Post by The Curmudgeon on Apr 8, 2007 18:27:57 GMT 2
A nation weeps. It says here.
Here's an amusing anecdote for you. You know how old people always say they remember where they were the day they heard Kennedy had been shot? I think our generations alternative is going to be "do you remember where you were when you heard Diana was dead?" And that's a real shame, because, according to eye-witnesses, I told them about it after hearing it on TV at four in the morning. Trouble was, I was blind drunk and completely forgot about it the next morning. I woke up and was like, "oh, really? Wow." So does that count as the first time I REALLY heard it? Answers on a postcard.
I suppose my alternative "do you remember" question could go something like this.. "do you remember where you were when you were bowled over by the unbelievable hypocrisy and fake sentiment surrounding this parasite's demise?
The answer would be no - because it came so thick and so fast (and so frequent) that I could barely breathe because of it.
Let me cast your mind back, before Diana's driver tried to do a Kittie Pryde. Guys, Diana was a JOKE. A laughing stock, seen as a yo-yo knickered airhead who tried to con and manipulate the media for her own gain. A day didn't go by that the tabloids were mocking her or the media were exposing her. It was accepted, it was who she was - a Royal - a complete waste of time.
Then, BAM! All of a sudden she does the biggest, most succesful career revival ever and snuffs it. Then you cannot MOVE for newspapers telling us how great she was, the media telling us how much she was loved and how she'll be missed and how the "world was in mourning". And, for some reason, she was now the People's Princess, "England's Rose" and about a million other utter LIES. It really was an eye-opening experience for The Curmudgeon.
And this God-awful CD is just an example of the mawkish drivel we had to suffer for (what felt like) about two years straight. Ah yes, you really can sum up the way the "nation is feeling" by playing "Mama" by the Spice Girls. The deeply meaningful lyrics of Angel - "I walk into an empty room, and suddenly my heart goes boom" is a great representation of "our suffering", but then the song IS called "Angel" so it's got to be included. I can't believe they didn't have "bitch" by Meredith Brooks. What a wasted opportunity.
Look at that track listing, and think about what its supposed to be for, what "devine cause" its supposed to support. I mean, God almighty, who BOUGHT this junk?? That this CD was ever made is the REAL tragedy here.
Roast in Hell, Diana.
