{"id":3594,"date":"2015-07-21T05:52:51","date_gmt":"2015-07-21T12:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/neanderpaul.com\/new\/?p=3594"},"modified":"2019-03-24T19:58:33","modified_gmt":"2019-03-25T02:58:33","slug":"im-officially-internet-famous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/neanderpaul.com\/new\/2015\/07\/21\/im-officially-internet-famous\/","title":{"rendered":"I’m Officially “Internet Famous!”"},"content":{"rendered":"

So…I was sitting in the studio recently. Wondering just *how many* AC\/DC songs, ended in a similar fashion. It’s been a long-running joke that the band have a “pattern” within their music. A “blueprint,” if you will.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Now…if you’ve ever listened to me…on *any* of the stations I’ve been on over the past 30 years…you already *know* that I’m a massive AC\/DC<\/a> fan. My love for the band is both long-standing, and unending. I have been fortunate to have met them once. They are literally<\/em> the *nicest* band I’ve ever met. They didn’t need to be as gregarious, and hospitable as they were. Angus & Malcolm actually grabbed a couple of stools, and sat with me for about a half hour…just to talk about their brother George when I mentioned I was a fan of his old band, Flash In The Pan.<\/a> You would be hard-pressed to find a classier band in Rock. <\/strong><\/p>\n

So…it was out of love, and appreciation that I put together an audio montage of *every* AC\/DC song that doesn’t fade out at the end. It was an innocuous joke. Completely meant as a tribute, and tongue-in-cheek nod to what a lot of musicians refer to as “the AC\/DC ending.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Little did I know that the website Ultimate Classic Rock<\/a> would pick up the bit, and begin an avalanche of publicity, that made me internet famous overnight. Normally, you’ve gotta kill a guy, or fellate a 3rd rate rap artist to get the kind of fame I’ve been slammed with over the past few days. I never thought that VH1<\/a> would be interested in my stupidity. And the train kept a-rolling. I heard that Satellite Radio host, Eddie Trunk, did about ten minutes on me. Thanks for the love, Eddie!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Then…Reddit<\/a> linked to the UCR story. Which is always fun. Because then, you get the real internet trolls to tear into you. And the fun really starts. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Hours later, I get word that Australian music sites, Musicfeeds<\/a>, The Music<\/a>, Tonedeaf<\/a>, and Fasterlouder<\/a> have jumped on board. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Which leads to the story trending on Twitter. and Flipboard.<\/strong><\/p>\n

…and Guitar World! <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

…and Guitar Player<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n

…and Metal Sucks!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

…and AV Club<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n

…and Metal Injection<\/a>! Who were nice enough to include my premonition of radio taking the bit, and using it. Thanks!<\/strong><\/p>\n

As of this writing, at least 2 dozen American radio stations (and growing by the second) are posting the story. Most of them are actually crediting me. Which is nice. Even WZLX in Boston, where I worked early on, posted the bit…and dropped a nice “alumni shout-out” my way!
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On the way to a quarter-million hits on the audio. It’s all *very* surreal. <\/strong><\/p>\n

It won’t last long. But for now…<\/strong><\/p>\n

I think my favorite part, is reading the commentary from people. The Internet is hilarious when it comes to “people watching.” I know the bit has made an impact by the sheer number of people dropping hatred my way. As if I’m somehow attempting to discredit AC\/DC. Or…I think I’m breaking some amazing new fact about the band, or music in general.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I would have to be an idiot to believe that.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I’m simply a fan of one of the greatest bands of all time. And I thought it would be fun to put it together. <\/strong><\/p>\n

So, I did. <\/strong><\/p>\n

It was. <\/strong><\/p>\n

And watching the reaction worldwide, has been pretty cool.<\/strong><\/p>\n

For at least one day, I’m “World Famous.” And…I didn’t have to kill\/blow anyone to make it happen.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Today, was a good day.” – Ice Cube<\/strong><\/p>\n\nhttp:\/\/neanderpaul.com\/paulmuf\/KSLX\/ACDCEnd.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So…I was sitting in the studio recently. Wondering just *how many* AC\/DC songs, ended in a similar fashion. It’s been a long-running joke that the band have a “pattern” within their music. A “blueprint,” if you will.\u00a0 Now…if you’ve ever listened to me…on *any* of the stations I’ve been on over the past 30 years…you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[48,40,32],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/neanderpaul.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3594"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/neanderpaul.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/neanderpaul.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/neanderpaul.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/neanderpaul.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3594"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/neanderpaul.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3957,"href":"http:\/\/neanderpaul.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3594\/revisions\/3957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/neanderpaul.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/neanderpaul.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/neanderpaul.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}