tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896069787782846811.post8772744983970204156..comments2023-04-30T07:27:54.645-07:00Comments on <b>HUNGRY GHOST BLOG</b>: From Bob Dylan's TTRH show on body parts 2David Chutehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05606470667042155559noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896069787782846811.post-37859486678858622912010-09-01T17:26:50.432-07:002010-09-01T17:26:50.432-07:00Jesus. Why bother?Jesus. Why bother?David Chutehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05606470667042155559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896069787782846811.post-22551968523403433252010-09-01T14:32:27.282-07:002010-09-01T14:32:27.282-07:00That's the issue, right there.....That's the issue, right there.....Tulkinghornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12380273659057130770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896069787782846811.post-14968950966055272572010-09-01T14:04:30.112-07:002010-09-01T14:04:30.112-07:00"Glossy pop"? Not how I'd describe i..."Glossy pop"? Not how I'd describe it.David Chutehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05606470667042155559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896069787782846811.post-3942946380126241152010-09-01T13:54:50.115-07:002010-09-01T13:54:50.115-07:00It has been proven many times and will again that ...It has been proven many times and will again that your appetite for glossy pop is much greater than mine...<br /><br />De gustibus and all that, but the Dylan part of it doesn't make sense. Maybe she's a friend of his kids -- they all went to Harvard-Westlake together or something.Tulkinghornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12380273659057130770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896069787782846811.post-71411058030174879222010-09-01T13:02:08.438-07:002010-09-01T13:02:08.438-07:00Too bad. I'm not even aware of any of that whe...Too bad. I'm not even aware of any of that when I'm listening to it. A nice melody that captures something. Who cares what else she's done?David Chutehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05606470667042155559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896069787782846811.post-16321570359697547862010-09-01T12:16:45.749-07:002010-09-01T12:16:45.749-07:00Trust me, I'm not proud of my inability to get...Trust me, I'm not proud of my inability to get this stuff, I'm just baffled.<br /><br />As for the aforementioned unmentionable song: It makes me very happy - a mixture of old school soul and 21st century bluntness.<br /><br />This, on the other hand, is the kind of stuff that, as a youth, i would have called plastic: digitally carapaced, commercial to a fault, and careerist.<br /><br />I can imagine driving down the interstate yelling along with the CeeLo song. I can't even begin to imagine what people see in this.<br /><br />I don't reject the song on political grounds -- the politics are simply idiotic, confused, and highly un-selfaware -- The star of "Troop Beverly Hills" singing about working for a living wage? Paris Hilton meets Woody Guthrie...Tulkinghornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12380273659057130770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896069787782846811.post-45445039390229086382010-09-01T09:26:37.937-07:002010-09-01T09:26:37.937-07:00Lame as opposed to what? "Fuck You"? (T...Lame as opposed to what? "Fuck You"? (Tell me you didn't see that coming.)<br /><br />I'd say that no longer being susceptible to a song like this is a loss, not something to be trumpeted proudly.<br /><br />As for rejecting a song on political grounds -- how are you now different from the PC clowns at KPFK?David Chutehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05606470667042155559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896069787782846811.post-21982555970893736612010-08-31T17:19:07.443-07:002010-08-31T17:19:07.443-07:00But.. But... It's so lame.
Ex-child stars and...But.. But... It's so lame.<br /><br />Ex-child stars and Hollywood types writing theme songs for The O.C., Dawson's Creek and other tv series. I live with this stuff all day, and, frankly, can't stand it.<br /><br />There's obviously something going on here, since just this morning the august New York Times reviews the latest project from Ms. Lewis, called I'm Having Fun Now. With her boyfriend, she performs under the name of Jenny and Johnny. She makes Katy Perry sound like Lotte Lenya.<br /><br />Oh, and politics, too. Maybe that's why Dylan likes her:<br /><br />“We save our money in good faith/And we work hard for our living wage,” Ms. Lewis sings in “Big Wave.” “But still the banks got a break.”Tulkinghornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12380273659057130770noreply@blogger.com