Comments on: Demagoguery, Duran Duran, Elton John, and the Ideal Length http://toddseavey.com/2007/12/02/demagoguery-duran-duran-elton-john-and-the-ideal-length/ Conservatism for punks. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:43:05 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: jenny http://toddseavey.com/2007/12/02/demagoguery-duran-duran-elton-john-and-the-ideal-length/comment-page-1/#comment-7754 jenny Sat, 08 Dec 2007 06:50:33 +0000 http://toddseavey.com/2007/12/02/demagoguery-duran-duran-elton-john-and-the-ideal-length/#comment-7754 palmer, to my knowledge, never toured with power station (two words, not one) - the lead vocalist spot being filled by michael des barres (who also, if memory serves, fronted the band in a small part on miami vice). personally, i preferred arcadia's twisted lyrics to power station's andy taylor-driven "i'm really a serious rocker, not a new wave fop" guitar riffs; arcadia also had the bonus of a spanish-speaking grace jones guest appearance at the beginning of _the flame_. palmer, to my knowledge, never toured with power station (two words, not one) – the lead vocalist spot being filled by michael des barres (who also, if memory serves, fronted the band in a small part on miami vice).

personally, i preferred arcadia’s twisted lyrics to power station’s andy taylor-driven “i’m really a serious rocker, not a new wave fop” guitar riffs; arcadia also had the bonus of a spanish-speaking grace jones guest appearance at the beginning of _the flame_.

]]> By: Todd Seavey http://toddseavey.com/2007/12/02/demagoguery-duran-duran-elton-john-and-the-ideal-length/comment-page-1/#comment-7494 Todd Seavey Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:15:56 +0000 http://toddseavey.com/2007/12/02/demagoguery-duran-duran-elton-john-and-the-ideal-length/#comment-7494 I agree with that as well -- though the non-Duran heart of the band, Robert Palmer, died four years ago, perhaps due to his smoking (which about as often ends in death by heart disease as death by cancer), as I wrote at the time, over at the real job: http://www.acsh.org/factsfears/newsID.309/news_detail.asp P.S. Having lost his wife to smoking and now much of his own vitality as well, even mildly-libertarian conservative legend and leader William F. Buckley has recently written that cigarettes should perhaps be banned -- and while, as a moderate anarcho-capitalist, I would not call for a ban, I think it's worth remembering how many people smoking quietly takes from us all the time without people necessarily saying (or knowing for sure in all cases, of course) there goes another cigarette victim. I agree with that as well — though the non-Duran heart of the band, Robert Palmer, died four years ago, perhaps due to his smoking (which about as often ends in death by heart disease as death by cancer), as I wrote at the time, over at the real job:

http://www.acsh.org/factsfears/newsID.309/news_detail.asp

P.S. Having lost his wife to smoking and now much of his own vitality as well, even mildly-libertarian conservative legend and leader William F. Buckley has recently written that cigarettes should perhaps be banned — and while, as a moderate anarcho-capitalist, I would not call for a ban, I think it’s worth remembering how many people smoking quietly takes from us all the time without people necessarily saying (or knowing for sure in all cases, of course) there goes another cigarette victim.

]]> By: D------ http://toddseavey.com/2007/12/02/demagoguery-duran-duran-elton-john-and-the-ideal-length/comment-page-1/#comment-7493 D------ Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:02:48 +0000 http://toddseavey.com/2007/12/02/demagoguery-duran-duran-elton-john-and-the-ideal-length/#comment-7493 Viva Powerstation! Viva Powerstation!

]]> By: Todd Seavey http://toddseavey.com/2007/12/02/demagoguery-duran-duran-elton-john-and-the-ideal-length/comment-page-1/#comment-7401 Todd Seavey Sun, 02 Dec 2007 20:36:48 +0000 http://toddseavey.com/2007/12/02/demagoguery-duran-duran-elton-john-and-the-ideal-length/#comment-7401 I'm certainly inclined to agree -- but is that realistic, or, as Plato warned, have we essentially handed the republic over to the irrational passions of the poets if we train people to react to Duran Duran videos, and thus car ads, and thus warm-fuzzy campaign ads? Can you really teach people to think it's way cool when Prince smashes up his room in the "Let's Go Crazy" video and expect them to prefer deliberative democracy to rioting? And it is undeniably cool when he does that, of course. I’m certainly inclined to agree — but is that realistic, or, as Plato warned, have we essentially handed the republic over to the irrational passions of the poets if we train people to react to Duran Duran videos, and thus car ads, and thus warm-fuzzy campaign ads? Can you really teach people to think it’s way cool when Prince smashes up his room in the “Let’s Go Crazy” video and expect them to prefer deliberative democracy to rioting? And it is undeniably cool when he does that, of course.

]]> By: jenny http://toddseavey.com/2007/12/02/demagoguery-duran-duran-elton-john-and-the-ideal-length/comment-page-1/#comment-7400 jenny Sun, 02 Dec 2007 20:29:49 +0000 http://toddseavey.com/2007/12/02/demagoguery-duran-duran-elton-john-and-the-ideal-length/#comment-7400 less demagoguery. more duran duran. less demagoguery. more duran duran.

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