POLL Pot! It's a Dead Kennedys "Give Me Convenience..." poll!

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"too drunk to fuck" is kind of a perfect punk rock single

u bawl like the baby in eraserhead...

going to confess here that for the past 25 years I thought the line was "you ball like the baby in eraserhead" which is a pretty disgusting/disturbing image

(e_3) (Edward III), Friday, 30 July 2010 18:51 (thirteen years ago) link

you mean the two songs that are on fresh fruit for rotting vegetables

xp

(e_3) (Edward III), Friday, 30 July 2010 18:52 (thirteen years ago) link

lol E3 - trying to envision how that is physically possible

sarahel, Friday, 30 July 2010 18:53 (thirteen years ago) link

I know this is a common picture, but I just want to ask - which one of these guys is really annoying?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bd/Pullmystrings.jpg

kkvgz, Friday, 30 July 2010 18:56 (thirteen years ago) link

I like the version of california uber alles on give me convenience a lot, jello's vocal is not as good but east bay ray's gtr tone is awesomer and you can hear the echo of the room they're playing in, all kinds of mic bleed, gives it a sense of immediacy

(e_3) (Edward III), Friday, 30 July 2010 18:58 (thirteen years ago) link

let's not go there

xp to sarahel

(e_3) (Edward III), Friday, 30 July 2010 18:59 (thirteen years ago) link

I thought it was "ball" too tbh. I've never actually seen Eraserhead though so I never really knew what that meant.

Sundar, Friday, 30 July 2010 19:06 (thirteen years ago) link

for reference:

http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/eraserhead6.jpg

sarahel, Friday, 30 July 2010 19:09 (thirteen years ago) link

so hott

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y176/edwardiii/eraserhead.jpg

(e_3) (Edward III), Friday, 30 July 2010 19:10 (thirteen years ago) link

if y'know you like gauze

(e_3) (Edward III), Friday, 30 July 2010 19:11 (thirteen years ago) link

i mean, maybe it could give a good blow job, i dunno ... but then you get to the line - "take out your fucking retainer put it in your purse"

sarahel, Friday, 30 July 2010 19:12 (thirteen years ago) link

it's a simile not an extended metaphor

(e_3) (Edward III), Friday, 30 July 2010 19:17 (thirteen years ago) link

lol @ wikipedia entry for "too drunk to fuck"

The song also illustrates the dangers of drinking alcohol in excess.

(e_3) (Edward III), Friday, 30 July 2010 19:18 (thirteen years ago) link

i know it's meant as a simile, but that doesn't mean that i can't imagine the eraserhead baby wearing a retainer with a purse by its bedside giving a drunk Jello Biafra a blow job

sarahel, Friday, 30 July 2010 19:20 (thirteen years ago) link

^new board description?

demons a. real (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 30 July 2010 19:21 (thirteen years ago) link

dreams are free

(e_3) (Edward III), Friday, 30 July 2010 19:21 (thirteen years ago) link

My heart belongs to "Police Truck"

Alex in NYC, Friday, 30 July 2010 19:44 (thirteen years ago) link

Was that song making reference to specific incidents at the time?

Sundar, Friday, 30 July 2010 19:55 (thirteen years ago) link

I'm actually surprised by how well many of these tunes hold up.

Sundar, Friday, 30 July 2010 19:58 (thirteen years ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

System, Friday, 30 July 2010 23:01 (thirteen years ago) link

Not a single vote for I Fought The Law?? Huh.

Officer Pupp, Saturday, 31 July 2010 15:22 (thirteen years ago) link

ten years pass...

Misheard Jello from Night of the Living Rednecks:

We'll play the theme from the Dinah Shore show.
Who wants to be Dinah Shore? Who's alter-ego is Dinah Shore?
Oh, it's Fiston Gillepso Quigley this time!

I just figured that Fiston Gillepso Quigley was some other tv personality I'd never heard of. Either that or a San Francisco political figure like Tibor Uskert.

peace, man, Tuesday, 4 May 2021 12:01 (two years ago) link

hahahah Dinah Shore and the Dinah Shore show definitely faded into oblivion. Like, you don't have that nostalgic rediscovery of Dinah Shore as with other old tv. I do think of this song a lot, but never because I see something reminiscing about Dinah Shore.

sarahell, Tuesday, 4 May 2021 16:11 (two years ago) link

usually the thing that brings to mind this song is either:

1. someone in Portland mentions something about Fred Myers, Burnside, or The Long Goodbye
2. I see a life-sized hot wheels car for some dumb rich kid IRL
3. some really stupid bureaucratic / judicial / law enforcement action that is essentially "they confiscated their club and my rock for further evidence"

sarahell, Tuesday, 4 May 2021 16:15 (two years ago) link

Same on item 2.

peace, man, Tuesday, 4 May 2021 16:29 (two years ago) link


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