Put me and the three people I saw it with along with the pans. Seriously, it's a tuneless slog with a boring and muddled plot and extremely generic characters. A musical adaptation of a random Matlock episode would be more coherent and entertaining. Maybe T-bone's productions on the album might make it listenable,…

Put me and the three people I saw it with along with the pans. Seriously, it's a tuneless slog with a boring and muddled plot and extremely generic characters. A musical adaptation of a random Matlock episode would be more coherent and entertaining. Maybe T-bone's productions on the album might make it listenable,…

Oh yeah, one more about Chuck Berry.  (Whom I repeat, belongs on the Mount Rushmore of Rock right next to Elvis.)  Ever hear the horn section intro to Louis Jordan's "Just Like a Woman"?    Before The Beach Boys, The Beatles, and Marty McFly ripped the "Chuck Berry intro" off of Chuck, Chuck ripped it off of Jordan,…

Oh yeah, one more about Chuck Berry.  (Whom I repeat, belongs on the Mount Rushmore of Rock right next to Elvis.)  Ever hear the horn section intro to Louis Jordan's "Just Like a Woman"?    Before The Beach Boys, The Beatles, and Marty McFly ripped the "Chuck Berry intro" off of Chuck, Chuck ripped it off of Jordan,…

Since I can't reply your response below (AVC, can we Disqus how shitty the reply system remains?…) I'll do so here.  Only I do so with the sheepish suspicion I'm taking troll bait, as you've set up a straw man and changed subjects from this post, whose only clear implication is that Elvis is overrated as a stylist and…

Since I can't reply your response below (AVC, can we Disqus how shitty the reply system remains?…) I'll do so here.  Only I do so with the sheepish suspicion I'm taking troll bait, as you've set up a straw man and changed subjects from this post, whose only clear implication is that Elvis is overrated as a stylist and…

Elvis also does an awesome operatic reading of The Impossible Dream with an unbelievable ending. And Jerry Scheff rocks a great extended bass solo on Polk Salad Annie.

Elvis also does an awesome operatic reading of The Impossible Dream with an unbelievable ending. And Jerry Scheff rocks a great extended bass solo on Polk Salad Annie.

Ah, the hackneyed, simplistic "black music thief" critique. As if Rock 'n' Roll weren't an amalgam of "white" and "black" music styles from the very beginning. Country, Western Swing, Bluegrass and White Spiritual music are as big a part as R&B and Gospell. There is no record by a black artist that sounds remotely…

Ah, the hackneyed, simplistic "black music thief" critique. As if Rock 'n' Roll weren't an amalgam of "white" and "black" music styles from the very beginning. Country, Western Swing, Bluegrass and White Spiritual music are as big a part as R&B and Gospell. There is no record by a black artist that sounds remotely…

Robert Paulson, besides marveling at your awesome user name, "His user name was…," like I too am now physically mad about the gopher bullshit.

Robert Paulson, besides marveling at your awesome user name, "His user name was…," like I too am now physically mad about the gopher bullshit.

It Just Doesn't Matter is obviously a strong highlight, though it does lose some points for its basis in merely recycling the catch phrase from Murray's climatic monologue from his film debut, Meatballs.

It Just Doesn't Matter is obviously a strong highlight, though it does lose some points for its basis in merely recycling the catch phrase from Murray's climatic monologue from his film debut, Meatballs.

Nah, the lyrics aren't that bad.  I'm not saying they're good, but if you've ever tried to write a non-trite, non-cliche generally upbeat song you'll know it's fucking hard to do.   Pops songs like this, the lyrics aren't meant to be analyzed anyway, they're meant to breeze by you at a bowling alley and give you a…

Nah, the lyrics aren't that bad.  I'm not saying they're good, but if you've ever tried to write a non-trite, non-cliche generally upbeat song you'll know it's fucking hard to do.   Pops songs like this, the lyrics aren't meant to be analyzed anyway, they're meant to breeze by you at a bowling alley and give you a…

I have to go with Fell as well.  Knotts looked shockingly old and wrong in a 70's leisure suit and the gay kerchief every man of a certain age in Hollywood seemed to be wearing those days, and his broad mugging did not become him as it did in the days of Barney Fife perfection.  Fell had a certain - could it be called…

I have to go with Fell as well.  Knotts looked shockingly old and wrong in a 70's leisure suit and the gay kerchief every man of a certain age in Hollywood seemed to be wearing those days, and his broad mugging did not become him as it did in the days of Barney Fife perfection.  Fell had a certain - could it be called…

He also appears to be deliberately made up to resemble Rick Moranis in this movie.  Which is just adorable.

He also appears to be deliberately made up to resemble Rick Moranis in this movie.  Which is just adorable.