93. Floyd the Barber vs. Yellow Ledbetter

Post by **stip** » Sun August 27, 2017 12:14 pm

Floyd the Barber vs. Yellow Ledbetter

Post by **stip** » Sun August 27, 2017 12:15 pm

Yellow Ledbetter times a billion.

doone · Post by **doone** » Sun August 27, 2017 1:49 pm

VinylGuy · Post by **VinylGuy** » Sun August 27, 2017 3:46 pm

Fuck YL is good.

tragabigzanda · Post by **tragabigzanda** » Sun August 27, 2017 4:49 pm

Come on guys.

Bell on door clanks, come on in
Floyd observes my hairy chin
Sit down chair don't be afraid
Steamed hot towel on my face

I was shaved

Barney ties me to the chair
I can't see, I'm really scared
Floyd breathes hard, I hear a zip
Peepee pressed against my lips

I was shamed

I sense others in the room
Opie, Aunt Bea, I presume
They take turns and cut me up
I died smothered in Andy's butt

I was shamed

Post by **stip** » Sun August 27, 2017 4:51 pm

What a poet

tragabigzanda · Post by **tragabigzanda** » Sun August 27, 2017 4:53 pm

stip wrote:What a poet

But it's up against a song that is literally gobbledygook.

LoathedVermin72 · Post by **LoathedVermin72** » Sun August 27, 2017 4:54 pm

trag is blowing my mind with these Bleach lyrics. They are truly godawful.

VinylGuy · Post by **VinylGuy** » Sun August 27, 2017 4:54 pm

And YL lyrics are better.

tragabigzanda · Post by **tragabigzanda** » Sun August 27, 2017 4:57 pm

LoathedVermin72 wrote:trag is blowing my mind with these Bleach lyrics. They are truly godawful.

Seriously? They're so subversive; they're along the same lines as Shellac and Jesus Lizard: Brutal riffs with tongue-in-cheek, or downright nonsensical, lyrics. Man, do I love Spoke:

LoathedVermin72 · Post by **LoathedVermin72** » Sun August 27, 2017 4:59 pm

I draw the line at "poop as hard as rock" or "peepee pressed against my lips." I much prefer the Melvins take on this approach. And on top of that, they kinda invented it.

LoathedVermin72 · Post by **LoathedVermin72** » Sun August 27, 2017 5:02 pm

Knowing these lyrics are actually really damaging the album in my mind. It's crazy how far they advanced with their next two.

tragabigzanda · Post by **tragabigzanda** » Sun August 27, 2017 5:03 pm

Yeah, the Melvins were definitely originators of the trope. But I love Kurt's take on it. His lyrics melded with the music offer such a fun middle finger to all the heavy bands of white dudes singing about epic sorrow.

LoathedVermin72 · Post by **LoathedVermin72** » Sun August 27, 2017 5:06 pm

BOW TO MASTERS, TRAG

Los ticka toe rest
Might like a sender doe ree
Your make a doll a ray day sender
Bright like a penalty
Exi-tease my ray day member
Half lost a beat away
Purst in like a one way sender
War give a heart like a fay

'Cause I can ford a red-eed
Only street a wide a re-land
Diamond make a mid-evil
Bike a sake a like a re-caste

You sink a my swan
Rolly a get a worst in
Maybe minus way far central
Poor forty duck a pin

Milkmaid dud bean
Master a load a head
Pill pop a dope a well run
General hash pump a gonna led

tragabigzanda · Post by **tragabigzanda** » Sun August 27, 2017 5:08 pm

Yeah, "You sink a my swan" is definitely better than anything in Floyd the Barber. But they are both better than Yellow Ledbetter.

Post by **stip** » Sun August 27, 2017 6:41 pm

yellow ledbetter conveys an ocean of emotion with nonsensical lyrics on the basis of that performance.

tragabigzanda · Post by **tragabigzanda** » Sun August 27, 2017 7:01 pm

stip wrote:yellow ledbetter conveys an ocean of emotion with nonsensical lyrics on the basis of that performance.

I struggle to connect with a lot of earlier PJ lyrics, because I don't feel like much of a victim anymore in life. A lot (but not all) of the old grunge lyrics -- especially PJ and AIC -- read to me like the musings of privileged white guys. At least Yellow Ledbetter can't claim that intention. PJ lyrics peaked during the Binaural/Riot Act era, when Ed stopped singing about being a celebrity In Hiding, and started making some (often ham-fisted) commentary on the political/social ills going on around him.

Jammer XCI · Post by **Jammer XCI** » Sun August 27, 2017 7:18 pm

Yellow Ledbetter might be the single most overrated Pearl Jam song of all time

I'll take pee pee pressed against my lips over that shit

Can I vote for the Melvins or Shellac songs? Those are better than both.

LoathedVermin72 · Post by **LoathedVermin72** » Sun August 27, 2017 7:31 pm

I would absolutely vote for "Night Goat" by Melvins above any song in this tournament

Jammer XCI · Post by **Jammer XCI** » Sun August 27, 2017 7:38 pm

LoathedVermin72 wrote:I would absolutely vote for "Night Goat" by Melvins above any song in this tournament

This.

Red Mosquito