tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7115935.post3123560917382876102..comments2023-12-01T11:40:00.045+11:00Comments on Dikkii's Diatribe: This year's Christmas whingeDikkiihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07897381809885423712noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7115935.post-3934117229607954032008-01-07T02:51:00.000+11:002008-01-07T02:51:00.000+11:00I'm going to have to check out McDonald's cover of...I'm going to have to check out McDonald's cover of this, Jenner, cause it sounds like a hoot.<BR/><BR/>I agree vis a vis R&B with the exception of the glowing rap for Motown. While it did give us Marvin Gaye and Smokey Robinson, it also gave us such crap as the Supremes and the Marvelettes.<BR/><BR/>I would recommend checking out Stax/Volt instead for some of the really good stuff - Booker T, Sam and Dave, Otis etc.Dikkiihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07897381809885423712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7115935.post-59055060783089507952008-01-06T15:35:00.000+11:002008-01-06T15:35:00.000+11:00Many thanks, oh exalted Down-Undered one...And, fo...Many thanks, oh exalted Down-Undered one...<BR/><BR/>And, for the record, the worst Christmas cover I heard was Michael MacDonald's "Little Drummer Boy."<BR/><BR/>I heard it in the grocery store one day and cackled incessantly for three or so minutes. I got a few weird looks from my fellow shoppers, especially when I started singing along in my nearly pitch-perfect MacDonald impression.<BR/><BR/>Which reminds me of one of my all-time favorite games, which I shall post on later...<BR/><BR/>And, dude, you're more than right. Modern "R&B" singers (scare quotes used because real R&B died, like, thirty years ago) have destroyed a once noble musical genre. I only wish we could zombie-fy David Ruffin and Marvin Gaye and set them loose at the MTV Video Awards show.<BR/><BR/>Why can't people just listen to Motown anymore and throw Mariah Carey in a volcano?The Rev. Jenner J. Hullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14507103672869323377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7115935.post-40243907511088432252007-12-31T02:27:00.000+11:002007-12-31T02:27:00.000+11:00Forgot to mention, Plonka, the good Reverend Jenne...Forgot to mention, Plonka, the good Reverend Jenner J Hull has <A HREF="http://everlastinggroove.blogspot.com/2007/12/top-3-christmas-songs-that-wont-make.html" REL="nofollow">posted on this very topic</A>, and his three are well worth checking out. Just do a search on YouTube.Dikkiihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07897381809885423712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7115935.post-46151885361463414632007-12-31T02:23:00.000+11:002007-12-31T02:23:00.000+11:00Plonka, KitKat and Nicole, thanks for dropping by....Plonka, KitKat and Nicole, thanks for dropping by. I'll start with you Nic.<BR/><BR/>Nicole, or morisetn, I never know whether to use your name or your handle in the blogosphere.<BR/><BR/>Thanks heaps for your well wishes, and all the best for the New Year to both you and Taj.<BR/><BR/>And Plonka, I'm always up for a little Tom Waits.<BR/><BR/>Please feel free to send more my way. Dunno if you'll ever hear Cohen doing Christmas carols, though. Given that he's got what sounds like a pretty Jewish sounding surname.<BR/><BR/>KitKat, thanks once more to you for dropping by. If there's one thing I cannnot stand, it's musical masturbation of any form.<BR/><BR/>I'm not really sure where you could place a libel reference. But if it keeps these harpies (and their male equivalents) from recording ever again, then I'm all for it.Dikkiihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07897381809885423712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7115935.post-39278790929801494272007-12-30T11:27:00.000+11:002007-12-30T11:27:00.000+11:00and with that, my Christmas is complete! As alway...and with that, my Christmas is complete! <BR/><BR/>As always dikkii-dear, thank you and I look forward to another great year of diatribes.<BR/><BR/>NicoleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7115935.post-2546888971856988092007-12-29T13:43:00.000+11:002007-12-29T13:43:00.000+11:00Libel? Perhaps. But only if you're suggesting that...Libel? Perhaps. But only if you're suggesting that Tom Waits is the male equivalent of Carey or Houston.<BR/><BR/>Those two make you want to slit your wrists because of the ridiculous amounts of sarcastic cheeriness. Waits makes you want to slit them because he wants you to slit them. There's a hell of a difference.<BR/><BR/>I couldn't find Cohen doing christmas carols, but he was my first choice, Waits can actually be quite funny...:)Plonkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01552546816593027504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7115935.post-25969694807705695122007-12-29T13:04:00.000+11:002007-12-29T13:04:00.000+11:00Ugh... the music of wailing women... and the male ...Ugh... the music of wailing women... and the male equivalent... There are repositories for this kind of music, they are called "Easy Listening Stations" and it is fortunate that they are so clearly labelled.<BR/><BR/>Less fortunate is that we are subjected to this horrendous noise when we venture into certain public places. <BR/><BR/>I think this is a type of physical assault... Could we launch a libel case?KitKathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08731254751735634267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7115935.post-79938318334295518202007-12-28T22:48:00.000+11:002007-12-28T22:48:00.000+11:00Ah... I see you're in need of a bit of an xmas mus...Ah... I see you're in need of a bit of an xmas musical tonic. Here, <A HREF="http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/12/25/late-night-music-club-christmas-with-tom-waits/" REL="nofollow">this</A> one should do the trick...;)<BR/><BR/>Happy Soltice and a merry renewal Dikkii...:)Plonkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01552546816593027504noreply@blogger.com