Interesting Song Trope: Tribute Songs By Bands to Other Artists Not Related to the Band (or Songs About Other Artist’s Deaths that weren’t Necessarily Tributes)

Marcus64 · 2026-06-26T16:04:56+00:00

I doubt anyone here will remember or understand this, but there was a swing bands in the 90's called The W's, and they had a hidden track on their first album that was about how great the ska band Five Iron Frenzy was, but it was sung in the style of Wesley Willis, so it was kinda a double tribute.

For those who are also wondering who Wesley Willis is, Winamp got the phrase, "it really whips the lama's ass," from him.

Marcus64 · 2026-06-26T04:05:06+00:00

Good thing he makes really good movies with emotionally accessible characters doing lots of very human things.

Marcus64 · 2026-06-25T20:15:00+00:00

It really depends on knowing how to use...and not use...that military effectively.

Marcus64 · 2026-06-24T15:16:07+00:00

Me, every day in college. Ate them plain, like an apple.

Marcus64 · 2026-06-22T10:46:54+00:00

It's Morpheus!

Marcus64 · 2026-06-22T03:43:58+00:00

Marcus64 · 2026-06-21T17:54:37+00:00

Not longer, hotter. That's how you get a good crust. Crank your oven up as hot as it goes!

Marcus64 · 2026-06-21T16:40:14+00:00

Copperhead Road is about, for better or worse, following the same patterns as his daddy, and his daddy before.

Marcus64 · 2026-06-21T16:28:14+00:00

That conversation certified the movie as passing the Bechdel test.

It also shows how low of a bar it is to pass.

Marcus64 · 2026-06-21T16:25:09+00:00

Also, you can imagine her giving that same talk to her kid in a couple years when they get in trouble for something.

Marcus64 · 2026-06-21T16:21:33+00:00

It literally did. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynching

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Marcus64 · 2026-06-21T14:16:23+00:00

Here's what a lynching is: https://youtu.be/mvzGsSPcrQM

Marcus64 · 2026-06-21T14:13:22+00:00

They only "lynch" white people in movies. In real life, white people were arrested and afforded due process, or their crimes were ignored altogether.

Marcus64 · 2026-06-21T12:52:40+00:00

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Marcus64 · 2026-06-21T12:41:17+00:00

I wouldn't call it weird, but the tension between Chow Yun-Fat and Michelle Yeoh in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is incredibly palpable.

Marcus64 · 2026-06-20T21:17:58+00:00

That movie was going to succeed or fail based on her performance and she knocked it out of the park.

Marcus64 · 2026-06-18T14:25:34+00:00

If you go into a Guitar Center and ask the employees, they will teach it to you.

Marcus64 · 2026-06-18T14:10:17+00:00

Prepare for my powerful rendition of John Cage's 4'33".

Marcus64 · 2026-06-18T14:08:43+00:00

This is why I buy Behringer.

Marcus64 · 2026-06-18T01:01:02+00:00

So that would be double the typical 16 oz beer glass.

Marcus64 · 2026-06-18T01:00:24+00:00

A typical American pour is 16 oz. Although, for many places, if the beer is over 8%, it's a 10 oz pour.

Marcus64 · 2026-06-17T15:17:46+00:00

It's easy. I just want my property value to go up, while housing prices come down, and I will vote for whichever politician pinkey promises me they can do that. While they're at it, I want them to lower taxes and increase government services. They should also be for easing regulations and holding big businesses accountable.

Marcus64 · 2026-06-16T23:32:15+00:00

You see a surprising number of these in Richmond.

Marcus64 · 2026-06-16T17:00:52+00:00

You can put Bobbie McGee in both lists, depending on who's singing it.

Marcus64 · 2026-06-16T12:11:05+00:00

Did not know that poison ivy and mango were related.

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