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Douglas Berry ([personal profile] gridlore) wrote2007-04-07 08:12 am
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"Barry Manilow, Mr Rico! Millions of him!"

On occasion, I will set aside my curmudgeonly ways and put iTunes on shuffle and risk hearing music I'm not familiar with.

I know, such bravery deserves a Silver Star at least.

But recently, Kirsten added everything Barry Manilow has ever done, including Gregorian chants, the little known Manilow/Johnny Rotten sessions, and a badly dubbed tape of Barry singing "The Itsy-Bitsy Spider" when he was three, to our library. So when I refreshed the iTunes shuffle list, I was shocked and terrified by what I saw.

Manilow. Everywhere! With grim determination, I began deleting him where ever he popped up. There! Between Crossroads and Hallowed Be Thy Name! Two more at the bottom of the screen! Aiiee!!

I really can't stand his music. So of course I married a Barry fanatic. It's a fair trade off, she can't stand Bob Dylan.

She's weird.

[identity profile] firestrike.livejournal.com 2007-04-07 04:30 pm (UTC)(link)
And I see that you're burning him down.

[identity profile] cmdr-zoom.livejournal.com 2007-04-07 06:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Beat me to it.

Waitaminute there...

[identity profile] the-ogre.livejournal.com 2007-04-07 04:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Barry Manilow and Johnny "Oh my god my teeth are green and rotten" Lydon did studio sessions together?

What, were they doing ad-hoc interpretations of unknown Papuan love chants?

Re: Waitaminute there...

[identity profile] gridlore.livejournal.com 2007-04-07 04:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Not sure, but Bill Kirchen is listed as the lead guitar!

C'mon everyone, let's build The Band From Hell!

Re: Waitaminute there...

[identity profile] isomeme.livejournal.com 2007-04-07 05:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Jeff Lynne on backing vocals and (shiver) production.

Nice reference in the title, by the way.