Mega Thread The Random Thoughts Thread Part 1

[edgie]

It is kinda funny though how singing can hide all accents, be it European, Australian, pommy, yank, Irish, Canadian, you name it.

 

[Trewth]

I tend to agree with you for the most part. There are some notable exceptions though in my opinion.

Celibate Rifles - Darlinghurst Confidential. (Sorry, no youtube link available)
Cosmic Psychos - Custom Credit.
AC/DC - Carry Me Home.

To name but three.

The Nation Blue are another band that made it work.

 

[finbarr]

The Nation Blue are another band that made it work.

I hope this link works. I loved this song, written at a time when the inner Sydney suburb of Darlinghurst was quite different to what it is today.

http://grooveshark.com/s/Darlinghurst+Confidential/1LF4Ft?src=5

 

[finbarr]

Oh, and how could I forget this one. Seminal Perth punk band The Victims - Television Addict.

Dave Faulkner and James Baker pre Hoodoo Gurus. Great use of the Australian accent in song.

 

[ozph1870]

most people sing in a yankee accent. i remember the first time i heard shirley manson from garbage talk and i though woah where did that come from, then she said how she liked to pee on the mans belly after hes gone the plough.....

 

[Concussion]

Eating cheezels while the tennis is on means you can't hear Bruuuuce or Hewitt. Bliss

 

[tribey]

Eating cheezels while the tennis is on means you can't hear Bruuuuce or Hewitt. Bliss

It's mindnumbing.

From Bruce's silence-filling jibberish, to the inane courtside comments from the likes of Woodbridge/Bradtke/Fitzgerald to Hame & Basil's repeated interruptions to tell us what's going on over on 7Two (which you know, we'd flick over to if we cared).

And the cross-promotions that remind you why you no longer watch FTA TV.

Pure vomit.

 

[El_Scorcho]

Hewitt is actually a really insightful commentator.

 

[Concussion]

It's mindnumbing.

From Bruce's silence-filling jibberish, to the inane courtside comments from the likes of Woodbridge/Bradtke/Fitzgerald to Hame & Basil's repeated interruptions to tell us what's going on over on 7Two (which you know, we'd flick over to if we cared).

And the cross-promotions that remind you why you no longer watch FTA TV.

Pure vomit.

All good until the cheezels run out

 

[finbarr]

I'd have Phil Liggett commentating every sport if I had my way.

"Press P for Phil".

 

[PowerKat]

I rarely watch tennis, but yeah don't mind Hewitt commentating tbh, even though I can't stand him lol

 

[PowerKat]

Hmm just remembered- I have cheezels - thanks CamTASPAFC !

 

[tribey]

Boris Becker or Principal Rooney?

 

[Dylan8]

Until you marry them....then they fart, shit and burp

Always chiming in to remind us that you're 6000 years old

Never change ol mate

 

[Doctor Feel]

Hewitt is actually a really insightful commentator.

hahahaha after reading tribeys post, for some reason i read this as: "hewitt is actually a really insightful vomit."

 

[Jumbo]

FFS, why does the stupid bloody Block have to go 8 mins over time

 

[Duck Farmer]

I'd have Phil Liggett commentating every sport if I had my way.

"Press P for Phil".

You must be joking. Press P for Phuckup.

 

[bomberclifford]

If you slow down the text to speech utility on a Mac using the male Australian voice, "Lee" sounds like he's pissed out of his mind.
I've been amusing myself by making him swear like a pissed maggot.

 

[Vic_Vinegar]

I always get this disjointed, uncomfortable feeling when I hear Australian accents in music. I don't know why. It's annoying because it basically makes bands like The Smith Street Band unlistenable to me.

I have to share this thought in the relative anonymity of BF so that I don't offend the large percentage of my friends who are in Australian bands.

When I first heard The Smith Street Band I thought they were garbage due to the lead singers voice. Now I thrash the day lights out of their latest album. It was a slow burn for me but easily my favourite band at the moment. I'm still not sure how it happened.

 

[NoddyHolder]

re. Aussie accents in songs discussion



I like it anyway

 

[finbarr]

re. Aussie accents in songs discussion



I like it anyway

You've got 'The Butcher and Fast Eddie' on the same album and you go with this one?

 

[Bundilla]

It's mindnumbing.

From Bruce's silence-filling jibberish, to the inane courtside comments from the likes of Woodbridge/Bradtke/Fitzgerald to Hame & Basil's repeated interruptions to tell us what's going on over on 7Two (which you know, we'd flick over to if we cared).

And the cross-promotions that remind you why you no longer watch FTA TV.

Pure vomit.

 

[Bundilla]

Unlike the others, at least Woodbridge and Fitzgerald have won a bunch of grand slams between them and might actually know what they are talking about. T

 

[Roycroft]

On the outskirts of a small town, there was a big, old pecan tree just inside the cemetery fence. One day, two boys filled up a bucketful of nuts and sat down by the tree, out of sight, and began dividing the nuts.'One for you, one for me, one for you, one for me,' said one boy. Several dropped and rolled down toward the fence.


Another boy came riding along the road on his bicycle. As he passed, he thought he heard voices from inside the cemetery. He slowed down to investigate. Sure enough, he heard, 'One for you, one for me, one for you, one for me...'


He just knew what it was. He jumped back on his bike and rode off. Just around the bend he met an old man with a cane, hobbling along. 'Come here quick,' said the boy, 'you won't believe what I heard! Satan and the Lord are down at the cemetery dividing up the souls!' The man said, 'Beat it kid, can't you see it's hard for me to walk.' When the boy insisted though, the man hobbled slowly to the cemetery.


Standing by the fence they heard, 'One for you, one for me. One for you, one for me.' The old man whispered, 'Boy, you've been tellin' me the truth. Let's see if we can see the Lord...? Shaking with fear, they peered through the fence, yet were still unable to see anything. The old man and the boy gripped the wrought iron bars of the fence tighter and tighter as they tried to get a glimpse of the Lord.


At last they heard, 'One for you, one for me. That's all. Now let's go get those nuts by the fence and we'll be done... They say the old man had the lead for a good half-mile before the kid on the bike passed him.

 

[NoddyHolder]

You've got 'The Butcher and Fast Eddie' on the same album and you go with this one?

I nearly went with 'One of the Boys' - but I'm a romantic at heart