High Fidelity: Classic Or Dud?

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like we all should be rather than concentrating on stupid english v shcots battles that don't bloody exist any more

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Thursday, 29 April 2004 14:27 (twenty years ago) link

British people be feudin'!

― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 29 April 2004 14:28 (twenty years ago) link

Wow -- this thread is not really about crap Hornby!

I'm with you, PF, I thought the board had decided to burn him in effigy, thus the 150 new posts.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 29 April 2004 14:32 (twenty years ago) link

I would walk 500 miles just to see the man and discuss the effectiveness of decentralised policy making

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Thursday, 29 April 2004 14:33 (twenty years ago) link

... naked.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 29 April 2004 14:33 (twenty years ago) link

mikey is the g in your name short for genius or something?

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Thursday, 29 April 2004 14:40 (twenty years ago) link

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39771000/jpg/_39771171_ramblerarrives203.jpg

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 29 April 2004 14:42 (twenty years ago) link

Looks like I gave my opinion on the movie 2.5 years ago.

This thread, today, however = classic.

I especially love the bit where Dave says his mum is anti-Scottish, but not he.

― Ally C (Ally C), Thursday, 29 April 2004 14:45 (twenty years ago) link

hello dad

x-post

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Thursday, 29 April 2004 14:46 (twenty years ago) link

yeah i read over that again. my mum was scottish. should have made that clearer. she was not anti-scottish, either.

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Thursday, 29 April 2004 14:57 (twenty years ago) link

However, your aunty Scott was a different matter....

― Ally C (Ally C), Thursday, 29 April 2004 15:19 (twenty years ago) link

i should like my final appearance on this ridiculous thread to be made in honour of deep-fried, battered confectionery and the inestimable talents of big country

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Thursday, 29 April 2004 18:01 (twenty years ago) link

You do know that deep-fried mars bar thing was a joke someone made up that people down South fell for, right? (I think some chip shops then started actually doing them to try to cash in on the meme, but I can't say I've ever seen one).

Deep-fried pizza is real, though, I can't deny.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 29 April 2004 18:54 (twenty years ago) link

I liked it till my little brother told me John Cusack's character reminded him of me. I'll just be shooting myself now

― Donna Brown (Donna Brown), Thursday, 29 April 2004 18:56 (twenty years ago) link

the deep fried mars bar hoax has spread across the atlantic. there are at least 3 foofy "authentic" brit-style chip shops in new york that sell them.

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 29 April 2004 19:00 (twenty years ago) link

Oh good grief.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 29 April 2004 19:01 (twenty years ago) link

My brother claims a shop here did deep fried cream eggs.

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 29 April 2004 19:02 (twenty years ago) link

I must be insane, that sounds great.

― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Thursday, 29 April 2004 19:02 (twenty years ago) link

the fair outside o'Seattle deep-fries various items in 'homage'

― Donna Brown (Donna Brown), Thursday, 29 April 2004 19:04 (twenty years ago) link

those chip shops also charge $4 a portion for heinz tomato soup. i suppose you have to pay your illegal australian staff somehow, though.

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 29 April 2004 19:06 (twenty years ago) link

I am now physically ill. I've seen the deep fried pizzas slices, I did not need to be reminded of them. And this creme egg madness YOU DISGUSTING BASTARDS.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 29 April 2004 19:14 (twenty years ago) link

I wish there were still some Cadbury creme eggs for sale so I could try this!

― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Thursday, 29 April 2004 19:15 (twenty years ago) link

The deep-fried creme eggs are only acceptable if they are served in ice cream cones.

― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 29 April 2004 19:15 (twenty years ago) link

I realize this is as bad as Tep's Krispy Kreme burger, yes.

― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Thursday, 29 April 2004 19:15 (twenty years ago) link

That should have been in an ice cream cone as well.

― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 29 April 2004 19:23 (twenty years ago) link

Kerry OTM way upthread. This movie sucks so bad it makes me wonder how that could even be possible, given that Al Johnson and Ian Williams are in it.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 29 April 2004 19:30 (twenty years ago) link

I should clarify my above post.

I DO NOT LIVE IN SCOTLAND. BUT ON A SEPARATE ISLAND.

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 29 April 2004 19:43 (twenty years ago) link

I damn near hurled the book at the wall and the movie makes me hurl even more. Guys who make a cultural career out of complaining and whining about their exes are dud dud dud.

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Thursday, 29 April 2004 19:50 (twenty years ago) link

The only thing that's even more dud than the High Fidelity franchise are people who feel compelled to ask "have you seen High Fidelity?" once they learn that I have more than ten records.

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Thursday, 29 April 2004 19:52 (twenty years ago) link

http://monkeydyne.com/rmcs/opencomic.phtml?rowid=55849

― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 29 April 2004 20:01 (twenty years ago) link

I liked it till my little brother told me John Cusack's character reminded him of me. I'll just be shooting myself now

Count your blessings, Donna. Someone told me Jack Black's character reminded them of me.

― martin m. (mushrush), Thursday, 29 April 2004 20:08 (twenty years ago) link

I've been told a scary number of times "hey you're like that guy in High Fidelity", which pisses me off. by "that guy" they always say I'm half like John Cusack, half like Todd Louiso. Fortunately I'm not at all like Jack Black.

― Gear! (Gear!), Thursday, 29 April 2004 20:10 (twenty years ago) link

xpost oh, snap, Martin. That hurtz

― Donna Brown (Donna Brown), Thursday, 29 April 2004 20:11 (twenty years ago) link

Actually, I understand the Jack Black comparison to me, and in some ways it is accurate... Still disconcerting though.

― martin m. (mushrush), Thursday, 29 April 2004 20:12 (twenty years ago) link

he's shorter than you.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 29 April 2004 20:12 (twenty years ago) link

I think he's a bit heavier than I am too, and he has more hair. I think the bits where the comparison is accurate have more to do with "annoyance or vulgarity as humor" than with physical appearance.

― martin m. (mushrush), Thursday, 29 April 2004 20:25 (twenty years ago) link

"upper decking" f'rinstance :)

― Donna Brown (Donna Brown), Thursday, 29 April 2004 20:30 (twenty years ago) link

Yes.

― martin m. (mushrush), Thursday, 29 April 2004 20:34 (twenty years ago) link

i saw deep fried mars bars in glasgow. it's a very bad idea anyway. big country were not a joke.

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Friday, 30 April 2004 09:01 (twenty years ago) link

I thought that was Eric B & Rakim!

― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Friday, 30 April 2004 10:49 (twenty years ago) link

Scotland might have its faults but I've never met a more unpleasant, up their own arse, blind to the rest of the country, unpleasant gits as those that reside in "Lahn-dan".

― CRW (CRW), Saturday, 1 May 2004 23:08 (twenty years ago) link

I make it my ultimate goal to never see this movie.

― Serya (Z_Ayres), Sunday, 2 May 2004 01:24 (twenty years ago) link

This thread is like the most retarded thing on ILX ever, it's great.

― Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Sunday, 2 May 2004 06:53 (twenty years ago) link

pricks.

― cozen (Cozen), Sunday, 2 May 2004 07:05 (twenty years ago) link

godam. if i hadn't just gone vegan, i would have suggested my favourite takeaway start doing deep fried creme eggs. they sound quite heavenly.

― The Lady Ms Lurex (lucylurex), Sunday, 2 May 2004 08:02 (twenty years ago) link

1) curmudgeonly dudes name-checking obscure musicians: CHECK
2) raging lunatics whose insecurities prevent them from getting along like normal well-adjusted people: CHECK
3) a pleasant (though agressively hip) soundtrack: depends on you, but in my case CHECK

(of course i'm talking about this thread, not some stupid film)

― Dave M. (rotten03), Monday, 3 May 2004 03:02 (twenty years ago) link

Um, Anyway... I really liked High Fidelity. Also, I live only a couple of blocks away from where the record store was supposed to be (in Chicago), so it's cool to walk around that corner and pretend I'm going to Championship Vinyl. Also, John C. is my back up.

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Monday, 3 May 2004 15:18 (twenty years ago) link

I need a Mars Bar
Hey raid the Spa
To help me through the day
I need a Mars Bar
I've had total fun
It helps me - makes me - work rest and play
It helps me - makes me - work rest and play

I never eat my dinner
I push away the plate
You can see I'm getting thinner
Because I just can't wait

To get my Mars Bar
Hey raid the Spar ...

To Patrick Moore and David Bowie
And all the other stars
There's evidence here to show
That there's life on Mars

I need a ...

There's glucose for energy
Caramel for strength
The chocolate's only there
To keep it the right length

I need a ...

To anybody out there who still eats Twix ?
Anybody on packets of Buttons ?
I gave them up when I was six
I hope your teeth are rotten

I need a ...

Work - rest and play

― J (Jay), Monday, 3 May 2004 15:46 (twenty years ago) link

Also, John C. is my back up.

For a second, I thought you meant me!!!

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 3 May 2004 20:05 (twenty years ago) link

You're her back-up dancer. Like a Fly Girl.

― NA (Nick A.), Monday, 3 May 2004 20:25 (twenty years ago) link

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