Ariel Pink is best known for his bizarro-world Phil Spector sugar bomb songs but what comes out of his mouth when he's not singing is what has made him infamous: strange rants amid interviews, wild theories on uncomfortable topics, or recounting being maced by a woman he was on a date with. We thought we'd stack his words against another inflammatory pop culture figure: conservative pundit Glenn Beck. Pink might be a professed socialist, a label that Beck frequently hurls as a slur, but at their peak moments, these two dudes land on some common ground.
Can you tell the difference between a Beck quote and a Pink bite? Test yourself with our fun quiz.
Who Said It: Ariel Pink or Glenn Beck?
- "How come women don’t go whistling after men in the street?... Men are obviously slaves to their penises in a way that women aren’t because they don’t have penises."
- “I'm not a sex expert but I'm -- you know, I'm thinking, you know, you're ugly and, you know, that's a tough one to overcome especially if you're a woman. If you're a guy, that's not hard to overcome. I'm sorry. That's just the way the world is.”
- "I've got some rules, too, and rule number one is, don't tease the panther."
- “Think about all those people in jail [in North Korea] – are they all in jail? What’s keeping them there? They like being there – well, that makes them kind of the same as us. You know, at least they think that they like being there. ”
- "I'm, in effect, a country-bumpkin. I blend in with the diversity and dystopia surrounding me, suspicious of government-media conspiracies.”
- “You are looking hot in leather. I'm wearing leather pants right now. Oh, no, I'm not wearing pants."
- "Everybody’s a victim, except for small, white, nice guys who just want to make their moms proud and touch some boobies."
- "How do guys have sex with guys? They don't have vaginas."
- "People want their own interpretation of history. We're compartmentalizing, forgetting what came directly before, like it's not a big deal. That, to me, is a crime. It's going to lead to the end of everything, to people not being interested in anything or who they are."
- "In a sense I'm just the town fool that gets to do whatever he wants, and I'm so thankful for that."
- "We are all faceless. We're all worried that we're being sucked into these woods, that we have no idea what's in there."
- "Man, I look good in pink."
Answers: 1. AP 2. GB 3. GB 4. AP 5. AP 6. GB 7. AP 8. AP 9. AP 10. AP 11. GB 12. GB