Althouse: "Dion, every time I see him — every time I see him, I get so tired of it

June 12, 2014

"Dion, every time I see him — every time I see him, I get so tired of it—the first words out of his mouth are..."

"'If it wasn’t for you, there’d be no ‘Runaround Sue.'"

Said Gary U.S. Bonds.

12 comments:

Gahrie said...: This is simply a case of Dion trying to avoid a charge of cultural appropriation. What he should do is pay Gary reparations for his crime of White priviledge.

First.; 6/12/14, 6:34 PM
The Crack Emcee said...: "One night when I walked off the stage, Sam grabbed me and slapped me upside my head, and said, "Damn it, I told you to do it, now do it!"

ART.

Gahrie,

"First."

First to prove he doesn't understand reparations, but will still resist the idea, because, well - in your case it's obvious - you're a racist. The reason why reparations should be paid. You want to inflict pain.

This constant attempt at minimizing the real anguish of others - who needs it? I can argue that you do, indeed, need help, simply for that reason - or do you think Ta-Nahisi Coates, for instance, wrote his 16,000 word essay on reparations for blacks to amuse you?

No, you KNOW this matters - it's about one of America's original sins - but still you persist in acting as the worst of our citizens have. Pretend we're crazy, or don't know you, when all you do is show your ass. We're not the only ones who have no shame.

We're just the ones with a reason,...; 6/12/14, 7:04 PM
Alex said...: Crack is gonna keep yelling RAPE-A-NATIONS every day from now until he passes. What a sad, sad man.; 6/12/14, 8:58 PM
jr565 said...: So, I listened to Gary Bonds song, and while it does have similarity, Dions song is different enough to not be a complete copy. Similar chord structure similar background doo wop sounds. But not so similar as to be a copy.
Listen to all those old songs though, they all have similar structures.
Since when does doing a song similar to Gary bonds equal appropriation.
The charge was that whites took blacks exact songs, whitened them up and then sold more records than the black artist. Like with Pat Boone.
Don't see how that's all that different than Whitney doing Dolly partons "I will always Love You" but whatever.

This is not that since its not the same song. Similar, like much early rock is. But not the same.; 6/12/14, 9:06 PM
Curious George said...: There also would be no The Wanderer. That would suck.; 6/12/14, 9:06 PM
jr565 said...: Crack Emcee wrote:
This constant attempt at minimizing the real anguish of others - who needs it? I can argue that you do, indeed, need help, simply for that reason - or do you think Ta-Nahisi Coates, for instance, wrote his 16,000 word essay on reparations for blacks to amuse you?

wait! did Coates mean that as a serious policy suggestion? I was figuring it was comedy except for the 16,000 words. Most jokes are usually shorter.; 6/12/14, 9:08 PM
Popville said...: Nothing to say about Dion, but as a kid saw/heard Gary U.S. Bonds a number of times in Raleigh NC (where I grew up), it being a few hour drive from Norfolk, Bonds' home base. Typically billed as "Show & Dance", as no one could possibly stay seated for those performances. Raleigh was on the "Night Train" that James Brown celebrated in his song of the same name, so pretty much everyone but the Beatles played thru.

So how did a while surbaban kid see & hear so much R&B, R&R, Pop & C&W performed live throughtout the 60's? My dad handled advertizing for Raleigh-based promoter Joe Murnick, who as the premier regional Wrestling promoter (NC/SC/southern VA) from the 50's onward, locked up near exclusive rights to all those arenas & auditoriums from Newport News to Charleston, and all the towns & cities between.

I know this doesn't mean crap to this audience, nor on topic, but reading here that Mr Bonds is still healthy and performing occassionally brought up fond memories. Good times.; 6/12/14, 9:12 PM
Popville said...: Argh, auto correction. /white suburban kid/

(tho not the urban dictionay variety); 6/12/14, 9:21 PM
Gahrie said...: or do you think Ta-Nahisi Coates, for instance, wrote his 16,000 word essay on reparations for blacks to amuse you?

No, he did it in an effort to shame White Americans to give Black Americans more power, money and influence.....which sounds an awful lot like racism to me.

I was raised to want to improve the life of all Americans, regardless of color, and that giving people a handout wasn't the way to do it.; 6/12/14, 9:22 PM
LYNNDH said...: Curious George, thanks for the link. One of my Favorite song. That Sax is mean.; 6/12/14, 11:45 PM
Skeptical Voter said...: I did love "Quarter to Three". I'm an old white guy. You folks can worry about reparations, rape a nation or whatever--and I'll put the music on and turn up the sound.; 6/13/14, 12:13 AM
The Crack Emcee said...: Gahrie,

"I was raised to want to improve the life of all Americans, regardless of color, and that giving people a handout wasn't the way to do it."

Nothing for you - AFTER the whites ripped-off everything.

And you wonder why nobody likes you,...; 6/13/14, 6:35 AM