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History of Feminism
In reply to the discussion: Does anyone here think an erect penis is the equivalent of a loaded weapon? **EDITED New Info** [View all]"Detachable Penis" is a song by avant-garde band King Missile. It was the first single from the band's 1992 album Happy Hour, and became a modest hit, reaching #25
In "Detachable Penis," frontman John S. Hall recites a deadpan monologue in which he portrays the owner of the eponymous penis. Apparently a resident of Manhattan's East Village, the narrator awakens one morning with a bad hangover to discover that his penis is missing again. He searches his apartment, calls the location of the party he attended the night before, and queries numerous acquaintances, but is unable to recover his penis.
Depressed, he goes to the Kiev Restaurant for breakfast, and afterwards, while walking "down Second Avenue, toward St. Mark's Place," discovers his penis for sale "on a blanket next to a broken toaster oven." The man selling the penis wants $22 for it, but the narrator is able to "talk him down to seventeen." He takes his penis home, washes it off, and reattaches it. With his penis back in place, he is "happy again: complete."
In 2013, researchers discovered that the idea of a detachable penis is not novel in the animal world. They discovered that the sea slug Chromodoris reticulata sloughs off its penis after sex, then grows a new one within approximately 24 hours.
[edit]Musical content
The music of "Detachable Penis" consists largely of a distorted, delay-treated electric guitar riff backed by organ and drum grooves with brief lead guitar improvisation. For most of the track, the titular phrase is sung with an interval of approximately four seconds, or more accurately two 4/4 bars, the length of the guitar riff. The riff provides a harmonic ground of C#min - G Maj - Amaj, which remains unchanged throughout the song.
In "Detachable Penis," frontman John S. Hall recites a deadpan monologue in which he portrays the owner of the eponymous penis. Apparently a resident of Manhattan's East Village, the narrator awakens one morning with a bad hangover to discover that his penis is missing again. He searches his apartment, calls the location of the party he attended the night before, and queries numerous acquaintances, but is unable to recover his penis.
Depressed, he goes to the Kiev Restaurant for breakfast, and afterwards, while walking "down Second Avenue, toward St. Mark's Place," discovers his penis for sale "on a blanket next to a broken toaster oven." The man selling the penis wants $22 for it, but the narrator is able to "talk him down to seventeen." He takes his penis home, washes it off, and reattaches it. With his penis back in place, he is "happy again: complete."
In 2013, researchers discovered that the idea of a detachable penis is not novel in the animal world. They discovered that the sea slug Chromodoris reticulata sloughs off its penis after sex, then grows a new one within approximately 24 hours.
[edit]Musical content
The music of "Detachable Penis" consists largely of a distorted, delay-treated electric guitar riff backed by organ and drum grooves with brief lead guitar improvisation. For most of the track, the titular phrase is sung with an interval of approximately four seconds, or more accurately two 4/4 bars, the length of the guitar riff. The riff provides a harmonic ground of C#min - G Maj - Amaj, which remains unchanged throughout the song.
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Does anyone here think an erect penis is the equivalent of a loaded weapon? **EDITED New Info** [View all]
boston bean
Apr 2013
OP
For those wanting context, the ridiculous assertion was made towards this group
hlthe2b
Apr 2013
#12
My penis doesn't get rusty and it tends to be warm, not cold, on the one hand...
NYC_SKP
Apr 2013
#3
Ouch! Mostly, it takes a calming voice to talk it into or out of any particular mood.
NYC_SKP
Apr 2013
#8
lol. still have not figured out what this thread is about. oh, i know, penis as a weapon.... but
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#44
lol. i think i am gonna get lots of giggles from this thread. bet i am not half way thru. nt
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#47
For me, swinging it around that hard (and there isn't a "HUGE" amount to swing, just "average")
zbdent
Apr 2013
#16
I think whoever suggested that anyone DOES think so must be quite idiotic. Or willfully disruptive.
Squinch
Apr 2013
#25
Cracks me up everytime I hear it. I went to nomobile youtube to link it, on an Ipad too.
Mnemosyne
Apr 2013
#77
what is it that grown men feel the need to go after the most hurt.... what fuckin pathetic
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#104
your edit breaks my heart. i was going ot do an OP for that poster. already she had scum go after
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#103
I thought it too, but just never thought that is what he was referring to.
boston bean
Apr 2013
#106