BOC:"Stun Cowbell"?

nick at THECOMPLETESHEET.COM nick at THECOMPLETESHEET.COM
Mon Dec 15 22:10:27 EST 2003


Very funny movie. . . pre "South Park" insanity from the creators of that show.

"Let's Build a SNowman". . . easily one of greatest moments in the history of the movie musical.

--Nick



>Speaking of cowbells.... watching `cannibal the
>musical' the other day..quite funny, a musical
>about Alferd Packer the 19th century cannibal from
>Colorado... in the grand finale dance number (`hang
>the bastard' i believe it's called) they stop and
>someone yells
>out  COWBELL SOLO and some guy bangs away on a
>cowbell for a good 15 seconds.
>Had to back that up and run it again. LOL
>interestingly enough, the dvd also has a public
>service announcement done by Lemmy
>about hermaphrodites!!
>yeah...life is good...
>tim  8>)...
>JLoehr4299 at AOL.COM wrote:
> >
> > Hey:
> >
> > Just got the Jan '04 issue of Guitar One, and
>they have and article, "Top 10
> > Cowbell Classics," compiled by Robert Cherry:
> > 10. 'Dance the Night Away'-Van Halen
> > 9. 'Hair of the Dog'-Nazareth
> > 8. 'We're Not Gonna Take It'-Twisted Sister
> > 7. 'Low Rider'-War
> > 6. 'Working for the Weekend'-Loverboy
> > 5. 'Evil Ways'-Santana
> > 4. 'We're an American Band'-Grand Funk Railroad
> > 3. 'Mississippi Queen'-Mountain
> > 2. 'Honky Tonk Woman'- The Rolling Stones
> > And, our heroes
> > 1. 'Don't Fear the Reaper'-Blue Oyster Cult
>:"Contrary to the SNL skit, it
> > was 'stun' guitarist
> > Eric Bloom, not the fictional Gene Frenkle who
>'explored the studio space'
> > with his cowbell. The thinking man's hard-rock
>group were doubtless making a
> > clever literary allusion with their choice in
>percussion, as in 'Ask not for whom
> > the [cow] bell tolls; it tolls for thee.' Or
>maybe they just wanted to peg
> > the kickass-ometer."



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