Comments on: I Love Bad Music: Shine, Sweet Freedom

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 23 May 2007 18:52:19 +0000

I think “Ya mo be there” was a better tune.

By: cap'n guthrie

cap'n guthrie — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 22:34:43 +0000

Gregory hines was also in the amazing co-starring a decrpit Sammy Davis Jr. A beautiful reminder that not all pasttimes (such as tap dancing) should not be made into movies.

the tagline: “The heartbeat of a dream has a rhythm all its own.”

yes.

By: Brandy

Brandy — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 16:51:35 +0000

I saw this in the theater. AND I have it on vinyl. There’s an AMAZING New Edition track on it called Once In A Lifetime Groove.

So bad, so grand.

By: Which Doobie YouBe?

Which Doobie YouBe? — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 16:13:01 +0000

But Eliot, to quote the incomparable pop God Huey Lewis, “Sometimes bad is bad.”

Except when talking about Michael McDonald. He’s just baaaaad. In a “takin’ it to the streets” kind of way.

By: Jude

Jude — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 15:15:09 +0000

“Running Scared” is actually a decent guy flick. Lotsa cop action, shoot-em-ups, bossy police captains, buddytastic hijinx, one-liners & not to mention, Jimmy Smits & Joe Pantoliano as druglord & drugrunner.

Quality!

By: Chilly Jackwater

Chilly Jackwater — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 14:02:09 +0000

Eliot Glazer, I could tell you how I feel about your post. But I think it’d be better put…in song. So, in the immortal words of the one – the only – Mr. Michael Jackson, I say to you: “Yoooou are not alone! I am here with yooou!”

Honestly, I feel like Louis Skolnik from the last scene of Revenge Of The Nerds right now. I love Sweet Freedom. And, I’m not afraid to admit it. In fact, I love Michael McDonald. In fact, I listened to “Taking It To The Streets” – the entire album – yesterday. All of it, and not just the title track. I listened to “Rio” and “For Someone Special”. I had a TA in college who looked just like Michael McDonald and that somehow gave me more pleasure than it should have (the professors’s name was “Lee Peachy” and singing “Shine Lee Peachy, shine your light on me” was a joke that remained funny for far too long) But men who look like McDonald are not uncommon. Remember the old site “Men who look like Kenny Rogers”? I feel like I see a good two, three Michael McD look-alikes a week.

And as far as “bad music” is concerned, I may not have any Simon Cowell-approved material, but I have an entire playlist called “Adult Contemporary.” And it gets more play than Wilmer Valderama. I’ve got Al Stewart (Time Passages), Ambrosia (Biggest Part Of Me), Leo Sayer, Anita Baker…I could go on. Thank you, Eliot Glazer, for giving me the courage to cleanse my soul.

By: january_collection

january_collection — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 13:49:54 +0000

great addition to HT – god the 80s were classic even then

By: Ace Cowboy

Ace Cowboy — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 13:05:27 +0000

Sweet Freedom has been one of my favorite cheesy 80s tunes since, well, the 80s. I loved the movie Running Scared and I knew from an early age that Mikey McD was all blue-eyed soul all the time. Any iPod without it is not an iPod worth owning.

In fact, if anyone recalls being in the Alpine Valley parking lot in 2003 and hearing this tune all over the place, that was me. I musta been singing that tune from the time I left the show ’til the time my acid-eating friend was okay enough to get in the car and go back to the motel.