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Post by Return of the Thin Olive Duke on Dec 2, 2015 23:18:13 GMT -5
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Post by dLᵒ on Dec 3, 2015 0:29:13 GMT -5
So speaking of massive celebrity crossover songs (with Bonobos butting in) Sun City by Artists United Against Apartheid was released December 7, 1985 (thirty YEARS), and I think it's probably the peak of when people took celeb-cross songs seriously. And it's funny (read: sad) that there's some pretty great people on there like Miles Davis and Gil Scott Heron, but the entire thing just sounds like your typical overproduced and over-synthed 80's anthem. Also it hasn't been relevant since '94, because you know, apartheid fell.
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Post by Return of the Thin Olive Duke on Dec 3, 2015 1:51:08 GMT -5
So speaking of massive celebrity crossover songs (with Bonobos butting in) Sun City by Artists United Against Apartheid was released December 7, 1985 (thirty YEARS), and I think it's probably the peak of when people took celeb-cross songs seriously. And it's funny (read: sad) that there's some pretty great people on there like Miles Davis and Gil Scott Heron, but the entire thing just sounds like your typical overproduced and over-synthed 80's anthem. Also it hasn't been relevant since '94, because you know, apartheid fell. It's even more dated than that. Apartheid ended in August 1991 (an auspicious month); they just didn't get around to a new constitution until 1994.
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Post by haysoos on Dec 3, 2015 8:54:34 GMT -5
And today, Sun City is mostly known for being the setting of the Adam Sandler "comedy" Blended.
It almost makes you feel sorry for them.
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Post by Return of the Thin Olive Duke on Dec 3, 2015 11:46:47 GMT -5
And today, Sun City is mostly known for being the setting of the Adam Sandler "comedy" Blended. It almost makes you feel sorry for them. What about the Sun City Agreement that ended the Second Congo War?
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Post by Lt. Broccoli on Dec 3, 2015 15:50:34 GMT -5
In addition to We are the World and Do They KNow It's Christmas, we also had our own Canadian version:
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Post by Jimmy James on Dec 3, 2015 21:43:39 GMT -5
So speaking of massive celebrity crossover songs (with Bonobos butting in) Sun City by Artists United Against Apartheid was released December 7, 1985 (thirty YEARS), and I think it's probably the peak of when people took celeb-cross songs seriously. And it's funny (read: sad) that there's some pretty great people on there like Miles Davis and Gil Scott Heron, but the entire thing just sounds like your typical overproduced and over-synthed 80's anthem. Also it hasn't been relevant since '94, because you know, apartheid fell. It's not a great song, but I have some affinity for it because of the giant range of people involved and the resulting incongruities. I used to joke Lou Reed's touch should burn Hall and Oates like holy water on a vampire.
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Post by Floyd D Barber on Dec 4, 2015 3:00:37 GMT -5
I have posted this a couple of times over the last few years, but I can't keep it out of my head this time of year...and I feel compelled to share it, evil bastard that I am. It really should be a Christmas standard. One terrible, terrible year I actually had my Christmas Eve dinner at a Denny's and I looked around and felt that pretty much everybody there had a story like this. It would be easy to hate this song. After all, it is really depressing and such a gut-punch, but it is also a truly fine piece of music. I believe it should remind us that it isn't all presents and egg nog for everyone, and to maybe not be too quick to judge when someone can't seem to enjoy the spirit of the holiday season. Sometime they have reasons.
The wandering ghost of Jacob Marley said it better than anyone. "It is at this time of the rolling year my spirit suffers most." The holidays tend to amplify whatever emotions a person is feeling. When things are good it can be a joyous time, but when things are bad it can make them soul crushing. Even as we celebrate, we need to keep our eyes and hearts open for people who are suffering. Things are better for me now, but I still remember a year or two when someone noticed I was hurting, and their few caring words or simple act of kindness was what got me through the holidays.
Be that guy.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2015 15:01:15 GMT -5
I love you, Floyd. You're a good egg.
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Post by Prole Hole on Dec 5, 2015 12:04:26 GMT -5
Oh, and I should share this: the British 70s kid's comedy troupe The Goodies made a Xmas song which, by simply removing one word in the refrain at a time, tells a terrifying tale of a sexually predatory Santa. The Goodies are so, so wonderful. Love em to bits. Nothing else to contribute here, just though ti was worth stating...
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