Merkin Ball. Why?

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  • encompassing trip
    encompassing trip Columbia SC Posts: 160
    Alessiana wrote:
    I Got Shit is CRAP.

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    I can't comprehend that. You're joking right? Probably the most poetic emotional song written. And the guitar....I love the whammy bend.
  • merkinball
    merkinball Posts: 2,262
    Alessiana wrote:
    Eddie knows EXACTLY what it means. If there's another intimate meaning then it's one of his famous double entendres. This one is funny, but maybe you have to be more than a little off center to appreciate it. I do. I think it's hilarious.

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    I agree 100%. Great title. Great disc.
    "You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.

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  • restlesssoul
    restlesssoul Posts: 6,952
    twilighthummer wrote:
    Hey - it also says :

    In gay slang, "merkin" is often used to refer to a man who dates (or occasionally one who marries) a lesbian, usually for the purpose of making her appear heterosexual for various social reasons.

    Chew on that.


    now thats messed up.
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  • SoonForgotten2
    SoonForgotten2 Posts: 2,245
    Alessiana wrote:
    Long Road is, but I Got Shit is CRAP.

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    Come on, you can't really mean that. I could understand if you were referring to the live versions against the studio (I wouldn't totally agree, but could understand)... but I Got Shit is a perfect studio track. It really doesn't get much better than that.
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  • LONGRD
    LONGRD Posts: 6,036
    N2Deep wrote:
    1. merkinball

    an old term that means a stand or holder for a pubic hair wig, also a pearl jam single

    http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=merkinball

    LOL..they got it wrong...it's actually an EP, not a song.
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  • Alessiana
    Alessiana Posts: 329
    SoonForgotten2 wrote:
    Come on, you can't really mean that. I could understand if you were referring to the live versions against the studio (I wouldn't totally agree, but could understand)... but I Got Shit is a perfect studio track. It really doesn't get much better than that.

    ROFL

    Of course it's crap.


    ps. This is a long running thread in RM. It's the board's #1 song as in, "the best". So we insult it as a joke. People list ridiculous reasons why it's crap. Man, you should have seen me arguing this one before someone clued me in. I felt stupid. lol

    I miss it there for the humor and a lot of reasons.

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    Aless

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  • SoonForgotten2
    SoonForgotten2 Posts: 2,245
    Alessiana wrote:
    ROFL

    Of course it's crap.


    ps. This is a long running thread in RM. It's the board's #1 song as in, "the best". So we insult it as a joke. People list ridiculous reasons why it's crap. Man, you should have seen me arguing this one before someone clued me in. I felt stupid. lol

    I miss it there for the humor and a lot of reasons.

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    Oh. Phew! That's a relief then. I mean there are some blazingly mad people around here, but some things just cross the line ;)
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  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    because the band are nowhere near as humourless as the press would have us believe and they were making a point.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • Alessiana
    Alessiana Posts: 329
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    because the band are nowhere near as humourless as the press would have us believe and they were making a point.

    Making a point to the press. We were never confused.

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  • Alessiana
    Alessiana Posts: 329
    SoonForgotten2 wrote:
    Oh. Phew! That's a relief then. I mean there are some blazingly mad people around here, but some things just cross the line ;)

    Oh I agree. I went nuts. It went on for so long with multiple people saying stuff, I thought something seriously wrong had happened to PJ fans in the past year and I hated the whole lot of you.

    Then I was clued in.

    If I could I'd get our list of why it's a bad song but it's down so I can't. I think we had 30 reasons or something, all ridiculous.

    Here are examples.

    He should have titled the song I Got Shit instead Of I Got ID. I Got ID reveals them to be a pussy band, afraid to say what they really mean.

    I "got" Shit is bad grammar. He should have said, I have shit, I had shit, or I shat.

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  • NC_Irie
    NC_Irie Posts: 270
    I dont see too many posts on Mirrorball. I love Merkinball, but have never heard any tracks from Mirrorball. I like Neil, but never been a huge fan, hence not having heard Merkinball.

    Just curious what peeps think of this release from a PJ perspective? I know they are playing as a back up band for Neil on the disc, but can you really hear the PJ influence?
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  • restlesssoul
    restlesssoul Posts: 6,952
    NC_Irie wrote:
    I dont see too many posts on Mirrorball. I love Merkinball, but have never heard any tracks from Mirrorball. I like Neil, but never been a huge fan, hence not having heard Merkinball.

    Just curious what peeps think of this release from a PJ perspective? I know they are playing as a back up band for Neil on the disc, but can you really hear the PJ influence?


    you should pick them up and listen to them. there is a track with eddie on mirrorball too...and DOWNTOWN....! im the ocean, throw your hatred down, song x, the list goes on, its awesome...really good. peace and love....
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  • NC_Irie
    NC_Irie Posts: 270
    sounds like its worth the listen.

    thanks man.
    Empty pockets will allow a greater sense of wealth.
    Why contain yourself like any other book on the shelf?

    Subtle voices in the wind hear the truth they're telling.
    A world begins where the road ends.
    Watch me leave it all behind.
  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    Alessiana wrote:
    Making a point to the press. We were never confused.

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    that's what I was saying
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    Alessiana wrote:
    I "got" Shit is bad grammar. He should have said, I have shit, I had shit, or I shat.
    thanks a bunch, you just made me spit out my drink :D
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • Alessiana
    Alessiana Posts: 329
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    thanks a bunch, you just made me spit out my drink :D

    :D

    We have a really warped sense of humor. It got better. I just don't remember.

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    Aless

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    Tell them.
  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    Alessiana wrote:
    :D

    We have a really warped sense of humor. It got better. I just don't remember.

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    If I got Shit had been called I Shat, it would probably be my favourite song :p
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • Alessiana
    Alessiana Posts: 329
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    If I got Shit had been called I Shat, it would probably be my favourite song :p

    Mildly scatological, are we?

    ; )

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    ****

    Aless

    Tell them you love them. Never let the mundane, the unimportant, or worse, the misunderstood, be the final words of parting.

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  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    Alessiana wrote:
    Mildly scatological, are we?

    ; )

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    not even a little bit :D it would just be a hilarious name
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • Alessiana
    Alessiana Posts: 329
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    not even a little bit :D it would just be a hilarious name

    William Shatner refers to himself as The Shat. Gotta give that man credit for a real sense of humor.

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    Aless

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