Hello everyone, I have been reading this forum since December, first post was today. I was asked about the name I use... Up In Here is a blues song by Chicago blues harp player/vocalist Junior Wells (I've been a blues fan since I was a kid) and the lyrics really aren't relevant as such. The "up in here" I reference would be (up in) cyberspace i.e., this online forum.
Cool. Welcome.
Welcome. Even if your name was from the DMX song, it would totally fit.
Welcome to the forum!
Welcome!
Greetings. As you already know, I liked your first post; may it be the first of many. Thank you for giving us the reference behind your user name. Contra Spooky, I would've been disappointed had it been the DMX song, since after all you are in your 50s, are a former seminarian, and have an abiding interest in Christian mysticism. It would've been too incongruous for my tastes, so: phew.
Willkommen, Hellebardier!
Welcome.
Quote from: Mr Brocklehurst on February 13, 2014, 08:56:12 PM
Contra Spooky, I would've been disappointed had it been the DMX song
I'm happy I'm not the only one to think that.
:toth:
Quote from: Bonaventure on February 13, 2014, 09:13:41 PM
Welcome.
Quote from: Mr Brocklehurst on February 13, 2014, 08:56:12 PM
Contra Spooky, I would've been disappointed had it been the DMX song
I'm happy I'm not the only one to think that.
If it's the one that goes "y'all gonna make me lose my mind, up in here, up in here" then you are far from the only one to think of that song. I hate that song, for what it's worth. I still think they need to take the "C" off CBS news and put it on the front of the word "rap."
Thank you all for the kind welcome! I never heard of the DMX song, only the Junior Wells song from way back around 1968! :) So, am thinking I do not want to be associated by name with what may or may not come to mind relative to DMX/hip hop. I am not the most computer literate person in the world, but would it be possible for me to easily change my name? With my Orthodox theological background/Easter Catholic parish attendance, perhaps EastWest (the name of the brilliant second Paul Butterfield Blues Band album from 1966) rather than a Junior Wells blues recording makes more sense? :) Not sure how to do that, though.
Quote from: upinhere7 on February 14, 2014, 07:04:27 AM
Thank you all for the kind welcome! I never heard of the DMX song, only the Junior Wells song from way back around 1968! :) So, am thinking I do not want to be associated by name with what may or may not come to mind relative to DMX/hip hop. I am not the most computer literate person in the world, but would it be possible for me to easily change my name? With my Orthodox theological background/Easter Catholic parish attendance, perhaps EastWest (the name of the brilliant second Paul Butterfield Blues Band album from 1966) rather than a Junior Wells blues recording makes more sense? :) Not sure how to do that, though.
If you pm (i.e. send a personal message to) the forum owner, Kaesekopf, he will do it for you.
Quote from: Mr Brocklehurst on February 13, 2014, 08:56:12 PM
Greetings. As you already know, I liked your first post; may it be the first of many. Thank you for giving us the reference behind your user name. Contra Spooky, I would've been disappointed had it been the DMX song, since after all you are in your 50s, are a former seminarian, and have an abiding interest in Christian mysticism. It would've been too incongruous for my tastes, so: phew.
Willkommen, Hellebardier!
My wife's old Italian grandpa loved this song. He was 87 when he died, a navy Veteran and Knight of Columbus:
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vk5VuJ7QDq0[/yt]
He used to drive his Buick and pump the brake up & down along with the beat, too. Incongruousness makes life interesting sometimes :)
Quote from: Chestertonian on February 14, 2014, 08:25:49 AM
Quote from: Mr Brocklehurst on February 13, 2014, 08:56:12 PM
Greetings. As you already know, I liked your first post; may it be the first of many. Thank you for giving us the reference behind your user name. Contra Spooky, I would've been disappointed had it been the DMX song, since after all you are in your 50s, are a former seminarian, and have an abiding interest in Christian mysticism. It would've been too incongruous for my tastes, so: phew.
Willkommen, Hellebardier!
My wife's old Italian grandpa loved this song. He was 87 when he died, a navy Veteran and Knight of Columbus:
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vk5VuJ7QDq0[/yt]
He used to drive his Buick and pump the brake up & down along with the beat, too. Incongruousness makes life interesting sometimes :)
I would almost suspect that you're "taking the piss" here, as they say, but then I have to wonder if anyone would joke around at the expense of their wife's departed old Italian grandpa. If he
did do that, then I think he would be better remembered as a veteran and a good Catholic. Incongruousness can be ...
undignified sometimes. Especially where hip-hop is concerned.
Quote from: upinhere7 on February 14, 2014, 07:04:27 AM
Thank you all for the kind welcome! I never heard of the DMX song, only the Junior Wells song from way back around 1968! :) So, am thinking I do not want to be associated by name with what may or may not come to mind relative to DMX/hip hop. I am not the most computer literate person in the world, but would it be possible for me to easily change my name? With my Orthodox theological background/Easter Catholic parish attendance, perhaps EastWest (the name of the brilliant second Paul Butterfield Blues Band album from 1966) rather than a Junior Wells blues recording makes more sense?
I'm not really a blues fan, so I don't know the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, but "East West" is also the name of a single by Herman's Hermits from 1966, one of the best years in music.
Quote from: Mr Brocklehurst on February 14, 2014, 12:03:50 PM
I would almost suspect that you're "taking the piss" here, as they say, but then I have to wonder if anyone would joke around at the expense of their wife's departed old Italian grandpa. If he did do that, then I think he would be better remembered as a veteran and a good Catholic. Incongruousness can be ... undignified sometimes. Especially where hip-hop is concerned.
It's a true story about my wife's grandpa. He really had the CD, and he really enjoyed it.
I have no problem with hip hop if and of itself. My homecare nurse listens to French rap sometimes. He is from Toulouse. I'm not sure what the lyrics actually mean, but it sounds like to me they're rapping about buttery pastry, strolling through the countryside and harvesting lavender in Provence. I don't understand French, though.
Quote from: upinhere7 on February 13, 2014, 06:55:24 PM
Hello everyone, I have been reading this forum since December, first post was today. I was asked about the name I use... Up In Here is a blues song by Chicago blues harp player/vocalist Junior Wells (I've been a blues fan since I was a kid) and the lyrics really aren't relevant as such. The "up in here" I reference would be (up in) cyberspace i.e., this online forum.
:toth:
Thank you for the advice, Lynne!...:
If you pm (i.e. send a personal message to) the forum owner, Kaesekopf, he will do it for you.
I will try to change to EastWest7 and hopefully no one will find my future posts offensive until they finish reading them! :lol:
Quote from: Chestertonian on February 14, 2014, 12:27:02 PMI have no problem with hip hop if and of itself. My homecare nurse listens to French rap sometimes. He is from Toulouse. I'm not sure what the lyrics actually mean, but it sounds like to me they're rapping about buttery pastry, strolling through the countryside and harvesting lavender in Provence. I don't understand French, though.
:laugh:
It's probably a good thing you don't. Understand French, that is.
There may be nothing intrinsically wrong with drumming a beat and grunt-rhyming over top it (it's too savage and staccato for my tastes; to each their own, though), but every musical genre comes with its subcultural mindset and accoutrements. Hip-hop's are vile.
Welcome to Catholic militancy at its finest!
Quote from: voxxpopulisuxx on February 14, 2014, 05:52:51 PM
Welcome to Catholic militancy at its finest!
Thanks...love it! :)
Hello, and welcome to the forum!
Quote from: Chestertonian on February 14, 2014, 08:25:49 AM
Quote from: Mr Brocklehurst on February 13, 2014, 08:56:12 PM
Greetings. As you already know, I liked your first post; may it be the first of many. Thank you for giving us the reference behind your user name. Contra Spooky, I would've been disappointed had it been the DMX song, since after all you are in your 50s, are a former seminarian, and have an abiding interest in Christian mysticism. It would've been too incongruous for my tastes, so: phew.
Willkommen, Hellebardier!
My wife's old Italian grandpa loved this song. He was 87 when he died, a navy Veteran and Knight of Columbus:
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vk5VuJ7QDq0[/yt]
He used to drive his Buick and pump the brake up & down along with the beat, too. Incongruousness makes life interesting sometimes :)
Ha! Nelly!
Good memories.
Arf arf! Where da hood at?
Welcome, EastWest!
I think I might want to change my username to "Pon de Replay." The YouTuber who made that Nelly video got the song's name wrong. It's actually called "Ride wit Me." If you want to rap along, here are the lyrics:
QuoteWhere they at [8X]
[Chorus]
If you wanna go and take a ride wit me
We three-wheelin in the fo' with the gold D's
Oh why do I live this way? (Hey, must be the money!)
If you wanna go and get high wit me
Smoke a L in the back of the Benz-y
Oh why must I feel this way? (Hey, must be the money!)
[Verse 1]
In the club on the late night, feelin right
Lookin tryin to spot somethin real nice
Lookin for a little shorty hot and horny so that I can take home
(I can take home)
She can be 18 (18) wit an attitude
or 19 kinda snotty actin real rude
Boo, as long as you a thicky thicky thick girl you know that it's on
(Know that it's on)
I peep something comin towards me up the dance floor
Sexy and real slow (hey)
Sayin she was peepin and I dig the last video
So when Nelly, can we go; how could I tell her no?
Her measurements were 36-25-34
Yellin I like the way you brush your hair
And I like those stylish clothes you wear
I like the way the light hit the ice and glare
And I can see you moving way over there
[Chorus]
[Verse 2]
Face and body front and back, don't know how to act
Without no vouchers or boozers she's bringin nuttin back
You should feel the impact, shop on plastic
when the sky's the limit and them haters can't get past that
Watch me as I gas that, 4.6 Range
Watch the candy paint change, everytime I switch lanes
It feel strange now
Makin a livin off my brain, instead of 'caine now
I got the title from my momma put the whip in my own name now
Damn shit done changed now
Runnin credit checks with no shame now
I feel the fame now (come on), I can't complain now (no more)
Shit I'm the mayne now, in and out my own town
I'm gettin pages out of New Jersey, from Courtney B.
Tellin me about a party up in NYC
Can I make it? Damn right, I be on the next flight
Payin cash; first class - sittin next to Vanna White
[Chorus 2X]
[Verse 3]
Check, check -- yo, I know somethin you don't know
And I got somethin to tell ya
You won't believe how many people, straight doubted the flow
Most said that I was a failure
But now the same motherfuckers askin me fo' dough
And I'm yellin, "I can't help ya"
"But Nelly can we get tickets to the next show?"
Hell no (what's witchu?!) you for real?!
[City Spud]
Hey yo, now that I'm a fly guy, and I fly high
Niggaz wanna know why, why I fly by
But yo it's all good, Range Rover all wood
Do me like you should - fuck me good, suck me good
We be no stud niggaz, wishin you was niggaz
Poppin like we drug dealers, sippin Crissy, bubb' mackin
Honey in the club, me in the Benz
Icy grip, tellin me to leave wit you and your friends
So if shorty wanna... knock, we knockin to this
And if shorty wanna... rock, we rockin to this
And if shorty wanna... pop, we poppin the Crist'
Shorty wanna see the ice, then I ice the wrist
City talk, Nelly listen; Nelly talk, city listen
When I fuck fly bitches; when I walk pay attention
See the ice and the glist'; niggaz starin or they diss
Honies lookin all they wish - come on boo, gimme kiss
[Chorus 2X]
Hey, must be the money! [4X]
Rihanna, right, for Pon de Replay?
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Quote from: EastWest7 on February 14, 2014, 04:07:41 PM
I will try to change to EastWest7 and hopefully no one will find my future posts offensive until they finish reading them! :lol:
I do not recognize any of the music references in this thread and am not even completely sure that you all are talking about music. So I am equally happy with both of your names. If you would like some advice on writing offensive posts, perhaps I can give you some pointers. I hear that I am good at that.
Quote from: Jayne on February 18, 2014, 05:07:04 PM
Quote from: EastWest7 on February 14, 2014, 04:07:41 PM
I will try to change to EastWest7 and hopefully no one will find my future posts offensive until they finish reading them! :lol:
I do not recognize any of the music references in this thread and am not even completely sure that you all are talking about music. So I am equally happy with both of your names. If you would like some advice on writing offensive posts, perhaps I can give you some pointers. I hear that I am good at that.
Lol! Thanks for the kind offer regarding writing offensive posts, actually, I've done my share of composing such communications over the years (hate the whole concept of being PC, makes me think of groupthink and Stalinism Lite) so hopefully one day I will measure up to task! :)
Quote from: Kaesekopf on February 18, 2014, 04:41:51 PM
Rihanna, right, for Pon de Replay?
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Rihanna is correct. Would that be an acceptable name change for me? I would include a link in my signature, like Jayne does, to clear up any confusion.
Quote from: Mr Brocklehurst on February 18, 2014, 08:46:21 PM
Quote from: Kaesekopf on February 18, 2014, 04:41:51 PM
Rihanna, right, for Pon de Replay?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk
Rihanna is correct. Would that be an acceptable name change for me? I would include a link in my signature, like Jayne does, to clear up any confusion.
I'd be OK with it. :lol:
Quote from: Kaesekopf on February 18, 2014, 09:44:49 PMI'd be OK with it.
Then let's do this. I was not bluffing. "Pon de Replay" it is. Absent the quotation marks, of course. But please retain the spaces. It has a "Ponce de León" quality about it; and yet, as a Rihanna reference, it will carry an unmistakable contemporary hip-hop-culture vibe. It will be appropriately
incongruous. It will speak for much.
I may even choose to have a Rihanna avatar. There's a really strange guy on The Thinking Atheist forum who appears to be inordinately devoted to Gwyneth Paltrow, with Gwyneth Paltrow pictures in his signature, and a byline declaring himself the high priest of
The Living Cult of Gwynnitie or something. I may get as weird as that. For effect.
Quote from: Jayne on February 18, 2014, 05:07:04 PMI do not recognize any of the music references in this thread and am not even completely sure that you all are talking about music.
Jayne, surely you've heard of Herman's Hermits.
Done!
:toth:
:lol:
Excellent. Danke schoen, mein Oberst!
The forum software forced me to reset my password, but otherwise it was a painless metamorphosis. "Kafka-esque." :grin:
Quote from: Pon de Replay on February 18, 2014, 10:21:43 PM
Excellent. Danke schoen, mein Oberst!
The forum software forced me to reset my password, but otherwise it was a painless metamorphosis. "Kafka-esque." :grin:
It did. Silly forum. But it's something I can't control. :(
Welcome
Quote from: Pon de Replay on February 18, 2014, 10:06:06 PM
Quote from: Jayne on February 18, 2014, 05:07:04 PMI do not recognize any of the music references in this thread and am not even completely sure that you all are talking about music.
Jayne, surely you've heard of Herman's Hermits.
The name sounds familiar but I have a vague recollection of there being a cookie with a name like that.
Quote from: Jayne on February 19, 2014, 01:59:24 PM
Quote from: Pon de Replay on February 18, 2014, 10:06:06 PM
Quote from: Jayne on February 18, 2014, 05:07:04 PMI do not recognize any of the music references in this thread and am not even completely sure that you all are talking about music.
Jayne, surely you've heard of Herman's Hermits.
The name sounds familiar but I have a vague recollection of there being a cookie with a name like that.
I do not know if there was such a similarly-named cookie, or whether it predated the rock group or not. Perhaps they named themselves after the cookie; the members of the group were, after all, very young. Their singer, Peter Noone, was something like the Justin Beiber of the British Invasion scene. They were only slightly less manufactured than their American counterparts, The Monkees. But both groups had some halfway decent sugary-catchy songs, even if they didn't write them themselves.
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFvXvfUF-Co[/yt]
I think I have heard that song. I googled and discovered that the cookies do not have a "Herman" in the them. They are just hermit cookies.
QuoteIt's so easy to like Hermit Cookies, with their soft and chewy texture, their spicy flavor, and how they're loaded with raisins, dates, and nuts. The general consensus is that Hermit Cookies were so named because of how long they can be stored. This old fashioned 19th century cookie must have quite a few fans because on the American Food Holidays' calendar November 15th is National Spicy Hermit Cookie Day.
Read more: http://www.joyofbaking.com/HermitCookies.html#ixzz2to19pb94
Quote from: Pon de Replay on February 19, 2014, 02:18:05 PM
Quote from: Jayne on February 19, 2014, 01:59:24 PM
Quote from: Pon de Replay on February 18, 2014, 10:06:06 PM
Quote from: Jayne on February 18, 2014, 05:07:04 PMI do not recognize any of the music references in this thread and am not even completely sure that you all are talking about music.
Jayne, surely you've heard of Herman's Hermits.
The name sounds familiar but I have a vague recollection of there being a cookie with a name like that.
I do not know if there was such a similarly-named cookie, or whether it predated the rock group or not. Perhaps they named themselves after the cookie; the members of the group were, after all, very young. Their singer, Peter Noone, was something like the Justin Beiber of the British Invasion scene. They were only slightly less manufactured than their American counterparts, The Monkees. But both groups had some halfway decent sugary-catchy songs, even if they didn't write them themselves.
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFvXvfUF-Co[/yt]
I'm old enough to have very fond memories of the British Invasion (saw the Beatles first Ed Sullivan Show performance on TV when I was 8), and always have like I'm Into Something Good by Herman's Hermits. Myself, I got very much into blues, jazz and R&B by the mid 60s, however, must admit that I went to two Peter Noone/Hermits shows in the early 2000s and he was outstanding. I have a great deal of respect for the man.
I daresay that listening to music is better for you than eating cookies anyhow.