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TarTar
* Dog in the Sand *
1965 Posts |
 Posted - 12/18/2003 : 00:32:32
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Would you rather hear Skeleton Man or any of the following songs:
Control - Puddle of Mudd
One Step Closer - Linkin Park
Bodies - Drowning Pool
Hard Knock Life - Jay-Z
Hang Tough - New Kids on the Block
In a Big Country - Big Country
Bug-A-Boo - Desinty's Child
Alive - Pearl Jam
That Girls Who Wear Abercrombie and Fitch song - Whoever sings it
Okay, so I thought of some songs that are REALLY awful, but still, I think everyone must accept that Skeleton Man is not a bad song. I personally don't feel anything Frank has written or recorded needs to be put up against the crappy songs I've mentioned to appreciate the genius of them. I mean, the man has never put out material to appease his audience, he's always written music that he wants to hear, he's never gone into the realm of "is it wrong to critcize a formerly great artist for his latter day sins" like many of the former awesome songwriters have (from Paul McCartney to Stevie Wonder to Alex Chilton). Come on, people, not everything he puts out can be Freedom Rock, Hey, or Hermaphroditos, but that's what makes Frank great. He's unpredictable.
Alcohol or pot? VHS or Beta? Man or Astro-man? |
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andyn
- FB Fan -
United Kingdom
169 Posts |
Posted - 12/18/2003 : 01:24:06
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spunXtain
= Cult of Ray =
USA
377 Posts |
Posted - 12/18/2003 : 02:19:55
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I like Puddle of Mudd
Got coffee, got donuts, got wasted.. |
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billgoodman
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Netherlands
6217 Posts |
Posted - 12/18/2003 : 03:01:20
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I like Destiny's Child
don't know why
Skeleton Rules BTW, so I don't know if I should reply in the first place
 "I joined the Culf of Frank/ And now I do not know what...to do" |
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =
Canada
11687 Posts |
Posted - 12/18/2003 : 06:20:03
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Yeah, I probably shouldn't be in here either. Skeleton Man is a great song. It rocks first off, and secondly, it's the perfect name for a song with that crazy lead. It sounds like a skeleton song. I don't care, I love it.
 "Join the Cult of Frank / And you'll be enlightened" |
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Owen
- FB Fan -
USA
165 Posts |
Posted - 12/18/2003 : 08:02:21
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| I love songs like "Big Country" off the album Big Country by the artist Big Country. How pretentious do you hafta be to be able to pull this off? There're a couple of other examples, but I'm having trouble reciting them now. Oh yeah, Bad Company. That's probably the all time greatest. Just ballsy, man. It says, "We're so hopelessly self-involved that we ain't even tryin' to give a fuck." |
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Johnny Yen
= Cult of Ray =
USA
408 Posts |
Posted - 12/18/2003 : 08:09:20
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| It always sounds like a Sheryl Crow song. And not just because she needs to gain 6 or 7 hundred pounds. |
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BLT
> Teenager of the Year <
South Sandwich Islands
4204 Posts |
Posted - 12/18/2003 : 08:30:49
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I'll take Big Country over Skeleton Man.
 "Join the Cult of Dustin / And vanish without a trace" |
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STITCHES
= Cult of Ray =
USA
915 Posts |
Posted - 12/18/2003 : 08:32:37
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Originally posted by TarTar
Would you rather hear Skeleton Man or any of the following songs:
Control - Puddle of Mudd
One Step Closer - Linkin Park
Bodies - Drowning Pool
Hard Knock Life - Jay-Z
Hang Tough - New Kids on the Block
In a Big Country - Big Country
Bug-A-Boo - Desinty's Child
Alive - Pearl Jam
That Girls Who Wear Abercrombie and Fitch song - Whoever sings it
Alcohol or pot? VHS or Beta? Man or Astro-man?
Does this mean the New Kids on the Block aren't "in" anymore?
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El Barto
= Song DB Master =
USA
4020 Posts |
Posted - 12/18/2003 : 15:15:22
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I don't like your way of thinking. By this logic, I could say:
To all the GWBush haters, would you rather have Bush as your president or:
Hitler
Mousalini (sp?)
Satan
You get the picture...comparing crap with smellier crap doesn't matter when it's all crap anyway. Not to say the song is crap, I just don't like it...it's the weakest song on a top knotch album.
 "I joined the Cult of Clops / If I were you, I'd sleep with one eye open." |
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STITCHES
= Cult of Ray =
USA
915 Posts |
Posted - 12/18/2003 : 15:19:48
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and anything artistic is all based on opinions anyway....I dont think anyone can say for sure one FB song is good and another isn't.....(noticed I limited that statement to FB because there are some musicians out there who release nothign but crap, so picking their best song would be the least of several evils)
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apl4eris
~ Abstract Brain ~
USA
4800 Posts |
Posted - 12/18/2003 : 16:48:43
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Skeleton Man rocks. Who doesn't like it? I'm up for an angry mob with torches and pitchforks... ;)
 Swedish Chef's "Dumpling of Wisdom": Øder tis moodle in der noggin tu smacken der ouchey und vinger-slingers ur to smacken-backen und fix de morkin, yøobetcha! |
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bumblebeeboy2
> Teenager of the Year <
United Kingdom
2638 Posts |
Posted - 12/18/2003 : 16:50:30
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i'm with you brother! 
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I'm flat out, you're so beautiful to look at when you cry. Freeze, don't move, you've been chosen as an extra in the movie adaptation of the sequal to your life. Shady Lane, everybody wants one, Shady Lane, everybody needs one. |
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bumblebeeboy2
> Teenager of the Year <
United Kingdom
2638 Posts |
Posted - 12/18/2003 : 16:51:37
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and who the f*** are big country?!?! 
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I'm flat out, you're so beautiful to look at when you cry. Freeze, don't move, you've been chosen as an extra in the movie adaptation of the sequal to your life. Shady Lane, everybody wants one, Shady Lane, everybody needs one. |
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andyn
- FB Fan -
United Kingdom
169 Posts |
Posted - 12/19/2003 : 03:14:44
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| They're a beat combo from the olden days. |
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ObfuscateByWill
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1887 Posts |
Posted - 12/19/2003 : 05:09:12
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Big Country.
*Shka-pow! |
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apl4eris
~ Abstract Brain ~
USA
4800 Posts |
Posted - 12/19/2003 : 06:36:06
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Originally posted by bumblebeeboy2
and who the f*** are big country?!?!
There are <multiple??> fan sites ??????????
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Alley/2384/ihyli.html
Lordy
Damn song's stuck in my head now. Are you happy?
Swedish Chef's "Dumpling of Wisdom": Øder tis moodle in der noggin tu smacken der ouchey und vinger-slingers ur to smacken-backen und fix de morkin, yøobetcha! |
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STITCHES
= Cult of Ray =
USA
915 Posts |
Posted - 12/19/2003 : 06:53:44
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are the 2 guys on the left Crockett and Tubbs?
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Owen
- FB Fan -
USA
165 Posts |
Posted - 12/19/2003 : 07:01:20
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Members Only® in the house.
The Swedish Chef was my Halloween costume this year. I wonder if he is offensive to Swedes or chefs. |
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apl4eris
~ Abstract Brain ~
USA
4800 Posts |
Posted - 12/19/2003 : 07:17:25
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haha - great idea for a costume, Owen. Too bad we didn't get a pic in realmean's Holloween Costume thread! I hope they [Swedes and chefs] wouldn't be offended, I mean, Swedes supposedly have a harder time understanding him than English speakers do. Anybody out there have first-hand knowledge?
Swedish Chef's "Dumpling of Wisdom": Øder tis moodle in der noggin tu smacken der ouchey und vinger-slingers ur to smacken-backen und fix de morkin, yøobetcha! |
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Perhaps
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133 Posts |
Posted - 12/19/2003 : 07:26:58
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| I enjoy FB's sci-fi/fantasy songs. COR may not be the most rockin' album but I enjoy the theme. As with 'perry the wind' and other such songs. Skeleton Man is great, for what it is. |
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JamesM
= Cult of Ray =
308 Posts |
Posted - 12/19/2003 : 14:11:42
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Yes, Skeleton Man is great "for what it is": one of the best goddamn songs he's ever written. Honestly, why the *fuck* are people so uptight about this song? Easily better than Western Star or Billy Radcliffe, the two songs that are usually lauded from Pistolero; best song on the album, hands down. And the live version with the pedal steel and extended intro? Smokin'.
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PearlJamaholic
- FB Fan -
USA
73 Posts |
Posted - 12/19/2003 : 18:57:20
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| I like Alive by Pearl Jam. i wonder why that is? i wouldnt call it awful. overplayed yes, but who listens to the radio still? |
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Brackish Boy
- FB Fan -
Sweden
34 Posts |
Posted - 12/20/2003 : 04:58:39
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Originally posted by apl4eris
haha - great idea for a costume, Owen. Too bad we didn't get a pic in realmean's Holloween Costume thread! I hope they [Swedes and chefs] wouldn't be offended, I mean, Swedes supposedly have a harder time understanding him than English speakers do. Anybody out there have first-hand knowledge?
Swedish Chef's "Dumpling of Wisdom": Øder tis moodle in der noggin tu smacken der ouchey und vinger-slingers ur to smacken-backen und fix de morkin, yøobetcha!
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Brackish Boy
- FB Fan -
Sweden
34 Posts |
Posted - 12/20/2003 : 05:01:49
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| uhm...haven't learned quoting properly yet...but refering to the post above I can tell you that the swedish "kock" (chef in swedish) speaks his native laguage perfectly! |
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apl4eris
~ Abstract Brain ~
USA
4800 Posts |
Posted - 12/20/2003 : 07:03:28
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quote:
Originally posted by Brackish Boy
uhm...haven't learned quoting properly yet...but refering to the post above I can tell you that the swedish "kock" (chef in swedish) speaks his native laguage perfectly!
Thank you Brackish Boy! Is he quoting from Hamlet, by any chance? The part right after "To be or not to be?"....
"Øder tis moodle in der noggin tu smacken der ouchey und vinger-slingers ur to smacken-backen und fix de morkin, yøobetcha!"
"Whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troubles, and, by opposing, end them...." (or "fix the dang-blasted mess, you betcha!")
Swedish Chef's "Dumpling of Wisdom":Øder tis moodle in der noggin tu smacken der ouchey und vinger-slingers ur to smacken-backen und fix de morkin, yøobetcha!
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DrWorm
- FB Fan -
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Posted - 12/20/2003 : 13:03:26
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I like big Country, i LOVE PJ - Alive, but I also love Skelly Man. Skeleton Man is the song that turned my Dad onto Frank, now he loves Skeleton Man and Bad Harmony and Western Star. He's only on Pistolero now, I will give him another Frank CD when the time is right.
 "Mister, would you please help my pony? / I think it's his lung" |
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Coldheartofstone
* Dog in the Sand *
Canada
2025 Posts |
Posted - 12/21/2003 : 08:32:47
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Speaking of turning people on to Frank, I remember a couple of weeks ago I was completely watsed and takinga cab home from this bar. I sat in the front and was making the best of friends with the driver. So anyways, they had a cd player in the car so I popped in the x-files(Songs in the key of X) which has Man of steel on it... Great great song. So the cab driver loved it and I gave him my CD. Drunken generosity. Gotta love it.
And now, your moment of zen... |
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Coldheartofstone
* Dog in the Sand *
Canada
2025 Posts |
Posted - 12/21/2003 : 08:44:21
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| I think I'm wasted now... |
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STITCHES
= Cult of Ray =
USA
915 Posts |
Posted - 12/22/2003 : 12:00:58
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that's nothing....you should tell them what you gave ME when you were drunk!!!
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sesealea
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Posted - 12/22/2003 : 12:53:07
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| i really like skeleton man! i was dancing in my kitchen to it just this morning thinking what a great song it is. |
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STITCHES
= Cult of Ray =
USA
915 Posts |
Posted - 12/22/2003 : 12:55:40
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welcome, sesealea
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Coldheartofstone
* Dog in the Sand *
Canada
2025 Posts |
Posted - 12/22/2003 : 13:40:18
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I thought that was a beautifully nasty secret between us ...like our hideous child
And now, your moment of zen... |
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STITCHES
= Cult of Ray =
USA
915 Posts |
Posted - 12/22/2003 : 14:23:53
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well it would be, if I hadn't already put the video up on my website
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Coldheartofstone
* Dog in the Sand *
Canada
2025 Posts |
Posted - 12/22/2003 : 14:45:41
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You sick bastard.
And now, your moment of zen... |
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