Comments on: CURIOUS INDEX, 7/23/08

By: Mr. Pelican Pants

Mr. Pelican Pants — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:37:23 +0000

Orson,
When can we get this on Rockband?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUcdMva9RnQ

By: oc phil

oc phil — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:15:59 +0000

The thing about the Who is that Townsend was an wicked rhythm player, but he did’t really do leads much. As a result a lot of those songs boil down to Ent or Moon playing “lead bass” or “lead drums” to take up some of the musical space that PT left open.

Bonham did some of the same things in Led Zep (Kashmir, for example has “lead drums” towards the end) and Flea will take the bass into the lead role with RHCP, but I can’t really think of another band that had that particular musical dynamic.

It would have been interesting to see what would have happend had the ultimate musical supergroup actually happened. The story is that Daltry punched out Townsend and put him in the hospital at the same time the Yardbirds were breaking up. Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck called up Moon and Ent and they went into the studio. The lineup cut one song, “Becks Bolero” but couldn’t get the singer they wanted (Steve Mariott from Small Faces/Humble Pie). While they were messing around Daltry and Townsend patched things up so Moon and Ent ended up going back to the Who.

By: Pants McPants

Pants McPants — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:03:14 +0000

I think this all explains perfectly why I was never a big Who fan, and found the Stones, Beatles, and even Led Zep superior. Too spastic, busy bass, busy guitar, busy drums. Gimme a freaking groove, man.

By: Slater

Slater — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:10:04 +0000

@25: But there’s no way I’m believing that shit about Bonham’s 45-minute drum solo. You couldn’t handle that shit on strong acid, man.

By: paulwesterdawg

paulwesterdawg — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:26:15 +0000

Re: Rock Band.

The Who Rock Band Rule #1: You don’t have it loud enough. No really. Pete lost his hearing for that stuff. The least you can do is bother the neighbors.

The Who Rock Band Rule #2: Beating the hell out of the drums makes it more awesome. Especially on these songs.

The Who Rock Band Rule #3: Find receipt for drums. You’re going to need new ones.

Basically, Keith Moon is my daddy. I’m in awe of him on Young Man Blues. I’d have to start dropping acid just to keep up with his intentions there. Much less the actual execution of that live performance of whoop ass.

I’m through Who Are You on hard. But Young Man Blues mocks me.

/life

PWD

By: GeronimoRumplestiltskin

GeronimoRumplestiltskin — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:15:11 +0000

I’m hearin’ ya on the Who’s music. Try playing some of their stuff on a real guitar. I tried to play some of their “Who’s Next” and “Quadrophenia” tunes from sheet music a few years ago, and by about halfway thru each song, the fingers on my left hand looked like they were playing a game of twister. Yes, Pete Townshend, I know that you’re a songwriting genius, but must you change chords on every freakin’ quarter beat, half of these chords being ones you kinda made up? (Townshend had a habit of leaving notes out of chords).

I don’t even want to comtemplate trying to play Entwistle’s bass lines….

By: Paul Johnson

Paul Johnson — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:19:32 +0000

I doubt the media learned a lesson from Duke. Iowa just doesn’t have buzz issues (race in the South! privileged white kids and poor black single mother! Jesse!) to make it sexy enough to get pushed by the MSM. It’d get more coverage if the perpetrators were some of those fast white guys.

By: Excuse me Stewardess, but I speak jive

Excuse me Stewardess, but I speak jive — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:48:52 +0000

Mike Gundy doesn’t play on the internet, but “2 Girls-1 Cup” has been his screensaver for months…

By: PeteJayhawk

PeteJayhawk — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:43:12 +0000

You know, 10 years ago a person could get away with saying things derisively about the internet and how it was a place for nerds and such and real men such as Gundy have no time for such nerdness.

But now, it just makes a person sound ignorant. I mean, it always kind of did, but now it’s just pathetic.

By: Der Schatten

Der Schatten — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:38:47 +0000

@18

No amount of CYA is going to play to an Iowa City or Des Moines jury. This was top-down (if by top you mean the athletics department) institutional clusterfuck. And, yes, if I were on the Regents right now I’d be feverishly calling our carrier.

By: UgasTexan

UgasTexan — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:20:29 +0000

1. Oh, Mike Gundy, you ARE on youtube, my friend.

By: hobeg8r

hobeg8r — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:15:54 +0000

Having sat on several boards of major corporations, I think the number 1 question asked in board meetings is: What is our liability coverage in the event we are sued because corporate officers commit malfeasance? I would imagine the Regents at Iowa are asking that question themselves right now and are checking to make sure their insurance coverage is still intact. There is alot of CYA going on now in Iowa at the Regents’ level. Doesn’t bode well for the University officials since they serve at “the pleasure” of the Board of Regents. They can’t be too pleased.

By: gold man

gold man — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:13:16 +0000

totally unrelated youtube video = EXTRA FUN

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQTuYo6HmiQ

BITCH U RIDE THE MARTA BUS

By: Doug

Doug — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:03:57 +0000

Please. Gundy, don’t even act like you didn’t watch your “I’m 40″ rant a hundred thousand times on YouTube. The only thing he could’ve said that would’ve been more ridiculous than “I’ve never been on YouTube” would be “Honestly, I had no idea that would get so much attention.”

By: Darkknight

Darkknight — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:03:22 +0000

Gahhhhh!

Spoiler warnings, dude! Spoiler warnings!