King of Snake

This summer's been ace for music over here, got to see two legendary acts in the space of a week.

Saw Kris Kristofferson in a two-hour solo acoustic set with Jont, my sis and my mum (she's been his greatest fan for decades), unbelievably good live, Sunday Morning Coming Down the obvious highlight. Even got to meet him (extremely briefly) afterwards, he spent a good 40 minutes talking to fans and signing outside on a cold English summer's night.

Then within a week got to see the Pixies, a band that I never dreamed I'd ever get to see live (tho you could say the same for Kris), their performance didn't have to be perfect cause the songs are all so good but goddamnit they were. Somehow tho they were on as festival support to ther fucking Stereophonics (!), just headed over to the beer tent after and got nicely pissed with lots of other fans while they played Doolittle on a loop.

Saw Billy Talent twice (good band, got talking to the bass player for quite a bit, Jont had a lot of fun trying to get him to say aboot), Hope of the States (an interesting band, remind me of halfway between Idlewild and Godspeed! You Black Emperor) and a fair few local manchester bands.

Big one for the winter is Hot Snakes, John 'Speedo' Reis is one of the greatest guitarists I've heard (he's amazing as Rocket from the Crypt's frontman and lead, let alone what he can achieve when he doesn't have to concentrate on singing!). They've yet to announce the full tour so I dont know if they're gonna play Manchester but I might take a trip over to Leeds and/or Nottingham if they're not.

Anyone into heavy but melodic rock should give them a try, "Suicide Invoice" is the most accessible of their two (soon to be 3) albums out so far, good tracks to download are 'LAX', 'Suicide Invoice' (title track) or '10th Planet' off their other album.

So I finally get an internet connection, with broadband - finally up to date with the new century...so why am I using this to listen to 80s music on online radio?!

Oh yeah, cause it's funny as fuck!

"...you are GOLD (gold)...", I can see Tony Hadley's nostrils flaring in my mind's eye...

KoS is a Collosal Moth that can Fly, moves at Great Speed, and has a Massively Swollen Skull and Dozens of Tentacles.

Strength: 11

Agility: 9

Intelligence: 9

BEWARE! Rock'n'Roll MONSTER from Japan ELECTRIC EEL SHOCK are on their way! You will feel strangely compelled to jump repeatedly and sweat profusely. You have been warned...

IC, check out Futureshock - Pride's Paranoia, they're a pair of british producers, they've remixed for Underworld, they're sampling an MC AND he's talking 'bout his superhero complex, I heard this 'un and immediately thought you'd dig it.

PS: The video's pretty good too, you can see it at http://www.futureshock.com

brb

**Last post before my move, damn it Nick, why weren't you on AIM!!**

Dunno how many music video channels you got over there, but here there's a couple of dozen all in a row, not all good, in fact most are shite so I've a habit of flicking maniacally thru them till I find a song I like. It got late so I decided I'd find one good song then head to bed. Last channel I got to was playing Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy, made me think to myself 'Is there any better song to finish the day with?', just seemed like fate, last song I would watch, last choice of channel...

Like a soul without a mind

In a body without a heart

I'm missing every part

**That's it then, see you on the other side, Godspeed Me Black Emporor!**

"This is where I kill the dancer....watch the MC kill the dancer....I'm gonna kill the fucking dancer....Death of the Prodigy Dancer....CALL CALL CALL IT OUT!!" Good one SoF!

Rocket from the Crypt - Paint as a Fragrance

I had been interested in the Blues before that show from a history-of-rock point of view. After that, though, I couldn't get enough of the stuff.

If you like blues, you should check out Blueshammer!! :P

Ain't pussied it Bucket, just busy...but I'm gonna still be busy so I won't have time to continue my pitched battle with Miss Freebird. For anyone who hasn't seen elsewhere, I'm gonna be moving to England soon so I've to get loads of shit in order before I go.

Props to the flows (yeah even Spongebob, least he tried, had a few good lines too) of all my friends and foes on the thread (especially Freebird cos I hadn't given her credit before).

I'll be gone in person posting, but hopefully I'll live on in spirit...till I return...

MCIII Forever!

It seems a good choice givin it it's own corner in Music rather than a full forum of it's own in fairness. I haven't been around as of late cos I've been busy (14 days straight of work! ) and since a move of country seems imminent, I'm gonna get even busier.

I'm gonna do the rounds a bit and say my goodbyes tonight but know that when I get back I expect this shit to be thriving! :approve:

Haha, this is me:

Greetings Rex Gravis (an alias of mine, I don't give out my real name at random online)

Your IQ score is: 147

Average score of all test takers: 100.24

You are in the 98th percentile

Your grade ** High 2.27% **

Standard deviation: 16

 

General statistics

 

Total number of questions: 30

Questions answered: 30

Questions not answered: 0

Questions answered correctly: 27

Questions answered incorrectly: 3

And the three I got wrong, two of them I rushed through and didn't read right (16 and 26, I rotated the original image, I should have rotated the choices) and 17, I just didn't spot the obvious...after seeing my mistakes I felt like cheating but the damn thing won't allow it!

Still, I reckon that's the figure to beat...if you can!!

I'll have to download that Ma$e track, could be tricky on shitty dial-up, I'll get back to y'all on that...and yeah, it was a good comeback...

Bitch betta check the settings on yo internet filter,

Cos you know my uncouth rhymes are only gonna get filthier,

Your rhymes are getting desperate, shots that I'm single,

Nah that's you, noone wants to give your clit a tingle,

Then you start taking shots at my penis size,

You'd be the jealous one if you heard my bitch's cries,

Think you're trynna compensate, are you missing a rack,

Or is yo pussy stretched from turning tricks for crack?

Bitch you and I know, that you're out of ammo,

So you see Slapaho, try and form a duo,

Aw, ain't that sweet, they be giving each other props,

Just remember Bonnie and Clyde were killed by the cops...

Bucket, you got a nerve calling the Irish rejects,

You Brits are the ones with the superiority complex,

At least you admit that you are a masturbater,

But bitch you believe that you're a master baker?

Frankly I didn't eat any, it looked pretty shite,

When I said that I had some, I was just bein polite,

But props to yo flows you been givin it raw,

For the sake of alliance I'd call it a draw,

You showed me you're hand, so I won't slap it away,

But you best understand who's in authoritay,

You know that we're packing more heat than the sun,

You ain't gonna lead us but you can ride shotgun...

So Chief you come back and think you run the shit,

Since you've been gone this thread's under new 0wn3rship,

Y'all think we're scared, you mentally impaired?

Oh well, least you fared better than that bitch that you've paired,

As if I cared though, what yo bitches shout,

More like 'damn niggah, pull that limp thang out!',

I'm a knock you out, I hit harder than Ali,

Blows of such quality, thrown at high velocity,

In wholesale quantities, and the fights just begun,

Yo get knocked to the ground, ya try scramble for a gun,

Yeah ya run yo mouth like you're a cop-killah,

Bitch get yourself ready for a thrillah in Manilla...

Hah Bucket went out and bought himself some balls

That don't mean automatically the shots are yours to call

I'll be with you in a minute so order your hearse

I just have to put a Bird in the oven first

Bitch you be talkin like as if you're all that

But all that I see is a conceited spoilt brat

All gettin high on your own self-importance

Take a step back girl and check yo decadence

Taking offence cos I stung you for not being about

Don't go thinkin you're special, I called EVERYONE out

Ain't noone got shit on me I'll take on all comers

Bounce on all ya heads like I'm an italian plumber

You know I'm not sure now that you ain't a dumb broad

Your rhymes got no power your rhythms are flawed

You talk shit to me think you challenge my authority

That weak ass shit you pulled ain't nothing but parody

Girl I'ma knock you out like a miner's canary

Noone to come to ya rescue like that Slapaho fairy

Step into my office, enter a world of hurt

Gonna take you down, six underground, under the dirt

Yo Bucket don't be thinkin you can take what I got

Because you're a friend I just sent a warning shot

You chose not to heed it, couldn't hold your tongue

Now you gonna breath your last breath through a punctured lung

You're saying my taste in music is all outta whack

Muthafucka you're in no position to attack

All that ska shit you listen to is a big pile of cock

Spend ya time wanking off to the bands on P-Rock

And don't be trying to compare the Irish to English

Colonised by wankers but Brit rule is finished

Yeah we got our freedom when we had the Rising

But we're still ready to give you limeys a hiding

Don't think you be a live niggah just cos you got a 'fro

The shape of your hairstyle don't mean you got flow

You say you got support from Snoop Dogg and Dre

Bitch please you'd be a chalkmark on the streets of LA

Off the top of my head...

Bands:

Joan of Arse

Slutfucker

Godspeed You Black Emperor!

Albums:

Let's get killed (David Holmes)

Levez vos skinny fists comme antennas to heaven (Godspeed YBE!)

Live from Camp X-ray (Rocket From The Crypt)

Veni Vidi Vicious (The Hives)

Why DD hip-hop sucks in '03

Yo Chief, where you at? I know you got your project

But man, don't you got a reputation to protect?

Yo Benny, where you at? I know that Jont burned you bad

But aren't you a mean muthafucking servant of God?

Yo Birdy, where you at? I know you ain't on the boards

Have you been so detained sorting out those dumb broads?

Yo Bucket, where you at? I know that I've been dissing the Streets

But at least I expected you my challenge to meet.

Yo SoF where you at? I know you've been doubting your ability

You just need to drop a rhyme, I'll give it some stability.

Yo Patos, where you at? I know Chiefy ain't been round

But lets drop some hot tracks with the freestyle sound.

Y'all, cos your gone, the thread hasn't been jumpin'

And I know I just wanna vent rage while my blood's pumpin'

But c'mon, get ya shit together, pick up the pace

Yo bring some new flows on up in this place!

Muthafuck, you think yo gonna step to us too?

Lone gunmen don't last 'gainst the Maniac Cop crew

...Maniac Cop III...

...gonna beat down MLB...

Bro here wit' back-up, gonna eat your ass up

Bucket, you step to Jont, cracka, you all front...

Gonna get straight on wit' dissing The Streets

Them niggas ain't yet performed any mad feats

Dumb cracka, that mumblin' fool Mike Skinner

Never got what it takes to be a Mercury winner

He be talking 'bout pushin' this 'n that forward

Hey Mike, that's not something you're contributing toward

You want old skool dub try Scientist or the Specials

Blow the Streets out the water like they militiary vessels

Don't be thinking that Streets invented something

Been years that Scientist been makin' 'Dancin' vampires sing!'

Shit, check up Dreadzone and Asian Dub Foundation

There's more worthy musical talent up 'n down a your nation

Streets mixed dub and garage, but they weren't really the best

But they had a WHITE GUY, so they got media interest, yes!

Hey, I just thought of what thing forward I'd like to push

Sweep the Streets, Skinner's severed head at the end of my brush!

...

Haha, Cop III, representing up in this place

No choice to ignore us we're all in yo face

Benny you ain't good enough for even the lightweight title

There ain't enough ammo to take us down in the bible

We be the heavyweights in police corruption

Rip up the joint with maximum disruption

We just need to jab you dropping freestyle verse

Still got more force than the heaviest shot you rehearse

You're too easy a target, so on you I won't rag

I'll let Jont use you as his personal punchbag!

Slapaho, you ain't hit back, have I ruffled your feathers?

You run off to form a Village People with yo boyfriend in leathers?!

Yeah that's it, he's gone to find a gay crew

Don't be thinking you'll get a Cop here, try the one that you blew...

Chief got a mouth that gets him offa tickets n fines

Gets the highway patrol off with quick 69's

Man I gotta go work but you know I'll be back

I'll eat the rest of that ass as a late evening snack....peace CHAOS

Dude, remember that CD I gave you in Sheffield, it's got a full Foos acoustic set bootleg (amongst a shitload of other things), check it out!

I have to vote for Everlong, kickass song, kickass acoustic, kickass video! My next favorites'd be Big Me and Learn to Fly, but Everlong gets it for the surreal shit, giant phones, the legs/logs dream bit, the nunchucks!

Spicca Please! - calling out ChiefHo

I don't need no backing to take care of this clown

Bring violence in silence, beat ya spic ass down

I questioned yo skills so you audit your plaudits

You think you can compare to my well oiled unit?

I don't even need back-up, don't waste that resource

I could take you alone rapping over the Corrs!

So you start hating, calling my styles amateur

Just jealous cos ya wanna join the MC4

Muthafucka thinks he's god's gift to the mic

You don't got what it takes for the Maniac psyche

Ain't noone wanna run with you, yo skillz so po'

Even Birdy smoked your ass on her second go!

You so out of your depth starting fights 'gainst us all

Got no crew behind you, divided you fall

Honorary Triad, got my machete crew too

Take ya down to Chinatown, eviscerate you

I eat all my foes, wait no meat on the brain

Chuck that, use the rest 'n make Chiefy Chow Mein!

BIATCH!

"Roy Keane in Saipan", what!?

Irish soccer player, best we had, one of the best in the world. But just before the World Cup, he had a big bust up with the Ireland manager in Saipan, Japan, called him a wanker and fucked off home, retired from international football. Whole thing became a saga, been in the papers for months, will he/won't he come back...and finally he said a few weeks ago, he won't.

So, is it the Maniac Cop group, the Irish bastards, or just the Cracka Clan?

Maniac Cop III represent!

But, can your crew handle IC's patos?

We can handle ourselves, we won't know till our paths cross. The question is tho, who's got your back? Way I see it, if I was you I'd try and get TD and Birdy in a crew with you...

Patos Malos ain't the only crew up in this place anymore!

:Starts with the Thunderbirds intro:

Stand by for action

5 (dihn)

4 (dihn)

3 (dihn)

3 (dihn)

3 (dihn)

:over '3 (dihn)' looped in background, shouted out Busta style:

KOS-One steppin up representing I-R-E

Bringing you the flows of The Maniac Cop III

:end intro:

:kick in with David Holmes - Incite A Riot, starting from 0.32:

Cracka's representing from transatlantic

Fucked up grooves and beats goin' frantic

We rock the crazy shit maniacally

Then beat your ass down with full authority

Those Rodney King fucks don't got nothing on us

We'd a beaten the cameraman too, kept the whole thing hushed

If there's gonna be riots we're the ones to start em

Tear-gas the crowd then baton charge in

Ya got me, King of Snake leading the line

Blessed with the best in rhythm and rhyme

I'm so ill, got the skillz to just kill ya for thrills

Trynna step to me's like trynna ice skate uphill

You wanna attack me, it better be a good blow

Cos I only need one pass like Ogami Itto

Think twice before you take on this ronin

I'll kill you, then get yo bitches moaning

Cos I'm venomous, spit bile when I talk

Muthafucking elite, shit bullets when I walk

Republican guard, Republic of Ireland

I'm angrier than Roy Keane in Saipan

Y'all other MC's can't compare to me

Ya go one on one, you fall at my feet

Y'all try and gang up, what you thinkin' fool

Back-up got my back, the MC3 crew

Ya got Soldier of Fortune the precinct sniper

Shoot you in the spine leave you shitting in diapers

Dangerous mofo, the don of Navan

HE shot up the beltway, we framed John Allen

Ya see a red dot ya better know fear

One shot, one kill, he can hit you from here

Ya piss him off, ya get him surled

He'll cap ya with the second shot heard round the world

But he's cracked his quota of heads for the day

That's why he ain't here, he's out to play

Gone out drinkin', he's off duty

Getting it on with some fine ass booty!

Coming to the bridge and I'm about done

Gonna pass to maniac precinct's youngest gun

You're up now Jont, I took point

Pick up the mic and bring fire to this joint!

:passes the mic at 1.55:

Jont's gonna pick up where I left off tomorrow...

Anyone who hasn't seen it should really check it out, it's badass.

Bucket, you'd love it, it's like a French Sleepy Hollow with better action, unfortunately there's no Christina Ricci but Monica Belluci should suffice! I enjoyed this a lot, it's been out for a while over here, went thru indie cinemas but it got a good word of mouth and has been doing very well on rentals.

IC, on the 'who you'd like to go drinking with' thread, one of the french guys I mentioned, Vincent Cassel, is a standout acting wise in this, having fun as a snarling one-armed aristocrat.