Dr. Pepper

1. a refreshing bubbly soft drink that is loaded with jet fuel!

2. the reason why the Beatles changed the name of their epic album to Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

3. said soft drink company that made a bet and did their best to weasel out of it.

1. I'm a Pepper, he's a Pepper, she's a Pepper, we're a Pepper, would you like to be a Pepper too? Be a Pepper. Drink Dr. Pepper.

2. Dr. Pepper got promoted to Seargeant.

3. Last year I got to listen to the entire Guns N Roses catalog online, including the too-often-delayed long-awaited-and-overdue new album "Chinese Democracy". It's a really good album, it kicks some major ass and has a lot of diversity in the songs. Just don't take so long next time, OK fellas?
After hearing the last track there was a link taking me to "drpepper.com". Dr. Pepper made a bet: if the new GNR album was released last year then EVERYONE in America would get a free drink. There was a time limit window for this, however. You had to hit a link to register in order to get a coupon (to be printed) good for a FREE 20 oz. bottle of Dr. Pepper. I couldn't get ON there! I was on hold FOREVER. Apparently so were many other people. The corporation heads decided to "extend" the time window by a few hours. When I FINALLY got on the desired page there was a message that said that I was too late - the window of opportunity had expired by 15 minutes! Lemme see, we have over 265 million people in the United States so that would mean how many drinks...

by I Saw U2 Live Twice September 23, 2009

ess you cee kay

this phrase is just another way to spell out the word "suck", as in "S-U-C-K". Maximum suckability.

1. On Independence Day 1996 a relative of mine came over and we went to the cinema to see the movie "Independence Day" (it opened on that day, of course) and it had cliches and stereotypes galore. For starters, the Vietnam vet character was a bum and big time substance abuser who could only "redeem" himself to society by giving his life in a suicidal mission against the alien invaders. Also the flick had every possible scene, landscape, plot device and catchphrase ripped off from every sci-fi thriller in the book. One actor even reprised a term he used in the excellent "Jurassic Park" blockbuster from a few years before. Of course, there were predictable jingoistic elements and the lack of originality deep-sixed that film all the way from the start. Man did it ever ess you cee kay.

2. From a concert review page in an alternative weekly newspaper in an Ohio city:

... early in the evening I got to see and review the white female funkateers Luscious Jackson at the Palladium. The ladies luscious showed some good skillful funk playing, 'cuz they can really git down. After that entertaining gig I had to go to Wolfgang's to catch the Detroit punk/metal/rap/whatever/wtf band Loud Mouth and man alive did they ever ess you cee kay. Ya dig it?

by I Saw U2 Live Twice June 14, 2008

Deadles

a nickname used in a Rolling Stone online review for the deceased Beatles John and George. I think it may have been a review of George's new greatest hits collection. Don't quote me on this.

Some rock journalist's newly-coined word "Deadles" is derived from the words "Dead Beatles".

John Lennon became the first Deadle on December 8, 1980. On the same token George Harrison joined the Deadles on November 27, 2001. Those 2 days were tragic for rock but fabness is forever.

by I Saw U2 Live Twice June 20, 2009

Lola

basically, a transvestite. From the song "Lola" by the Kinks. That song is now a favorite sing-a-long for blitzed college students in campus-area bars. Just like "Mommy Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys", "Anarchy in the U.K.", "Yellow Submarine", "Brown Sugar", and "American Pie" (tho God knows why).

Me: I was in San Francisco last weekend and on a corner I saw a white yup kissing on a black chick, only to discover that she was a black man with a beard, pantyhose and a purse!

Michael and Phil (singing): Du du-du du-du du-du-du du do-du-du du du du du-du... (chorus of "Take a Walk on the Wild Side").
L-O-L-A Lola....

by I Saw U2 Live Twice December 28, 2006

treason-ish

the unpunished act of doing anything to attain a position of power, even if it includes collaborating with a foreign or outside power or even traitors from the "inside" to do it. People who do these acts often act very arrogant and dictatorial but they usually kowtow and kiss the asses of the people who helped them get them where they are. They only think of themselves and the public they are supposed to serve is totally ignored, deceived and treated like trash.

1. In the late 1930s Chancellor Alfred Dollfuss of Austria established a Nazi dictatorship there. Because of this and other traitors within, Austria and Germany entered into Anschluss ("union") in 1938 and Austria lost its name, independence, and economic and social identity and more. That's a treason-ish against the Austrian people - a rottenness in the apple.

2. Donald Trump childishly whined that he would NOT accept an election defeat in 2016. His business and other connections to the bully regime of Russia's Vladimir Putin are very well known and quite obvious. Russia hacked some of America's computer networks during the summer and early autumn but the cyber attack that struck the USA on Election Night was the worst ever done on cyber networks in perhaps all history. The next morning many homepages were desecrated with big pictures of Trump the Chump's ugly stupid smug mug, the Russian government expressed their delight and on January 21, 2017 this treason-ish, treasonous asshole took an oath that he'll never honor and then defiled a cathedral with his immoral bitch-ass to pose . FUCK 'EM!

by I Saw U2 Live Twice February 21, 2017

punk rock

quite simply, punk rock is a restoration of the original rebellious youth attitude and simple fundamentals of expession in rock'n'roll music that was first expressed in the 50s by the giants like Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis (especially in his personal life), and others, as opposed to the clean cut image of some of the pop stars that were dominant at the time. In the mid-60s there was the Velvet Underground who influenced punk by their lyrical themes and feedback and more. Then came what are now considered to be the protopunk bands, who took the practice of pushing the envelope that British bands like the Rolling Stones, the Who and the Kinks initiated to even greater lengths in terms of sound, image and rebellious attitude (the Stooges, the MC5, and many other bands). The term "punk rock" possibly was first used by rock critic Dave Marsh in a rockmag in the early 70s to describe the sound of ? and the Mysterians. An independent movement in rock developed as a reaction because the music had become corporate, pompous, bloated, pretentious, artsy-fartsy, and along with Top 40 pop, just plain cruddy and stupid. Bands started playing their songs short, to the point, loud, and fast, often a three-chord arrangement in accordance with the idiom KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid). The name "punk rock" was applied to this independent movement in rock, the movement was and still a rebellion against the prevailing fads and trends. It has greatly influenced popular music in the 80s decade and beyond, spawning nascent movements like speed metal, new wave, postpunk, grunge and more in terms of style, sound, image, attitude and much more. Punk rock is anti-corporate, anti-establishment, anti-system and anti-conformity. Current bands like Blink 182 and Good Charlotte are NOT punk rock because they don't really have the original rebellious rock'n'roll spirit, gist or attitude of individuality. Music has gotten so corporate now that we very badly need another rock revolution like punk and we need it fast, before rock's just part of the past. Cuz lately it just sounds the same to me... (all due respect to the Ramones).

The Ramones are often considered to be the first actual punk rock band as we know it. This legendary band from Forest Hills, Queens, the Big Apple were greatly influenced by American garage rock bands, the British Invasion, the Beach Boys and girl groups. I saw them four times before they called it quits in 1996. VIVA RAMONES!

by I Saw U2 Live Twice May 19, 2007

proto-punk

a hard-to-classify group of bands and performers who laid the foundation for and inspired punk rock's development in the mid-1970s. These acts sported tough guy looks, rebellious attitudes, the longest hair in the neighborhood, sometimes simple 3-chord arrangements and/or feedback and garage band aesthetics. Some of these acts were called "punk rock" by critics in the late 60s and early 70s. That label later was applied to later bands of the mid-70s, starting with the Ramones. Elvis Presley may be the original "proto-punk" rocker. He wore denim and leather, wore his hair long for the 50s, swiveled his hips provacatively, rode motorcycles, sneered when he sang, and more. The term "proto-punk" wasn't used until after punk itself came into its own.

Here are some examples of proto-punk acts:
The Kinks
The Who
Velvet Underground
The Stooges
The MC5
? and the Mysterians
The Seeds
New York Dolls
Roxy Music
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Rolling Stones
... and many more.

by I Saw U2 Live Twice November 20, 2006