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Hardcastle and McCormick was a show in the 80s, a time that spawned other fab dramas like Magnum P.U. and Miami Lice. The theme show of the latter was composed by Jan Hammer, who was not MC Hammer. M.C. Escher was one of the subjects of a book by Douglas Hofstadter, another of whom was Johann Sebastian Bach.

― Sean Carruthers, Thursday, 19 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Bach was in Jeckyll and Hyde -- a musical that was based on Jr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde -- the book. The Who have a song called Dr. Jimmy. I have just referenced myself, and therefore I win. I Sing When [I'm] Winning. I've just repeated again, so more Fugazi for everyone.

― JM, Thursday, 19 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Fugazi had an album called "Red medicine". Benilyn is a type of medicine. It's mentioned in a Foo Fighters song.

― Michael Bourke, Thursday, 19 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Foo Fighters was led by Dave Grohl, formerly of a group called The Scream, who recorded on Dischord, a label owned by...wait for it...FUGAZI.

― Sean Carruthers, Thursday, 19 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Fugazi had former members of Minor Threat. Hansen are under eighteen, and if angry would be minor threats. Hansen's hit single had a nonsense chorus. Roxette was pop nonsense whose greatest hits album was titled "Don't Bore Us -- Get to the Chorus!" Chorus Line was a musical featuring the song "One". U2 had a song named One. U2 is an alphanumeric band name. Excuse 17 is an alphanumeric band name. Excuse 17 were all riot. I've never been in a riot, and neither had the Mekons when they released that as a single. The Mekons started their own record label... as did... FUGAZI.

― Sterling Clover, Thursday, 19 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

jr. jeckyll???

― ethan, Thursday, 19 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Jeckyll alter ego was mr Hyde. There is a Hyde park. Another park is Linkin Park who have a song called Crawling. Crawling is something babies do.

― Billy Dods, Thursday, 19 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

No no no, we were still on Fugazi. Fugazi featured the lovely vocal stylings of one Mr. Ian Mackaye, who spent a lot of time in DC with his pal Mr. Henry Rollins. Rollins moved to California to be in a big punk band. Another big California punk band was Offspring, who had a minor hit with "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)". Guy was also the name of one of the members of...FUGAZI.

― Sean Carruthers, Thursday, 19 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Fugazi did come out of DC as Mr. Sean said, and so did a whole bunch of other crap that we like to call 'Emo', which developed a fay little style that involves wearing glases like Buddy Holly (the artist). Weezer had a song called Buddy Holly, which was really not about Buddy Holly at all. But remember Emo and DC? The whole point of this thread was me agreeing with Mr. Sean that a band came out of DC called Fugazi.

― JM, Friday, 20 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

We should rename this thread to ONLY FUGAZI.

― Sean Carruthers, Friday, 20 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

the ONLY ONES were a punk band. As was Minor Threat. Which had members who later went on to be in FUGAZI which had an album called End Hits. When Nirvana broke, it Ended the string of hair-metal Hits. Poison was a hair metal band. If you took Poison, you'd need medicine. An album named RED MEDICINE was made by a band named FUGAZI.

― Sterling Clover, Friday, 20 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

fugazi were in the waiting room, the velvet underground were waiting for their man, critics say luna sound like mid-late vu, dude from luna was once in a band with damon and naomi

― loop me moebius, Friday, 20 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

fugazi are a wack-ass group. on 'supernigga', king tee says 'i'm here to rid the city of wack-ass groups, wack-ass lyrics, wack-ass loops'. common's 'the bitch in yoo' humorously refers to ice cube protege mack 10 as 'wack 10'. mack 10 is actually an okay guy, and his 'soulmate 4 life' is t-boz, of tlc fame. therefore, i give you: 'waterfalls'

― ethan, Friday, 20 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

The Niagara Falls is a famous waterfall. It rhymes with Viagra. Turbonegro - I got Erection.

― Nick, Friday, 20 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Turbonegro sang about "rock against ass". David Yow of the Jesus Lizard used to bare his ass on stage. Jesus Lizard once brought out a single with Nirvana. Nirvana's drummer used to play for The Scream who were signed to Dischord. A label owned by.....FUGAZI.

― Michael Bourke, Friday, 20 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

On the Dischord label was a band called Jawbox, which jumped ship to be on Atlantic records -- home of some of the finest soul acts EVER including Aretha Franklin, Roberta Flack and Ray Charles. But it also had its share of total crap, including, but not limited to Yes, Zeppelin, Genesis, and man-whore Phil Collins, whose album, "No Jacket Required" begat the first Only Connect. Connections were made in that first thread, and Connection is a song by Elastica, who came and went so fast it made our collective heads spin right 'round like a record baby. I just alluded to Dead or Alive, and their minor hit "You Spin Me 'Round (Like a Record)" that was featured in The Wedding Singer, which starred Adam Sandler and a foxy-cute Drew Barrymore. Miss Drew was in Never Been Kissed, whose soundtrack featured songs from Jimmy Eat World. They released an album last year called "Bleed American" on Grand Royal records. It should be pointed out that Grand Royal has never released a good rock album, and that includes Public Places by Russel Simins. Simins plays stix for a little band called JSBX -- The "JS" stands for Jon Spencer, who was in Pussy Galore, a legendary band that really did nothing legendary, except come from DC. Just like FUGAZI.

― JM, Friday, 20 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Fugazi are a lovely little beat combo that ethan thinks are wack. I haven't seen ethan for a while and despite his dissing of them, I would like to say "Welcome Back!" Welcome Back Kotter was a TV show featuring Gabe Kaplan, and he had a fright wig on that was very similar to the luscious locks perpetrated on the world by Leo Sayer. Leo Johnston was one of the characters on Twin Peaks, a show which really kick-started the career of Julee Cruise, who later went on to join the B-52s. Another member of the B-52s was Fred Schneider, who released a solo album featuring recording work by Steve Albini. Albini has spent much of his recording life on the label Touch & Go, a label which has the same indie cache as another indie label, Dischord...home of FUGAZI.

― Sean Carruthers, Friday, 20 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Dischord No. 101 is an album by Bluetip. Blue is an album by Third Eye Blind. Blind Lemon Jefferson was a blues man. Man was a band from the 70's that released Back Into The Future -- a title which soulds oddly like "Back To The Future," whose soundtrack featured Huey Lewis And The News. News Radio featured flamboyand boy-child Andy Dick. Dick is a movie that featured Kirsten Dunst, who was in Bring It On and Wag The Dog. Lou Reed wanted us to "Do The Dog", a take on the old 60's dances like the Monkey. The Monkees were a pre-fab band that happened to play their own instruments and toured with Jimi Hendrix, who was promptly booed. The Boo Radleys' second album is "Everything's Alright Forever." "Forever" was the Spice Girls' swan song -- a sad farewell to the group that started the whole teen craze of the last two-three years -- a time that has seen the rise of N*Sync, Backstreet Boys and Britney Spears. Britney Spears "covered" 'Satisfaction' on her last album, 'Oops I did It Again.' Three Degrees (not 98 Degrees) had a hit with 'When Will I See You Again?' and whose Greatest Hits comp can be found on Epic Records. Epic featured The Clash as well as Cheap Trick. Cheap Trick did 'I Want You To Want Me,' which was covered by Letters To Cleo, whose lead singer, Kay Hanley, was the singing voice of Josie in 'Josie And The Pussycats." Adam Duritz was one of the ghostwriters on the album, and his full-time project is the Counting Crows, whose last album was released on Geffen/Interscope/A&M -- A foul beast of a label that features Weezer. Weezer's old bassist, Matt Sharp, is in the Rentals, who had a minor hit with 'Friends of P." Pee Wee Herman is played by Paul Rubens, who now hosts "You Don't Know Jack." Billy Jack is a movie whose soundtrack had a song by Coven called "One Tin Soilder." Tin Machine was David Bowie's side project... from whatever it was he was doing. What Bowie WASN'T doing, however, was Ziggy Stardust or any of his old glam schtick. A very Glam act was Roxy Music. An album was recorded by The Buzzcocks at The Roxy. The Buzzcocks toured with Joy Division. Long Division is a song by FUGAZI

― JM, Friday, 20 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Fugazi are a band from Washington DC. DC stands for Destiny's Child. They had a song called "Get on the bus". The Replacements had a song called "Kiss me on the bus". Everyone said they should have been bigger than R.E.M. Michael Stipe is mates with Thom Yorke of Radiohead. Radiohead have a song called "No Surprises". "No surprise" is the name of the fourth track on "End Hits". An album by FUGAZI.

― Michael Bourke, Friday, 20 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Help! We appear to be trapped in a moebius loop involving Fugazi! The concept of the Moebius is the basis of a song by Orbital. The Orbital is a big road that goes all the way around the outside of London. London is not only home to many fine bands, but it is also namechecked in songs and albums by bands from The Clash to Blur. Blur's guitarist, Graham Coxon, has recorded several solo albums which pay great homage to the hardcore punk aesthetic and guitar work of... ARGH!!! FUGAZI!!!

― Kate the Saint, Friday, 20 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Mike, can we assume FUGAZI isn't the winning condition, then?

― Nick, Friday, 20 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

fugazi are noted for their self-sufficient approach to the business side of music, as are hiphop socialists the coup. the coup also frequently rail against money and fame as rap status indicators. eminem rails against fame (but not necessarily money) very very very much. when not whining about trl superstardom he tends to get in trouble for homophobic remarks, like a tasteless joke about versace's murder, who created a popular designer fashion label. hence: 'gucci time' by SCHOOLY D.

(please oh please let this work)

― ethan, Friday, 20 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Am I Black Enough For You is by Schoolly D. Frank Black was in the Pixies and had albums produced by Steve Albini. Albini was in Big Black, and wrote Songs About Fucking and had a song called "Tiny, King of the Jews." The Silver Jews features Steve Malkmus of Pavement, one of the finest bands EVER. But they broke up and he went solo, like so many other artists like Pete Townshend and Henry Rollins. Rollins was in Black Flag. Black Flag was on SST and so were the Decendents, who [Didn't] Want To Grow Up. Up Records featured Built To Spill, and Caustic Resin. Caustic Acrostic is a song by FUGAZI.

― JM, Friday, 20 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

ARGH.

'caustic window' is one of richard d. james' many aliases, which he often uses to release material outside of warp records. his warp labelmate squarepusher has not done this (to my knowledge), but has done some excellent work outside of warp, including his remix of east flatbush project's 'tried by 12'. that song was also remixed by funkstorung, who have a history of working on that sort of thing, with guest mcs on their albums and a hot remix of wu-tang's 'reunited', which rza tears shit up on ('grow like a fetus / with no hands and feet to complete us / then we return like jesus / when the whole word need us'). another song on which the abbott rips it: 'bang your head' by GRAVEDIGGAZ.

― ethan, Friday, 20 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Prince Paul was a member of the Gravediggaz. Prince Paul's 1st solo joint (_Psychoanalysis_) was 1st released on the Wordsound label, also home to those beloved MC Hawd Gankstuz of mine (gotta get that CD!). These MCs have also dropped lyrical trou on the Providence- based Load Records label, also home to Lightning Bolt. Lightning Bolt is part of an artistic collective called Fort Thunder - check out http://www.fortthunder.org for more info, yo. Of course, Fort Thunder rocks, much in the way that AC/DC rock - coincidentally, AC/DC wrote a song called "Thunderstruck". AC/DC was the subject of a series of tributes from various underground groups, including the super-duper Shellac, who have been known to play a show or 10 with ... FUGAZI.

As noted earlier, Fugazi arose from the fertile loam of the DC punk scene. Another notable musician that took root in that loam is Dave Grohl (who really needs to play more drums). Once upon a time, Dave Grohl had a tape released by the super-terrific Simple Machines label just before _Nevermind_ was released. The tape was called _Pocketwatch_ - it was a series of 8 tapes. Unfortunately, the success of _Nevermind_ led to many, many demands for this tape, which led Simple Machines to stop making the tapes. Which is a shame, because I doubt many people will get to hear the Mommyheads' offering to this series, which features the greatest song title EVER:

"Undress Me With Your Golf Ball".

― David Raposa, Friday, 20 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

The Mommyheads also had another single on Simple Machines called "It's All at the Mall". While you probably won't find FUGAZI albums at the mall, someone once found a Dead Kennedys album at the mall, featuring a poster by H.R. Giger. While Giger was probably best known for his contributions to the Alien series of movies, he did a lot of artwork, some for album covers, like...oh, say, Danzig III. Danzig featured the skin-work of Chuck Biscuits who not only worked with DOA and the Circle Jerks, but with Black Flag too. As previously established, Flag lead singer Henry Rollins knew Ian Mackaye of FUGAZI back in DC, but they also spent a lot of time hanging out at an ice cream shop. Therefore, Jonathan Richman's "Ice Cream Man".

― Sean Carruthers, Friday, 20 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

not to be confused with raekwon's 'ice cream', which featured johhny fuckin blaze spitting slang out like a muh-fuh. meth got that name from the secret identity of marvel comics' 'ghost rider', but then changed it to johnny storm after 'blaze' became a massive hiphop cliche, johnny storm of course being the human torch, a member of the fantastic four. super-dope dj crew the x-men weren't as lucky with their comic-derived moniker, they were forced to change to 'the nextmen' under threat of lawsuit (no word from john byrne on this, yet). the nextmen also recently did a banging remix of encore's 'love & hate', which was released on automator's 75 ark label. of course, automator wouldn't be famous if it wasn't for a fellow named kool keith, who was much better as a member of ULTRAMAGNETIC MCS.

― ethan, Friday, 20 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

"It was a series of 8 tapes"? I must be illiterate or dopey.

The MC5 (whose magnetivity is unknown) kicked out the jams once upon a time. Alice Cooper was caught on VH1 offering praise to the MC5. Alice Cooper plays golf (quite well, I heard).

"Undress Me With Your Golf Ball"!!!

― David Raposa, Friday, 20 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Golf is a sport enjoyed by Alice Cooper. Alice Cooper appeared on the Muppet Show, the home of FLOYD PEPPER, who is not to be confused with Art Pepper. Art Garfunkel was "the other guy", just like Andrew Ridgely. Ridgeley's better half was George Michael. Another person with two first names was Hal David.

― Sean Carruthers, Friday, 20 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

and so's keith murray, whose first album was produced by erick sermon, sort of like redman's first album, which had a song on it called 'a day of sooperman luver', which samples johnny ' guitar' watson's 'superman lover'(duh), a classic dc comics-influenced record, just like gza's 'liquid swords' (with cover art by dc's denys cowans, a member of the afro-centric 'milestone' imprint). that album was, of course, produced by the rza, whose 'bobby digital' album cover was by bill sienkiewicz, also the artist on epmd's business as usual (also produced by erick sermon, whoa). of course that album's 'rampage' featured the fresh-for-1990 stylings of a mister LL COOL J.

― ethan, Friday, 20 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

LL Cool J might BE a real-life comic character, since he actually thought he could get away with writing the theme song to a movie about SUPER SHARKS! Of course, sharks ==> _Jaws_ ==> _Moonraker_ ==> James Bond ==> _Goldfinger_ ==> cover of "99 Luftballoons" (ugh, ugh, ugh) festooned on the PS2 game, _Gran Turismo 3_. Of course, there's also Motley Crue's "Kickstart My Heart", which r0X0rs. Heart, however, don't, though they did cover a Led Zeppelin song as the Lovemongers on the _Singles_ soundtrack. My favorite track on that album used to be Chris Cornell's "Seasons", but Chris is really pushing my once-boundless love for him & Soundgarden, given his odious studio project, and his team-up with the bland 3/4ths of Rage Against the Machine. Rage, once upon a time, covered the Boss' "The Ghost of Tom Joad". MY boss has a copy of the _Mortal Kombat II_ soundtrack, tucked in between his wife's copies of Celine Dion's odious contributions to Western culture. And, one day, while farting around his house, I discovered that Corey Hart contributed a song to one of her albums. Yes, the writer of such gems as "Never Surrender" and "Sunglasses At Night". Meanwhile, Cheap Trick (authors of such gems as "Surrender" and "Taxman. Mr. Thief") are forced to play their 3 best albums live in order to get any attention. Not that recording "The Flame" wasn't shameful enough. As far as one-hit wonders essayed by fine musical outfits, "Hell" (by Squirrel Nut Zippers) is a much better effort. They wrote it themselves, with their own hands & feet, they did.

― David Raposa, Friday, 20 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

"Well Did You Evah" being a song covered by Debbie Harry and Iggy Pop for a tribute album.

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 20 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

debbie harry of course was in blondie, who in 1981 did a song called 'rapture', which was wackly sampled by krs-one for his 1997 hit 'step into a world'. of course kris sounds best when he's on some dj premier, as does good-for-you mc jeru tha damaja, who's been lucky enough to have primo production for two albums. the intro to jeru's 'wrath of the math' (aptly titled 'wrath of the math') was a frustratingly obvious sample that i just couldn't place, until i listened to 'sketches of spain' the other day and heard that particular riff. another guy who likes to sample miles is dj spooky, who lifted part of 'on the corner' for his subliminal minded ep, the title of which is based on a quote from gza's 'living in the world today' ('criminal subliminal minded rappers find it...'). the chorus of that song states that 'if you living in the world today, you be hearing the slang that the wu-tang say'. one bit of slang popularized by the wu is 'cream', derived from 'cash rules everything around me', which is quoted on 'new world water' by MOS DEF.

― ethan, Friday, 20 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Which leads us, of course, directly to "Floating Boy" by... FUGAZI (you asked for it, Ethan).

― Josh, Saturday, 21 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

it appears that this 'fugazi' band are from DC. well, i'll tell you who else is, the poem-cees, the too-funky-for-words hiphop/poetry act that ain't on that bling bling shit. hiphop poetry has historically been a patchy exercise, but i think a good example is common's 'my city' (featuring malik the wordsmith). that album has a number of great guest appearances, but the most frequently mentioned one is canibus' on 'making a name for ourselves', because of a glaring mathematical error in the chorus. despite the title, canibus didn't make any math fuck-ups on '4,3,2,1' where he tore shit up with a number of distuinguished guests of mr.cool james, including meth and redman, who have a long history of collabarations that culminated in the album 'blackout!'. really ancient painter dude michaelangelo had so many noted homosexual tendencies that you might say he was 'out', at least for his time. from this formula you get eric b. and rakim's 'no omega', on which r declares himself 'the black michaelangelo' ('black...out', get it?) that's not a very good rakim song, and neither is coldcut's remix of 'paid in full'. coldcut have done some things right though, especially signing kid koala after hearing his mixtape 'scratchcratchratch' inside his van. one of the selections from that tape was isolated as a track called 'emperor's main course', which was heavily based on samples from 'the last emperor'. last emperor was also the name of an artist who worked with rza on the last lyricist lounge album, but of course the best lyricis lounge was of course the first one, which contained one of my favorite singles of the 90s: mos def + tash + q-tip's 'body rock'. this was produced by shawn j. period, who also did some work on the bush babees album, but gave up the boards on 'the love song' to allow posdnuos to do his shit surprisingly well. and only a fool don't know that pos hails from DE LA SOUL.

― ethan, Saturday, 21 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

"This is Cracker Soul" was an early Cracker fave, but not a hit like "Low." Low are a band from chilly Duluth, Minnesota who make very slow music. Some would say boring - kind of like Long Division, one of their albums. I seem to recall that being a FUGAZI song. (Cheers Ethan.)

― Josh, Saturday, 21 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

long division can be tricky to learn, i suggest kids start early with the fundamentals of division by pumping division rap in their motherfuckin headphones all day long. i suppose this sort of thing would be classified as 'edutainment', just like that bdp album. that was the third bdp album after the death of scott la rock, half of the original duo that was bdp. kris kept the name and went for delf with it, unlike ZEVLOVE X, who retired the good kmd moniker after the death of his brother subroc and is now known as mf doom. kmd's first album contains a reference to grand puba's propensity for many many skins, as does tribe's 'the chase pt. II', whose chorus is a dope vocal sample of 'nobody beats the biz' by the unimitable BIZ MARKIE.

― ethan, Saturday, 21 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Biz sang "Albee Square Mall" which has got dentists in the basement who do my roommate's dental work. I agree, it's sketchy. But she has no complaints. A friend's old band, The Benders, sang "She's My Dentist". The Benders featured Earl Bethel, an amazing guitar player who died of causes unknown in a Las Vegas hotel room while working out there, playing electric zither in Blue Man Group's Vegas show. Blue Man Group is like 4 irritating Mobys... blah blah Fugazi.

(every detail in this post unfortunately = true)

― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 21 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

"Fugazi" sounds like an Italian dish, maybe some type of poached fish in dill butter. It also sounds Japanese. Which makes me wonder: did Fugazi steal Cibo Matto's name?? Cibo Matto toured a couple of times with Sean Lennon and Russell Simins, who's got to be so over his name sounding exactly like Russell Simmons's, the pompous fuck hip hop exec who back in the day produced RUN D.M.C.'S "RAISING HELL".

― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 21 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Raising Hell is certainly a trickier task than raising arizona. But that indeed was the title of a film by the Cohen Brothers, whose delightful Big Lebowski featured Blue Jean by Capt'n Beefheart on the soundtrack. Beefheart worked with Zappa earlier. Zappa had a hit song called "Valley Girl" done with the aid of his daughter. Another group featuring multiple family members is OASIS.

― Sterling Clover, Saturday, 21 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

oasis? fuck, man. well, an oasis in england isn't a very good thing, but in egypt it can be lifesaving, which is where the video for michael jackson's 'remember the time' was set. besides featuring eddie murphy as an unconvincing pharoah (and the model from star trek six as his, uh, female-pharoah- counterpart-thing) also had half of the pharcyde as dancers. the pharcyde's 'pork' (backed on my 'passin me by' single) was a parody of hardcore gangsta rap, so is the first track (well, second, after the intro) on black sheep's 'wolf in sheep's clothing'. now, on de la soul is dead, one of the assholes who steals the tape from the kids in the skits was played by mister lawnge from black sheep. he declared it to be wack and threw it away, and that reminds me of the time i found a wallflowers tape in the school parking lot; my reaction was quite similar. jacob dylan is the son of a famous 60s musician, almost exactly like sean lennon, who i like a lot better(and also dates that girl from cibo matto, whoa). my first exposure to sean was when he guested on the handsome boy modelling school album, and while i enjoyed his track, i enjoyed 'magnetizing' much better for it's pairing of old favorite mc del with prince paul + automator dope production. and every deltron and gorillaz-loving hipster out there nowadays knows that del's cousin is ICE CUBE.

― ethan, Saturday, 21 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

... blah blah blah FUGAZI

― Josh, Saturday, 21 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

josh tells me there is a fugazi song called 'birthday pony'. there's not many songs about ponies, the only one that comes to mind is de la soul's 'pony ride'. 'millie pulled a pistol on santa' was beautifully covered for an x-mas comp by THE ROOTS.

― ethan, Saturday, 21 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

ROOT in Australasian slang means to have sexual intercourse. Most rock bands do songs about having sexual intercourse. Except MINOR THREAT.

― duane, Sunday, 22 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Stinky Puffs was a rock group featuring a bunch of offspring from famous musical folks - MINORS, if you will. One such offspring (the lead singer, actually) was the son of a Jad Fair, one half of Half- Japanese (or, at least, one half when Jad's brother, David, is the only other member in the group). Half-Japanese "sing" about "No More Beatlemania," asking, "What about Shaggsmania?" Indeed, what about those 3 winsome gals from New Hampshire rockin' the party that rocks the body with songs like "My Pal Foot Foot"? Perhaps Austin Powers was a fan of the Shaggs, given his propensity to hop on the good foot and do the bad thing - that is, when he wasn't fronting Ming Tea, a group featuring Bangle Susannah Hoffs. Hoffs & the Bangles were fortunate enough to record a track written by The Purple One - "Manic Monday". (It's a rather duff song, though.) The Boomtown Rats didn't like Mondays, but Bob Geldof sure liked helping out the needy on Christmas time. Many of those helpful rock folks that sang on "Feed the World" (ick ick poo) also lent a hand on "We Are the World". And one of the vocalists that lent his vocal stylings to a live performance of "We Are the World" (during a Live-Aid show) was ... wait for it ...

MTV producer JOE DUVOLA.

― David Raposa, Sunday, 22 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

[Alright, kids - stop showing off. Might I suggest briefer and more light-footed connections from now on? Oh, and winning conditions are temporarily suspended until the concentration of *a certain DC-area band* in this thread has been massively diluted by other ingredients].

Duvola? Sounds a bit like Rev-Ola. Who were responsible for the re-release of:

A Certain Ratio: "Sextet"

― Michael Jones, Monday, 23 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

I don't know if Tet ever had Sex, but rumour has it that the Pistols did. If you're looking for the antidote, look no further than The Celibate Rifles.

― Sean Carruthers, Monday, 23 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Ned Rifle is Hal Hartley's nome de plume, as it were. He is the director of such movies as Amateur and Trust. Trust is an album by Elvis Costello.

― JM, Monday, 23 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Costello worked with Paul McCartney on "My Brave Face," which was on _Flowers In the Dirt._ Many critics agreed that that album was the one that saved McCartney's tepid late-80s career from permanently entombing him six feet into the dirt, which is where Kurt Cobain says one goes when coming from "out of the ground," in "Very Ape." This sounds somewhat like "Moby Grape," whose guitarist Skip Spence was the drummer in the original incarnation of the Jefferson Airplane, next to pre-Grace Slick singer Signe Anderson, who left to have a baby. "(You're) Havin' My Baby" is a wonderfully horrible song by Paul Anka, whose last name could easily be mistaken when spoken quickly for "canker," the important half of "canker sore," which not only sounds like but could also be used to describe Mandy Moore.

― matthew m, Tuesday, 24 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Demi Moore was in a movie called 'Striptease,' which is about strippers. JSBX had a song called Lapdance which was, in part,about strippers, but mostly it was about Andrei Williams being a dirty old man.

― JM, Tuesday, 24 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

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Does that mean we can start talking about FUGAZI again?

― Sean Carruthers, Monday, 13 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Sean: if you can get from Free Design to bleedin' Fugazi in exactly four steps without cheating, you win.

― Michael Jones, Monday, 13 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

That really depends what you mean by cheating, since the rules of Only Connect are fairly lax. Nonetheless, let's try this:

1) Despite toiling in almost total obscurity, the Free Design were recently shocked to learn that they were amazing big in Japan.
2) "Big in Japan" is a song by Tom Waits, who recently made the move to an indie label.
3) One of the most respected indie labels is Dischord.
4) Dischord in the home of FUGAZI.

How's that?

― Sean Carruthers, Tuesday, 14 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Well, I could be picky and say "Dischord? Not respected by me, mate", but I shan't.

You win! The prize is a compact disc (sorry, you were one of the pro-analog[ue] guys, weren't you?) of your choice. The only restriction being the artist featured must begin with a letter scoring 8 points or above in Scrabble. No bonus squares allowed.

*And* you get to start Only Connect IV: Citizens On Patrol.

― Michael Jones, Tuesday, 14 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

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