Can you imagine how insufferable the Marc Maron and Joe Rogan interviews with Zappa would be?
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Friday, 19 July 2019 14:06 (four years ago) link
girl you thought he was maher, but he was rogan
― mott the hoopleheads (voodoo chili), Friday, 19 July 2019 14:18 (four years ago) link
Zappa would have been a pretty old dude by now, he may have ended up just chilling in the Canyon.
― stan by me (morrisp), Friday, 19 July 2019 14:20 (four years ago) link
wow, i've never watched "this is 40" but for a movie released this decade it sounds like it's aged incredibly poorly
― untuned mass damper (mh), Friday, July 19, 2019 9:33 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
It was garbage when it was released, and I can't remember when it was released, and I'd forgotten the movie even existed until yesterday. Albert Brooks is the only watchable element of the film, and Melissa McCarthy also had a funny second or two, but christ, it was insufferable.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 19 July 2019 14:43 (four years ago) link
It was def a big letdown after Knocked Up. The scenes with John Lithgow are good, and I find Jason Segal’s creepy chick-magnet character to be kinda funny. It’s an ok movie to half-watch on tv when it comes on now.
― stan by me (morrisp), Friday, 19 July 2019 14:55 (four years ago) link
this is 40 was where it became evident that apatow didnt think his shit stank
― hollow your fart (m bison), Friday, 19 July 2019 14:58 (four years ago) link
^totally agree
― stan by me (morrisp), Friday, 19 July 2019 14:58 (four years ago) link
(though points off for grossness, lol)
― stan by me (morrisp), Friday, 19 July 2019 14:59 (four years ago) link
I'd argue that happened with Funny People. When James Taylor has the only funny line in a movie, there's a problem.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 19 July 2019 15:02 (four years ago) link
was it worse than Pineapple Express? Because yuck, that's one of the few films I've ever walked out of
― frame casual (dog latin), Friday, 19 July 2019 15:02 (four years ago) link
xp lol i got those two mixed up.
― hollow your fart (m bison), Friday, 19 July 2019 15:05 (four years ago) link
"alexa, find that apatow movie about men figuring out fatherhood and marriage where his wife plays the lead actress role and his kids are in it"
*alexa melts from overheating*
― hollow your fart (m bison), Friday, 19 July 2019 15:06 (four years ago) link
apatow: stock down
seth rogen's line from knocked up "steely dan gargles my balls": stock down
― mott the hoopleheads (voodoo chili), Friday, 19 July 2019 15:27 (four years ago) link
Stock down: West LA / BrentwoodStock up: Neighborhoods east of Hollywood
― stan by me (morrisp), Friday, 19 July 2019 15:37 (four years ago) link
feel like LCD's music was designed to have this ephemeral feeling to it, half their songs are about getting older and "the last party" and not being cool anymore so yeah I kinda figured they'd fall by the wayside once the moment was over. I know the reunion album was a big deal but people stopped talking about it pretty much immediately after its release and I never heard any of the songs anywhere
― frogbs, 18. juli 2019 00:06 (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
Late response, but Oh Baby was in Booksmart, and in a pretty prominent position. Made me feel quite old, but I was also literally the second oldest man at the press screening.
― Frederik B, Friday, 19 July 2019 16:47 (four years ago) link
was it worse than Pineapple Express?
it's not good, but Apatow didn't direct that, David Gordon Green did
― Οὖτις, Friday, 19 July 2019 16:51 (four years ago) link
I think the only thing I've seen actually directed by Apatow in the last decade was Trainwreck because a friend wanted to go to the movies and it was playing. It was more boring than anything?
― untuned mass damper (mh), Friday, 19 July 2019 16:59 (four years ago) link
he didn't write it either
(also it is funny iirc)
Trainwreck def boring
― quelle sprocket damage (sic), Friday, 19 July 2019 17:28 (four years ago) link
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, July 19, 2019 8:02 AM (two hours ago)
yeah funny people was garbage and were i got off the apatow train
― bookmarkflaglink (jim in vancouver), Friday, 19 July 2019 17:30 (four years ago) link
was it worse than Pineapple Express? Because yuck, that's one of the few films I've ever walked out of― frame casual (dog latin), Friday, July 19, 2019 3:02 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
― frame casual (dog latin), Friday, July 19, 2019 3:02 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
Really? I just watched this again last year and it's still pretty damn funny.
― ☮ (peace, man), Friday, 19 July 2019 17:35 (four years ago) link
I like Pineapple Express
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 19 July 2019 17:38 (four years ago) link
speaking of which, how is Huey Lewis faring these days?
― the public eating of beans (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 19 July 2019 17:41 (four years ago) link
he's been doing better ever since it became hip to be square
― mott the hoopleheads (voodoo chili), Friday, 19 July 2019 17:41 (four years ago) link
I heard that “working for a living” song in a big record/cd store the other day
― brimstead, Friday, 19 July 2019 17:43 (four years ago) link
Funny People is def Apatow’s shark-jumping moment
― Οὖτις, Friday, 19 July 2019 17:44 (four years ago) link
It's in the first episode of the new season of Stranger Things.
Fun fact: it didn't even make the top 40! Its highest chart position was #41 in 1982.
xp
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 19 July 2019 17:46 (four years ago) link
this sounds weird in a way because I feel like the Beatles legacy is still huge
but John Lennon as a solo artist I feel like isn't nearly as well regarded or talked about? (whereas there's been a reappraisal of McCartney, esp McCartney II)
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 13 August 2019 15:08 (four years ago) link
Haha. I was just thinking about John Lennon in regards to this topic and CTRL+F'd "Lennon" before I even read this latest reply.
― MarkoP, Tuesday, 13 August 2019 15:12 (four years ago) link
Lennon's solo material basically = "Imagine" in the popular consciousness, and there's been a huge amount of backlash to that song
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 13 August 2019 15:18 (four years ago) link
Lennon has become the Lennon Legend/Greatest Hits artist that McCartney was for a long time, rightly or wrongly
― Master of Treacle, Tuesday, 13 August 2019 15:22 (four years ago) link
wrongly, mostly
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 13 August 2019 15:23 (four years ago) link
"Imagine" def. one of the most insufferably covered songs that shouldn't really be covered, let alone as much as it's been covered.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 13 August 2019 15:24 (four years ago) link
How's Beck holding up?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 13 August 2019 15:27 (four years ago) link
Lennon has also been low-key CANCELLED by some millennials because spousal abuse.
― frustration and wonky passion (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 13 August 2019 15:38 (four years ago) link
I feel like if he had survived into the 80s and had a chance to do some shitty new wave/synthy albums his stock would be higher with millennials these days
― “Hakuna Matata,” a nihilist philosophy (One Eye Open), Tuesday, 13 August 2019 15:42 (four years ago) link
Lennon's legacy for many also been reduced down to inspirational quote memes.
― frustration and wonky passion (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 13 August 2019 15:48 (four years ago) link
--Bob Marley
xxp new wave Lennon would have probably ruled, IMO
― Auld Drink of Misery (zchyrs), Tuesday, 13 August 2019 15:58 (four years ago) link
feel like he's the type whose politics would have really gotten bad with age
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 13 August 2019 16:00 (four years ago) link
At least he died before he got to collaborate with Jeff Lynne
― crumhorn invasion (Matt #2), Tuesday, 13 August 2019 16:01 (four years ago) link
also this is hopefully the wisdom of age but i used to be impressed with him in interviews when i was a kid like oh what a provocative smart guy now he just seems like a dumbo combative dickhead complete so far up his own butt
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 13 August 2019 16:02 (four years ago) link
idk, would've depended on whether he and Yoko stayed together imo
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 13 August 2019 16:03 (four years ago) link
But would Ono be Ono if Lennon had lived? I mean, getting together with him sidetracked her career in a pretty major way. If he'd stuck around, he might have overshadowed her even more than he did by dying (the whole professional-widow/keeper-of-the-legacy thing).
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Tuesday, 13 August 2019 16:18 (four years ago) link
Lennon would've been fascinating to follow politically. I can't imagine he'd ever be a Republican given his experience getting citizenship, but he'd 100% be the first Beatle to go on Joe Rogan, InfoWars, Howard obviously (maybe even in the 80s), Coast to Coast, anything conspiracy related.
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 13 August 2019 16:21 (four years ago) link
lennon go on ch
― lowercase (eric), Tuesday, 13 August 2019 16:22 (four years ago) link
I wish we had some signs of experimentation and crazy/weird/noise music from the '79-'80 batch of songs. I remember reading an anecdote from some guy that worked in a music store in Manhattan when Lennon came in circa '78 and bought a fancy ass new synth because he was excited about new wave.
xp exactly
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 13 August 2019 16:23 (four years ago) link
Some weird takes here.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 August 2019 16:26 (four years ago) link
Lennon probably would have had a good Twitter account
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Tuesday, 13 August 2019 16:33 (four years ago) link
getting together with him sidetracked her career in a pretty major way.
lol waht this is completely wrong
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 13 August 2019 16:34 (four years ago) link
I'll just note that Paul's reputation had nowhere to go but up because so many Wings albums were OPP.
The same sympathy for poor Paul albums hasn't extended to George's miserable Ford-era albums
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 August 2019 16:43 (four years ago) link