It's like blah blah blah ... on acid
 

I heard the 'on acid' thing twice today as a way of describing something that's a bit weird. I don't know why but I just hate it when people say that.

You know the thing I'm talking about: someone says something like "David Lynch. He's like Frank Capra ... on acid!" or "James Ellroy. He's like Mickey Spillaine ... on acid!" or one of the ones I heard today: "the Aphex Twin. He's like Kraftwerk ..." you get the picturte.

The annoying thing now is that, the more I think about it writing this post, the more "... on acid" comparisons I keep coming up with.

This is madness.

you just need to relax man, you know...........Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out.

I think demonrail666 is like Raymond Durgnat on acid.

It's like blah blah blah ... on acid

Oh, I thought this was about David Tibet.;)

This thread is just like the Pet peeves thread... ON ACID!

Odd, odd, odd!!! I was thinking about that term a few days ago, as well as a number of lazy journalistic expressions used to describe music way too often.

Alligators. They're like lizards ... on steroids.

You mean like the word 'seminal' to describe an album that's more than ten years old and didn't chart?

Primal Scream - they're like the Clash but funkier (copyright all music journalists)

The Clash - they're like Eddie Cochrane ...but crappier (copyright DR666)

Best thing since sliced bread.

Is there anything that is like acid... on acid?

Wimpy. It's like Percy Ingle's ... on acid.

alien blood.

Kylie Minogue's hotpants- they're like Paris Hilton's hotpants on acid (copyright all UK journalists)

I remember Lee and Herring did a pretty funny piss take of the overuse of the "like x...on acid" thing prompted by, I think, someone saying that Lee Evans was like Norman Wisdom...on acid.

I saw Kylie's hotpants on Sunday, at the Victoria and Albert Museum, but I didn't notice any psychedlic influence on them.

Well, Lee and Herring. aren't they just Morcambe and Wise on acid? Oh, I forgot. that's Vic and Bob.

These neologisms can go on forever:

Avril Lavinge - Like Toni Basil...on acid.

I like using this one, we used to use it on customers where I used to work... "That guy looks like blank if instead of doing movies/music/etc. he did crack instead."

Leave the Lavigne out of your petty linguistic shenanigans.

Ewww. I'm gonna use that one.

Although, you might get confused and say something like Halle Berry. She looked like Whitney Houston oif instead of doing crack, she did music instead.

yeah, so this thread has prompted me to name my next song "it's like acid.. on acid".

One of my friends described Animal Collective as the Shins on acid.

That's not a very good description at all.

peyote - it's like san pedro on acid

i've read a review that stated something similar, i don't remember where or what it was reviewed but it said "...the aural equivalent of acid taking acid"

and now, on to the bad jokes:

spacemen 3: like the beach boys on acid
loop: like spacemen 3 on heroin, which makes them like the beach boys on acid and on heroin.
spun: like requiem for a dream on crank
the fairly oddparents: like peter pan on acid
global warming: like the ozone layer hole on weed
smegma: like the residents on acid
astro: like cccc on acid
leslie keffer: like jessica rylan on crack
melt banana: like anal cunt on a sugar binge
blood+: like full metal alchemist on pcp
the germs: like the weirdos on more drugs
linkin park: like limp bizkit on ecstacy