Hey, my fellow heavy breathers. This is Dash
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Iron Maiden finally gets nominated for the Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame. Like it means anything
at this point. Blaze Bailey has been added to
the names to be inducted with Maiden if they
should get in. And they should. It's just 30
years fucking late. That's all. Good luck and
up the irons, kids. This is Dash Riptide. And
that was your music news. If it's too loud, you
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Yeah. But let's not forget our other people that
we support over there in the city market. We
may not be there, but we're there with our hearts
right now. Yeah, we had to be here today, so.
Yes, so City Market Coffee, we salute you. Best
coffee in the world. Corollos Italian Market,
I dare you to find better food than there. And
especially their cannolis. What you do is you
get a coffee from City Market Coffee. I like
a Cabano. You like a Americano. And it's not
very sweet. So you go over to Corollos and you
get some of their lemon cake or you get some
of their cannolis and you drink that and eat
that together. And you have the perfect little
snack. And then while you're there, go to Hibachi
Mart and grab you a nice shawarma or a gyro.
Yeah. Yeah, so, all right, and we thank all of
those people and all of the businesses there.
And we also thank the places here, like River
House. Yep, here on the Rock Island Bridge. Yes,
very good place. The first podcast ever. Yes.
To happen from the Rock Island Bridge? We did
the photo op and everything. Yeah. And the news
cameras and all that. So we thank all of you
guys, all the news cameras and the photo ops.
Yeah. The nude one, I was a little hesitant.
But, you know, it wasn't that cold once we started
walking around. Yeah. Yeah, the nude photo op
actually turned out pretty well. Yeah, there
was some shrinkage. And, of course, the nipples
were poking out. Well, that was the first thing
I said. I said, you guys realize it's a cold
day. And they said, we know. So we got the nude
part done. But it was nice meeting Cody Holyoak
and Carly Ritter and everyone else that came
down. It was pretty cool. Yeah, but they would
not get naked with us. It kind of hurt our feelings
a little bit. Yeah, but I guess they didn't know
in advance, so they probably had to shave some
areas or something. I get it. I would have shaved
a little better, but I had it sprung on me. And
then I had patches in my fur because I had to
have my echocardiogram. That's true. It's like
a little bitty waxing. Yes. They tear off those
electrodes and you wish you were dead. Yes. All
right. I've learned a hack for that is have them
leave them on, go home, and take them off in
the shower. They just slide right off. Really?
They do. It's water -soluble. Wish I wouldn't
know that this morning. Yeah, I didn't know that
until a week ago. Shit. I've ripped some hair
out myself. Yeah, not a good feeling. No. All
right, you got something you want to go into?
Yeah, something that recently happened. Did you
hear about Kid Rock had a big deal at his house
recently? Yes, about that. And a couple of Apache
helicopters, at least one, maybe two, flew by
and hovered there for a minute, and he waved
and saluted, and it got all on video, et cetera.
Yeah. Pretty much right away, the Air Force suspended
the entire crew for doing that. And then pretty
much right away after that... Pete Hegsworth
said, oh, heck no, you're not suspending these
people. And then with the comment, carry on Patriots,
he lifted the suspension. I love it. I love it.
Hegsworth, he doesn't take any bullshit either.
He's just like, I don't care what you guys think.
It's going like this. And I hear that, you know,
that giant reflecting pool in front of the Washington
Monument? I hear they were able to fill that
with all the liberal tears that happened. Oh,
good. They finally found a place for them. That's
good, that's good. A little salty, but you can
still see the monument in front of it. Now, you
know if it was Jane Fonda that the helicopters
went by and she waved at him, that everyone would
be loving it. Oh, what a wonderful thing. But
because it was Kid Rock, he's not approved by
the liberal left, so they had to get bent about
it. That's bad, that's bad. I'm going to go color
my hair three more colors. I'll show you guys.
I always love the ones, the wildebeests that
go, I'm not having sex with any man again. Thank
you. And I was like, I guess we're just going
to have to accept that. Okay. Gosh. She says
no. What are you going to do? I guess I'll just
move on. All right. Well, this doesn't have really
into music, but it's something that's similar
to where we are today on the Rock Island Bridge.
There's the Casey Current and their entertainment
district they're working on. Yeah. Until recently,
there was a business that was going to be opening
up there. It was going to be a bar nightclub
kind of thing with, I think they described it
as cool jazz. You know, a place to hang out,
relax when the sun goes down, etc. And it was
named Sundown. Now, it's a black -owned business.
And the man who came up with this name and idea
is black. And his intention was exactly that,
to call it Sundown, to remind people of the Sundown
towns that used to say, don't let the sun set
on you in this town unless you're white. Yes.
And those were called Sundown towns. He was doing
it on purpose to try to reclaim the vibe, reclaim
the name. I thought it was a brilliant idea.
Yep. It really was. Except the liberal white
left. started screaming and yelling and chased
him out. They didn't bother to find out what
was going on or who owned it. They just started
screaming and yelling racism, and now the guy
has had to pull out. Yeah, which is real racism
right there. They made him pull out of his business
because of that, and that would have been a lucrative
business too. Isn't it odd? A black man with
his own business names it what he wants, and
white liberals tell him he's too racist to call
it that. I don't get it. It's fucking absurd.
Yeah. There's people, if you really want purpose,
go fucking volunteer. No kidding. Jeez. But you
know, that is what... I don't know what liberalism
was supposed to be, but all I see it being now
is yelling and screaming about things they don't
like. It started out with a good idea, but like
anything, you get the wrong people in there and
they start perverting it and screwing with it
and making it something that it's not. And then
you have the idiots like George Soros allegedly
fucking giving money for... He's trying to tear
the country apart, that old piece of shit. I
swear I would have a hard time not beating him
to death with a fucking toothbrush. He's a piece
of shit. And I have no problem saying it all,
in my opinion. I saw a picture of him recently.
He looks like he probably died two or three years
ago, but is just too dumb and stubborn to fall
over. Too bad he can't do us a fucking favor.
And his whole fucking nasty family. Let's hope
they don't carry on his work when he's done.
Yeah, that whole family can burn in hell. And
all this is my opinion. If you don't like it,
fucking switch podcasts. I don't care. We get
to say what we want. You really do. You're a
big fucking chunk of my asshole if you don't
like it. Are we here to please ourselves or please
the listeners? Us. Us. Yeah. And we've never
made any, we've never hidden that fact. No. We're
doing what we want. And if you like it, great.
If you don't like it, bye. Yeah. If you don't
like it, you know, there's the off button. But
make sure we get our minute in. Yes. Yeah. After
a minute, turn us off. All right. Okay, go ahead.
Was that the end of that story? Yeah, and then
that kind of got me thinking about post -World
War II, there was the development of all the
suburbs, the housing divisions. Yeah, that was
the big great white movement. The white flight.
Yes. Now, nobody intelligent, let me say it that
way, is disputing that it happened. That's a
good way of putting it. Nobody intelligent that's
informed will dispute that. And I remember when
I was growing up, it was representative. Well,
people just felt like moving out of the cities,
and it just kind of happened organically. And
I thought, recently you think about that, you
think, okay, all white suburbs, all white school
districts, all white congressional districts.
That wasn't an accident. No. Somebody was behind
this planning it out and making sure, because
right up to that point, the ethnic mixing in
downtowns was no big deal. No, I know. And it
was going really well. It was. And the Great
White Movement moved everything back so far.
Yep. And it's like right after World War II,
they decided, let's divide America again on racial
lines. Now's the proper time. Because we'd just
gotten out of the Second World War, where racism
against Germans and Japanese was not only encouraged,
it was taught to you by the government. Yes.
So everybody was in a racist mood. Everybody
was in a white supremacist mood. It was the perfect
time to say, hey, all you white people, move
out to the suburbs. You can determine your own
fate and you can also be controlled. True. One
of the few things I agree with George Takayan
was this, about his family having their land
taken away from him during World War II and having
them in internment camps. He deserves that land
back. His family does. Yes, he had nothing to
do with that side over there coming after us
and us fighting them. I agree with him on that,
but not much else. And it's kind of interesting,
the way I've heard it spun, even though FDR was
very liberal, and he was way too liberal for
a lot of people. Well, Social Security was not
a bad thing. People bitch about that. It's like
all these people would be fucking starving in
the street if they didn't develop that. It's
basically forcing people to have their own retirement
accounts. That's all it is. And I think that
needs to happen because nobody is responsible
enough to save their money for a rainy day. Not
anymore. I remember as a kid being told that
liberal Democrat president... Franklin Delano
Roosevelt was very reluctant to sign the order
of the internment camps and had a heavy heart
about it, really regretted it, which is all bullshit.
He was all for it. He was all for it. He was
all for it. Yep. Yeah. And people tried to talk
him out of it, and he said, nope. Yeah. So we
got the spin on that. Isn't it funny when Democrats
do bad shit, it gets kind of spun in a different
way? Look at Bill Clinton. Nobody wants to hear
about Epstein -Iloh whenever it involves him.
But if you say anything about the president,
all of a sudden it's like, oh, look, look, look,
there's a picture of him talking to him. See?
But then you have all these pictures of their
hero Bill Clinton in a fucking hot tub with underage
girls. It's like, oh, that wasn't anything. No,
no, it was something. As a matter of fact, you
know what, I don't even want to go into it because
it's so hypocritical and so ridiculous. Anyone
that believes that, I question everything that
they believe in and what they think about. When
you show up at a protest and they have thousands
of pre -printed, pre -painted signs sitting there
waiting for you, that's an organized, sponsored
event. And to think that it just organically
happens. You're an idiot. I hope they go after
Soros for funding it because they've pretty much
proven it. And, you know, the people who go there
and dress in their goofy costumes and hold their
chimes and they're chanting, what, really, point
to something that actually got accomplished by
doing that. Nothing. Not a damn thing. Nothing.
They just felt a little better about themselves.
And that's all it's for. Yeah. At least as far
as they're concerned. That's the only reason
they're doing it is because it's a temporary
high. They feel like they've done something.
CVS might have got a spike in blue and green
hair coloring. But, I mean, other than that,
I mean, orange and stuff like that. But other
than that. It's really odd to see so many people
who can't recognize they're being given a useless
activity to keep them busy. Yeah. And that nothing
is going to happen and nothing is going to change.
Plus the fact that every one of those rallies
and protests is swarmed with cameras, and all
that information is being fed to AI, and they're
finding out exactly who's there doing what. And
if anyone is going to come after you, you're
providing them every way to find you by showing
up and doing that. I don't see why it's worth
it, because nothing is getting accomplished,
and you're putting yourself right in the crosshairs.
Okay, well, if that's what you want to do, but...
People like that are very dangerous to be around.
Yes, I agree. Anyway, we got there from Kid Rock,
I guess. Oh, yeah, yeah. I got the nine best
albums recorded in a day or less. Oh, that sounds
good. Okay, well, this is theirs. Most of them
I agree with, but okay. The number one they have
is Bob Dylan, Another Side of Bob Dylan in 1964.
Oh, wow. It was recorded in four hours. amazing
four hours that album was recorded in four albums
that is a pretty uh that's like one or two takes
most yeah most gosh and the album does sound
pretty good too so all right number two would
be black sabbath black sabbath in approximately
about the same amount of time that's amazing
and paranoid was a song they read in 20 minutes
because they needed more material, and they didn't
have, and they're like, we've got to come up
with another song. That I found on the list of
album filler that made it big. Yeah, it was their
biggest hit ever, and it's still their cornerstone
song. It was for Ozzy Solo and Black Sabbath
and all that, even when Deal was in the band.
Paranoid was always one of the closing songs.
Yep. So, number three. Miles Davis was recorded
in about six hours. Kind of Blue was the name
of the album, which is a good one. Yeah, I remember
hearing that he liked to record things live.
Yeah, and this was one of those, and it was recorded
in probably pretty much one, two takes. I mean,
really, I think most of it was one take. Plus,
with jazz, it's not like every note's written
down. So in a lot of ways, there aren't mistakes.
They're just things that maybe didn't sound quite
good enough. And that's one of the beauties about
jazz is, I mean, if you play what you feel, you
pretty much got it made, don't you? Yeah, you
can make any note fit if you lead into it correctly.
Yeah, it's not bluegrass. It's like if you got
one finger off, you're fucked. That's true. Oh,
look, Air Force One. Oh, hey, all right, yeah.
Oh, we're getting a thumbs up? Oh, wait. It's
Air Force Two. It's Vance. Yeah, yeah. Oh, well.
You know what? He's a big fan of the show. That's
true. We did know this. So, hey, thanks, JD.
He's giving us a salute. I told him. Oh, yeah.
He waggled his wings. Yeah, he did. That was
nice. No, I don't want your couch. All right.
Google it. Number four. The Beatles. Please,
please me. Yeah, I can see that being one day.
That was not... Plus, those were songs they'd
already been playing for two years. Yes, yeah.
So they could do them in their sleep. They have
this on here, but I don't know if I really counted
or not, because like you said, they were playing
the songs forever. But I guess it does fit. It
took them less than a day. Yeah. Okay. The Ramones,
their initial effort in 1976, was recorded in
about six... To seven hours. Yeah. Punk, you
don't really care much about sound quality. No.
Or mistakes. Well, it's very believable. I mean,
the album, as much as I love it, it was recorded
in six, seven hours. Yeah. How about the White
Stripes Elephant? Oh, wow. Recorded in a little
bit under seven hours. That's a hard day's work.
Yeah, it is. And the album is fantastic. Especially
some of the guitar work on there. I find really
good, like the reverse feedback and some of the
stuff that he did. Very good. Very, very... Inventive.
Inventive, yeah. And also his own sound. Yeah.
Because guitar parts aren't necessarily the notes,
it's the sounds. Yeah, absolutely. It is the
sounds that you create. Yeah, there's sounds,
guitar tones. that you need in order to make
those notes work. If you don't have the tone,
it just doesn't come off right. This album to
me, although it's not really my cup of tea, is
a brilliantly wrote album and also produced.
I'm thinking a good example of needing the right
tone would be Eddie Van Halen's compositions.
Without that or something close to that guitar
tone, they just don't sound right. His tone tells
his personality, and that's what you want. That's
what you want. You want it telling a story without
words. Yeah. And that's what it does. How about
Led Zeppelin? Led Zeppelin. Oh, wow. Released
in 1969. Took about eight hours. Now, that one
sounded like they all got together in the studio
to record at the same time. They did. They did.
And according to them, John Bonham was the reason
it went so well. Because as soon as he started
doing his beats, everyone just knew what to do.
Just locked right in, yeah. Locked right in.
And listened to, I mean, his stuff. Not fancy,
just good. Yeah. Real good. Yeah. He had the
art of not playing the beat, not playing part
of it, which made it be him playing it. Yeah,
it's the stuff he left out that makes such a
difference. Oh, and the way he hit with authority.
The drums. He could hit a tom -tom, and you go,
oh, that sounds like John Bonham. And he could
play the little soft ghost notes, too. He could,
too. He did it all very good. If only he hadn't
drunk so much. Yep, yep. If only Jimmy Page wouldn't
have sacrificed his life to Satan, he'd be alive
today. Allegedly. Allegedly. All right, number
eight would be Metallica, Kill Them All. Oh,
I didn't know that. Great album. Great album.
But, listen to it, you can see where it was.
Yeah. You can see how it was recorded in one
day. Because it is sloppy, but that also lends
to how good it is. Yep. You know, it's kind of
like a Guns N' Roses. Guns N' Roses is sloppy,
but you have to have that to get what they're
trying to do. Yeah. So, and then finally, Nick
Drake, Pink Moon, which, okay, whatever. Well,
I've got a couple. to throw in. Oh, yeah. One
is, this one was recorded in a day. It was Alice
Cooper's first album, Pretties for You. Oh, you
know what? I thought of that, and I should have
put it down, but yeah. Yeah, they auditioned
for Zappa, and he said, okay, I'll record you.
But he booked them one afternoon slash evening,
and he said, whatever we record today is your
album. This is it. And a number of the tracks,
were recorded while the band was rehearsing or
just jamming while tuning up. And they were recording
and said, yep, good enough. We don't have time
to do it again. So his first album was really
rough and really experimental. And along those
same lines, there was a Def Leppard album. I
forget which one. I think it was before the drummer
lost his arm. And the label hired a producer
that the band didn't want. But they were stuck
with him. Oh, I remember a little bit. Yeah,
yeah. And again, they were setting up and practicing
and tuning, and he was recording those in rough
takes and saying, okay, yeah, I think we got
it. That's it. We've captured a moment in the
studio. Let's move on. They're like, hell no.
We weren't even trying with that one. They eventually
threw away absolutely everything that he'd recorded
and started over. Yeah, that's what I thought.
Well, Mutt Lange, everything he touches is gold.
Because he spends the time and money to do it
right. But the label wanted something fast and
quick and easy, and they didn't care if it made
money or not. It's like they were giving up on
Def Leppard already. Yeah, and I respected Def
Leppard for every bit of that, too. They're the
ones that re -engineered their whole album and
scrapped it. Was that hysteria? I think it was
hysteria, yeah. Yeah, they had the whole thing
done. Because Hysteria is a song. It's Pyromania.
Hysteria was a song on the next album. Okay,
well, anyhow, one of their first four albums
was it. And they just scrapped the whole thing
and said, nah, we don't like it. And they went
in a different direction. And actually, they
thought they screwed up. It did not hit at first.
People didn't like it at first. But then, pour
some sugar on me and some songs like that got
big at the strip clubs. Yep. And then Love Bites
became like a ballad, per se. Then I started
Animals on the radio a lot. Animal, yeah. Armageddon
it. Armageddon it, yeah. But they were worried
about... Hey there, slapmets. It's time for the
Creeps Music News. Hey, my little pumpkin seeds.
This is Johnny Rohypnol with your music news.
Remember the 70s rock band, Angel? Yep, those
guys. All dressed in white with the logo that
read, Angel, Upside or Down. Yes, those guys.
Well, they have a final album in the works with
a final tour. No date set yet, but the album
is coming out this summer. This is Johnny Rohypnol.
That was your music news. And remember, bar chords
are bullshit. This is like, I can fake... gibberish
italian but it's not italian it doesn't really
sound italian but somebody would hear you oh
maybe that's italian yeah it's because you get
the sound of the language you can fake your way
through it but it's and it doesn't even really
mean anything yeah and also you can tell most
people yeah yeah it is yeah where'd you learn
that Marines. Whatever. Get your phone app to
translate and it says, no, this is baby talk.
Yeah. Who is that idiot? All right, go ahead.
I've got a story here about Prop Store. One of
the world's leading entertainment memorabilia
auction houses has announced its next major live
auction taking place at the end of this month.
Oh, very cool. April 30th in the UK. Bidding
will be available to collectors worldwide. You
don't have to show up. You can if you want. And
you can look at the stuff. Anywhere in the world
you can look at. Anywhere in the world. You can
get online. You can call by phone. And you can
bid there. Okay. Now here, the event will feature
over 400 lots of rare and sought -after music
memorabilia from some of the world's most celebrated
artists with a combined estimated value of 1
.5 million pounds, which is about $2 million.
When you say pounds, think about 25 % more for
dollars. Yeah. Yeah, and that's us to them. No,
no, no, no, no. No, the dollars worth less. Yes.
Yeah, it takes $2 million to equal 1 .5 million
pounds. It's on the same planet as Europe. Yeah.
Yeah, it's working pretty well. Okay, highlights
of the auction include Slash's photo -matched,
photo -matched meaning they've matched it with
photos to authenticate it, but it's his stage
-used and autographed Gibson Les Paul 59 Custom
Shop guitar, played during Guns N' Roses' Not
In This Lifetime Tour, the first reunion tour
featuring Axl Rose, Slash, and Duff McKagan since
1993. Stage -played guitars from Slash rarely
appear at auction, particularly examples used
on tour with Guns N' Roses. The guitar is offered
with a pre -sale estimate of 150 ,000 to 300
,000 pounds. So add 25 % for dollars. Also featured
is George Michael's jacket, worn in the music
video for his 1987 hit Faith. and during live
performances on the accompanying tour. Distinctive
details on the jacket aligned with well -known
photographs taken by Chris Cafaro during the
era. They found it in a public bathroom. I think
they did, yeah, on the floor, crumpled. Yeah,
sticky. No offense to the dead. It was also matched
to an image captured by Michael Putland backstage
during the Japanese and Australasian tour leg
of the tour. So this jacket's been all over the
world with him. This piece is offered with a
presale estimate of 60 ,000 to 120 ,000 pounds.
Among the most significant lots is an autographed
large -format promotional poster for John Lennon
and Yoko Ono's Double Fantasy, signed on the
morning of December 8, 1980, only hours before
his assassination. This is probably about the
time he signed David... Mark David Chapman's
autograph. Yeah, there's a picture of him signing
an autograph for him earlier in the day. Wow.
So this is thought to be the last item he ever
autographed. So he signed Chapman's autograph
before that then. Probably maybe the same signing.
Yeah. Wow. This is the first time the poster
has been offered at auction, an accompanying
audio recording. captures Lennon discussing the
signing and retracing his signature in black
felt -tip pen after the ballpoint ink failed
to set. Oh, wow. So he actually signed it twice.
Wow. This is offered pre -sale estimate of $60
,000 to $120 ,000. Double Fantasy might be the
best album that he released with the hideous
wildebeest known as Yoko Ono. Yes. Yeah. Yeah.
Doesn't that have a woman on it? I think so,
yeah. Let's see. It had a couple other really
good songs, too. Anyhow, with her on it, that's
one of his best albums. Yeah. Not him solo without
her on it, but with her on it. Yeah. Bill does
him both of them, John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Yeah.
I played in a band in the 80s called Passage,
and for a while they were doing cover songs.
they didn't really like it, so they wanted to
go all originals, which we tried to do all our
own compositions, and I quickly got bored because
they were all very slow and folky kind of songs.
So when I left, the younger brother, Michael,
took over on drums, and he actually made a go
of it. I remember years later running into the
guitar player, Phil, Phil Brose, and he said
Michael had married a... Japanese girl who was
basically doing what Yoko Ono does, which is
stand at the mic and scream. Oh, cool. I was
getting ready to say tearing the band apart,
but okay. She was doing the onstage, you know,
stand at the mic and shriek and scream and make
animal noises and stuff. But it was actually
popular, and he was actually having a pretty
good career touring the world with his screaming
Japanese girlfriend on vocals. His name was Michael
Livermore. I don't know if he performed under
that name or what his girlfriend's name was or
wife or whatever. He should have changed it to
Liverpool. Yeah, Liverpool would be good. But
I don't know that anybody from that band ever
really made it big. It was Jerry Livermore was
a guitar player, and he was really good. And
then Phil Brose on another guitar. That's Gary
Moore's brother, right? Yeah. Another guitarist,
yeah. But I just thought it odd that... I think
one Yoko Ono should be enough, but apparently
there's room for more. I guess not. It must be
going around, I guess. Maybe it was a franchise
thing, like McDonald's or something. I guess
so. Obnoxious woman that screams is of Asian
descent. Yeah, it's a big thing. I remember talking
to his mom about it, because at the time she
was keyboards in the band, and she just thought
it was funny as hell. She was like, I guess people
like it or something. They're touring. They're
touring. You've got to have a gimmick. You've
got to have your thing. It's like, what's that?
Oh, that's his screaming woman. Oh, okay. Thanks.
Oh, I'm still not done with the story, so I forgot
about that. Okay, auction also includes a music
award in the shape of Shure 565SD microphone
made in gold. It was presented to the band Queen
and used by Freddie Mercury. Actually, it is
a microphone. It's an actual microphone. It's
not an award. It was awarded to him. Okay. But
it was an actual microphone made out of gold.
Okay. The microphone comes directly from the
collection of Peter Hintz, Queen's head roadie,
and Mercury's personal assistant on tour, to
whom it was gifted by Mercury. This is the first
example with direct provenance from Hintz to
be offered at auction. It carries a pre -sale
estimate of $30 ,000 to $60 ,000. That's not
as bad as I thought it would be, actually. Auction
will take place live on Thursday, April 30th,
2026, with bidding available online, by telephone,
and via absentee bids for collectors worldwide.
So you can actually hire somebody to go there
and stand there in person and bid for you. Okay.
Some of the other highlights are Paul McCartney's
handwritten goodbye first draft lyrics, approximately
1969. Should go from between $72 ,600 to $145
,000. Okay. Jimmy Hendrix, Noel Redding, and
Mitch Mitchell autographed 51st Anniversary Handwritten
Lyrics from 1967. Okay, very cool. $46 ,000 to
$92 ,000. David Bowie's Aladdin Sane Concept
Cover Vintage Proof Print. So it's the album
cover for Aladdin Sane. And this is the proof
print of the photograph. It's the one that they
looked at and said, yes, this is the one we want
to use, print this one. So you can have the original.
See, out of all the memorabilia, I love that
one. It's like, yeah, this is what they said,
yes, we want that. I love that. See, that's what
the NFTs were trying to be. They're trying to
manufacture value based on something ridiculous.
Yeah, the problem is the way they described them
basically being nothing is what people took them
as. They really basically had no description.
Yeah. It's called this coin. What about it? It's
unique. There's only one of these ever. Well,
you say the same thing about that claw to dirt.
Let's get ready to say a pebble. Yeah. Yeah.
There's no. Yeah. They see all those rocks on
the bank over there. Those could all be NFTs
because all of them are completely unique. Yeah.
See, it just doesn't matter. It only has value
if we decide they do. Yeah. Okay. Motley Crue,
Nikki Sixx, photomatched, autographed, and inscribed
stage -used Schecter J4 bass guitar. I do like
that bass. Roughly $13 ,000 to $26 ,000 is estimated
to go for it. That's not as much as I thought
it would be. Not as much as I thought it would
be, yeah. That would be great, because that's
the oblong one with the back... Gee, how would...
Just look up the Schecter J4. Yeah. Yeah, there
we go. There's really no way to describe the
shape, but I always love the shape. It's very
unique. Let's see. We have something from Live
Aid in 1985. Oh, okay. It's a concert program
and assorted production paperwork signed by Queen,
Paul McCartney, George Michael, David Bowie,
Elton John, and others. Oh, nice. Going to be
doing $13 ,000 to $26 ,000. That's the creme
de la creme right there. All those autographs
on a live aid program. Wow. Yeah, that's going
to go higher, I think. So all of Queen? All of
it? Yep, all of Queen. Okay. And you said George
Michael? Paul McCartney, George Michael, David
Bowie, Elton John, and others. Oh, and others.
Yeah. Amazing. That is. From Oasis, Noel Gallagher's
Les Paul custom 20th anniversary guitar played
during recording of Standing on the Shoulder
of Giants and Heathen Chemistry. Eh, no thank
you. Estimated 10 ,000 to 20 ,000 pounds. I'm
just not an Oasis fan, never have been. I find
them extremely obnoxious. They look punchable.
Yeah. Both of them look very punchable. Now this
one I'm not really sure. It's Eurovision Song
Contest Award. If you're selling it in Europe.
So the Eurovision Song Contest Composers Award
Trophy, which was presented to Benjamin Alassu
for The Code by someone named Nemo. Okay. And
that's supposed to go for the same amount as
the Live Aid program with the autographs and
Gallagher's guitar. Okay. They're lumping those
all in the same value range, which seems odd
to me. Yeah, that's kind of odd to me too, but
okay. The Notorious B .I .G.'s custom leather
jacket, worn in Rhyme and Reason documentary,
also the $13 ,000 to $26 ,000 range. From Guns
N' Roses, Matt Sorums played and autographed
Guns N' Roses partial Mapex Orion series drum
kit. Partial Mapex Orion drums. So some of the
other drums weren't from that manufacturer. He
had an endorsement deal with Mapex, and he was
pimping the Orion series. But when we went on
tour, he added some other drums to it. So you're
getting those too. Estimated $10 ,500 to $21
,000. That sounds about right. Amy Winehouse's
Fred Perry Crop Trench Coat. Estimated between
$5 ,000 and $10 ,000. Okay. This one I'm sure
you're going to be going for. Ed Sheeran's screen
-matched and autographed jacket and worn ensemble
pieces from the Shape of You music video. Oh,
I can't wait for that one, yeah. You can get
it from somewhere between $4 ,000 and $9 ,000.
Oh, nice. Now, they do have a few things for
people with a smaller budget. From the manned
Little Mix, the set of four stage -worn Saloon
Girls costumes, estimated somewhere between $2
,000 and $4 ,000. From Foo Fighters, Dave Grohl,
Taylor Hawkins, and Nate Mendel, and Chris Shifflett,
autographed a photo. $600 to $1 ,300. I mean,
Taylor Hawkins is dead, so that probably is the
more valuable autograph on the piece. I would
think so, yeah. And then from ABBA, it was signed
by Agnetha, Bjorn, Benny, and Annefrid, an autographed
photo book. And this one is expected to go from
between $130 and $260. Not much. Not much at
all. Not much for something from ABBA. Yeah,
and ABBA was so popular, too, that kind of surprises
me. Very enormous, yeah. But they're one of those
bands that once they stop being enormously popular,
everyone just kind of forgot about them. They
did, you're right. Yeah, I mean, the Beatles
quit being enormously popular, but everyone remembered
and still bought their stuff. I got a question
for you. I got to think about this about Abbott.
What song do you remember by him? Dancing Queen?
Dancing Queen, Fernando. Oh, Fernando, okay.
But mostly Dancing Queen. That's the one I think
I heard the most. As popular as they were, ask
anybody, Dancing Queen, Fernando, you can't really
remember very many other songs than that. And
they didn't build their career on two songs.
No, they had a lot of songs. But I think the
problem is a lot of them sounded the same. It
is true. That's true. They had a lot of them
all four singing. They had the same orchestral
disco thing going on. It wasn't really my thing,
but I could see where people could like them.
It was kind of like U2 where I never kind of
caught their popularity. You can see something
there, but not enough to warrant what everything
was going on. Yeah, where everybody's like flipped
out over it and going, oh, this is the best guy.
My headphones are tangled. There we go. Okay.
All right. So that's the end of the auction.
Okay. I've got some unexplained noises on albums.
Okay. Yeah. Now, some of these are extra. Terrestrial
or something, or paranormal, maybe. Or maybe
there's a really good reason for it. It's just
a little bit of everything here. Okay, this is
Unexplained Noises on Albums. Led Zeppelin IV,
when the levee breaks, that massive echoing drum
sound, which I love. If you want to say, what
does John Bonham sound like, point to that song.
I just fucking, it's amazing. It sounds so huge.
It does. It's huge. It is bigger than the whole
song. And then you come in with that harmonica.
It doesn't overtake it. It just kind of goes
in the background. It's so good. Okay, it was
recorded in a stairwell at Headley Grange. Ah.
Yeah. All right. I have heard that in order to
get the John Bonham drum sound, the secret was
to use gated echo. So it would be an echo, but
it would cut off at a certain point instead of
just trailing away. I could see that. That's
how you would get that percussion like it is.
And he also didn't really use close micing on
his drums. He would have them put one near the
kick and near the snare, and then the rest were
just all room mics. And they would have to mix
it that way. He didn't want each individual drum
with a mic on it and then mix later. He's like,
no, I'll do the mixing myself by how I play.
Okay. So he got a lot of room effect, and then
the gated echo on top of that just made him sound
massive. Yeah. But listeners have long claimed
to think ghostly background noises and voices
in the reverb tail. So they say in the reverb,
they hear ghostly background noises and voices.
Could be. Okay, but to me, that would be something
that Led Zeppelin would do to get people to listen
because they are so famous for their back masking
and all that. It gets people interested. Young
men are like, what? Really? They were sacrificing
a goat while they were singing it? Oh, okay.
It's the kind of thing where you smoke another
bowl and play the album side again so you can
hear it again. Oh, there it is. I hear it. Which
is exactly what the artist wanted you to do.
That's what they wanted you to do. Wear that
album out so you have to buy a new one. Turn
it backwards all you want. You're going to get
a new one in a month. They double our album sales
by talking our fans into wrecking their album.
It was fucking awesome. This one I think everybody
knows about. The Beatles' White Album. Revolution
No. 9. Revolution No. 9, yeah. That's coming
up on one of my lists. Oh, okay. A collage of
tape loops, but some fragments, like murmured
speech and reversed sounds, weren't fully cataloged.
John Lennon and Yoko Ono layered random audio
sources, some reportedly from tapes that... weren't
even clearly labeled. Yeah. There's a ton of
hidden audio in there. Yeah, and he's famous
for doing that. They're both famous for doing
that. Yeah. There's a Jimi Hendrix song. I think
it's called When the Gods Made Love. Yeah. And
if you separate that into four tracks and play
one of the tracks backwards, you get the whole
pornographic story of gods making love. And it's
buried in the song in one of the four tracks
backwards. Backwards. Yeah. Too much time in
the studio. Great drugs. Great drugs. Great drugs.
All right. The rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust
and the Spiders from Mars. Big album. Yep. At
the end, Bowie's vocal breakdown includes faint
background chatter. That is unexplained. They
don't know where it came from. Huh. Some people
say paranormal. Some people say, no, there was
something going on that they didn't catch. Yeah.
So. There is an Elton John album that I have.
Well, my sister bought it and I have a copy of
it. And I think what I'm hearing somewhere along
there is tape bleed through before they put it
onto the album. As a matter of fact, there is.
Yeah. Because there's a song called Dan Dare,
which is about like a comic book hero. And then
towards the end, the instruments fade away and
you're getting the backing vocals saying, let
me see, the line is, Dan Dare doesn't know it,
no he doesn't know it, no he doesn't know it,
no he doesn't know it. And then there's a pause.
And after a while you hear Elton go, hee! And
then they do it again. But before you hear Elton
go, hee! you hear faint in the background that
exact same sound before. Not as an echo, but
before. And that comes from tape bleed through.
You record the thing on tape, and then the tape
winds up in a big spool, and the magnetic particles
that recorded him going, bleed through to another
section of the tape that it's up against, and
it puts a faint impression there, like a footprint.
Like a real faint footprint. So some of the things
we're hearing are tape. tape echoes that got
imprinted from tape being wound too tightly and
staying that way too long. But a lot of them
are put there intentionally too. Yes, a lot of
them. Okay, never mind. There are subtle background
noises and creaks during the quiet recording.
Producer Butch Vig mentioned some ambient sounds
couldn't be identified, but were left because
they added realism. Yeah. On the Beatles song,
A Day in the Life, it ends with that long piano
chord that's held and sustained for an incredible
long time. And what they did is they just kept
turning up the gain on the microphones. As the
sound would fade, they'd just keep turning up
the gain more and more to capture that long...
Eventually the gain is up so high you can hear
the room air conditioners in the studio. Oh,
wow. I like that. I do too. The downward spiral
was recorded in the house where the tape murders
occurred. I didn't know that. I didn't know that
either. I've always been a Nine Inch Nails fan
until he got fat and happy. But I never knew
that. I knew the house. was rehabbed and resold
and has just become another residence. And especially
when Manson and his followers were arrested and
were off to jail, people started feeling safe
about that house again because they figured some
idiot's going to show up. Because that was Roman
Polanski, didn't he? owned it at the time, but
it was the record producer, I can't remember.
It was Terry Melcher. Terry Melcher, yeah. Which
was, I believe, Doris Day's son. Yes. Who was
a record producer. He worked with the Beach Boys,
he worked with some other people, and Marilyn
Manson. Charles Manson wanted a career in music,
and Terry Melcher said, you know, fine, I'll
give you some demo recordings, because basically
he wanted access to all of Manson's girls. Yeah.
And so Manson got a lot of favors done for him
because he was controlling access to his harem.
Yeah. And then when the Beach Boys and Terry
Melcher told Manson they didn't have any talent
and they weren't going to pursue it, he got really
pissed off and he sent his goons there. because
it was Terry Melcher's house. And I think he
knew Terry wasn't there, but he still wanted
to kill whoever was there. Yeah, he had so much
hatred and anger in him. And some of the stuff
that they did with the unborn baby and stuff
is just, they should all have been put to death
for doing that. Pretty much, yeah. All right,
okay. Likely electrical issues, but the setting
fuels. the mythology because it was in the Tate
murder house especially if they recorded it around
the same I think that was around my birthday
actually in 1969 it was in August okay so it
was yeah I think it was right around my birthday
for some weird reason wow okay okay computer
Climbing the Walls is the name of the album.
Contains distorted ambient layers and what sounds
like distant screams and whispers. Yeah, that's
Radiohead. They put weird stuff on their albums
for sure. Some came from manipulated recordings,
but even band members said certain textures emerged
unpredictably from processing. Yeah. Yep. And
like you said, Radiohead was famous for doing
that. They don't even like the song Creep. They
hated that song. Yeah, the guitar player tried
to sabotage it by doing those chunky cut -off
chords right before the chorus. Yeah. Because
he was trying to wreck the recording because
he hated the song. But people loved it because
that's when the indie music and the alt scene
was huge. And they're like, oh, look at this.
Listen to this. And it was a crossover hit. I
mean, country stations were playing it. Yeah.
It was something else. It was amazing. Yeah,
it was. And especially for a band like Radiohead
that really weren't that big of a following.
And they really didn't seem to want to be famous
or successful. They just wanted to plod along,
have a career, and go away. And that was it,
yeah. Kind of like what Nirvana wanted. Yeah,
but Nirvana got anything but that. Yeah. You're
going to be a star, damn it! The rest of us want
to make money off you, so you're doing it. You're
doing it, yeah. And the fact that Geffen signed
him really helped a lot. But the thing is, it
would have been argued, the minute they sold
to Geffen, they said, is when they sold out.
And I do agree with that because Geffen was that
type of a... David Geffen had a... He was pop.
Pop -culturally fit, if you will, or pop -culturally
savvy. And he knew how to... bust through and
get these albums. So when they made the record
deal with David Geffen, that automatically put
them in front of everybody else. I remember when
I had a mail route in the Rosedale area, there
was a band that all lived together in one house.
I can't remember the name of the band. They were
a local band. I went out to see them one time,
and they were pretty good. And I remember one
day showing up. to deliver and most of them were
out on the front lawn celebrating and the drummer's
the guy who owned the house and he said yeah
we just got signed by Geffen man we're all pretty
freaking happy and he said I just ordered a bunch
of drumsticks with my name on them and then like
a couple months later he came out to get the
mail and he looked like he just lost his best
friend and he said that stupid blank blank blank
What he said is that stupid, dumbass, gay boy
Geffen, he's decided to get out of the rock and
roll business and concentrate on movies. So we
got dropped. Wow. And he was so royally pissed.
Because he's like, Geffen, man, look what Geffen
has done with all these other artists. And he's
like, he got bored with music and went on to
film. Yeah, damn it. Well, there goes our plans.
But it was odd and funny that he had to make
sure to mention David Geffen's sexual preference
as part of the reason why. Interesting enough,
that is Carly Simon. The song You're So Vain
was about David Geffen before he turned gay or
was bisexual. Whatever the deal was. Carly said
that... Different verses of the song are about
different people, so it's not all one person.
He said there's definitely one verse in there
that's all about Warren Beatty. She whispers
David Geffen on the song. I'll have to listen
to that. Yeah. But she had to point that out.
Nobody heard it before. Remember when she re
-released it and said it was about everybody?
Yeah. His is the only name in it. That's true.
Yeah. And there's also one verse that's about
Mick Jagger, and she got him to come and sing
backing vocals on it. Yes, I know. Which is pretty
awesome. He was like, sure. Mick Jagger knew
he was a dick. He knew it. Hey, my fellow heavy
breeders, this is Dash Riptide, your music news.
According to TMZ, Puddle of Mud frontman, Wes
Scandling, will not be serving any jail time.
in relation to the domestic violence and drug
possession charges. In obtained documents, it's
revealed that the singer will instead enter a
one -year diversion program and been ordered
to enter a drug rehab program. The judge accepted
a plea deal with Scantling, taking the steps
as laid out by the court. May 29th, he reports
on his progress to the court system. This is
Gash Riptine, and that was your music news. If
it's too loud, you probably have ear damage,
just like me. John Phillips' daughter? Yeah.
Supposedly he had his way with her when she was
13. John Phillips said, here, locked her in a
room with him. Yeah. So, I don't know. Ryan O
'Neill, the actor? Yeah. Did a movie called Paper
Moon with his, what, 12, 13 -year -old daughter
Tatum? Wasn't that one of the people that he
was, was the song You're So Vain About? Wasn't
that? Ryan O 'Neill? I don't know. Oh, no, it
wasn't Ryan O 'Neill. No. I'm thinking of Warren
Beatty. Yeah. Anyhow, go ahead. I'm sorry. But...
Tatum O 'Neill, in her autobiography, said that
on the set of that movie, her dad offered her
to Marlon Brando. He said, here, you want to
fuck my daughter? Just take her. Oh my gosh.
That's the kind of asshole he was. Marlon Brando?
No, Ryan O 'Neill for pimping out his own daughter.
No, offered to Marlon Brando. And Marlon Brando
said, no, I'd rather have Richard Pryor. Allegedly.
Sorry, I had to get that quip in. All right.
Physical graffiti in my time of dying. Oh, yeah.
At the very end, I think everyone knows this,
you hear a strange cough and a voice. Robert
Plant joked about being someone who shouldn't
have been there, though it was likely a studio
moment accidentally kept. Yeah. And I agree with
that. You keep stuff like that for flavor. Yeah.
You know, it's kind of like a watermark. It's
like, yeah, that's it right there. Yeah, you
hear that cough? It's like Lynyrd Skynyrd's Sweet
Home Alabama. Just a few seconds after the song
starts, you hear Ronnie Van Zandt saying, turn
it up. Yeah, and they kept it open. He was telling
the studio engineer to turn his headphones up
because he could barely hear it. But the timing
of him saying it was just perfect. And they kept
it. Yeah, let's just leave this in the song.
It sounds like he's telling the audience to turn
it up. So it was just one of those perfect moments.
I wonder if he did that in concert, too. He probably
had to start doing that. I bet you he did. He
probably started saying, turn it up, and the
crowd would scream. Yeah, there it is. Yeah.
I mean, why wouldn't you use that? Yeah. It's
a gift from the gods. And it's perfect the way
he says it, too. It's just like, turn it up.
Yep. Good old Southern boy, turn it up. Turn
it up. You do what I say, son. Get me them grits.
That'll be okay. Yeah. Where's my cream of wheat?
It's just like Buford T. Rasputin, the common
sense concierge. Oh, yeah. He tells everybody
to leave so mama can make some pancakes. Now,
hello. Good, how you doing? I'm good. Good, you
got anything you want to say? Sure, I love this.
Isn't it great? Yes, it's so neat. And you know
what? It would be even neater. If they made a
trail down here, like on the other side, so you
could go down and walk through. Oh, that would
be nice. Yeah, that would be nice. Yeah. I wish
you could see all of downtown, but Cooper Arena
just sucks. Yeah. Yeah. The view. Yeah, that
and the warehouse over there kind of, eh. Yeah.
But I love this. I do, too. Isn't this beautiful?
It is. So glad it's finally open. Yeah. We needed
this. Now we can walk to Kansas. Yeah. To Missouri.
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, it doesn't seem like separate
countries now, does it? I know. It's lovely.
I love this. Great idea, great idea. Cool. It's
going to be great this summer. I hope it's just
like a live. They should have live bands. I hope
they do. I hope so. They said they were going
to have music at one venue here, but maybe they
were talking about the... American Royal Hall
that you can rent out for bands. I signed up
for the cocktail thing, so I can't wait on that.
Oh, yeah, yeah, the cocktail party. Yeah, there's
a cocktail festival they're having. Yeah. Yeah,
I signed up for that. Oh, I did too. Did you
see the drinks on that list? I didn't because
it said that something was sold out, but they're
offering something. VIP package. I don't know
if it's $125 or if it's $15 because it gave me
two different prices. Oh, I didn't even see that.
Yeah, I got an email yesterday. Oh, I have to
look through my emails. Oh, yeah, yeah. Double
check because it was saying that the tickets
were sold out already because I signed up months
before they opened. Okay. I thought I would get
first -handed tickets, but I guess other people
signed up ahead of me. Okay. All right. I guess
I didn't get tickets either then. Well, they're
going to have yoga. You can do yoga on the bridge.
Oh, yeah, that was my first thing. I'm out here
doing downward dog. Yeah, yeah, I can't wait.
Grasping the bird's tail. And something about
cycling I heard them say. Oh, really? On the
bottom level, I guess. Maybe underneath here,
I'm thinking. Yeah, they were saying something
about bring your bikes. Cool. I'll check that
out. I guess once they connect it all the way
through. Yeah. This is a trailhead, so there
are trails that lead off from here. Oh, okay.
I don't know if on both sides or not. I haven't
looked around yet. Yeah, they said that on the
news this morning. Something about cycling. I
heard that with the bicycle. And that will be
underneath will be the bike route? That's what
I assume. I'm not sure. I wouldn't think you
could do it on this level because there's too
much to run into. And there's nothing up there,
so I guess it would have to be under there. Yeah.
That would be neat. Yeah. Yeah. Good talking
to you guys. Got to get back to work. Oh, okay.
Thanks for stopping by. Nice talking to you.
What's your name? Nicole. Nicole. I'm Mark. I'm
Topher. Hi, how are you? You were just on the
very first podcast to ever be done from this
bridge. Oh, yay. History. Absolutely. Thank you
so much for being a part of it. Yes, thanks.
We appreciate it. You guys enjoy your day. All
right, we'll see you around here. All righty.
This was such a good idea to build this, wasn't
it? And to come down here and do our podcast.
But to build this, it was such a good idea. Already,
we already met interesting people, everything.
This is great. I love it. I do too. Spirit of
Eden recorded in near darkness with long ambient
takes. The band captured room noises, breathing,
and subtle sounds. They didn't always intentionally
create a fully identity on it. And anyhow, that's
pretty much all of it there because the other
page ran away. I couldn't catch it. That's a
shame. Actually, it's probably in the Kansas
River. Anyhow, that's it. Well, let's see. I'll
give you a choice. We can talk about the Wu -Tang
Clan's concert, which has some controversy. We
can talk about James Blake being asked. to be
taken off Kanye West's recent album. Oh, okay.
And then I've got a list of bad albums with one
good song. Oh, I love that. Do the bad albums
with one good song. I figured that would be next.
Yeah. And I have some bullet points if we get
to them. Okay. All right, bad albums, one good
song. Hey, look, we're being filmed. All right,
awesome. For real. The first one we have is John
Lennon, his album Sometime in New York City.
And the song is called New York City, which is
a decent song, good, well -written. It is well
-written. It's a good song. It's not his best,
but I'd listen to it if it's playing. But apparently
the rest of the album, music took a backseat
to political posturing. Getting his political
message across was the main thing, and the music
was just kind of half -ass crap. Yeah. And the
whole album stunk except for the one song. You
know, and that's probably the only song I know
for that whole album, so I would say, yeah. Up
next, Van Halen 3, and the song Fire in the Hole
is the only one. It's the diamond in the turd.
It is. As it's often described. The cool thing
is, is I want anyone that knows this album is
with Gary Cherone. Yeah. It's the only album
with Gary Cherone. He replaced Sammy Hagar. Sammy
Hagar replaced David Lee Roth. He sounds identical
to Sammy Hagar on that album, although naturally
he does not. Yeah, that's the weird thing. It's
almost as if, I don't know if he felt he needed
to get that sound or somebody told him to. I
don't know what it was, but I know that Eddie
Van Halen went nuts on that whole album. Yeah.
Because he spent way too much money, and he was
never happy with it. He was always dicking with
it and messing with it, and they say he ruined
the album. Yeah, at that point. And he should
have been handing over... Oh, Channel 9's right
behind us. Nice. He should have been handing
over final production of the album to somebody
else. Somebody he couldn't overrule. Yeah. That
would have been a better album. Okay, up next,
David Bowie. The album Tonight. The only good
song on it is Blue Jean. Which is still a staple,
which he still does in concert. You know, it's
okay. It's not like... It's not my favorite song
by any stretch. But I wouldn't necessarily turn
it off either. Yeah. It's not Gene Genie. That's
a different song. No, no. This is Blue Gene.
Blue Gene. Blue Gene Girl. A little more somber.
Yeah, quite a bit more somber. Yeah. But the
rest of the album is described as directionless
and lacking in ideas. I agree. Yeah. He was doing
a lot of drugs then, too, so. He was doing a
lot of experimenting. A lot of experimenting
then. Yeah. Yeah. Up next, Queen's Clearwater
Revival, the album Mardi Gras. Or CCR. CCR. To
the cool kids. Yes. The song Someday Never Comes
was the only good one on the album. The rest
of the album, it was the band members were hassling
them, wanting to write songs that would make
the album, because they wanted publishing credits.
They didn't realize that their manager was taking
it all anyway, so it didn't make any difference.
Yeah, they didn't. But on this album, Forwardy
gave in and said, you know what, go ahead. And
he knew the album was going to suck, and he just
kind of didn't care at that point. The end of
it didn't work, and the band broke up directly
afterwards, which is what Fogarty figured was
going to happen anyway. But, yeah, it was like
The Doors' last album after Morrison died. It
was just a shit show. Yeah, yeah. But Fogarty
knew it was going to be crap, because, like,
well, these guys aren't going to be happy unless
I let them write songs. He already signed a solo
deal, didn't he? No, he was planning to sit out.
Until his contract expired. No, that was it.
That's right. He was just going to send it out
and then go out as John Fogerty, which he did.
Yep. He had a really big album, Centerfield.
Centerfield, yeah. But the weird thing is the
first song on it, The Old Man Down the Road,
is basically the same song as Run Through the
Jungle. It really is. It's just slightly reworked.
Yeah. So he ripped himself off completely. He
did, yeah. But the thing is, since his John Fogerty
is so distinctive, it didn't matter. Yeah. There's
a pretty big tolerance for musicians ripping
themselves off. It's like, you wrote this to
begin with, so why not? Yeah, so go ahead. He
was going to sue himself, but his lawyer advised
against it. Yeah, yeah. You don't self -sue,
master -suing. Here's one you'll probably know
of, Judas Priest, the album Turbo. And the song
Turbo Lover is about the only one you can listen
to. The rest is like synth -heavy pop metal.
Yeah, that's when glam was big. And what they
tried to do, even their costumes, because they
were made in Kansas City at Unique Fashions there
in Westport. As a matter of fact, when you went
into that store, a little bitty little store
right next to Lone Star back in the 80s, and
actually I think it went out about 87 or something,
but Unique Fashions, he did all of their turbo.
He did all of their colorful leather. Yeah. He
did all of that. And anyhow, they were trying
to, actually it was more the record company was
wanting them to get more with the times. True.
And the rest of the album is generally considered,
the production's cheesy, there are way too many
special effects, you know, gated drums and echoey
this. Because this was not what they do. Yeah.
But they did it because record companies are
like, look, we've got to get you more modern,
we've got to get you more in the times. Yeah.
Interesting that I read that Rob Halford and
Alice Cooper are teaming up for a second children's
music album. Yes, I saw that. They put one out
in 2024 that was apparently very successful.
Yes, and they're really good people. Both of
them are solid. And good friends. Here's one
you'll also be familiar with. Black Sabbath,
Never Say Die. Yeah, Never Say Die is it. That
was the only song on the album. Johnny Blade
is a great song. If anyone bothers to listen
to it. But the only one you'd ever know is Never
Say Die. And the biggest problem with that is
it sounded happy. That's the biggest problem.
Well, the description I found for this was the
album sounded like they'd all been snorting too
many ants. And they were. They were. And they
also said this may actually be the most hated
album in metal. Really? Yeah. See, I didn't mind
it. I didn't mind it. I guess there's a lot of
hate for it. There is. The album cover is badass.
Yeah. In the gas mask. Jet fighter, apparently.
Jet fighter, yeah. Up next, Iron Maiden in the
album Virtual Eleven. And the song The Klansman.
It was kind of inspired by Braveheart. Yeah.
He said it's a decent. The rest of the album,
the most common description is absolute turd.
I think I would agree. Yes. I would totally agree
with that. Yeah. Next one, no surprise, Metallica,
St. Anger. Oh, gosh. And the song, The Unnamed
Feeling, apparently was something you could actually
listen to. Was that the name of the song that
they tried to get to be a hit? I think so. Okay.
I didn't know. Well, St. Anger, they tried that,
too, and everyone's like, what? It was all cymbals.
Yeah. I mean, it was just disgusting. It was
like... Yeah, they said it was a ruined production.
It was. The whole album is just, the production
is so trashed and so ruined. It was horrible.
The backbeat, it was nothing. It was a bunch
of cymbals. And that horrible snare drum. Oh,
the snare drum. Yeah, the snare drum is idiots.
I was saying cymbals, but the snare drum was
just as bad. Whang, whang. It's just the most
god -awful sound. Someone need to pull Lars aside
and go, dude, no, no. But they were... When Metallica
put out the Black Album, which was monstrously
successful, it basically broke them as human
beings. It did. Because all the drugs were available.
Nobody was going to tell them no for anything.
Lars and James got enormous egos and felt like
they were God on Earth. And St. Anger was kind
of made during that time. They were trying for
a modern sound. Yeah. But what they came up with
was nothing like a modern sound. It's just they
were so out of it. Well, the Black Album was
actually like a very produced album anyhow. They
wanted them to hit mainstream because this is
Motley Crue Bon Jovi territory, kind of like
what we're talking about Judas Priest. Yeah.
They're kind of like, hey, you know, this thrash
stuff is good and you did well, but we need you
to make it a little bit more mainstream. We need
some radio hits. Yes. And they got it. And the
thing is... They really broke during Ozzy. Ozzy
took them on the Ultimate Sin Tour, and I was
there at Kemper Arena, actually right next door
here. Oh, yeah, right over there. Yeah, so I
was there. I saw Judas Priest right over there.
Oh, and they had a great concert. I've seen them,
too. I've seen them with Kiss. Back when they,
before, I think they were out of makeup by then,
it was the 80s. Well, anyhow. I think Blue Oyster
Cult opened for Judas Priest when I saw them.
I saw them. Blue Oyster Cult finally at the Ameristar.
I got to take my brother there before he passed
away. Oh, nice. He was always a big Blue Oyster
Cult fan, but he was so pissed he went to Black
and Blue concert, Black Sabbath, Blue Oyster
Cult, and they're out of Black Sabbath shirts.
So he had to get a Blue Oyster Cult. He was so
mad. He was like, damn it, yeah. So anyhow. All
right, the last one I have is Queen, the album
Hot Space. Oh, yeah. And that would be body language,
right? No, no, no. Under Pressure. Under Pressure,
yeah. Which actually was released six months
earlier. So it basically had nothing to do with
the album. They just stuck it on there. They
stuck it on the album because it was them and
David Bowie. It was a collab. And I forgot how
it became. It was an accident. Yeah, it just
kind of fell together. Yeah, and they're just
like, hey, it just works. Yeah. Yeah, so it wasn't
even a part of that album. It was a part of them
with David Bowie doing that song. And I forgot.
It was an accident. how it actually originated.
And then he put it on that album. But Hot Space,
I think it was like Body Language or something,
they tried to make a hit. And everyone was like,
no. No, no, no, no. This is not my queen. Yeah,
the album was a complete departure from the usual
sound. It was basically light R &B, funk, and
disco. And this was when disco was already on
the way out. So nobody really wanted it. They
used a lot of drum machines instead of the actual
drummer. They really downplayed the guitar. Roger
Taylor, why would you do that to him? I know.
A lot of the songs were dance -oriented. There's
basically nothing on the album for the rockers,
which was a big part of Queen's audience. Okay,
I'm going to check this out here now and see
if I'm correct on this. Was Body Language the
song on Hot Space, the album of Queen? Because
I may be getting something mixed up. Yeah, yeah.
Okay. And that is a 1982 album, Hot Space. And
they tried, that was the one. And then, if I
remember correctly, they brought back, under
pressure, it was already on the radio, but then
they brought it back to sell the album. That's
true. I remember it did have almost like a re
-release. Yeah, it did, yeah. And they decided
that when I think they probably realized there
was really nothing redeeming about that whole
album. Yeah, that was the only thing that was
going to sell the album. It was 1982. Disco was
dead. gone and i think that was part of the problem
about freddie mercury uh and uh versus brian
may now they loved each other okay but musically
they hated each other and that was one of the
problems yeah so anyhow go ahead i'm sorry all
right uh so that's the that's bad albums with
one good song i have the a few of the flip side
good albums with one bad song okay i like this
is it good all right First one up, the Police
Synchronicity album. Whole album was awesome,
except for the song Mother. Oh, yeah. Utter piece
of crap. It's a total mess. What was the one?
The little black spot on the sun. King of Pain.
King of Pain. That was off Synchronicity, wasn't
it? I think so, yeah. Yeah, that was a great
song. A great song. Synchronicity 2. Yeah. Many
miles away, there's a shadow on the door. Anyway.
That's a great song, too. That is a good song.
And you know what? Radio has failed that song.
You never hear it on there. Yeah. Such a good
song. Anyhow. I have to play it myself. Yep.
But the song sounded part bad garage band, part
primal scream therapy. They were cringy. I don't
know. It was Andy Summer, I think, doing the
vocals. Yeah. And there's these cringy outbursts
about his mommy. And every girl I date turns
into my mom. It's just ugly and stupid. And his
guitar. I mean, I love the guitar on that whole
album, but man, that stuff kind of ruined it
for me. Yeah, there's nothing melodic. There's
no tune. There's no melody. It's just an incoherent
mess. It's awful. Next up, we have Peter Gabriel
and his album So. That's the one with Sledgehammer.
There's a song late on the album called We Do
What We're Told, Milgram 37. I'm unfamiliar.
Yeah, and most people stop listening to it before
it gets to that track. It's one of those. It's
like, okay, take it off. It's slow, and it's
plodding, and it drones, and it goes nowhere.
It feels unfinished. The rest of the song is
full of life and full of energy, and it has things
to say and things to do. This one just sounds
like... what you'd listen to in an elevator on
your way up to the dentist's office. It's just
awful. It's nuts. There was another song on that
album where it's basically he took a friend's
poem and put it to music. And it wasn't all that
good either, but it was a hell of a lot better
than this one. Bob Dylan, his album Blonde on
Blonde. Double album, full of great songs, a
very seminal... piece of work from bob dylan
but he had the song rainy day women number 12
and 35 which you from the title you wouldn't
know what it was what it's like but it has that
boozy sing -along chorus everybody must get stoned
that's the song yeah which is ugly and stupid
it didn't fit anywhere in the album didn't fit
bob dylan KY, you'd hear that on there so much.
Oh, God, that was awful. It was just ear torture.
Oh, yeah. That was kind of like the 5 o 'clock
going home song, one of those, where you're yabba
-dabba -doo and working for the weekend. Yeah.
And at the very end, you're like, everybody must
get stoned. Yeah. It was popular with the party
boys who were so stupid they could barely remember
to breathe. Yeah. That's who liked that song.
Yeah, you're a good thong. What's so good about
it? Everybody must get thonged. It's so stoned
in it. Everybody must get thonged too. Anyways.
The Beatles, the White Album, the song Revolution
9, which you talked about earlier. Total mess.
Tons of hidden audio with cryptic messages. Number
9? Yes. Overlaid with random noises, groaning,
bursts of orchestral music. That's when the Beatles
were really fucking reaching. There was one part
of the audio in there that sounds like John Lennon
masturbating. Probably was. But with a fan where
it's going through his voice. It's like he's
just beating off and recording it. This is nasty.
And then the last one is the Beach Boys album
Beach Boys Today. And the track Bull Session
with Big Daddy. Okay. I'm glad I never got to
know that song. Very glad about that. I looked
it up on YouTube. It's about two minutes and
40 seconds of just random conversations in the
studio. You hear the guys hanging out, talking
about some shows they did. They're BSing. Somebody
comes in and brings them some fast food, and
they're eating it. And about the most exciting
thing that happens is there's a dick joke that
they put in there. They needed something. One
of them was talking about standing outside the
hotel and meeting with this guy from Capitol
Records named Dick Rising. Hell of a guy. Great
guy. Greatest guy ever. Now, originally the thing
was twice as long, and the record label said,
uh -uh. Cut this back. Cut this back. This is
stupid. But it's basically, they say it's like
Brian Wilson was so impressed with Revolution
9 that he wanted to do his own version of it.
That hurts my feelings about Brian Wilson. Doesn't
it? It's just terrible. Well, I have some bullet
points. I love bullet points. Okay. All right.
Will, first question, will any death or black
metal bands ever get near the Hall of Fame? As
in rock and roll. No. I don't think so either.
I don't think so. I think it's going to be taboo
forever. Yeah, they're just not family friendly
and safe enough. There's something they can't
promote and make money off of. If there is one,
it will be King Diamond. And that's it. Yeah.
And that's because he kind of became this, I
don't know, almost lovable, maybe he's a quasi
Satan worshiper, maybe he's quasi a lot of things.
Yeah. You know, I don't know. Yeah. I do believe
that he did come out and just say, yeah, you
know, it's how I make a living. It's a gimmick.
Come on, guys. So I think if anyone does, it
will be him, but not Merciful Fate with him.
No. Because that band, there's no way they could
do that mainstream. No. So it would be King Diamond
if there is one. Yeah, I can see that. All right.
Who would be the most successful black metal
or death metal band? And I think we just answered
that. It would probably be King Diamond slash.
Yeah. Verseful fate. Yeah, I don't think ministry
quite qualifies as that genre. No, what would
you call that? Industrial? Industrial metal,
yeah. Industrial metal, yeah. Okay. All right,
are there any concert promoters left? Wow. None
of the ones I ever used to work for. No. No,
they're all gone. I mean, it's all been taken
over. Chris Fretz, Mark Valentine. Yeah. They're
just, yeah, I don't even know what happened to
them. I don't either. I don't either. Valentine
had his own band, Valentine and the Very Wealthy.
And he would book bands also. And a lot of times
what he'd do is he'd book his own band, and then
if he got a better gig, he would take the better
gig and then book somebody else to take his spot.
There were plenty of times the band I was in,
people would say, it was supposed to be Valentine
and the Very Wealthy. He's like, eh. He'd pull
the bait and switch on you. That is funny. That
is, you know. Pretty much been taken over by
big business. Yeah. And also the advance feature
where they're like, let's sell the tickets ahead
of time. Yeah. They don't need money down now.
And if it doesn't do it, I mean, we're supposed
to go to Glenn Hughes tonight. Yeah. That's not
going to happen. Yeah, it used to be bands had
enough money to finance their upcoming tour.
Or they would borrow the money. But now they
just sell tickets. And if they don't sell enough
tickets, they cancel the tour. If they sell enough,
then they use that money. And it's always some
bullshit excuse. My pinky hurts. It's funny.
I mean, I love Glenn Hughes and everything, but
I've never seen him more active ever since he's
had this minor medical issue. This medical issue
that was going to prevent him from touring and
playing all those dates in a row, and you just
couldn't do it. He was everywhere. Did he forget
his excuse? Apparently he did. Well, he's just
counting on us to not remember and not care.
After Wasp, our replacement concert in Tulsa,
that's it. I'm done with concerts. I'm never
going again. Yeah, it's just not worth it. No,
I'm just tired of it. I'll go pay money, but
then they won't give me my money back when they
back out of it. Fuck them. No, they're going
to do it without me. All right. Okay, the industry
has changed so much. What was the concert business?
Was the concert business better with promoters
and not the upfront money system? I would say
yes. Yeah, the local promoters was such a good
system from my perspective, especially during
the time when the bands would come without. an
opening act, and they'd have somebody local be
their opening act. Yes. They were so good at
that. I mean, their big bands had local ones.
What was the one, the Uniforms or something?
I remember J .T. Cook. J .T. Cook was one. I
remember Secret Society. Yeah, I can't think
of too many mothers. By the time I was in a good
working band, that system had degraded to the
point where When the smaller clubs would have
a national touring act, then they would bring
a local act in to be the opening act. And that's
how I wound up opening for the Aerosmith tribute
band, Toys in the Attic, and the Doris tribute
band, Strange Days. Oh, okay. Because they were
nationally touring, but they weren't bringing
an opening act with them. The venue had to supply
it. I think I remember them, too. Yeah. Yeah.
Okay. So that was fun. Just like, cool, these
guys are going to go off and do a national tour,
and I was one of the stops on their way. Whatever
that is smells fucking good. It does, doesn't
it? That's just like torture. If I didn't have
to pee so bad, I'd be over there. Oh, I am too.
Me too. How long have we got? We've got a few
more minutes. An hour and 17. Okay. Who had the
best voice in rock ever, alive or dead? Gosh,
Chris Cornell had such an amazing rock voice.
Yeah, it's kind of hard to beat him. Dio? Dio,
yeah. I think Jeff Tate had a really damn good
voice. Yes, he still is. He can still hit some
of those. I mean, for smoking and being mid -60s
to 70, he still can carry it pretty good. Glenn
Hughes is just a freak of nature. Chris Cornell,
Dio. I could put Glenn Hughes there, but he's
not really that. He's more of a soul guy. He's
the kind of guy you put a candle up to his mouth
when he's singing and the candle will stay lit.
He does it completely from the diaphragm. He
does it the right way. His range is incredible.
And they love their singers with amazing voices,
but they're not really rock voices. No, Axl Rose
would be a great example. And Axl Rose, what
I love about him is he layers his voice, but
he doesn't do where Ozzy doubled his voice up
on albums where it's the same pitch. He does
different octaves on the same song singing the
same lyric. That sounds better. It's amazing
the way he does it. And it's like, wow, that's
him. But he's singing it differently, and it's
layered on top of him singing the regular way
he sings. It will never be viewed as as much
talent as what it is. Yeah. How about Roy Orbison?
Should he be viewed as a legend? I would say
so. I would too. His voice was so unique. Yeah.
And nobody was really doing it. I mean, that
high falsetto. No, they were not touching it.
And that clear, wavering tones. Yeah. It was
something else. He set the precedent for modern
type of singing like that. I mean, he really.
Yeah. They say if he would have looked as good
as Elvis, he would have been bigger than Elvis.
I think so, too. I think so, too. I believe it.
I think Chris Isaac owes a lot to Roy Orbison.
Oh, God, yeah. Yeah. Now, Chris Isaac, I like
him, too. Yeah. But it is easy to see his influences,
and Roy Orbison is a huge one. Yeah. Yeah. So,
will Elvis Costello ever come out with new music?
Oh, interesting. I know, I just got thinking
of that. I really don't know what's happening
to him. I don't either. Nobody hears anything
about him. He just disappeared. The last thing
I remember seeing him on was an episode of Frasier,
of all things, where his character was a singer
-guitar player in the cafe they went to all the
time, Cafe Nervosa. Oh, I remember, yeah. And
he showed up and started playing, and Frasier
and Niles didn't like it, so they went and tried
to find a different bar. And it wound up somebody
got the guy a job at a bank, so he gave up his
music career. Which was weird because that storyline
was played out over and over and over in the
late 60s. People being very successful in music.
on like a TV show or a cartoon or something or
a comic book. But the first opportunity to get
in a normal 9 -to -5 job, they're like, yay!
And they cut off all their hair and sell all
their clothes and just give it up for the regular
9 -to -5 -er and everybody would be smiling and
happy about it. It's weird. It was like a very
clumsy and heavy -handed way to try to tell people
that pursuing a music career is childish and
silly and it won't work. So just be a working
drone the way we want you to be. Wake up, do
your job, go home, pay your taxes, spend all
your money and die. True. Will there ever be
boy bands again? It may take 50 or 75 years,
but probably. I agree. Probably. And the thing
is, this also goes back to what Billy Corgan
was saying. They like the one star that they
can control. They buy all your dancers a dime
a dozen. They have all the stage show already
purchased and sitting in a warehouse somewhere.
And it's like, you, go out there and do what
you do. And a boy band is perfect for that because
you get like four or five guys. And you give
them other people's songs to sing with a proper
production. You tell them what dances to do and
how to dress, etc. So you can market them as
a boy band. And then you let the public decide
which are their favorite ones. Yeah, and you
completely control them. Yep, and then those
favorite ones get a solo career. Yes, yep. Yep,
like Justin Timberlake. Yep. And ones like that.
Yeah. So that's... Boy bands are an enormous
money -making... for people, so it will come
back for that reason. Not because people want
boy bands, it'll come back because of the money
-making potential there. Oh, I agree, yes. And
the enormous control. Right now they're having
fun with Ariana Grande's and stuff like that.
They like the one person out there, the Billie
Eilish stuff and all that. Yeah, except... Nobody
really wants anything to do with her right now.
No, I love it. They're probably just biding their
time. It's like maybe a year from now things
will cool off, but maybe not. She's still tasting
her foot right now. Yeah. And she should. And
somebody played her so bad. I mean, she's not
smart enough to come up with that her own or
decide to do that her own. You can look at her
face and see the absent. Yeah. Yeah, screensaver.
Yeah, screensaver. Just like, uh. Yeah. So, all
right. What's the best concert drink, one alcohol
and one not? Oh, man. I would think for a non
-alcoholic, I remember getting lemonade once
at an outdoor concert, and it basically saved
my life. It was so good to get lemonade. You
can't argue with lemonade on a hot afternoon.
As long as it's not too sweet. Yeah, as long
as it's not too sweet, it's tart and a little
sweet. And as far as an alcoholic beverage, I
don't know, it's one of the times I like to drink
beer. Me too. I think a nice big yinling or something
like that would be fine. And I don't necessarily
want a dark beer or a craft brew. Just a good
yinling and I'm good. Yeah. Okay. That's, you
know, listening to music was about the only time
I would drink beer. Yeah. Other times I was more
of a, you know, just pour me a shot of bourbon.
put any ice in it or anything like that just
yeah yeah just neat yeah yep just take your chances
yep slam it down see what happens or sip it slowly
or both yeah um okay and finally will tone loke
become a monk and live in the mountains yes yeah
of course the writing's on the wall i don't even
know where he's at anymore i don't know Well,
you were talking about concerts being not what
they're supposed to be. I've got a story about
the Wu -Tang Clan. Oh, yeah, yeah. Speaking of
Tone Loke and all that. Same timeline, pretty
much. Okay, Wu -Tang Clans, they're being offered
refunds after several members failed to appear
on what was billed as a full lineup farewell
tour. Now, I'll put a disclaimer here. I doubt
they're getting refunds. I think they're getting
credit. Yes. Because nobody gets their money
back anymore. No. Thieves. Okay, the iconic hip
-hop group played at the Brisbane Entertainment
Center on March 25th, but not everyone was part
of the show, despite it being billed as having
all members on stage. Okay, the ones absent were
Method Man, Raekwon, Capadonna, and Young Dirty
Bastard. All absent. RZA, GZA, Ghostface Killa,
Mastakilla, Inspector Deck, and UGod were there
on stage. Uh -huh. Now, back in October... of
2025 the tour was announced and it was billed
by wu -tang clan as well as promoters teg dainty
and the untitled group as a final australian
run featuring all members but before the tour
started the group posted on their instagram story
the real method man would not be making the trip
at all so he has never been a part of it wow
okay um but there was no update about the other
members for the shows including the melbourne
and sydney concerts over the weekend I can't
believe they're still selling in Australia. Yeah.
Well, big farewell thing. That will draw people
that really don't have much interest, but it's
like, oh, it's the last one ever? I'll go. Yeah,
that's true. Yeah. But then to have fully a third,
close to half of their people just not even showing
up, and then they don't tell you, and they just
figure, oh, good enough. Yeah. Normally they
would like... tell you and say, you know, here's
an option to do something else. But no, they
just let you show up, spend your money, and then
it's up to you to actually object and do anything.
So we'll see how that goes. They're still apparently
doing their tour, but you're not going to see
those guys out there. No. Nope, I don't know.
And then recently, James Blake, who's been working
with Kanye West as a producer for a long time,
has asked to be taken off producer credits for
Kanye West's new album, Bully. Is that bad? Well,
apparently. It's his 12th studio album, which
he debuted via YouTube on Friday. It includes
production from a range of different artists.
On the closing track, this one here, Blake is
credited alongside Yee, Don Toliver, and Quentin
Miller. NME reports that Blake has requested
his name be taken off the credits as he believes
the spirit of his work has not been represented
in the final record. Responding to a fan on the
video platform Vault, Blake wrote, The way I
pitched his vocals and constructed the track
from his stupid wind freestyle is partially there,
majorly peppered with other newer vocal takes,
etc., but the spirit of my actual production
is mostly absent. So he had the song what he
thought was finished, and then someone else came
in and redid it, added a bunch of stuff, changed
it all around, and he said, I don't want people
to think this is my work. You know what? I get
it. I get it. Yeah. He says, my original version
is a completely different production in spirit.
Happy for the fans, but I've asked to be taken
off producer credits for now as I don't want
to take credit for other people's work, and this
version isn't what I created with Kanye. He went
on to clarify, it's not personal, I'm not mad,
I just hit a point where I don't want to be credited
on music or I can't affect the end result. I
get it. Yeah, that's his stamp. And it says Blake
and Kanye have a long history together dating
back to 2014. The two worked on a joint project
known as WAR in 2022, but no music from that
period was ever officially released. Hmm. Okay.
So. Alright. It just seems a little strange that
Kanye was very willing to just like run over
everything the guy had done. Yeah. It's like,
no, not good enough. Let's bring in other people
and do some more. All right. Well, due to the
fact that it's colder than shit and we want to
go eat, we're going to go ahead and get out of
here. So, but you got, you got your money's worth
on this one. Definitely. Like always, we thank
you guys for listening. It's definitely working.
You guys are telling people we love it. Thank
you very much. We really appreciate it. And please
go fuck yourself.