The Picard Maneuver*The boys are back in town!* đ¶
PhobosAnomalyA lad I know was a regular in one of the pubs I used to frequent, which had a jukey the CD covers mapped in a 2x2 grid of a catalogue that rotated to show off what was in the box - generally 99 CDâs worth, likely a limitation of the input display than any software constraint.
Rather than scroll through the jukey CDâs, you could literally ask him a song and heâd give you the two digit CD number, and two digit track number. It was impressive.
Or, you could put two quid in for 12 tracks or whatever, put on two bangers, and the other ten stupidly long November Rain style songs, or Christmas songs in July, by which point youâd have finished your drink and fucked off because the âskip songâ control behind the bar had been gubbed for years.
Fun times - and very specific to a twenty or thirty year window in time, too.
Guess who just got back today? Them wild-eyed boys that had been away Havenât changed, had much to say But man, I still think them cats are crazy They were askinâ if you were around How you was, where you could be found I told âem you were livinâ downtown Drivinâ all the old men crazy
Ugh, those lyrics are even worse than I remembered!
Honestly, considering the genre and the ambition and intent of the song, the lyrics are a notch above the competition at the time. Lynott wrote some really good lyrics at times and while this song is admittedly not the best example of his writing, at least itâs got believable characters and setting. Iâd rather hear a song about young working class Irish people and their life-affirming ways than what most other hard rock acts were writing about in the 70s and 80s.
Yeah this is better than yet another version of âLook how hot this teenager is to me, a middle aged rock starâ
Songs by Lynott that touch on those themes and other lyrically interesting songs (for others in the thread!):
Black boys on the corner: a song about his experiences being a young black man in Dublin.
Mama nature said: a really early piece of environmentalist music
Got to give it up a really raw piece about environmentalism
Thin Lizzy - Black Boys On The Corner (Official Audio)
What are you about? This isnât supposed to be poetry!
I guess Iâm biased, having lived in Ireland so long, but still.
Personal preference, I guess.
Iâm a big fan of Bruce Springsteen, whose lyrics touch on similar themes but are better đ€·
zqwzzleBut how about 7 plays of âwhatâs new pussycatâ followed by âitâs not unusual.â youtu.be/Pl2Jf7xPOLE
Hazbin Hotel/Helluva Boss- The Salt and Pepper Diner
âPlay Freebirrrrd!â
This is deadlock
So what was the article actually about
Playing the boys are back in town on a jukebox in a bar over and over again I guess.
My browser ended the article for me just as the author judged a song correctly for the first time
I think you can scroll down further to read on. My browser couldnât load the Spotify widget either and replaced it with a really long break.
I found out I can access the local barâs TouchTones from my house and my work. So on random evenings, Iâll queue a song list up starting with Photograph (my calling card), then do a list of bizarre songs (Surfinâ Bird, itâs Not Unusual, a 20+ minute Sufjan Stevens song, Babymetal, etc), then close it out with Photograph again.
Iâm going to give the bartender a Pavlovian response to hearing Nickelback
Nobody cares đđ
skeeter_daveNobody asked you
Could you do a solid prank for this random internet stranger and queue up the following:
8 x one favorite slightly annoying song (âmoves like jaggerâ, or âwe built this cityâ would be my suggestion) 1 x Photograph 1+ x the same slightly annoying song played in a row already.
Iâll bring popcorn.
So, from experience, I donât think it likes it if you play a song too close to itself. I had a short Playlist once with two or three songs bookended with Photograph, and it dropped the second Photograph. So Iâm hesitant to do the same song over and over. Maybe a song that has a whole bunch of different versions might work!
You could at least credit John Mulaney if you are going to steal his jokes.
If they have it, Disco Duck is an all-time stupid song classic, highly recommend playing it anytime you want to be a musical troll.
Rick Dees and his Cast of Idiots - Disco Duck TOTP ( 1976 )
This was a 70s hit for Rick Dees and his Cast of Idiots
Alright, that was great. Iâm sure just the song is good for a troll, but the video made it at least 10x better.
A bad music classic, for certain
How often do you do this? Do you ever go into the bar and innocently queue Photograph to see if you get a rise out of anyone?
Thatâs my plan for later. I want to get it really firmly established first.
Leate_WonceslaceYouâre a monster and I aspire to this level of trolling.
Photograph
Prince - Batdance.
OPM - Heaven is a halfpipe
NWA - Fuck the Police (radio edit)
Incubus - Aqueous Transmission
The Mandalorian Theme song
The Broadside Band -Gathering Peascods
The Gourds - Gin and Juice
Dre - Next Episode
Steely Dan - Rikki donât lose that number
Slipknot - before I forget (or slayer raining blood - take your pick)
Lingus - Snarky Puppy
Nonpoint - in the air tonight
Cunninlynguists - the Light
Rush - la villa strangiato
Jethro Tull - cross-eyed mary
Photograph.
The world of journalism will truly mourn the loss of Viceâs hard-hitting articles such as this
TurtleJoeYeah, I agree unironically.
Me too. I tease Vice here, but they did some incredible journalism and their collapse is entirely sad. The state of journalism in 2024 in general is distressing, to severely understate the matter
Wait wait what collapse? Iâm out of the loop
Unfortunately, Vice is effectively shutting down
Iâll miss the only show of theirs I liked - Action Bronson Smokes Weed and watches ancient aliens with friends. It is the best background tv to any sesh besides cops reruns or family guy or whatever
Watching Cops while smoking (or ever, but especially while smoking) is crazy
The irony of it makes it kind of funny. So many episodes were filmed in places without legal weed so itâs a contrast to modern day where states legalized and private use wasnât some sketchy sneaky stuff but just behaving normally lol
I just have to comment on how I truly hate that song. I canât even express in words why i hate it, but i do, enough to put that out there for you to see.
That jukebox in the corner blastinâ out my favorite song
The nights are getting longer, it wonât be long
Wonât be long 'til summer comes
Now that the boys are here again
When I was young, a buddy and I went into a bar we had driven by a bunch of times but never gone into. When we walked in, the redneck-looking guys inside all just stared at us - like very unwelcoming. I went over to the jukebox and put in a few quarters, selected something like âSweet home Alabama,â but then queued up all the very poppy songs that I was surprised to see on the list. Like âDancing queenâ and âAfternoon delight.â Then we left.
mojofrododojoAnd once the door closed, the bartender poured a free round and they all danced the evening away to ABBA. You spread a bit of warmth and love in this world, and you used disco to do it.
Goddamn you to hell.
On that night they were all dancing queens
they
WE.
edgemaster72I hope that theyâre not here to kill me