{"id":1823,"date":"2008-11-25T09:29:39","date_gmt":"2008-11-25T14:29:39","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2008-12-10T15:50:27","modified_gmt":"2008-12-10T15:50:27","slug":"last-man-standing-artists-people-might-h","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/last-man-standing-artists-people-might-h\/","title":{"rendered":"Last Man Standing: Artists People Might Have Liked More If They Were <em>Ka-Raaay-Zeeeee<\/em> (and at least one band for which this feature did not work)!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><\/p>\n<div><object type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" data=\"http:\/\/rocktownhall.com\/lastmanstanding400x275.swf\" width=\"400\" height=\"275\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/rocktownhall.com\/lastmanstanding400x275.swf\" \/><\/object><\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>We once examined artists <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/index.php\/2008\/02\/20\/last_man_standing_artists_people_like_mo\">Artists People Like More Because They Were <em>Ka-Raaay-Zeeeee<\/em>.<\/a> Today, let&#8217;s discuss artists who may have benefitted from a <em>ka-raaay-zeeeee<\/em> band member and at least one artist who tried to raise his band&#8217;s profile with this angle but could not capitalize on the fact.<\/p>\n<p>To kick things off, I believe <strong>The Zombies<\/strong> would have been loved and studied by more than <strong>Ken doll<\/strong>-smooth rock nerds if they&#8217;d had a <em>ka-raaay-zeeeee<\/em> band member.<\/p>\n<p>Among failed attempts at playing the <em>ka-raaay-zeeee<\/em> angle, I&#8217;d start with <strong>Andy Partridge<\/strong> and XTC. He&#8217;s worked hard over the years at pumping up his legacy with &#8220;English Eccentric&#8221; details that go beyond his irrational fear of performing live, such as stories of his comic books, toy trains, war games, teenage antidepressant therapy, and penchant for masturbation. I&#8217;d guess these efforts have been for naught. They keep some of the Chalkhills crowd stokes, but rock lovers either dig XTC or they don&#8217;t. Have you ever met some asshole who says, &#8220;I&#8217;ve been getting into XTC, <em>maaaannnnn<\/em>. That Partridge guy is whack!&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We once examined artists Artists People Like More Because They Were Ka-Raaay-Zeeeee. Today, let&#8217;s discuss artists who may have benefitted from a ka-raaay-zeeeee band member and at least one artist who tried to raise his band&#8217;s profile with this angle but could not capitalize on the fact. To kick things off, I believe The Zombies <a href='https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/last-man-standing-artists-people-might-h\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[342],"tags":[55],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1823"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1823\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}