One person commented, “I had no idea that Winger was so close to Montreal in 1993!” MachuPikachu responded, “How is Montreal close to Toronto? It’s a 10 hour round trip.” Of all the things to comment on. But then, he went after another guy in the comments.
One commenter named Bryan, who I do not know, said that Winger had a real run of bad luck, which is undeniably true. MachuPikachu went at him, saying that they actually had incredibly good luck! Can both not be true? They started with good luck and good connections, and ended the first part of their career with some really shitty stuff, such as Beavis and Butt-Head and Metallica mocking them. Then they came back. A pretty cool story. Nothing to get into a piss match over.
I interjected and said that I thought the original commenter was talking about the early 1990s, Beavis and Butt-head, and there was no reason to harangue him for that.
MachuPikachu took issue with my comments, and also insisted that I or YouTube was deleting stuff on him. Most of the exchange is gone, but I saved what I could. Here he is complaining about his comments being deleted. He said “congrats on the censorship” and that he would not be coming back. “Best of luck,” he said.
I also mentioned I didn’t like how he harangued the original commenter. He then turned it around and asked Bryan, the original commenter, if he felt harangued. I am sure he didn’t expect the “yes” response that he got.
Now I’m mocking and ridiculing. What a fucking child. “Clearly this isn’t the channel for me.” Because you trolled, and got butthurt. Time to mock and ridicule.
Thanks for the content, MachuPikachu! Here are the rest of the comments, without his in between, since deleted them all like a baby.
In regards to this YouTube short, @MatChew75 posted the strange run-on sentences below, and then deleted his comment (after sobering up?) a few hours later.
It’s hard to read, so I understand if you just comment “Sir, this is a Wendy’s” and just move on.
Blackie Lawless is a controversial figure, and his contentious 1989 interview is excellent for repeat viewings. Many of the rude comments are about the interviewer, Erica Ehm, who did an incredible job. On the other hand, this comment was so stupid that it cracked us up immediately. Please enjoy Mungos’ two word comment about Blackie Lawless.
Congratulations to clouddog2393 for making the WTF Comments list in 2024! There were lots of crap comments that didn’t make the list, but here’s clouddog with two about Angus Young.
“The funniest thing about AC/DC is seeing a balding, skinny 70-something old man running around the stage still trying to act like the rock star guitarist he was back in the 70s. Pathetic really.”
He then dropped an almost identical comment three minutes later:
“The funniest thing about AC/DC is watching a balding , skinny OAP [Old Age Pensioner] running around the stage pretending to be the rock star guitarist he was back in the 70s. Pathetic really.”
No, what’s pathetic is taking your time out to comment on a video you didn’t even watch or care about. That’s pathetic. So is ageism. With luck and good health, all of us will be 70 one day. We should all be so lucky to be able to do something we love doing at that age. I look at Angus today and marvel that he looks better than I do right now.
Congrats to clouddog2393 for this WTF of a comment. Erik Woods, John Snow and others had some fun with him below.
Like PS Audio’s Paul McGowan, I’ve been accused of deleting unflattering comments. I think Paul nailed it here.
If you’re incapable of commenting without saying someone is “deaf”, a “Nazi”, or an opinion is “complete BS”, then I’m not wasting my time having a “conversation” with you. Neither is Paul. Go elsewhere to spew it. Paul sums it up pretty well here. “Boink! I don’t talk like that, and neither should you on my channel.”
For the record I’ve deleted:
Insults (some not all)
Comments about Erica Ehm – just deleted one today.
I’ve recently done something I previously said I wouldn’t do, and monetize some videos on my YouTube. I am still figuring all of this out, but one feature allowed me to see the search terms that were apparently used by “my viewers”. How they became “my viewers” with search terms like these, I can’t figure out. Maybe you can! Do you have a monetized YouTube? What does all this mean? What the hell is “mukbang”?
Davey 504 is a phenomenal Youtube bassist from Italy. How many strings is too many for a bass? Don’t ask that question of Davey or he’ll slap ya!
“36 strings?!” you exclaim. “Sounds like a gimmick.”
I agree, it is a gimmick. It’s not a practical instrument in any way. But just listen to the guy play! Davey writes really catchy bass instrumental songs, and he uses the entire neck/body/whatever of this bass. The bass is set up to play like it is four 9-string basses in one. Leave a comment after you pick up your jaw from the floor.
MARILLION – “Easter” (2020 video recorded in quarantine)
Count on Marillion to bring the light in the dark.
It has been over 30 years since Steve Hogarth and the Marillios first serenaded us with “Easter”. As a surprise gift in 2020, they’ve re-recorded the track from isolation. All five guys with their home setups recorded and filmed their parts for a new video.
“As it’s Easter Weekend, Mark [Kelly] had the cool idea of us virtually-getting-together to record a new version of Easter in our homes. Hopefully it will put a smile on your faces.”
It’s poignant, watching the guys play from their personal spaces, unable to connect in person just like us. While “Easter” has always contrasted light and shade, this time the contrast is sharper, though that may simply be in the minds of the listeners.
A bare acoustic version with a shortened and re-arranged ending (probably due to necessity), “Easter” soothes. Even under these circumstances, Marillion pulled together a new recording of an old classic and did it quite well. (Meanwhile behind closed doors they continue to write for their next studio LP.) If Marillion can use technology to stay connected and celebrate creativity and ingenuity, then so can we all.
GETTING MORE TALE #806: Freestylin’ in 2 the New Year
Here we are, friends! Only a few days into the new year and new decade. Doesn’t really feel like it, does it?
One of the last things I did in 2019 was hang out with the ever-entertaining Uncle Meat. The newest musical addiction he’s got me started on is a YouTube channel called Todd in the Shadows. Todd has two series that we are currently enjoying: Trainwreckords, and One Hit Wonderland. Both series have been immensely entertaining and informative.
I’ll give you an example. Remember the New Radicals? They had a single hit at the end of the 1990s called “You Get What You Give”. At the time, people thought singer Gregg Alexander was the next Mick Jagger, but the thing that caught the attention of the press were these lines:
Fashion shoots with Beck and Hanson, Courtney Love and Marilyn Manson, You’re all fakes, run to your mansions, Come around, we’ll kick your ass in!
Manson was pissed off just to be mentioned in the same line as Courtney Love, who was far less amused. The media focused only on those lines, and none of the rest, like “Health insurance rip off lying, FDA big bankers buying.” The New Radicals split before they released their second single, with Alexander having achieved everything he set to accomplish. He then moved behind the scenes, where he became an even bigger success.
Bigger success? Indeed, Alexander’s songs have been recorded by Santana, America, Mandy Moore, Hall & Oates, Enrique Iglesias, Rod Stewart, some of the Spice Girls, Rivers Cuomo, and even Hanson who held no grudges. The guy is definitely getting the last laugh.
I was aware of none of these things except for the media hype. I wrote off Gregg Alexander as a poser with a dumb hat. Well, he ditched the hat and found his niche. Thanks to Todd in the Shadows, I know more about the New Radicals and I even like their second single, “Someday We’ll Know” as covered by Hall & Oates.
Todd in the Shadows also has excellent episodes on Van Halen III, Hootie and the Blowfish’s sophomore record, Mungo Jerry, Cyberpunk by Billy Idol, and CCR‘s Mardi Gras among many. Did you know Mungo Jerry re-recorded “In the Summertime” as an 80s song? While I don’t always agree with Todd, it’s remarkable how often our thought-paths do cross. We had many similar misgivings about Van Halen III, including the lack of Michael Anthony’s vocals. He concludes that it could just be that the Van Halen brothers are assholes.
Meat and I ended the decade by surfing the Tube, and enjoying a few laughs. It occurred to me, you could just record us talking and put it online as-is, like a four-hour podcast. I don’t want to start recording the conversations I have with friends, but that’s exactly what it is like. At one point I said to myself “It’s almost a waste that I’m not recording all this talk.” But then I smacked myself in the head and said, “No fucking way do I want to do that.”
It’s like I mentioned a few chapters back. I can’t just write about music, or talk about music. I have to spend more time just listening to it. And it’s the same with friendships. Just because he speaks solid gold every time he opens his mouth, that doesn’t mean I have record it for posterity. In a way it’s too bad, because our discussions would blow away 90% of the podcasts already out there, but life matters more. You gotta just live it, not constantly worry about missing an opportunity to post something and get hits.
Even though it would be awesome.
In 2020, I aim to live a little bit more, and search for content a little less. Some folks (not naming names) feel that perhaps I’ve become too critical – that I can’t enjoy things without critiquing them. While I’ve always been writing reviews, perhaps my gears are a little stuck.
Two more things I’d like to change:
Less politics
Less time on social media
Neither of those two things have made my world a better place. They suck up too much time and energy. It might be hard to be less political in 2020 knowing what it yet to come, but it’s not like a political rant is going to make the world a better place.
Don’t mistake this for “resolutions”. New Year Resolutions are just lies we tell ourselves for a few weeks before we slowly but surely resume business as usual. I’m not planning on ditching any of my bad habits, just some unproductive behaviours.
Music can make the world a better place. So let’s consume more of it! Let’s chat like Uncle Meat and I can, about all the great stuff out there that’s filling our ears!
I never would have heard the original version of this song (by Norwegian comedy duo Ylvis), if Craig Fee didn’t subject his listeners to it one afternoon. I’d never heard of PelleK before seeing this video of his cover. I know that he’s a Norwegian metal singer with a fantastic Justin-Hawkins-wide range. I’ve seen numerous YouTube videos, of PelleK covering a wide variety of songs. I guess when Ylvis went viral with their irritating but amusing video for “The Fox”, PelleK decided to take a shot at it, too.
Power metal style, of course!
I can’t help it, I’m addicted to PelleK’s take on this annoying novelty track! I don’t think I’d be exaggerating if I said that this has been played on somebody’s phone at least a dozen times during our lunch hour at work since it came out! “The Fox” works as a “power metal” version! Egad! And PelleK’s incredible pipes lend themselves to some hilarious interpretations of what the Fox does indeed say. I’m surprised how much I like the heavy guitars and drums on “The Fox”. I might have to play this in the car, windows down, down on King Street to piss the rapper kids off.
Even if that’s the best thing to come from PelleK’s version of “The Fox”, then it’s still worth:
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