A quiz: Who said it?

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A quote: "Alternative music? What's the alternative to music? Silence?"

― Nowell, Thursday, 2 September 2004 01:02 (twenty-one years ago)

frank zappa

― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Thursday, 2 September 2004 01:20 (twenty-one years ago)

Nope. I can see why you would think that, though. Try again, if ya wanna.

― Nowell, Thursday, 2 September 2004 01:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Man, I heard this recently... Gene Simmons?

― wetmink (wetmink), Thursday, 2 September 2004 01:23 (twenty-one years ago)

No.

― Nowell, Thursday, 2 September 2004 01:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Anyone gonna try again?

― Nowell, Thursday, 2 September 2004 01:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Johnny Ramone?

― wetmink (wetmink), Thursday, 2 September 2004 01:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Nope!

― Nowell, Thursday, 2 September 2004 01:55 (twenty-one years ago)

There IS an answer. It's not a trick question.

― Nowell, Thursday, 2 September 2004 02:01 (twenty-one years ago)

tom waits or somebody? beefheart? which california art brut dinosaur could it be?

― duke somebody, Thursday, 2 September 2004 02:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Nope, all wrong. Keep goin'.

― Nowell, Thursday, 2 September 2004 02:08 (twenty-one years ago)

I JUST heard this somewhere. Did you get it off of ILM?

― wetmink (wetmink), Thursday, 2 September 2004 02:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Nope. Read it in a book.

By the way, I gotta go in less than twenty minutes...

― Nowell, Thursday, 2 September 2004 02:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Anybody wanna try again? Or do you want me to just tell ya. The answer will bore you - this whole thing in itself is boring - but..you know.

― Nowell, Thursday, 2 September 2004 02:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Robert Fripp?

― wetmink (wetmink), Thursday, 2 September 2004 02:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Yogi Berra?

― cws (cws), Thursday, 2 September 2004 02:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Nope, nope. Who the fuck is Yogi Berra?
Is that a joke?
Grrr..

― Nowell, Thursday, 2 September 2004 02:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Frank Sinatra?

Nowell, Yogi was a catcher for the Yankees who said a bunch of dumb things.

― jim wentworth (wench), Thursday, 2 September 2004 02:33 (twenty-one years ago)

No, not Frank Sinatra. Why the hell would he say something like that?

― Nowell, Thursday, 2 September 2004 02:35 (twenty-one years ago)

i think we need clues.

― wetmink (wetmink), Thursday, 2 September 2004 02:45 (twenty-one years ago)

mike watt

― alan r. banana (alanbanana), Thursday, 2 September 2004 02:53 (twenty-one years ago)

John Cage

― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Thursday, 2 September 2004 03:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Elvis Costello while thinking about Paul Morley.

― Diego Valladolid (dvalladt), Thursday, 2 September 2004 05:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Nowell, Sinatra *was* a singer. Also, he mighta said it right before popping Bono one . . .

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Thursday, 2 September 2004 05:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Emo Phillips

― hUCK, Thursday, 2 September 2004 05:17 (twenty-one years ago)

Steve Albini

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Thursday, 2 September 2004 05:29 (twenty-one years ago)

It *is* Mike Watt.

― Sasha (sgh), Thursday, 2 September 2004 06:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Okay, what about this one: "Irony and reference points are the dark destroyers of great music.".

Who said it? A hint: considering this artist's own output, it's a bit surprising comment.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Thursday, 2 September 2004 07:38 (twenty-one years ago)

beck?

― Jay Kid (Jay K), Thursday, 2 September 2004 07:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Nope.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Thursday, 2 September 2004 07:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Momus?

― the music mole (colin s barrow), Thursday, 2 September 2004 07:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Henry Rollins?

― Alba (Alba), Thursday, 2 September 2004 07:53 (twenty-one years ago)

OK, I have just found the answer using Google, but I can't even think who that person is.

― Alba (Alba), Thursday, 2 September 2004 07:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Are you talking to me or Nowell? (My quotee is pretty famous.)

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Thursday, 2 September 2004 07:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Ha ha - I was still on the Mike Watt one. Sorry.

― Alba (Alba), Thursday, 2 September 2004 07:56 (twenty-one years ago)

YES! It was Mike Watt.
Okay, next question...

― Nowell, Thursday, 2 September 2004 20:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Alba: Mike Watt was in the Minutemen.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 2 September 2004 20:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Neil Tenant?

― Seb (Seb), Thursday, 2 September 2004 21:00 (twenty-one years ago)

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