(x-post. Hmm. dunno why it was then)
― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Monday, 22 November 2004 18:46 (nineteen years ago) link
hi dere
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Monday, 22 November 2004 18:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― walter kranz (walterkranz), Monday, 22 November 2004 18:47 (nineteen years ago) link
"n 1978 Neil Young hired them to play on the song “Out of the Blue” for his (unreleased) musical film project, Human Highway. During the recording, Mark Mothersbaugh and Jerry Casale spontaneously began repeating the words rust never sleeps — a slogan they'd devised for the antirust agent Rustoleum while employed by an Ohio ad agency."
― dave225 (Dave225), Monday, 22 November 2004 18:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 22 November 2004 18:49 (nineteen years ago) link
http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/6139053.htm?1c
― brianialex (briania), Monday, 22 November 2004 18:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Monday, 22 November 2004 18:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Monday, 22 November 2004 18:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 22 November 2004 19:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― fact checking cuz (fcc), Monday, 22 November 2004 19:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― dave225 (Dave225), Monday, 22 November 2004 19:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― everything, Monday, 22 November 2004 19:08 (nineteen years ago) link
yeah cuz Steve Jones wasn't sampling "In The City" on "Holiday In The Sun" so John could yap like a dog over it.
― miccio (miccio), Monday, 22 November 2004 19:09 (nineteen years ago) link
Neil loved that band and said they reminded him of the Buffalo Springfield and they made him yearn for the days of the Buffalo Springfield. He loved Lynyrd Skynyrd and he loved being mentioned in the song.
Being a huge Neil Young fan, I sort of appointed myself as cheerleader for that love affair to happen and blossom. I think it was happening - Ronnie was wearing that [Neil Young] shirt on the album cover and on the road. I was really happy to be able to play a part in getting some new Neil songs into Ronnie's hands. I don't remember what he had to say about it, but he was a huge Neil Young fan.
― dave225 (Dave225), Monday, 22 November 2004 19:16 (nineteen years ago) link
― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Monday, 22 November 2004 19:17 (nineteen years ago) link
Hip-hop wants to wait ... Am I the only who's tired of John Lydon's pronouncements, even when he pretends to resume the role of Johnny Rotten?
I Do like to listen to Steve Jones and his Jonesy's Jukebox on indie103, where he plays his favorite glam rock, reggae, and Shadows tracks, along with playing some new stuff and entertaining a galaxy of superstar guests.
― Ken Al, District Attorney (Ken L), Monday, 22 November 2004 19:24 (nineteen years ago) link
― Collardio Gelatinous (collardio), Monday, 22 November 2004 19:26 (nineteen years ago) link
His pronouncements may be rife with contradiction and self-serving revisionism, but I still find them wildly entertaining, so long may he rant.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 22 November 2004 19:26 (nineteen years ago) link
Bow down to the Sire of Wiltshire!
― Ken Al, District Attorney (Ken L), Monday, 22 November 2004 19:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 22 November 2004 19:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― danh (danh), Monday, 22 November 2004 19:41 (nineteen years ago) link
Forgot to say: Collardio otm.
― Ken L (Ken L), Monday, 22 November 2004 19:45 (nineteen years ago) link
the music for that show is by They Might Be Giants, though apparently Mothersbaugh wrote the music for a Malcolm ripoff show called Tucker.
― &, Monday, 22 November 2004 21:24 (nineteen years ago) link
― Eisbär (llamasfur), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 08:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― Eisbär (llamasfur), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 08:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 08:16 (nineteen years ago) link
― Seuss, Tuesday, 23 November 2004 08:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― Den Dadaismus in seinem Lauf hält weder Ochs noch Esel auf... (Dada), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 11:28 (nineteen years ago) link
[tries to imagine result.... brain melts]
"The Devo-meets-Branson story is hilarious, BTW.
http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/6139053.htm?1c"
-- brianialex (lyriclas...)
Can someone please post the text of this without me having to sign up for membership of whatever it is? Thanks!
"John Lydon was a Neil Young fan - especially "Zuma" - one of those embarrassing revelations that Malcolm McLaren was desperate to keep under wraps (along with Lydon's liking for Peter Hammill, Kevin Coyne, Beefheart, Can etc)"
I've heard all of those before (you missed out Miles Davis / Bitches Brew btw!) except Neil Young / Zuma.
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 12:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― Den Dadaismus in seinem Lauf hält weder Ochs noch Esel auf... (Dada), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 12:02 (nineteen years ago) link
My brain's going to spend the entire day recreating "Jocko Homo", "Mongoloid", "Come Back Jonee", "Sloppy", "Girl You Want" and "Whip It" with John Lydon on vocals now....
.... and I'm supposed to be going to see Tom Waits tonight too!
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 12:09 (nineteen years ago) link
Absolutely. In 1978? Preposterous!
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf100/f149/f149830ux2w.jpg(1979)
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 12:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― Den Dadaismus in seinem Lauf hält weder Ochs noch Esel auf... (Dada), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 12:28 (nineteen years ago) link
TS: Disco Dancer vs. Death Disco!
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 14:02 (nineteen years ago) link
In Out of the Blue, it's "This is the story of A Johnny Rotten"In Into the Black, it's "Is this the story of Johnny Rotten?"
If that distinction is of any use...
― dave225 (Dave225), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 14:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― wtin, Tuesday, 23 November 2004 14:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― Den Dadaismus in seinem Lauf hält weder Ochs noch Esel auf... (Dada), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 14:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 15:01 (nineteen years ago) link
ihttp://www.vandergraafgenerator.co.uk/johnnyrotten_nme_2.htm
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 15:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 15:03 (nineteen years ago) link
― Den Dadaismus in seinem Lauf hält weder Ochs noch Esel auf... (Dada), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 15:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 15:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 15:08 (nineteen years ago) link
Hey, my "actual" middle name is Allan!
― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 15:10 (nineteen years ago) link