Voted Accept. I mean come on
― Josefa, Wednesday, 25 January 2023 04:41 (one year ago) link
Sorry but that deserves a second post
― Josefa, Wednesday, 25 January 2023 04:42 (one year ago) link
\m/
Loving the write ins though. Making for an eclectic thread we'll beyond the original entrsnts
― def jeftones (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 25 January 2023 04:44 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pbzym6buKR8
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 25 January 2023 04:49 (one year ago) link
chocolate salty balls (a fucking UK no 1) has got to be hayes' my ding-a-ling - slightly better as a song but still it hurts that this is his legacy to millions of people
these songs are mostly not very good imo but I'm not a huge fan of balls as a thing or extended metaphor
the brotzmann thing kind of gets at why I can't really love most of his music although he's obviously very good
I think it's safe to say that hard rock was largely a mistake
― your original display name is still visible (Left), Wednesday, 25 January 2023 04:52 (one year ago) link
fairly sure "Theme from Shaft" is his legacy to most people, Balls is only to a small set of people.
― def jeftones (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 25 January 2023 04:57 (one year ago) link
(which even the former is fairly fucked up considering how huge his footprint in soul music was but 'legacies' amongst casuals are often reductive)
― def jeftones (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 25 January 2023 05:00 (one year ago) link
how did shaft do in the UK charts
I do think that for a lot of millennials he is best known as chef unfortunately
― your original display name is still visible (Left), Wednesday, 25 January 2023 05:01 (one year ago) link
i'd agree w/ that
― def jeftones (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 25 January 2023 05:03 (one year ago) link
Jerry Lee Lewis y'all, this isn't a hard decision.
― BrianB, Wednesday, 25 January 2023 12:15 (one year ago) link
Reached no. 4.
― Maggot Bairn (Tom D.), Wednesday, 25 January 2023 12:18 (one year ago) link
best fictional rap group mockumentary song with "balls" in the title: CB4 - Sweat From My Balls. Can't even remember if it's any good tbh!
― calzino, Wednesday, 25 January 2023 12:35 (one year ago) link
you’ll have to admit that “Theme from *Shaft*” and “Chocolate Salty Balls” make for a great combo tho. the man knew what was up.
― the shaker intro bit the shaker outro in the tail, hard (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 25 January 2023 12:48 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2ZWhNxHMQg
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 25 January 2023 12:52 (one year ago) link
aceyalone ftw
― four square ups... no punches thrown (Spottie), Wednesday, 25 January 2023 16:54 (one year ago) link
hard to imagine not voting for Accept here
― Kieth Encounter (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 25 January 2023 17:51 (one year ago) link
ok it's definitely Accept with CB4 my distant second choice
― Kieth Encounter (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 25 January 2023 17:52 (one year ago) link
no 4 for hayes is higher than I'd have guessed considering what the UK charts have tended to miss
I never knowingly heard the accept before and it does have a certain camp appeal but it basically sounds like what you'd imagine a german hard rock song with that title to sound like doesn't it. great sleeve though
― your original display name is still visible (Left), Wednesday, 25 January 2023 20:59 (one year ago) link
You should listen to Accept. They were, as you say, a German hard rock/metal band whose English was not the greatest, so their (female) manager wrote a lot of the lyrics under the pen name "Deaffy" and some of their songs, particularly on the BttW album, are really "they can't have meant it that way, can they?"
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 25 January 2023 21:09 (one year ago) link
i saw isaac hayes live and he played "chocolate salty balls" and i enjoyed it in that context. i have never chosen to listen to it but he sang it that time and his band was good and he made it fun because he was having fun. it was especially good because he opened the show by thanking the audience for wanting to "see somethin wit a liil substance" - all weird like that all dragged out idk.
anyway, that's why i'm voting for "chocolate salty balls."
― "i'm grateful." (Austin), Wednesday, 25 January 2023 21:12 (one year ago) link
also because i like things where i get to vote for isaac hayes.
― "i'm grateful." (Austin), Wednesday, 25 January 2023 21:14 (one year ago) link
Missed "I've got big balls" by Heavy Cochrane
― Mark G, Thursday, 26 January 2023 20:37 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xKDndwFa4g
Heavy Cochran, that is.
Apparently, it's them from Stavely Makepeace/ Lieutenant Pigeon
― Mark G, Thursday, 26 January 2023 20:42 (one year ago) link
I never actually listened to Balls To The Wall, ever, and then last night I came upon it while channel flipping Sirius XM. Why didn't anyone tell me how nuts that song is? Love the male choir in the background.
― Alicia Silver Stone (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 26 January 2023 20:44 (one year ago) link
the breakdown alone is immense
― Kieth Encounter (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 26 January 2023 22:16 (one year ago) link
WATCH THE DAMNED(God bless ya)
― I HAVE NO IDEA HOW THE DIAPER GOT LOOSE (Neanderthal), Thursday, 26 January 2023 22:22 (one year ago) link
sign of victory
― Kieth Encounter (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 26 January 2023 22:26 (one year ago) link
voted Accept because Brotzmann's not on the list -- that song is great
― J Edgar Noothgrush (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Thursday, 26 January 2023 22:34 (one year ago) link
Brötzmann could actually have made the list twice (the second saxophonist here is Japanese free jazz legend Akira Sakata):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfl6fkbMiNI
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 26 January 2023 22:38 (one year ago) link
― Alicia Silver Stone (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 26 January 2023 22:42 (one year ago) link
Cat Ballou
Dream Ballet (from Oklahoma)
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
― is it milli vanilli or just a facsimile (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 26 January 2023 22:42 (one year ago) link
well the latter has a whole new (gross) meaning now
― I HAVE NO IDEA HOW THE DIAPER GOT LOOSE (Neanderthal), Thursday, 26 January 2023 22:50 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVRy49i6zZ8
Just googled the lyrics to gain insight into what this song is actually about and... my god
― Josefa, Friday, 27 January 2023 01:01 (one year ago) link
I gotta detention for singing Big Balls - easy vote. Still a killer song besides.
― BlackIronPrison, Friday, 27 January 2023 02:33 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7S_P0qZuRE
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Friday, 27 January 2023 18:04 (one year ago) link
Oh fuck good call. I had that album!
― I HAVE NO IDEA HOW THE DIAPER GOT LOOSE (Neanderthal), Friday, 27 January 2023 18:12 (one year ago) link
https://i.discogs.com/v_Nn9EoXTrqFYqoAjiO_t98FSHk_IAYPNoruAMxySrY/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:509/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTMzMzEy/NTMtMTMyNjA4NjY4/Ny5qcGVn.jpeg
― is it milli vanilli or just a facsimile (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 27 January 2023 18:16 (one year ago) link
Marvin Gaye, "You Sure Love Two Balls"
― Halfway there but for you, Saturday, 28 January 2023 17:33 (one year ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Wednesday, 1 February 2023 00:01 (one year ago) link
Just googled the lyrics to gain insight into what this song is actually about and... my god― Josefa, Thursday, January 26, 2023 5:01 PM
― Josefa, Thursday, January 26, 2023 5:01 PM
"hey man, don't you want her toilet?"
"doesn't everybody?"
― "i'm grateful." (Austin), Wednesday, 1 February 2023 00:07 (one year ago) link
...is how the opening lyrics of "soo bawlz" by devo surely came into consideration.
― "i'm grateful." (Austin), Wednesday, 1 February 2023 00:09 (one year ago) link
The Fall - Scareball
― CerebralCaustic, Wednesday, 1 February 2023 18:57 (one year ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Thursday, 2 February 2023 00:01 (one year ago) link