Hi, I’m Poppy. I look like this:
Now that we’ve established that I am a female Rocky let’s move on.
So, Wednesday I’m at work just having finished up with something in the server room and I sit back down at my desk for a segue-task-personal-email-check (does that make sense to anyone but me? that means in between tasks or when I’m annoyed with a task I do a quick gmail check to get me back on focus) and I see this thing in my email:
And I’m all like, “Chickenfoot?! Who the hell is Chickenfoot?” which is not unusual for me to be like, I talk to myself a lot at work as a coping mechanism for the required ridiculousness that comes along with being an IT Guy with boobs. In my annoyance-slash-curiosity I of course googled the term “chickenfoot band” and was brought to this link which boasts the following:
” Yes, you read correctly – Chickenfoot. Say that name again, just to get used to its sound. Chickenfoot.
It’s a silly name for a band — and album — that kicks a donkey’s ass six ways to Sunday and back again. Maybe that’s because long before the four men who comprise Chickenfoot came together they [blah blah blah, I stopped reading here, I'm undiagnosed ADD and I live in 40-second minutes, so whatever].”
And here’s a picture of them:
First impression: Goofy old men who wish they’d been a hair band when hair bands were cool. (I LOVE YOU, DEF LEPPARD!) And then I opened my eyes and thought about what they look like for a minute and realized: HOLY FUCKING SHIT, THOSE ARE THE HAIR BAND PEOPLE! It’s Joe Satriani (a guitar god who played with Deep Purple for a bit), Sammy Hagar (Van Halen post-Roth member), Michael Anthony (Van Halen founding member), and Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers)! Ok, so maybe those don’t all qualify as hair bands, but c’mon! Hair is dare-I-say-instrumental to those groups.
And they kinda rock, so let’s show these old men a little love in the Hot for Teacher way.
(Yah, I went there. 
In case you don’t give a shit about Chickenfoot, here’s the Hot for Teacher video:
When I first heard about Chickenfoot a few weeks ago, I wondered why Chad Smith would want to hang out with those other old dudes. Then I realized he probably wasn’t doing anything anyway, so why not?
But the name still sucks.
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Poppy Reply:
August 14th, 2009 at 10:48 pm
@B.E. Earl, I am not sure if it’s not a play on the word “cocky” in some way. Maybe not, maybe it’s just random.
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Wow, I’m an IT Guy with Boobs, too!
(I married into them)
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Poppy Reply:
August 14th, 2009 at 10:49 pm
@whall, you have boobs too, just not like mine. AND STOP THINKING ABOUT THEM!!!~!!!@!~~
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When I saw that picture, I was like…Sammy!
I love him so much.
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Poppy Reply:
August 14th, 2009 at 10:49 pm
@Hilly, he is the only reason I actually recognized these were supposed to be people I knew, but it still took me a few minutes.
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There is a an Invader Zim, a bizarre cartoon that was on Nickelodean for a short while called the Sad Sad Tale of Chickenfoot. That’s all I’ll ever be able to associate with the word.
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Poppy Reply:
August 14th, 2009 at 10:50 pm
@Heather Solos, wow, that must be some happy cartoon right there… hmm. And now all I can think of is Foghorn Leghorn, hehe.
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I am the biggest Redhead that ever lived. No, my hair is not red – I’m a HUGE Sammy Hagar fan. Prefer him solo, but will take him anyway I can get him…solo, VH, Waboritas, and now Chickenfoot. Chickenfoot rocks!
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Poppy Reply:
August 14th, 2009 at 10:52 pm
@Martial Arts Mom, which do you prefer: Old school Sammy or wisely aged Sammy?
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How did you figure that out? As soon as you said Sammy I recognized him, but I couldn’t pick the other guys out of a lineup even though I’ve listened to them for years.
You rock. Hard.
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Poppy Reply:
August 14th, 2009 at 10:53 pm
@Finn, nonono, in the band bio it actually goes on to state who each person is. There is no genius in me regarding this. If Sammy wasn’t just a tad bit recognizable I never would have blogged this.
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I’m somewhat intrigued.
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Poppy Reply:
August 14th, 2009 at 10:53 pm
@Creature SH, but not enough to care? I know you too well.
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Chickenfoot, oh Chickenfoot
Where are you scratchin’?
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Poppy Reply:
August 14th, 2009 at 10:53 pm
@Ren, is that to the tune of Smelly Cat?
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Ren Reply:
August 17th, 2009 at 11:06 am
@Poppy, indeed it is.
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LOVE “Hot For Teacher”!
I am unsure about Chickenfoot, though. Still, you don’t forget the name, do you?!
(Poppy is a HOT IT Guy with Boobs!)
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Poppy Reply:
August 14th, 2009 at 10:54 pm
@Sybil Law, You don’t forget the name, no. And thank you for considering me hot. I got hit on over the phone today, sight unseen. How does that happen?
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Never even heard of Chickenfoot. There’s ChickenBUTT, of course, as in:
“Guess what?”
“What?”
“Chicken butt! hahahahahahahaha”
I believe that is nearly every child’s first joke.
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Poppy Reply:
August 14th, 2009 at 10:54 pm
@Secondhand Karl, I was 17 before I ever heard that joke. Isn’t that horrible?
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SAMMY!!!
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Poppy Reply:
August 14th, 2009 at 10:58 pm
@Dave2, noooo, silly! POPPY!
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As I speak/type, Def Leppard, Cheap Trick, & Poison are in the next town rocking out…. and I couldn’t get tix! Boo!!
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Poppy Reply:
August 14th, 2009 at 11:27 pm
@Blondefabulous, that’s the show I saw at Jones Beach! We only watched Def Leppard because I only care about them but THEY WERE AWESOME!!!
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Karl stole my comment.
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Secondhand Karl Reply:
August 15th, 2009 at 3:00 am
@Lynda, I suck like that.
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Poppy Reply:
August 15th, 2009 at 10:49 am
@Secondhand Karl, THIEF!
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Poppy Reply:
August 15th, 2009 at 10:48 am
@Lynda, he’s such a gentleman…
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Lynda Reply:
August 15th, 2009 at 2:51 pm
@Poppy, Seriously. You know what they say about great minds, though….
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Poppy Reply:
August 15th, 2009 at 4:29 pm
@Lynda, yes, great minds eat Karl for breakfast because he is a THIEF!
Karl, I say that with only love in my heart.
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And I thought this post was going to be about you having a thing for ME! (hee, hee)
I LOVE that song, “Hot for Teacher”. After I got divorced, I was really surprised to find that a lot of guys have a “doing it with the teacher” fantasy. I know…we’re all so hot! (grin)
J.
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Poppy Reply:
August 15th, 2009 at 4:30 pm
@HoosierGirl5, everyone has lusted after a teacher in their time. EVERYone.
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Chickenfoot isn’t bad even if I thought it was a joke when I heard the name of the band.
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Poppy Reply:
August 15th, 2009 at 4:30 pm
@kapgar, I think they are a joke, but a serious joke. Not sure if that’s a great combo…
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Chickenfoot does nothing for me.
I’ve already had the Chicken Killer.
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Poppy Reply:
August 17th, 2009 at 6:22 pm
@NYCWD, man, I wish we’d known we were going to check our bag so we didn’t throw away all our Chicken Killer before we left…
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