Comments on: Oh, the shame!

By: Sarah C.

Sarah C. — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:14:35 +0000

If I remember correctly, the Jack Black character in High Fidelity actually kicks someone out of the record store for asking for a copy of “I Just Called To Say I Love You”. I don’t particularly see the harm in that song, but maybe that’s just because I’m young and unschooled in the ways of the world…

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:06:53 +0000

You know, I actually proof read that post four times knowing that a typo/spelling error would set me up for further ribbing with extra hot sauce. Never saw it. Still, I read somewhere that people with lysdexia almost certainly have an IQ of 125. Which is what I tell myself to stop the night weeping.

By: Campfires & Battlefields

Campfires & Battlefields — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:42:00 +0000

Didn’t you mean With all love and affection? Sorry, Bne, didt’n mena to poek fnu.

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:14:09 +0000

Will all love and affection: piss off both of you.

Pedantic shit like that makes us dyslexics want to hide from the internet altogether. You know that and fear of waking up next to Rod Stewart.

By: Campfires & Battlefields

Campfires & Battlefields — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:39:56 +0000

“A country version of singed sealed delivered”? Singed indeed.

By: a tart

a tart — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:18:23 +0000

wait….. there’s a *correct* way to pronounce Caribbean? WTH?

By: Dylan

Dylan — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:43:45 +0000

I know Rrandy was trying to put me back in my place, but I’ve never been called a “Rock Critic” before. I was quite chuffed with that!

I agree, Mr; Wonder’s not all bad. I actually have a soft spot for I Believe When I Fall In Love…. I think I would need a lot of convincing about a country version of Singed Sealed Delivered though, but I’ll keep an open mind on your recommendation though, Ben.

By: Campfires & Battlefields

Campfires & Battlefields — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:36:29 +0000

Oh good Lord, Stevie Wonder is an absolute genius. His output from the mid-1960s to the end of the 1970s is hardly to be rivalled. Innervisions, Talking Book, and Songs In The Key of Life are all legitimate classics, and Music of My Mind is not far behind. It's just that Part Time Lover sucks whole fat yummy fucking elephant dicks.

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:25:28 +0000

Also, and I’m sure rrandy is a nice fellow and all but, is there any phrase that says “I only have balls when typing on the internet” like “and if you knew anything…”. Good gravy!

I may have to spring to the defence of Stevie Wonder here. I was dragged kicking and screaming to his concert by my wife. It was a spectacular amount of fun. And listening to a country version of ‘Signed Sealed Delivered’ (I think it was part of demonstrating how music is universal or some such nonsense) was fantastic. The man has written a lot of good music. Just… you know… not that song.

By: Dylan

Dylan — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:05:38 +0000

No, Part Time Lover was definitely Stevie Wonder. It was the follow-up to I Just Called To Say I Love You which is such a bad song it's listed under the Geneva convention as a crime against humanity. Billy Ocean did Caribbean Queen at around the same time, bemusing American audiences by pronouncing 'caribbean' correctly in the chorus. There was a dance song a couple of years back which sampled that Rockwell track, but they only sampled the hookline. However, instead of building the sample somewhere into a new song, the dance-maestro-producers responsible for the track simply repeated those few seconds over and over ad nauseum. There were stories that people in nightclubs were actually begging DJs to put on I Just Called To Say I Love You by Stevie Wonder instead. Or Black Kids.