I'm thinking about buying the Gwen Stefani CD. Am I a bad person?

[Pale Blue Dot]

Poll question: I'm thinking about buying the Gwen Stefani CD. Am I a bad person?

[JanMichael]

1. Yes. Neil Finn would put a hit out on you.

Bad.

[Pale Blue Dot]

2. But it's so #*^#! catchy!

And hey - does this mean if I bought the Gwen Stefani CD, Neil Finn would actually know my name and address? I've been trying to tell him for years, but then he got the restraining order....

[philosophie_en_rose]

3. yes.

she pays Japanese women to follow her around like puppies.

[Pale Blue Dot]

4. You say that like it's a bad thing.

:shrug:

[philosophie_en_rose]

16. .

if you have to pay your posse and tell them how to act, you're not cool.

[Pale Blue Dot]

17. Well, I pay my posse, but not very much.

And they only have to follow me around from 11-3 Mondays and Wednesdays. I tried to negotiate some Saturday time, but with posses, it's all about the benjamins.

[AZBlue]

30. I feel your pain

Mine wanted double $$ for Saturdays!

[DS1]

5. How about you send me scans of the inside photos of Gwen, and

I'll forget this ever happened :D

[Pale Blue Dot]

7. Actually, I can probably get someone to burn this for me.

That's right, I'd listen to the music without even looking at her picture.

[Floogeldy]

6. You're not a bad person.

You're just goofy and not musically sophisticated.

;)

[Pale Blue Dot]

10. Well, goofy is right.

As for musical sophistication, I like ABBA, and you don't get much more sophisticated than that. :P

[Floogeldy]

15. Don't tell anybody, but . . .

. . . I'm goofy, too.

;)

[Initech]

8. I'm completely destroying the next radio that plays "Hollaback Girl".

And then I'm making Sony buy me a new one!

[Pale Blue Dot]

11. Believe it or not, I'm so out of it, so unhip,

that I just heard this song for the first time one month ago. Nobody can explain to me what a 'hollaback girl' is, even my girlfriend's 13-year-old daughter.

[bettyellen]

14. hollaback = catch you later

and both imply "if i don't find something better to do"

[LSK]

40. i still havnt heard it

I may never hear it unless they play it on Air America.

[Initech]

41. You're one of the lucky ones!

Ugh, I swear it's easily one of the most annoying songs ever recorded.

Besides the Celine Dion love song from the Titanic movie.

[LSK]

42. yeah, but I feel so left out

Like a musical bubble boy in reverse or something. :shrug:

[mvd]

9. No, it just means you're varied like I am

I'm not a fan of "Hollaback Girl," but I like the CD. :hi:

[Pale Blue Dot]

12. Did you get the new David Gray?

It's awesome - same producer as the last Rufus Wainwright CD. I highly recommend it. :hi:

[mvd]

19. No, but it's on my wish list

Thanks for the recommendation!

[tuvor]

13. It's a pretty good album.

Not as much actual singing as I might like, but I thought it was worth the $12.99 CDN.

[tarkus]

18. I am actually thinking about buying it myself.

The last CDs I have bought have been by like... Jethro Tull and Charlie Parker... But the Gwen Stefani album and the new Kanye West are really tempting me.

[SarahB]

20. Don't buy it.

I'll burn Audrey's for you. :P

p.s. Love the Brady pics! :loveya:

[Pale Blue Dot]

21. Will she continue to think I'm super-hip and cool?

I really don't want to lose the "street cred" I've built up with her.

As for the pics, they look kind of natural, don't they? :loveya:

[SarahB]

26. Here's what she did when she saw this...

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

She left it at her dad's. :( Maybe she can bring it Thursday. Then I will torment you all night long (with the CD that is :evilgrin:)!


I love you, my geek. :loveya:

[UrbScotty]

22. Yes, but I forgive you in the name of the Father...

...and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, and of Ronald Reagan, Amen.

:evilgrin:

[Zomby Woof]

23. Good person

But you sure have shitty taste in music. :P

[applegrove]

24. I love the new video about meeting an ex & his bride. It is so sweet.

[RetroLounge]

25. My wife bought it.

Yes, I listened to it. I was horrified to find out I actually liked some of it...

Shhhh. Don't tell.

RL

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

27. BUY IT! IT FUCKING ROCKS!

Rich Girl is the best dance song of the 00's so far!

[TroubleMan]

29. Oh no.....she remade "Rich Girl"....the old reggae song??

by Louchie Lou and Michie One

"If I was a rich girl, nana nana nana nananana
I'd have all the money in the world
if I was a wealthy girl."

That's a fucking classic, and I bet she didn't even use the Fever Pitch riddim.

I'm going to have to check that out, because there's just some songs you shouldn't remake.

[mvd]

31. That's the song

She did a good job, I thought. The Gwen version has what seems like a million writers, including Chantal Kreviazuk, (was surprised to see her on this one,) so I bet there was some touching up of the song.

My favorites on the CD are "Cool," "Bubble Pop Electric," "Harajuku Girls," and "Crash."

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

34. Ska is Stefani's strong suit..she does a great job

[khashka]

28. I am so disappointed....

Ok, granted I'm gay but would enjoy getting into Gwen's panties... but really! You want good Gwen? Go back to No Doubt. Return of Saturn.

Sheesh! Boy! I'm beginning to question SarahBelle's taste in men!


Khash.

[LaraMN]

32. Not so long as you aren't picking up this to go with it:

[ghostsofgiants]

33. No...

It just makes you a person with horrible taste in music.

[mvd]

35. We'd say you're the one with the bad taste

:P

Seriously, music is subjective. That can't be repeated enough here in the Lounge sometimes. Of course, some music is more complex than other music, but I'd take Gwen over Xiu Xiu.

[ghostsofgiants]

36. It's not that I don't like Gwen...

I just hate her solo stuff. No Doubt has some great stuff out. "Tragic Kingdom" was one of my favourite albums during the mid-90s. I had hoped that her solo album would at least be decent.

[mvd]

38. Well, then we disagree

I like her No Doubt stuff too, but it is not a LOT better IMO. Like an A, A- vs. a B+.

[ghostsofgiants]

39. Personally, I'd give the solo album a C+ at the very best

Some catchy songs, but after two or three listens I'm Jack Torrance and wherever I am becomes The Overlook hotel...so to speak, haha.

But like you said, it's subjective.

[GirlinContempt]

37. Clearly