[Rhodes22-list] Half Time was STATUS

[Steve Alm]

Steve,
I especially like the new Allan Jackson / Jimmy Buffett song, It's Five
O'clock Somewhere.  8-)

Slim

On 2/5/04 9:57 AM, "Steve" <rhodes2282 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Slim
> Well, I must say; with today music the way it is, I
> like country music more than any of this new rock
> stuff that out.  Unless we're taking about Jimmy
> Buffett - That my bourbon & 7 sailing music there:-)
> Steve
> 
> 
> --- Steve Alm <salm at mn.rr.com> wrote:
>> I agree with Rummy that it was the worst HT show in
>> memory.  The whole
>> presentation seemed like one big overblown sex show.
>>  The content of every
>> song was nothing but sex.  I'm certainly not a prude
>> (as some of you already
>> know) but I like to think of the HT show as a
>> thumb-on-the-pulse of American
>> popular culture.  I also agree with Rik that there
>> are big sales at hand
>> here, but I'm surprised at the
>> lowest-common-denominator approach to this
>> presentation.  Not only that, but there was really
>> nothing for the "older"
>> viewers to like--musically speaking.  I don't mean
>> to sound like a snob but
>> if you're older than 22, you probably don't buy
>> Nelly or Kid Rock CD's.  I
>> confess, I DO like some rap and I've always
>> appreciated the rebellious
>> nature of young performers, but still I have to give
>> it a thumbs down for
>> not providing what I expect in a HT show--universal
>> appeal.  Note:  during
>> the Kid Rock segment, the broadcast went black for a
>> couple seconds.  Was it
>> just my area or was that a censor?
>> 
>> And then came JJ's boob.  At first I thought, No
>> Way!  That's not really her
>> bare breast is it?  That's gotta be a mock-up or
>> prosthetic or some kind of
>> "theater thing."  I wasn't sure until I saw Rummy's
>> post of the picture--and
>> keep the porn coming, Rummy!  8-)  I thought of Mick
>> Jagger when he tore off
>> Tina Turner's skirt during a live performance on
>> stage revealing a scant
>> pair of panties.  Pretty tame by today's standards
>> but at the time it was
>> scandalous.  Both Jagger and Turner acknowledged
>> that the stunt was NOT
>> planned, but who really knows?  Both JJ and JT had
>> the same story--that it
>> was a case of "costume failure." Judging by the look
>> on her face, my guess
>> is that it truly was an accident, but who really
>> knows?  After all, she IS
>> an actress.  Then again, if her boob was supposed to
>> flop out, it might as
>> well be decorated with a fancy (and
>> dangerous/painful) looking piece of
>> hardware.  And besides, we all know that even bad
>> press is sometimes good
>> press.  I can't help but question the timing, what
>> with her brother's
>> troubles right now.  It'll be very interesting to
>> see how this plays out.
>> 
>> Slim
>> 
>> On 2/3/04 3:39 PM, "Rik Sandberg"
>> <sanderico at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> Rummy,
>>> 
>>> Not sure I agree with you. Jackson/Timberlake will
>> probably be selling CDs/
>>> videos, etc. for months over this.....Millions of
>> them. I think they expected
>>> to be in deep shit over this and added up the
>> costs (fines, whatever) and
>>> figured they'd still knock down a cool few
>> million.
>>> 
>>> All this uproar over this is exactly what they
>> wanted. If the Gov't was smart,
>>> the fine would be a LARGE percentage of the
>> profits of future sales, not a
>>> flat sum.
>>> 
>>> Rik
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 02/03/2004 03:14 pm, R22RumRunner at aol.com
>> wrote:
>>>> Mark,
>>>> I don't think it worked for them. The e-mails to
>> the NFL, CBS and the
>>>> Federal Communications Commission have not been
>> positive. I think there
>>>> will be punishment for that little fiasco. Aside
>> from the nudity, it was a
>>>> really shitty show.
>>>> 
>>>> Rummy
>>>> 
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