hot breasts and manowar musings
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wickedfleaYou can take the boy out of the South, but . . . I hardly ever eat fried chicken, but every once in a while I get a powerful hankerin' for it. I've been craving it for days, so I finally went to Popeye's tonight and scored some spicy breasts and cajun rice. I still can't believe they have Popeye's chicken up here, but I'm very glad. Still no Waffle Houses, though . . .
I was feeling all triumphant after Friday's good news, so I busted out the Manowar CDs and went driving. Manowar is -- oh, how best to describe them? Let's see . . . well, most of their album covers look a lot like this:
and the band looks something like this:
and, I'm afraid, most of the band's fans look a great deal like this guy (the old one):
If you haven't guessed by now, I'll let you in on a little secret: Manowar plays heavy metal. Yes, it's true. And most of Manowar's songs are about -- well, heavy metal. They're known for such chestnuts as "Metal Daze" and "Kings of Metal."
They're probably the dumbest band in the world (except for, you know, The Moldy Peaches), but I just can't shake them. I'll go a couple of years without listening to them and think it's finally over, but then, when I least expect it, I'll inexplicably pull out Fighting the World and rock out to some "Black Wind, Fire, and Steel." And suddenly I'm sixteen again -- pounding my fist and headbanging like a fool. Manowar is really good at making people act like fools. One day in 1994, I came home from work to the sounds of Manowar blaring throughout the house. I walked into the dining room, and there was my roommate standing in front of a full-length mirror and performing his best rock-star poses. If I had been the cruel sort, I would have told all our friends, but I couldn't do that. I understood.
Weird side note: Orson Welles did speaking parts for a couple of Manowar songs. It's true. He was allegedly a Manowar fan, but I find that a little hard to believe. He probably did those songs while in the same dire financial straits that reduced him to doing those Gallo wine commercials.
I was feeling all triumphant after Friday's good news, so I busted out the Manowar CDs and went driving. Manowar is -- oh, how best to describe them? Let's see . . . well, most of their album covers look a lot like this:
and the band looks something like this:
and, I'm afraid, most of the band's fans look a great deal like this guy (the old one):
If you haven't guessed by now, I'll let you in on a little secret: Manowar plays heavy metal. Yes, it's true. And most of Manowar's songs are about -- well, heavy metal. They're known for such chestnuts as "Metal Daze" and "Kings of Metal."
They're probably the dumbest band in the world (except for, you know, The Moldy Peaches), but I just can't shake them. I'll go a couple of years without listening to them and think it's finally over, but then, when I least expect it, I'll inexplicably pull out Fighting the World and rock out to some "Black Wind, Fire, and Steel." And suddenly I'm sixteen again -- pounding my fist and headbanging like a fool. Manowar is really good at making people act like fools. One day in 1994, I came home from work to the sounds of Manowar blaring throughout the house. I walked into the dining room, and there was my roommate standing in front of a full-length mirror and performing his best rock-star poses. If I had been the cruel sort, I would have told all our friends, but I couldn't do that. I understood.
Weird side note: Orson Welles did speaking parts for a couple of Manowar songs. It's true. He was allegedly a Manowar fan, but I find that a little hard to believe. He probably did those songs while in the same dire financial straits that reduced him to doing those Gallo wine commercials.
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Hahahaha!
Date: 2002-05-20 07:26 pm (UTC)I had no idea that was Orson Welles! I always wondered who owned that voice. Heh.
p.s. I had a vision today that there would be a Government Mule Blvd. eventually.
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Re: Hahahaha!
One day, my friend, when the world becomes sane . . .
Man-O-WaaaRR!!!
Date: 2002-05-21 06:01 pm (UTC)How in hades does that band have so many records?
What you need is a Chicken and Waffle house! I can't tell you how good Roscoe's C & Ws is. It's one of the better reasons to live in CA.
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Date: 2003-12-01 09:22 am (UTC)Anyhow, this girl that is singing for our Bourbon Queen band is ALL into Manowar! She is bringing some out for us to hear tonight. Guess they did a thing with 2 basses? Dude! I'm scared!
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Date: 2003-12-02 12:42 pm (UTC)I didn't know about the two basses! But Joey DeMaio plays one bass like it's two--he's insane. And he has all these fucked-up eight- and twelve-strings and piccolo basses. I thought I was gonna shit the first time I heard him play the William Tell Overture.
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Date: 2003-12-02 12:57 pm (UTC)