Tonight we will see the FNCMFPECDAA again breaking some new ground.
This should prove to be entertaining.
Tonight we have…….. ………. ………..
John Belushi or Jack Black?
And, tonight would also be a good time to point out that it is clearly stated in the FNCMFPECDAA Covenants and Bylaws;
At no time will discussion during any Friday Night Cage Match/Fondue Party/Evolving Conversation/Dancing About Architecture be restricted to matters of musical performance and/or musical output of the contestants in question. Any criteria is fair game and at the discretion of the individual participant
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Sans Direction wrote,
Hrmm.
Blues Brothers vs. Tenacious D.
Animal House vs. School of Rock.
“Excuuuuuuuusee meee!” vs. “You can be, and are, wrong.”
[ Animal House, 1941, Blues Brothers, Continental Divide, Neighbors ] vs. [ Tropic Thunder, Kung Fu Panda, Be Kind Rewind, Margot at the Wedding, The Holiday, Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny, Nacho Libre, King Kong, Shark Tale, Envy, The School of Rock, Orange County, Shallow Hal, Saving Silverman , High Fidelity, and whatever other movies he might make in the future, not dying of an OD in Chateau Marmont. ]
OTOH, there’s many many hours of SNL, the best SNL, vs what?
Still I must say Jack Black.
Link | August 22nd, 2008 at 6:45 pm
Pat Darnell and Friends wrote,
“…But one man’s faith in something may be evidence of his lack of faith in something else.” pribek
For instance:
Even if later it was proved some girl had put the poison in his arm, John Belushi was a hard knock-ster. My entertainers from Saturday Night Live were Coltrane sorts. Walk on stage from real life.
John Belushi is what I loosely call a “Blue Collar Actor/ Entertainer.” No Ivy league chicken ass kisser… and that is my preference, if not my delusion. John Belushi seemed a composite of my own days living and working back then. “Hey, did you see ‘Saturday Night Live’ last weekend…?” someone at work would ask me at work. Instant recognition, instant smile, “He, he, “da’ Blues Brothers… dose’ ConeHeads…?’ Yep.”
Our own Vaudevillian theater of unbeknown — hard working blue collar stand up triple threats… Guest bands sucked compared to the house band, and the rhythm of walk-on Rock Stars were eat up compared to Dan Akroyd and John Belushi, Garrett, Laraine, Jane, Gilda, Kate… those are who I looked forward to every Saturday Night after my week’s eating the s**t sandwich. In ‘75 I was just twenty. George Carlin was the first emcee, for chrisus’ sake….
I have too much invested in the Saturday Night Live performers, and must stand by them to the end.
Jack Black is fabulous, and Kung Fu Panda is the best movie of this summer ‘08… thanks for the challenge.
John Belushi. Final answer.
Link | August 23rd, 2008 at 12:50 am
Pribek wrote,
My 18-year-old stepson knows Tenacious D songs note for note. It’s like a cliff notes version of everything from Jethro Tull through Judas Priest. Not a bad deal because he can bypass a lot of crap.
I never bought the Blues Brothers idea. I know that it turned new fans on to the blues but, I don’t know….yeah, I know they had all those great players and the funny little dance and all but…well, it just sucked OK? But, people loved it. People still love it. I got a friend over in Branson that’s putting on the Belushi duds and preparing to do the cartwheels as we speak. How can you do “Sweet Home Chicago” and not do the “Dust My Broom Lick”? Maybe, that’s my big beef with the Blues Brothers, I’ve had to play those arrangements in bar bands my whole life. Maybe, if I had to go play Tenacious D songs, I’d dislike them more. “The Commitments”; that was worse right there. All through the 80s, if you played a blues song it was from the Blues Brothers, then, the fucking Commitments. That’ll get you off of it.
But, I never thought Belushi was about the Blues Brothers. I think he was about aggressively getting attention and entertaining. Whatever it took and whatever worked. Bang you head in to the wall until they look and keep doing it until they laugh. Along the way, a pretty artful guy who not only used physical comedy but, was aware of how Chaplin could use a facial expression to convey a deep, subtle emotion. The other side of physical comedy.
I never bought the notion that Chris Farley was the heir to Belushi. He was aware of what Belushi did and emulated it but, it never seemed fresh. He was funny, don’t get me wrong but, it wasn’t as heavy as Belushi.
Jack Black though, that guy has the same ingredients. He’ll bang his head to get your attention and then, wrinkle a brow and you are rooting for a modern day little tramp. Plus, I don’t think he’ll end up in the Chateau Marmont, strung out with Gordon Lightfoot’s ex groupie. Gordon Lightfoot!!?? What the hell is that? What’s the present day equivalent of an ex Gordon Lightfoot groupie with a bag of heroin?
No, Black ain’t going to end up there.
He’s married to Charlie Hayden’s daughter. I didn’t know that, saw it somewhere the other day.
Diz, said; “They always remember the martyrs”. Belushi was a comic genius/martyr. So, he has an edge but, Jack Black is still putting together the body of work.
Link | August 23rd, 2008 at 12:29 pm
Pat Darnell and Friends wrote,
So?
Link | August 23rd, 2008 at 4:02 pm
Pribek wrote,
So? Whaddyha mean so? I was just throwing it out there, food for thought, so to speak. Instigating. Ingratiating. Irrigating.
Link | August 23rd, 2008 at 4:05 pm
Pat Darnell and Friends wrote,
Rules !!
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[BTW... who is Tenacious D?]
“Plus, I don’t think he’ll end up in the Chateau Marmont, strung out with Gordon Lightfoot’s ex groupie…” too funny; worth three MOINJK !! ’s
Link | August 24th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
Pribek wrote,
http://www.youtube.com/user/tenaciousD
Link | August 24th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Pat Darnell and Friends wrote,
Hmmmmmmm….. so that’s Tenacious D
(WIPY)
…the old double act… Ridiculous. Who does he think he is?
Link | August 24th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
J wrote,
Belushi was nuts. He actually hit Buck Henry in a spontaneous improv moment during one of the fabled Samuri sketches. The movie Blues Brothers featured the actual backing musicians from the fabled Stax Records studio in Memphis. That movie was a high point for many considering the sad demise at Stax.
I purchased the Tenacious D album, listened to it once and gave it away.
Final Answer - Jim Belushi
Link | August 25th, 2008 at 7:54 am