Cold Ale - The Blokes' Thread!

[MarkBastable]

I'm going to have to veto OMD. If you look at the fine print of the constitution - which is written on a beermat now preserved in marrowjelly in a jar beside the pickled eggs - you'll see that I am entitled to do so under the provision by which profoundly considered critical assessment ("...what a couple of talentless Scouse wankers...") trumps 80s nostalgia ("....I got laid because I had a shirt like the one with the curly hair...").

However, I'll second the blackballing of U2, and I'll raise you Simple Minds.

I'd like this lot to be there...



Apart from that being just about the best dumb popsong ever written, it was always considered, as you can tell from the video, a "blokes' song" - hence that dance with the shoulders, where we lads could have an unselfconscious relaxed time in a manly, all-chaps-together sort of way, enjoying masculine fellowship and goodhearted, healthy rough-and-tumble, with absolutely no implication of anything untoward, and certainly without the slightest sense that if any of us had even a slim chance of pulling a bird there's no way we'd be wasting time dancing with each other like that.

As for cars, I'd nominate this one....



..and this one...



..and this one...



...but mostly this one....

[prendrelemick]

Music.

Open to suggestions here, and as Mick has banned Coldplay, I'll add in U2*, any singer under 25, aside from Adele as people that may not be invited.

Other than that, I will add in both The Pogues - if MacGowan is ablt to be sobered up enough to sing, and Mumford & Sons, to whom I've wanted to drink beer for some time. They've got an amazing sound.

We've got about 299 hours of mujsic to fill, so bring them on!

I was hoping we could book Paloma Faith, I mean, I've never seen her sing or anything, but my unhealthy obsession with her is coming along nicely.

[islandclimber]

Music.

Open to suggestions here, and as Mick has banned Coldplay, I'll add in U2*, any singer under 25, aside from Adele as people that may not be invited.

Other than that, I will add in both The Pogues - if MacGowan is ablt to be sobered up enough to sing, and Mumford & Sons, to whom I've wanted to drink beer for some time. They've got an amazing sound.

We've got about 299 hours of mujsic to fill, so bring them on!

I think The Pogues jamming with Gogol Bordello might be rather fantastic. Imagine, Shane MacGowan and Eugene Hutz on stage together. Wild, crazy, drunken, magic.

This: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfVsGapy5vQ

with this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYE8Vjih2cs

Yes. This. We need it.

[Hawkman]

Mark: Oh dear! I've spent nearly my whole life trying to forget 70's fashion! I think I'll probably have to agree with you when it comes to OMD though. Very dreary and angst ridden. Not in the least appropriate to a Hoe Down What we need is the Soggy Bottom Boys! We might regret it if we invite these guys though.

Now about those cars...

I'm definitely inviting



Although the characters in it are definitely on the list to play Lake Idiot. I mean, it's such a poignant image, the last few bubbles coming up around the soggy masks floating on the surface and then the slow submergence of those capes...

This one's definitely got something



As indeed does this one



Ok, So this may not actually be a car, but it has a certain charm...

[Sancho]

Just in case we need to take this shebang mobile, I've rounded up Ken Kesey's Further Bus:



Now we just need a few psychoactive supplements.

...I've spent nearly my whole life trying to forget 70's fashion! I think I'll probably have to agree with you when it comes to OMD though. Very dreary and angst ridden. Not in the least appropriate to a Hoe Down What we need is the Soggy Bottom Boys! We might regret it if we invite these guys though...

Concerning the 70s, I agree, Hawk - tackiest decade in human history.

As for the Deliverance clip - "Paddle faster. I hear banjo music." Or as Jeff Foxworthy quipped during the '96 Olympics in Atlanta, "Better not have the bicycling competition up on the Chattahoochee. I mean, Burt Reynolds couldn't even make it up there. How'd'ya expect a Frenchman in tights to do?" (something along those lines, anyway)

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

This is turning into some kind of hootenanny!
Fellas dancin shoulder to shoulder, bordellos, 70's kitsch...


“Thirty coats of lacquer black as the night”
How about one that comes with its own song... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EboexI0JbiQ






The “Family Truckster”:
“I’m not tired, are you kidding? I could go another hundred miles”... http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=...0&feature=fvwp





“Acme Pool Service” ...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSiqYWsFXoM

[MarkBastable]

I take it all back. The Munster car is a shoo-in, as long as I never again have to hear that truly appalling, too-crap-even-to-be-funny song.

[Calidore]

I vote for the Mad Max Interceptor (a.k.a. a 1973 XB GT Ford Falcon Coupe):



...which has recently received a truly badass update:

[The Atheist]

The Mad Max car - you bet! (My current car is a late-model, close relative of that car.)

I am disappointed by the Philistines who don't like OMD. Enola Gay and Maid of Orleans are recognised almost universally as two of the great pieces of music to come out of Britain. On the other hand, some of their pop is the best party music ever. If there are any more complaints about OMD, I have Spandau Ballet, ABC and ABBA waiting for an invite. (that they most certainly will not otherwise get!)

Luckily, I will just ignore the deniers and OMD will be playing. People who don't like them may utilise that time to attend to meetings with David Hasselhoff and Pamela Anderson in the Outer Garden Room.

Also, we're getting too many cars and not enough music.

I'm going to add in Keef - not the rest of the Stones, just him. He can play guitar for us late one night. I'm getting Parker to lay in an extra crate or three of Johnny Walker Black Label for him.

I've also booked Hunters & Collectors for the buffet on May 3rd.

[SilentMute]

I need to protest inviting Lindsey Lohan! Do not tell me that people find her attractive! I think you guys are already starting early on the drinking!

As for music, what about Shakira? She can bellydance! I don't always like her songs, but the bellydancing can be hypnotic!

As for the cars, I'd say we have a fine list being drawn up. Heck, I might even dress up a little more than I was planning to--a shirt that doesn't have spaghetti stains and clothes that actually match!

[Calidore]

I need to protest inviting Lindsey Lohan! Do not tell me that people find her attractive! I think you guys are already starting early on the drinking!

I have to agree here. Why go to the trouble of assembling cool cars and cool music and then bring embarrassing guests?

Heck, I might even dress up a little more than I was planning to--a shirt that doesn't have spaghetti stains and clothes that actually match!

Well, no need for overkill.

[MarkBastable]

Enola Gay and Maid of Orleans are recognised almost universally as two of the great pieces of music to come out of Britain.

This serves to confirm me in my conviction that we each live in a universe of our own devising.

I'm going to add in Keef - not the rest of the Stones, just him. He can play guitar for us late one night. I'm getting Parker to lay in an extra crate or three of Johnny Walker Black Label for him.

I think he's more for Jack than Johnnie. Then again, I don't think he cares that much.

[The Atheist]

I need to protest inviting Lindsey Lohan! Do not tell me that people find her attractive! I think you guys are already starting early on the drinking!

Shhhhh!

I was hoping to sneak her in the back door without anyone noticing.

I have a thing for bad girls.

As for music, what about Shakira? She can bellydance! I don't always like her songs, but the bellydancing can be hypnotic!

Shakira's fine & the bellydancing will be a nice change from the Morris Dance group Parker has coming along.

[The Atheist]

This serves to confirm me in my conviction that we each live in a universe of our own devising.

I'll admit to being biased thanks to a great night out with McCluskey once upon an age ago.

I think he's more for Jack than Johnnie. Then again, I don't think he cares that much.

You're right of course - shocking error. I never think of bourbon because I can't stand the stuff. Maybe we can convince Keef to change his ways. He gave up blow after 30 years, he can change booze after 50.

[SilentMute]

Ah, well, it turns out all my clothes have stains on them...some of them are rather embarrassing, and I have no idea what they are.

Well, do you think the cars would like a shirt that has Rustoleum paint stains on it? I got them from painting my mom's car. Or do you think such chique cars are going to look their nose down at Rustoleum stains?