I'VE NOT LISTENED TO ANY LEONARD NIMOY. EVER. EXCEPT THE BALLAD OF BILBO BAGGINS.
AND THIS SONG ON THE FANMIX? IS KIND OF MAKING ME CRY. IT MIGHT BE THE HORRIBLE DAY I'VE HAD, OR THE SHEER 70S BEAUTY, BUT IT MIGHT ALSO BE SHEER NERVOUS JOY THAT AT LEAST I WILL NEVER RECORD THIS SONG.
IS IT BECAUSE OF THE OVERWHELMING MARACAS AND SHIT IN THE BACKGROUND? IS THAT WHY? I THINK THAT'S WHY. IT'S LIKE THE GODDAMNED MOOD MUSIC ON COLUMBO. IT'S ALMOST COMFORTING, REALLY, REMINDING ME OF HOME AND MY PETER FALK-ADDICT PARENTS.
HOWEVER, JOHN BARROWMAN'S 'YOU'RE SO VAIN' IS FUCKING GORGEOUS BEYOND FUCKING WORDS AND I MIGHT HAVE TO PUT IT ON LOOP FOREVER.
I DON'T WATCH TORCHWOOD? SO HE IS JUST THIS NEBULOUS GOOD LOOKING GAY CLOUD HOVERING OVER THE UK, EXCEPT NOW HE SINGS AND REALLY, I HAVE JUST DESCRIBED THE IDEAL TREK MONSTER-OF-THE-WEEK.
HEATHEN! DOWNLOAD THOSE ALBUMS I PUT UP, SOME OF THE STUFF IS ACTUALLY QUITE DECENT. MR. SPOCK'S MUSIC FROM OUTER SPACE NEEDS TO BE LISTENED TO, AND THE TOUCH OF LEONARD NIMOY IS ALSO NOT AS EARSPLITTING AS MOST OF HIS OTHER STUFF. AND SOME OF IT IS ACTUALLY PLEASANT SOUNDING, TOO.
AT THE VERY LEAST, IT'LL CRACK YOU THE FUCK UP. FOR THIS I ESPECIALLY RECOMMEND "IF I WERE A CARPENTER".
HE WAS IN LOVE WITH BILL AND WROTE THE SONG FOR HIM.
Seriously, though, the thing is? Although a lot of the singing makes me facepalm, and a lot of them are sappy as hell, the intention behind most of the songs he picks makes me love him even more. Like, 90% of them are all about how we as humans need to treat each other better and should seek harmony and love and understanding. He's such an idealist, it makes my equally idealistic core GLOW with love. Also, his version of "Abraham Martin and John" is actually really good, if you ignore the trumpets.
SEE, I HAVE LISTENED TO THAT SONG ABOUT EIGHTY MILLION TIMES IN MY LIFE AND NEVER REALISED IT IS MEANT TO BE ABOUT A BUICK.I THOUGHT HE JUST CALLED IT THAT TO BE PRETENTIOUS AND CONFUSING.
I love Dylan, don't get me wrong. I actually wrote RPS about Dylan, I love him that much. He was my fandom for about two years. But he is delightfully pretentious. On purpose. I saw an interview once where he talked about how in the 60's, he used to write pretentious stuff that meant literally nothing, just to see whether the reviewers would still say it was excellent. And they did, of course.
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Date: 2009-08-19 12:26 am (UTC)So many to love, but particularly love, 16, 20,23 and 28.
Great job.
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Date: 2009-08-19 12:27 am (UTC)It never does stop giving, does it? I wish there had been eight hundred and seventy nine episodes. :)
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Date: 2009-08-19 02:37 am (UTC)BTW I am just waiting for my shiny new remastered TOS movies DVDs to arrive on my doorstep...then I will go Icon Mad again myself.
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Date: 2009-08-19 12:56 am (UTC)I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND.
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Date: 2009-08-19 12:57 am (UTC)BOB DYLAN JUST SLURRED THINGS ABOUT A BUICK I BET THEY WERE HOT.
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Date: 2009-08-19 01:03 am (UTC)I'VE NOT LISTENED TO ANY LEONARD NIMOY. EVER. EXCEPT THE BALLAD OF BILBO BAGGINS.
AND THIS SONG ON THE FANMIX? IS KIND OF MAKING ME CRY. IT MIGHT BE THE HORRIBLE DAY I'VE HAD, OR THE SHEER 70S BEAUTY, BUT IT MIGHT ALSO BE SHEER NERVOUS JOY THAT AT LEAST I WILL NEVER RECORD THIS SONG.
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Date: 2009-08-19 01:04 am (UTC)YOU KNOW WHAT, BB? THAT'S LIKE, THE ONLY SONG ON WHICH HIS SINGING DOES NOT ACTUALLY LITERALLY SPLIT MY EARS APART WITH AWFUL.
SO HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT IT NOW?
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Date: 2009-08-19 01:07 am (UTC)HOWEVER, JOHN BARROWMAN'S 'YOU'RE SO VAIN' IS FUCKING GORGEOUS BEYOND FUCKING WORDS AND I MIGHT HAVE TO PUT IT ON LOOP FOREVER.
OVERALL: MOOD = BETTER.
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Date: 2009-08-19 01:11 am (UTC)BARROWMAN: THE ONLY PERSON AS DELIGHTFULLY RIDICULOUS AS SHATNER.
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Date: 2009-08-19 02:16 am (UTC)AT THE VERY LEAST, IT'LL CRACK YOU THE FUCK UP. FOR THIS I ESPECIALLY RECOMMEND "IF I WERE A CARPENTER".
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Date: 2009-08-19 02:22 am (UTC)AND MAN, THE ORIGINAL 'IF I WERE A CARPENTER' WAS BAD ENOUGH!!!!
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Date: 2009-08-19 02:25 am (UTC)Seriously, though, the thing is? Although a lot of the singing makes me facepalm, and a lot of them are sappy as hell, the intention behind most of the songs he picks makes me love him even more. Like, 90% of them are all about how we as humans need to treat each other better and should seek harmony and love and understanding. He's such an idealist, it makes my equally idealistic core GLOW with love. Also, his version of "Abraham Martin and John" is actually really good, if you ignore the trumpets.
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Date: 2009-08-19 02:17 am (UTC)LOOK UP THE LYRICS, IT TOTALLY IS.
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Date: 2009-08-19 02:19 am (UTC)I love Dylan, don't get me wrong. I actually wrote RPS about Dylan, I love him that much. He was my fandom for about two years. But he is delightfully pretentious. On purpose. I saw an interview once where he talked about how in the 60's, he used to write pretentious stuff that meant literally nothing, just to see whether the reviewers would still say it was excellent. And they did, of course.
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Date: 2009-08-19 06:35 pm (UTC)These are lovely.
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