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Post by A Lee on Nov 27, 2009 11:54:13 GMT 2
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Acutally J.A., I don't really have an opinion on Susan one way or another. Just wanted to see the predictability of people coming to tear down someone who accomplished a near impossible goal. Fortunately, people don't disappoint. And my social life is a little bit more robust than to run a website full of posts by people I purposely angered.
"Guys, guys, GUYS. I can't keep up. I mean, I knew this review would get more views than most but.. damn."
I just found this sentence of Crum's hilarious. The way a normal person would be overwhelmed by attention from friends, Crum is excited and overwhelmed by attention from strangers he pretty much provoked. I guess for some, this is a close as they will come to feeling "important". I probably shouldn't laugh, but it's just to pathetically funny.
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Post by The Curmudgeon on Nov 27, 2009 11:54:57 GMT 2
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OK, the Irresponsible Hate Monger has returned to deal with a few more waves of replies. Again, if I don't reply or acknowledge you - take it personally.
D Mercier - I often lump reality music fans together as ignorant plebs who wouldn't know genuine talent and musical ability if their lives depended on it. I also class them as ignorant, soul-less drabs happy to lap up whatever inoffensive, passionless dross is currently selling well. At times I think I'm being unfair. Thank you for fitting in so perfectly to the character and reinforcing everything I've ever said. If someone with a hint of musical knowledge wanted to try and insult the likes of Prince or Bowie I would stop and listen. Wouldn't agree, of course, but I'd take the comments on board. I think you've proved to everyone that you don't actually HAVE an opinion on music. It's also quite clear you don't actually LIKE music.
The following comments are aimed at covering a few posts, in that they all say the same thing.
1. The phrase "get a life" needs to be banned from chatrooms, discussion boards and forums from now until the death of the sun. Honestly, do you pondlife actually think that even registers with anyone anymore?
2. I am not, nor ever have been, a musician. I cannot sing to save my life, nor can I play any instrument. So let's quickly ignore the "OMG U must b jeluss cuz you wanna be a singer" comments, yes?
3. Much as I'm sure you'd love for me to be the walking talking "nerd" stereotype, I'm actually happily married. And Mrs Curmudgeon often laughs at the way I always manage to pull you people's strings.
D Guay - that's a biiiiig question, and I'm not going to sit and spew out a thousand names for this tone-deaf rabble who won't have heard of any of them. Visit my website for more information if you really want to know. You may be surprised.
A Lee - it's a review on the Boyle "phenomenon", the attitude towards reality stars in general and a sweeping overview of a boring cover album. You honestly expect me to sit and pick apart the record as if it were Blonde on Blonde? She's covering a song originally performed by some 17 year old Zac Efron clone for a failed British kids drama. You honestly think there was ANY thought put into the making of this album? Of course there wasn't - so why should anyone spend any real time talking about it?
Steven James - word.
Ms Gadget - I'll get to you next time, Gadget. Next time.
DS Cole - I'm sorry, but how exactly has Susan Boyle spent her "whole life giving to others?" What is she now, a nun? A superhero?
Duckman - always nice to see someone with actual wit and passion. Welcome aboard!
Lorraine Hurnig - "thank God she's not clever enough to be cruel" has to be THE best backwards compliment I've ever seen.
OK, first wave done with. Stay tuned.
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Post by The Curmudgeon on Nov 27, 2009 11:55:20 GMT 2
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J Willhelm - if I did want to make a CD that sold as well as this one, I would go on Britain's Got Talent, make up some sob story (you know, fiddled with by my uncle, I'm actually a cripple, AIDS, son died of cot death.. you know, usual stuff to get the morons snuffling into their hankies). That's usually a safe bet for a number one.
D Shapiro - no, you're not the only one who agrees with me, but we are outnumbered. Think of it like in the Night of the Living Dead, when the brainless zombies swarm around the only living people as we take pot shots at them.
Chuck Russel - I am The Curmudgeon. My opinion is final. If you DON'T agree you ARE an idiot. Glad you spotted that.
D Mercier - I know your views don't actually count, but your "techno punk" comment had me rolling. Prince and Bowie. Techno punk. D Mercier, ladies and gentlemen! Permanantly baffled and reviews shoe organizers! Thank your lucky stars you don't actually know her.
Elizabeth Verboon - a flawless, crushing comment. Glad to have you on my side.
Cburk - yes, Boyle does handle things SO gracefully, doesn't she? Like when she was beaten in the final of BGT and started flashing her legs at the camera's on live television, shortly followed by having a very public meltdown and going to rehab. Yeah, what style and panache.
Wave two - done.
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Post by Opinionated Me on Nov 27, 2009 11:56:13 GMT 2
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You're pretty much a pill, aren't you?
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Post by Anthony Acordino on Nov 27, 2009 11:56:53 GMT 2
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You may not care for her debut cd, but you are in the minority on that one. You can write a negative review with substance, but you choose to insult the woman, which in my eyes makes your review absolutely worthless! She is now famous and has a has a voice that Madonna couldn't match if she wanted to. She may not last forever, but she will have her 15 minutes of fame, and reap all the rewards.
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Post by J A Lebentritt on Nov 27, 2009 11:57:27 GMT 2
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How does it feel that Susan's CD is not a 5 star? More and more are disappointed. I hope you are loving her CD because its going to be a long time before you get another out of her. She's going to reap the benefits and take a nice long vacation. Hallelujah maybe there is a God after all.
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Post by The Curmudgeon on Nov 27, 2009 11:58:00 GMT 2
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And the next (Klax) wave..
cburk - so you have all the evil genius credentials in the world and yet you are still so easily manipulated? You buy an album of lazily compiled cover versions and you consider it to be good music? You actually feel so strongly about it you have to come onto an Amazon review and defend it? What's wrong with that picture?
Like I said before, I have zero talent for music, but I can still appreciate and understand what MAKES good music, something you and your equally shallow, "if it isn't in the top ten best sellers list at the end of the year, it doesn't count" ilk. And I'm not just talking pretentious, "oh, they didn't write it themselves, they don't play 100 instruments like Prince, its not real music" either. Good pop music is everywhere right now - relevant, modern pop music with its own identity. An album of songs culled from different periods of time that are picked by someone else and shoved in front of Boyles nose is NOT good pop music. And you should damn well know that.
Thomas - a Lady GaGa lookalike? Is there such a thing? And trust me, the only thing this will do for record companies is to fill the charts with more and more bunkum from reality shows. That's the ONLY thing this CD will accomplish. Because they know the vast majority of people who buy these things only buy music they've seen on reality shows. Doesn't matter if its the same songs they've already bought someone else singing, they get brainwashed into buying it all again anyway. That's how stupid they actually are.
And for the record, I actually LIKE Simon Cowell. I don't like the stuff he releases onto an unsuspecting world, but I think he's funny, smart and, let's face it, one helluva businessman.
A Lee - well, since you've taken time out of your busy schedule of banging supermodels and flying fighter planes to come onto a website for an artist you don't like or dislike just to, uh, "prove your point" of people slating her, (wow, you really MUST be a blast, huh? At least I came here for a REASON. What's your excuse?) you actually failed to see the point of my last post. The "guys, guys, GUYS" thing was SUPPOSED to annoy. 90% of the people here hate this review and don't care for me, so why would I be addressing them like I was trying to be friendly? Hey, I know you're out there hanging out backstage with Metallica as we speak and you're about to go holler at Heff down at the Playboy mansion, but, y'know, if you're going to write something about someone else's messages, at least try and understand them first.
And I seem to have noticed a crop of comments about Madonna. Can I just clear up I'm not really an enormous Madonna fan or anything like that, but she is - quite obviously - head and shoulders night and day, whatever cliche you want to use, in a different league to Boyle. She's one of the greatest pop stars on the planet, that much goes without saying, so if anyone is even attempting to say Boyle is up there with... no, you know what? I can't even finish that sentence.
J.A Lebentritt - it's always nice to finish on a positive note, isn't it? And another victory for common sense is ours.
And that's it for now. More, I'm sure, to come..
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Post by J A Lebentritt on Nov 27, 2009 14:34:14 GMT 2
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I'm looking forward to a new season of TV reality talent shows. I'm quite positive there will be more sob stories and even less talent than before. I'm thinking of going on in a wheel chair paralyzed from the neck down playing a harmonica to the tune of 'Somewhere over the rainbow'. I want to be famous so I can get my 15 kids out of foster care after losing everything to Hurricane Katrina. I saw some very nice pictures of Susan Boyle after her recent trip to NYC. She looks really decent now. Was she that ignorant and stupid that she didn't know how to pluck her eyebrows shave her mustache and legs and dye her own hair? What did that womans mother teach her besides how to keep her legs together? She could be one hell of a good looking woman with a little lipo a nip and tuck here and there and some botox like her good pal Donny Osmond. His forehead scares me. You can count on Susan taking some time off to get some of that done for sure. Everyone does it including myself. Ive had all of those done which is very expensive very painful and requires a lot of time off for healing. Some procedures cant be done under anesthetic so its not for wimps. Yup Susan is going to be laughing all the way to the bank - not laughing at me but laughing at all her idiotic fans who think they know her better than their own mothers.
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Post by The Curmudgeon on Nov 27, 2009 14:34:50 GMT 2
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I look forward to your wheelchair debut. You may have lost the use of your limbs, you may have lost your children but DAMN IT.. if you could just release an album of cover versions maybe your life will be worthwhile. Ratings gold, my friend, and you know these automatons will all think you're an "inspiration".
I've been too hard on Susan Boyle. I heard that the War On Terror(tm) has taken a step in the right direction with a dramatic downturn on suicide bombers. Turns out they saw Susan on TV and found out what virgins actually look like.
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh snap!
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Post by Thomas Milnthorpe on Nov 27, 2009 18:07:08 GMT 2
"a Lady GaGa lookalike? Is there such a thing?" You obviously haven't flicked through the music channels of late  |
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Post by Rapid Reader on Nov 28, 2009 14:31:37 GMT 2
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Give no credence to this guy's "review." It's actually not a review at all, but a ranting commentary on the singer and the people who might enjoy the CD. When the words "stupid" and "simpleton" are aimed at the reader...I think it's safe to say that the review train has derailed. It's a CD for goodness sakes, not a window to the psyche. Anyway, I do not think that the CD is enjoyable. I love her voice and her story, but for me, it was the song selections. It makes me want to sleep and I wanted to sing along, clap a little and bob my head a little.
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Post by J A Lebentritt on Nov 28, 2009 14:33:03 GMT 2
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You should know better than to expect head bobbing finger snapping hand clapping kind of music from Susan Boyle. She wants to remind everyone over and over again in her music selection her sad pathetic life.
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Post by A Lee on Nov 28, 2009 14:33:42 GMT 2
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"A Lee - well, since you've taken time out of your busy schedule of banging supermodels and flying fighter planes to come onto a website for an artist you don't like or dislike just to, uh, "prove your point" of people slating her, (wow, you really MUST be a blast, huh? At least I came here for a REASON. What's your excuse?) you actually failed to see the point of my last post. The "guys, guys, GUYS" thing was SUPPOSED to annoy. 90% of the people here hate this review and don't care for me, so why would I be addressing them like I was trying to be friendly? Hey, I know you're out there hanging out backstage with Metallica as we speak and you're about to go holler at Heff down at the Playboy mansion, but, y'know, if you're going to write something about someone else's messages, at least try and understand them first."
Of course your reason for being here is to annoy people. There is nothing about you interesting enough to garner the attention you crave, so you have to purposely agitate people to get it. I know seeing all the responses here is fun for you, while the people here may not be responding as friends, they are responding and that's enough human interaction to make you happy. So laughably pathetic.
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Post by K Rodgers on Nov 28, 2009 14:34:14 GMT 2
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Oh whatever. I will buy or receive this album and being thought "stupid" by The Curmudgeon doesn't bother me one bit. I think it's funny, actually.
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Post by Meredith Hobbs Lund on Nov 28, 2009 14:35:26 GMT 2
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your name says it all...sad really.
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