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Slowpoke Rodriguez posted:Because I was I dick to Jerry Cotton, I shall post my own terrible terrible opinion. I have to phrase this carefully. The key is "when I was a teenager," not a 60-something public figure.
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Michael Jackson and Prince are so similar and occupy the same slice of pop culture in both era and lasting influence, so they can be directly compared. Prince is better than MJ in every single way, except MJ was a better dancer - and IMO his super-technical dancing was less exciting than Prince's (still amazing but) less polished moves. I just got into both of them after always avoiding each of them so I was a blank slate when I started to compare them. I know music is subjective, but it seems like it's an unpopular opinion to say anything other than MJ was on his own level and is untouchable. Prince is right there being the same as Michael Jackson in genre and time period, but while having legendary musical skills, better showmanship, cooler subject matter, a more confident persona, and more. MJ is not on his own level, and was beaten at his own game by a more talented person.
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May 20, 2017 15:47
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Mj could sing and dance well but Prince was the whole package.
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May 20, 2017 19:57
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Yeah, Prince was a really strong all-rounder. I remember after he died, Craig Charles did this episode of his radio show dedicated to him where he played the entire Purple Rain album and described him as an artist really well: he could (iirc - he might have cited slightly different artists) write songs like Stevie Wonder, he could sing like Marvin Gaye, he could dance like James Brown and he could play like Jimi Hendrix.
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May 20, 2017 20:24
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Baronjutter posted:Craig Charles has a radio show?? Yeah, the Craig Charles Funk and Soul Show has been on 6Music, it's on Saturdays 6pm-9pm. Been going on for 15 years straight - he's been on 6Music since it started in 2002. I like it a lot - there's one episode I liked a lot where he had Benjamin Zephaniah on as a guest and they swapped stories about the performance poetry scene in the 80s. He has another one on Radio 2 (the Craig Charles House Party), also on Saturdays, that's been going for about a year. Wheat Loaf has a new favorite as of 22:09 on May 20, 2017 |
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May 20, 2017 22:05
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All deplorable people (right-wing conservatives, neo-nazis, truthers, flat-earthers, etc.) should be deported to the Australian outback. How they survive is up to them.
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May 21, 2017 03:54
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I like a lot of songs that critics have arbitrarily decided are the "worst ever written", including: Ob La Di, Ob La Da (Beatles); True (Spandau Ballet); Don't Worry, Be Happy (Bobby Darin). There are some objectively awful songs out there, like Achy Breaky Heart, but these lists really seem like pretentious snobbery sometimes. There's nothing wrong with the songs listed above.
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May 21, 2017 06:55
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F_Shit_Fitzgerald posted:I like a lot of songs that critics have arbitrarily decided are the "worst ever written", including: Ob La Di, Ob La Da (Beatles); True (Spandau Ballet); Don't Worry, Be Happy (Bobby Darin). Counter point: I kind of like achy breaky heart. I mean I wouldn't seek it out to listen to, but if it comes on the radio I don't change the station. There is no such thing as a song you could get everyone to universally declare it bad (or good). Someone out there, no matter what the song is, will like it.
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May 21, 2017 07:52
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We Know Catheters posted:All deplorable people (right-wing conservatives, neo-nazis, truthers, flat-earthers, etc.) should be deported to the Australian outback.
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May 21, 2017 08:14
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F_Shit_Fitzgerald posted:I like a lot of songs that critics have arbitrarily decided are the "worst ever written", including: Ob La Di, Ob La Da (Beatles); True (Spandau Ballet); Don't Worry, Be Happy (Bobby Darin). Most songs that are widely hated are just mediocre. Truly bad songs don't get enough exposure to make anyone's "worst songs ever" list.
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May 21, 2017 09:38
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Time zones are stupid and I support a One World Clock.
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May 21, 2017 10:07
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Munchables posted:Time zones are stupid and I support a One World Clock. I agree 100%. Also there should be ten hours a day, 100 minutes an hour, 100 seconds a minute.
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May 21, 2017 14:11
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Tiggum posted:I agree 100%. Also there should be ten hours a day, 100 minutes an hour, 100 seconds a minute. How do you divide up three shifts to cover a ten hour day? Think before you post next time.
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May 21, 2017 15:27
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Guy Goodbody posted:How do you divide up three shifts to cover a ten hour day? Play an LP at 1 rpm. When it's time to flip the disc, everyone gets to go home.
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May 21, 2017 15:31
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Wait. No.
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May 21, 2017 15:32
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F_Shit_Fitzgerald posted:I like a lot of songs that critics have arbitrarily decided are the "worst ever written", including: Ob La Di, Ob La Da (Beatles); True (Spandau Ballet); Don't Worry, Be Happy (Bobby Darin). Yeah, those are just inoffensive pop songs that got way overplayed. On a similar line, I think Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music is a perfectly good ambient noise album that was on the cutting edge of music when it was originally released.
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May 21, 2017 15:42
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Glitter is overrated but pastels are underrated. And Chappie was a great movie.
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Coffee And Pie posted:And Chappie was a great movie. When I first saw it I was wondering what the hell they were thinking making it basically a Die Antwoord promotional movie, but it slowly grew on me. It definitely doesn't deserve the level of hate it usually seems to get.
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May 21, 2017 16:09
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Twitch posted:Yeah, those are just inoffensive pop songs that got way overplayed. Along those same lines is Sitting On the Dock of the Bay. One of Otis Redding's best and most original songs, but it's been overplayed so much by oldies stations that it's just background noise at this point.
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May 21, 2017 16:58
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I think the standard green jar kraft grated parmesan cheese is a lot better than freshly grated real parmesan cheese.
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May 21, 2017 17:10
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Guess you do eat rear end. 
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F_Shit_Fitzgerald posted:I like a lot of songs that critics have arbitrarily decided are the "worst ever written", including: Ob La Di, Ob La Da (Beatles); True (Spandau Ballet); Don't Worry, Be Happy (Bobby Darin). That was done by a Bobby, but it wasn't Bobby Darin; that one was Bobby McFerrin!
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May 21, 2017 17:58
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Wheat Loaf posted:That was done by a Bobby, but it wasn't Bobby Darin; that one was Bobby McFerrin! Well that's just, like, your opinion.
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yeah I eat rear end posted:When I first saw it I was wondering what the hell they were thinking making it basically a Die Antwoord promotional movie, but it slowly grew on me. It definitely doesn't deserve the level of hate it usually seems to get. What if I hate Die Antwood though?
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May 21, 2017 18:47
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Wheat Loaf posted:That was done by a Bobby, but it wasn't Bobby Darin; that one was Bobby McFerrin! Oh thanks! I hadn't even noticed that until you pointed it out.
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May 21, 2017 19:28
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"Don't Worry, Be Happy" is exactly the kind of song I could imagine Bobby Darin covering if he'd lived that long, though.
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May 21, 2017 19:36
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Field Mousepad posted:What if I hate Die Antwood though? That's a personal failing, you can't fault the movie for that
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May 21, 2017 21:33
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Munchables posted:Time zones are stupid and I support a One World Clock. Do you think the Earth is flat too
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May 21, 2017 22:20
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Death Note kinda goes to poo poo when L dies and Evil L and Little L get introduced
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F_Shit_Fitzgerald posted:I like a lot of songs that critics have arbitrarily decided are the "worst ever written", including: Ob La Di, Ob La Da (Beatles); True (Spandau Ballet); Don't Worry, Be Happy (Bobby Darin). I like In The Year 2525.
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May 21, 2017 22:57
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bradzilla posted:Do you think the Earth is flat too No, but if you have an argument in favor of time zones I'm willing to listen.
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May 21, 2017 23:16
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Munchables posted:No, but if you have an argument in favor of time zones I'm willing to listen. Because the world spins around so the sun isn't always up at the same times for everyone. Or do you not understand that?
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Solice Kirsk posted:Because the world spins around so the sun isn't always up at the same times for everyone. Or do you not understand that? I know that, which is why I think if we just had one clock things would be easier than having to convert everytime you try to set up a conference call or some poo poo with people in different parts of the globe. "Will 6:00 work for you?" "No it's too dark around then, how about 2?" "Sounds good." Instead of "Will 6:00 PST work for you?" "Hm let me check, I have to convert to my timezone, oh jeez."
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May 21, 2017 23:29
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So who's timezone would become the standard? Zulu time?
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Solice Kirsk posted:So who's timezone would become the standard? Zulu time? Whatever time zone this guy is in, clearly. People usually only have these ideas when they'll be benefiting the most, or when it would be most convenient for them.
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May 21, 2017 23:35
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Or just pick a random one, idk why you assumed I want my timezone as the only timezone e: it doesn't even matter which one since there would just be one.
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Converting between time zones is super easy and you don't have to do it often, you do it once and then you're set and everything makes sense. Every time you travel east or west and having to re-learn when lunch is or when it's considered "evening" or "morning" would be a huge pain. "Open 2:00 till 11:00" can I eat lunch there? Maybe it's a late night place? Who knows because times have some local meaning anymore. In fact now you have to in your head convert the time for everything in your new location. 3:00 used to be dinner time, but in this place it's 9:00 so I guess +6 to everything based on what you were use to? Or you know, just set your watch ahead +6 once and now time makes local sense.
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May 21, 2017 23:47
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Would obviously be Des Moines, Iowa time zone. Idiots.
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Munchables posted:I know that, which is why I think if we just had one clock things would be easier than having to convert everytime you try to set up a conference call or some poo poo with people in different parts of the globe. "Will 6:00 work for you?" "No it's too dark around then, how about 2?" "Sounds good." Instead of "Will 6:00 PST work for you?" "Hm let me check, I have to convert to my timezone, oh jeez." Time zones aren't that big of a problem for normal people
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