It was utter shite but a couple of core things got through and I read back through some blog posts about alcohol and quit on the spot.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 10:04, Reply)
Unfortunately my immediate society revolves around booze..
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 10:05, Reply)
But when I cycle in't countryside I listen to my iPod (but not when on roads). I nearly killed myself when I was just starting to ascend a steep hill, and some hardcore industrial came on. 120-160BPM is not fun to cycle uphill to.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 9:12, Reply)
because they start of all emo and ballady so you can get warmed up, then they go all nu-metal for the chorus, to which you can run really fast, then they chill again for the next emo verse.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 9:14, Reply)
I enjoy colouring in, going to see films and long walks in the park with my friends.
Accentuate the positive, Monts, it'll make you a happier person all round.
Good morning everybody!
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 9:29, Reply)
It's a tough job, but somebody has to clean our oil rigs
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 9:37, Reply)
But they are amongst the worst bands I have ever heard.
Wait a minute - I've already posted this...
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 9:36, Reply)
some of the worst lyrics ever - sample: 'slip inside the eye of your mind'? How fucking terrible. That makes 'Why don't presidents fight the war? Why do they always send the poor?' (see below) seem positively Wildean.
Or hackneyed 3rd-rate pedestrian sub-Beatles tunes?
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 9:53, Reply)
"she's got a sister, god only knows how I miss her, on the palm of her hand is a blister"
It's like rhyming for three year olds!
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 10:05, Reply)
Take a word, any word, and rhyme it with a word, any word. Here is my oasis attempt:
Hey man take a word
Fly like a bird
And we can get hiiiiiiiiiiigh
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 10:09, Reply)
I do think everybody who fancies themselves as a lyricist should be forced to qualify themselves with a listen to a good dose of Ray Davies. And if that doesn't fix 'em, we break out the Jake Thackray.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 10:32, Reply)
the fuse is lit and I'm about to go boom
mercy mercy mercy me
my life is a cage but on stage I'm free
hyped up syched up ready for wil'in'
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 9:43, Reply)
it made me smile.
Then I realised I was one of those people who smiles when they're by themselves, making them look crazy.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 10:08, Reply)
Didn't they have a giant lavatory on stage into which effigies of Britney Spears were thrown, or something?
Can anyone top this as the worst stage gimmick of all time? It makes Cypress Hill's giant inflatable joints seem positively cool...
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 9:38, Reply)
and yeah, there was a worse stage prop. Would've been fine if the guitarist hadn't suggested it be 18" high instead of 18' though
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 9:43, Reply)
out of a giant pair of open legs. That's was pretty tasteless.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 10:19, Reply)
The message was "drape yourself in a Union Jack and get your norks out and you too can be a success in a field in which you demonstrably have no talent"
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 10:24, Reply)
what am I saying, of course you do.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 10:28, Reply)
and the video had her in a Flashdance-type outfit to show off how much weight she'd lost...
This is exactly why, isn't it?
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 10:29, Reply)
EVERY time I play it at Rawkus I can guarantee the entire crowd will scream "BREAK YOUR FUCKING FACE TONIGHT" back at me. Either the Bizkit have enormous enduring appeal or my crowd really fucking hate me
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 9:45, Reply)
would you be there in the first place?
And if so would you consider simply having a good night to bad music?
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 9:54, Reply)
I'm not that much of a churl. I have enough to decorum (I hope) that were I out at a night where they played music I didn’t like, I wouldn’t spoil it for people by being petulant. I’d simply smile and cry inside, and prop up the bar.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 10:06, Reply)
go outside for a smoke and listen to some good music to fortify yourself
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 10:08, Reply)
Next one's on June 5th Monty. I'll guestlist you, just to see the look on your face
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 10:13, Reply)
We knew the people who lived there - one day the chap came out of the bathroom to find a posse of Japanese tourists in his sitting room.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 11:26, Reply)
as it would be utter bollocks.
I remembered yesterday and forgot to mention, the one thing I remember from my trip to Milton Keynes (in 1999) was a remarkably high proportion of well-endowed girls. Is this still the case?
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 10:08, Reply)
I think they're pretty inoffensive. Like Porky said, Oasis are way worse. I have to turn the radio off when they come on, which is a lot living in bloody Manchester.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 9:35, Reply)
but I can see how they'd be offensive to a musical connoisseur like Monty. They did manage to make Jay-Z good for the only time in his career to date, though.
And Oasis are worse than everyone. Ever. Even Suede
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 9:38, Reply)
they remind me of my forays into nu-metal. It amused me when I learned they'd been put together in a pop-idol manner in America.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 10:23, Reply)
Good times...good times.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 10:34, Reply)
I was talking about Suede just last night! I was singing Trash at Wiggy. He didn't appreciate it.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 10:22, Reply)
look like a poor man's Matt Bellamy?
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 10:29, Reply)
I think the lead singer of Suede was a bit attractive in an odd sort of way.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 10:36, Reply)
I'm not going to meet him though, so it's all moot. Is he actually ugly then as well?
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 10:41, Reply)
so his attractiveness did not really cross my mind
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 10:44, Reply)
If only we could find one we both like
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 11:07, Reply)
I didn't post last night. That and I got back at almost three
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 9:25, Reply)
but i'm always listening to metal anyway so i'm tuned into that. Pitchshifter makes me too speedy though.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 9:33, Reply)
they'll just come on and then I'll subconsciously start matching the speed and end up giving myself a hernia.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 9:37, Reply)
about 'woo let's paaarty' or something. I nearly tore my lower lip from my face belming, listening to those lyrics.
(I'm not picking on you today Kitty, sorry)
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 9:42, Reply)
it was shorthand for System of a Down. Who never did a song about partying. Unless you count B.Y.O.B
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 9:43, Reply)
However:
Why don't presidents fight the war?
Why do they always send the poor?
Why don't presidents fight the war?
Why do they always send the poor? [X4]
has not endeared them to me ever so much. That's 'D- see me' lyric writing if you ask me.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 9:45, Reply)
are spectacularly bad, though, you must agree. A-level student poetry drivel.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 9:54, Reply)
There's a Human League song called something like "The things that dreams are made of" - look them up if you dare*. They're farcical.
*I know this because my sister had one of her ill-advised moments and bought a copy of Dare. I nearly disowned her.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 10:05, Reply)
has what is generally regarded as the worst lyrics of any song, ever - something about 'where there were some shops' or something.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 10:07, Reply)
on the subject of godawful lyrics, I am forced to once again bring up the musical crimes of the Gallagher brothers
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 10:09, Reply)
You would have thought that their manager...one of the band...possibly even their mum...might have eventually said,
"Noel, Liam...what the fuck is a 'wonderwall?' Oh, and Liam, darling, swaggering around like that just makes you look like a wanker. You used to be such a nice boy. Noel, your Dad and I have been talking and we've agreed you're a fucking shit guitarist. We've part-exchanged your guitar for a recorder. We know you can't play that either but hopefully it will be less obvious."
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 10:16, Reply)
Genuine officelol. Oh, the suffering that could have been avoided if you were the Gallaghers' Mum
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 10:35, Reply)
but that is the chorus, and if you listen to the song, it's speeded up/sung over itself and 4 repetitions take up about fifteen seconds
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 9:48, Reply)
deserves to have their lower lip torn from their face.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 9:47, Reply)
My search for someone else who thinks they're shit goes on...
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 9:42, Reply)
they're excellent at being what they are.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 9:45, Reply)
ten years I've been looking for someone who appreciates metal and yet thinks SOAD are a bag o' bobbins
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 9:52, Reply)
so I would think a bag of bobbins was brilliant. So there.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 9:59, Reply)
you've got plenty of time to find the perfect bag of bobbins.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 12:05, Reply)
what the fuck is a bobbin?
Further disclaimer; I know really, I just have no idea where to buy one
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 12:10, Reply)
I'm just generally misanthropic and irritable this morning. Don't know why, as I was a bit starstruck last night - came off the stage after a set at the old blues jam just as this great big whale of a man lumbered up. Turns out it was none other than Buddy Whittington (John Mayall's current guitarist), and, whilst I was a little disappointed that I didn't get to jam with him myself, the set he played was absolutely fucking superb.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 10:02, Reply)
is best mates with Mayall's son Gaz (of 'Gaz' Rockin' Blues' and The Trojans fame). Apparently:
a) John Mayall is a cunt and
b) has one of the most epic porn collections of all time
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 10:17, Reply)
But for someone who's made a 40-year career singing the blues with a voice that was so entirely unsuited to the blues, I guess he must be a little arrogant at the very least.
Seriously, on Padlock on the Blues there's at least one track with John Lee Hooker playing guitar...and Mayall sings on them! Surely if you had one of the best blues voices playing on your album you'd politely hand over the vocal duties?
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 10:23, Reply)
but yes, that's a fucking weird decision. Weird guy, weird beard, weird porn.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 10:27, Reply)
"Look, you can sing on this one if you want...but you'll have to look at more of my lobster porn first!"
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 10:30, Reply)
Sorry Monty, just noticed this. Either that or my brain refused to accept it as it appears to be an example of us agreeing on something
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 9:53, Reply)
a mutual cottaging spot. That was quite impressive agreement. Or was it not your brain that arranged that?
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 9:55, Reply)
and now I must reveal the secret of your abysmal cookery
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 9:56, Reply)
But like some of the older, more growly-industrial stuff too.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 9:42, Reply)
But I wouldn't try jogging to Please Sir
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 9:46, Reply)
Most disappointing. Although I found an old copy some years after release and it had aged badly
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 10:10, Reply)
I had the new Pendulum album on my iPod this morning and shaved two minutes off yesterday's time. Australians; shit at cricket but good for your health
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 9:34, Reply)
I did not know this. My friends saw them in Blackpool on Friday, it was insanely hot. You're seeing them tonight aren't you?
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 9:37, Reply)
My God, how I wish that I were. Initial listen to the new album confirms them as the best band in the world right now, in my estimation
Edit: Also, I was gobsmacked when I found out they were Australian. I mean, they're really good. Something of a novelty for an Aussie band
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 9:39, Reply)
Certainly not "really good". More... "briefly acceptable, until they vanished up their own arse"
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 9:57, Reply)
but they were all I could think of so I took a shot.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 9:59, Reply)
but I assume that as a woman of taste you skipped straight past them
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 10:01, Reply)
I did enjoy how ridiculous it is that they've released that Iron Man edition album though, blatantly riding the Marvel coat tails when I think only 2 songs actually featured in the film.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 10:31, Reply)
that bands don't just choose to release soundtrack albums, are't you? That they're picked by the people who make the films?
AC/DC aren't riding the coat tails of anything - particularly when you consider that 'Back in Black' is in the top five selling records of all time and they've just had a number 1 LP all round the world - and a sellout global tour.
More people have bought an AC/DC record than a fucking Marvel comic. If anything the makers of 'Iron Man 2' are coat tailing off the back of AC/DC. How many copies of the soundtrack to Iron Man 1 did they sell?
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 10:50, Reply)
All I heard of that was "OMG I LOVE AC/DC SO MUCH!!!"
Also, you made a typo :D
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 10:55, Reply)
I believed you to be a fan of musical diversity and creativity
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 10:47, Reply)
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 10:53, Reply)
They've written one of the best rock tracks of all time, and replicated it. Endlessly. The only variation I can find is that they seem to have two lyrical themes, "generic rock'n'roll nonsense" (which I have no problem with) and "filth"
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 10:56, Reply)
If I want critical analysis of current affairs I won't go to a fucking musician for it (especially not in the light of System of a Down's Syndrome's little insight quoted elsewhere in this thread).
Angus Young is one of my favourite guitarists ever and I could happily listen to him all day long.
EDIT I have just realised I am actually wearing an AC/DC sweatshirt today. This makes today's rant even more embarrassing.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 11:05, Reply)
I don't particularly want to listen to a metal band talking about worthy issues. It took me years to stop headbanging long enough to work out what Metallica were on about with Blackened, and even then I didn't really give a shit. My issue with AC/DC is that they only have one (admittedly very good) song. One. Over how many years?
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 11:10, Reply)
So were The Ramones. I love both.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 11:13, Reply)
In a bizarre way I'm happier that you're not bothering to argue the "one song" point as many have before you
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 11:20, Reply)
but I'm not sure why you'd listen to them when the Led Zeppelin back catalogue is readily available
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 10:02, Reply)
well, b3ta offence meant, but not real life offence.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 9:54, Reply)
If I got offended every time someone called me gay I wouldn't last long on B3ta
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 9:57, Reply)
but their earlier pure d'n'b records were superb. I wish they'd stick with that. I also wish I'd never seen a picture of them as matey's stupid Captain Ahab beard is very silly.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 9:43, Reply)
All their songs are recycled versions of previous songs.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 10:03, Reply)
the polar bear is creepy and it has no right to tell you that own-brand stuff isn't good for your kids.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 9:38, Reply)
But on my twice-yearly use of my exercise bike I like to listen to Tatu songs in Russian, the dance remixes. I sing along, so as well as exercising, I'm learning Russian.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 9:43, Reply)
I have learnt the Russian for 'Calm down!' from Tatu.
Being a scouser I have found this useful on several occasions.
And we all know they weren't lesbians.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 9:51, Reply)
shows more nipple and underwear.
The English video is just the Russian one chopped and edited so it looks like they're singing in English.
They're actually singing Ya Soshla S Uma (I've Lost My Mind) which is the Russian version of All the Things She Said.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 9:57, Reply)
simmering gently over an underlying craving for The Cock.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 9:59, Reply)
Let's not rule out all the other former Communist states either.
They speak Russian too.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 9:53, Reply)
I tried it a few times and found it deeply unpleasant. The advice I got was along the lines of,
"You've got to try doing it a few times and get over the unpleasantness, then you'll really start to get into it."
"I see. So how many times, usually, does it take for someone to get into the spirit of it?"
"Oh, about 20 or so."
"Right, so I've only got to subject myself to this another 16 times before I'll start enjoying it? Doesn't really sound that appealing."
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 9:44, Reply)
I prefer the cross-trainer.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 9:46, Reply)
Cycling is best, zero impact (unless some prick opens their car door on me again).
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 9:48, Reply)
(As long as there are no motorists in the vicinity)
Might be worth getting the bike out again as I don't think chronic masturbation counts as exercise.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 9:51, Reply)
might add some cardiovascular exercice to the whole routine. Sadly I daren't include that bit as I'm sure my neighbours can hear just about everything I do. Often I wonder whether they can even hear the dull, rhythmic slurp of my foreskin against my helmet...
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 9:59, Reply)
"And next week you can use your own cocks. Dismissed."
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 10:10, Reply)
It's fine right up until I reach the city centre, where the cycle lane ends on the wrong side of the road, so I have to either get off and walk through all the pedestrian crossings to get to the right side of the road or try and sneak my way across when its red, which goes against the grain because I hate cyclists who run red lights. Plus I've seen how cars treat cyclists at the two major box junctions I would have to cross. I've also seen how cyclists disregard the red lights and if I didn't, would the cyclists hate me too? It's just fraught with problems.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 9:51, Reply)
I'm lucky in one way, I live in a small town, but the traffic can still be fierce. Also, most people 'round here think anyone not in a £20k+ car is beneath them at best (non-existent at worst), and have a pathological fear of using their cunting mirrors.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 9:55, Reply)
He chased after him, mounted the kerb and ploughed into the cyclist, propelling him through the air and against a load of industrial bins. What a fucking terrifying way to die!
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 10:01, Reply)
If this is true, that cunt should be given 15 years behind bars. That's horrific.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 10:05, Reply)
Never had you down as a crim pandering nancy boy.
35 years with no remission and a sound flogging twice a year, lest he forget.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 10:12, Reply)
When you tell the other jailbirds that the guy's inside for kiddy fiddlin'.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 10:16, Reply)
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1269563/Road-rage-motorist-killed-cyclist-revenge-knocking-wing-mirror.html
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 10:32, Reply)
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But I ain't doing it in the street
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 9:58, Reply)
I saw a scouse lass taking a shit in the little street behind The Krazy House once.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 10:11, Reply)
as soon as you stop, you can't go again because your legs only need a few seconds respite to say "fuck off, I'm not doing that again" and promptly turn into a semi-liquid state.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 10:02, Reply)
on the bus a few weeks ago. I have to say it was pretty inspiring stuff.
These bastards are outrageously fit, some even do exotic things like the Cote D'Azure Marathon or the New York Marathon. I am jealous and unmotivated and that magazine helped point that out to me.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 10:29, Reply)
Part of which involves running across a glacier. Mental bastard.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 10:32, Reply)
I'd like to post on facebook, and be extremely smug about.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 10:47, Reply)
for those kind of mags. HOW TIMES HAVE CHANGED.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 11:08, Reply)
Why bushes and hedges? Is that where perverts go to read about running techniques?
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 11:17, Reply)
Without realising it, my pace would pick up massively, and I'd outstrip everyone.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 11:14, Reply)
Of you running around while listening to Rammstein, tearing clothes from random people. 'Sharking' I think the kids call it.
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 11:19, Reply)
In the words of Sue Sylvester, "You think this is hard? I'm living with hepatitis, that's hard!"
I am not living with hepatitis and cannot vouch for its hardness
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 11:38, Reply)
Most likely all bollocks
(, Wed 26 May 2010, 11:44, Reply)
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