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I'm so sick of seeing RDJ threads on this board I'd thought I'd start one of my own, everybody seems to think the guys a genius (and in some respects he is) but he's also one of the most purile, immature artistes I've ever come across. the British guys on this board will probably have got what Windowlicker is actually all about, it's no doubt been discussed already (can't do a search at the mo). I'm interested to see if you DO know though, so I won't disclose it just jet, suffice to say that it's not exactly politically correct. |
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actually a window licker also means desiring something you can't have (eg. you're looking at something in a shop window you can afford, but you really want that pretty frock, so you start drooling on the window = windowlicker) |
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"but he's also one of the most purile, immature artistes" can you elaborate on that a bit more please :) |
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sunshine bus |
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it's a direct translation from the french for window shopping, the meaning being something you can't afford, hence the video |
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I know what it means *waves hand frantically*, but, aside from that, I wonder what his "obsession" with windows (not to be confused with the much maligned computer operating system) is, be they Caustic, Polygon or Licked? |
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they taste great. |
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maybe its a sign of autism showing. |
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the former 2 are most probably a drug reference |
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j'aime faire des croquettes au chien |
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hey frenchie what is the french phrase for window shopping? |
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faire du lèche-vitrines |
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ok where's the aphex faq gone |
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all wrong except for perhaps dog-belch and maybe I_x_ten, here's a massive clue, the word "windowlicker" originated from the school playground. I'm surprised, I thought most of you would know |
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I think soundguy just found out that window licker is sometimes also used as an analogy for physically and mentally disabled people on a bus. However mr leakages description is more commonly acknowledged and apt. I have an AFX faq thing. |
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retarded people duh so what |
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you don't even know about the sunshine bus |
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I didn't "just found out", I knew what it meant from the off, it comes from kids observing the behaviour of special needs children, probably whilst they are driving by in their school bus, hence the licking of windows, now listen to the voice in the track, especially at the end, see what I mean about purile and immature now?. there is actually an article/interview where this is all but confirmed, don't have a link but do a google search and you'll find it. |
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if you've ever been to Truro, you'd be hard put to find someone without 6 fingers on each hand FACT |
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o.k. fair enough, you probably knew too |
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i got it covered: |
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oh no you gave it away, you could have used that little known fact to make yourself look clever for years to come |
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but if I kept it to myself nobody would know how clever I actually am :) it's not just Windowlicker, "Milkman Song" is another fine example of idiot meets genius as is the one about dogshit |
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how perceptive soundguy AFX also has a rare track called "Come Join the Spastic Society", this was confirmed to mean what it is because in the video, he clobbers his two wrists together and puts his tongue under his bottom lip. |
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that's funnier than it should be. |
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wut |
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it's because he was crap at football at school and all his mates called him joey deacon and spazamatazz |
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I know that he used to sing "milkman song" to his (for some strange reason-ex) girlfriend |
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Bleh what does it matter if he is immature. Politically correct wank; that's your problem, not Richards. I like the humour in his music. |
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there's a difference between being a politically correct wanker (which I can assure you I'm not) and taking the piss out of retarded people which is just cruel, for anyone over the age of 12 at least. Unless Windowlicker was a "tribute" to them which somehow I doubt, it is funny but you really have to ask yourself some serious questions if you laugh too much. I've said it before, I'll say it again, read "the curious incident of the dog in the nightime" by mark haddon, it's the book equivalent of a boc album (a boc book if you like), you won't laugh at retards in the same way again. |
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but they're retarded! |
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some are the equivalent of vegetables sure, but it's still cruel to laugh at them IMO, but some actually operate on a higher plane, like they are more evolved or something, in the future we may all be retarded |
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Who said I laughed? I said I enjoyed the humour in his music not that I laughed at Window Licker. I also didn't call you a wanker, I actually quite like you. Remember he made a track called phlid. Do you have a book that will make me think differently about them? |
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sorry mate I know you didn't call me a wanker but you might have been thinking that it's difficult to tell over the net but enjoying humour does imply that you are laughing, I think Ricky Gervais does it the best but that's because your laughing at him not at the retard. And yes there is a book that might make you think differently about phlids (if phlids are what I think they are), Ecstacy by Irvine Welsh, 2nd story, beware though, not for the faint hearted, it made me pass out, as did "curious incident" |
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There was a double meaning to windowlicker, because j'aime faire des croquettes au chien (which if I am not mistaken is the female voice that appears mid way through the song) is translated 'I like to dress up the dog', which is slang for going out dressed to the nines, which is what the song openly satirizes. If it also is making fun of retards, that kind of fits, because if you are making fun of 'plastics' who spend too much money on clothes and making themselves look good, and you are making fun of retards, then you are kind of calling plastics retarded. |
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The explanation of windowlicker, as in the translation from the french, is much more apt than the explanation in the AFX FAQ that you're up in arms about, "soundguy". Anyhow, what the fuck does it matter if it's called Windowlicker, after retarded people? It's not fucking taking the piss out of retarded people. You'd have a point if the song had lyrics akin to that of Milkman. On a side note, Frank Zappa wrote songs with some of the most immature and, in his own words, "stupid" lyrics ever. It was his way of being condescending to his popular audience, who, he believed, were slightly stupid, since they needed lyrics and singing before they'd listen to a song (this has something to do with the post tolstoyed made about people not appreciating instrumental music.. which is something that grates with me a lot..) Basically what I'm saying is that if an artist comes out with banal and stupid lyrics, they know they are such. There's a reason behind it. They're not stupid and immature themselves. |
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J'aime faire des craquettes [croquettes?] aux chiens. This is French. The disputed word might be craquettes ("I like to have sex with dogs") or croquettes ("I like to make dog biscuits"). |
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I see. My source was wrong. |
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What does the voice in the track say near the end? I know the bit about the dog because it means slightly different things in different french dialects but I am unaware of any direct reference to people with special needs unless it says "visit xltronic" and I missed it. |
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I thought it was "i like to feed the dogs" |
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hahaha very good :) made me ell-oh-ell. |
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Yes. I like to feed the dog in French Canadian which is where Richards girlfriend is/was(?) from. (French Canadia) |
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bwahahaha |
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If my feverish imaginings are to be believed, there's a bit of seething IDM star soap opera action in this thread. |
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well? what have you got to say for yourself soundguy? bah. |
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He had to explain it to me, so how is a retard going to know? |
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Joey Deacon God bless Blue Peter! *Pushes toungue inder lip and throws a shoe out of a window* |
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derrr brain! |
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I think Rich just like the word "window". In an artistic sense. Like Audax Powder. What else could you title that track? It's perfect. |
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The theme of Windowlicker is in the video. 2 men desire women they can't have. |
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