Comments on: The Eighth Day of Mellowmas: Pretentious Stingmas http://popdose.com/the-eighth-day-of-mellowmas-pretentiousstingmas/ your daily dose of pop culture Sun, 27 May 2012 16:36:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: The Very Guest Of...Sting | Popdosehttp://popdose.com/the-eighth-day-of-mellowmas-pretentiousstingmas/comment-page-1/#comment-84124 The Very Guest Of...Sting | Popdose Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:34:21 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=36186#comment-84124 [...] Crow have much of an impact on mainstream pop/rock, what with his retreat toward orchestras and soul cake and her increasingly political, less-catchy neo-soul. But their last great trip into the pop [...] [...] Crow have much of an impact on mainstream pop/rock, what with his retreat toward orchestras and soul cake and her increasingly political, less-catchy neo-soul. But their last great trip into the pop [...]

]]> By: Elainehttp://popdose.com/the-eighth-day-of-mellowmas-pretentiousstingmas/comment-page-1/#comment-51405 Elaine Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:59:35 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=36186#comment-51405 This song came around in the household rotation shuffle today. Our consensus is that Sting must be trying to corner the pagan market. It's possible.<br><br>He's a visionary, right? Christmas is saturated. Pagans gotta listen to something. 1+1=1.5. Oh, I kid. But, the fact that the music absolutely sucks is beside the point. If those people are desperate enough they'll buy it, just because he's paying attention to them. Yah? This song came around in the household rotation shuffle today. Our consensus is that Sting must be trying to corner the pagan market. It's possible.

He's a visionary, right? Christmas is saturated. Pagans gotta listen to something. 1+1=1.5. Oh, I kid. But, the fact that the music absolutely sucks is beside the point. If those people are desperate enough they'll buy it, just because he's paying attention to them. Yah?

]]> By: Elainehttp://popdose.com/the-eighth-day-of-mellowmas-pretentiousstingmas/comment-page-1/#comment-47501 Elaine Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:59:35 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=36186#comment-47501 This song came around in the household rotation shuffle today. Our consensus is that Sting must be trying to corner the pagan market. It's possible.<br><br>He's a visionary, right? Christmas is saturated. Pagans gotta listen to something. 1+1=1.5. Oh, I kid. But, the fact that the music absolutely sucks is beside the point. If those people are desperate enough they'll buy it, just because he's paying attention to them. Yah? This song came around in the household rotation shuffle today. Our consensus is that Sting must be trying to corner the pagan market. It's possible.

He's a visionary, right? Christmas is saturated. Pagans gotta listen to something. 1+1=1.5. Oh, I kid. But, the fact that the music absolutely sucks is beside the point. If those people are desperate enough they'll buy it, just because he's paying attention to them. Yah?

]]> By: Bob Dylan: More XMAS Videohttp://popdose.com/the-eighth-day-of-mellowmas-pretentiousstingmas/comment-page-1/#comment-46825 Bob Dylan: More XMAS Video Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:27:05 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=36186#comment-46825 [...] The Eighth Day of Mellowmas: Pretentious Stingmas | Popdose [...] [...] The Eighth Day of Mellowmas: Pretentious Stingmas | Popdose [...]

]]> By: dsliftonhttp://popdose.com/the-eighth-day-of-mellowmas-pretentiousstingmas/comment-page-1/#comment-46198 dslifton Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:05:21 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=36186#comment-46198 Jon Pareles <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/10/arts/music/10cathedral.html?_r=1&ref=music" rel="nofollow">reviews Sting's concert at Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine.</a><br><br>"...carefully thought out with no fear of pretension..." <br><br>Yeah, that's the nicest way to put it. Jon Pareles reviews Sting's concert at Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine.

“…carefully thought out with no fear of pretension…”

Yeah, that's the nicest way to put it.

]]> By: rsbrandthttp://popdose.com/the-eighth-day-of-mellowmas-pretentiousstingmas/comment-page-1/#comment-46157 rsbrandt Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:23:19 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=36186#comment-46157 I saw this video and thought Billy Joel was going to be the next sawed-off Sylvester Stallone. I saw this video and thought Billy Joel was going to be the next sawed-off Sylvester Stallone.

]]> By: Modzillahttp://popdose.com/the-eighth-day-of-mellowmas-pretentiousstingmas/comment-page-1/#comment-46140 Modzilla Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:15:54 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=36186#comment-46140 Oh Sting, where is thy death ? Oh Sting, where is thy death ?

]]> By: WHarrisBullzEyehttp://popdose.com/the-eighth-day-of-mellowmas-pretentiousstingmas/comment-page-1/#comment-46122 WHarrisBullzEye Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:28:25 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=36186#comment-46122 Although I'm a pop boy at my core, I do have a special place in my heart for dark shit (I'm sure I helped the Cure's "Bloodflowers" onto the Best Albums of the Decade list), so I really wanted to be the one to say, "Aw, c'mon, guys, it's not so bad!"<br><br>But I...I can't.<br><br>Dammit, I just can't. It's so very, VERY bad. Although I'm a pop boy at my core, I do have a special place in my heart for dark shit (I'm sure I helped the Cure's “Bloodflowers” onto the Best Albums of the Decade list), so I really wanted to be the one to say, “Aw, c'mon, guys, it's not so bad!”

But I…I can't.

Dammit, I just can't. It's so very, VERY bad.

]]> By: Thierryhttp://popdose.com/the-eighth-day-of-mellowmas-pretentiousstingmas/comment-page-1/#comment-46113 Thierry Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:53:46 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=36186#comment-46113 Seriously, guys, between this and the Robin Gibb track, I'm starting to wonder if there isn't some molasses stuck in my mp3 player. How long was this track? I don't know, but it sure feels as if I've been listening to it for the past four centuries, just like Sting the Werewolf Druid pictured on the front page of the site today. Seriously, guys, between this and the Robin Gibb track, I'm starting to wonder if there isn't some molasses stuck in my mp3 player. How long was this track? I don't know, but it sure feels as if I've been listening to it for the past four centuries, just like Sting the Werewolf Druid pictured on the front page of the site today.

]]> By: Springsteen Tuesday Night Link Roundup : Blogness on the Edge of Townhttp://popdose.com/the-eighth-day-of-mellowmas-pretentiousstingmas/comment-page-1/#comment-46111 Springsteen Tuesday Night Link Roundup : Blogness on the Edge of Town Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:07:04 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=36186#comment-46111 [...] still out on Sting’s cover of “The Rising,” which I can only imagine to be as pretentious as everything else he gets his manicured little fingers [...] [...] still out on Sting’s cover of “The Rising,” which I can only imagine to be as pretentious as everything else he gets his manicured little fingers [...]

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