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What on earth is 'Welk'. I can't figure it out even with Google. Is this some odd American thing?
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Quoted from Huggers:What on earth is 'Welk'. I can't figure it out even with Google. Is this some odd American thing?
Welk is the code name for BTTF.
Quoted from Huggers:What on earth is 'Welk'. I can't figure it out even with Google. Is this some odd American thing?
Lawrence Welk. Sappy TV variety/singing show from the 1950s and 1960s that was syndicated in the 1970s.
Quoted from Huggers:What on earth is 'Welk'. I can't figure it out even with Google. Is this some odd American thing?
Actually it is Whelk.
They are commonly found in the ocean off of South Africa where great whites roam.
Whelk is code name for JAWS !!!!
(I know this is obscure, but is it as obscure as Welk?)Quoted from PinMonk:Lawrence Welk. Sappy TV variety/singing show from the 1950s and 1960s that was syndicated in the 1970s.
Thanks. That sounds like an absolutely terrible idea. I can say with some certainty hardly anyone outside of America will know wtf this is.
Quoted from Huggers:Thanks. That sounds like an absolutely terrible idea. I can say with some certainty hardly anyone outside of America will know wtf this is.
Pretty sure it's a joke. SNL had a running gag roasting the wholesomeness of the show for years.
Quoted from Huggers:Thanks. That sounds like an absolutely terrible idea. I can say with some certainty hardly anyone outside of America will know wtf this is.
It’s a joke making fun of horrible boomer theme suggestions.
Quoted from Huggers:Thanks. That sounds like an absolutely terrible idea. I can say with some certainty hardly anyone outside of America will know wtf this is.
Welk has got to be a code name for something else because as a theme it would be received about as well as a fart in a lift.
Quoted from Huggers:Yeah sorry, joke was wasted on me as I had no clue wtf Welk was
Trust me. We all had to google it. Fail to find any results and ask at some point. Haha.
Quoted from Huggers:Yeah sorry, joke was wasted on me as I had no clue wtf Welk was
Same here.
Quoted from SLCpunk2113:Trust me. We all had to google it. Fail to find any results and ask at some point. Haha.
The old farts here knew. Sad thing is, I clearly remember watching it in the 1970s as a kid when there were 4 channels (ABC, CBS, NBC, and PBS - no FOX/WB/CW yet), no cable, and no internet and the TV stations only broadcast most of the day, not 24/7. We didn't like it, but my mom, aunt and cousins did, so at their house it was usually on. Seems like it was on Sunday nights, but I could be wrong.
Quoted from NC_Pin:Welk is the code for the Partridge Family pin
Laurie Partridge...yes, please.
pasted_image (resized).pngQuoted from pudealee:It wouldn't surprise me if Stern did BTTF. They have a trend of doing remakes of old Data East licenses
- Batman
- Jurassic Park
- Star Trek
- Star Wars
- TMNT
- WWF (WWE)
You forgot the Simpsons....
And JJP did GNR.
I guess Data East was waaay ahead of their time!
BTTF is code for Whelk. Where else can you get your fill of accordion music? I want Stern to try something new. And if it means sacrificing the BTTF theme to get the code name, I am willing to make that call. Incidentally - Weird Al - plays polka music and anything else you want. I think Weird Al would make for a winning theme.
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Quoted from mpdpvdpin:How about SLAPSHOT tho?!?
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Moe multi ball!
Quoted from greenstreet:surprised by the RHCP backlash, think it would be a great pin.
RHCP would be an excellent pin.
Still wish they would move away from rock music though. Tron showed how well electronic music could work, and then TNA raised the bar for soundsystems.
Daft Punk is now old people music, so it's perfect...
Quoted from Goronic:Some of these theme suggestions are fucking awful. Just sayin'
I believe I have a winner.
9E5AF378-6B78-4778-9350-FD703AE4AED6 (resized).jpegQuoted from Goronic:Some of these theme suggestions are fucking awful. Just sayin'
How about Desk Boobs? Is Desk Boobs a good theme? Or should I say ARE desk boobs a good theme?
RHCP is one of the worst bands in the history of popular American music and I am not alone in saying that. Somewhere after ‘blood sugar sex magic’ (which is a good album) they became a complete parody of themselves. The lowest common denominator, an unforgivably corny band that appeals only to vapid bro dudes with frosted tips. Brain dead lyrics obsessed with trite Californian tropes...barf. Not worthy of a pin. End rant.
Quoted from cait001:RHCP would be an excellent pin.
Still wish they would move away from rock music though. Tron showed how well electronic music could work, and then TNA raised the bar for soundsystems.
Daft Punk is now old people music, so it's perfect...
Quoted from Huggers:So with Welk out the way what are we thinking is actually next. Godzilla?
Godzilla most likely
Quoted from greenstreet:surprised by the RHCP backlash, think it would be a great pin.
I initially read this as you advocating for a Real Housewives pin, but I couldn't figure out what city CP was. I knew that couldn't be right, so I eventually figured it out. A Real Housewives pin would have an audience of one - Greg Bone, and that would be a gift from Zach. Stern would never do it, nor should they. But it was a funny few seconds until I figured out what you were talking about...
Quoted from mpdpvdpin:RHCP is one of the worst bands in the history of popular American music and I am not alone in saying that. Somewhere after ‘blood sugar sex magic’ (which is a good album) they became a complete parody of themselves. The lowest common denominator, an unforgivably corny band that appeals only to vapid bro dudes with frosted tips. Brain dead lyrics obsessed with trite Californian tropes...barf. Not worthy of a pin. End rant.
If you never seen the wrecked episode with the chili pepper cruise, it's pretty funny.
rhcp.jpg.d1657e0267aad5a146e34b40a5b7ca5f (resized).jpgQuoted from mpdpvdpin:RHCP is one of the worst bands in the history of popular American music and I am not alone in saying that. Somewhere after ‘blood sugar sex magic’ (which is a good album) they became a complete parody of themselves. The lowest common denominator, an unforgivably corny band that appeals only to vapid bro dudes with frosted tips. Brain dead lyrics obsessed with trite Californian tropes...barf. Not worthy of a pin. End rant.
Don’t hold back, how do you really feel?
Quoted from mpdpvdpin:RHCP is one of the worst bands in the history of popular American music and I am not alone in saying that. Somewhere after ‘blood sugar sex magic’ (which is a good album) they became a complete parody of themselves. The lowest common denominator, an unforgivably corny band that appeals only to vapid bro dudes with frosted tips. Brain dead lyrics obsessed with trite Californian tropes...barf. Not worthy of a pin. End rant.
They’re the Iron Maiden of alt rock I agree!
Quoted from mpdpvdpin:RHCP is one of the worst bands in the history of popular American music and I am not alone in saying that. Somewhere after ‘blood sugar sex magic’ (which is a good album) they became a complete parody of themselves. The lowest common denominator, an unforgivably corny band that appeals only to vapid bro dudes with frosted tips. Brain dead lyrics obsessed with trite Californian tropes...barf. Not worthy of a pin. End rant.
i think you are advocating to make the RHCP pin from their earlier work. totally agree. Blood Sugar Sex Magic was their fifth album so by your analysis they had five good albums. i'd throw Californication in there too but you could talk me out of it.
Their earlier albums are trash too. ‘BSSM’ is the only cohesive decent offering from RCHP but that’s mainly due to the work of John Frusciante.
Quoted from greenstreet:i think you are advocating to make the RHCP pin from their earlier work. totally agree. Blood Sugar Sex Magic was their fifth album so by your analysis they had five good albums. i'd throw Californication in there too but you could talk me out of it.
Like it or not IMDN are a seminal group from the first British wave of heavy metal. They became famous without the help of radio or MTV and without the band Metal would not exist today as we know it. Are they my favorite metal band? No. BUT their influence cannot be ignored and they have my respect and I’ll be damned if someone compares them to the f’n Red Hot Penis Puffers haha
Quoted from WGPE:They’re the Iron Maiden of alt rock I agree!
Quoted from mpdpvdpin:Like it or not IMDN are a seminal group from the first British wave of heavy metal. They became famous without the help of radio or MTV and without the band Metal would not exist today as we know it. Are they my favorite metal band? No. BUT their influence cannot be ignored and they have my respect and I’ll be damned if someone compares them to the f’n Red Hot Penis Puffers haha
Everyone has their favorites and I respect IM is one of yours. Great band to be sure and an even better pin imo. And top 100 lists are heavily biased by their composer but look at this one from Business Insider:
https://www.businessinsider.com/the-100-most-popular-rock-bands-of-all-time-2018-9#14-maroon-5-87
IM #60 with 6.5mm US album sales and 3.3mm Wikipedia views (at the time of publication)
RHCP #13 with 25mm US album sales and 6.4mm Wikipedia views
Lets be clear, you have your IM pin. The point was Elwin wants to make a pin from his era. What are the choices? In the top 20 of that list we have Linkin Park, Nirvana, U2, Maroon 5 and RHCP... I mean, Nirvana and U2 are great bands but wouldn't make good pins. The only one of those I'd buy is RHCP.
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