I’ve never considered them before. They are the dog’s bollocks.
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olm
November 28, 2020, 6:22am
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Is that praise?
@slawa does “Die sind die Hundeklöten” work similar in German?
It Is the highest praise.
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Kraftwerk were a VERY important group. The first of the new wave of bands to totally remove guitars from rock. They single-handedly created the cold, dark, robotic sound that would transform modern music.
I have a couple of their records, but rarely listen to them. Me, I like guitars.
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Nuit
November 28, 2020, 9:29am
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Ah, come on Europe Endless especially at 1’43"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqGsi9k6ra0
slawa
November 28, 2020, 9:57am
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Before I only heard bollocks in negative connotation. But there are positive use cases as well.
Dog’s bollocks
A usage with a positive (albeit still vulgar) sense is “the dog’s bollocks”. An example of this usage is: “Before Tony Blair’s speech, a chap near me growled: ‘He thinks he’s the dog’s bollocks.’ Well, he’s entitled to. It was a commanding speech: a real dog’s bollocks of an oration.”
Although this is a recent term (the Online Etymology Dictionary dates it to 1989), its origins are obscure. Etymologist Eric Partridge and the Oxford English Dictionary believe the term comes from the now obsolete typographical sequence of a colon and a dash. This typography, using a dash following a colon, was used to introduce a list. Thus, it is a very early example of an emoticon.
The Oxford English Dictionary says the following mark (":— ") is entitled “the dog’s bollocks”, defined as: “typogr. a colon followed by a dash, regarded as forming a shape resembling the male sexual organs.” The usage is cited to the year 1949.
This phrase has found its way into popular culture in a number of ways. There is a beer brewed in England by the Wychwood Brewery called the “Dog’s Bollocks”, as well as a lager cocktail.
jdsmith
November 28, 2020, 11:45am
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I’m having difficulty imagining the time and place where that uhm sound is best appreciated?
Don’t want to brag but seen them play live 12 times over a 20 year period, first one 1978 last 1998.
They really are “The Dogs Bollocks”
Extraordinary how 4 guys standing still doing fuck all have a spell over you.
jdsmith
November 28, 2020, 12:23pm
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As a Deadhead, I understand that level of commitment. Kudos.
And there looks to be a LOT of acid in that crowd…which could account for the spell .
I know last time I enjoyed their company I had consumed 2 ecstasy tablets, numerous lines of coke, half bottle of champagne.
I’m sure they was brilliant.
First time I had drunk or consumed nothing to alter my perspective.
I was young and drunk with enthusiasm.
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jdsmith
November 28, 2020, 12:39pm
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Thank you for that.
The best Dead show was always the next one!