This is where I give thanks that the only radio I listen to is sports talk, because I've never heard of James Blunt, or his song.
(I'll bet you can guess his cockney rhyming nickname.)
Wasn't this a Monty Python sketch?
Zoe: My man would never fall for that. Wash: Most of my head wishes I had.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Buffista Music III: The Search for Bach
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
DXMachina - Dec 20, 2006 2:24:54 pm PST #4635 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
DavidS - Dec 20, 2006 2:36:51 pm PST #4636 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
This is where I give thanks that the only radio I listen to is sports talk, because I've never heard of James Blunt, or his song.
It is the most tedious strum dude song ever. His wussitude is so great he makes Dan Fogelberg look like James Hetfield. Overcooked pasta is less limp. It's the kind of music that would make Angel misty-eyed.
Glamcookie - Dec 20, 2006 2:47:17 pm PST #4637 of 10003
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Bwah!!! Best description ever.
Jon B. - Dec 20, 2006 4:02:14 pm PST #4638 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
With 20 hours to go in Round Two of that VU acetate auction, bidding is at a far more reasonable $25,100. [link]
Fiona - Dec 21, 2006 1:41:15 am PST #4639 of 10003
(I'll bet you can guess his cockney rhyming nickname.)
I believe this is a reference to the wonderful Dead Ringers send-up of Mr. Blunt, "It's Bloody Cold", from earlier this year. It's so good that it's funny even if you don't know the original. Here it is on YouTube.
tommyrot - Dec 21, 2006 4:22:00 am PST #4640 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
With 20 hours to go in Round Two of that VU acetate auction, bidding is at a far more reasonable $25,100.
Hmmm.... I wonder if the 'prankster' bidder was a shill?
Kate P. - Dec 21, 2006 7:18:22 am PST #4641 of 10003
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
It's the kind of music that would make Angel misty-eyed.
Hee! I think I've managed to avoid hearing this guy, by some strange grace, though that description makes me think of John Mayer, who I kind of want to strangle every time I hear that song about "fathers, be good to your daughters, because someday they'll grow up and be wives and mothers." Ugh.
It's a choral/chant piece called Path of Miracles, composed by Joby Talbot and performed by Nigel Short and Tenebrae.
Sean, that sounds really fantastic. Thanks for the long writeup; I think I'm going to have to track that down.
Volans - Dec 21, 2006 7:51:08 am PST #4642 of 10003
move out and draw fire
Oh God I hate that song "You're Beautiful." I have this really unpleasant reaction to it and change the station whenever it comes on, which is a LOT. Gag.
Sean, after that writeup I can't not check that out.
Sean K - Dec 21, 2006 7:55:47 am PST #4643 of 10003
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Sean, that sounds really fantastic. Thanks for the long writeup; I think I'm going to have to track that down.
Sean, after that writeup I can't not check that out.
I'm working on some edits today, and hope to post them later today, along with a few other program notes on the piece.
Daisy Jane - Dec 21, 2006 8:02:36 am PST #4644 of 10003
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
John Mayer is way better than James Blunt. They only play his two sappy songs on the radio, but he's got a lot of stuff that is really really good.