Comments on: Groovy Prog Rock Wannabe Biology Text From ‘72 (I don’t know what else to call the post) http://crookedtimber.org/2009/05/05/groovy-prog-rock-wannabe-biology-text-from-72-i-dont-know-what-else-to-call-the-post/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:53:26 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Lee A. Arnold http://crookedtimber.org/2009/05/05/groovy-prog-rock-wannabe-biology-text-from-72-i-dont-know-what-else-to-call-the-post/comment-page-1/#comment-274849 Lee A. Arnold Thu, 07 May 2009 03:34:41 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=11004#comment-274849 John, do you know the very first Yes album? One track on it is really great -- an astounding cover of Lennon/McCartney's "Every Little Thing." John, do you know the very first Yes album? One track on it is really great—an astounding cover of Lennon/McCartney’s “Every Little Thing.”

]]> By: Salient http://crookedtimber.org/2009/05/05/groovy-prog-rock-wannabe-biology-text-from-72-i-dont-know-what-else-to-call-the-post/comment-page-1/#comment-274847 Salient Thu, 07 May 2009 01:54:14 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=11004#comment-274847 <i>Maybe (3) should be “singable at high volume when drunk” or “possible to invoke with loud DA DA DAs.” </i> Sounds about right. I was thinking "(3) the lyrics make sense in direct proportion to the volume at which you announce them." Maybe (3) should be “singable at high volume when drunk” or “possible to invoke with loud DA DA DAs.”

Sounds about right. I was thinking “(3) the lyrics make sense in direct proportion to the volume at which you announce them.”

]]> By: Righteous Bubba http://crookedtimber.org/2009/05/05/groovy-prog-rock-wannabe-biology-text-from-72-i-dont-know-what-else-to-call-the-post/comment-page-1/#comment-274846 Righteous Bubba Thu, 07 May 2009 01:44:32 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=11004#comment-274846 Maybe (3) should be "singable at high volume when drunk" or "possible to invoke with loud DA DA DAs." Maybe (3) should be “singable at high volume when drunk” or “possible to invoke with loud DA DA DAs.”

]]> By: Salient http://crookedtimber.org/2009/05/05/groovy-prog-rock-wannabe-biology-text-from-72-i-dont-know-what-else-to-call-the-post/comment-page-1/#comment-274845 Salient Thu, 07 May 2009 01:38:36 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=11004#comment-274845 <i>Condition 3: music must take itself seriously (especially its own testosterone).</i> This was a really unfortunate condition for that individual to list, on par with identifying the characteristics of Romantic opera as (1) nationalistic, (2) character-driven, (3) whimsical and superficial. Condition 3: music must take itself seriously (especially its own testosterone).

This was a really unfortunate condition for that individual to list, on par with identifying the characteristics of Romantic opera as (1) nationalistic, (2) character-driven, (3) whimsical and superficial.

]]> By: Righteous Bubba http://crookedtimber.org/2009/05/05/groovy-prog-rock-wannabe-biology-text-from-72-i-dont-know-what-else-to-call-the-post/comment-page-1/#comment-274844 Righteous Bubba Thu, 07 May 2009 01:35:38 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=11004#comment-274844 <blockquote> * Condition 1: music must be testosterone-driven. * Condition 2: music must be rockin'. * Condition 3: music must take itself seriously (especially its own testosterone). </blockquote>It's hard to imagine Twisted Sister, Quiet Riot, Korn, and Motley Crue all taking themselves and their music seriously. Butt rock's gotta be a way to slice pop metal off heavy metal.
* Condition 1: music must be testosterone-driven.

  • Condition 2: music must be rockin’.
  • Condition 3: music must take itself seriously (especially its own testosterone).
    It’s hard to imagine Twisted Sister, Quiet Riot, Korn, and Motley Crue all taking themselves and their music seriously.

Butt rock’s gotta be a way to slice pop metal off heavy metal.

]]> By: George W http://crookedtimber.org/2009/05/05/groovy-prog-rock-wannabe-biology-text-from-72-i-dont-know-what-else-to-call-the-post/comment-page-1/#comment-274842 George W Thu, 07 May 2009 01:17:47 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=11004#comment-274842 Okay thanks. Strangely, this set (aside from Korn) was more or less the soundtrack to my pre-adolescence, yet I have never heard the term "butt rock." Okay thanks. Strangely, this set (aside from Korn) was more or less the soundtrack to my pre-adolescence, yet I have never heard the term “butt rock.”

]]> By: Salient http://crookedtimber.org/2009/05/05/groovy-prog-rock-wannabe-biology-text-from-72-i-dont-know-what-else-to-call-the-post/comment-page-1/#comment-274835 Salient Thu, 07 May 2009 01:03:20 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=11004#comment-274835 <i>Can an example of “butt rock” please be provided.</i> Twisted Sister, I Wana Rock Quiet Riot, Cum on Feel the Noise Korn, Freak on a Leash Motley Crue, [the entire canon] Further entertainment, if you can call it that, to be found <a href="http://homepages.nyu.edu/~crm281/butt.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> and <a href="http://dailyuw.com/2002/4/25/the-return-of-butt-rock/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Can an example of “butt rock” please be provided.

Twisted Sister, I Wana Rock
Quiet Riot, Cum on Feel the Noise
Korn, Freak on a Leash
Motley Crue, [the entire canon]

Further entertainment, if you can call it that, to be found here and here.

]]> By: George W http://crookedtimber.org/2009/05/05/groovy-prog-rock-wannabe-biology-text-from-72-i-dont-know-what-else-to-call-the-post/comment-page-1/#comment-274830 George W Thu, 07 May 2009 00:52:13 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=11004#comment-274830 Can an example of "butt rock" please be provided. Can an example of “butt rock” please be provided.

]]> By: Salient http://crookedtimber.org/2009/05/05/groovy-prog-rock-wannabe-biology-text-from-72-i-dont-know-what-else-to-call-the-post/comment-page-1/#comment-274681 Salient Wed, 06 May 2009 13:52:56 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=11004#comment-274681 So, we can pretty much take for granted that potential psychedelic prog-rock revivalists are just delaying the release of their masterworks until this thing hits the public domain. I have a new reason to look forward to the year 2067, now. So, we can pretty much take for granted that potential psychedelic prog-rock revivalists are just delaying the release of their masterworks until this thing hits the public domain. I have a new reason to look forward to the year 2067, now.

]]> By: belle le triste http://crookedtimber.org/2009/05/05/groovy-prog-rock-wannabe-biology-text-from-72-i-dont-know-what-else-to-call-the-post/comment-page-1/#comment-274564 belle le triste Tue, 05 May 2009 21:36:41 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=11004#comment-274564 butt rock cannot be "early" or "late", for it transcends your puny concepts of time in its awesomeness butt rock cannot be “early” or “late”, for it transcends your puny concepts of time in its awesomeness

]]> By: notsneaky http://crookedtimber.org/2009/05/05/groovy-prog-rock-wannabe-biology-text-from-72-i-dont-know-what-else-to-call-the-post/comment-page-1/#comment-274563 notsneaky Tue, 05 May 2009 21:26:16 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=11004#comment-274563 And The Contributing Consultants would be an awesome name for a band. And The Contributing Consultants would be an awesome name for a band.

]]> By: notsneaky http://crookedtimber.org/2009/05/05/groovy-prog-rock-wannabe-biology-text-from-72-i-dont-know-what-else-to-call-the-post/comment-page-1/#comment-274562 notsneaky Tue, 05 May 2009 21:25:49 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=11004#comment-274562 oh and "A "contributing consultant"" - folk, the album right before switched to electric oh and “A “contributing consultant”” – folk, the album right before switched to electric

]]> By: notsneaky http://crookedtimber.org/2009/05/05/groovy-prog-rock-wannabe-biology-text-from-72-i-dont-know-what-else-to-call-the-post/comment-page-1/#comment-274560 notsneaky Tue, 05 May 2009 21:21:23 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=11004#comment-274560 "The autonomic nervous system with its sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions.", and "The spinal cord.", and "Lateral view of the human brain in cross section." - Prog rock. All the way. "Behavioral States" - Psychadelic "Human Origins" - early Metal with some psychadelia in it, i.e. "Troll Music" "Buffon's 'centers of creation.'"" - later Sabbath "Population Interactions and Communities" - Prog rock but probably modern Screamo (favorite #1) "Plant Hormones" - early Prog rock with some Psychadelia in it, i.e. "Hobbit Music"(favorite #2) "Nerve net system of the fresh-water coelenterate Hydra. " - Prog rock. "Composite schematic diagram of the human spermatozoan greatly enlarged." - Early butt metal "The Cover" - hippy shit “The autonomic nervous system with its sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions.”, and “The spinal cord.”, and “Lateral view of the human brain in cross section.” – Prog rock. All the way.
“Behavioral States” – Psychadelic
“Human Origins” – early Metal with some psychadelia in it, i.e. “Troll Music”
“Buffon’s ‘centers of creation.’”” – later Sabbath
“Population Interactions and Communities” – Prog rock but probably modern Screamo (favorite #1)
“Plant Hormones” – early Prog rock with some Psychadelia in it, i.e. “Hobbit Music”(favorite #2)
“Nerve net system of the fresh-water coelenterate Hydra. ” – Prog rock.
“Composite schematic diagram of the human spermatozoan greatly enlarged.” – Early butt metal
“The Cover” – hippy shit

]]> By: Preachy Preach http://crookedtimber.org/2009/05/05/groovy-prog-rock-wannabe-biology-text-from-72-i-dont-know-what-else-to-call-the-post/comment-page-1/#comment-274464 Preachy Preach Tue, 05 May 2009 15:41:43 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=11004#comment-274464 The edition of Hecht's Optics I used at college had a surprisingly eccentric choice of images for an otherwise staid textbook on, well, the most mind-numbingly dull area of physics. The edition of Hecht’s Optics I used at college had a surprisingly eccentric choice of images for an otherwise staid textbook on, well, the most mind-numbingly dull area of physics.

]]> By: norbizness http://crookedtimber.org/2009/05/05/groovy-prog-rock-wannabe-biology-text-from-72-i-dont-know-what-else-to-call-the-post/comment-page-1/#comment-274462 norbizness Tue, 05 May 2009 15:37:20 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=11004#comment-274462 It's more Yellow Submarine than Tales From Topographic Oceans or In The Wake of Poseidon. But textbook art is always a lagging indicator, so we'd just have to see what grooviness awaited us in 1977. It’s more Yellow Submarine than Tales From Topographic Oceans or In The Wake of Poseidon. But textbook art is always a lagging indicator, so we’d just have to see what grooviness awaited us in 1977.

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