Breathing isn't cliche. I don't get that.
I think that's Amanda's point. Just because something is done all the time, that doesn't you should stop doing it.
Anya Christina Emmanuella Jenkins. Twenty years old. Born on the fourth of July — and don't think there weren't jokes about that my whole life, mister, 'cause there were. 'Who's our little patriot?' they'd say, when I was younger and therefore smaller and shorter than I am now.
Anya ,'Potential'
Buffista Music III: The Search for Bach
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Jon B. - Mar 14, 2008 8:34:38 am PDT #7378 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
shrift - Mar 14, 2008 8:35:23 am PDT #7379 of 10003
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
It says that there are people who hadn't heard it before it was on AI this week.
Oh, god. Is that why Jeff Buckley's cover of "Hallelujah" was the #1 song on iTunes this week?
Jon B. - Mar 14, 2008 8:36:20 am PDT #7380 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Shrift: In the Globe article it says that the AI judges specifically mentioned Buckley's version.
shrift - Mar 14, 2008 8:45:14 am PDT #7381 of 10003
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I should just be happy that they're listening to Buckley at all, huh.
Atropa - Mar 14, 2008 9:34:28 am PDT #7382 of 10003
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I think that's Amanda's point. Just because something is done all the time, that doesn't you should stop doing it.
Yes. Oh good god, yes. She's right.
lisah - Mar 14, 2008 9:39:13 am PDT #7383 of 10003
Punishingly Intricate
I think that's Amanda's point. Just because something is done all the time, that doesn't you should stop doing it.
Well, yeah, I get that. But breathing is still not a cliche.
Jon B. - Mar 14, 2008 10:31:18 am PDT #7384 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Well, yeah, I get that. But breathing is still not a cliche.
And neither is playing "Hallelujah", is her point.
sumi - Mar 14, 2008 10:35:13 am PDT #7385 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!
Yeah, but using it in musical montages on tv is.
Hayden - Mar 14, 2008 10:36:04 am PDT #7386 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
xpost, responding to Jon.
Mmm, I don't agree with that. Breathing's not a cliche because a cliche is a creative action, a phrase or concept or something like that. Playing a song can be a cliche, maybe not like yelling for "Free Bird," but covering "Hallelujah" is getting there if it isn't there already. I think Lisa's right. The analogy doesn't make sense, although the feeling behind the analogy does.
Jon B. - Mar 14, 2008 10:40:30 am PDT #7387 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Let me explain it mathily.
Amanda Palmer postulates that:
IF [(playing "Hallelujah") == cliché] THEN [(breathing) == cliché]
Therefore, it follows, by some rule of logic that I've completely forgotten the name of, that:
IF [breathing != cliché] THEN [(playing "Hallelujah") != cliché]
Since we know, courtesy of Lisah's Law, that [breathing != cliché], we can state conclusively that [(playing "Hallelujah") != cliché]
QED