Unintentional Humor.
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 10:41 pm
So, I'm watching the DVD about Stevie Wonder's [/i]Songs In The Key Of Life[/i] LP. It's a very good look at the record and what went into it with Stevland and the musicians and engineers he used on the record. You hear tracking session work and great interviews...
In the middle of these interviews and stories, all of a sudden they have the rapper Coolio who offers the wisdom that "Stevie is blind" Wow! He went on to ponder how because of his lack of sight he can see things that others can't. Then it was back to the ggod stuff, then a feature on how Coolio came upon someone working on sampling a song he had never heard, [/i]Pastime Paradise[/i]. Periodically throughout this mostly excellent documentry Coolio would all of a sudden be thrust into it, seemingly to break up the continuety of those who were there and knew what they were talking about. In the middle of great segment all about music, here is Coolio saying "Stevie is one of the greats of all time. He's right there with Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, and Marvin Gaye."
By this point I would laugh my ass off at every comment that had practically nothing to do with anything!
This is the problem with too many documentaries... They bring in a flavor-of-the-month to try to appeal to the young people who might not be hip. So in the middle of hearing commentary from Berry Gordy, Herbie Hancock, Q., Stevie's musicians and writers at the time, and Stevie himself... you get Coolio.
This would be like having an excellent film on the life of Richard Pryor and about 30 minutes into it, just as it has you deep into it, M.C. Hammer is there to inform us that Richard is black. Not only is Richard a black man, but much of what he said was influenced a great deal to with the fact that he grew up black.
Great. Now can we get back to people who actually know something? Thank you. Ahh, that's better. I forgot about... AHHH!!! M.C. Hammer again!!! Remembering the first Richard Pryor LP he ever bought! Much needed information, sure.
In the middle of these interviews and stories, all of a sudden they have the rapper Coolio who offers the wisdom that "Stevie is blind" Wow! He went on to ponder how because of his lack of sight he can see things that others can't. Then it was back to the ggod stuff, then a feature on how Coolio came upon someone working on sampling a song he had never heard, [/i]Pastime Paradise[/i]. Periodically throughout this mostly excellent documentry Coolio would all of a sudden be thrust into it, seemingly to break up the continuety of those who were there and knew what they were talking about. In the middle of great segment all about music, here is Coolio saying "Stevie is one of the greats of all time. He's right there with Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, and Marvin Gaye."
By this point I would laugh my ass off at every comment that had practically nothing to do with anything!
This is the problem with too many documentaries... They bring in a flavor-of-the-month to try to appeal to the young people who might not be hip. So in the middle of hearing commentary from Berry Gordy, Herbie Hancock, Q., Stevie's musicians and writers at the time, and Stevie himself... you get Coolio.
This would be like having an excellent film on the life of Richard Pryor and about 30 minutes into it, just as it has you deep into it, M.C. Hammer is there to inform us that Richard is black. Not only is Richard a black man, but much of what he said was influenced a great deal to with the fact that he grew up black.
Great. Now can we get back to people who actually know something? Thank you. Ahh, that's better. I forgot about... AHHH!!! M.C. Hammer again!!! Remembering the first Richard Pryor LP he ever bought! Much needed information, sure.
