C or D in music reviews: "[Song by X artist] sounds like [Y artist] on [Z illicit drug]."

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Incredibly lazy, but sometimes intriguingly creative.

― PB, Thursday, 30 June 2005 03:06 (twenty years ago)

Classic and dud. Since I've done that myself.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 30 June 2005 03:12 (twenty years ago)

Peelander-Z sounds like the Beethoven of the 1940s on roofies, but with more angular guitars.

― Hurting (Hurting), Thursday, 30 June 2005 03:19 (twenty years ago)

As long as the correct illicit drug is cited (i.e., "crack" is never the right answer) it can be useful in moderation.

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Thursday, 30 June 2005 04:13 (twenty years ago)

In other words, the last two words of the sentence should always be "on WEED."

― Hurting (Hurting), Thursday, 30 June 2005 04:16 (twenty years ago)

95% of the time it's acid. Why is that?

― Rollie Pemberton (Rollie Pemberton), Thursday, 30 June 2005 04:30 (twenty years ago)

95% of the time it's acid. Why is that?

It's one of the few drugs music journalists can afford.

― whim cycle (Da ve Segal), Thursday, 30 June 2005 04:36 (twenty years ago)

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That's a good question. Another big one is some kind of sleeping pill, anti-anxiety agent, etc. I suspect that one's popular just because it's really simple to nail down: "Like Band X except slower/chiller/mellower = Like Band X on Xanax"

― sleep (sleep), Thursday, 30 June 2005 04:37 (twenty years ago)

dud, since I have done this myself and hate myself in the morning when I do.

― edd s hurt (ddduncan), Thursday, 30 June 2005 11:18 (twenty years ago)

creativity only now possible if drug = prescription rather than illicit

viz: "x sounds like y on co-proxamol"

― mark s (mark s), Thursday, 30 June 2005 11:26 (twenty years ago)

(actually co-proxamol is now illicit so as you were)

― mark s (mark s), Thursday, 30 June 2005 11:26 (twenty years ago)

Classic and dud. Since I've done that myself.
-- Ned Raggett

but what knowledge did you draw on to make the comparison - as I thought you are a total abstainer?

― Bob Six (bobbysix), Thursday, 30 June 2005 11:46 (twenty years ago)

"Songwriter X sounds like Bob Dylan on Claratin"

― Hurting (Hurting), Thursday, 30 June 2005 13:07 (twenty years ago)

"Pete Doherty sounds like Jaz Coleman on anusol"

― mark s (mark s), Thursday, 30 June 2005 13:12 (twenty years ago)

mark s OTM. I am fond of describing Dido as sounding like Dido on a heavy dose of non-specific tranquilisers.

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Thursday, 30 June 2005 13:18 (twenty years ago)

this thread is on CRACK

― harshaw (jube), Thursday, 30 June 2005 13:59 (twenty years ago)

I agree with the lazy assesment. Kind of like ending a sentence in which you intended to make a difficult/controversial point with "You know what I'm saying?"

The English language has A LOT of words. Use them accordingly.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Thursday, 30 June 2005 14:07 (twenty years ago)

without hesitation, deviation or repetition

― mark s (mark s), Thursday, 30 June 2005 14:11 (twenty years ago)

LayZ ... and condescending, in fact.

― b b, Thursday, 30 June 2005 17:15 (twenty years ago)

Audioslave sounds like Corbin Bernson on Children's Tylenol.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Thursday, 30 June 2005 17:28 (twenty years ago)

Quaaludes! Quaaludes!

― Ian Riese-Moraine has been xeroxed into a conduit! (Eastern Mantra), Thursday, 30 June 2005 17:31 (twenty years ago)

Conway Twitty is like Diane Sawyer on C!al!s.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Thursday, 30 June 2005 17:33 (twenty years ago)

Limp Bizkit is like Anthrax on Preparation H

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Thursday, 30 June 2005 17:38 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, Quaaludes is a common Z in this equation in reviews. I guess because it rolls off the tongue nicely...

― PB, Thursday, 30 June 2005 17:39 (twenty years ago)

i remember visiting bourbon street in new orleans, friggin years and years ago, and i started talking to these dudes from Athens, GA who were playing all this weird shit on the sidewalk. they were like "yeah, we're a bunch of bands and we've got a commune in athens. you should come live there." and i was like "well, what's everyone's music like?" and the guy responded by saying "well, we're all like Pink Floyd on acid." To which i said "pink floyd already were on acid"... blah blah blah

anyhow, turns out the ppl i was talking to were from the newly emerging Elephant 6 collective.

― ken taylrr (ken taylrr), Thursday, 30 June 2005 17:41 (twenty years ago)

Lindsay Lohan is like Britney Spears on birth control

― matlewis, Thursday, 30 June 2005 18:13 (twenty years ago)

Babe Ruth is like Dr. Ruth with a baseball bat.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Thursday, 30 June 2005 18:15 (twenty years ago)

Like Galaxie 500 shot with an elephant trnaquilizer

― Cunga (Cunga), Saturday, 2 July 2005 07:49 (twenty years ago)

Antigone Rising are like Anal Cunt on Midol

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Sunday, 3 July 2005 07:49 (twenty years ago)

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