who's happy with what you have to be happ
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Topic: who's happy with what you have to be happ
Posted By: frippster
Subject: who's happy with what you have to be happ
Date Posted: May 03 2006 at 23:15
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I think Adrian Belew was mocking a particular band when he wrote the lyrics to Happy with what you have to be happy with. Does anybody know if that's the case or if there's a story to this? For some reason I think it's Porcupine Tree. Don't get me wrong, I like PT as much as anyone, and I know Belew plays two solos on Deadwing, and that Fripp and Belew (individually) opened for PT. The reference to the use of distortion pedals and the sudden switches to metal riffs.. I'm gonna have to write a chorus... I don't know, it's a hunch and I might as well be way off base. |
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Posted By: DrGoon
Date Posted: May 03 2006 at 23:35
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He wrote a song in 2002 about his contribution to an album in 2004? The guy's using time travel to cheat at music! That b*****d! |
Posted By: Nuke
Date Posted: May 03 2006 at 23:35
| I always thought he was just mocking modern rock. |
Posted By: CaincelaOreinim
Date Posted: May 03 2006 at 23:41
| What he said ^. |
Posted By: chamberry
Date Posted: May 03 2006 at 23:41
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You kind of got a point there, I mean, your points sound very accurate
and all, but I don't think that Mr. Belew would do that to a friend of
his. I don't really know but its just my opinion. ------------- 
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Posted By: Bern
Date Posted: May 04 2006 at 09:56
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He's just mocking modern metal I think
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RIP in bossa nova heaven. |