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Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform => Straight, Inc. and Derivatives => Topic started by: Anonymous on February 22, 2007, 08:09:27 AM
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Fun Fun Fun in the fluffy chair
Flame up the herb
Woof down the beer
[click!]
Hi
I'm your video DJ
I always talk like I'm wigged out on quaaludes
I wear a satin baseball jacket everywhere I go
My job is to help destroy
What's left of your imagination
By feeding you endless doses
Of sugar-coated mindless garbage
So don't create
Be sedate
Be a vegetable at home
And thwack on that dial
If we have our way even you will believe
This is the future of rock and roll
How far will you go
How low will you stoop
To tranquilize our minds with your sugar-coated swill
You've turned rock and roll rebellion
Into Pat Boone sedation
Making sure nothing's left to the imagination
M.T.V. Get off the
M.T.V. Get off the
M.T.V. Get off the air
Get off the air
See the latest rejects from the muppet show
Wag their tits and their dicks
As they lip-synch on screen
There's something I don't like
About a band who always smiles
Another tax write-off
For some schmuck who doesn't care
M.T.V. Get off the air
And so it was
Our beloved corporate gods
Claimed they created rock video
Allowing it to sink as low in one year
As commercial TV has in 25
"It's the new frontier," they say
It's wide open, anything can happen
But you've got a lot of nerve
To call yourself a pioneer
When you're too god-damn conservative
To take real chances.
Tin-eared
Graph-paper brained accountants
Instead of music fans
Call all the shots at giant record companies now
The lowest common denominator rules
Forget honesty
Forget creativity
The dumbest buy the mostest
That's the name of the game
But sales are slumping
And no one will say why
Could it be they put out one too many lousy records?!?
M.T.V.-Get off the air!
NOW
LInchpin~
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
Come on though....who didnt just LOVE Randy of the Redwoods?
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yes, but Jello lost in court to the rest of the Dead Kennedys a few years ago..
Holiday In Cambodia became the jingle to a Levi's commercial....
Jello no longer sings for the Dead Kennedys and the rest of em want to be on MTV..
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
And in the big corporate world,
the Van Halens won against David Lee Roth..
Roth wanted to keep Van Halen hard rock.. But the rest, well we all heard the shit they put out with Sammy Hagar..
But the real Van Halen is re-united now..
Beleive it or not, The musicians are calling the shots a lot more than people seem to think..
Corporate only influences decesions with money.. But not all take it..
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yes, but Jello lost in court to the rest of the Dead Kennedys a few years ago..
Holiday In Cambodia became the jingle to a Levi's commercial....
Jello no longer sings for the Dead Kennedys and the rest of em want to be on MTV..
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
And in the big corporate world,
the Van Halens won against David Lee Roth..
Roth wanted to keep Van Halen hard rock.. But the rest, well we all heard the shit they put out with Sammy Hagar..
But the real Van Halen is re-united now..
Beleive it or not, The musicians are calling the shots a lot more than people seem to think..
Corporate only influences decesions with money.. But not all take it..
It's true---Jello ripped off East Bay Ray and the rest of the band.
The real Van Halen broke up again, after two days or so.
Iggy sells shoes foi Nike, but I still like him anyway. At least he never ripped off the Ashton brothers. Of course, they probably would have shot him if he did.........
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They're using Blister in the Sun on the Wendy's commercials now, sans the words of course.
Some years back they used "Crazy Train" for a Toyota commercial, which I thought was the most hilarious thing I had ever seen. We could get sent to REHAB for listening to Ozzy back in the day....now we use it to advertise the years most popular family sedan. Unbelievable.
Prince's "Darling Nikki" was the scandal of the century back in the 80's, and now they have him doing the wholesome Super Bowl half-time show....I mean what, after LAST years obscene booby scandal.
Rock and Roll is dead.
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Rock and Roll is dead.
Well I wouldn't go that far; not at all...more like dead but reborn or something.
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Rock and Roll is dead.
Well I wouldn't go that far; not at all...more like dead but reborn or something.
Maybe, but reborn into what? Sugary pre-fabbed teen prom-limo angst? There hasnt been a significant movement in the direction of music since the early nineties...probably with the advent of Pearl Jam and Nirvana etc. I dont mean just a change, I mean the advent of a revolutionary sound. Something that changed the way a whole generation listened to music. I dont really think hip-hop counts because the sound of hip-hop hasnt altered much over the last three decades...just gotten more pricey looking. And now all we have to chose from are the corporate hand-picked teeny boppers, the 7,000 different varieties of Green Day, your oceans of nameless talentless music du jour that is the refuge of the college student with no generational music identity, and of course the bitch slingin fowty drinkin hip-hop coming from a guy who has a 30 million dollar yacht and probably hasnt laid his hands on a fowty since 1990.
When I was younger you had to stand up for what you listened to. Many times it defined your social boundaries as well as functioned as a sort of sound track to your identity growing up. Now that anything and everything is so accessible and saturated, artisits dont have to be much of anything special or unique in order to rise to the top....they just have to fit the corporate mold.
I think its just sad personally.
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Wow, before I read the whole post I'll just say that I don't follow mainstream radio too closely..
There's plently of good "indie" stuff out there, you just have to poke around a little..
I'm with ya as far as this though -- rock & roll radio is moribund at best..
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Rock and Roll is dead.
Well I wouldn't go that far; not at all...more like dead but reborn or something.
Maybe, but reborn into what? Sugary pre-fabbed teen prom-limo angst? There hasnt been a significant movement in the direction of music since the early nineties...probably with the advent of Pearl Jam and Nirvana etc. I dont mean just a change, I mean the advent of a revolutionary sound. Something that changed the way a whole generation listened to music. I dont really think hip-hop counts because the sound of hip-hop hasnt altered much over the last three decades...just gotten more pricey looking. And now all we have to chose from are the corporate hand-picked teeny boppers, the 7,000 different varieties of Green Day, your oceans of nameless talentless music du jour that is the refuge of the college student with no generational music identity, and of course the bitch slingin fowty drinkin hip-hop coming from a guy who has a 30 million dollar yacht and probably hasnt laid his hands on a fowty since 1990.
When I was younger you had to stand up for what you listened to. Many times it defined your social boundaries as well as functioned as a sort of sound track to your identity growing up. Now that anything and everything is so accessible and saturated, artisits dont have to be much of anything special or unique in order to rise to the top....they just have to fit the corporate mold.
I think its just sad personally.
You make some damned good points here, Carmel. I shared your sense of irony at seeing Prince's halftime show. See the thread on Let It Bleed, or even cross post it here if you would, callled "I Hate Rock and Roll"..
I gotta disagree with you abnout the hip hop situation. There are many talented and relevant artists such as Guru, Cage, Pigeon John, Mr. Lif, and many DJs like RJD2, Shadow, and Kid Koala who are creating entirely new works of sound, and they are pretty far removed from promoting crack dealing as a means to bitches and bling.
I think there is a very vital garage rock rennaissance happening on both sides of theAtlantic, and there are some pretty talented pop acts in the mainstream such as The White Stripes that are making interesting music that borrows from and builds on a lot of traditional rock influences.
THere is a burgeoning alt-country scene, and there will always be talented musicians of all genres whose work is only appreciated by aa small underground following. Often they gain acceptance and wider acclaim only after their careers are over, or after their death, but that's the way it goes in any field of human endeavour.
Yeah, I hear ya, and a lot of the time I hate rock and roll, too, but there's some good shit out there that neither you nor I have even heard of yet. Sure, there is definitely the generational identification that will be there with nearly everyone, and I can wax nostalgic as well as anyone (except maybe 85DJ-----[just kidding, Bob......]), but I like to think that the best is yet to come.
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but I like to think that the best is yet to come.
Right on- that's my feeling about it.
"Long live rock, be it dead or alive!"
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This album is 1/4 of the way complete.. We will be done fo shore by the end of the year..
Draft of CD cover:
opinions welcome..
(http://http://a105.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/50/l_5b4880648d62d25a98995f634dec35e8.jpg)
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Very cool! I like it! Maybe you could add a pot leaf; just a thought.
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Holy shit! I want that on a tshirt!
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but I like to think that the best is yet to come.
Right on- that's my feeling about it.
"Long live rock, be it dead or alive!"
I know that quote, The Who......nice one!
-DP 8-)
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This album is 1/4 of the way complete.. We will be done fo shore by the end of the year..
Draft of CD cover:
opinions welcome..
(http://http://a105.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/50/l_5b4880648d62d25a98995f634dec35e8.jpg)
No Way! That looks tough, Punk. Yeah man.
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Very cool! I like it! Maybe you could add a pot leaf; just a thought.
Thanks Ganja.. pot leafs are cool.. kinda doubtful for the CD cover, though I'm still thinking about putting one on each side of the "Drug War Casuality" text..
But maybe someday I can hand you a tasty blunt filled with pot leafs..If we ever play a show in your area, let me know and I'll hook you up... ::cheers::
www.myspace.com/crappletexas (http://www.myspace.com/crappletexas)
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Holy shit! I want that on a tshirt!
Thanks ghosty girl... Drug War Casuality T-shirts are a ways off in the future..
But for now, how bout a dopecop t-shirt?? If size med is ok, I'll send ya a free one..
It's not much, but a little something to say thanks for all your Fornit efforts..
Dopecop T-shirt
(http://http://myspace-544.vo.llnwd.net/01279/44/57/1279577544_l.jpg)
Photo courtsey of Sherrill P.
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This album is 1/4 of the way complete.. We will be done fo shore by the end of the year..
Draft of CD cover:
opinions welcome..
(http://http://a105.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/50/l_5b4880648d62d25a98995f634dec35e8.jpg)
No Way! That looks tough, Punk. Yeah man.
Way Pirate!!!! there is pretty big difference between this new one and the last one:
(http://http://myspace-006.vo.llnwd.net/00585/60/09/585839006_l.jpg)
which I hope you liked by the way..
More time is going into this new CD and the sound quality is much better..
In a month or so we'll upload a song or 2 or 3 on myspace or something..I'm a little proud of the title track "Drug War Casuality"
It is Omni genre likeable and radio friendly..
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Excellent. And O yeah, I liked Sociably Deceived. Can't wait to hear the new stuff. Especially the title track!
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Way cool, thanks 4Reagan2Youth0!