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Irony ([info]isntitironic) wrote in [info]fandom_wank,
@ 2004-09-05 16:24:00
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Current mood:Bitter

While looking for something Amazon, I ran across (get this) A Tribute to Josh Groban. The concept is a bit wanky. The reviews are even more so. Enjoy.


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[info]cairea
2004-09-06 02:12 am UTC (link)
I . . . but . . . *boggle* . . . *boggles more* Hi, I'm a Josh Groban fan and I'm completely baffled.

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[info]vixen
2004-09-07 08:37 pm UTC (link)
Right there with you..

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[info]dawnswalker
2004-09-06 02:13 am UTC (link)
Don't people usually only pay tribute to musicians who have done something worthy of tribute? *ducks tomatoes*

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[info]isntitironic
2004-09-06 02:19 am UTC (link)
Hey, no tomatoes from me. I love Josh and would happily have his curly-haired singing babies but unlike many people I am well aware that he's only just starting out.

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[info]ichigatsu
2004-09-06 02:35 am UTC (link)
Isn't he a bit...young in the music biz to have a tribute? And aren't most of these songs originally done by other people before Josh Groban?

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[info]isntitironic
2004-09-06 03:13 am UTC (link)
That's why the concept is dumb to begin with.

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[info]littlest_lurker
2004-09-06 03:26 am UTC (link)
[Insert obligatory "who the heck is Josh Groban, and why are his fans so crazy?" comment here.]

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(Anonymous)
2004-09-06 03:42 am UTC (link)
[Insert obligatory "rabid anonymouse attacking the mean FW bitches" comment here]

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(no subject) - [info]krazycat, 2004-09-06 04:48 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]lindentree, 2004-09-06 06:19 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]isntitironic, 2004-09-06 06:28 am UTC
(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2004-09-06 08:47 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]c_chan, 2004-09-06 10:15 am UTC
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(no subject) - [info]lindentree, 2004-09-07 02:39 am UTC

(Anonymous)
2004-09-06 04:22 am UTC (link)
A least a tribute to Josh Groban makes a little more sense than some of these artists. (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/listmania/list-browse/-/3EFAHHLNFCPUC/qid=1094433544/sr=5-2/ref=sr_5_2/102-0870899-0020963) Well..no, they're all pretty wanky.

Though I must admit, I do think the cover of the Britney Spears tribute (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000050HXU/qid=1094433775/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-0870899-0020963?v=glance&s=music#product-details) is funny.

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[info]rhi_silverflame
2004-09-06 05:31 am UTC (link)
Oh for fuck's sake. My last shred of faith in humanity has just vaporized.

Not that I know who most of those people are.

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[info]littlest_lurker
2004-09-06 05:58 am UTC (link)
Ow, my brain! It's like a black hole of sucky music.

Although I'm am amused that the Britney Spears tribute has a sequel.

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[info]skarrow
2004-09-06 06:16 am UTC (link)
Justin.. Timberlake?

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[info]bishounenhuntrs
2004-09-06 08:35 am UTC (link)
*boggle

I like 3 Doors Down, but they haven't been around long enough for a tribute album.

And no, a tribute album for Josh Groban doesn't make any more sense either

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[info]linzee
2004-09-06 09:44 am UTC (link)
There's a...tribute to Matchbox Twenty.

:cries a little at the butchering of If You're Gone:

Man, you know - I get the idea in theory. No-name musicians put out a 'tribute' full of popular top-40 music hoping to get some sort of attention. But...but... It hurts. It does.

Linzee

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[info]squib
2004-09-06 10:14 am UTC (link)
I clicked on a couple, hoping they'd somehow be better than the originals. They weren't-- with the exception of the Britney one, which sounded almost indistinguishable from the real thing. :/ Pity, I actually like "Stronger", I'd love to hear someone with a decent voice rearrange and reproduce it.

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[info]gaisce
2004-09-06 11:43 am UTC (link)
...there's a tribute to Avril Lavigne?

I'm sorry. Excuse me, I'll be over in the corner crying and stuttering out a mangled version of Bowie's "I'm Afraid of Canadians" in order to overcome my loss of innocence.

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(no subject) - [info]lindentree, 2004-09-07 02:41 am UTC
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[info]elfy
2004-09-06 07:08 am UTC (link)
See, I saw "tribute to" and thought immediately that he'd died or something.

Damn.

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[info]eyebrowofdoom
2004-09-06 10:46 am UTC (link)
He's been RAPED by fanfiction!!!!111!!!!

Oh, wait... carry on.

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[info]jess_d_ripper
2004-09-06 01:41 pm UTC (link)
Who buys these things and why? "Hmm...I love this artist, but I'd really like to hear the songs performed by a lesser talent!"

I like this review:
"I think it sounds just like Josh...that is, if Josh was completely void of talent, tone-deaf, and had strep."

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[info]coffee_mug
2004-09-06 03:25 pm UTC (link)
Tributes nearly always suck. Learn it!

It's funny how I've never actually heard this guy's songs, I only know him from his incredibly wanky fandom that gets reported here. Hahah.

Though I suppose a LOT of musician/band fandoms would be reported here if somebody there was a f_w member. I myself used to surf some band-boards and after I learned the concept of "fandom wank", I realized the boards had weekly, sometimes even daily wankage. Heh.

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(Anonymous)
2004-09-06 06:41 pm UTC (link)
He's sort of fugly, actually. Oh well, no accounting for taste.

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THIS IS NOT THE GREATEST SONG IN THE WORLD
[info]wakkymse
2004-09-06 09:20 pm UTC (link)
Is anyone else thinking of "Tribute" by Tenacious D when they read this? I sure am. :)

-lee

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Re: THIS IS NOT THE GREATEST SONG IN THE WORLD - [info]lindentree, 2004-09-07 02:44 am UTC

(Anonymous)
2004-09-06 09:34 pm UTC (link)
Saw that last night, clicked on some of the samples.

Honestly? I'm a only a mini-music "expert", but some of these people (some, mind you) aren't that bad, just a bit overdone. Others make me cringe. The people that aren't too horrible need to drop the diva edge to their voice and could do quite well with classical music.

[/choir-nerdishness]

stormswift on LJ

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[info]misswindy
2004-09-07 06:40 am UTC (link)
There's one for Clay Aiken too. Complete with orchestrated versions of those classic Clay Aiken hits, "Bridge Over Troubled Water" and "Solitaire."

I bet people buy them anyway.

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[info]lindentree
2004-09-07 10:03 am UTC (link)
Wow. Wherever Josh Groban goes, it seems a nasty trail of wank must surely follow. Complete with visible stink lines!

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