Guilty pleasures- music edition

bigrun · #1 12-20-2012, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

Carlin's work is also some I've grown to love more and more the older I get.

I think the problem with Dennis Miller is so much of his schtick became about using totally obscure references as punchlines. Which I found funny for awhile, but it gets old. And then to make the hard tack to the right when the GOP was very much in control of gov't- where's the funny? You're the guy cheering on the guys in power and putting down the guys not in power. Which is anathema to what good comedy is, which is poking fun at the status quo. It was a really weird career choice, and I don't think he'll ever fully come back from it.

Not a comic, but someone whose appeal, for me, anyway, depended on his personal life was Howard Stern. I really liked him in the 1990's- I listened to his show every time my bosses were out of the office and really thought he was hilarious. But a lot of it was because I knew he was married. The humor came from this guy fantasizing about these things he couldn't actually do anything about in real life- it made, I think, for a connection with his audience, who also went home to their spouses, who might frequently bore and annoy them, but who they loved enough not to want to screw up their relationship with.

Once he split up with his wife and was basically free to do all the things he talked about, then he just sounded like another overprivileged rich guy who could get whatever he wanted because he had a lot of money.

Comics need to be able to connect to their audience on a personal level. I think Louis CK's stuff is hilarious, but what's especially funny is his stuff on how boring parenting is. In some ways, for all the cussing, though, he's less edgy than Bill Cosby's parenting routines in the 1980s which, now that I hear them today, are still hilarious, but REALLY edgy in that some times I wasn't sure he liked his kids. Cosby gets kind of written off as a cuddly comic, thanks to his sitcom, but his best stuff came from a really dark place, I think.

Yeah, had the same problem with Miller after awhile..He was called a cerebral comic..thought i wasn't smart enough to get his punch lines.

I watched Stern's tv show some back when he was on cable...thought he was far out and pushy...lot's of sexy guests..
I catch Lewis Black's bit on the Daily Show when he guests, hilarious..

GenuineRisk · #2 12-20-2012, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by bigrun

Yeah, had the same problem with Miller after awhile..He was called a cerebral comic..thought i wasn't smart enough to get his punch lines.

I watched Stern's tv show some back when he was on cable...thought he was far out and pushy...lot's of sexy guests..
I catch Lewis Black's bit on the Daily Show when he guests, hilarious..

I like Lewis Black, too. We still laugh about his quip after the 2003 blackout in NYC when they sold Tshirts ("I survived the blackout")- "Congratulations! You're made of stronger stuff than ice cream!"

Hickory Hill Hoff · #3 12-20-2012, 06:21 PM

Tom Jones

GenuineRisk · #4 12-20-2012, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Hickory Hill Hoff

Tom Jones

Oh my God, I LOVE his cover of "Kiss." So much so that I need to go listen to it RIGHT NOW.

Rudeboyelvis · #5 12-20-2012, 06:53 PM

Paul Anka covered a bunch of topical artists in big band / swing style fashion a few years ago and I've almost worn out the CD listening to it.

Here's Wonderwall

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCA0E5ly9dc

Smells like Teen Spirit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsS811o21-k

Jump

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_cmmCRVs38

You get the idea....

I love it

GenuineRisk · #6 12-20-2012, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Rudeboyelvis

Paul Anka covered a bunch of topical artists in big band / swing style fashion a few years ago and I've almost worn out the CD listening to it.

Here's Wonderwall

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCA0E5ly9dc

Smells like Teen Spirit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsS811o21-k

Jump

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_cmmCRVs38

You get the idea....

I love it

Those were GREAT. Thanks for the links; I hadn't heard any of them.

No guilt about this- I love the Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain. Here's them doing the Theme From Shaft.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfK-UzQ48JE

Rudeboyelvis · #7 12-20-2012, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

Those were GREAT. Thanks for the links; I hadn't heard any of them.

No guilt about this- I love the Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain. Here's them doing the Theme From Shaft.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfK-UzQ48JE

that was killer!

Here's my last one:

Tarja Turunen, an Finnish opera singer who, for a time, fronted the band Nightwish, with their rendition of Phantom of the Opera:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VgLKXD-BoY

For Sommerfrost - Where u been, dude?