tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post417587600518976564..comments2024-03-26T20:35:39.291-07:00Comments on STMcC Presents 'BATTLE OF THE BANDS': 2016, DEC. 15: BATTLE OF THE BANDS (Or, BOBBY DARIN VERSUS HELEN REDDY)Stephen T. McCarthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-27994056598831917522017-01-07T09:55:33.052-08:002017-01-07T09:55:33.052-08:00ATTENTION PEOPLES!
If you are interested in seeing...<b>ATTENTION PEOPLES!</b><br />If you are interested in seeing the final vote tally for this <b>'BATTLE OF THE BANDS'</b> installment and my closing thoughts on it, please click (Link:) <b><a href="http://stmccpresentsbattleofthebands.blogspot.com/2016/12/results-2016-dec-15th-battle-of-bands.html" rel="nofollow">HERE</a></b>.<br /><br />Or you can put the following URL into your browser:<br />http://stmccpresentsbattleofthebands.blogspot.com/2016/12/results-2016-dec-15th-battle-of-bands.html<br /><br />~ D-FensDogG<br />'Loyal American Underground'Stephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-86239375796326713182016-12-20T17:16:22.517-08:002016-12-20T17:16:22.517-08:00FAE ~
I agree with you that this was destined to b...FAE ~<br />I agree with you that this was destined to be a blowout, whether I used Helen or Gloria Estefan. Today, Gloria might be perceived as a bit "cooler" than Helen, but I think Bobby would have mopped up the floor with her, too.<br /><br />This was a case where I wanted to use the song because I like it and it's not well known, however, I knew it would make for a lopsided Battle. You know, sometimes you just want to use a certain recording regardless of how uncompetitive that might make a contest.<br /><br />~ D-FensDogGStephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-90339053400703560102016-12-20T17:07:41.272-08:002016-12-20T17:07:41.272-08:00Got it! Thanks, MIKE!
~ D-FensDogGGot it! Thanks, MIKE!<br /><br />~ D-FensDogGStephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-42658943912198016262016-12-20T15:43:11.042-08:002016-12-20T15:43:11.042-08:00I know you already counted my vote for Bobby, and ...I know you already counted my vote for Bobby, and on that count your were correctamundo. As I told you earlier, there is some quality about Helen's voice that just kind of sets my teeth on edge. Never really liked her.<br /><br />I sincerely doubt Gloria would have done any better up against Bobby and although I like her version (and way better than Helen's), I still would have voted Bobby on this one, regardless the time of year he recorded it. Ha!farawayeyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17578277501054242356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-19940252323930964632016-12-20T00:09:07.971-08:002016-12-20T00:09:07.971-08:00Nice battle, Bobby Darin gets my vote. I simply li...Nice battle, Bobby Darin gets my vote. I simply liked his version more.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08000518512016364412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-986506589248297592016-12-19T17:42:30.259-08:002016-12-19T17:42:30.259-08:00Thanks, GEM JULIE!
I figured you for a Darin vote....Thanks, GEM JULIE!<br />I figured you for a Darin vote. And, by the way, I HAVE seen Kevin do "his best Bobby Darin" -- and it was perdy dern good, too! I like biopics and documentaries about singers / musicians whom I enjoy listening to.<br /><br />Thanks again for your vote, and the very Happiest Holiday to you, as well, my friend!<br /><br />~ D-FensDogGStephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-87582345076801341922016-12-19T17:22:27.035-08:002016-12-19T17:22:27.035-08:00Hi Stephen! Bobby Darin gets my vote. While I was ...Hi Stephen! Bobby Darin gets my vote. While I was listening to him I was imagining Kevin Spacey doing his Bobby Darin impression. If you haven't heard it, you will definitely get a kick out of it. Merry Christmas, Stephen!<br /><br />JulieEmpty Nest Insiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10074223969046687064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-68877917742988636442016-12-19T09:15:17.211-08:002016-12-19T09:15:17.211-08:00WILD THING! ~
Thanks for stopping by with a vote f...WILD THING! ~<br />Thanks for stopping by with a vote for Bobby. Who knows, it might make the difference between a win and a loss for him.<br />;o)<br /><br />~ D-FensDogGStephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-34703800510005844632016-12-18T22:52:39.927-08:002016-12-18T22:52:39.927-08:00Yeah, I really liked Bobby Darin's version. He...Yeah, I really liked Bobby Darin's version. Helen has some good songs, but not this one.<br /><br />I (mostly) read your last post. Its a shame such a decent man has such an awful disease. And I agree, anybody can have a minor screw up. Life is tough sometimes.<br /><br />Loved your margin notes, lol. dolorahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08715849844092553699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-27855437148377426702016-12-18T19:44:53.268-08:002016-12-18T19:44:53.268-08:00Aww, you ain't Eddie.
~ D-FensDogGAww, you ain't Eddie.<br /><br />~ D-FensDogGStephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-40800613326410870972016-12-18T19:32:08.145-08:002016-12-18T19:32:08.145-08:00Well, my next one will be better.Well, my next one will be better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-48479331859795106032016-12-18T19:16:42.314-08:002016-12-18T19:16:42.314-08:006-B ~
Not only did the Magic 8-Ball predict this B...6-B ~<br />Not only did the Magic 8-Ball predict this Battle correctly, but I also predicted your vote and Other B's vote correctly as well.<br /><br />Be sure to check back when I announce the winner of this Battle (Ooh! The suspense is killing me... like Bobby is killing Helen.) I will have something to say about Bobby's voice which I think is perceptive (...or just a bunch mo' of my usual bovine excrement).<br /><br />You? Drinkin' in the bath?! I thought you were strictly a beer in the shower kinda guy.<br /><br /><b>Rub-A-Dub-Dub, three men in a tub...<br />And one of them was Michael Obama.<br /><br />Barack was not one of them because... "men".</b><br /><br />~ D-FensDogGStephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-70818226338974735372016-12-18T19:08:31.870-08:002016-12-18T19:08:31.870-08:00BIRGIT ~
Thanks for your vote!
Yes, when I read ...BIRGIT ~<br />Thanks for your vote! <br /><br />Yes, when I read your comment, I DID hear a bell ring! I think, thanks to you, Bobby just got his wings! :o)<br /><br />~ D-FensDogGStephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-19686551948135859522016-12-18T19:02:38.512-08:002016-12-18T19:02:38.512-08:00No problem, DEBBIE. I just wanted to make sure you...No problem, DEBBIE. I just wanted to make sure you knew I'd not missed nor ignored your Battle.<br /><br />Thanks for adding my vote to the official total.<br /><br />~ D-FensDogGStephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-36078996313467652072016-12-18T17:36:01.477-08:002016-12-18T17:36:01.477-08:00Al Bondigas here. Woow!! Great choices. Hmmm, I ...Al Bondigas here. Woow!! Great choices. Hmmm, I truly enjoyed both versions and found them wistful and melancholy. As much as I don't care for Helen Reddy and her feminism I kind of wanted to give her a little help here. She really did do a wonderful job with this song. But, I have to be honest in my rulins and I give Bobby Darin a very slight edge. I think Mary may be right about this song more suited for a man. Ohh, the irony in that huh? How would Helen Reddy feel about that chauvinistic opinion? Anyway, I am judge hear me rule. Vote for Darin. That's it!! That's my rulin'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-77599151977617275842016-12-18T12:42:59.878-08:002016-12-18T12:42:59.878-08:00Well, right now I'm on my third Ballast Point ...Well, right now I'm on my third Ballast Point Dead Ringer Oktoberfest, and I'll be damned if I don't like this a little bit more now that I'm not comparing it to the SN Oktoberfest. I wish I could say the same about Helen Reddy. She still just ain't going down right for either of us.<br /><br />I'll admit that I've always been a sucker for cheesy Bobby Darin, even when he's splish splashing around the bath like a damn fool. Even so, he still takes this one by a mile. His voice seems way better suited for this song. My cohort agrees, though he does not have the same love for Bobby's splish splashery that I do.<br /><br />I guess we're both gonna add to the slaughter. Two mo' for Bobby Darin.<br /><br />~6B (Splish splash I was drinkin' in the bath, long into a Saturday night...)A Beer for the Showerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17029139745335325356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-61676283050623611882016-12-17T19:24:09.940-08:002016-12-17T19:24:09.940-08:00Stephen, please accept my apologies for the techni...Stephen, please accept my apologies for the technical difficulties you experienced while trying to comment on my post. Very aggravating, as these are things beyond my control and stem from the hosting company's server (The downside of owning a website, unfortunately.) Thanks for your patience! Your comment will be added to the others. Thanks for your vote! We talked about prog rock and The Moody Blues before. ☺ Not sure about Jan. 1, but if I'm around, I'll definitely check out some battles. Always interesting! Carole vs Phil sounds intriguing.Debbie D. https://www.blogger.com/profile/13153118405565035071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-83909184529310495382016-12-17T17:51:11.138-08:002016-12-17T17:51:11.138-08:00I love Bobby Darin's version much more...made ...I love Bobby Darin's version much more...made me think of that certain movie I love( did you hear a bell ring??) . I always felt bad for Darin since he died so young and had quite the life! I just wasn't too much into Helen Reddy's style. My vote to BobbyBirgithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-15444816516442657992016-12-17T09:13:50.664-08:002016-12-17T09:13:50.664-08:00SISDAH McCHERDO ~
You have now given Helen her sec...SISDAH McCHERDO ~<br />You have now given Helen her second vote, and boy-oh-boy was she more than Reddy for it!<br /><br />Let us hear no more questioning of the Magic 8-Ball's psychic ability. He may not go "up to eleven" like the Magic Eleventy-Ball does, but his hits to misses ratio is pretty impressive!<br /><br />~ D-FensDogGStephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-55757882342926599312016-12-17T08:58:07.248-08:002016-12-17T08:58:07.248-08:00Clicking on the first contender...a thought goes t...Clicking on the first contender...a thought goes through my pea-brain...I know I'm voting for Bobby, why listen to both?<br /><br />Then, about midway through Helen Reddy's version, I decided it fit my mood better. Something soothing, kind of sad, a sort of longing in the delivery. <br /><br />HELEN REDDY for me. Bobby, you know I love ya, but it's gotta be.<br /><br />True to form, I have not read all the other comments but I'm betting I'm not the majority. Like always, :-)<br /><br />Thanks, my bruddah. Excellent battle.Cherdohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00264612202714933480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-18663529979418592792016-12-17T08:10:25.521-08:002016-12-17T08:10:25.521-08:00SIG WAINWRIGHT II ~
Ha!-Ha! I think you've fin...SIG WAINWRIGHT II ~<br />Ha!-Ha! I think you've finally hit on the perfect nickname for yourself. This might be the keeper.<br /><br />Man, I so enjoy your clever comments. Please don't ever stop keepin' 'em coming. (*Proper-Grammar-R-Us!*)<br /><br />This was so funny, Brother! Had me laughing even before I was half-way finished with Cuppa Joe #1.<br /><br />Violet -- I don't usually go for blondes but... -- that gal can stop traffic! Even in an old dress she wears when she doesn't care how she looks. (<b>"WE'LL WAIT FOR YA, BABY!"</b> One of my favorite lines in the whole movie, spoken by the slimiest looking Used Car Salesman I ever saw. Ha!)<br /><br />Tinkerbell -- I don't usually go for blondes but... -- Hmmm... Maybe I go for blondes more than I've ever thought I did.<br /><br />Toto -- Ahh, finally, a non-blonde. And you know, as far as dogs go-- Nah. Never mind. I ain't going there.<br /><br />I need to develop a new idea for BOTB: 'Best Comment O' Da BOTB Installment' award. Because I get some great comments, and you, sir, would be in the running for the award in every single Battle. In fact, I'd probably have to retire you from the comment competition at some point.<br /><br />...but then there's Lassie--<br /><br />NOPE! Still ain't goin' there!!<br /><br />Seriously, thanks for your continued support of BOTB, Sig. (Pssst. Did you know F-FFF is still active again? ...*Proper-Grammar-R-Still-Us!*)<br /><br />Sig, a Merry, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and yourn!<br /><br />~ Stephen Oddbody, Demon First-Class Stephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-49267146464594975232016-12-17T07:48:25.091-08:002016-12-17T07:48:25.091-08:00DEBBIE ~
Thank you so much for the wish, and for t...DEBBIE ~<br />Thank you so much for the wish, and for the kind words about the BOTB blogfest. I really enjoy it too. You probably already know this, but when I first started BOTBing, it was just something I intended to do regularly on my own blog. Apparently, the concept had ideas of its own and called to other folks who then asked if they could do it also, and -- voila! -- the BOTB blogfest was born.<br /><br />I sure hope you come back to read this comment because I have something important to tell you:<br /><br />I have tried 5 or 6 times, on two different days, with two different browsers, to leave a comment and vote on your blog, but every single time, it's gotten rejected and I've received the following message:<br /><br />"INTERNAL SERVER ERROR"<br /><br />I have no idea why this is happening, obviously. But if you wind up with way less votes than you should have, it could be that others are having the same trouble and then giving up.<br /><br />But for the record, below is my comment and vote for YOUR BOTB installment...<br /><br /><b>DEBBIE ~<br />My vote goes to the MOODY BLUES. I've always liked them, which is a bit puzzling since I am NOT a fan of ProgRock (which is putting it mildly!) However, I've always enjoyed the Moody Blues. Perhaps because they were so melodic and didn't get too carried away with all the tempo shifts that most ProgRock bands did/do.<br /><br />~ D-FensDogG</b><br /><br />I sure hope you see this, Debbie, so you don't mistakenly think I've ignored your Battle!<br /><br />We'll miss you during the New Year's Day Battles, but enjoy the break. If you find you have a chance, please swing by here for a quick listen and vote. I have a feeling Carole King is going to need your help. (Then again, maybe it's Phil Collins who will need your help. I'm still conflicted about this.)<br />Stephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-11091576061542030512016-12-17T07:19:03.512-08:002016-12-17T07:19:03.512-08:00Ain't nuttin' wrong wit bitter. Suddenly, ...Ain't nuttin' wrong wit bitter. Suddenly, for the very first time, I feel as if I like Helen Reddy! Any bitter person is a brother of mine. (And with Helen, I have the idea that "brother" is indeed more appropriate than "sister".)<br /><br />REALLY sorry I couldn't have been at that Bitter Breakfast. So, it seems you were the token White boy there, eh? Ha!<br /><br />Ironically and purely coincidentally, as I'm typing this comment, playing on my CD player is the song 'CHRISTMAS IN LOS ANGELES' by Lawrence Welk. I bought this disc a godzillion years ago at that gigantic Tower Records on Sunset Boulevard, which is long, long gone.<br /><br />Pooh, my Christmas card is going to be very late (haven't even gotten 'em back yet from the company producing them) but it'll be a hoot when you finally get it. Best one I ever came up with, I think.<br /><br />~ D-FensDogG<br />DogGtor of Alcohology &<br />King of Inebriation NationStephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-87237291883375164862016-12-17T07:02:16.075-08:002016-12-17T07:02:16.075-08:00Interesting battle, Stephen. Your magic 8 ball is ...Interesting battle, Stephen. Your magic 8 ball is likely correct. I've never been a big Helen Reddy fan. Bobby Darin's version is smoother and more lush. Another vote for Bobby, here. Thanks for keeping the BOTB going. Most fun of all the blogfests! Wishing you and you family a very Merry Christmas. P.S. I'll be taking a blog break after the 21st and will likely miss the Jan. 1 battle, so Happy New Year too. ☺Debbie D. https://www.blogger.com/profile/13153118405565035071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-50818896228767788782016-12-17T06:53:08.991-08:002016-12-17T06:53:08.991-08:00Authorization granted for one vote for Bobby Darin...Authorization granted for one vote for Bobby Darin. Stop.<br /><br />Magic 8-ball will know why. Stop<br /><br />Why are there so many different lyrics to this song? Stop.<br /><br />I’m sure Burt, Ernie, and Zuzu were singing it differently. Stop.<br /><br />Always did have a thing for Violet . Stop.<br /><br />And Tinkerbell. Stop.<br /><br />And Toto too. Stop.<br /><br />This telegraph spoof is getting tiresome. Stop.<br /><br />But not for me. Stop.<br /><br />I’m not tired. Stop.<br /><br />Or proud. Stop.<br /><br />Now I’ll Stop.<br /><br />Stephen,<br />Hee-Haw and Merry Christmas,<br />Sig Wainwright II<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com