Messin' With 17

They've got big hairballs...

2011-08-29T21:01:00.000-07:00

Isn't that about the most revolting thought?

HAIRBALL: A Bombastic Celebration of Arena Rock!

Coverlist: Twisted Sister, Motley Crue, Poison, Queen, AC/DC, Prince, Aerosmith, Guns 'n' Roses, Van Halen, and Alice Cooper.

These guys... gotta admit, were an insane amount of fun. I mean, the freakin' crazy guitar player was pourin' the front row shots, y'know in the middle of suckin' it down himself.

They rocked the Grizzly Rose, a small venue, which automatically made the experience even more concentrated, personal, and intimate (though I'd never be intimate with any of those ugly bastards). Their strongest moments were when they just drove out plain flat-out rock. They started out the night with Twisted Sister, gettin' my fist pumping through the air screamin' "I WANNA ROCK!" Dead ringer for Dee Snider, the singer, and hilarious. I even gotta admit that the Motley Crue that followed was done justice, and got me movin' despite my bias.

Speaking of bias, I'm a girl that goes against Dane Cook's little Welcome to the Jungle speech. I want some serpentine to watch me scream, and dear god if my face weren't melted off I'd be shovin' the guy next to me against a wall (Mommy disclaimer: I'm talkin' 'bout the leather pants guy!). I don't throw the phrase "kick ass" around, but that couldn't have kicked your ass anymore than if you were watchin' Axl Rose himself rubber leg his scrawny butt around the stage and Slash rape the frets of his Les in blazing top hat style right in front of your face. Hands down, best part of the night.

AND speaking of serpentine, the Alice Cooper cover was great. I mean... freakin' creepy, but great. They had a big ol' snake, just like Alice, and I seriously felt bad for the poor thing. It got licked, bit, and put in that nasty old sod's mouth. The only thing sadder was the line of spit dripping into the skeleton head's mouth. *shudders* I was a total fan of that performance, and it was all cuz the frontman captured it. The icing on the cake of the entire Alice Cooper bit was the sword with baby dolls impaled on it. I laughed so hard, in my own demented way. Oh, and remember, "My dog bit me on the leg today, my cat clawed my BALLS!"

As my own guilty pleasure I had to do a little bit of "Magic Hips" when You Really Got Me by Van Halen cranked out. And damnit did the anticip---ation build with their own flavor of Eruption. He shone some moments, and others you knew only Eddie could do it right. The Kinks cover covered and covered again only lacked in frontmanship, as that simple sexy rhythm made my hips turn just like Davie baby's in the original video.

The encore was the epitome of straight out, crowd pleasing rock, and the namesake of this post: AC/DC. The classics were cranked, For Those About to Rock, Back in Black, and You Shook Me All Night Long... and I can't complain. Not a bit.

Notable People of the Night:

1) Leather Pants Guy-- the ONLY pair of leather pants I saw all night long. He had some freakin' Reb Beach hair, too... and was dancing more than me. That's sayin' somethin.' Cool guy; questionabley authentic hair.

2) Yuppie guy-- Spotted on our way into the venue, lookin' like your typical 80's rich jerk. I applaud you, sir. You go and rock that sweater tied around your shoulders, khakis, and aviator shades that he probably wore just to look like another weasel (Tom Cruise).

3) Freakin' Hyper Hat Guy-- This dude was dancing around like an idiot when the video reel was playing prior to the show... throwing his hat everywhere and running around without shoes. Oh! And flirting with slightly chubby, but best version of Madonna chick.

4) Madonna Chick-- We saw A LOT of Madonna broads... but she was the best one we saw. She didn't do the typical Madonna, overdoing all of the cliches Madonna set up... but she balanced out all the gloves and crosses and lace and wore something Madonna actually would wear. Past tense.

Get Your Sting and Blackout!

2010-05-21T20:59:00.000-07:00

Ridiculously exciting--

SCORPIONS ARE COMIN' TO COLORADO!!

You might be aware that this will be their last tour, for basically ever. They've decided to maintain the integrity of their music, and their 60 year old backs, and give the road a break. So I get to see them before they quit! I was really surprised too when I bought tickets because, first off, they weren't sold out, second I got really good seats, and three, they weren't mind blowingly expensive!

The venue information is here: Ticket Horse-- First Bank Center

My seats are in section 114, row 2. There's a layout of the venue at the link above, if you're curious to know how awesome those are ;D

Two tickets ended up costing me 155 bucks together, which really isn't bad for what the concert is. I think Van Halen was around that much--- like $75 each. Of course the seats weren't near as good, and it was in the Pepsi Center, so I couldn't remember half of the concert, due to the massive amounts of pot being smoked in contained quarters... Grr.

Click for Lyrics! =D

P.S. It says Moscow, but the poster made an acknowledged mistake.

I did get ahold of a set list for this baby,

(according to the opening show in Prague):

Intro

Sting In The Tail

Make It Real

Bad Boys Running Wild

Loving You Sunday Morning

Is There Anybody There

The Zoo

Coast To Coast

Animal Magnetism

Pictured Life

We'll Burn The Sky

Always Somewhere

Send Me An Angel

Holiday

Raised On Rock

The Good Die Young

Tease Me Please Me

321

*James Kottak drum solo*

Blackout

He's A Woman She's A Man

Big City Nights

ENCORES:

Still Loving You

Wind Of Change

Rock You Like A Hurricane

I love them because they're nuts :D

For more information: Click Here!

Also, just a little shout out to my buddy Kirt:

Get on those tickets man! It's a once in a lifetime thing,
and it would be the coolest if you could remember it with us!
I'll even loan ya some moneh!

Of course, that's if he EVER visits my blog. The bum. ;D

I Am So Into You... I Can't Get to Nothin' Else

2010-05-21T20:23:00.000-07:00

I'm so excited. 2010 is the year of awesome concerts!
Given, I'm only going to two...
But that's two more than I went to last summer.

As you may have guessed based upon the title of the post,

I get to see Atlanta Rhythm Section, at the Hudson Gardens!
The show is Sunday July 11.

Tickets are only $20-- so if you live in ol' Colorad-y, yer in luck ;D

Really that's all I know; I looked a little for a set list, but since it's kind of a low-key event, I'm assuming that I'll never find one.

Here's a little taste of some sweet stuff:

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Warning: pin-up type nekkid-ness.

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A more recent view:

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The story continues in...
Get Your Sting and Blackout!

And You'd Like to Be Another; A Different Guy and a Better Lover

2010-04-05T20:00:00.000-07:00

It was inevitable wasn't it? I mean... THE SCORPIONS!!??
So very underrated in America. *sigh* Most people would label them (and incorrectly might I add) "Hair Band". ARE YOU KIDDING ME??

The Scorpions started sometime in the mid-60's, just Klaus Meine (My-nay), Rudolph and Michael Schenker, Uli Roth and Wolfgang Can'tpronouncehisnameanyway. :P Actually it's Dziony.

Here's them in '72. It's ridiculous really, you can hardly recognize ol' Klaus!!

Click for Lyrics =D

Now, here's one of my favorites of their earlier stuff, Catch Your Train. I admit I probably would have never found it if it weren't for a blogger by the name of Eric Vandenberg-- who quoted Eddie Van Halen, "Man, his solos were STEAMING"-- talkin' about this song in specific.

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And steamin' it is... *love*

AND NOW FOR THE ZOO! =D
Footnote: and then there was MATTHIAS!! =D
Note: Nooo... I didn't put an actual moving video here, because all there was were live versions, which rocked, but I'm so incredibly partial to the straightforwardness of the original version. So, just crank up the volume and do the funky monkey in front of your mirror.

Go. Now. XD

Click for Lyrics =D

I would also like to point out that Iron Maiden does a pretty nice job covering the song. 'Course... Brucey doesn't sound like himself in it, which kinda was a bummer, but the guitar was great.

BONUS VIDEO: I stumbled upon this and I couldn't not post it. This chick is too perfect... my GOD, she's fantastic, and my new official hero for the day.

Click for Lyrics =D

One Day Ya Feel Quite Stable

2010-04-05T19:42:00.000-07:00

The Next You're Comin' off the Wall~

Ah... My crazy 16 year old life...
Sure, it's not as crazy and terrible as some people's, I've never been actually physically hurt or anything like that. But, it's been torrential in ways I'm not gonna say, just because it bites. Nonetheless things are ever-changing, and I've gotta let it ride. [Makes me think of Carry on Wayward Son (Kansas) and Let it Ride (BTO)]

Ugh... We're moving again, for only two months! Our new home consists of the trailer behind our old house-- which needs cleaned and renovated before we can move in. Then, September 1st, we're moving out of THERE, and I don't have a clue where we're going to live. *sigh* [Update: Turns out, we can't live anywhre better and cheaper, so, we're still there XD] At least I get to be gone for most of living there, since I'm going to Fresno, Vegas, and Nebraska for a month.

YAY. I get to go see my grandparents in Fresno, my best friends on the whole Earth in Vegas, and another one of my friends (with the ones in Vegas) in Hay Springs, Nebraska (some tiny town).

----GET ON WITH IT!!!!----

Right, so here are some awesome videos by the somewhat obscure, but insanely talented Saga:

BTW, LISTEN TO THEM LOUD!

Their most famous-in-America-actually-got-air-play-song, On the Loose.
I love this video... it ACTUALLY FITS with the song (what a concept, eh?). Michael Sadler will always impress me with his vocals--- goodness...

Click for Lyrics =D

Now this, oh, this. THIS is the BEST version of Pitchman EVER! It starts out, building all kinda of tension, making you think 'aw, come on, play somethin'' and then it just pounds into you and rips into that great guitar and synth. Bwahaha.

Click for Lyrics =D

*ish happeh*

Move Like a Cat, Charge Like a Ram

2010-04-05T19:35:00.000-07:00

Sting like a bee, oh babe, I wanna be your maan!

So, I've developed this almost new obsession with glam~ Slade... T.Rex... you name it.
Speaking of T.Rex and the super cool Marc Bolan-- I give you lovely people, 20th Century Boy:

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This was the first T.Rex song that I can recall hearing. I adore Marc Bolan, he was a master at taking the simplest things (like frickin' 12 bar blues) and making it pretty much amazing. I mean, Bang a Gong (Get it On), is PURE and SIMPLE dirty, 12 bar blues. I just wish more people would get "the blues in their shoes and their stockin's"...

Rant time: I hate all these people that think they're these big ol' metal heads, and rock fans, and they don't even understand that it's all based on the blues. I mean, I gueeesss I understand if you just don't like the blues, but you better not say that and then call yourself a Led Zeppelin fan. IT'S THE BLUES, PEOPLE!!

...Aye...

That's all I have to say about it, I mean, the video speaks for itself: He's a weird guy, who reminds me of Fez and Billy Squier's love-child (mostly at the "20th centuryy tooooy, I wanna be your boooy"--- parts).

Note: There was previously a link to a Bang a Gong (Get it On) tablature for guitar, but the site it was attached to is being idiotic, and I can't seem to find one another place, so you'll just have to wait for me to use my tab book to tab the song for you. Don't hold your breath.

"Don't you think I feel the pain?..."

2010-04-04T12:04:00.000-07:00

Sings: --Of makin' myself retch in a haaat!
I honestly make myself sick :P

Sooo, just got done watching Headed for a Heartbreak, by Winger on Youtube-- aaand, I have to say, I'm embarassed. For some odd reason, I actually like that song (despite my nuetrality towards Winger). I'm thiiinking it has something to do with the fact that Reb Beach does this really hot thing somewhere around 2:30. I SWEAR I ONLY LIKE THIS VIDEO BECAUSE OF REBBY!! (*lightning strikes*)

Anyways, I'm not going to shame myself by posting that video, you'll just have to search it out for yourself if you like that kind of disgusting-raptor-clawed-rugged-muscular-white-teethed lookin' guy--Kip, Kip-Kip, Kippy... Like I said, I'm in it for the li'l weasle Reb.

Truth is, embedding was disabled by our good friend YouTube.

Not only that, but I've found myself shamelessly visiting a place called Stardoll.com, which is pretty much for 12 year old girls. BUT My silly girly friend got me into it, and I seem to be enjoying scoping out 80's clothes, and putting them on a doll that's meant to be me, but end up looking a whole lot like a blonde Tawney Kitaen when it's all said and done. Username: rum_piratess.

Bleh.

Let's make this a short post, and make a new, mo' betta one, about something worth while.

Disclaimer: Wip Kinger...erm... Kip Winger, is actually a rather sexy man.

Sweet Little Baby, She's My Hotdog Bun

2010-04-04T11:53:00.001-07:00

That's right, I'm gettin obscure over here: Come Along by Salty Dog

Fantastic no?

Really though, I've been wanting to share this with everyone for a while, but getting new strings on my guitar kinda reminded me of it.

Lemme 'splain: I put new strings on the other night, but I wasn't digging their gauge very much, they were too thin and made the guitar sound all... girly and cold or something. Sooo, I decided this morning to put some thicker ones on, since I had two packs.

The two packs came in handy since I flamin' broke the 1st E string... I don't really know what I was thinkin'- my dad asked if I thought there was gonna be some magic moment where I would know not to twist anymore. Maybe so. :P

ANYWAY, when I put on one of the thicker strings and was getting it in tune, I hit a note that I swear was just like the little warmup bass part at the beginning of this video.

So, now I have 10-11-16-24-36-46 on my guitar. Very strange. Whereas if I had a complete set of the right ratio of gauges I would have either 9-11-16-24-32-42 or 10-13-17-26-36-46. Not that that really means much to anyone.

NOW, I can talk about the video :)

To tell you the truth, the only thing that is really that singular in the video is Michael Hannon (the bass player). Really, that's the highlight of the whole song beside the slutty lyrics. I like the backing vocals when good ol' Mike does the "come-a come-a come-a", with a weird expression on his face. It's pretty great.

Kinda funny (more like peculiar) story:

I remember being in the car with my dad and he started singing that song a little, more specifically a little deviation of "sweet little baby, she's my hotdog bun..". By the time I was 15 (probably 8 years or so after that) it had stuck in my memory as "Ya gonna be my baby, gonna be my hotdog bun?" I really wanted to use it in a song, but I had to make sure that it wasn't in that song already (plagiarism is bad)-- and that my dad was just making things up.

So, lo! and behold, thaaaat version of the lyric wasn't in the song; in fact I couldn't find a trace of it on any lyric site. I told my dad that it didn't even exist and he told me the actual song name, and I looked it up on YouTube (where they have pretty much EVERYTHING). Ta-dah! I found it, and it was the most fantastic guitar and set of slutty blues lyrics I'd ever heard (that wasn't from an old blues song).

Come On Baby, Finish What Ya Started

2010-04-04T11:40:00.000-07:00

I'm bored, it's like midnight almost and I really wanna talk about Van Halen.

In honor of my buddy Ava, I'mma post Finish What Ya Started:

Click for Lyrics =D

I really do love this song. I don't think I really have a favorite "Van Hagar" song (I HATE THAT TERM!) but, this one is really original from their others. Just think, compare this to Dreams-- totally different. This video especially makes me really happy though, purely because Eddie is such a babe in this one. Plus, Sammy, he's just... He seems like a really nice guy ya know? I would totally 4-wheel with him in Cabo XDD

Ever notice how WHITE Sammy's teeth are? Maybe it's just because he's got an awesome skin tone-- being part Lebanese and all. Eddie has darker skin tone too, he's got Indian genes from his mommy. *cough-knowitall-cough* =D

Now, I had to include this video- and if you plan on watching any of it, at the least watch it from around 6:22 to the end. Seems like a lot, but I swear it's VITAL TO YOUR LIFE! Hehe.

My favorite part is the part that I told everyone to at least watch, and it includes:

1. An homage to Bocephus, thank you Alex.
2. Animal sounds, courtesy of Eddie.
3. Random acts of violence towards band members and camera men.
4. Addicted to Love lineup- via the band. (The BEST part)

Note: They took the video off of Youtube that I had up originally, so here is a longer version. I changed the times I told you were imperative though (because I'm just that nice!)

I found this when I was watching every Van Halen video available on YouTube, after we finally got high speed internet *stabbitystab-dialup-swashbuckle*. It makes me giggle ^.^

Now, for some quotes and commentary:

"Bun of a sitch! A Bocephus cap!"

I thank Alex eternally for adding that spoonerism into my vocabulary.

"Bocephus RULES and RULES AAAALL!"

"Now I'm not talking vile, disgusting acts of human behavior."

Suuure you're not. I think it would be worse if Dave was around though XDD

"I thought you was Dale!"

"Wha-- Where's he running to? Where's he goin'?"

Hehe, ya know, Sammy's dad was a boxer, and Sammy was for a while too.

Notice in the background when Eddie's "hitting" the camera with his headstock-- what the heck is Sammy even doing? Pft. Hilarious I tell you.

Aaaand my favorite:
---"I like my mom, when she's not home... And she's tiIght... but not alone" ... and then Sammy says something indecipherable.

I think the best part is this is COMPLETELY wrong XD ("The lights are on, but you're not home. Your mind, is not your own."

Actually, you know, I take that back, in all seriousness (HA!) I think hearing Eddie PLAY Addicted to Love is one of the best things to ever happen. It makes me smile a mile wide. Plus, Alex, what the-- he's got some nipple grab thing goin'...

Last, notice how BAD their pants and shoes are? That's one thing you can say about Dave, he had pretty good pants, and shoes actually-- except for the ones where he's trying to show off his package, those are mostly just funny. I think I should make a post about David Lee Roth, since I love him too.

Ultimately though, I think I really like this video the most because it explains why I like rock stars as people. They're the underdogs, the dorks, the ugly kids without dates-- but they're extremely talented and somehow present themselves in a way that millions of people think is cool. I hope to be one of those talents, because I'm the dork, the ugly kid who's not gonna date-- I identify with them.

Here I Go Again

2010-04-04T11:30:00.000-07:00

The title's a bit of a paradox isn't it??

Warning: This is a fangirl post :P For an actual musically oriented post, see the future (Here I Go Again Revisited)

Aaah yes, VH1 Classic music video shows. Rock Fest, Metal Mania, Totally 80's. They all have one thing in common: they insist on playing music videos that turn me on.

Creepy comments aside, I thank them especially for this, Here I Go Again by Whitesnake.

Click for Lyrics =D

Given, it kinda bugs me that this is the only Whitesnake song anyone seems to even know, because they had soooo many other really good songs. It's weird too, they had a bunch of hits off of the Whitesnake album and this is the one that stuck. Maybe it's because it's what David considers the opitime of their band. For anyone reading, check out old Whitesnake, like David Coverdale-Northwinds or Love Hunter-- seriously you'd be amazed at how the blues influence shines through.

As for turning me on, there are some basic elements that undeniably get me that way:

1. David Coverdale- He is one beautiful, maned, power house of a man, with perfect lips. I will always be amazed by the perfection of his huge 80's hair, it is insanely sexy. His voice, oh dear GOD it is... let's say ground shaking? His low notes make your (well MINE anyway) knees shake, and his high notes make me wanna squeal. In fact, I do a lot of the time ^.^;; The microphone stand goes home happy every day "for suuuuure!" =D

2. Adrian Vandenberg- The oh so hot, oh so shredding, guitar molesting blonde [Viking]. Not to mention, ridiculously tall, and Dutch. I honestly would love to be his guitar. You simply must pay attention to his moves with the guitar. If I ever get the chance to put out an album, in the "thank you's" I vow that it will look something like this:

"... and second, I thank Adrian Vandenberg who taught me to molest my guitar like a pro..."

3. That satiny blue suit- It's impossible to describe the sexiness that radiates from that piece of clothing. It's best moment is when David get pulled into the backseat of his Jaguar by Tawney. I can't begin to explain how it fits... mostly due to graphic content XD. I'm tryin' to keep this clean people!

4. The "Consecutive Licking" progression- Probably my favorite part of the video, where good ol' Rudy Sarzo, in his own guitar molesting ways licks that cherry red bass, and in the very next scene you get Tawney's beautiful long legs being licked by David. Oh the wonders of their tongues *heart*

So there you have it kids. The wonders of just one of the 80's videos, hope you could get through this without having to go find your lover.

Site of the Post: Hall of Hunks

Want great quotes and gobs of pictures of good looking musicians? That's a great place.

Blog Overhaul

2010-03-26T14:18:00.000-07:00

So I've come to the conclusion that my blog at its current (now previous) point really irritated me. It was terribly uninteresting for most people, and in the end, half my posts were just crap about my personal life that no one but the people I know, and I, would know about. Neither really care =D

That being said, I liked many of my music posts; so, what I'm going to do is repost them. I may or may not edit them, but I won't refrain from revisiting subjects in future posts.

Here, have something to look at.

Robert Plant's Arse

Disclaimer: I really don't appreciate butts very much, so the fact that I noticed is a serious accomplishment, and testimony to Robert Plant's butt.