Of course, Johnny Marr’s guitar was simply amazing.

I move on like a dinners prayer
Go thru a buffet like a levee breaks
Walk away as if I don’t care
Always blame Coach Cutt for my mistakes
Arguments I win cause I’m never wrong,
Throw screens when there’s no need
I run up the middle when your blitz is on
I always hangin at the Krispy Kreme..
My only friends are donuts;
That’s just all I know….
But I’m better as a memory than as your Coach

And for his manlove of Tim Tebow:

“I still Think Tebows Sexy”

I still think Tebows sexy
It really turns me on
I’m always staring at him
While he running along
I like the way he’s passing and picking up first downs
I’m even kind of crazy about his end around,
He’s the only one who really understands what gets me
I think Tim Tebows sexyyyyyyy

Running these stadiums in the hot summer sun
Over by the gate lordy here he comes
With a basket full of scaples to go slice on a foreign kids pee pee…
A makeshift operating room and he comes up
A lil circle cut and spurt a lil blood
Just look at his face he ain’t a foolin me
(repeat chorus)

And furthermore, I subscribe to the Duke Ellington philosophy of musical taste. I prefer “good” music.

“But Duke, the journalist queried, “How do you know if it’s ‘good?’”

“If I like it,” the Duke replied, eyes a twinkle, “it’s ‘good!’”

Orson, which songs were you referring to for the
Texas Tech @ Kansas, Wake @ Miami, and Duke @ Vandy games?

BTW, Mr. Pelican Pants @25, that was awesome.

Thanks for the advice. I’ll pass on the L.O.C’s musical opinions.

Brian,
Got ya. But I find bands influenced by the Smiths of little interest, too.

You’ll both understand when you are as old and in the way as myself.

Get off my lawn.

For Urban Meyer.

And so they sat on their hands
And cried like they want to die
We’ve already been waiting to long
So please score lots of motherfucking poooiiinntss

Thank yooouu Timm Teeebooow.

The Tony Franklin song…

I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour
But heaven knows I’m miserable now

I was looking for a job, and then I found a job
And heaven knows I’m miserable now

Here’s a verse:

“I simply stare…
I’m in despair….
…at all this talent that is criminally wasted”

When you say it’s gonna happen “now”
well, when exactly do you mean?
see I’ve already waited too long
and all my hope is gone

You shut your mouth
how can you say
Goin 3 and Out is our best play?
we either fumble or punt on 4th doooowwwnnn
just like everybody else does

Does this standard apply to the Beatles, Stones, Led Zeppelin? I think not.

Whether you personally like ‘emo’ bands or not, I find uninteresting. What I was referring to regarding the Smiths influence was other bands that followed, not people, specifically.

There’s a whole lot of bands still in existence now who had the Smiths as an influence, some of which you might even like. I suggest Radiohead.

If you care to know more about the Smiths, the Library of Congress recommends the following Youtube links as included in this sentence.

Like most of the music referenced on this blog, they tend to sing out of both corners of their mouths at once. Hence singing “Girlfriend in a Coma” with a happy guitar lick thrumming along in the background.

Brian, the most influential band of any time only influences young folks in a specific age group, no matter the era.

I was influenced by bands that no doubt informed the Smiths’ music, but all the Emo bands fall into one category I call: Yawn.