It never occurred to me to look up the history of some of the bands whose songs we used to play so often on Rockband and Rockband 2. But today I was listening to The Current and they played Pretend We're Dead by L7. So I looked up the band on Wikipedia, and was treated to these amusing anecdotes in the controversy section:
During their performance at the 1992 Reading Festival, the band experienced "technical difficulties with their audio equipment" and were forced to stall their set. Quickly, the rowdy crowd grew restless and began throwing mud onto the stage. In protest, lead vocalist Donita Sparks removed her tampon on-stage and threw it into the crowd yelling "Eat my used tampon, fuckers!". Sparks has remained unapologetic about the incident. This has been referred to as one of the "most unsanitary pieces of rock memorabilia in history".
In 1992, Sparks again created quite a stir[citation needed] in Britain when she dropped her pants on live television, appearing nude from the waist down, during an L7 performance on the UK variety program The Word.
In 1999, the band raffled a one-night stand with drummer Dee Plakas at a London gig.
A couple of recent pictures of Eryn. She's getting tall enough to ride my bike trainer. Just a few more inches.
We've got her back in gymnastics in Rosemount. Here she is on the bars. In the spring she couldn't hold herself up at all. She seems to have a bit more muscle to weight now.
And we got our warranty covered drum heads in the mail, so the band is capable again. Eryn likes to drum, sing and strum. Sometimes she drums when the Wii isn't even on.
I owe Mean Mr. Mustard a thanks for the sushi set he gave me for my birthday today. Sure my birthday was two months ago, and he seems to have eaten the frozen lobster that came with the set, but I can find a use for the various Asian oils and lotions in the box.
And I owe Klund a thanks for hooking my family on Wii. Then Rockband. And now Skype. The other night we tried to use all three at once, and Rockband II failed us, allowing us to connect with complete strangers, but not the Klunds. I've messed around with my router, watched the traffic come through on the Wii IP, opened up appropriate ports, and I think we're still screwed. According to many posts online, often the friend-to-friend portion of Rockband II just does not work.
We, Don't Kick the Baby, currently have 5,687,616 fans on Rock Bank II and rate 5,682. You have 298,400 fans and are rated 63,131. While this in no way makes us good at Rock Band II, merely persistent, as there are plenty of band with more fans, we do respectively ask you to please catch up.
Pooteewheet and I both chuckled when we heard Speck's "Conventional Lover" (lyrics) on Rock Band II. Very Shakespearian title. Pete. Sarah. Did you play it during your wedding? I have posted a video (just the vocals for the most part) and lyrics below as I thought both Mean Mr. Mustard and Kyle might enjoy them.
Who left you hanging on that peg all alone? You look near mint to me babe and I wanna make you my own I wanna be your captain, my Pon Farr is a-risin' So step on over here girl, my love is enterprisin'
Let me be your conventional lover Let me show you some conventional love I don't mean to boast, I don't mean to brag (ooh love long and prosper) But I'm a man whose only issues all come in mylar bags
Let me be your conventional lover Let me give you my conventional love I'll give you my heart, I'll treat you nice (ooh love long and prosper) And the games that I play only have twenty-sided dice
They're polyhedral!
Let's hit the dealer's room and get you something fine That collectors bust of Cthulhu reminds me of how you blow my mind Now let me take you dancing in my best Starfleet dress uniform You'll want to tap my mana once you've seen me perform
Let me be your conventional lover Let me show you some conventional love I don't mean to boast, I don't mean to brag (ooh love long and prosper) But I'm a man whose only issues all come in mylar bags
Let me be your conventional lover Let me give you my conventional love I'll give you my heart, I'll treat you nice (ooh love long and prosper) And the games that I play only have twenty-sided dice
Uh oh Saving throw!
And when we get to mating, I'll always treat you kind I'll never bend you too far back or ever crease your spine But there's one thing I won't promise, there's one thing I won't do Can't leave you in the box babe, this collector is coming through
Let me be your conventional lover Let me show you some conventional love I don't mean to boast, I don't mean to brag (ooh love long and prosper) But I'm a man whose only issues all come in mylar bags
Let me be your conventional lover Let me give you my conventional love I'll give you my heart, I'll treat you nice (ooh love long and prosper) And the games that I play only have twenty-sided dice
Let me be your conventional lover Let me give you my conventional love I'll give you my heart, I'll treat you fine And I'll make sweet love to you while we're watching Deep Space Nine
How is it that I can score a 5-star performance (on easy, mind you) singing The Guess Who's American Woman on Rock Band II, but only a 3 after two failures on the same setting when singing The Steve Miller Band's Rock'n Me? So sad.
Pooteewheet sent me this link to a video revolving around marshmallow consumption on a Japanese game show:
