Some teenagers in Fort Lupton, Colorado violated the town's noise pollution ordinance, and the judge has come up with a creatively evil way of punishing them - forcing them to listen to Barry Manilow and Barney the Purple Dinosaur until they have nightmares. It's an "ear for an ear" in Colorado, I guess.
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Sounds like cruel and unusual punishment!
posted by: IceMan Nov 23, 2008
Barry donated to Ron Paul, along with the other candidates.
By the way, in Australia they used his music to chase away hoodlums in a park:
http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/news/article/0,,3719639,00.html
He wasn't too thrilled:
"To Whom It May Concern:
I've been reading about Rockdale, Australia's decision to blast my music 24 hours a day in a park that appeals to hoodlums and their hope that my music will drive the hoodlums away.
Frankly, I think that if you played ANYONE'S music for that long you'd drive any rationally minded human being out-of-their mind!
But, have they thought that the hoodlums might like my music? What if some of them began to sing along with "Can't Smile Without You"? Or lit candles on "I Write The Songs"? Or, heaven forbid, dance around the grounds to the infectious beat of "Copacabana"? What if it attracted more hoodlums and not rid them of the ones that were already there? What if it brought people together? What if put smiles on their faces? What if the absurdity of this plan began to hit everyone at the same time and everyone began to laugh and become friends"? That's what my music usually does for people.
The council may have their adjectives mixed up. My music has been called "Catchy" (easy to remember because of having an effective melody, not "Catchy" (Able to be caught).
Good luck.
Barry Manilow "
By the way, in Australia they used his music to chase away hoodlums in a park:
http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/news/article/0,,3719639,00.html
He wasn't too thrilled:
"To Whom It May Concern:
I've been reading about Rockdale, Australia's decision to blast my music 24 hours a day in a park that appeals to hoodlums and their hope that my music will drive the hoodlums away.
Frankly, I think that if you played ANYONE'S music for that long you'd drive any rationally minded human being out-of-their mind!
But, have they thought that the hoodlums might like my music? What if some of them began to sing along with "Can't Smile Without You"? Or lit candles on "I Write The Songs"? Or, heaven forbid, dance around the grounds to the infectious beat of "Copacabana"? What if it attracted more hoodlums and not rid them of the ones that were already there? What if it brought people together? What if put smiles on their faces? What if the absurdity of this plan began to hit everyone at the same time and everyone began to laugh and become friends"? That's what my music usually does for people.
The council may have their adjectives mixed up. My music has been called "Catchy" (easy to remember because of having an effective melody, not "Catchy" (Able to be caught).
Good luck.
Barry Manilow "
posted by: safeshark Nov 24, 2008
I thought I was tough and could take listening to BM, then the key change came along, right out of the blue, and I just snapped...
posted by: findliberty Nov 24, 2008
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