what a weirdo:
These sentences do constitute a provocation, but, even now, I don’t shrink from the sense of them. I still dislike this music passionately.
― downton arby (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 9 February 2013 01:24 (eleven years ago) link
First, it is alleged that I am a misogynist for the “marrying up” line, with the particular charge being that I wouldn’t say this about a male artist. I would, however, say this about a male artist, so let me correct that misperception now: Larry Fortensky married up, David Gest married up, Tim McGraw married up. And even the president of the United States has admitted to “marrying up,” I believe, in referring to himself. There has also recently been a Redbook article on the subject of “marrying up.”
― downton arby (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 9 February 2013 01:26 (eleven years ago) link
I will write about the structural similarities between the careers of P. Diddy and Taylor Swift.
^yeah both started as young up and comers in the record labels, quickly hitched their wagon to one of the greatest rappers of their generation, both watched on as their friend became and icon and was tragically killed in a driveby shooting
― downton arby (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 9 February 2013 01:27 (eleven years ago) link
I am glad they have music they love, even if I believe they will be bored of her ultimately, just as I once was happy about the Bay City Rollers, or Sweet, or Alice Cooper, or, differently, Kiss, even though I recognized that music was kitsch.
you fuck
― downton arby (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 9 February 2013 01:29 (eleven years ago) link
from comments:
You are not shocked in the least. You expected a backlash, you wanted a backlash, so you could parley another article out of a topic and hear your own self talk.
OTM
― sleeve, Saturday, 9 February 2013 01:29 (eleven years ago) link
This guy is giving Gentle Giant fans (all six of them) a bad name
― Le petit chat est mort (Tom D.), Saturday, 9 February 2013 11:32 (eleven years ago) link
A response:
http://www.maura.com/472/post-menopausal-antiquing-or-please-rick-moody-just-quit-it
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 9 February 2013 15:47 (eleven years ago) link
The other thing is can't really take the main lead singer's grating voice. Kerry Minnear, the keyboardist and other lead singer, had more tolerable vocals, but at his worst sounds like an anemic choirboy.
Man, this is exactly what I think! Derek Shulman sounds like a de-warbled Roger Chapman, can't improve on 'grating' as a description but I'd add ugly. Keyboard player sounds like a Peter Hammill... as a 7 year old, from Wikipedia:
Minnear did not sing lead vocals at live concerts, because of his inability to support and project his voice at a level suitable for live amplification
... phew, rock 'n' roll or what? Big brother Phil had the best voice but he was only with them for a few albums.
― Bees Against Racism (Tom D.), Tuesday, 21 May 2013 13:56 (ten years ago) link