Should I ask Agnes out on a date?

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  • OffSheGoes35
    OffSheGoes35 Posts: 3,517
    edited June 2019
    No
    JPPJ84 said:
    a true classic 😎
    :rock_on: 

    Great, now the emoticon gods hate me.
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  • OffSheGoes35
    OffSheGoes35 Posts: 3,517
    No
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Yeah, that is when he performed for i the original artist at some... event... 

    Here is his studio cover which I like:

    https://youtu.be/NFVyBn8JWvM

    Here are the lyrics:

    The Cheops Pyramid

    I am one of those who slave at king Cheops' pyramid,
    it is we who work down by the foot.
    We toil and we sweat, not to lose time,
    and it's sad about those who don't fill the quota.
     
    Once you've come here,
    you'll never be free again,
    if you end up here, you end up in the pit.
    But about the king they say he is the son of the sun.
     
    Behind fifteen double bolts, behind fifteen double locks
    the opulent hold court in the halls of power.
    Here nothing is threatening, here nothing is bothering.
    Here the thoughts and the rooms are equally cool.
     
    And if someone has to die
    or some are to get a beating
    there are others who can carry out the orders.
    Here the cries of angst and the wails are never heard.
     
    So it seems like in every time period and among all types of people,
    there are those who want to build pyramids,
    where they themselves sit at the top and hold the power in their hands,
    whilst those living below they obey
     
    But if those who's up there in the sky
    no longer want to understand
    but despises all of those who provides them with food,
    then the pyramids will in the end become their graves.

    I like the studio version too, glad you posted it! Thank you very much, Mr. Translator. I'm going to give it another listen.
  • Renfield
    Renfield NYC NY Posts: 1,054
    edited June 2019
    benjs said:
    Renfield said:
    njnancy said:
    OffSheGoes35 said:
    Did you enjoy listening to the songs @njnancy ? I did. That's all I wanted. Even if you only enjoyed listening to the ones you picked. :) 

    https://youtu.be/7E0Cn76NPKU


    If I only watched my own videos that would be like only reading my own posts. :confused: No make sense @OffSheGoes35 .

    I love seeing other people's choices, and some stuff that's new to me. 

    BTW @Renfield - nice pick on Tom Waits 'Marsha'. 
    Thank you ☺️ 

    Are you a Tom Waits fan? Every time I listen to Martha it breaks a small piece of my heart. The whole album is wonderful, Closing Time, his debut album.

    As an fyi... Tom Waits influenced my forum name. He played the character R.M. Renfield in the 1992 version of Bram Stokers Dracula
    So brilliantly demented :)

    Love Closing Time so much. Alice, Bawlers (of Bawlers, Brawlers, and Bastards), Small Change, Real Gone are regular rotations for me as well - the dude is a genius. If anyone hasn’t seen his Press Announcement where he announced the Glitter and Doom tour, it’s absolutely fantastic - https://youtu.be/EOrG1r3S6ZA
    That is fabulous-pure unadulterated genius!

    Do you know what tour it was when he was asked why certain states were chosen and he said something like “someone owes us money in Kentucky” etc...
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  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    edited June 2019
    Pfft
    Post edited by hedonist on
  • OffSheGoes35
    OffSheGoes35 Posts: 3,517
    No
    Hey Spiritual, what about "Centralmassivet"? It has an interesting sound and I'm wondering what the song is actually about. No hurry, just whenever you get the chance, please.
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,505
    edited June 2019
    OffSheGoes35 said:
    Hey Spiritual, what about "Centralmassivet"? It has an interesting sound and I'm wondering what the song is actually about. No hurry, just whenever you get the chance, please.
    Oh, the latest album. Recorded in the famous Berlin Hansa studio I believe. His lyrics turned more Jeff-Ament-ish on that. More random lines. More abstract. Introspective. My friend called it "lazy".

    The title song Centralmassivet lyrics:

    The Central Massive (I think this is an area in Spain...)

    We are ordinary, we are just anyone
    Oh, we are stars
    We are an empty paper, we are
    a thursday afternoon
    at the window table

    Somehow I found an empty corridor
    I went in and never, wanted to leave
    This feeling, that everything there was important
    Yes, the feeling that everything shines
    A silver lake

    If we ever have needed a miracle
    Then, let it come now

    Some nights I talk endlessly 
    Others, I can't even get out a word
    Roslagsgatan (read: street in the centre of Stockholm) up through Siberia
    The basement, where we hanged
    The North gate, The fireworks

    No reason to sleep now, right?
    Here it just keeps going, never ends
    Come on, come on, come one
    Come on and bleed
    But don't bleed too much

    If we ever have needed a miracle
    Then, let it come now

    I think something great is coming
    I think something great is coming
    Shake the mirror slowly turn it upside down
    Go on the straight line
    Shake the mirror once again

    If you ever have needed
    It is now, now now

    We are ordinary, we are just anyone
    Oh, we are stars
    Post edited by Spiritual_Chaos on
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • OffSheGoes35
    OffSheGoes35 Posts: 3,517
    No
    Well, I love it. The music, the lyrics, his voice, all of it. 
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,505
    OffSheGoes35 said:
    Well, I love it. The music, the lyrics, his voice, all of it. 
    Come to Sweden (or Denmark, or Norway I guess) next time he tours? :)
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,505
    OffSheGoes35 said:
    Well, I love it. The music, the lyrics, his voice, all of it. 
    Maybe give his live album a try, I like the soundscapes. Dig his guitarplayer/oil drum hitter:

    https://open.spotify.com/album/5pRgJMAvKqgNi2b0ILa4Oc
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • OffSheGoes35
    OffSheGoes35 Posts: 3,517
    No
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    OffSheGoes35 said:
    Well, I love it. The music, the lyrics, his voice, all of it. 
    Come to Sweden (or Denmark, or Norway I guess) next time he tours? :)
    I probably wouldn't want to leave. Lol

    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    OffSheGoes35 said:
    Well, I love it. The music, the lyrics, his voice, all of it. 
    Maybe give his live album a try, I like the soundscapes. Dig his guitarplayer/oil drum hitter:

    https://open.spotify.com/album/5pRgJMAvKqgNi2b0ILa4Oc
    Thanks, I will listen to that when I get home.
  • OffSheGoes35
    OffSheGoes35 Posts: 3,517
    No
    Now, how are we going to get this thread back on track? What do you think, @Spiritual_Chaos ?
  • njnancy
    njnancy Posts: 5,096
    Yes
    You guys should take this conversation to PM. This ain't no chatroom, it's the Agnes thread! (no appropriate emoji to insert due to forum neglect)
  • Renfield
    Renfield NYC NY Posts: 1,054
    Perhaps Todd Rundgren can help get the thread back on track
  • OffSheGoes35
    OffSheGoes35 Posts: 3,517
    No
    I know it's not a chatroom. I'm trying to right my wrong. I just don't have a topic in mind.
  • OffSheGoes35
    OffSheGoes35 Posts: 3,517
    No
    Maybe the married people could tell us lovely qualities about their spouses, since we focus on single people a lot.

  • OffSheGoes35
    OffSheGoes35 Posts: 3,517
    No
    "lovely qualities"? Gross! Just tell us whatever you want, married people. :-)
  • OffSheGoes35
    OffSheGoes35 Posts: 3,517
    No
    @njnancy 
    You scared S_C off with your PM suggestion. Damn it woman. 
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,505
    Waiting for a friend. Beer and some food this hot-hot-hotter-than-hell day. 
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • OffSheGoes35
    OffSheGoes35 Posts: 3,517
    edited June 2019
    No
    He's lying, he was really scared about the PM suggestion. He's eating strawberry ice cream in his couch. ;-)

    Post edited by OffSheGoes35 on
  • njnancy
    njnancy Posts: 5,096
    Yes
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Waiting for a friend. Beer and some food this hot-hot-hotter-than-hell day. 
    That was a Kiss reference - I caught that. I admit - I have Alive! and Destroyer. 

    https://youtu.be/j5C0BXd59m0

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