25 એપ્રિલ, 2017

The latest trapped-on-an-airplane, viral-video horrorshow.

48 ટિપ્પણીઓ:

rehajm કહ્યું...

OH MY GOD! WORST ONE YET!!!

mockturtle કહ્યું...

They are testing ways to get passengers to de-board willingly.

ddh કહ્યું...

Celebrity derangement is when you think that everyone loves the kazoo when you play it.

Laslo Spatula કહ્યું...

TSA let him through the checkpoint with THAT?

I am Laslo.

Nonapod કહ્યું...

(in Marlon Brando whisper voice from Apocalypse Now) The Horror. The Horror.

traditionalguy કહ્યું...

What a bunch of complainers. Kenny G is always welcome on Delta. It is a southern hospitality thing. We think he might play Dixie along with the Dixieland Jazz.

Fernandinande કહ્યું...

In Mexico guys - no gals, cuz they're sexist - get on the bus with a guitar and serenade up and down the aisle for tips.

Michael K કહ્યું...

I usually get a window seat and with my noise canceling headphones, I would never notice.

Quaestor કહ્યું...

They are testing ways to get passengers to de-board willingly.

They are testing ways to get passengers to de-board more rapidly. FIFY

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away Microsoft had a phone number that actually connected you to living Homo sapiens. I was compelled to call that telephone for reasons that seemed good at the time, but now I remember only for the Kenny G "on hold" music. After ten minutes I felt a desperate urge to gnaw my own foot off.

Bob Boyd કહ્યું...

It could have been worse. There could have been a famous mime on the plane that day.

Rocketeer કહ્યું...

Kenny G is always welcome on Delta.

Well there's another airline on my no-fly list.

Jaq કહ્યું...

I was at a Kenny G concert once. I didn't know who he was and was sort of dragged there. OMG! I could hardly stand it. I also had some kind of stomach thing going on and I needed to get to the toilet pronto to vomit, but there was Kenny G strolling up the aisle, blocking my way, as women stood by making "fuck me" eyes at him. If he didn't turn around and clear a path until a minute later, I would have spewed vomit all over him. I saw this on the tube this morning and memories came flooding back.

Quaestor કહ્યું...

No one — repeat — no one should be allowed to play the soprano saxophone who cannot swallow one.

Michael કહ્યું...

This is why I never ever fly airlines like JetBlue and SouthWest which think the flying box is also an entertainment center. My one time on southwest was marred by some idiotic game of passing toilet paper back and forth. The passengers thought it hilarious, a real yuk. I am now old and cranky but then I was young and stunned. I haven't sat in one of those planes in years.

Paul કહ્યું...

Not a Kenny G fan (he actually is a fine tenor player but found a niche playing sappy soprano for big bucks) but the people on the plane seem to be enjoying it. Whatever. But as much as I don't like his cheesy soprano playing I'd rather be subjected to it than the combination of snobbery and musical ignorance of the typical blog commenter.

tcrosse કહ્યું...

Sounds like the music track of a porn movie.

Skippy Tisdale કહ્યું...

It's bad enough being stuck on a plane, FFS.

CStanley કહ્યું...

There's actually an airline called TIA? That's the medical acronym for a stroke.

Heckuva job with the branding!

exiledonmainstreet, green-eyed devil કહ્યું...

Where are the cops who tackle people on planes when you really need them?

Jersey Fled કહ્યું...

The back story is that Kenny G learned that one of the flight attendants had just lost a child to cancer. Kenny offered to play an in-flight concert if the passengers would donate $1000 to cancer research. They donated $2000 and he played.

furious_a કહ્યું...

I think I'd rather instead get busted upside the head with a stroller.

furious_a કહ્યું...

I haven't sat in one of those planes in years.

After one experience with UAL's SFO-LAX shuttle I'll take SWA's "stupid toilet paper tricks" any day.

Bill કહ્યું...

Only the vocal accompaniment of one Michael Bolton could perfect the ghastliness.

Bob Ellison કહ્યું...

I'm with Paul exactly. Not a KG fan, and I'd take almost any sax or clarinet over soprano, but he plays it skillfully, and the passengers seemed to like it.

It's not so bad in increments of about a minute or so. Just ages extremely quickly, musically speaking.

Luke Lea કહ્યું...

Personally I thought it was nice.

Limited blogger કહ્યું...

Dude is a good golfer, and regularly appears in the Pebble Beach Pro-Am tourney.

I believe he has broken out his horn on the golf course as well.

Alex કહ્યું...

That would seriously make me LOL, a good way to relax the passengers. Hate on Kenny G all you want, but the man has always known how to entertain people which counts for a lot!

Paul કહ્યું...

"I'm with Paul exactly. Not a KG fan, and I'd take almost any sax or clarinet over soprano, but he plays it skillfully, and the passengers seemed to like it."

Depends on who's playing it. Joe Lovano, George Garzone, Chris Potter, Seamus Blake, Bill Evans (not the pianist with the same name) to name a few, all have lush, fat soprano tones and play beautifully.

Paul કહ્યું...

Chris Potter. Beautiful.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-45vTCw9haM

Greg Hlatky કહ્યું...

Well, it could have been worse: he could have played bagpipes.

TWW કહ્યું...

Man, don't you play any Creedence?

Shawn Levasseur કહ્યું...

Bob Boyd "It could have been worse. There could have been a famous mime on the plane that day."

Are there any famous mimes left? The only ones I can think of are dead.

Even so, at least mimes would be quiet.

Tinderbox કહ્યું...

The guy can play. This is not the equivalent of buskers invading a subway car to make racket.

john burger કહ્યું...

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

jvb

Bob Ellison કહ્યું...

Paul, thanks for the pointers. I'll look up those artists.

Roughcoat કહ્યું...

Only the vocal accompaniment of one Michael Bolton could perfect the ghastliness.

Don't forget the keyboard accompaniment of John Tesch.

rehajm કહ્યું...

Are there any famous mimes left? The only ones I can think of are dead.

Shields. Yarnell is dead.

Sebastian કહ્યું...

Now just imagine (imagine!) that Bob Dylan is on a plane and offers to sing. OMG.

Bob R કહ્યું...

Laslo - No cavity search.

Etienne કહ્યું...
આ ટિપ્પણી લેખક દ્વારા દૂર કરવામાં આવી છે.
Gahrie કહ્યું...

I think I'd prefer Kenny G to Bob Dylan singing......

mockturtle કહ્યું...

I think I'd prefer Kenny G to Bob Dylan singing......

Well yeah, there's that.

The Elder કહ્યું...

The return flight featured Gheorghe Zamfir on the Pan flute.

Mark Daniels કહ્યું...

Held captive by Kenny G? I think the other passengers have the bases for a viable lawsuit/

Robert Cook કહ્યું...

Really...such self-conscious "I'm such an appreciator of REAL music I must scorn this atrocity!" baloney. What a bunch of snobs.

As (only) a few above point out, Kenny G. is a proficient, skilled musician. He could play in any context, but he chose "soft" or "lite" (sic) jazz as a practical commercial decision, (as an ambitious young student might choose to study medicine rather than philosophy). There was nothing about the ad hoc recital in the video to warrant such exaggerated expressions of horror. I'm not a listener of Kenny G. myself, but his musicianship is fine, and the genre of music he plays is valid and is enjoyed by many people.

Beloved Commenter AReasonableMan કહ્યું...

Robert Cook said...
What a bunch of snobs.


If we give Kenny G a pass what's next, NEA grants for monster truck rallies?

Hating stuff is what makes us human. My dog doesn't care whether or not the radio is playing Kenny G, only I do.

Jason કહ્યું...

Somewhere, Pat Metheny is triggered af

Jason કહ્યું...

"Where the hell is Al Qaeda when you need them?" Pat Metheny

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