tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9757991.post825765499879941270..comments2023-03-26T04:40:44.435-03:00Comments on Buick City Complex: keep music miserablePerfect Virgohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17842802482293784692noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9757991.post-76535716252162997292010-11-29T15:16:40.624-04:002010-11-29T15:16:40.624-04:00M - I thought I hid it so well, is it that obvious...M - I thought I hid it so well, is it that obvious! In fairness I do remember you watching The Exorcist with me one Christmas day, of all days!<br /><br />CJ - you know the sort, goofy woman short on romance meets the irrepressibly rascalish guy of her dreams but of course he's pledged to another. Somehow it all turns out right in the end.<br /><br />Spend money on happy-clappy? No you're right, it would be folly! As to Humphreys well I forced myself to listen to him for years, despite his abrasive technique. Since leaving England I haven't missed him.<br /><br />Yes, that fine line between humour and madness - between humour and addiction too: Tommy Cooper and Mike Yarwood, Yootha Joyce and Caroline Aherne, drinkers all.Perfect Virgohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17842802482293784692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9757991.post-73635855096835890362010-11-29T12:46:22.380-04:002010-11-29T12:46:22.380-04:00I have two confessions to make.
1. I watch chick ...I have two confessions to make.<br /><br />1. I watch chick flicks<br />2. I have no idea, apart from it being a modern term, what one is.<br /><br />Is not a chick flick simply a romantic comedy? Did not Cary Grant make some excellent chick flicks? <br /><br />I have another two, even worse, confessions to make regarding music. <br /> <br />1. I don’t mind listening to happy clappy stuff. In my mind it is just easy listening, something I may turn onto early in the morning. In fairness I am more likely to listen to John Humphrey’s on Radio 4’s Today programme but I really don’t mind that wallpaper stuff at all. I do admit to preferring songs or music that make you think and I suppose I tend to put my money where my mouth is and by that I mean I purchase similar music to you and never the self-same happy clappy stuff I sometimes listen to. I guess, at the end of the day, that is the acid test: will you fork out hard earned cash for easy listening music? No.<br />2. I love The Smiths and I love Morrissey and you cannot get music that sounds so wonderfully happy but in reality is as gloomy as hell.<br /><br />As for comedy being a thin veneer over tragedy or comedians wearing thinly veiled masks of humour whilst weeping tears of desperation – think Spike Milligan. The man was as depressed as you can get and yet conceived some of the funniest comedy ever written.<br /><br />Having said that I do enjoy a bit of Madness (take that as you will!)Russell CJ Duffyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00519621428036481426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9757991.post-44357528677560730732010-11-26T22:11:30.220-04:002010-11-26T22:11:30.220-04:00Great post! I have to say, thanks for putting up w...Great post! I have to say, thanks for putting up with some of my dramatic/inspirational/quirky picks -even though I knew you didn't really like them :)Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693795343641111526noreply@blogger.com