Bill Hicks

[Guest]

I was listening to Bill Hicks "Rant in e-minor" last night for the first time in ages and realised what a shame this talent isn't around anymore. Could you imagine the scathing fun this guy could have with the present Bush administration.

One of my favorite lines is

" If you're so pro-life then link arms and block cemetaries instead"

 

[earl of sodbury]

Duvet wrote:

I was listening to Bill Hicks "Rant in e-minor" last night for the first time in ages and realised what a shame this talent isn't around anymore. Could you imagine the scathing fun this guy could have with the present Bush administration. One of my favorite lines is

" If you're so pro-life then link arms and block cemetaries instead"

I take it you're listening via headphones? - wouldn't want my kids asking "Daddy, what's a "scat muncher"?"... I'll certainly never view Barbara Bush in quite the same light, either.

:raoflmfao:

Bill was a forkin' genius - I have pretty much all he recorded on CD, and really, all you have to do is change the names and he's as relevent 12 years post-mortem as he was back then.

churz, eofs

 

[Jezzer]

Comedy Genius!

RIP...

More here:

http://www.gavinsblog.com/hicks.htm

 

[JonR]

earl of sodbury wrote:

Bill was a forkin' genius - I have pretty much all he recorded on CD, and really, all you have to do is change the names and he's as relevent 12 years post-mortem as he was back then.

I quite agree. One of the most remarkable aspects of his work is the extent to which you could relate it directly to events that have been taking place 12 years after his death.

Totally uncompromising, as well as a genius. He refused to sell out to anyone or anything. Was better received in the UK than at home, not surprisingly..

 

[Matt J]

Proper take no prisoners attitude to comedy, gotta love anybody that takes that attitude to anything, but when its slagging off politician's it makes it sweeter

 

[griffo104]

Great comedian - funny how he seemed to know what was going on NOW even though he left us a long time ago.

 

[earl of sodbury]

He saw it coming, the whole sorry clusterfucking shitfeast...

Surely, somewhere there's a conspiracy theory about his early death?

Though it's kind of hard to arrange pancreatic cancer - unless you're a cigarette manufacturer, in which case people pay you for the privilege...

funny ol' worl'... :Not Sure:

 

[kennyk]

how much d'ya thinkwould it cost for a doctor to 'accidentally' confuse a bullet with said diseasefor the purposes of a certificatethough

 

[Injector]

kennyk wrote:

how much d'ya thinkwould it cost for a doctor to 'accidentally' confuse a bullet with said diseasefor the purposes of a certificatethough

He didn't just drop dead from it though mate, took a while to take hold a-la Paul Hunter.

 

[kennyk]

fair enough, just fueling the conspiracist theories...

 

[earl of sodbury]

kennyk wrote:

fair enough, just fueling the conspiracist theories...

Still, good effort

 

[griffo104]

Cloth-Ears wrote:

Also, if you like intelligent rants against things like the Bush administration, the religeous right, popular media, consumerism,you will probably enjoy the spoken word albums of Jello Biafra ( think singer of Dead Kennedys) .

Jello is one of my musical heroes. Big DK fan and I've enjoyed his spoken word albums. He has a way of talking good sense and being funny with it.

There some great humour in some of the DK songs as well. He's been doing a few albums with the The Melvins just recently and they are well worth looking out for.

 

[griffo104]

Cloth-Ears wrote:

Griffo, I enjoy the DK's very much too.I think Jello's most enjoyable album is actually Prarie Home Invasion , the one he did with Mojo Nixon. Controversial choice I know, but I love it. Do you know the one I'm talking about ?

ooooh, didn't know about that one.

I have a soft spot for the album he did with D.O.A. - Last Scream Of The Missing Neighbours, but then I also had a soft spot for D.O.A. at the time as well, who were knocking out some good punk albums at the time.

Also loved the Lard album - Last Temptation of Reid - cracking album.

 

[kennyk]

Cloth-Ears wrote:

I'll PM you.

yeah, but do it this afternoon

 

[earl of sodbury]

Jello Biafra and his many side projects: http://www.alternativetentacles.com/

Have spent a lot of money here

I believe I could buy every last motherlovin' item on there and not fail to enjoy a jot of it.

You MUST buy Lard.

 

[griffo104]

earl of sodbury wrote:

Jello Biafra and his many side projects: http://www.alternativetentacles.com/Have spent a lot of money here

I believe I could buy every last motherlovin' item on there and not fail to enjoy a jot of it.

You MUST buy Lard.

SO much great stuff to buy so little money.

I already have a couple of Lard albums, and the quite rare 1000 Homo DJs ep Supernaut (Jello is Count Ringworm apparently)