hmm.. i missed the gay thing too. i just figured 'Romeo' was about a creep/stalker-type..

oh ! so then the rumors are true ....

tmidgett wrote:

Cranius wrote:[Edit: This song 'Romeo' makes me feel a little weird]

That's just b/c it is super-double-gay.

"Is This Real?" and "Mystery" are also pretty gay songs.

I mean, literally, they're gay. And great.

Yeah, I just listened to the lyrics a little closer and it all clicked.

So (anti)romantic, so swoonsome, so great!

Sebastian J. wrote:didnt Greg Sage like to buttfuck kiddos ?

has anyone answered this?

guess not.

MTAR wrote:

tmidgett wrote:

Cranius wrote:[Edit: This song 'Romeo' makes me feel little weird]

That's just b/c it is super-double-gay.

"Is This Real?" and "Mystery" are also pretty gay songs.

I mean, literally, they're gay. And great.

The first three songs on Is This Real? are remarkable. One of the best album kickoffs I have ever heard.

By "literally" do you mean they are about being gay, that they make you feel gay, or that they are "fruity-sounding"?

About being gay.

They don't make me feel gay, but they make me feel like they're about being gay.

I don't think they are fruity-sounding at all, which is what is great about the gay Wipers songs.

tallchris wrote:I'd also add any song with the word "alien" in the title.

Yeah, only I think he's being literal about some of that. Like, literally, he's talkin' about aliens.

Strange guy.

tmidgett wrote:

MTAR wrote:

tmidgett wrote:

Cranius wrote:[Edit: This song 'Romeo' makes me feel little weird]

That's just b/c it is super-double-gay.

"Is This Real?" and "Mystery" are also pretty gay songs.

I mean, literally, they're gay. And great.

The first three songs on Is This Real? are remarkable. One of the best album kickoffs I have ever heard.

By "literally" do you mean they are about being gay, that they make you feel gay, or that they are "fruity-sounding"?

About being gay.

They don't make me feel gay, but they make me feel like they're about being gay.

I don't think they are fruity-sounding at all, which is what is great about the gay Wipers songs.

tallchris wrote:I'd also add any song with the word "alien" in the title.

Yeah, only I think he's being literal about some of that. Like, literally, he's talkin' about aliens.

Strange guy.

Yeah, previous to the new shit coming to light, I always just figured his whole "No one wants an alien" trip was a metaphor for feeling like an outsider, being gay, whathaveyou. But he's being at least partially literal. I have been warned by people who have recorded with him, to not get him started on alien abduction, should I ever meet him. He seems to be a genuine crank on other levels as well, though I'm just going by interviews and the notes for the cd box.

He's probably my favorite guitarist of all time. Wipers, top 10 for me as well, so flawless are those first 3 records.

Mike Greenlees wrote:Yeah, previous to the new shit coming to light, I always just figured his whole "No one wants an alien" trip was a metaphor for feeling like an outsider, being gay, whathaveyou. But he's being at least partially literal. I have been warned by people who have recorded with him, to not get him started on alien abduction, should I ever meet him. He seems to be a genuine crank on other levels as well, though I'm just going by interviews and the notes for the cd box.

You're right.

It doesn't detract from my enjoyment of his music at all, but yes, you are right.

He's probably my favorite guitarist of all time. Wipers, top 10 for me as well, so flawless are those first 3 records.

He's an excellent guitarist.

I only saw him play once. I was slack-jaw impressed. He was playing parts I had just assumed were overdubs - laying his thumb across the neck and changing chords on the high strings. I guess there's a more musicianly way of describing that technique...

MTAR wrote:I bought the 3 disc box set.

Got it 2 weeks ago, and it it has been on constant rotation ever since I opened the box. Excellent. Thanks EA!

This silly chatroom has introduced me to some of my favorite music!

Wipers! MX-80 Sound! Pere Ubu! Third World War! I feel like I've been living under a rock, and all of you internet dorks lifted up that rock and let me drink from your canteens!

Tim, the gayness of these songs was never obvious to me, but I'm a clod. Now that you mention it, it all makes sense!

mb!