Keith Houchen

Just now, The Maestro said:

Not even proper Irish either. Americans whose grandparents once drank a Guinness Irish.

Jack Charlton would still pick 'em

5 minutes ago, The Maestro said:

This may belong in the unpopular opinions thread but I really really hate Jump Around by House Of Pain. I can feel my insides curl up just from hearing the opening to it. 

The video is a fucking embarrassment too.  Lets see how many Irish references and stereotypes we can shoehorn into this.

17 minutes ago, Sergio Mendacious said:

So what's the level of purity test for the Chippy Tea Party, currently? No kebab meat, no sitting, no plates, what else?

No mardy cricket loving Mancs.

39 minutes ago, air_raid said:

Or to play semantics, ALL chippies are takeaways, not all takeaways can claim to be chippies

As an aside, both Royal Cod and Atlantic Fish Bar in Chorlton have seated areas and even proper plates.  Poor old Devon would have a Scanners moment if they did kebabs as well.

7 minutes ago, Carbomb said:

Will Smith always gets my respect for being the most (and possibly only) truly successful actor across film, TV and music.

He was only in one TV show!  If that's the criteria then with his one album, Bruce Willis is one as well.

I can't remember if it was @Nostalgia Nonce or not who knew someone attached to this monstrosity and had to feign being impressed with them.  Not even a Poundshop Purple Aki can improve this.  I remember it really enraged @Loki when he heard it.

1 minute ago, Devon Malcolm said:

That's the one, lads. It makes my blood boil, it's so utterly awful in every way. I genuinely think the worst of someone if they like it.

I was working in a small office when the fucker came out and much like the similarly wretched Nickleback song you have no warning as it goes straight in with the singing.  At least Love Shack gives you two seconds to brace for impact but this fucker is Al Queda to the B52's IRA, no courtesy call, just the detonation.  Anyway, this guy in the office said it was a great song.  I went on a rant about white reggae and the general shiteness of the song.  He said "Well I'm mixed race so I know about reggae", I replied "Yeah but last week you were legit saying how ancient Egyptians built the pyramids to house their WiFi towers so I'll not hold your opinion in great stead".

Anyway, another one.  They did a gig in a place called The Tin Angel in Cov where my ex mother in law was a patron and a trustee.  It was a tiny place and the singer was a twat.  He pointed at the bass player who was playing an upright and said "Have you ever heard someone play an upright bass better than this" and she instinctively said "Danny Thompson".  Singer looked sheepish and said "Oh yeah, guess so"  Bass player came up to ex MiL afterwards and thanked her for saying that and hopefully he will never ask that again because he had done it before.  They then talked about Danny Thompson for a bit and he seemed like the good one of the duo.

11 minutes ago, Devon Malcolm said:

What's that one with that lyric "I'm gonna marry you anyway"? It always used to be on in Asda when I went shopping and is the prime reason I use Morrisons now. How could anybody hear that song and think it's good? I know I listened to some shite when I was a kid but even at that age I would have turned the radio off pronto.

That's the aforementioned "Rude" by MAGIC! (yep, that's how they stylise it).  As soon as I heard it I knew they were white, as the learned poster who nominated it said, the singer is such a wanker as he cares for nobody but himself.  It's white reggae by numbers, right down to the instrumentation and production.

Bollocks.  Maybe for you northern monkeys it might be the case but for Midlanders it's part and parcel.  Maybe it's because we are closer to London therefore less racist and don't look down on that foreign muck.

34 minutes ago, Merzbow said:

It's difficult to even find a proper chippy that doesn't also sell kebabs here and it's been that way for a loong time.

Yep, Seemed every place in Cov was like that.  In fact, Cov kebab house near the police station made me realise that there was more than one type of kebab.  That place is ace, I think because the kebab meat is so different from the ones you get in chippies made me think it was "Proper" kebab meat.  CKH either did the nicest one in the world or served up fan belts in pitta.  I loved it when they briefly branched out and opened a shop opposite Poster Place, perfect for some post Colly nosh.

1 minute ago, PunkStep said:

Which brings me onto a question I've always wondered, how the fuck did Aqua manage to come up with Turn Back Time??

Now THERE is a thread to be had when this one runs it's course.  Amazing songs you didn't see coming.

You can decide which category this goes in, I know which one Butch thinks.

I'm sure it was me who introduced you to BrokenCYDE as I seem to play it everyone I meet, which may explain why I have no friends.

Sorry lads.

Tonights rewatch was Magnolia.  I haven't seen it for a couple of years but it is even better than I remember.  Possibly an even better ensemble cast performance than Glengarry Glen Ross, which I think I need to rewatch as that too has been a couple of years.

15 minutes ago, Egg Shen said:

I think i'll leave it there, we'll go back and forth on this all night.

Unlike Tyson Fury who just goes back AMIRITE??!!

35 minutes ago, Sphinx said:

Salute

Sounds like a Destiny's Child song that didn't even make the shortlist for an album.

23 minutes ago, ColinBollocks said:

While Michael Caine draws a picture of Bond's new time travel watch because he assumes the audience is too thick for his high art.

Ben Wishaw as Q, Ellen Page as FAQ

Just now, Thunderplex said:

What makes the chips orange

Wolves tops.

10 minutes ago, PunkStep said:

They're 100% not the same.

Incorrect.  It's all part of their plan.  One had gender reassignment and they moved to Denmark and took citizenship there.  It was the final solution for them to try and have a career in music away from their abusive parents.

They say the song is called Fascination, but they clearly sing it as "Fascist Nation".  It's just the way they feel.

That's them, or should I say was them.

The two singers used to be Prussian Blue.  They look different now but it's definitely them.

3 minutes ago, Cod Eye said:

Best pop song of all time is Alphabeat's "Fascination". It's got the lot! 

It's a recruitment song for some aryan nationalist movement.  Disgusting.

On 8/18/2018 at 6:46 PM, Onyx2 said:

Actually in the posh South we call it "fish supper" but I called it "chippy tea" to avoid translation issues 🤓 

23 hours ago, Devon Malcolm said:

16 minutes ago, Egg Shen said:

the result was a lot more down to what Klitschko didn't do than what Fury did do

Do you think it could be a case of not so much what he didn't do, but more couldn't do because of Fury not letting him?  I think that quote about Fury fights at his opponent's level is accurate.  I still remember going to the boozer to watch him on Channel 5 knowing it wouldn't be a technical masterpiece!