Who's the creepy looking guy on the Sticky that wants to take his chances on the Wall of Death?

[taterguy]

Could someone explain that to me?

[CrownPrinceBandar]

1. Looks like Richard Thompson to me

he has a song called "Wall of Death".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wm5veik7Di0

edit: added video link

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

18. That is the BEST song. I have loved it for years. n/t

[Oceansaway]

2. looks like the Mens Wearhouse dude

or Drew Peterson...."I guarantee it "....

[taterguy]

3. Are you sure? Why should I trust you more than the poster above you?

[Ken Burch]

15. Richard Thompson does ads for Mens Wearhouse now?

n/t.

[Ken Burch]

4. That's Richard Thompson, the amazing British guitarist

(and Sufi Muslim convert)who was at one time the lead guitarist for Fairport Convention.

"Wall of Death" was a comic song of his from an album he did in the Seventies with his now ex-wife, Linda.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HApy-Xoix-g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxKTzwaEa2o&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EC-5vpJNlUk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wm5veik7Di0

(the last clip is Thompson performing the song "Wall of Death" itself).

[The Magistrate]

7. Are Any Of Those 'Turn Out The Lights', Sir?

[Ken Burch]

9. No...

They included "1952 Vincent Black Lightning", "Beeswing", "Dimming of the Day" and the song "Waltz of Death" itself, since it was referenced in the OP.

I was going to link to "Waltzing's for Dreamers", but thought four songs was probably enough.

[The Magistrate]

11. I Will Hunt That Up Myself, Then, Sir, Now That You Have Triggered The Itch....

It is about my favorite of all his pieces.

[taterguy]

12. Oh FFS, it's Shoot Out the Lights

I hate it when people get the lyrics wrong

[The Magistrate]

13. You Are Right, Sir: My Mind Clouds At Times....

[taterguy]

16. You don't call me Sir, I work for a living

It's a little known fact that Stripes is one of Richard Thompson's all-time favorite movies.

[Ken Burch]

17. Chill...The Magistrate calls everybody "sir"

It's a trademark of the poster.

[The Magistrate]

14. You Are Right, Sir: My Mind Clouds At Times....

[Metta]

5. The great Richard Thompson.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCtG4-rUs_E&feature=related[/url>

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=wall+of+death&search_type=&aq=f

:hi:

[taterguy]

6. These posts might possibly be helpful if I wasn't using a computer that has Youtube blocked

[Ken Burch]

19. You should be able to find an internet cafe somewhere(bring earphones)that would let you see YouTube

n/t.

[taterguy]

20. So I have to go to a store and buy earphones and then go pay to use an Internet Cafe . .

All because people here think Youtube can do all the work for them instead of just explaining who the fuck Richard Thompson is.

[Ken Burch]

21. Look, when I first responded to you, I didn't KNOW you had a computer where YouTube was blocked

OR that you didn't have earphones.

I wasn't trying to mess with you. I referenced YouTube because it appeared to be the easiest way to help you to pick up on what the guy's about. I'm on your side here, OK? Sorry for any bad feelings.

Here are some other suggestions:

You could also go to a cd/record(perhaps used cd and/or record) store that specialized in older music and they could tell you about Thompson and Fairport Convention and



BTW, if I may ask, is this computer on which YouTube is blocked at your home? or at work? If it's your home computer, somebody may be able to help you reset it so that you can receive YouTube. Another option would be using Google Video(which has non YouTube videos)to pull up Thompson's material or Fairport Convention material.


I can tell you that Thompson plays both acoustic and electric guitar, works in folk and rock idioms, and is known for his songwriting as well as his instrumental prowess(which is somewhat unusual, as people are generally known as great writers OR great players, but seldom as both.)

Thompson also has a webpage

http://www.richardthompson-music.com/

That will give you much more information AND almost all of his lyrics.

Is THAT better?

[Enrique]

8. looks like Hamid Karzai n/t

[Ken Burch]

10. well...come to think of it...you never see Karzai and Thompson in the SAME photograph

(Sort of like Ringo Starr and Yasir Arafat).