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View Poll Results: Still startled at how far Shatner's made it.
Yes - Long Distance Runaround 11 40.74%
William Shatner w/ Henry Rollins - I Can't Get Behind That 16 59.26%
Voters: 27. You may not vote on this poll

G001 R5 - Long Distance Runaround vs. I Can't Get Behind That
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Old Jul 5, 2008, 09:58 PM #1 (permalink) of 25
G001 R5 - Long Distance Runaround vs. I Can't Get Behind That

History: R1:Won by 2 (9-7 vs. Age of Shadows) R2:Won by 5 (10-5 vs. Baby, Please Don't Go) R3:Won by 6 (12-6 vs. Bottom of the Lake) R4:Won by 9 (13-4 vs. Pink Moon)
Yes - Long Distance Runaround (Download it!)

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History: R1:Won by 10 (12-2 vs. Whad Ya Think Of Me Now) R2:Won by Pangalin (7-7 vs. In The Aeroplane Over The Sea) R3:Won by 8 (12-4 vs. Coffee) R4:Won by 10 (15-5 vs. Marbles)
William Shatner w/ Henry Rollins - I Can't Get Behind That (Download it!)

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Old Jul 6, 2008, 02:20 PM Local time: Jul 6, 2008, 09:20 PM #2 (permalink) of 25
Long Distance Runaround, uhh, I don't expected it to do that well, I don't think I will ever become a fan of this kind of music.

The other song, hey, it's that tune from that awesome pairing in round number 4 I hope it rots.

Not a good pairing for round five. I am disappointed.
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Old Jul 8, 2008, 03:11 AM #3 (permalink) of 25
I thought the unspoken agreement was to eliminate all comedy non-options long before round five.

Christ folks, way to drop the ball.
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Old Jul 8, 2008, 03:17 AM Local time: Jul 8, 2008, 02:17 AM #4 (permalink) of 25
I thought the unspoken agreement was to eliminate all comedy non-options long before round five.

Christ folks, way to drop the ball.
A comedy non-option co-written, arranged and produced by Ben Folds featuring Henry Rollins.

Go back to Buffalo and shoddy piss-rock.

Here is what I believe is the paradigm that would be effective and what I would love to see, and you're going to laugh because Fox News is my model. What Fox has done is they've got a guy, Roger Ailes, who's passionate and has created a model for a 24-hour news station that makes money based on a point of view... Using Fox's model, find someone with the passion and the huevos to just lay it on the line - not in a partisan way, not in the pursuit of political power and political gain, but in the pursuit of credibility. In the pursuit of being a judge, an arbiter, and earning the trust of the audience over time as an oversight to the shenanigans of the political world.
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Old Jul 8, 2008, 03:23 AM Local time: Jul 8, 2008, 01:23 AM #5 (permalink) of 25
Here, Deni, since you didn't outright say it:

Shut the fuck up, Crash.
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Old Jul 8, 2008, 03:31 AM Local time: Jul 8, 2008, 01:31 AM #6 (permalink) of 25
The only Shatner song that should ever be heard for more than half a second is his rendition of Mr. Tambourine Man. And that's just because not only is he terrible, but the arrangement is as well.


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Old Jul 8, 2008, 03:35 AM Local time: Jul 8, 2008, 02:35 AM #7 (permalink) of 25
The only Shatner song that should ever be heard for more than half a second is his rendition of Mr. Tambourine Man. And that's just because not only is he terrible, but the arrangement is as well.
His first albums suck. We all know it. Which is part of what makes Has Been such a brilliant triumph for the Shat. He gets it arranged by one of the more talented producers in the industry, he works with an amazing array of talented artists, and he makes a fully enjoyable album. It's got some great hooks, a few fantastic stories, and a thoroughly enjoyable feel to it.

The fact you're still bitching about Mr. Tambourine Man 40 years after the fact just shows you haven't really listened to his most recent album. He got Joe Jackson in on it for fuck's sake. Critical acclaim for a reason. It's easy to bitch because yes, it's Captain Kirk, but fucking christ, Captain Kirk made a good album. How great is that?

Here is what I believe is the paradigm that would be effective and what I would love to see, and you're going to laugh because Fox News is my model. What Fox has done is they've got a guy, Roger Ailes, who's passionate and has created a model for a 24-hour news station that makes money based on a point of view... Using Fox's model, find someone with the passion and the huevos to just lay it on the line - not in a partisan way, not in the pursuit of political power and political gain, but in the pursuit of credibility. In the pursuit of being a judge, an arbiter, and earning the trust of the audience over time as an oversight to the shenanigans of the political world.
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Old Jul 8, 2008, 03:40 AM #8 (permalink) of 25
It's barely even music. It's psychotic ranting with a beatnik line for atmosphere. It has some lol value but musically, it's rice paper.

I dig Shatner as a person. I dig Rollins as an orator. I even dig Rollins' music. Put some Black Flag in this competition. I could get behind that.

But you go ahead and drop those names! Ben Folds. He didn't actually sing or play an instrument on this track, but whatever. That's fine. So, next time you speak out against a song I like, the fair defense will be to reveal the producer's identity so as to stifle all naysaying. There is obviously no recourse from the knowledge that although a song is horrendous and without musical merit, this was purely by design thanks to the immaculate vision of the producer!

C'mon, if your only other bit of defense is my geographic location, which is absurdly irrelevant to anything in this thread, it's rather apparent that my original point stands and you've failed to defend your precious joke track.


Also lolling at Rotorblade's defense which basically boils down to:

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Old Jul 8, 2008, 03:41 AM Local time: Jul 8, 2008, 02:41 AM 1 #9 (permalink) of 25
Except that Folds did play the music on the entire album. Including Can't Get Behind That.

Just because you have shitty taste in music doesn't make it a joke track, Crash.

But please, feel free to use 300 words to say what 15 should. I'm sure we'll all care and believe you more for it.

Here is what I believe is the paradigm that would be effective and what I would love to see, and you're going to laugh because Fox News is my model. What Fox has done is they've got a guy, Roger Ailes, who's passionate and has created a model for a 24-hour news station that makes money based on a point of view... Using Fox's model, find someone with the passion and the huevos to just lay it on the line - not in a partisan way, not in the pursuit of political power and political gain, but in the pursuit of credibility. In the pursuit of being a judge, an arbiter, and earning the trust of the audience over time as an oversight to the shenanigans of the political world.
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Old Jul 8, 2008, 03:46 AM #10 (permalink) of 25
Just because you have shitty taste in music doesn't make it a joke track, Crash.
Are you fucking stupid? The song features William Shatner!

How could this not be a joke?
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Old Jul 8, 2008, 03:49 AM Local time: Jul 8, 2008, 02:49 AM #11 (permalink) of 25
Are you fucking stupid? The song features William Shatner!

How could this not be a joke?
Because I actually listened to that song, and the album, instead of just reading the artist's name.

Give it a shot sometime. Might hear something cool.

Here is what I believe is the paradigm that would be effective and what I would love to see, and you're going to laugh because Fox News is my model. What Fox has done is they've got a guy, Roger Ailes, who's passionate and has created a model for a 24-hour news station that makes money based on a point of view... Using Fox's model, find someone with the passion and the huevos to just lay it on the line - not in a partisan way, not in the pursuit of political power and political gain, but in the pursuit of credibility. In the pursuit of being a judge, an arbiter, and earning the trust of the audience over time as an oversight to the shenanigans of the political world.
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Old Jul 8, 2008, 03:50 AM Local time: Jul 8, 2008, 01:50 AM #12 (permalink) of 25
Why would I want or need to waste words on an explanation when your fingers keep punching keys to go on about technicalities and what inevitably is a personal problem based on what you perceive musically, Crash? Oh, and lol at you still talking.
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Old Jul 8, 2008, 03:57 AM Local time: Jul 8, 2008, 01:57 AM #13 (permalink) of 25
Are you fucking stupid? The song features William Shatner!
That alone kind of makes it seem like you judge it negatively based solely on how you feel about the artist. Either way, I voted for Captain Kirk because I actually like it more as a song. I KNOW, WHAT A CONCEPT.
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Old Jul 8, 2008, 03:59 AM Local time: Jul 8, 2008, 01:59 AM 1 1 #14 (permalink) of 25
What does the rest of the album matter if this one song is still a piece of shit? I mean, if I want to listen to ridiculous nonsensical aimless songs, I've already got this.


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Old Jul 8, 2008, 04:05 AM Local time: Jul 8, 2008, 03:05 AM #15 (permalink) of 25
Because the song isn't shit. And neither is the album. Crash wants to hate on it purely for being Shat, but the fact that it's Shat AND good is damned impressive.

Here is what I believe is the paradigm that would be effective and what I would love to see, and you're going to laugh because Fox News is my model. What Fox has done is they've got a guy, Roger Ailes, who's passionate and has created a model for a 24-hour news station that makes money based on a point of view... Using Fox's model, find someone with the passion and the huevos to just lay it on the line - not in a partisan way, not in the pursuit of political power and political gain, but in the pursuit of credibility. In the pursuit of being a judge, an arbiter, and earning the trust of the audience over time as an oversight to the shenanigans of the political world.
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Old Jul 8, 2008, 04:14 AM #16 (permalink) of 25
I listened to the song too. Thought it was kinda dumb, said so. People got butthurt because I had an opinion. Like I've never had one of those before. Deni, you insulting my hometown was just silly. Rotorblade, telling me to shut the fuck up for having a differing opinion? Priceless. (Also, lol at you coming back to this thread. You're not fooling anyone, you know.)

So I'll just be sure to keep my future opinions within the popular majority. That'll make everyone happy! Except for those sad losers in the minority, but fuck them, there's more of us!

I'll just change the poll results later anyhow. It'll all be cool in the end.
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Old Jul 8, 2008, 04:19 AM Local time: Jul 8, 2008, 02:19 AM #17 (permalink) of 25
I never said I was leaving. Seeing as how this



is your defense. Man, you just played yourself.
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Old Jul 8, 2008, 04:31 AM Local time: Jul 8, 2008, 05:31 PM #18 (permalink) of 25
Wow, Deni isn't licking Crash's asshole for a change.