I'm a little on edge. The hippies behind me are at it again. A horrible singer with rather limited chops is leading his people in rousing renditions of Elton John's "Rocket Man", ACDC's "You Shook Me All Night Long" and, the worst of all, "Amie" by the Pure Prairie League. Just going by their song choices for their damn love-in tells you how lame they are as hippies. I don't hate hippies in general. I try to give them the same consideration in regards to their chosen freak flag as I would anybody else. I just hate bad hippies. And this shit is bad. Rudimentary acoustic guitar accompanied by the most rhythmically challenged drumming and tambourine bashing that you can possibly imagine.
Somehow I started poking around and ran into a Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love", and then Johnny Burnette and the Rock 'n' Roll Trio's "Train Kept A Rollin'", both of which I've heard a million times, as I'm sure you have. But I was looking for a distraction from the ambient cluelessness wafting through the neighborhood, so I opened both songs and listened to them simultaneously. It doesn't matter that the beats don't match or any of that. It was just a bunch of crunchy guitar noise, and the louder I made it, the more it seemed the perfect thing to hear. It's horrible. It's fantastic. I'm going to go rent a P.A.
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Listen:Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love mp3 at Semmicco (?)
Johnny Burnette and the Rock 'n' Roll Trio - Train Kept A Rollin' mp3 at Beware of the Blog
4 comments:
My deepest sympathies Tom! Neighbors with crappy musical palates and ditto skills is nothing new to us slum-dwellers… We once had a guy learning to play the saxophone next door, which really cemented that devilish combo of reed and brass as my least favorite instrument (not saying it can't be done right, but most of the time I'd say it's not)… And a couple Christmases ago – after enduring hours of "neighborly" ghettoblasted Latin Pop – I ended up shoving the face of my speakers up against the wall and serving the partying bastard(s) a Double Helping of Dub ( think I topped it off with som Industrial Abrasiveness too – JK Flesh, most likely).
Never really listened to the Country Rock of The Pure Prairie League before, but hearing "Aime" now – and becoming increasingly annoyed with it's bland "down-hominess" – I can easily imagine how it can be turned into a real testicle-twister in the wrong hands. I actually have a stacked PA (18" subs) standing around doing nothing, and I swear I would've sent the kids straight over with it if I lived anywhere near you.
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Yo' E,
I always have to stop myself from getting into a battle of the sound systems with these neighbors of shitty tastes, because believe me, I have the arsenal. I don't want to piss off the more considerate neighbors I have, but it is oh so tempting. Maybe dig out the ol' hardcore? Or NWA? Or some heavy duty industrial? Or maybe a thousand decibel mix of Hasil Adkins and the Shaggs? I'm licking my chops over here...
Weapons of mass distruction and the lives of innocent bystanders…I understand, Tom; it's a conscience issue. This is why I'm packing as much Rockwool as I can afford into these quadruple-layered gypsum/chipboard walls (and floors!)! And speaking of Big (Audio) Guns, I was reminded of a little clip (from 2001) I recently stumbled across – watch it here (might be a short commercial first, so wait for it):
http://mobil.rb.no/tv/3-13C685AA.html
Not shure how brushed up your Norwegian is Tom, but just to guide you along, here's a helpful brief;
– YES he's been tinkering on this (2-8 hours every day) since Dec. 1983…
– NO, he's not storing pre-painted parts for New Dehli bus companies, and NO, he does not work for Santa… but YES, he does confess to having his own "imisj" (/image)…
– YES, it's 18 meters long (no info on the weight though)…
– YES, the output effect mentioned is staggering 2x20'000 Watts…
– YES, two thirds of this monster inhabits a neighboring room (and YES, I could be heard laughing out loud when this journalistic tidbit was revealed)…
– YES, the small (2x12W) portable (check out the lights!), is for going to the beach!
e.
That blinking of his tells me something and I'm not sure what. Maybe he secretly picks up stray animals and blows their eardrums out. Who the hell knows. I wouldn't want to be anywhere near that ticking time bomb when it goes off. What do you want to bet that he listens to insanely mellow music? All that said, he is a bit of a freak, so, yeah, I guess he'd get ground support from this corner.
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