Comments on: Easter Egg in today’s podcast http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/02/04/easter-egg-in-todays-podcast/ Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:40:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Phoenician in a time of Romans http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/02/04/easter-egg-in-todays-podcast/#comment-488035 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:31:25 +0000 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/02/04/easter-egg-in-todays-podcast/#comment-488035 <i>Thriller=Teh Shit.</i> Minus side: Black guy turns into animal when dealing with pretty woman, chases after her. Plus side: Black guy is Michael Jackson. Sorta defeats the subtext. <i>Elvis lived about 5-years too long. Michael Jackson has stayed alive. He has lived long enough to become a parody of himself.</i> The word "Britney" is going to spring up. It looks like the life-cycle from emerging popstar to decadence is accelerating. In the case of Amy Winehouse, they may even be overlapping. Thriller=Teh Shit.

Minus side: Black guy turns into animal when dealing with pretty woman, chases after her.

Plus side: Black guy is Michael Jackson. Sorta defeats the subtext.

Elvis lived about 5-years too long. Michael Jackson has stayed alive. He has lived long enough to become a parody of himself.

The word “Britney” is going to spring up. It looks like the life-cycle from emerging popstar to decadence is accelerating. In the case of Amy Winehouse, they may even be overlapping.

]]> by: MikeEss http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/02/04/easter-egg-in-todays-podcast/#comment-487580 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:33:37 +0000 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/02/04/easter-egg-in-todays-podcast/#comment-487580 <i>"It’s such a shame."</i> I apologize ahead of time for any hurt this statement might cause somebody... There's a reason why it's often good when stars die young. Can you imagine Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Jim Morrison as fat, crotchety old has beens, still trying to live off past glories? What about a 40-something Kurt Cobain, complaining about Emo bands? There have been many others. Because of their early deaths, the world was spared those sights. Elvis lived about 5-years too long. Michael Jackson has stayed alive. He has lived long enough to become a parody of himself. And it really is such a shame... “It’s such a shame.”

I apologize ahead of time for any hurt this statement might cause somebody…

There’s a reason why it’s often good when stars die young. Can you imagine Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Jim Morrison as fat, crotchety old has beens, still trying to live off past glories? What about a 40-something Kurt Cobain, complaining about Emo bands? There have been many others.

Because of their early deaths, the world was spared those sights.

Elvis lived about 5-years too long. Michael Jackson has stayed alive. He has lived long enough to become a parody of himself.

And it really is such a shame…

]]> by: hbsweet, empress of ice cream http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/02/04/easter-egg-in-todays-podcast/#comment-487575 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:15:29 +0000 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/02/04/easter-egg-in-todays-podcast/#comment-487575 grew up with jackson 5--used to play the vinyl during indoor recess in 5th grade: he could sing, and he was beautiful. It's such a shame. grew up with jackson 5–used to play the vinyl during indoor recess in 5th grade: he could sing, and he was beautiful.

It’s such a shame.

]]> by: mroberts http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/02/04/easter-egg-in-todays-podcast/#comment-487572 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:09:44 +0000 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/02/04/easter-egg-in-todays-podcast/#comment-487572 Impressive, but I agree with Cain - Bill Withers is the way to go - check the Live at Carnegie Hall cd. He even sings about his Grandma! Impressive, but I agree with Cain - Bill Withers is the way to go - check the Live at Carnegie Hall cd. He even sings about his Grandma!

]]> by: chibi http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/02/04/easter-egg-in-todays-podcast/#comment-487548 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 20:03:08 +0000 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/02/04/easter-egg-in-todays-podcast/#comment-487548 :o wow, never heard this version before. AWESOME. i miss the old (well, young) MJ. :o wow, never heard this version before. AWESOME. i miss the old (well, young) MJ.

]]> by: Amanda Marcotte http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/02/04/easter-egg-in-todays-podcast/#comment-487510 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:03:50 +0000 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/02/04/easter-egg-in-todays-podcast/#comment-487510 Thriller=Teh Shit. Thriller=Teh Shit.

]]> by: Daisy http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/02/04/easter-egg-in-todays-podcast/#comment-487465 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:11:06 +0000 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/02/04/easter-egg-in-todays-podcast/#comment-487465 I actually owned this on vinyl. :) "Got to be there" was my favorite song once! He was just so wonderful. I miss the old MJ so much. We're only 11 months apart, and I grew up with him. I had posters of him on my bedroom wall, so I literally used to look at him every day for years. And primarily for that reason, its just so hard for me to look at him now. I actually owned this on vinyl. :) “Got to be there” was my favorite song once! He was just so wonderful.

I miss the old MJ so much. We’re only 11 months apart, and I grew up with him. I had posters of him on my bedroom wall, so I literally used to look at him every day for years.

And primarily for that reason, its just so hard for me to look at him now.

]]> by: Karen http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/02/04/easter-egg-in-todays-podcast/#comment-487393 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:19:38 +0000 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/02/04/easter-egg-in-todays-podcast/#comment-487393 It's a solo Michael song, on his first album Got to Be There and reissued on the Ben album. It’s a solo Michael song, on his first album Got to Be There and reissued on the Ben album.

]]> by: smartalek http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/02/04/easter-egg-in-todays-podcast/#comment-487315 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 12:34:10 +0000 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/02/04/easter-egg-in-todays-podcast/#comment-487315 Ever heard the Isaac Hayes version from the Wattstax concert? Ever heard the Isaac Hayes version from the Wattstax concert?

]]> by: Sally http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/02/04/easter-egg-in-todays-podcast/#comment-487283 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 11:51:45 +0000 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/02/04/easter-egg-in-todays-podcast/#comment-487283 Ah, ok, that's where I heard it, too. <blockquote>Good gawd, he could sing.</blockquote> No kidding. It's amazing how easy it is to forget that. (Actually, I think large chunks of Thriller are great, too. Is it ok to admit that?) Ah, ok, that’s where I heard it, too.

Good gawd, he could sing.

No kidding. It’s amazing how easy it is to forget that.

(Actually, I think large chunks of Thriller are great, too. Is it ok to admit that?)

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