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Friday, July 3, 2009

Celeb Enough Already

Posted by Dan Savage on Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 10:42 AM

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Hell yes, enough already. That's just bad taste for a variety of reasons. One being that it's distasteful.

Posted by jade on July 3, 2009 at 10:52 AM

Your title says "Enough Already,"

but your piece says "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough."

Posted by Ackham on July 3, 2009 at 10:59 AM

I think that's pretty awesome. Didn't even know you could make that song work in brass. Kinda disappointed they didn't do the dance, though...

Posted by blah on July 3, 2009 at 11:48 AM

@3 you beat me to it. Call me when they dance and play at the same time.

Posted by MyDogBen on July 3, 2009 at 11:52 AM

Firstly, how can you complain enough already when you're watching an amateur video on Youtube from a British newspaper of a marching band performing at Buckingham Palace? This must have been sought out. It's not being rammed down your throat!

Secondly, how is playing a musician's music, once they pass away, in bad taste? It's one of the most fucking respectful things you can do. It shows how much their music influenced the world.

Posted by Matt(SuperCool) on July 3, 2009 at 12:06 PM

It's Michael Fucking Jackson who died, mkay? This is gonna go on for a while. Suck it up. The PLANET loved this guy. You go watch that Billie Jean moonwalk performance again from the 80s and then tell me what's the big deal. The guy was ridiculously talented and his work resonated with everyone, everywhere ....unlike the gets-real-old-real-fast Garfunkel & Oates. Ahem.

Posted by Confluence on July 3, 2009 at 12:13 PM

more cowbell

Posted by genevieve on July 3, 2009 at 12:18 PM

Oh. Michael Jackson. (Yawn.)

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty

on July 3, 2009 at 12:23 PM

I have endless patience for fannish homage's of any ilk. It's the incessant and horrible 24/7 news monsters that make my skin crawl.

You wanna make a video of you playing Bad with your armpit ... please go right ahead. Matt Lauer on the other hand can go fuck himself.

Posted by BellStreet on July 3, 2009 at 1:22 PM

He slept with little boys by his own admission! Where's all the holier than thou fuck heads?

Posted by Vince on July 3, 2009 at 1:26 PM

Vince, the track Wanna be Startin' Somethin' more than makes up for all the kid touchin'. I dare you to try and listen to that track and not dance... mamasaymamasamamacoosa -ow!

Posted by Confluence on July 3, 2009 at 2:05 PM

@11 Hey, I'm with you. Maybe we could put together an album of songs by YPW's.

Posted by Vince on July 3, 2009 at 2:13 PM

OK, yeah, I officially hate Confluence. ::hide::

Posted by jade on July 3, 2009 at 2:36 PM

That is not Buckingham Palace.

Posted by Mason on July 3, 2009 at 4:08 PM

That is not Buckingham Palace.

Posted by Mason on July 3, 2009 at 4:08 PM

The Brits have had a particular fascination with "wacko jacko". Provided reassurance that theirs is not the only insane monarchy, I guess.

Posted by emma's bee on July 4, 2009 at 9:55 AM

You know, I know we want to think that being a child molester, being old and washed up discredits his existence, and I admit he wasn't super relevant to my existence... but Michael Jackson WAS the biggest pop music star in this planet's history. The tributes are going to spread wider and last a little longer than usual.

Posted by Gomez