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He had such a unique voice and was one of those rare musicians that becomes super popular despite not being traditionally attractive. I remember being a fat little kid and thinking "maybe I could be famous one day too even if I'm fat if I just work hard and have the talent!" And look at me now: fat once again and shitposting on an old obscure message board. OK maybe I was a little off but hey The Voice exists which is specifically supposed to give people a chance even if they maybe don't look like a typical singer/their voice doesn't match how they look. This guy was ahead of the times.
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I only thought about him as that guy who was the harmonica guy on roseanne one time, I think john goodman played with him on stage and the audience was like woooooo! my mom hated blues traveler because he wailed on the harmonica like a saxophone or something and to her harmonica is supposed to be a more subdued, soulful, almost keening sound. idk maybe she kind of had a point, iirc he had a vest of harmonicas for when he blew out a reed, and I don't know of any instrument that you're supposed to play so hard that you regularly break it (on accident. The Who broke their instruments but it was usually on purpose) but then youtube recommended me a clip of the game grumps talking about blues traveler and one of them does the opening harmonica solo from Run Around with his voice and it's pretty funny because he just goes for it and you know exactly what he's talking about, but also then they talk about how the music video for that song had a fake band performing then it cuts to him in the back being not as pretty as the fake band and it was a commentary on appearances and shallow phony commercialism. I won't embed it because I feel like it would be disrespectful to just impose some video game youtubers on this thread like it's a universally shared cultural touchstone but I do think it's relevant enough to link to since it's what last made me remember blues traveler and because this thread is about how john popper was not a conventionally attractive musician Cubone fucked around with this message at 20:16 on Aug 11, 2024 |
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In 1996 was working as a medical records tech and we were located in the sub-basement of hospital. The only radio station we got was some adult contemporary bullshit that only had about 20 songs. One of these was Runaround. Just hearing the 1st two milliseconds of the songs puts me into a rage .
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Aug 11, 2024 20:31
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He’s dead op
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Aug 11, 2024 20:39
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Found a harmonica the other day in my attic and immediately thought of Tom Petty and Blue travelers Guy
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I think about the guy from jurassic 5 with the super deep voice. The gently caress was up with that
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Aug 11, 2024 21:02
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i think about the huskies from Snow Dogs more
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Aug 11, 2024 21:05
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One of my friends in middle school was convinced that he became so fat it was illegal for him to be on TV any longer, and that's why the band disappeared
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Aug 11, 2024 21:09
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Any band with some non-traditional rock instruments in the mid to late 90s. Blues Traveler, Ben Folds Five, Cake, Squirrel Nut Zippers. Give me a harmonica or some trumpets or something.
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Aug 11, 2024 21:13
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didnt he die in a murphy bed accident?
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Aug 11, 2024 21:25
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He's still around and lost a lot of weight. He was on Pawn Stars a few years ago selling one his old harmonica bandoleers.
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Aug 11, 2024 21:27
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Got caught in WA with a ton of guns in his car, which was cool
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John popper smuggled cocaine in his harmonicas, which is a feat for a musician that is not conventionally attractive
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Wasn't there a former Goon/Weird Twitter user who used to harrass that guy on Twitter?
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Aug 11, 2024 21:37
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wtf?! I could have sworn he was dead. I thought he died like 20 years ago.
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Aug 11, 2024 21:45
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Pennywise the Frown posted:wtf?! I could have sworn he was dead. I thought he died like 20 years ago. That was his career. The man is still aroujnd.
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Aug 11, 2024 21:49
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For some reason like 2 days ago, sitting in traffic, I decided to see if I still remembered all the words for that one part of that one song. Sure do.
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Aug 11, 2024 22:13
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^something about rintintin, right?
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Aug 11, 2024 23:07
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Throwaway 90's faux-euphoria along the lines of Hootie and Dave Matthews
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how 'bout hootie ne1 thinkin of him?
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Milo and POTUS posted:I think about the guy from jurassic 5 with the super deep voice. The gently caress was up with that it's how it is. chali 2na prob wouldn't have sounded weird if he were in a crew with roots manuva or something (they did a song together called "join the dots") but the other guys in j5 were all kind of reedy voiced
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Holy poo poo he is still alive! I would have put money on him being dead for a decade at least. Egg on my face for sure.
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Bula Vinaka posted:how 'bout hootie Darius Rucker is a country music star now.
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There was a dog in Blues Traveler?
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Bula Vinaka posted:how 'bout hootie Nah, he’s Darius now E. Fb
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Booty and the Hole Fish
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Wait no I was wrong There was a furry in Blues Traveler?
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John Popper was on Stern one time and cornered one of his staffers to show him the (no joke) fifteen different knives he had hidden on his person. It was uhhh somewhat disturbing.
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Aug 12, 2024 01:25
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Were they for cutting up different cheeses or
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Brother Tadger posted:Were they for cutting up different cheeses or Either that or stabbing homeless people, the vibes were kinda similar.
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I assume he still travelin'
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Pirate Radar posted:There was a dog in Blues Traveler? Bluey Traveler
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Bonzo posted:Darius Rucker is a country music star now. Darius Rucker is NOT hootie. They've said this many times Please edit your post
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I do because of this thread, OP. That's the power of ideas - you created it out of nothing, but now it exists. I'm thinking of that husky Blues Traveler guy. God bless him, God bless us all.
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Who still thinks about any other member of Blues Traveller? Ironic isn't it? That the least mobile one of them would end up being the only one remembered.
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he gave the disabled a spot to hang out on stage with him. he a cool dood in my book https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSSoNo4Gu04
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mailorder bees posted:didnt he die in a murphy bed accident? yes
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Sex Farm posted:Darius Rucker is NOT hootie. They've said this many times if you don't want to be called hootie you need to consider carefully the costs and benefits of fronting a band called hootie and the somethings
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haljordan posted:John Popper was on Stern one time and cornered one of his staffers to show him the (no joke) fifteen different knives he had hidden on his person. It was uhhh somewhat disturbing. John Popper is an insane libertarian
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anyone own a husky? what's it like?
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