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Kraftwerk - werk + noodles + Velveeta =

Ad-rock's down with the Ione
Cuz she's the cheese and I'm the macaroni

Beastie Boys' Check Yo' Head

― bnw, Wednesday, 20 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

Beastie Boys -> Tibet -> Dali Lama -> Bald Head -> peter Garret -> Midnight Oil ->Antarctica

― Geoff, Thursday, 21 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

Antarctica -> Modest Mouse -> Mouse on Mars -> Microstoria -> Oval -> Tortoise -> Luke Vibert -> kid606 -> Mike Patton -> John Zorn -> Greg Cohen -> Tom Waits

― Josh, Thursday, 21 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

what's the kid606 / Mike Patton connection? other than that they're both annoying?

Tom Waits makes me think of fucking Leon Redbone. Sad piano men. Mose Allison also, a sad piano man. Mose Allison sang "Seventh Son of a Seventh Son" which is the name of a album by Iron Maiden.

― tracer Hand, Thursday, 21 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

maiden did an album called "maiden japan". Japan > d. sylvian > Holger Czukay > Can > Canned Heat. OK Canned Heat.

― duane, Thursday, 21 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

Patton sang on a song.

Iron Maiden -> Goldfinger -> Sonic Youth's Silver Sessions -> Goodbye 20th Century -> Nicolas Slonimsky

― Josh, Thursday, 21 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

Divergence!

Canned Heat -> John Lee Hooker -> BB King -> Leonard Feather -> Cannonball Adderly -> Nat Adderly -> Johnny 'Guitar' Watson -> Ruth Underwood -> Frank Zappa -> Edgard Varese -> Nicolas Slonimsky

― Josh, Thursday, 21 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

Slonimsky was 101 when he died; the dear old Queen Mum (Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon) hits that mark in less than two months. Pierre-Laurent Aimard was born in Lyon, and is one of the foremost interpreters of Olivier Messiaen's piano works, hence:

"Turangalila-symphonie" (well, it's got piano in it).

― Michael Jones, Thursday, 21 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

The 'Turangalila-symphonie' is supposed to be based on 'four cyclic themes', which leads us to Frankie Valli

― tarden, Thursday, 21 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

Frankie Lymon was an early hero to Ronnie Spector (who amazingly, slept with David Bowie, but turned John Lennon down!) of the Ronettes. The Ronettes were produced by Phil Spector. Phil Spector used the famous set of session players, the Wrecking Crew, which included my personal idol, Carol Kaye, who played bass on every record from the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds to the theme from Hawaii-5-0.

― masonic boom, Thursday, 21 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

Several years ago, some a$$hole art students in the flat upstairs from where I lived had a party, during which time all they played was the theme music to hawaii-5-0. By 1am, my feelings could be summed up by the dead kennedy's "CHEMICAL WARFARE"

x0x0

― Norman Fay, Thursday, 21 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

dead kennedy's->tomorrow wendy->andy prieboy->Johnette napolitano (whatever happened to her)->Concrete Blonde->Blonde on Blonde- >Dylan>The New Dylan->Loudon Wianwright111->Yoko Ono->John lennon- >German uberfraulines-Uta Lemper Under Here

― Geoff, Thursday, 21 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

Under Here...."over theeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrre! oooverrrrrrrrrrrrrrr theerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrre!"

― Sean Carruthers, Thursday, 21 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

How does Loudon Wainwright III lead to Yoko Ono ?

― Patrick, Thursday, 21 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

There are probably a number of ways to connect the two, like the fact that they were both included in the book Songwriters on Songwriting, but I too am wondering what the more direct connection is.

By the way, my connection was to the George M. Cohan song "Over There", from WWI, in case there was doubt.

― Sean Carruthers, Thursday, 21 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

He did a song called Ono Yoko, or Yoko Ono,one of the two, that was about Lennon's death, and went "Oh no, Yoko."

― Geoff, Friday, 22 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

Uta Lemper > Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill. The Doors covered Brecht and Weill's "Whiskey Bar", I figure because they played at the Whiskey-A-Go-Go in L.A. and they wanted to get the crowd into it. The reigning champs of the WAGOGO were the Butterfield Blues Band who'd come out with what was at the time considered one of the greatest rock records yet:

"East-West"

― Tracer Hand, Friday, 22 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

quick fix: "Over therrrrrre"s from Yankee Doodle Dandy which also featured > "Johnny Get Your Gun" > which inspired title of Dalton Trumbo novel > which inspired > "One" by Metallica, who are California just like the Butterfield Blues Band - "East-West".

― Tracer Hand, Friday, 22 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

but is that just stupid? I mean, Uta Lemper reminds me in no way of the Butterfield Blues Band. "Yankee Doodle Dandy" still less.

― Tracer Hand, Friday, 22 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

'East West' was also a Hermann's Hermits song.

― Nick, Friday, 22 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

Famous recent hermit Ted Kacyzynscki(sp?) - Motorhead, "Bomber"

― tarden, Friday, 22 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

A B-52 is a type of bomber; then were from Athens, Georgia as (I think) were Pylon. 'Piley-On' is a terrific and violent game from my youth, in which anyone who happened to fall over in the yard at school was immediately set upon by everyone in the vicinity, until an enormous tottering mass of pre-adolescent humanity is formed, with the poor soul at the bottom suffering lasting damage to their rib-cage.

Hence:

Glen Campbell's "Where's The Playground, Susie?"

― Michael Jones, Friday, 22 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

[then = they, meaning the B-52s]

― Michael Jones, Friday, 22 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

"Where's The Playground, Susie" was written by Jimmy Webb who was also responsible for "Macarthur Park" which was recorded by, among others, Donna Summer.

― Robin Carmody, Friday, 22 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

Cree Summer appeared on A Different World with Cosby kid Lisa Bonet, who was married to ol' Romeo Blue, Lenny Kravitz. Kravitz was the son of Roxie Roker of the Jeffersons, a show which once had a guest appearance by Sammy Davis, Jr. Therefore: the dark lord himself, Mr. Satan, surely the guiding force behind all rock and roll musik today!

― Sean Carruthers, Friday, 22 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

"Bette Davis Eyes"

― Stevie Nixed, Saturday, 23 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

I'm assuming you're backing up one step and connecting to Sammy Davis Jr, instead of Satan.

― Sean Carruthers, Sunday, 24 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

Okay okay: DJ HELL then.

― Stevie Nixed, Monday, 25 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

'Hell is for CHildren', Pat Benatar

― tarden, Monday, 25 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

"The Devil Is My Friend" - Pat Fish, aka the Jazz Butcher.

― masonic boom, Monday, 25 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

Kiss My Jazz with "Burn in Hell"

― Stevie Nixed, Monday, 25 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

Continuing on the Satan them: Knights in Satan's Service with their fab hit "Black Diamond".

― Sean Carruthers, Monday, 25 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

Black...satan.... Black Sabbath: Master of Reality!

― bnw, Monday, 25 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

master of Puppets by metallica, also had an album that came to be galled the Black album, after taking a bit from the Beatles and the White album. White is a color, like Pink, which is a bad song by Aerosmith and an irritating little white girl rap/singer thing. She's in the Lady Marmalade bit with Mecha-Christina and Mya, who, as I stated perviously, has nice thighs.

― JM, Monday, 25 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

Was that 'perviously' on purpose, jimmy? I like it.

― Nick, Monday, 25 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

Guilty!

― JM, Monday, 25 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

I don't like the direction this is heading, so let's pull this back to Satan. American Thighs was the name of a Veruca Salt album, and it was named after a line in "You Shook Me All Night Long" By AC/DC, who were Against Christ / Devil's Children, and who were once on the HIGHWAY TO HELL.

― Sean Carruthers, Monday, 25 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

ACDC also did Highway To Hell. Life is a Highway is a song that's advertised late at night on comp discs. Comp discs are good when they're put out by good lables like Darla, or Kill Rock Stars, which had a band called Bikini Kill. Kathleen hannah was in Bikini kill and also did a cover of a song called "I Wish I Was Him." Then she went and did that Julie Ruin ep and later did that Le Tigre thing with that indie filmmaker that I hate. The Moral? kathleen hannah was an ex-stripper and has nice thighs.

― JM, Monday, 25 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

Someone else who stripped, prior to her music career, was Traci Lords, who is not to confused with Lords of the New Church, a project put together by Stiv Bators (and oddly enough, a group that covered "Like a Virgin" by Madonna, another artist with a quasi- religious name). As an added aside, Stiv used to be in the Dead Boys, where he performed the classic number "Sonic Reducer"; this fab number was later covered by the faux-punk reunion band Hard Core Logo, the frontman of whom was played convincingly by Hugh Dillon, the lead singer of Headstones...something which you will often find near dead boys.

― Sean Carruthers, Monday, 25 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

"Don't Put No Headstone On My Grave" was sung by Charlie Rich, who once, while presenting an award a country music ceremony, got his lighter out and set fire to the envelope declaring John Denver a winner.

― Patrick, Monday, 25 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

John Denver is Dead. Like Keith Moon.

― JM, Monday, 25 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

Keith Moon's 1975 solo album was called 'Two Sides Of The Moon' and featured Ringo Starr, who used to be in an obscure 60s pop act called The Beatles.

― DG, Monday, 25 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

Beatles->Yesterday->Envogue->Suck->Suck my Kiss - RHCP->Take out the c, you have RHP->Red House Painters->Mark Kozalek (who has released an enitre album of ACDC covers)->Almost Famous (kozalek was the bass player)->Banky (who was the singer)->Alanis Morisette (who was god in DOgma)(and who also sux)->Morrisey->last Night on Maudulin St.

― Geoff, Tuesday, 26 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

I would imagine Maudlin St. to be somewhere near Facination Street, non?

― JM, Tuesday, 26 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

Fascination Street is a place where you'd Keep Feeling Fascination as long as you were there, making you a member of the Human League. One of the cohorts of the Human League was Giorgio Moroder, who also worked with Heaven 17, who took their name from A Clockwork Orange. Therefore: Ludwig Van Beethoven.

― Sean Carruthers, Tuesday, 26 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

What a coinky-dink! Ludwig has the same last name as Camper!

― JM, Tuesday, 26 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

Camper took the skinheads bowling and The Big Lebowski was about bowling and Beefheart was on the soundtrack with a song about eyes being a million blue miles, and Miles Davis sold millions of his album Kind Of Blue.

― Sterling Clover, Tuesday, 26 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

"Too many pills, too little time to do them."

Make Up's "Blue is Beautiful" from the album _I Want Some_

― bnw, Tuesday, 26 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

The Yummy Fur have a song called 'I Am 'Consumer Man'' and another version of it called 'I Am 'Cosmetic Man''.

― youn, Tuesday, 26 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

One of the most popular cosmetics is lipstick. Lipstick Traces was a book (and now a musical!) by Greil Marcus. Betcha think I'm going to take this to one of the subjects of his books, right? Nope: The Rock Bottom Remainders, in which he performed periodically (also featuring other authors such as Stephen King, Amy Tan, Roy Blount, Jr. and more!)

― Sean Carruthers, Tuesday, 26 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

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