went out to the garage and Tom Petty’s “Free Fallin” was on the radio.
it reminded me of the parody song we were going to do in high school, at the Ugly Man contest (a sort of talent show). i don’t even remember how it went, but i think we never even did it. probably Randy Johnson chickened out at the last minute, or whoever was in the trio. but i do remember being Tony the Tiger and telling Trudy Wurts that Frosted Flakes were “GRRRREAT!” and to “show ’em you’re a Tiger!”, with my red bandana and all.
and that reminded me of this one time… at band camp… on talent night how we practically did a song parody of “Helter Skelter”. it wasn’t meant to be a parody, but it was definitely not solid art, if that’s what i’m trying to say about it. god, Bill Davenport, SHRIEKING “Helter Skelter!!” like some kind of great, googly-eyed goblin straight out of the very bowels of Hell itself, me and Jason Stafford relentlessly hammering on that massive RAWK riff… Jason all over the place, falling apart and losing place (Bill too), me i knew it and knew it well, having been a huge Beatles fan and also my latest kick being repeatedly listening to the U2 cover version from Rattle and Hum, which had come out some months prior. (i remember using the U2 version intro -palm muting & syncopated accents- and the Beatles version riffs thereafter.) it was primal and glorious. if only we’d had a drummer.
i want a rock and roll band.
