Bring on the Flaming, why doesnt anyone like CC?

[necrotechno]

how\'d I miss this thread?

Ohhhhh... C.C. Deville! From the thread title, I instantly thought "CC" was for Cannibal Corpse, who suck because of their cookie monster vocals.

But to answer the question, I never even listened to anything by Poison except for two tracks: "Talk Dirty to Me," and the cover of KISS' "Rock & Roll All Nite." The latter I hated their enunciation of the word "every," but otherwise didn't really like the song to begin with. The former, I didn't appreciate the hook they chose, since it was the same as Cheap Trick's "She's Tight," and Cheap Trick is a band that I like quite a lot. Easy enough to come up with that little two-note slide thing, but She's Tight was a pretty big hit not that much earlier. If the guys in Poison hadn't heard it, someone in their record company should have.

[horns666]

Re: how\'d I miss this thread?

"I instantly thought "CC" was for Cannibal Corpse, who suck because of their cookie monster vocals."

Dude that is a mute point...Cannibal Corpse is not your language..

[Endrik]

Re: how\'d I miss this thread?

This thread is priceless

[Endrik]

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but still this "gay" thing bothers me.

Glam bands dressed like women, had a make-up and big hair like women, well this is gay, but they had so many chicks wich is total antithesis to gayness, women loved men who looked like women, and men looked like women the get laid, and getting laid is totally un-gay.

Those really havy bands didn't looked like women, so it isn't gay, but they hadn't so many chicks so that is gay.

This subject needs some serious analyzation.

[442w30]

Re: how\'d I miss this thread?

It wan't gay.

Hippies were typically dirty and smelly. The 1980s backlash was to 'do' your hair and shower everyday. It evolved to excess and was about being over the top. Then it got out of control and collapsed.

The popular style for kids today is to look smelly. Dirty jeans, bed head, blank stare, pants falling down. A hat that doesn't fit.

Loot at Jesse James, to me he constantly has that 'quart low' look to him - yet he's sposed to be cool.

[MBreinin]

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When I was 7, I wanted to be Ace. That is what got me into guitar in the first place. I saw KISS in 1978, when I was 8. A friend's mom took all of us to the concert for his birthday...how cool was that? She even painted all of us up. I was, of course, Ace. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] I tried to learn to play when I was 7, but a shitty acoustic wasn't the way...and my parents wouldn't get me lessons. I really didn't start until I was 18, after several aborted attempts at learning. Everyone in my dorm played, so we all got together and jammed...and the guys taught me. I have never put it down since. I wonder how many guys on this board can look back to Ace as their impetus to play?

What is cooler than a LesPaul belching smoke from the empty middle pickup slot...while a pinwheeling sparkler spins at the headstock?? [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

Ace had the coolest makeup and outfits too.

Mike

[sully]

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mike, we had verrrrrrrrrrrry similar experiences regarding kiss. my sister did have a beat up old acoustic, but i did take it from her and started playing (with the help of a mel bay book).

totally agree that ace had the coolest makeup and costumes, and being ace in a tribute band for a few years was a lot of fun.

[siggy14]

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but still this "gay" thing bothers me.

Glam bands dressed like women, had a make-up and big hair like women, well this is gay, but they had so many chicks wich is total antithesis to gayness, women loved men who looked like women, and men looked like women the get laid, and getting laid is totally un-gay.

Those really havy bands didn't looked like women, so it isn't gay, but they hadn't so many chicks so that is gay.

This subject needs some serious analyzation.

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When I was 7, I wanted to be Ace. That is what got me into guitar in the first place. I saw KISS in 1978, when I was 8. A friend's mom took all of us to the concert for his birthday...how cool was that? She even painted all of us up. I was, of course, Ace. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] I tried to learn to play when I was 7, but a shitty acoustic wasn't the way...and my parents wouldn't get me lessons. I really didn't start until I was 18, after several aborted attempts at learning. Everyone in my dorm played, so we all got together and jammed...and the guys taught me. I have never put it down since. I wonder how many guys on this board can look back to Ace as their impetus to play?

What is cooler than a LesPaul belching smoke from the empty middle pickup slot...while a pinwheeling sparkler spins at the headstock?? [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

Ace had the coolest makeup and outfits too.

Mike

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When i was five i got my first kiss on 8 tracks, my brother and i and our best friend use to hit my moms clothes and makeup and dress up and act like them, we would shoot ketchup out of our mouths, it was a good time!

As to being gay, the funny part is these bands were all about chicks! And then you got the one band that dressed all in leather, looked tuff and had titles like Ram it down, hell bent for leather and the lead singer was gay as hell! Yeah no flamming, i love judas priest and i am going to see them this sunday, two of my favorite albums are JP's unleashed in the east and there other live album, i think that was just self titled, cant remember now, the one with the brown cover.

[MBreinin]

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mike, we had verrrrrrrrrrrry similar experiences regarding kiss. my sister did have a beat up old acoustic, but i did take it from her and started playing (with the help of a mel bay book).

totally agree that ace had the coolest makeup and costumes, and being ace in a tribute band for a few years was a lot of fun.

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I think if my parents had purchased me a halfway decent acoustic, or even a little electric and gotten me some lessons...I could have learned at a young age. However, I couldn't even tune the guitar...I can remember trying with monster frustration with a pitch pipe. I don't know if they had tuners in 1977.....

When I was 13 it was time again to try. My parents bought me an Epiphone Genesis...very similar to a LP, with tiny double cutaways. It was a friend's guitar first. Again, I could not tune it very well. However, I did learn some stuff at that point, chords, basics. Friends were all VERY competitive at that age and few wanted to help you learn. So, I put it down again. I would noodle over the years, if I saw a guitar...play my 5 chords, whatnot. But when I was 18 and picked it up...it all came very naturally. By 21 I was pretty accomplished for 3 years of real playing. Of course, I would woodshed for 10 hours at a time. I never practiced like that again though. If I had kept up the practice pace, I would be far more advanced than I am now. However, I really enjoy guitar...and that is the most important thing. I pour everything I have into it when I play, it is a great release.

It must have been a blast to play Ace in a KISS cover band.

Mike

[jgcable]

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Jg, I just gave the Billy Ocean song a run again. That song is tight!

I need some modern pop like that. I don't care who you are. Michael Jackson - off the wall, Billy Ocean, Cameo, and Piledriver, Gwar, Slayer, In Flames, Queensryche, etc!

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I recorded Carribean Queen using a Scholtz Rockman X100 plugged directly into the console using a Fernandez Stratocaster with Evans Eliminator pickups in it.

[atomic charvel guy]

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i have a duffel bag with about 600 girls' phone numbers in it from the '80's. kinda like a trophy bag. i lived the 80's so much that i am still in the 80's and i'm about 76 years old for doing it.i guess i never grew up. i felt like i was gonna live forever up until about 2-2.5 years ago.
it's definitely not the case. and the best hairspray was focus 21 splash,it destroyed aquanet, just destroyed it.

[jgcable]

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My hair was so teased up it would hit the cealing fan and I am only 5' 8".

[atomic charvel guy]

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i was 6'4" with tease, 5' 10" in the morning.

[Dreamland_Rebel]

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you guys should check out Loud N' Nasty!

i'm going to see Cinderella, RATT, Quiet Riot, and Firehouse! on july 10th and WASP, Stephen Pearcy, L.A. Guns, and Metal Church July 22nd.

[jgcable]

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I'm taking my daughter to see Greenday and Story of the Year. Yippeee.
My wife is going to see Crue.