Very Harsh Rolling Stones Remark about SN

[dissention]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

Moreover, if they liked "Shut Us Down" - Oy

Oy is right. I have half a mind to phone FYE to ask them if they dole out complimentary earplugs with the purchase of the Elizabethtown soundtrack.

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by dissention

Oy is right. I have half a mind to phone FYE to ask them if they dole out complimentary earplugs with the purchase of the Elizabethtown soundtrack.

Not only that - but I walked out of that DOG of a movie - easily one of the worst things ever made - blech!

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by dissention

You miss my general point. The writer gets called a prick and a jerk just because he wrote an unfunny but delightfully bitchy comment on Stevie Nicks. That's pretty stupid. Might as well condemn all of those who write bitchy things about celebrities as pricks and jerks, why pick and choose?

I was being persnickety

[amber]

Originally Posted by dissention

You miss my general point. The writer gets called a prick and a jerk just because he wrote an unfunny but delightfully bitchy comment on Stevie Nicks. That's pretty stupid. Might as well condemn all of those who write bitchy things about celebrities as pricks and jerks, why pick and choose?

I thought it was lame because it was insulting without being funny, and also derivative. You shouldn't randomly insult people if it's not going to be funny, it makes you look like a dull turd, which is what RS is. And, I dunno, the whole thing was overly mean spirited to just be talking about how Stevie was at the cup.
And they couldn't think of anything besides the goat? But they had to say it anyway?
Lame.
I wasn't really offended, though, although it still seems clear that the guy is a prick. It's just too bad he's not better at it.
And seriously - "delightfully bitchy"?
I thought it was "moronic, you wish you were funny, but you're not, bitchy".
Wait, wait - did you like Home Improvement? JK.

Oh, and I like Lindsey's song okay.

[SapphireSister]

Originally Posted by dissention

How is the writer a prick? If he had written an equally bitchy comment about Michael Jackson, no one here would have batted an eyelash.

This isn't a Michael Jackson board now is it?

[catinthedark]

Originally Posted by David

Don't do that, Cat. Let's get together to jam on some Stevie songs!

I waited and waited for you all afternoon over here with my tambourine. You never showed.

[Serrart]

Originally Posted by dissention

You miss my general point. The writer gets called a prick and a jerk just because he wrote an unfunny but delightfully bitchy comment on Stevie Nicks. That's pretty stupid. Might as well condemn all of those who write bitchy things about celebrities as pricks and jerks, why pick and choose?

I think a "delightfully bitchy" comment has to be funny, original, or insightful to work. This was just childish and pathetically uninspiring, IMO. And if it was about MJ, I'd say the same.

Romy

[dissention]

Originally Posted by Serrart

I think a "delightfully bitchy" comment has to be funny, original, or insightful to work. This was just childish and pathetically uninspiring, IMO. And if it was about MJ, I'd say the same.

Romy

Ah, so you'd call him a prick and/or a jerk, Romy? I think not.

[Serrart]

Originally Posted by dissention

Ah, so you'd call him a prick and/or a jerk, Romy? I think not.

I'd call him a Rolling Stone journalist in a bad day, and would send him for Christmas The Complete Prose of Woody Allen.

Romy

[Johnny Stew]

Originally Posted by dissention

You miss my general point. The writer gets called a prick and a jerk just because he wrote an unfunny but delightfully bitchy comment on Stevie Nicks. That's pretty stupid. Might as well condemn all of those who write bitchy things about celebrities as pricks and jerks, why pick and choose?

I don't see how anything can be "unfunny" and yet "delightful" at the same time.
If it were a cleverly crafted zing, then it would be "delightfully bitchy." But, as it is, it was derivative and devoid of any panache.

For many of us, "bitchy" doesn't automatically equate humourous or entertaining. It's not a free pass.
We expect a degree of skill and acuity.