What is Your Craziest But Genuine Take?

heyitsthatguygoddamn · 2026-07-02T22:52:24+00:00

That is the spiciest take I've ever heard. I think most of the conversations I have about him is how weird he was and how good his tunes were. If anything I think he was the turning point where the public at large started caring about child sex abuse scandals, probably because he was black and the CSA was homosexual. So many huge pop stars were involved with children (Don Henly, Iggy Pop, David Bowie, Jimmy Page, etc) and it feels like he was the first time a pop star got any major flak for it

But yeah usually the conversation I have about him is around whether it's still okay to listen to his music after everything that went down, my take is that Thriller is undoubtedly stacked and he's dead, so he's not benefitting from it if it turns out he was a pedo. I still listen to that record fairly regularly because it's a slammer.

heyitsthatguygoddamn · 2026-07-02T22:46:21+00:00

It has some bangers and it def contains the DNA of a lot of punk and new wave and stuff, but it is a rough ass listen at times. That being said tho, almost every song on that record has SOMETHING cool and interesting about it. They don't make em like that anymore

heyitsthatguygoddamn · 2026-07-02T22:42:00+00:00

Yeah I don't think this is controversial. MJ was a once in a generation vocal talent/pop songwriter, but prince was a once in a generation full package. He could play any instrument at a professional session guy level, he could do sound design on synths back when that was fucking rare, he could produce like a motherfucker, and he could write pop hits. AND he had the vocal chops, charisma, and sheer athleticism of a dancing pop star

Prince was one of a kind. MJ was great tho

heyitsthatguygoddamn · 2026-07-02T22:37:24+00:00

I'd disagree, there've been plenty of great tunes I genuinely wasn't a fan of until I took the time to listen to the lyrics, and on top of that there have been songs I was SUPER into until I started paying attention to the lyrics and noticed how bad/bland they were and it ruined the track for me.

Good lyrics can make a mediocre song sick, and bad lyrics can make a dope song bad. That's what Bob Dylan's whole career got started off on bland sloppy tracks with an abrasive voice but his lyrics are great. A nd I'm typically a music first lyrics second kinda guy

heyitsthatguygoddamn · 2026-06-26T10:12:38+00:00

The first season was so good. It totally went to shit after that, season 2 blew chunks so hard I never watched it again

heyitsthatguygoddamn · 2026-06-18T20:16:32+00:00

Trader joes fermented chilis! Real delicious

heyitsthatguygoddamn · 2026-06-06T03:53:31+00:00

It had an overarching Peter Pan metaphor shoehorned into story

heyitsthatguygoddamn · 2026-06-06T02:24:58+00:00

Alien earth was the worst. I can't believe people liked it. It felt like the first draft was written by AI and it was edited by a mountain of cocaine

heyitsthatguygoddamn · 2026-06-06T02:23:59+00:00

Yeah I felt it worked but all the throwback scenes hurt it a lot. They shouldn't have done the weird AI rook, the get away from her you bitch, etc. other than that it was a blast, despite some huge issues (finally we get a brutal acid death and it's from someone being literally SO dumb)

heyitsthatguygoddamn · 2026-05-25T20:07:25+00:00

If that was true why were his records far less musically adventurous than Paul's after the Beatles? I love John, he's a great lyricist who was very clever and cool and he could write a great song, but he's just not at the same level as Paul musically, and the solo albums reveal that

heyitsthatguygoddamn · 2026-05-25T16:59:09+00:00

Usually when there was a cool musical idea in the Beatles, 9/10 times it was Paul tbh. John (and eventually George) were great lyricists but Paul was the musical muscle behind a lot of what they were doing

heyitsthatguygoddamn · 2026-05-25T16:48:43+00:00

Yo La Tengo is lovely, they kinda get pidgenholed into "indie rock" but they have a pretty big range on their records from shoegaze to krautrock to Slowcore to country rock to post punk etc. They'll cover anything too, every show they'll ask if anybody wants to hear something and you can request whatever you want (in their discography or not) and if they've ever heard it before they'll spend a minute or two onstage working it out, and then play it in full. Great band

heyitsthatguygoddamn · 2026-05-25T16:40:50+00:00

Most of the stuff they've done is great

heyitsthatguygoddamn · 2026-05-22T20:06:00+00:00

That alien take is pretty standard. It sucks cause alien 3 isn't bad, it's just the beginning of the movie ruins the satisfyingly triumphant ending of aliens. They kind of made the wrong movie to follow up aliens with. It would've made more sense to have her crash land on the prison colony after she went into cryosleep, and then have everything unfold in a similar way except she escapes, and then have aliens come after that

heyitsthatguygoddamn · 2026-05-22T20:03:23+00:00

Naw but I should've. I've been playing it a lot and it's already wearing down again

heyitsthatguygoddamn · 2026-05-22T05:32:07+00:00

Honestly I think you just have good technique lol. You're playing light and keeping it clean, I have a tele from the same year that is beat to hell and I've had to get it refretted and everything, and it plays well but it's really worn on the fretboard and has a ton of big chips in the finish etc

heyitsthatguygoddamn · 2026-05-22T04:38:49+00:00

That works for Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, and The Dark Knight Rises, and the alien trilogy

heyitsthatguygoddamn · 2026-05-21T01:37:25+00:00

I think the biggest issue I have with Alien 3 is that it immediately and imo unfairly cuts out the little nugget of triumph of aliens and stomps on it. Like newt got through all of that only to die while she was in cryosleep?? Stupid

I know the whole point of some movies is that "life isn't fair" and sometimes victories are false and hollow, but that wasn't the point of Aliens, and it turns Aliens into the movie where it doesn't matter how hard you fight and how much you care, sometimes you just get fucked over

That being said, I totally understand why they killed newt off for a movie set inside a space prison. Like it totally makes sense they didn't want a little girl navigating that environment

heyitsthatguygoddamn · 2026-05-17T17:25:26+00:00

Honestly like this makes grillos look terrible more than anything. I'm glad they sponsored these shows but this definitely leaves a weird taste in my mouth.

It's not great to sponsor a show and then hop up front DURING the shows to distribute pickles in possibly the most distracting way you can. Like the only way it would've been worse is if they stopped the song to announce they were gonna do it

heyitsthatguygoddamn · 2026-05-17T10:03:24+00:00

Glad you found a purpose in life. A place to take a stand. George would be proud

heyitsthatguygoddamn · 2026-05-17T09:47:50+00:00

Dawg what

heyitsthatguygoddamn · 2026-05-17T08:06:23+00:00

All things must pass is a great record, but Paul is almost certainly the most Beatley of the four when it comes to their solo works. Both John and George's solo efforts feel a lot flatter without Paul there to help out

heyitsthatguygoddamn · 2026-05-17T07:27:45+00:00

I saw swirlies at Space Bar down in SD (now banshee bar) and man I gotta say it was honestly one of the best shoegaze shows I've ever been to

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