• Steamymoomilk@sh.itjust.works
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    7 months ago

    Your honor i plead insanity, the axe told me to do those hainus things. The axe speaks, it just says

    Do, it!

    How am i not supposed to? What do you mean free will? What do you mean mortality? DO IT

  • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    7 months ago

    Their early work was a little too new wave for my taste, but when Sports came out in '83, they really came into their own, commercially and artistically. The whole album has a clear crisp sound and a new sheen of consummate professionalism, that really gives the songs a big boost. He’s been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far more bitter, cynical sense of humor.

    In '87 Huey released this, Fore!, their most accomplished album. I think their undisputed masterpiece is “Hip to be Square.” A song so catchy that most people probably don’t listen to the lyrics, but they should, because it’s not just about the pleasures of conformity, and the importance of trends, it’s also a personal statement about the band itself. Hey Paul!

    Just do it.

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      7 months ago

      My favorite YT video is that scene with Huey recast as Patrick Bateman and with Weird Al as Paul

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    7 months ago

    First time seeing one of those online I commented that it looked like plasticky Chineseum. Looks like the head would just snap off. Other folks said they’re actually great axes. Anyone?