Bill Hicks...

[JanMichael]

From a concert in London over ten years ago...

http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/orwell/93/bill.html

"Frightening people man. Bush tried to buy votes towards the end of the election. Goes around, you know, selling weapons to everyone, getting that military industrial complex vote happening for him. Sold 160 fighter jets to Korea and then 240 tanks to Kuwait and then goes around making speeches why he should be Commander-in-Chief because, "We still live in a dangerous world."

"Thanks to you, you fucker!"

"What are you doing? Last week Kuwaitis had nothing but rocks!"

"They're arming the fucking world man. You know we armed Iraq. I wondered about that too, you know during the Persian Gulf war those intelligence reports would come out:

"Iraq: incredible weapons - incredible weapons."

"How do you know that?"

"Uh, well... We looked at the receipts Haar."

"Ah but as soon as that cheque clears, we're going in."

"What time's the bank open? 8? We're going in at 9."

"We're going in for God and country and democracy and here's a foetus and he's a Hitler. Whatever you fucking need, let's go. Get motivated behind this, let's go!"

[opiate69]

1. An irreplaceable genius....

I imagine, if he were still alive today, his head would ewxplode trying to keep up with Bushco's shit...

[JanMichael]

2. Yep. It'd blow right the hell off.

His marketing people bit is pretty much how I feel these days.

"I know what all the marketing people are thinking right now too, "Oh, you know what Bill's doing, he's going for that anti-marketing dollar. That's a good market, he's very smart." Oh man, I am not doing that. You fucking evil scumbags! "Ooh, you know what Bill's doing now, he's going for the righteous indignation dollar. That's a big dollar. A lot of people are feeling that indignation. We've done research - huge market. He's doing a good thing." Godammit, I'm not doing that, you scum-bags!

Quit putting a godamm dollar sign on every fucking thing on this planet!

"Ooh, the anger dollar. Huge. Huge in times of recession. Giant market, Bill's very bright to do that."

"God, I'm just caught in a fucking web."

[DS1]

3. coooo, what does G13 do?

[Rabrrrrrr]

4. If anyone here is in marketing, kill yourself

No, there's no joke here. I really mean it. Just kill yourself.

[dolo amber]

6. Ah yes, the marketing rant...

"By the way, if anyone here is in advertising or marketing, kill yourself. Thank you, thank you. Just a little thought. I'm just trying to plant seeds. Maybe one day they'll take root. I don't know. You try. You do what you can. Kill yourselves. Seriously though, if you are, do. No really, there's no rationalisation for what you do, and you are Satan's little helpers, OK? Kill yourselves, seriously. You're the ruiner of all things good. Seriously, no, this is not a joke. "There's gonna be a joke coming..." There's no fucking joke coming, you are Satan's spawn, filling the world with bile and garbage, you are fucked and you are fucking us, kill yourselves, it's the only way to save your fucking soul. Kill yourself, kill yourself, kill yourself now. Now, back to the show.

"You know what Bill's doing now, he's going for the righteous indignation dollar, that's a big dollar, a lot of people are feeling that indignation, we've done research, huge market. He's doing a good thing." Godammit, I'm not doing that, you scumbags, quit putting a godamn dollar sign on every fucking thing on this planet!"


My fave Hicks ever. :D

[mitchum]

9. Greatest. Rant. Ever.

I also despise them.

[NashVegas]

7. If BH Was Alive Today

Ashcroft would have him sharing a cell with Tommmy Chong.

[Wickerman]

5. Hicks' there's a War Going On

punk as it was meant to be.

[opiate69]

8. 12 foot tall desert warriors...

"After 3 weeks of continuous carpet bombing, and not {i]one response from them, they went from being the 'Elite Republican Guard' to simply, 'The Republican Guard'...not nearly as elite as we may have led you to believe. After a few more weeks, they went from 'The Elite Republican Guard' to 'The Republican Guard', to 'The Republicans made this shit up about there being guards there in the first fucking place'...

[tigereye]

10. we have watched some of those this year

He was brilliant! It is so sad. I can't think of anyone else who speaks to this. I love this guy. And I had never heard of him before. How did that happen?