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3:08pm [2] The cover artwork for Enjoy! I know Jonathan Richman's met these women, 'cause he's sung about them Next thing you know, my dream begins repeating itself. When I thought I was awake, I was scared to death that I had somehow damaged my brain and would never be able to think clearly again. The official website of the Descendents gave its grief to Frank, "We're very sorry to announce that founding member of The DESCENDENTS, and close friend Frank Navetta died on October 31, 2008 after becoming ill over the course of a few days. There are very few I think you should have given this a 2-dot rating. When I thought I was awake, I was scared to death that I had somehow damaged my brain and would never be able to think clearly again. You can hear that it's bass/guitar/drums and vocals, but it's a blast of information without a lot of detail. Milo seemed to end up with a wealth of songs. Barnes got married to Liz Stewart, who is also an actor, writer and producer, on October 3, 2015. What's the difference between the Descendents' Enjoy and Ha ha! Between these two albums there are some of their best songs, but in my opinion, "College" has too many tracks that just whiz by without much notice from me. Attitude is a must He joined the band during 1987's ALL, so I figured the Oklahoma resident would offer a unique viewpoint on the songs as someone who is a fan of the band and a member. Also, here's something intriguing that I found online about you: Milo sings. The group has just left for its second 60-day national tour in the last six months. And I know it may seem curious that I compare everything in life to a dick, but I don't keep a yardstick in the house. )'s confused anxious punk sloucher "Doghouse." The interesting thing about Cool To Be You is that stuff is one guitar performance. in March and April 1986 at Radio Tokyo studios in Venice, California. And everybody agreed. Between these two albums there are some of their best songs, but in my opinion, "College" has too many tracks that just whiz by without much notice from me. Sheeee don't need no one!," "I don't know why-y/it's so-o/but it's true-ue!," "I'm a boy and not a toy! Here's a great song I just heard on the radio: Keep on Hcfkeslct! Devilock138_719@MSN.COM Musically and vocally, it's about as wonderfully hooky as a punk rock album can get. Click here and buy some Descendents cds and shit so I get some money. Oooo oooo ooo oooo oooo! ", "Descendents" - "We're the proud, the few/Descendents, pickin' our butts tonight.". By the way, did you emphasis on misogyny to obscure the fact that most people's objection to this particular album (Or albums) are the homophobic slurs through out some of the songs? In text form it may read amusing, but when you're trying to sleep and you can't get out of a perpetual mind loop it's fucking HELLISH! Dully, flatly and stuffed-nosily. I say its a pretty focused Descendents record. (ad infinitum) thoughts? The girl from Bikeage? Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. 74 in a 1995 list of the best alternative albums and No. [52], Milo Goes to College has been included in several lists of noteworthy punk albums. It's not really a reunion, we've been together the whole time. got sour grapes." vile") replacing Tony Lombardo, the classic Descendents are finished. That's basically a live recording. -- (to his daughter) "Come on baby, we gotta get our clothes on/There'll be no easy days 'cause I've got no degree/You'll see your brother in a week or three/Here's a picture of me, just don't let them see/'Cause they're not that fond of me" Facebook allows you to update your 'status' any time you'd like. Clean and virgin are hardly the words most people would use to describe the Lomita hangout of one of L.A.s seminal hard-core speed-thrash acts, but Cooper should know. I haven't had dreams quite like that, but I have had several in which I couldn't move, and was trying to get off my bed, and fell on the floor, hopelessly writhing about trying to get to my feet, only to wake up to find I hadn't moved at all, and then still unable to move for a few seconds until I'm fully awake and make a concerted effort to move my arms. Examples include "Bikeage," "Cameage," "Myage" and "Tonyage" (and jokes on this pattern include "Marriage" and "Coolidge"). with jazzy influences are undermined by disgusting set-ups, amateurish I dont have any material goals.. I still wasn't able to wake up, but at least I had moved. Gather around everybody, for I'm going to tell you about the jokey material, and of my intensive loathing for it. That showed a certain evolution of the band. Frankly, I think it's pretty ballsy and impressive that a bunch of 18 year olds wrote an album worth of music as good as it is, and had the audacity to write all the lyrics about how much girls piss them off and release it to the public. This is Descendents Central Headquarters, a Never-Never Land that functions as a combined clubhouse and sanctuary for the band. I say its a pretty focused Descendents record. Using this view, I would then try to change my position by manually, muscularly moving my body - lifting my hands, pushing myself over, etc. Enjoy! "[1] Ned Raggett of AllMusic describes it as surf-inspired power pop with a New Wave edge: "Not quite Devo if they grew up on the coast, but there's something to that comparison. 6. It's very clear that they Foolishly, I went back to sleep. This newfound melodic strength is a key reason why even the most pedestrian of pop-punk compositions don't necessarily make me cut myself this time around. It may be their least adventurous and most traditionally 'pop-punk' album to date, but it sure is professional-sounding and easy on the ears. TRANSLATION: "Girls can't be trusted. What I did was burn my vinyl of Bonus Fat, Milo Goes to College AND I Don't Want to Grow Up onto a single CD. I usually interpreted their spiteful lyrics as a burst of teenage frustration - often itself given to rash conclusions and unfair generalizations - directed at women who won't give them the time of day. I said 'Okay, what kind of Milo do you want?' 10 of these songs should be great, as they are in their studio versions. On April 22, 2016, it was announced that the band's next album, Hypercaffium Spazzinate, along with an accompanying EP with 5 bonus tracks from the recording sessions entitled Spazzhazard would be released through Epitaph in July.[31]. If that doesn't go well, look out, Mike's Tavern, you're 2nd on my list. We all bought it and did a little fairy dance and life was never the same again. Gather around everybody, for I'm going to tell you about the jokey material, and of my intensive loathing for it. Required fields are marked *. gas." I, Doug Carrion who? Some of the material does seem a bit rushed though. like every pop-punk band singer outside of Green Day and Blink-182). CONCLUSION: A couple of brave attempts to infuse the Prindle schtick In addition to percussion, Cooper studied classical piano, strings and woodwind, as well as theatre. And this album is phenomenally bad. written by Milo "No Fat Beaver"/"Pervert" Aukerman. We share. Besides Marilyn Monroe, I'm their first-ever centerfold with a penis! Just because we've gone away My way of avoiding it is not to sleep on the couch or in the daytime (although I do both of these all the time, and because of this I still get sleep paralysis from time to time). got sour grapes." In fact, the classic Descendents line-up (guitarist Frank Navetta and bassist Tony Lombardo) had departed even before the terrible Enjoy!, let alone the godawful All. I never really paid attention to the lyrics much, and certainly never picked up on their misogynist side. 2) When are you gonna put a Supergrass page on your site? That's no way to bruin a live album. [14] "Orgofart" consists entirely of the band members cheering each other on as they fart into recording equipment, a technique also used in "Enjoy", while "Orgo 51" is a heavy metal-influenced instrumental track. from Colo Goes To Mileage! BUY THIS YESTERDAY. Add your According to Aukerman: "'Eunuch Boy' is the first song I ever wrote, really. It contains eighteen songs written by the band between 1977 and 1981, including re-recorded versions of "Ride the Wild" and "It's a Hectic World". As for the Green Day comparisonstheres no question that there are similarities, but Egerton and Stevenson had been working with DFWs own Hagfish (who adore Descendents) on tunes from Hagfishs Buick Men! How can you, a married man, not connect with that song? Ray Cooper - Descendents lyrics. 2. "No FB" - "You mean nothing, can't you see?/And I don't want to smell your stinky beave/No fat beaver!" Get all the lyrics to songs by Ray Cooper [Descendents] and join the Genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics. Well, that's when I became incapable of waking up. The album garnered rave reviews and wound up being named the best punk LP of 1983 by Englands New Musical Express. Fuck my colon! The jazz-punk title track features actual human farts and the lyrics More like 'Solid WASTE!' You'll hear the first two songs and think, "How did Green Day sneak into the pressing plant and put two of their cheery bullshit 'pop-punk' songs onto this Descendents record?" [4], With Aukerman in college and Stevenson in Black Flag, the Descendents went on hiatus from 1983 to 1985. That's what he does -- nothing else. [21][22][23][24], In the early 2000s, Aukerman took a break from biochemistry and reunited with the Descendents to record a new album. The group has had one drummer (Bill Stevenson) and singer Milo Aukerman is on all releases except the first single (1979's Ride the Wild), so their opinions might be biased. "All-O-Gistics" - This is gut-bustingous. Long white bones with the skin all gone? This Descendents line-up is about 4,000 times more technically proficient than the previous ones, effortlessly navigating through difficult time signature changes and weird twisted riffs, but their decision to devote 2/3rds of the record to la-de-da fuzzy pop and fart jokes leaves little time to blow our minds with killer math-jazz-metal songs like "Iceman" and "Uranus." America should've been ashamed of spending their 1979 entertainment dollar on "My Sharona" though, because this single is a true joy! IIIIIHIHIHIHIHIHHIHIH!!!!! Your email address will not be published. You know what? A song about tailoring a suit - "Sewage" The tempos are up, the guitars are fuzzy, the bass is loud, the vocals are more melodic than before while retaining that rough punk edge, and nearly every song boasts a vocal hook that is impossible to remove from one's head (examples: "Now you're gone and I'm alooooooone!," "Sheeeee don't need no one! The distorted stereophonic guitars are loud as heck, and Milo's vocals are surprisingly tough, confident and tuneful. This record is none of those things. These days he's sounding like a more mature version of his shout-singing Milo Goes To College persona! I wish I knew where my wallet is. As Screeching Weasel definitively proved a few years later, your punk band is going to sound like a big pussy if you let some sissy nerd-voiced geek loser dork handle the lead vocals, so Bill "William" Steven "Steve" Son invited his friend Milo Aukerman to audition. If you can't find the CD anywhere, then buy the two records separately but ALWAYS listen to them together. I picked this up on cassette in Denver in 1997, if memory serves. It's kind of like the whole, "Yeah, you think you're so cool with all your girls and fun times, but yeah, fuck you. Using this view, I would then try to change my position by manually, muscularly moving my body - lifting my hands, pushing myself over, etc. What's wrong with lust and sexual thrust? Tell me about certain songs that stand out to you. So I thought to myself, "What would it be like if some of our OTHER favorite bands enjoyed this gag?" "All" - This is hilarious. Tony Lombardo's "Theme" has a bass part that seems to go out of its way to utilize as many frets and strings as humanly possible - lots of fun. It only has two good songs - Milo's sweet "Get The Time" (later [2] The singerless "power trio" lineup of Navetta, Lombardo, and Stevenson recorded the band's debut single at Media Art studios and released it on their own label, Orca Records, named after Stevenson's fishing boat. Reader Comments HA HA AHAHAH! Although not as excessively as they would on the next album, the The Beach Boys - "Sloop John Bage" The only song on here that mentions girls without bashing them is "Jean Is Dead," and that's only because the girl killed herself! Lohan's vagina? came out during Green Day's first peak. she ignores his flirtations. I got in over my head. As is the case with most of their records, the best songs are on side one, but on this album side two is still pretty good. One More Day, Cool to Be You (2004): I didn't write anything on Cool To Be You. any song ever written, typified by the lyric "Won't you please suck my A lot of these songs rely on strong vocal melodies, and Milo just kills them with his poor deliveries. Was I really that much of a dick in high school? Not so much with music, but with lyrics. Hey, you like reasons. And it "sounds nothing at all like the Descendents!" Can you imagine how gigantic your urethra would be after 23 minutes of fist up your dick? TRANSLATION: "If a girl develops a drug problem, she's also a whore! In fact, Milo can't even make it all the way through a serious metal song ("Jealous Of The World") without throwing in the wildly out-of-place 'threat,' "I think I'll fart on your face." In a March 2019 interview with OC Register, Aukerman revealed that Descendents were working on a new album: "When we put out the last record we thought, 'OK, I bet we could put out another record after this one and not wait a decade to do it.'