Someone explain this to me.

[sonidero]

i find it simpler just to buy pointy shoes

Hells yeah...

[Doctor X]

that is darwin's theory of natural selection, proved conclusively

[Holy Schnikes]

Those Van Halen Chucks® are almost as repulsive as that contraption in the OP.

[Mudfuzz]

I will NEVER get Van Halen's popularity...

[Holy Schnikes]

i find it simpler just to buy pointy shoes

Hells yeah...

These boots, on the other hand, are one of the greatest things I've ever seen. I wanna get some asap and go dancing or something equally obnoxious. Square Dancing maybe, ahhh, those tips would flub up the whole process, will rule. Bowling even, line fouls all night. The options are endless really.

To clarify, I never dance but I will if I get those babies.

[Holy Schnikes]

I will NEVER get Van Halen's popularity...

Me either! One had to personally "live" it to comprehend it I suppose...

[Mudfuzz]

I will NEVER get Van Halen's popularity...

Me either! One had to personally "live" it to comprehend it I suppose...

I guess... but like that one song everyone loves sooo much.. it sounds like someone practicing nothing more...

[behndy]

ugh.

[ryan summit]

Those Van Halen Chucks® are almost as repulsive as that contraption in the OP.

damn you schnikes
i have nothin else to say in this thread
i was gonna say lame instead of repulsive
if i go see a band
and the guitarist shows up with either of those things
im not yelling for an encore

[theavondon]

i find it simpler just to buy pointy shoes

Hells yeah...

These boots, on the other hand, are one of the greatest things I've ever seen. I wanna get some asap and go dancing or something equally obnoxious. Square Dancing maybe, ahhh, those tips would flub up the whole process, will rule. Bowling even, line fouls all night. The options are endless really.

To clarify, I never dance but I will if I get those babies.

Dude...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veQkt4tS0Tc[/youtube]

[tuffteef]

If I could honestly break down the logic of that contraption for you Owen I honestly would.

[Rob Fossil]

I will NEVER get Van Halen's popularity...

Ahhh young Grasshopper, you did indeed need to "live it". Let me take you back to a time called 1978. The the Guitar Gods were of a different age (the 60's), they were the Old Gods, Hendrix, Clapton, Page, among other minor deities. Then one day, a mighty roar emanated from radio speakers, a sound familiar, yet entirely new, a song of the old guard (You Really Got Me), twisted, streamlined, and supercharged. It was like someone had shown up to a chariot race in a muscle car. Young minds were blown as the sound reached the four corners of the earth. It was a sound of the New God, a sound that made the faithful turn their backs on the old ways. And the message that the Mouth of the New God was spouting in tandem with the New God's sound, Party! Party! Party! It was a siren song no dirtbag who had seen less than 20 winters could resist.

The New God's power grew, into the dawn of the 80's, a time of wanton excess, a time of imported beer and eight-balls, a time tailor made for the sound of the New God. Then, around the time if the fifth album, the New God's luster started to fade. A plague of pretenders and imitators poisoned the soundscape. You could not escape the sound, for it was easy to replicate but difficult to replicate well. Both the New God and his Mouth's power became diminished and the Mouth tried to overthrow the New God and was cast down into the fiery pit of Cliche. A shadow spread across the land that emanated from So Cal, covering all but college radio, until a new beacon shone bright from Seattle and the New God's reign was finally at an end and New God joined Old. But the Old Gods die hard and the faithful pray for their return and the return of the joys that they brought unto them, but fear not, the old guard fades to dust eventually and the Old Gods are resigned to the pages of history.



Oh yeah, the contraption in the OP looks ridiculous.

[12am_shift]

BUT THE SLIDY BUTTONS

[dubkitty]

You could not escape the sound, for it was easy to replicate but difficult to replicate well.

i think this is what killed post-rock, too...it's not easy to be Tortoise, gybe! or Tristeza, but it's easy enough to be a mediocre reflection that it kills the appeal of the original.

[Grrface]

You could not escape the sound, for it was easy to replicate but difficult to replicate well.

i think this is what killed post-rock, too...it's not easy to be Tortoise, gybe! or Tristeza, but it's easy enough to be a mediocre reflection that it kills the appeal of the original.

Fair enough, but I feel like post-rock is slowly moving away from those sort of bands. Bands like Caspian, If These Trees Could Talk, and Gifts From Enola have all come out with incredible albums this year, and they avoid that whole "washy guitars climaxing eventually" for the most part.