The BEACH BOYS?! Playing for Republicans?! Nobody tell James Watt.

Confabulat: The BEACH BOYS?! Playing for Republicans?! Nobody tell James Watt.

Exactly -- I was going to commend the R's for only taking 20 years to finally embrace the white-hot controversy and rebellion that is a Beach Boys concert.

the only interesting act at either convention is willie nelson.

Yes Jonny-boy, remind everyone of your "bomb bomb Iran," joke. Good call.

/hopes he sings it to the national audience.

Why all the hate for the Beach Boys? Lest we forget...

Pat Boone unavailable for comment?

Dancin_In_Anson: Why all the hate for the Beach Boys? Lest we forget...

Yeah, but that creative Brian Wilson-led band died decades and decades ago.

Lest we forget... (new window)

will the Beach Boys be performing their hit Bomb Bomb Iran?

I didn't even think old people liked the Beach Boys anymore.

Dreadstar: Pat Boone unavailable for comment?

He's still in a metal mood.

Old people like old people music. Old people also tend to be much more inclined to vote.

/*insert picture of Romero here*

Bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb Iran.

The headline needs more commas.

Ugh. Compared to Rage Against the Machine and Fallout Boy, the Beach Boys sound delightful.

/Of course, it's like a choice between shaving with 40 grit sandpaper or 120 grit sandpaper...

what about ABBA? i thought that was his favorite band.

I can't believe this got a green light. Where's the hate?

Aren't most of them dead? Isn't it just Mike Love and friends?

Looking at the list I'm gonna have to say most of them are shiat.
Willie Nelson, Melissa Etheridge, Cyndi Lauper, Rufus Wainwright, Fall Out Boy, Rage Against the Machine (so anti-establishment they got back together because they were poor) Jakob Dylan (Rebel, Sweetheart was amazing but solo stuff is boring)

Confabulat: Lest we forget... (new window)

Lest we forget...

Dancin_In_Anson: Why all the hate for the Beach Boys? Lest we forget...

By the same token, the band that Axl Rose is fronting currently might be called Guns n' Roses, but it isn't the same band that made Appetite for Destruction.

This Beach Boys is the band responsible for Kokomo.

I'd pick Beck. Get the Scientology vote, anyway.

Atillathepun: Yes Jonny-boy, remind everyone of your "bomb bomb Iran," joke. Good call.

If they don't play "Barbara Ann" I for one will be disappointed.

Beach boys even ten years ago, maybe. But not now. No. Please God, no. Sometimes, dead is better.

Would pay a lot to see Brian Wilson play and sing, though, the guy is like an American Mozart of our age.

Darconix: Who did you farkers expect Mr. Pancakes to have headline his convention? The Black Eyed Peas? What about Rage Against the Machine?

When one of you farkers grows up and gets the formal nod from your political party to try to run the country, then you get to pick the DJ. Deal?

Wow, the Humor Train just passed you by today, didn't it? Who pissed in your Cheerios?

Nice picture of Britney there next to the article. Obama's coming, open wide!

"The youth in America are being LIED to by liberal politicians and the mainstream media... but we've come up with a GREAT way to get the TRUTH to them: MUSIC." (new window)

"You Don't Need to Live in the Islands
To Have a Lot of Fun
Just Pretend Your Patio's -
An Island in the Sun"

This will replace Let's Have a Luau as the Beach Boys Squarest Moment.

So the Democrats have a Commie Rock band playing their convention?
Fantastic.



Way to give Right-Wing talk radio wack-a-doo's plenty of ammunition. Idiots.

/facepalm.

""Sex, Politics, and Cocktails Late Night Dance Party" organized by Planned Parenthood"

Lulz?

Styx? I just heard them on the King Biscuit Flour Hour.

/surprised I was first with this one

Confabulat: Yeah, but that creative Brian Wilson-led band died decades and decades ago.


Ace Frehley's Ghost: By the same token, the band that Axl Rose is fronting currently might be called Guns n' Roses, but it isn't the same band that made Appetite for Destruction.

Fair nuff...but when I hear Beach Boys I don't think Kokomo just like when I hear Rolling Stones I don't think of Start Me Up.

moothemagiccow: Aren't most of them dead? Isn't it just Mike Love and friends?

Looking at the list I'm gonna have to say most of them are shiat.
Willie Nelson, Melissa Etheridge, Cyndi Lauper, Rufus Wainwright, Fall Out Boy, Rage Against the Machine (so anti-establishment they got back together because they were poor) Jakob Dylan (Rebel, Sweetheart was amazing but solo stuff is boring)

Most music in general sucks goatnuts. It's just that the goatnutsucking bands of Denver are observably more interesting and entertaining than the goatnutsucking bands of Minneapolis.

The "Punk Rock 2008" show is today, btw, so that's kinda sucky... but the lineup is NOFX, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Bouncing Souls, Circle Jerks, Street Dogs and Frontside Five. Looks like a fun show, and it's free apparently. At Red Rocks. In 3 hours from now. Lucky Denverites. Not sure you can call it part of the DNC Convention though.

I was hoping the dems would have had Kanye West. He is always good for some quotes.

/Bush Hates Black People!

I don't like that surfin' shiat. Rock and roll's been going down hill ever since Buddy Holly died.

Darconix: Tsunami Ditka: Wow, the Humor Train just passed you by today, didn't it? Who pissed in your Cheerios?

A lib. Typical, really.

Must suck to hate life so much that you need to blame libs for your misery. What on earth would you do without them??

Non-Brian Wilson Beach Boys =

Solid State Vittles: If they don't play "Barbara Ann" I for one will be disappointed.

If they don't play "Barbara Ann", there can be only one reason why.

Aww...isn't that cute? The concern trolls are concerned.

And let's check whom the Democrats have on their list....

Willie Nelson? Are you farking kidding me?

Rage Against the Machine? Oh, good, a band that hates America. That'll go over real well and win some undecided votes for you. Damn, you people really are among the most politically ignorant on the planet.

"Naughty Pierre's Burlesque and Comedy Extravaganza," "Sex, Politics, and Cocktails Late Night Dance Party" organized by Planned Parenthood.

Um, yeah. Good luck with that.

And I thought having the Beach Boys at the convention was a mistake. Just wow.

Rev. Skarekroe: I don't like that surfin' shiat. Rock and roll's been going down hill ever since Buddy Holly died.

I'll tell you what's dead. Vaudeville! You know what killed it? The talking pictures, but you can still make it, kid, you just gotta have a gimmick. I for one am a tumbler, here watch my round off... hey kiddo be a sport, take the pills out of my pocket and put one under my tongue?

I would rather catch the acts at the repub convention. But I would enjoy the Willie Nelson concert though.

disclamer: I have never claimed I a good taste in music.

JohnJacobJingleheimerSchmidt: Way to give Right-Wing talk radio wack-a-doo's plenty of ammunition. Idiots.

As far as I can tell, they're playing in Denver; they're not playing "the convention."

And I'm sure that RATM's appearance there isn't going to sway swing/undecided voters one way or the other.

It's not like Betty Lou in Trailer Park, AL is gonna go, "Rage? Don't they have that song about Monkeys and Radio or something? Yeah, that tears it! I'm voting for Ulysses S. Grant John McCain!"

It appears Rage will be playing at both: Link (new window)

Rage -->AGAINST THE MACHINE<-- is playing at conventions of both established political parties

Crude:

Willie Nelson? Are you farking kidding me?

What sort of real American walks around dissing Willie Nelson?

The guy at the end of the thread: "The youth in America are being LIED to by liberal politicians and the mainstream media... but we've come up with a GREAT way to get the TRUTH to them: MUSIC." (new window)

Uhh... Is that for real?

Mike Love is scheduled to yell at a cloud with McCain on Opening Night.

erm... Link (new window)

flavor of the month: the only interesting act at either convention is willie nelson.

got that right. I've seen Willie about 6 times now. Always a good show. I'll be he does this one at the convention. ^{(^)}

JohnJacobJingleheimerSchmidt: So the Democrats have a Commie Rock band playing their convention?
Fantastic.



Way to give Right-Wing talk radio wack-a-doo's plenty of ammunition. Idiots.

/facepalm.

Oh, don't worry... they'll be playing in Minneapolis during the Republican National Convention as well.

JohnJacobJingleheimerSchmidt

FAIL

Rage is not playing at the convention. They are playing outside like they did in 2004. They will playing outside the Republican convention as well.