The White Stripes as envisioned by Matt Groening’s anime sweatshop. (Img via PFork via MTVNews.)
Don’t forget to check YouTube next month to see the Detroit duo’s cameo! Or, we suppose, watch it on “television.”
Favorite rocker-in-Springfield quote … Go!
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it smells like otto’s jacket.
-lisa, at the cypress hill concert
“Thanks for the fab painting, I hung it on me wall!” (Ringo Starr)
Plus the whole Hullabalooza episode. (Especially when Sonic Youth get into Peter Frampton’s cooler… and “Cypress Hill… I’m looking at youuu…”).
Johnny Cash was a pretty badass coyote too.
In the rock-and-roll fantasy camp episode, when Elvis Costello tries to convince the guys that playing bass is cool. Also when Tom Petty asks if anyone’s seen his missing toe after the rock concert.
Since when doesn’t Meg White wear shoes?
Jackson Browne singing a song about masturbation (“Rosie”) in honor of Marge.
Further to Megan…
“Billy Corgan, Smashing Pumpkins”
“Homer Simpson, smiling politely”
“sometimes I nod my head, like, yes this rocks! and other times i shake my head back and forth, like, no, dont ever-stop-a-rockin”
r.e.m. playing the simpsons’ garage…
No question which is the best – after Homer crashes U2′s pop concert:
Bono: Hold on! He’s talking about waste management… and that affects the whole damn planet.
The Edge: Oh, boy, here we go.
Daltrey: “Who huddle!”
Homer: Now Grand Funk Railroad paved the way for Jefferson Airplane, which paved the way for Jefferson Starship. Now the stage was all set for the Alan Parsons Project, which I think was some sort of hovercraft.
Kim Gordon: Hullabalooza isn’t about freaks; it’s about music, and advertisement, and youth-oriented product positioning.
“It’s BTO. They’re Canada’s answer to ELP. Their big hit was TCB. That’s how we talked in the 70′s. We didn’t have a moment to spare.”
-Homer
Homer Simpson On Grand Funk Railroad:
“Mark Farner’s wild shirtless lyrics, the bong-rattling bass of Mel Schacher, the competent drum work of Don Brewer”
to Bachman Tuner Overdrive by homer: “play taken care of business”
they play the song
“play the workin’ overtime part!”
or
the forementioned U2 episode:
homer sneaking into U2 concert:
“potato man!”
“my god man! where have you been!”
“it smells like otto’s jacket.
-lisa, at the cypress hill concert
Posted by: annoyed grunt at August 24, 2006 4:25 PM”
I second this one.
John Entwistle: “We don’t even know ‘Pac Man Fever!’”
Id rather bone cartoon meg then real life meg
“My image!” – Elvis Costello when he loses his glasses
“I’ve been a Who fan since their first record – when they were called ‘The Hillbilly Bugger Boys!’”
At Otto’s wedding when he gets an 80s cover band.
Lead Singer – “No, we’re Cyanide; a loving tribute to Poison”
Drummer, screaming – “We need a ride home!”
ALSO
I can’t remember all of it but it deals with a confused hair metal band.
“…I thought we were Quiet Riot.”
“The kick drum says we’re RATT”
Kim,
Meg doesn’t wear shoes in the “Under Blackpool Lights” DVD…
Further bit of trivia: they filmed the DVD over two nights, and for the first night Jack had “NOXIOUS” written on his left arm. For the second night, he added “OB” so that even though they had to wear the same clothes (the exact outfit, in fact, that the animated Jack is wearing above) and play the same set, fans would be able to determine which parts of the film were filmed at which show.
When Radiohead call Scott Tenorman a baby. Wait, wrong show. OK, how about this, courtesy SNPP.com:
Adam: Look, guys. I got a Springfield spoon for my spoon collection.
The Edge: Aw, ‘ere we go…
Bono: How many spoons have you got now, Adam?
Adam: Nine. If I didn’t have my spoons, I’d go insane.
Bono: Can I see it?
[Adam hands him the spoon; Bono promptly throws it behind his head.]
Adam: My spoon!
[the spoon lands on the head of Charles Montgomery Burns, who sits in the seat directly behind The Edge.]
Mr. Burns: [muttering] Wankers.
Without a doubt, Mick Jagger in the Rock Star Camp episode:
“Rule number one: there are no rules!!
(everyone cheers)
Rule number two: no outside food.”
Goodnight, Springton. There will be no encore.
“Who likes the Doobie Brothers? Cause we’ve got one of em’”
jack white looks so life-like, i think the animators just re-used john waters’ moustache from a previous episode.
I enjoyed the Boy band mockery one. . .the Party Posse and their first single: “YVAN EHT NIOJ”
Homer: Lisa, honey, if you really want to preserve his memory, I recommend getting a tattoo. It preserves the things you love.
[pulls up his sleeve]
“Starland Vocal Band”?! They suck!
those elvis costello quotes are so hilarious. i second them.
The whole psychedelic chili pepper sequence.
Abe: “Goo goo goo joob?” and Johnny Cash as the wise old fox.
Homer: Look at these records! Jim Nabors, Glen Campbell, the Doodletown Pipers– Now look at her [Marge's] records– They stink!
Flaming Moes episode-
Barney to Homer:
:”You just fell on Aerosmith”
also Aerosmith drummer to Mrs. Krabbahil(sp?)
“I really need my drumsticks back”
also,
Have the Rolling Stones killed.
- Mr. Burns, after The Ramones play his birthday party
MR. BURNS: Have the Rolling Stones killed.
PETER FRAMPTON: God. Homer Simpson wrecks my pig, Cypress Hill steals my orchestra, and Sonic Youth’s in my cooler! Get out of there, you kids!
THURSTON MOORE: Aw, come on, Mr. Frampton. You’re not gonna eat all that watermelon.
Teenager 1: Oh, here comes that cannonball guy. He’s cool.
Teenager 2: Are you being sarcastic, dude?
Teenager 1: I don’t even know anymore.
after the Ramones play ‘Happy Birthday’ for Mr. Burns:
Burns: (to Smithers) Have the Rolling Stones killed.
Lisa: This band (Smashing Pumpkins) really seem to tap in to their audience’s angst.
Bart: C’mon, Lisa. Making teenagers depressed is like shooting fish in a barrel.
——-
Krusty (to Chili Peppers): Guys, the network asked if you could clean up your lyrics.
Peppers all protest in unison
Krusty: Like where it says “What I got I wanna put it in you…” Can you change it to “What I want is I want to hug and kiss you”?
Peppers: Wow, those are lyrics everyone could enjoy!
Certainly not verbatim, but something like:
HOMER: “Thanks to your gloomy, depressing music, my children no longer dream of a future I can’t possibly provide.”
BILLY CORGAN: “Well, we try.”
Homer: “Uh, Mr. Seltzer?”
Brian: “It’s Setzer.”
Homer: “…. Nooo, I’m pretty sure it’s Seltzer.”
Meg hardly (n)ever wears shoes when they play. I can’t think of one time I’ve seen them where she is wearing shoes. If you do a quick google image search you will find numerous photos of her without shoes. I read a long time ago that she doesn’t like wearing them when she plays but can’t remember why and couldn’t for the life of me be able to dig that interview up.
Thurston Moore: “Homer took a dive? Oh man, I’m so disillusioned right now.”
Or was that Lee?
Homer: I used to rock and roll every night, and party ev-e-ry day. Then it was ev-e-ry other day. Now I’m lucky if I can find 30 minutes a week in which to get funky.
When Bart and Milhouse stumble on Flanders’ Beatle memorabilia collection.
Homer, bopping on four Beatle bobbleheads-
“Hey look, I’m Brian Epstein! Now I’m Michael Jackson: (speaking in falsetto) I own all your music, heehee!!”
Burns: And to think, Smithers, you laughed when I bought Ticketmaster. (imitating Smithers) NOBODY’S going to pay a hundred-percent “service charge.”
Smithers: It’s a policy that ensures a healthy mix of the rich and the ignorant, sir.
—-and —
Roadie: Someone here ordered the London Symphony Orchestra, possibly while high. Cypress Hill, I’m looking in your direction.
Steven Tyler: HELLO CLEVELAND!
Brad Whitford (?): It’s Springfield, Steve.
Steven Tyler: Whatever.
best post title ever.
“At Otto’s wedding when he gets an 80s cover band.
Lead Singer – “No, we’re Cyanide; a loving tribute to Poison”
Drummer, screaming – “We need a ride home!” ”
I always thought it would have been funny if, after the announcement that they were Cyanide, the bassist or something had quickly said “I was in Poison.”
Roger — Wait, Homer, a lot of these are Grand Funk Railroad songs!
John — And we don’t even know “Pac Man Fever”.
from the “Homer the Moe” episode:
Michael Stipe: “You LIED to us!!” (smashes a bottle and starts going after Homer with it)
Mike Mills: “Michael, no!”
Peter Buck: “That’s not the R.E.M. way.”
Mick Jagger strut/finger wagging tutorial at Rock’n'Roll fantasy camp: (“ok, schoolmarm…everybody’s naughty”)… and the Lenny Kravitz diss…
Punkphoto, you beat me to that one.
Also from that episode:
Keith Richards: “I’ve got to get the storm windows up. Winter’s coming!”
From Homerpalooza:
(in flashback to Homer’s teen years)
Homer (to Abe): “You’re not with it!”
Abe: “I used to be with it. Then they changed what ‘it’ is. Now what I’m with isn’t ‘it’, and what is ‘it’ is just weird and scary to me. It’ll happen to *you* one day!”
and
Homer (in record shop looking through the oldies bin): “Styx? I just heard them on the King Biscuit Flower hour.”
Sorry guys, I hate to be a Simpsons snob, but 90 percent of these quotes are from after the show had gone way down hill. The exceptions are the Chilli Pepper episode, Flaming Moe’s with Aerosmith, and Homer Palooza (bad episode from Season 6, a great but inconsistent season) Here’s one that is when the show was in its prime:
Marge: Sting, I really appreciate you helping out our son.
Sting: I can’t quit while one of my fans needs me.
Marge: Actually, I don’t think Bart has played any of your records.
Homer: Shhhh! Marge, he’s a good digger!
The “We Are the World” parody with Krusty singing “All the Way Down!” is priceless as well.
Smithers – Uh, sir, Robert Goulet can’t make it…
Burns – Very well, begin the thawing of Jim Nabors!
you are incorrect evan. the simpsons was solid all the way through season eight. sombitch.
Mick Jagger: “It’s only rock’n'roll camp”
Homer: “But I like it”
Roadie: Someone here ordered the London Symphony Orchestra, possibly while high. Cypress Hill, I’m looking in your direction.
Great quote. One of the few here that made me laugh out loud as I read it and thought about the episode.
George Harrison: “It’s been done.”
“It seems some silly twit has forgot to turn on the oxygen pump.”
“Hail to you, our semi-inflated lord of darkness!”
“Hey, Disco Stu doesn’t advertise.”
“forget you clown- our lyrics are like our children”
- chili peppers getting angry at krusty.
“wow, i can’t believe i’m meeting millhouse!”
- one of nsync
“you’re damn right i’m gonna be pissed, i bought that at pink floyd’s yardsale”
- peter frampton at homerpallooza (still my favourite episode)
“whoa, that guy’s guitar is talking”
-jimbo on frampton
“simpsons boogie… lovely to love your lovin’ … simpsons christmas boogie”
-the simpsons behind the laughter
“we mostly know classical. but we could give it a shot!”
-the leader of the london symphony orchestra before launching into ‘insane in the brain’
bart in the sonic youth episode:
‘making teenagers depressed is like shooting fish in a barrel…’
“have the rolling stones killed”
the best one….
Otto:
“you know those guitars that are ,um, double guitars?”
I’m with Elvis Costello’s “My image!” when he loses his glasses.
I also admit to quoting Cypress Hill’s “Toasted, nicely toasted” for years after the Hullabalooza episode.
“I wanna rock and roll all night, and part of every day!”
–Homer
“thank you Taco, for that loving tribute to Falco”
(might be the other way around, not sure)
“Simpson !” (Mick Jagger)
“Word !” (Justin Timberlake)
When Mr. Burns has Tom Jones kidnapped to perform at his house for Marge- ?Get help, love. Call Interpol, get me a hacksaw, anything?
Bart: Haven’t you ever listened to yourself on a tape recorder?
Homer: I prefer to listen to Cheap Trick.
“…The dream was over. Next up, was the dream really over? Yes, it was. Or was it?”
Seamus – nice one. The guy who let the Potato Man in was voiced by Paul McGuinness, U2′s manager.
“Rock stars, is there anything they don’t know?” HJS
Something to the effect of:
Lisa: Dad you didn’t make the same mistake as the Beatles and said you were bigger than Jesus?
Homer: Sure I did, it was the name of our next album…
Flea (or one of the other Chili Peppers) to Moe: You said this place holds 20,000 people.
Moe: It does! We had 20,000 people here last night.
marge: quick! someone do CPR!
homer: (nervously sings) uh, i see a bad moon risin’…
margE: no! that’s CCR!
Don’t forget “Viva Ned Flanders,” with the Moody Blues. Courtesy of snpp.com:
Graeme Edge: Cold-hearted Homer ditching his wife, while ancient Ned runs for his life.
Justin Hayward: Chips of red, and blue, and white, But we decide, we …
John Lodge: Can the poems, it’s arse-whipping time.
Ray Thomas: [pulling out a knife] I want fatty.
To the person who mentioned Interpol, I’m preeeetty 100% sure that they’re not talking about the band.
Unless you’re joking (which I hope you), in which case disregard this comment.
From the Ramones episode…
I believe they say this before they start their b-day song.
“I just wanna say this gig sucks! 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 !”
Microsoft and Peter Jackson postpone the making of a film based on the Halo video game after backers pull out…
aghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh