Double Talk. Double Talk. October 11, 2008 1:50 PM   Subscribe

This came up on shuffleplay on itunes, and I'd like to suggest it as a theme song for Metafilter. Elephant Talk!


Balderdash!

Plus, 3 geeky guys with the always cool Tony Levin, how MeFi is that?
posted by Eekacat to MetaFilter-Related at 1:50 PM (38 comments total)

funny. I thinking of using that in a FPP a while back along with a couple of other things on the general topic of stop making sense. But then the world's economy collapsed and it just didn't seem so relevant any more.
posted by philip-random at 2:03 PM on October 11, 2008 [1 favorite]


Chapman Stick!
posted by Sys Rq at 2:40 PM on October 11, 2008


That's the most fun I've ever seen Robert Fripp appear to have.
posted by gleuschk at 2:44 PM on October 11, 2008 [1 favorite]


Robert Fripp looks like my periodontist.

Therefore I fear and mistrust him.
posted by BitterOldPunk at 2:46 PM on October 11, 2008


That's not Robert Fripp. It's GOB.
posted by jouke at 2:57 PM on October 11, 2008


Yeah, no shit gleuschk. He must have had his teevee face on. The times I've seen him live he was nowhere near that animated.
posted by Eekacat at 3:19 PM on October 11, 2008


From the thread title, I thought you were going to suggest this song..
posted by mykescipark at 5:02 PM on October 11, 2008


I had no idea Gallagher was in King Crimson.
posted by gc at 5:27 PM on October 11, 2008


Elephant Walk, now there's a song.
posted by fixedgear at 5:36 PM on October 11, 2008


MeTa reminds me more of The Howler from Beat.
posted by popechunk at 5:37 PM on October 11, 2008 [2 favorites]


... I'd like to suggest it as a theme song for Metafilter.

What, it was ghost written by cortex?
posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:43 PM on October 11, 2008


Heh, fixedgear, I have guys at work convinced that the Elephant Walk is a gay orgy practice. Imagine if you will a line of naked men walking and reaching for the errr... trunk behind them... Like elephants at the circus...

I seriously have a sick imagination, but even worse, I infect unsuspecting people with it.
posted by Eekacat at 6:00 PM on October 11, 2008


What, it was ghost written by cortex?

I'm thinking cortex probably was barely born when it came out in 1981...
posted by Eekacat at 6:02 PM on October 11, 2008


By that I'm saying the dude's a prodigy!
posted by Eekacat at 6:13 PM on October 11, 2008


I don't know why, but I assumed you were talking about these guys.

except maybe with "endicott" replaced with a bad voiceover of "metatalk"
posted by davejay at 6:14 PM on October 11, 2008


I think I would have been working on 2- and 3-word sentences at the time, yeah.
posted by cortex (staff) at 11:10 PM on October 11, 2008


I thought we had already established Yakity Sax as the MetaFilter theme song.
posted by Meatbomb at 11:45 PM on October 11, 2008 [3 favorites]


I saw that tour in Seattle at the Moore Egyptian. I'm trying to think of how to convey the magnitude without using expletives.

I Can't.
posted by vapidave at 12:08 AM on October 12, 2008


Would this have been better three days ago?
posted by BrotherCaine at 3:54 AM on October 12, 2008


I don't know. I tend to favor Indiscipline as far as MetaFilter goes.

I repeat myself when under stress I repeat myself when under stress I repeat myself when under stress...

The song is based on a postcard Belew received from his wife, regarding a souvenir he'd sent her while on tour. I tend to regard many FPPs as postcards from the web. "Here's something neat I saw in my travels."

"I do remember one thing. It took hours and hours and hours. And by the time I was done with it, I was so involved. I didn't know what to think."

Many users sit on FPPs for a while, trying to decide if they're worth posting, trying to perfect the framing.

"I carried it around with me for days and days, playing little games. Like: not looking at it for a whole day. AND THEN: Looking at it, to see if I still liked it. Mmm... I DID!"

"You know, the more I look at it, the more I like it. I DO THINK IT'S GOOD... I wish you were here to see it!"


That's pretty much the thought process that goes into composing an FPP.
posted by Eideteker at 4:27 AM on October 12, 2008 [1 favorite]


I almost typed "composting an FPP" which reminds me to draft that proposal for Matt about making sure we're doing the right thing for the environment with our deleted threads.
posted by Eideteker at 4:30 AM on October 12, 2008



Heh, fixedgear, I have guys at work convinced that the Elephant Walk is a gay orgy practice. Imagine if you will a line of naked men walking and reaching for the errr... trunk behind them... Like elephants at the circus...

I seriously have a sick imagination, but even worse, I infect unsuspecting people with it.


Did you make this up on my college campus ten years ago, because one of frats got in trouble for making their pledges do this and the school paper reported it as being called "the elephant walk."
posted by Falconetti at 9:51 AM on October 12, 2008


The only soundtrack that MetaTalk needs has its own website.
posted by blue_beetle at 3:36 PM on October 12, 2008


philip-random: funny. I thinking of using that in a FPP a while back along with a couple of other things on the general topic of stop making sense. But then the world's economy collapsed and it just didn't seem so relevant any more.

I was thinking of doing an FPP centering around this video with extra info.

I still might, too, but it seems the rest of the concert appearances became un-youtubed. Ah well.

As for this being the theme song to MetaFilter? I think there should be no theme song to MetaFilter. Not even anything suggested by flapjax, though I admire him. NO THEME FR MEFATILTER KTHXBAI
posted by not_on_display at 6:55 PM on October 12, 2008


not_on_display, if you're really taking me seriously, then you need some adjustment to your instrumentation. I tried to make it more obvious with balderdash, but so it goes.

Falconetti, umm, no, but that is funny. I'd never have anything to do with a frat.
posted by Eekacat at 7:27 PM on October 12, 2008


When I need to make something obvious, I'll usually use pictionary, or carcassone in a pinch.
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:06 PM on October 12, 2008


How indicative of the period. Both Fripp and Belew are rocking the Roland JC-120's. Tons of clean headroom--the distortion is outboard.
posted by sourwookie at 10:26 PM on October 12, 2008


MetaTalk, it's only MetaTalk
Arguments, asshats, AskMe, answers,
Articulate announcements
It's only MetaTalk

MetaTalk, it's only MetaTalk
Bugs, babble, banter, bicker bicker bicker
Brouhaha, boulderdash, ballyhoo
It's only MetaTalk
Back talk

Talk talk MetaTalk, it's only MetaTalk
Cortex, cliches, comments, controversy
Chatter, chit-chat, chit-chat, chit-chat,
Conversation, contradiction, criticism
It's only MetaTalk
Cheap talk

MetaTalk, it's only MetaTalk
Debates, discussions
These are words with a "d" this time
Dialogue, dualogue, diatribe,
Dissention, declamation
Double talk, double talk

MetaTalk, it's all MetaTalk
Too much talk
Small talk
Talk that trash
Etiquette/policy, exclamations, enfadulations
It's all talk
MetaTalk, MetaTalk, MetaTalk
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 10:10 AM on October 13, 2008 [2 favorites]


I am sad that this video has been removed. Is it elsewhere?

I was six feet from Belew at the Austin stop on the Discipline tour, and waited patiently to find out what effect he was using for the solo on that song, that's so high-pitched. He played it with a slide, up over the second and third pickups on his strat. Mind-blowing. And yeah, Tony Fucking Levin.
posted by Devils Rancher at 7:08 PM on October 13, 2008


It's probably worth mentioning that Adrian Belew has a rather excellent blog. You'll never guess what it's called!
posted by Sys Rq at 7:24 PM on October 13, 2008


Eekacat: not_on_display, if you're really taking me seriously, then you need some adjustment to your instrumentation.

Hi, I just got back from my tune-up, and now I can totally see you're full of shit. It's funny how a simple oil and lube, change of filters, rotate my tires, can make me run much better.

and: BROU HA HA
posted by not_on_display at 4:54 AM on October 14, 2008


...you need some adjustment to your instrumentation.

Well, you obviously haven't listened carefully enough, because n_o_d has always used very appropriate instrumentation.

Well, OK, I might've substituted a Sri Lankan nose flute for the French horn in one or two of his pieces, but that's just, you know, personal preference.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:23 AM on October 14, 2008


flapjax at midnite: Well, OK, I might've substituted a Sri Lankan nose flute for the French horn in one or two of his pieces, but that's just, you know, personal preference.

Well then, I suggest the MeFi Anthem must be composed as a duet for manualist and eefer.
posted by not_on_display at 8:27 AM on October 14, 2008


it's raining florence handerson, i love you!
posted by CitizenD at 9:53 AM on October 14, 2008


Heh, thanks for the back handed insult, not_on_display. Obviously only a really huge asshole would think they could slip that by without notice, but then that would require some understanding of instrumentation, which you clearly don't have. So I'll just continue to think of you as a maladjusted maladroit.

BANTER
posted by Eekacat at 8:00 PM on October 14, 2008


Hey, I thought I clarified all this *instrumentation* business a few comments upthread! Whassamattah? You no like-a da music, Eekacat?

You two should buddy-hug and make up RIGHT NOW. This is a stupid and petty little fight, and you should both save your ire and ill will for more deserving recipients.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 9:06 PM on October 14, 2008


Talk, talk, its all talk
Too much talk
Small talk
Talk that trash
Expressions, editorials, expugnations, exclamations, enfadulations
Its all talk
Elephant talk, elephant talk, elephant talk


It's really one of my favorite songs as well, of all the songs I've heard in my life. I was thinking of digging for Stick youtuberies for possible FPP-ing.

[after reading back what offhand stupid remarks I had written upthread...]

Oh, I made that "full of shit" comment, well, I think I was making a joke, but now, I don't get what I was trying to say. Something like double-negating the balderdash, countering with a brou-ha-ha. Like meaning, "You're actually not full of shit..."? How's that sound?

Tell you what: make it the theme song for MetaTalk instead of MeFi and and it's a deal, balderdash or no. I've never heard a more apt song; most of the conversations around the grey strike me like my brain is made of wood. Elephant talk!?

So, where do I sign? Oh, you mean I can't just make some sorta decree? declaration? These are words with a "d" this time...
posted by not_on_display at 11:54 PM on October 14, 2008


On preview, IRFH's MetaTalk adaptation -- yeah, I like.

[I'm gonna go to bed now. hugs to all you crazy fuckers.]
posted by not_on_display at 11:57 PM on October 14, 2008


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