Friday, July 6, 2007

Also I Like to Rock

Also I Like to Rock is the name of the series of new band shows at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles. The phrase seemed syntactially misarranged to me. I would have said "I also like to rock," but then realized why. For years now, since 1990 to be exact, I have mis-sung the lyrics to "Humpty Dance" and I just found this out! I thought he said:

Also told ya that I like to bite
Well, yeah, I guess it's obvious, I also like to ROCK.
All ya had to do was give Humpty a chance
and now I'm gonna do my dance.


He actually says that he likes to WRITE. What the FUCK if you could please excuse my fowl language (which should never be synomymous with French). This is a rap song and he likes to WRITE? I guess if he raps about liking to bite, then he can also write about liking to write. So after this revelation, I thought more about the song and realized Humpty is no Arthur Rimbaud. I mean I knew this, but read this stanza (can I call it a stanza?):


I'll eat up all your crackers and your licorice
Hey yo fat girl, come here are ya ticklish?


I saw Digital Underground at UCSB in 1998 or so. Humpty was actually kinda hot when he took his nose off.

Well anyway, another topic will ensue bc this entry was really random!

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