Two Hit Wonders?

[Two Hit Wonders?]

Chumbawumba are probably one of my most despised of all bands. Ever. That's all I've really got to add at this juncture.

[Favourite male singers.]

Wot a fuckin divvy, as it were.

[Which Jackson is Better]

Janet had more hits? Really?

[What are you listening to right now?]

Tom Waits - 'Diamonds and Gold'.

[Bobby Heenan]

Triple yay. Some actual good news...

[My major problem with Ric Flair]

Part of my love for Flair is that he made a career out of getting his ass handed to him.

[I Do Rock Most of the time]

And I managed to kill this thread dead. Multitalented.

[Guilty pleasures? Matches your love...]

Any Big Show match.

 

Honestly, I actually like the guy. Espicially his bout with Angle & Lesnar at Vengeance, this year, and the fun but short match he had with Randy Savage many moons ago.

 

Brings back memories.

 

UYI

Absolutely. Any 500 pound man who does such a physically demanding job, taking bumps and not politicking despite having a contract that probably would allow him to has my respect. He seems like a nice guy as well, if they booked him as a face he'd remain over, but no, he's a main event heel, yessir.

 

I love love love Brock/Hogan. No selling the Hulk-Up sends me into fits of evil laughter every fuckin time.

[Heyman's Return Cancelled]

Brock has fine heel charisma. Watch the Hogan match.

 

EDIT: fuck, I'd forgotten about Austin/Tazz entirely, the crowd went batshit when tazz stood up to him. Of course, Tazz was a fairly God-awful worker towards the end, let's not have him back in the ring.

[What are you listening to right now?]

Frank Black - 'Ole for Mulholland'. The Critics are only just starting to review his stuff properly these days, thus he's getting the recognition he deserves, and I'm seeing him again in October. Yay!

[Most Underrated Bands.]

The only thing I've heard from Foetus is the Melvins collaboration, but yeah, I dug it.

[Most overrated band?]

Well as long as we're treading this ground again, I'll repeat that I love Soundgarden, and think they managed to employ all that was good about Nirvana and Pearl Jam, whilst being better musicians than both.

[Reading & Leeds festival....]

The only bands that interest me remotely are Turbonegro, Buck 65, Squarepusher and British Sea Power. The comedy stage looks alright, but altogether it just ain't worth what it'll cost ya. Oh, and in another hilarious move campfires have been banned, just to hammer home how manufactured this really is nowadays. Plus I was lucky enough to get to Glastonbury, and there's no way on earth this will compare.

[Most Underrated Bands.]

I'll concur with Thin Lizzy, within their field they are constantly overlooked, and 'Live And Dangerous' is probably one of the best live albums ever.

 

Sparks never get the recognition they deserve. The early stuff is pure songwriting genius, and for further example of how unique they really are, check out last years 'Lil' Beethoven'. Find me anything else that manages to be a pop record and sound like that.

[Favourite male singers.]

If we're talking falsetto types, there's a track by a guy called Klaus Nomi on Morrissey's 'Under The Influence' compilation, I've never heard of him outside that but it's an incredible voice.

[Favourite male singers.]

I suppose I don't really need to say Mike Patton again, but I will.

 

Morrissey

Tom Waits

Frank Black

Russell Mael (Sparks)

Justin Hawkins (The Darkness, even if you don't like them, live he's incredible)

[What makes a good Album?]

This is of course fairly subjective and ambiguous, but then I suppose most topics are and it's never stopped us before. My favourite albums are for the most part, great all the way through. I can't offhand think of an example of an album I consider great that only has a couple of two songs.

 

Take Electric Six for example. I don't mind admitting that I liked 'Danger, High Voltage' and think 'Gay Bar' is shite but a lot of fun to dance to and harmless, but having heard their album, if I had spent money on that piece of shit I don't know if I could have forgiven myself.

[Two Hit Wonders?]

I think Slipknot kind of counts. Although they weren't great/powerful singles, they did have "Wait and bleed" and "Spit it out" on mainstream radio. They were all over the place and we're huge. When it came for their second album, nothing got on radio.

They're still popular...there's time for another hit

I thought they'd split up. I'll struggle on without them I guess.

 

PUSA is a good choice, 'peaches' and 'lump' were their only two big hits on both sides of the Atlantic.

 

We can't be talking about RATM and Pink Floyd however, because they can still shift albums and if either were to reform would be INSANELY popular again. Two hits, and then subsequently no hits should be the criteria.

[Top 50 Worst Music Artists of All Time]

I would Unleash mine full wrath for the inclusion of Primus, but really, that would be more than this piece of shit deserves. Moving right along...

[I Do Rock Most of the time]

 

The only pic I have close to hand is the artwork from XTC's 'Go 2' album. Surely that counts for something?

[I invented a new cage match]

I don't like the idea of giant layered cages, just guys fumbling around off-balance. Cage matches are restrictive in general, so if you crowd them they get worse.

[Booker T's Injury Might Be Career Ending]

I thought he was 39/40 already....

 

I see the point about him being over huge when he returns though.

[Most overrated band?]

I don't understand how Tool or Radiohead are pretentious really. I suppose some people only have an attention span of about three seconds, and if they don't hear a hook lyric or some chugging or a solo in that period, they get bored and the ol' head starts to hurt.

 

Tool is my favourite band listed, I like Floyd and RH well enough, my vote goes to U2 and Pearl Jam. I will never, ever, understand what either ever had to offer to music.

[Booker T's Injury Might Be Career Ending]

I feared this.

[Hogan Not In HCTP]

If there isn't a CAW for Hogan that a 5 year old could master in that game....