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You're a square by Ray of Light 04/28/2008, 11:56am PDT
40 Days. 40 Fights. This song gave me an idea in 2002 that developed into a two-minute bit about how some people like to characterize their intimacy with conflict. I give it in response to a girl saying she and boyfriend X used to fight a lot. I say that tends to shorten relationships (40 days) and that that is very sad [pause for empathy], then hypothesize the key is finding someone with whom you can fight in a sustainable way [examine her eyes for signs of glinting].

I Checks My Bank. Imagine 1994 Japan's reaction to our fascination with Mix-a-lot. Pretty easy thing to imagine, right? How Unjapanese we were back then! To have needed a song to sell concepts like ass and bank. To me, SMaL was a normal guy who talked about normal things. His later work exhibits shock and delight that everyone found him so relevant.

Got Thunder Road (live) on cassette when I was 11 (and never heard the studio version until I bought the CD as an adult). I think this was the first song where I rewound the same 8-second section ("my car's out back ... but the ride ain't free") over and over again until I could sound exactly like the singer.

Being Cool is a song that anyone can make sound pretty good. It can also be delivered on the sly, starting slow and building to a preacher's cadence.

Object and the album it rode in on trolled some fuck out of the (venerable) BBC's James Young:
A pitch perfect facsimile of heavy rock whose deft turns of phrase cover a litany of swearing and sexist rubbish that is both puerile and wearing. Irony is used as cover to say 'f**k' on record… for the 11th Album in a row. Surely, Ween fan, the joke must wear thin? And do we need anyone to point out that rock is a misogynistic genre? Similarly, [to something else halfway up the page --ray], "Object" contains the plain nasty 'You’re just a piece of meat and I’m the butcher'.
bbc.co.uk forum poster keefe:

If REM or Radiohead wrote the song, "Object," James Young would write: creepy, original, and perfect. Instead he misses the point. Shape up, kid. It's ok to write disturbing lyrics if the narrator is a serial-killer. Or did you miss that? Uk may lack in Ween fans, but not in milquetoast wankers wasting BBC gigs.


The Cramps! I still sometimes lol when he gets to "Did I mention I'm in a band?"

That's side A, Zseni. (Frankly,) I don't feel you are ready for side B.
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when times get tough, the tough make mixtapes on a website called muxtape by so I made one anonymously 04/27/2008, 4:51pm PDT NEW
    RUUUUUUUUAAAAAAAAAAAA I disapprove NT by Grumah 04/27/2008, 6:33pm PDT NEW
    The Pogues NT by Fussbett 04/27/2008, 11:38pm PDT NEW
    Fuck, I actually agree with this one. NT by I need clarification 04/27/2008, 11:50pm PDT NEW
    Ugh. NT by Zsenitigole 04/28/2008, 12:00am PDT NEW
        The things you like are good. Things you hate are better. NT by Ray of Light 04/28/2008, 12:08am PDT NEW
            If Square made a game about your music, it would be called Legends Of Blandia. NT by Zsenitigole 04/28/2008, 10:14am PDT NEW
                You're a square by Ray of Light 04/28/2008, 11:56am PDT NEW
                    "I still sometimes lol" kill yourself and have your CDs buried with you. NT by Zsenitenzan 04/28/2008, 12:00pm PDT NEW
                        All my CD's are recyclable (carbon footprint). Do you have a webcam? NT by Ray of Light 04/28/2008, 12:14pm PDT NEW
                            "I still sometimes lol" NT by Zsenitenzan 04/28/2008, 1:16pm PDT NEW
                                And she held not curiosity, nor promise, but reflections of these by Ray of Light 04/28/2008, 2:32pm PDT NEW
                                    "I still sometimes lol" "I think women are interested in me" NT by Zsenitenzan 04/28/2008, 3:28pm PDT NEW
                                        Zseni will never win because Ray seems earnest and she will always appear by Quentin Beck 04/28/2008, 4:02pm PDT NEW
                                            "Women who don't accept me are BROKEN (ruuuuuuuuuuuu)." NT by Zsenitenzan 04/28/2008, 4:16pm PDT NEW
                                        I just explained exactly why you're not by Ray of Light 04/28/2008, 4:45pm PDT NEW
                                            Re: I just explained exactly why you're not by Choson 04/28/2008, 5:02pm PDT NEW
                                                I've got a post you would find personally irritating right here (dream on). NT by Ray of Light 04/28/2008, 6:06pm PDT NEW
                                                    Re: I've got a post you would find personally irritating right here (dream on). by Choson 04/29/2008, 12:51am PDT NEW
                                                        Post is {metaphor,similie,analogy} for penis; Personally is metaphor for anally NT by The Metaphoracle 04/29/2008, 10:19am PDT NEW
                                                            So is it a metaphor or a "similie"? Which is it? by Choson 04/29/2008, 11:41am PDT NEW
                                                                Choson has literally found a typo NT by The Metaphoracle 04/29/2008, 12:33pm PDT NEW
                                                                    literally NT by Choson 04/29/2008, 1:31pm PDT NEW
                                            A start: you should puncture your eardrums and slit your throat, then be burned NT by on a pile of your "music" - Zsenite 04/28/2008, 5:19pm PDT NEW
                                                You fear me for no reason. Do not be afraid. NT by Ray of Light 04/28/2008, 6:02pm PDT NEW
                                                    "I have control of this discussion and you don't." NT by Zsenitenzan 04/28/2008, 6:07pm PDT NEW
                                                        Ah. In that case, let's rent a car together. Or a dirtbike. You can drive first. NT by Ray of Light 04/28/2008, 6:13pm PDT NEW
                                                            "I've got my eye on the prize, HONEY." NT by Zsenitenzan 04/28/2008, 6:16pm PDT NEW
                                                                me too NT by Ray of Light 04/28/2008, 6:24pm PDT NEW
                                                                This is where Zseni lost it and is just posting stuff now, hoping it means somet NT by I need clarification 04/28/2008, 10:56pm PDT NEW
                                                                    Re: This is where Zseni lost it and is just posting stuff now, hoping it means s by I need clarification 04/29/2008, 12:58am PDT NEW
                                                                        Re: This is where Zseni lost it and is just posting stuff now, hoping it means s NT by I need clarification 04/29/2008, 3:05pm PDT NEW
                                                Why dislike Ray? NT by Souffle of Pain 04/28/2008, 6:06pm PDT NEW
                                                    Charity Guy:Creexuls :: Ray:Women NT by Zsenitenzan 04/28/2008, 6:09pm PDT NEW
                                                        We're still good though, right? NT by Souffle of Pain - not a Creexulss 04/28/2008, 6:21pm PDT NEW
                                                            I'll take that as a "yes, babe!" NT by Souffle of Pain 04/29/2008, 2:35am PDT NEW
                                                        :: Chuck Yeager:The airplanes that tried to kill him by Ray of Light 04/28/2008, 6:22pm PDT NEW
                                                            Man you just keep digging. by Zsenitenzan 04/28/2008, 6:25pm PDT NEW
                                                                I am digging this by Ray of Light 04/28/2008, 6:34pm PDT NEW
                                                                    "I can be intimate with you whether you want it or not and there's no way to sto NT by Zsenitenzan 04/28/2008, 6:35pm PDT NEW
                                                                        This is like when a visitor to the Enterprise got angry at Counsellor TroI for NT by Ray of Light 04/28/2008, 6:40pm PDT NEW
                                                                            You need to kill yourself now instead of talking. NT by Zsenitenzan 04/28/2008, 7:00pm PDT NEW
                                                                                Ah. In that case, let's rent a car together. Or a dirtbike. You can drive first. NT by The Very Best of Ray of Light 04/28/2008, 7:31pm PDT NEW
                                    Re: And she held not curiosity, nor promise, but reflections of these by Choson 04/28/2008, 3:28pm PDT NEW
 
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