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I spent so long looking for an angry song yesterday (the day before Thanksgiving) I never actually got to post one! None of them were quite the right angry, you know? I'm more chill-axed today (Thanksgiving), so this song will serve for yesterday. I'll bore you with my whiny vague details another day. Or just listen to the song. You'll get the gist.

PS: What really ticked me off yesterday was when I was getting on the highway after work. This car behind me tried to come up along my side to pass me… on the one lane narrow on-ramp! Not only did we almost crash into each others' sides, but I rolled down my window to extend the holy middle finger outside of the car, while yelling obscenities as loudly and demoniacally as I could. Ultimately they did not pass me because I floored it, my "fuck you and your favorite color" flag blowing in the wind. What an asshole!

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Extreme – "More Than Words" (1990)

TSotD — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 11:59:09 +0000

www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrIiLvg58SY

This is one of THOSE songs. The type of song that when it came out, was played 5,000,000 times a day. You could not run, you could not hide, you could not escape. It cut you deep, and at the time you wished to never hear it again.

Now it is more like an old battle scar. Sure the war was rough, but the wounds have healed and the song is endearing now, and here I am to show it off. "Remember this one!? Sure I wanted to stick Q-tips in my ears until they bled when I heard it back in the day, but now it is a fine wine, aged to perfection." … er something like that.

Then again it has been stuck in my head for like a weak, and my scar is starting to itch.

It is funny really, because Extreme's music was typically of the funk metal, glam metal, hard rock variety. Yet here was this folk rock acoustic ballad that just blew away all their other successes and ensured them endless airtime and mention on the soft rock radio stations and lists. And also here is the song of theirs that really gets under my skin, allowing me to fully understand a "love-hate relationship".

Ooo I love it. Ooo I hate it. Ooo I love it again.

PS: I am serious about Extreme not being anything like this song. e.g. Off the same album as "More Than Words", here is "Get The Funk Out"…

www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqP76XWHQI0

… and "Decadence Dance"…

www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoKJpcROgJk

In retrospect, what a gutsy move! It could've flopped horribly and ruined their image, but instead the album went double platinum (over 2 million sold) and ruined their image. Nah. It's cool. They are rock jelly donuts. Powdery glam rock exterior. Gooey soft rock core hidden in the middle. Mmmm.

Later! I need to get the funk out of here! (Heh heh… he said 'funk'… heh… sorry reverted to 12 years old for a moment there….)

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Kiss – "I Was Made for Lovin' You" (1979)

TSotD — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 11:17:26 +0000

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNGNLo8K6Fk

At the exact same moment G and I IM'd each other, proposing we eat dinner from the same place (Chipotle if you must know). It was one of those "I Was Made for Lovin' You" moments out there on cyberspace. As G would say… "Romantical"!

And yes we still use Instant Messanger! (The computer is already at our fingertips. Txting would require picking up the phone.)

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Them Crooked Vultures – "New Fang" (2009)

TSotD — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:39:39 +0000

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_Tgg75Cd9k

This supergroup including John Paul Jones (of Led Zeppelin), Dave Grohl (of Nirvana & Foo Fighters) and Josh Homme (of Queens of the Stone Age) is worth a listen. They have a new (enough) rock sound to be more than just a rehash of their earlier successes, and certainly more than just another rock band. Check it out!

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Ozzy Osbourne – "No More Tears" (1991)

TSotD — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 11:00:51 +0000

www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdLayh2gUvA

Ever since the Apocalyptica concert I've been listening to more Heavy Metal than I would usually. Ozzy keeps coming up in my shuffle and he has really grown on me. Perhaps he'll grow on you too!

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Aerosmith – "Sweet Emotion" (1975)

TSotD — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 22:30:59 +0000

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yGCHPmfqT0

Generally I've been avoiding any political comments or discussion here on TSotD.com. It tends to just upset me. But today I would like to give props to the Federal Judge Vaughn Walker in California who overturned California's Proposition 8 yesterday.

I do not understand or agree with those who oppose allowing same sex marriages. The arguments against allowing gay marriage are either religious, speculative, or blatantly bigoted & prejudiced.

Religion: Last I checked, the Freedom of Religion was still in the Bill of Rights. The definition of marriage as written in the bible or any other holy book, does not apply because of our freedom of religion. Some religions or individual churches welcome the bond between two people who love each other regardless of gender. (See a list here.) So your restrictive religion has no right to restrict other religions just because you say so. Your religion does not define our laws. Period.

Speculative: Some say it is bad and unnatural because gays cannot create offspring with each other. So we should put up other barriers to make their union even more difficult? With that kind of logic people of different races should not be allowed to marry either because of the possible cultural differences! And to those who believe it somehow "undermines" marriage as a whole, I think that perhaps you should all be more concerned about your own marriages and possibility of divorce than worrying about others'. Divorce rates were high before any state allow same sex marriages, so hasn't it already been undermined? Really I would anticipate a surge in the number of marriages, thus strengthening "the institution", if "the institution" is what you are so concerned about, and you aren't just using this speculation to cover up your own prejudices. And speaking of prejudice…

Prejudice: Go jump in a lake. Or climb a tree. Or fuck yourself. Whatever makes you happy. As I have expressed before (and Lily Allen too), I am not okay with your prejudice. We are not friends. Or if we are and I didn't realize you were so bigoted, then it has been fun, and perhaps you should reconsider why you hate homosexuals. Perhaps one made you uncomfortable because they found you attractive? Perhaps you liked it but didn't want to? Whatever the reason, go get over it. Another person's sexual decisions are their own to make and unless you are in a relationship of sorts with them, then it is none of your business.

…so to you 53% of Americans who still oppose gay marriages (per a Gallup Poll in May 2010), what the fuck!? If homosexuals are allowed to marry, you will still be allowed to marry. Your existing marriages will not disintegrate. If two people love each other then they should have the same legal rights as any other two (adult) people who love each other, regardless of age*, gender, race, shoe size, and whether they prefer their bread buttered or not. Love and sweet emotions will prevail!

PS: Sure I could've gone with Erasure, Elton John, K.D. Lang or a number of other homosexual artists, but I thought Aerosmith might draw in some of the crazy straight people who need a verbal… er… text based… spanking. Plus it is all about the emotion right, otherwise none of us would care?

PPS: * = I think below a certain age, marriage rights, heterosexual or homosexual, should probably be limited. What is that age? Well that is another debate for another day.

PPPS: I'm still not sure about polygamy, because simply from an Information Technology point of view it becomes a nightmare and my job is hard enough as is trying to keep track of one marriage at a time, let along a tree, linked list, or grid/map of marriages. If you want mass orgies though …go nuts, you horny bastards… but be safe!

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