tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post2160459544791439835..comments2024-03-28T14:41:03.787-04:00Comments on PowerPop: When Great Art Happens By Bad PeopleNYMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863355110457910935noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-2503670939216217622013-08-28T20:33:55.206-04:002013-08-28T20:33:55.206-04:00Decades ago I learned to separate artists from the...Decades ago I learned to separate artists from their personalities, preferences, etc. Now - I am more amused by their differences from mine. Makes like more interesting. Bloody murderer's are more difference to reconcile - but primarily for the post-eposidal isues. <br /><br />As long as the asshole of the world do not unite - I feel were all safe and more amused. Hell - at times it's fun to play the asshole role.GLLinMOnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-84656505256818118972013-08-28T12:39:21.252-04:002013-08-28T12:39:21.252-04:00Hey! That "Sunshine" song sounds familia...Hey! That "Sunshine" song sounds familiar!<br /><br />Beth Orton covered it -- without Spector's wall-of-sound of course. Since I don't read the fine print on cassette packaging, for the last twenty years I thought that was Orton's song... <br /><br />And I can't listen to The Doors, either. It is just too obvious that Morrison was really full of s**t. Hasn't aged well.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-50323854363775701392013-08-27T23:59:11.486-04:002013-08-27T23:59:11.486-04:00welp, pretty sure richard thompson wasn't thin...welp, pretty sure richard thompson wasn't thinking of my good friend Salvador when he said <br /><a href="http://youtu.be/SRtpzjzkYbc" rel="nofollow">good things happen to bad people</a> Man!<br /><br /><br />Who Am Us Anyway?https://www.blogger.com/profile/08260586634760800759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-70029357660324225052013-08-27T19:43:18.940-04:002013-08-27T19:43:18.940-04:00Sometimes the fact that an artist's assholishn...Sometimes the fact that an artist's assholishness shines through in his music doesn't matter (Bob Dylan) and sometimes it does (Van Morrison).petenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-4206046214711661592013-08-27T13:17:56.382-04:002013-08-27T13:17:56.382-04:00Are popstars people too?Are popstars people too?Hannes A. Jónssonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16343734222803109095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-20742121696344794092013-08-27T12:17:24.347-04:002013-08-27T12:17:24.347-04:00There are shitheads in show business?There are shitheads in show business?Brooklyn Girlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-74099588538226839722013-08-27T11:01:11.865-04:002013-08-27T11:01:11.865-04:00"Seriously, isn't it more often the case ..."Seriously, isn't it more often the case that we're bowled over that an artist we like is also a class act?"<br /><br />It is for me. I don't mind troubled, but assholes annoy me.<br /><br />Jim Morrison is one reason I hate The Doors.<br /><br /><br />buzzbabyjesushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09375127662096374324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-82589709346785170822013-08-27T10:17:59.305-04:002013-08-27T10:17:59.305-04:00Stan Kenton. I have a lot of friends who worship ...Stan Kenton. I have a lot of friends who worship the guy and the big band era in general. I haven't heard them bring Kenton up quite so often since his daughter's autobiography was published.<br /><br />Seriously, isn't it more often the case that we're bowled over that an artist we like is also a class act?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-48213579480126221992013-08-27T09:37:21.996-04:002013-08-27T09:37:21.996-04:00Hello all...no, please remain seated,
As an admir...Hello all...no, please remain seated,<br /><br />As an admirer of Mr. Duncan Black, I applaud your Eschaton-ical endeavors.<br /><br />On your broader theme...Jerry Lee Lewis. As a man...I mean, really. As an artist? Well, killer.<br /><br />regards,<br />RichDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com