you don’t feel like writing anything. Today is one of those days, but it doesn’t matter what I think about it, I have to do it, even if it results in the most inane rubbish imaginable. Whatever you see here nevertheless, is going to be far superior to six months of CNN, MSNBC, Fox News et al. I tell the truth, they don’t. Over at my alternative source of news there is meme warfare going on. People are using AI to generate fantastic images, by circumventing the censorship that has been built into these things. Yesterday there were also mid term elections, and I don’t have much of an idea who won what, nor do I really care.
“Nixon as God” by anon from a popular message board
I started watching Youtube videos instead and came across Australia’s (Scotland’s) own Jimmy Barnes singing a bunch of Christmas Carols. There are a few, and Jimmy seems to be dressed differently in each one. There is a room with a tree and some backing singers dressed in black, one of whom I think is Jimmy’s daughter, Mahalia. The album is called Jimmy Barnes – Blue Christmas. It looks like it came out a year ago, but in my opinion it shouldn’t have come out at all. I personally fucking hate Christmas albums by washed up entertainers, or any entertainers for that matter. It’s the last refuge of someone who has run out of ideas and steam. (with the exception of Elvis Presley who can do no wrong because he is …Elvis..and Col Tom probably talked him into it ) “Let’s do a Christmas record” they say. “It’ll be played every year!” When the Rolling Stones release a Christmas record, that will officially be the end of rock and roll.
Get vaxxed and boosted! Oh……
Anyway, back to Jimmy. He looks pickled in these videos. He seems all blown up and puffy. (unironically like Elvis in his latter years) Too much of the good life? He’s a working class man, so maybe it’s just hard work and long sessions at the pub, I dunno. I’m loathe to criticize another person’s appearance, but in this case I will, because his rendition of Blue Christmas is atrocious in the extreme. It sounds like he’s trying to do an Elvis impersonation of the song. If you listen to Elvis’ sing it, you’ll realize that. Elvis’ version came out in 1964. The original was recorded by Doye O’Dell in 1948. Then Ernest Tubb had a number 1 hit with it on the country charts in 1950. Elvis made it his own when it was recorded for his 1957 LP Elvis’ Christmas Album.
There is only one King.
Jimmy Barnes ain’t Elvis, and he never will be. Jimmy… don’t try and sing like the King, it sounds like shit man. Just do your usual screaming, at least that’s authentic. While I was browsing those atrocities, I came across Jimmy, his daughter and someone else doing a version of Johnny Farnham’s, “The Voice”. I gather it was to promote the “Voice” legislation which was voted down last month by Australians. The less said about it, the better. Jimmy even played the bagpipes too. It was interesting to see the Queensland premier, who had proposed similar legislation in her state, do a back flip on it, when she realized it would hurt her chance of re-election. You’ll be relieved to know that Queensland public servants were all offered 5 days “Grief Leave” because of that decision. The absolute state of politics in that place.
Someone has made a cute animation of the the original Elvis version