In Praise of...Pretty Boy Floyd's _Leather Boyz With Electric Toyz_

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This is the piece I've basically been dying to write, but Ned did it first.

Should I be glad or sad?

I'm glad SOMEONE finally wrote it though.

And I still stand by my original statement back in 2001.

donut debonair (donut), Saturday, 2 April 2005 00:17 (nineteen years ago) link

Fascinating. I'd like to know what Beavis and Butthead said about them.

snotty moore, Saturday, 2 April 2005 00:35 (nineteen years ago) link

MARRY ME NED.

sundar subramanian (sundar), Saturday, 2 April 2005 00:55 (nineteen years ago) link

For no real reason, I'm looking for a common thread with Placebo. Maybe something to do with layered guitars and solid speedy rhythm sections. He does sound a little like Brian Molko or "Your Momma Won't Know".

sundar subramanian (sundar), Saturday, 2 April 2005 01:19 (nineteen years ago) link

when we finally met, ned, you had me enraptured w/ yer stories wr2 the raunchy young lepers. to the point where i am about ready to plunk down the $$$ for the greatest hits (hey, i have limits).

but there are some regions, well-marked out by past generations at least as wise as ours, who have left BIG FLASHING SIGNS saying, "do not go here!" that's where i place pretty boy floyd :-)

and this:

It's about that amazing cover which could be a cover pose and color scheme for any number of hip-hop folks these days. (You think it couldn't be? How many No Limit covers are spiritual cousins to that picture up top of this thread?)

i dunno if claiming kinship w/ no limit or master p is a GOOD thing!

Eisbär (llamasfur), Saturday, 2 April 2005 01:27 (nineteen years ago) link

I think it's a VERY good thing.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 2 April 2005 08:45 (nineteen years ago) link

one month passes...
!!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=307&item=4733320114&rd=1

NOW IT BEGINS!

donut debonair (donut), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 17:08 (eighteen years ago) link

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=307&item=4734193136&rd=1

Bonus tracks! ARG! THIS ALBUM SHOULD NOT HAVE BONUS TRACKS!

donut debonair (donut), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 17:11 (eighteen years ago) link

Ah yes, the Perris rerelease.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 17:12 (eighteen years ago) link

Although I admit I want to hear what "Slam Dunk!" sounds like..

Still.. as limited as it sounds, I want my vision of the PB 'Floyd to just be those ten tracks, and nothing more.

donut debonair (donut), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 17:15 (eighteen years ago) link

oh i totally want a cd copy of this.

maura (maura), Thursday, 2 June 2005 01:42 (eighteen years ago) link

JESUS GOD SHOOT ME NOW

Orbit (Orbit), Thursday, 2 June 2005 01:46 (eighteen years ago) link

one year passes...
TONIGHT!

Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 16 September 2006 22:28 (seventeen years ago) link

ned this is probably the best thing you ever wrote

katie quirk (dubplatestyle), Saturday, 16 September 2006 22:36 (seventeen years ago) link

Thanks! :-)

Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 16 September 2006 22:38 (seventeen years ago) link

Slam Dunk kinda sucks, i guess. Although the fact that they're talking about basketball is fucking hilarious to me.

Matthew OMalley (Matt-O), Sunday, 17 September 2006 02:27 (seventeen years ago) link

Ned, anyone... that part during the title track where he sings "little girls all in a row" and then there's some kind of gang-shout thing... what the hell are they saying????

Matthew OMalley (Matt-O), Sunday, 17 September 2006 02:32 (seventeen years ago) link

haha i played the title track two nights ago at a 70/80s 'rawk' night i dj. a crowd pleaser (which was nice as glam is not really my turf). it may have been followed with krokus: ballroom blitz, not sure. nice write up ned.

kephm (kephm), Sunday, 17 September 2006 02:35 (seventeen years ago) link

Strangely enough, I found this thread a few days ago & downloaded the album, which I'm now listening to with the aid of several Yuengling Lagers--& I can hear what's going on. I can hear it, man.

ramon fernandez (ramon fernandez), Sunday, 17 September 2006 02:53 (seventeen years ago) link

Ned, anyone... that part during the title track where he sings "little girls all in a row" and then there's some kind of gang-shout thing... what the hell are they saying????

Hmm, I'll check on that.

nice write up ned.

Thank ya!

I can hear it, man.

You have the power.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 17 September 2006 03:18 (seventeen years ago) link

Oh hey, Matt, I answered your question up above in my first post. ;-)

The whole Sweet/Slade chants of "Cock rock shock pop" is pure Dada-as-self which Zappa might have appreciated.

And that is in fact what they're saying.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 17 September 2006 03:27 (seventeen years ago) link

So of course I had to drag this out for a listen now, and since I have a digital camera now, in case you've never seen the CD booklet poster...

http://static.flickr.com/85/245108286_091dd8937e.jpg

Genius.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 17 September 2006 03:32 (seventeen years ago) link

Oh, yeah... thanks Ned!

Shock pop sounds like a genre I could get into!

Matthew OMalley (Matt-O), Sunday, 17 September 2006 12:36 (seventeen years ago) link

A lot better than Riot-Folk!

Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 17 September 2006 12:53 (seventeen years ago) link

one month passes...
Truly idiot savants (emphasis on 'idiot').

Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 21:07 (seventeen years ago) link

i like the original post! i'm scared to hear it cuz i'm afraid it'll just sound like some mediocre hair metal record (a.k.a. the chuck eddy syndrome!) but awesome writing ned!!

M@tt He1geson: Real Name, No Gimmicks (Matt Helgeson), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 21:41 (seventeen years ago) link

i'm scared to hear it cuz i'm afraid it'll just sound like some mediocre hair metal record (a.k.a. the chuck eddy syndrome!)

Hahaha.

Do not be afraid. It transcends genre.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 21:42 (seventeen years ago) link

five months pass...
Thank you YouTube.

Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 05:19 (seventeen years ago) link

And thank you again

Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 05:22 (seventeen years ago) link

Ned, did you ever get into Wrathchild? They were one of my favorite glam bands 'cause they were actually heavy!

Also Tigertailz were a bit more metallic. Ooh, and Heavy Pettin' too. A better Def Leppard than Leppard themselves eventually came to become.

I guess I liked the UK guys instead of the LA ones for the most part...

YouTube evidence:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjEMIy_brnU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOvvJm6IdlM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p56w33gtsjY

(Note: The best Heavy Pettin' track is "Love On The Run" from which I can find no video evidence. Download it and play it loud.)

NYCNative, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 05:50 (seventeen years ago) link

"Stakk Attakk" could be a Motorhead song fer chrissakes...

NYCNative, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 05:51 (seventeen years ago) link

three years pass...

Ned, this article still rules even if you never responded to me... :)

This video still slays, dammit:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjEMIy_brnU

NYCNative, Monday, 7 February 2011 20:38 (thirteen years ago) link

Wrathchild, hmm...doesn't ring a bell.

Ned Raggett, Monday, 7 February 2011 20:59 (thirteen years ago) link

seriously???

This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by pretty boy floyd .
Sorry about that.

pajamagram sam (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 7 February 2011 21:06 (thirteen years ago) link

wrathchild is in decline of western civilization 2 right?

pajamagram sam (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 7 February 2011 21:07 (thirteen years ago) link

I don't think so? Haven't watched it in ages but that was the LA scene and Wrathchild was a UK band.

NYCNative, Monday, 7 February 2011 21:53 (thirteen years ago) link

wiki sez u are right, i think i got them confused with odin

pajamagram sam (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 7 February 2011 21:58 (thirteen years ago) link

one year passes...

thread of "Sensitive" by SKRAPP METTLE

❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Thursday, 15 November 2012 03:43 (eleven years ago) link

That's a challenger to the throne, for sure.

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 15 November 2012 03:48 (eleven years ago) link

eleven years pass...

Ned was right, I should have bumped this thread instead

absolutely great pop metal I'm addicted

Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 3 December 2023 04:16 (five months ago) link

Never read this thread in full and now I'm wishing a version of that first post had been Ned's contribution to Marooned.

Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Sunday, 3 December 2023 05:35 (five months ago) link

Hahah a vision. I'd've been up for the challenge!

Ned Raggett, Sunday, 3 December 2023 17:56 (five months ago) link


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