tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post6894094183896127184..comments2024-03-03T17:01:57.876-05:00Comments on Montreal Simon: The Night Stephen Harper CroakedSimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-78866410332346990982009-10-04T22:38:46.956-04:002009-10-04T22:38:46.956-04:00hi CK... You think he was lip synching...even thou...hi CK... You think he was lip synching...even though it was THAT bad? Somebody is going to get fired for that. Although I like the idea of a mechanical piano even BETTER... :)<br /><br />BTW for some reason I didn't realize you had a blog. But I'll be adding it to my blog roll immediately...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-31843059600494305152009-10-04T22:34:04.522-04:002009-10-04T22:34:04.522-04:00Hi jessisays...what really troubled me about that ...Hi jessisays...what really troubled me about that performance was the way Harper turned the Gala into a campaign event.<br />It's supposed to showcase our artists...who definitely need all the showcasing they can get.<br />So I just wish they'd given a real artist a chance to perform instead of that buffoon...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-13356979846953312672009-10-04T22:31:00.484-04:002009-10-04T22:31:00.484-04:00hi Geordie Tom...yes I did note that the rich peop...hi Geordie Tom...yes I did note that the rich people who can afford to attend that Gala did give him a standing ovation...or rattle their pearls.<br />But then they would eh? :)Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-62594992628881951162009-10-04T22:29:15.138-04:002009-10-04T22:29:15.138-04:00Hi 'berto ...yes I have heard the rumour he...Hi 'berto ...yes I have heard the rumour he's from Ontario. But he adopted Alberta a long time ago so I'm certainly not going to let any small details get in the way of a good story.<br />Besides have YOU seen his birth certificate?<br />AH HA. So how can you be so sure? ;)Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-76237416966829597562009-10-04T22:25:42.514-04:002009-10-04T22:25:42.514-04:00Hi skdadl...well I'm not sure it's possibl...Hi skdadl...well I'm not sure it's possible to humanize Harper. But I sure LOVE Danyl Johnson !!! Wow how did I miss him? He's not only a good singer he's really cute. I favourited him immediately... :)Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-55077342739053842252009-10-04T22:19:28.360-04:002009-10-04T22:19:28.360-04:00Hi Oemissions...I'm glad you liked the Joe Coc...Hi Oemissions...I'm glad you liked the Joe Cocker song. I know the movie Woodstock by heart, and I love just about all the songs, but I think that one is my favourite.<br />As for Stephen Harper's performance, I'll give him credit for nerve, but I thought it politicized the Gala and that was absolutely disgraceful.I know a few straving artists in this country who deserve to be up there. But instead we got Harper...how horrible...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-89240961164822369672009-10-04T11:23:51.700-04:002009-10-04T11:23:51.700-04:00Simon, I caught the video: it's posted to my b...Simon, I caught the video: it's posted to my blog, if you're interested: http://sistersagesmusings.blogspot.com/2009/10/stevies-debut.html<br /><br />Obviously, he was lip-syncing. Hell, I'm not sure he is even playing the piano for real. I did hear some scratchy back-up vocals, though that was sort of reminiscant of a cat scratching a blackboard.CKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10762523064802036223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-62521264310623709752009-10-04T10:07:46.027-04:002009-10-04T10:07:46.027-04:00It is a great relief to find someone else so great...It is a great relief to find someone else so greatly troubled by that performance.<br /><br />Thank you for the clip of Joe.J MacEachernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11593795859375654621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-27659975277063552092009-10-04T08:50:16.639-04:002009-10-04T08:50:16.639-04:00You missed out the standing ovation from the audie...You missed out the standing ovation from the audience. Guess people who paid to go there didn't feel too ripped off!Geordie Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-47179397676803951652009-10-04T08:32:41.896-04:002009-10-04T08:32:41.896-04:00"You know ...after listening to that song...i...<i>"You know ...after listening to that song...it strikes me that with a little help from our friends...and a little unity on the progressive side.<br /><br />We could send those crass Cons back to Alberta."</i><br /><br />Errrmmmmm..... you ARE aware that li'l Steevie Harper is from ONTARIO, no?'bertohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09359719357963538654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-79898101788710465892009-10-04T08:19:49.584-04:002009-10-04T08:19:49.584-04:00Och, that gave me a laugh.
Well, Simon, you neve...Och, that gave me a laugh. <br /><br />Well, Simon, you never know -- maybe the experience will have a humanizing effect on the guy.<br /><br />I agree that Cocker's version is the classic -- that <i>is</i> how it's done. Have you seen, though, the cover done by Danyl Johnson, a current contestant in the British X Factor? He's more or less doing Cocker, but he's very good.skdadlhttp://www.pogge.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-36711109165557778822009-10-04T07:16:51.559-04:002009-10-04T07:16:51.559-04:00Oh, that Joe Cocker version is the BEST!!! Thanks ...Oh, that Joe Cocker version is the BEST!!! Thanks so much Simon, I had forgotten about it,after getting so<br />hopeful about a Coalition Accord which reminded me of the sixties ideals and then falling into despair with the world's political shenanigans this year.<br />They should have gone the whole hog and put Steve in a Sgt. Pepper's suit. Which colour I'm not sure since Messieur Ignatieff has been seen appearing in a bright light blue one.<br />Its nice that our PM can play some piano but he won't make Canadian Idol.Well, there isn't one this year, anyhow.Finances.<br />After this performance, will the polls go up for the Cons?<br />I now know what the belly paunch is from. Its NOT a beer belly. Its a Horton's jelly donut protrusion.Oemissionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15052778663890940687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-21363688099068628182009-10-04T01:21:33.854-04:002009-10-04T01:21:33.854-04:00Hi CK...after you asked that question I went and c...Hi CK...after you asked that question I went and checked and sure enough it is...and it's GHASTLY.<br />I was worried it might help give him a majority, but now I'm thinking it could cost him his job...<br />As for your idea of remaking the song...don't give me any more wicked ideas I've got enough of them... :)Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-88252687678801996532009-10-04T00:31:47.389-04:002009-10-04T00:31:47.389-04:00Yikes! Is that version actually out on youtube? Fo...Yikes! Is that version actually out on youtube? Forgive me! Morbid curiosity is a poor character trait of mine.<br /><br />You know, Simon, there is nothing to stop you or a musician friend to remake the song with the 'tomato' lyrics... Put it up on Youtube & then photoshop ol' Stevie at the piano with splotched tomatoes at him!CKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10762523064802036223noreply@blogger.com