{"id":4568,"date":"2012-02-22T16:10:03","date_gmt":"2012-02-22T21:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/?p=4568"},"modified":"2012-02-22T16:38:04","modified_gmt":"2012-02-22T21:38:04","slug":"the-thick-thighed-rock-squat-aka-the-snuffaluffagus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/the-thick-thighed-rock-squat-aka-the-snuffaluffagus\/","title":{"rendered":"The Thick-Thighed Rock Squat (aka The Snuffaluffagus)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_12316\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><br \/>\n<img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12316\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12316 \" title=\"rocksquat\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/rocksquat.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/rocksquat.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/rocksquat-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12316\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rock Squat!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been sitting on this <em>Rock Town Hall Glossary<\/em> entry for some time. As the following video clip that\u00a0<strong>alexmagic<\/strong> posted in a recent thread as evidence of <strong>Crazy Horse<\/strong>&#8216;s complete lack of &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/index.php\/mach-schau\/\" target=\"_blank\">schau<\/a>&#8221; (<em>Lach Schau<\/em>?) demonstrates, maybe the definition is right in front of our eyes.<\/p><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1rWZbRK4SCg?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><p>The <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/images.wolfgangsvault.com\/neil-young-and-crazy-horse\/bg-archives-print\/memorabilia\/SHO941001-03-CP.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Thick-Thighed Rock Squat<\/a><\/strong>, or <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/thumb\/8\/80\/Snuffy31.jpg\/220px-Snuffy31.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Snuffaluffagus<\/a><\/strong>, as practiced by <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_DjCvQuezeBQ\/TOW_uuzEuRI\/AAAAAAAABUo\/lJl7YCHgoLw\/s1600\/20090407032025%2521Neil_Young%252C_Heart_of_Gold.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Neil Young<\/a><\/strong> and his mates in Crazy Horse; <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/index.php\/stations-of-the-boss-5-shayne-carries\/\" target=\"_blank\">Shane Fontayne<\/a><\/strong>, that\u00a0Lone Justice\/post-E Street Band Springsteen guitarist; and countless middle-aged, weekend warrior bar band guitarists feeling a bit uncomfortable about the act of performing in front of people while sporting a youth-defying gut and ill-fitting jeans, is an awkward, self-conscious form of &#8220;hunkering down&#8221; during solos and other key instrumental sections.<\/p>\n<p>In contrast to more self-absorbed rock guitarists&#8217; glamorous <a href=\"http:\/\/assets.rollingstone.com\/assets\/images\/music\/lists\/100-greatest-guitarists-of-all-time\/306x306\/pete-townshend.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">windmills<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/iplayer\/images\/episode\/b00ty1x2_640_360.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">leaps<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/top-people.starmedia.com\/tmp\/swotti\/cacheCGV0ZSB0B3DUC2VUZA==T3ROZXJZLU90AGVYCW==\/imgpete%20townsend2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">scissor kicks<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/hassantahir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Pete-Townshend.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">thrusts<\/a>, and general <a href=\"http:\/\/24.media.tumblr.com\/HpFKp5rKupd4j8urULBbbc6No1_400.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">crucifixations<\/a>, the humble guitarist expresses thanks and praise to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/index.php\/the-power-and-glory-of-rock\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Power &amp; Glory of Rock &#8216;n Roll<\/a> through the Rock Squat. In terms of Major League Baseball&#8217;s World Series final pitch celebrations it&#8217;s the difference between <a href=\"http:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/photo\/2008\/0616\/pg2_ap_mcgraw_400.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Tug McGraw<\/strong>&#8216;s Reach for the Heavens Leap<\/a> after through the final strike in the 1980 World Series and <a href=\"http:\/\/gcobb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/BradLidge1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Brad Lidge<\/strong>&#8216;s I Am Humbled by the Magnitude of This Occasion Drop to the Knees<\/a> in 2008.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12317\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12317\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12317\" title=\"rocksquat2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/rocksquat2-300x190.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/rocksquat2-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/rocksquat2.jpg 594w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12317\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dual Rock Squat!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Rock Squat&#8217;s most endearing, emotionally charged, and manly formation is the Full-Band Rock Squat, which you can see Neil and hit mates entering on the cover of <em>Year of the Horse<\/em>. There&#8217;s nothing like seeing the Horse lumber around like mastadons! You can see how, in rock stage presence developmental history, the Full-Band Squat is a stone&#8217;s throw to <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/index.php\/rock-n-roll-iwo-jima\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rock &#8216;n Roll Iwo Jima<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12318\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12318\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12318 \" title=\"rocksquat3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/rocksquat3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/rocksquat3.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/rocksquat3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/rocksquat3-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12318\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Full-Band Squat!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been sitting on this Rock Town Hall Glossary entry for some time. As the following video clip that\u00a0alexmagic posted in a recent thread as evidence of Crazy Horse&#8216;s complete lack of &#8220;schau&#8221; (Lach Schau?) demonstrates, maybe the definition is right in front of our eyes. The Thick-Thighed Rock Squat, or Snuffaluffagus, as practiced by <a href='https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/the-thick-thighed-rock-squat-aka-the-snuffaluffagus\/' 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":[342,17],"tags":[225,24],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4568"}],"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=4568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4568\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}