The discourse highlight of my Twitter dabbling so far (and may I never write ‘Twitter dabbling’ ever again) happened in the wake of the Superbowl halftime show, when somebody wrote:
Next year, Celine Dion, Justin Bieber, Nickelback and Maroon 5 to perform at Halftime of Super Bowl. Only way it could be worse.
This reminded me of an occasion when a bored co-worker and I were thumbing through the SF Weekly and noticed that Lionel Richie and Iron Maiden were playing reunion tour dates on the same night. That led us to briefly consider the following scenarios: (a) what if they were playing together on the same bill, and (b) what would be a potential third act that would be equidistant from the other two. “Phish!” my co-worker ingeniously offered. “Right!” I fantasized. “And as an encore, they could all jam on ‘Hello‘ together”:
Lo, the concept of the Dissonant Triangle was born: three bands that are all equally dissimilar from one another. When I offered this idea up on Twitter as a possible Superbowl halftime act for 2012, somebody fired back another proposal:
Joni Mitchell, Menudo, and KISS sing Dylan’s “Don’t Think Twice”
Having just posted my Hooters deconstruction, I had to add one more:
The Hooters, GWAR & Kenny G doing extended ‘And We Danced’
Unfortunately, this is as far as it got. Any one care to extend the concept?
(Top image: unrelated venn diagram of my own conception)
The Misfits, Air Supply, and the Boston Pops, together at last! Performing the original soundtrack to “Grease.”