tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post6791704386813568230..comments2024-03-28T18:50:46.174-04:00Comments on the daily howler: Supplemental: Three stages of human evolution!<b>bob somerby</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02963464534685954436noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-84157466612979671492015-08-03T03:17:46.498-04:002015-08-03T03:17:46.498-04:00As a kid I used to think the song in the Lemon Ple...As a kid I used to think the song in the Lemon Pledge furniture polish commercial was the original...till I heard "Lemon Tree" by... whoa, lookee here, it's really a remake of a remake of a... [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemon_Tree_(Will_Holt_song)]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-73181301480541015142014-08-26T18:10:47.206-04:002014-08-26T18:10:47.206-04:00"You have our sympathy."
You got a weas..."You have our sympathy."<br /><br />You got a weasel in your pocket or are you the press flak for the Somerby whisperers?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-25425933862678405062014-08-26T17:31:58.082-04:002014-08-26T17:31:58.082-04:00And he also said that Pat Boone made him a million...And he also said that Pat Boone made him a millionaire with his covers of "Tutti Fruitti" and "Long Tall Sally."<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-55947299086796308412014-08-26T16:37:52.582-04:002014-08-26T16:37:52.582-04:00Chuck was more interested in 14 year old girls my ...Chuck was more interested in 14 year old girls my man.<br />And not paying the tax man.<br /><br />But your point is well taken. It is why women should not be police officers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-74397606482147910012014-08-26T15:09:37.800-04:002014-08-26T15:09:37.800-04:00I'm glad Chuck Berry never stood 6'4, weig...I'm glad Chuck Berry never stood 6'4, weight 320 and attacked a cop Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-59589475186478964022014-08-26T12:42:08.443-04:002014-08-26T12:42:08.443-04:00St. Louis reminds me of Chuck Berry, not Ray Charl...St. Louis reminds me of Chuck Berry, not Ray Charles.<br />To my knowledge Chuck Berry never did a country and western album. He had, however, committed armed robbery and done time before he was Mike Brown's age.<br /><br />I am glad he was never gunned down by a cop.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-26692082963823833652014-08-26T12:34:45.315-04:002014-08-26T12:34:45.315-04:00Anonymous @ 11:13....Here is Richard Penniman expr...Anonymous @ 11:13....Here is Richard Penniman expressing his "gratitude" for what the Pat Boone version of Tutti Furutti represented with a little more than a financial analysis in mind:<br /><br />"They didn’t want me to be in the white guys' way ... I felt I was pushed into a rhythm and blues corner to keep out of rockers' way, because that’s where the money is. When 'Tutti Frutti' came out ... They needed a rock star to block me out of white homes because I was a hero to white kids. The white kids would have Pat Boone upon the dresser and me in the drawer 'cause they liked my version better, but the families didn't want me because of the image that I was projecting."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-87836111708145067412014-08-26T11:59:28.608-04:002014-08-26T11:59:28.608-04:00Is that what you see in the post we are actually d...Is that what you see in the post we are actually discussing?<br /><br />I see Somerby taking a news story about parading a captured soldier through the streets of Donetsk, and that somehow reminds him of how tribal we are in the U.S. And of course, it will all soon become the fault of MSNBC.<br /><br />Kinda like how a dead kid in a St. Louis suburb reminded him of Ray Charles.<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-34478090376099371012014-08-26T11:54:34.274-04:002014-08-26T11:54:34.274-04:00Ignoring what Capitol did to their early U.S. rele...Ignoring what Capitol did to their early U.S. releases, eight of the 14 songs on their debut album, Please, Please Me, were original Lennon-McCartney songs.<br /><br />On their next release, "With the Beatles," seven of 14 songs were Lennon-McCartney originals and one was a George Harrison original.<br /><br />Then they found time to make a movie, "A Hard Days' Night" with a soundtrack of all original material.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-75382822234419958552014-08-26T11:42:44.074-04:002014-08-26T11:42:44.074-04:00"Megyn Kelly might occasionally be right abou..."Megyn Kelly might occasionally be right about something while darling Rachel is mistaken."<br /><br />Except when you go back to the "incomparable archives" of December and discover what he was praising Kelly for and what was haranguing Maddow about.<br /><br />Not that you will bother to look at just one example of your hero who poses as a progressive. But he was a complete jackass.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-78772653364098465222014-08-26T11:40:10.245-04:002014-08-26T11:40:10.245-04:00Covers are rip offs? Old coots remember the time w...Covers are rip offs? Old coots remember the time when hardly anyone wrote their own songs. Most of the Beatles first album songs were covers. All of Ringo Starr's songs are covers (except the ones with the Beatles). <br /><br />You keep using the word oily. Is this perhaps about something other than music?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-13083307246318160492014-08-26T11:37:51.133-04:002014-08-26T11:37:51.133-04:00Someone buys his stuff. You know that he is very r...Someone buys his stuff. You know that he is very religious. Maybe religious teens like it. There are such people, even if you don't know any of them. Maybe aging metal heads buy it for nostalgia, now that they are in a quieter mood. Maybe it is camp, like Betty White. Who knows?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-59362535594472194802014-08-26T11:35:57.104-04:002014-08-26T11:35:57.104-04:00Today, Somerby complains that Clift is discussing ...Today, Somerby complains that Clift is discussing something she is not knowledgeable about. Are you seriously suggesting that Somerby should turn his blog into a foreign affairs or international politics blog? Maybe he doesn't feel sufficiently knowledgable to do that. I do think it is appropriate for him to stick to his own areas of expertise, as he has pretty much done here. That doesn't mean world events aren't important. It probably doesn't mean Somerby ignores them in his personal reading and thoughts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-55906677651900148252014-08-26T11:34:55.816-04:002014-08-26T11:34:55.816-04:00It's one thing to point out Rachel Maddow'...It's one thing to point out Rachel Maddow's "flaws" if that's what you think you can build a successful blogging career upon.<br /><br />It's quite another to make a complete ass out of yourself talking about "legitimate traffic studies" and bribery charges not being "heinous" when her journalistic instincts have proven to be far sharper than yours.<br /><br />And when caught with his pants around his ankles, what was Somerby's response? To dig through old media profiles for any sign of inconsistency to "prove" what a liar she is.<br /><br />Go back and read the "incomparable archives." Bob is having a terrible year, and if you can read Web traffic sites, you'll find that he has been hemorraghing readers.<br /><br />Which is why he has returned to race-bating under the sheep's clothing of protecting "progressive" values. Nothing worked before or since to spike those clicks like the Zimmerman Defense Team.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-6804515605847367262014-08-26T11:20:27.786-04:002014-08-26T11:20:27.786-04:00You know, I have no idea what the market for Boone...You know, I have no idea what the market for Boone's "In a Metal Mood" was, but I doubt that there were too many young people flocking to buy it, thinking it was original music.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-1689187144100045812014-08-26T11:15:14.983-04:002014-08-26T11:15:14.983-04:00Someday, it might dawn on Somerby that there are c...Someday, it might dawn on Somerby that there are conflicts all over the world dating back centuries that have nothing to do with the state of U.S. politics and punditry at the moment.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-83824008311841033412014-08-26T11:13:29.852-04:002014-08-26T11:13:29.852-04:00Yes, but "Tutti Frutti" had already been...Yes, but "Tutti Frutti" had already been a big hit for Little Richard when Pat Boone covered it. It wasn't though the young hadn't heard the original.<br /><br />Besides, Little Richard expressed his gratitude, as the composer, that Boone made a hit out of it for a second time. Put more money in his bank accountAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-81410985472065713982014-08-26T11:04:01.171-04:002014-08-26T11:04:01.171-04:00And of course, your experience is universal. It wa...And of course, your experience is universal. It was impossible for anyone your age to know otherwise.<br /><br />Thus it goes with oily old coots who think they know far more about everything, including the young, than they could possibly know.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-55775753784963068722014-08-26T11:00:51.148-04:002014-08-26T11:00:51.148-04:00"Speedy Gonzalez" was racist and Pat Boo..."Speedy Gonzalez" was racist and Pat Boone got fame for "Tutti Frutti" which he ripped off from a black gay man.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-41726900452196843122014-08-26T10:58:01.963-04:002014-08-26T10:58:01.963-04:00Yes, Somerby is clearly a master propagandist.Yes, Somerby is clearly a master propagandist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-88684542105727398922014-08-26T10:57:46.300-04:002014-08-26T10:57:46.300-04:00During his service in the Supreme Soviet, Unle Joe...During his service in the Supreme Soviet, Unle Joe took the initiative in creating forced collectivization of agriculture. Many "fat kulaks" in Ukraine were killed. Al Gore was once fat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-23337627992124011422014-08-26T10:56:48.749-04:002014-08-26T10:56:48.749-04:00Yes, it hurts when Somerby points out that Rachel ...Yes, it hurts when Somerby points out that Rachel has flaws, so you fight back by trying to show us how flawed Somerby is. But if you are idolizing darling Rachel, you will not be open to considering her flaws and will be stuck in the black/white thinking that says Liberal=Good, Conservative=Bad, unwilling to consider that Megyn Kelly might occasionally be right about something while darling Rachel is mistaken.<br /><br />What amazes me is the venom you feel when Somerby criticizes your media favorites. Makes me think you are Rachel's mom or rejected former lover or something. Such passion doesn't come from merely holding political opinions. It sounds personal to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-52753873793839066592014-08-26T10:55:50.765-04:002014-08-26T10:55:50.765-04:00I was once a young whippersnapper. About Bob'...I was once a young whippersnapper. About Bob's age.<br />I had no idea "Blue Moon" by the Marcels was a cover.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-86820947184135088612014-08-26T10:53:25.149-04:002014-08-26T10:53:25.149-04:00Depends on how young and whether they had ever hea...Depends on how young and whether they had ever heard the song sung by someone else. Kids have to learn that songs they think are new are actually remakes, as with films. They aren't born with that knowledge. The more old songs they have heard the more they will recognize the remakes. Other forms of experience are repeats too. That is the nature of experience and why it is valued in the old. But hey, its fun to call older people coots and laugh at them. Being older, we are kinder to youth and don't laugh at them when they think Pat Boone originated "Smoke on the Water" or that April Stevens and Nino Tempo wrote "Deep Purple."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-42221398632045646172014-08-26T10:42:06.069-04:002014-08-26T10:42:06.069-04:00And how is he doing this? By calling "the oth...And how is he doing this? By calling "the other" every vile name he can think of while preaching to "rubes" how they are failing to model Mandela and King?<br /><br />And while screaming about those damned kids with their elite degrees?<br /><br />This blog drips with anti-intellectual, pseudo-intellectual bile of an old goat whose life hasn't exactly turned out the way he thought it would and he is reduced to spewing his bile at people younger and far more successful than he. <br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com