thebes Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Let's face it. The music world is full of it. Sappy, sentimental, choke your gourd, larded with a healthy dose of pablum, it's an an ode to mediocrity. It's practitioners are either delusional over it's perceived quality or cynical purveyors of bile inducing syrup. Need a good example? Well, as much as I worship Johnnie Guitar Watson, god rest his soul, and his funky grooves, killer lyricism and penchant for the absurd, his 1980 song off the same-titled song, "Love Jones" is schmaltz personified. Give it a listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKou77uxnJE So what set's your schmaltz meter off? (barf bags available upon request) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvu80 Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 (edited) Let's face it. The music world is full of it. Sappy, sentimental, choke your gourd, larded with a healthy dose of pablum, it's an an ode to mediocrity. It's practitioners are either delusional over it's perceived quality or cynical purveyors of bile inducing syrup. Need a good example? Well, as much as I worship Johnnie Guitar Watson, god rest his soul, and his funky grooves, killer lyricism and penchant for the absurd, his 1980 song off the same-titled song, "Love Jones" is schmaltz personified. Give it a listen: "pablum" ??? Who uses that in a sentence??? +++ Nice call on Love Jones. I thought I was listening to Lionel Richie's Easy (like Sunday Morning). Who copied who? Edited May 22, 2015 by wvu80 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minermark Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Thanx for reminding me Bes, something has been nagging me since back from Arz weeks ago, Barf Bags, dam man it's the item all pilots carry in their plane, like they say, (you only forget once). got a plane "Post it List" going now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nismo Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 (edited) So what set's your schmaltz meter off? (barf bags available upon request) What sets my schmaltz meter off? Anything from Bread, Seals & Croft, Christopher Cross. Actors who sing & I use the term "sing" loosely. In this case, I could use the term "actor" loosely too. (lol) Like nails on a chalkboard. Does listening to these on my RF-7's make them Klipschmaltz? Not classic sappy schmaltz... but Edited May 22, 2015 by Nismo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Most rap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebes Posted May 22, 2015 Author Share Posted May 22, 2015 Most rap. Wrong! Unless you have a certain nostalgia for a songs about a guy beating his ho. Schmaltz is sappy, sentimental, tear-in-your-beer music designed to tug on your heart strings while simultaneously inducing your gag reflex. Although a hit for an other wise great singer, Clarence Carter, the following selectino may be the penultimate work of schmaltz in the entire lexicon of music. Gentlebeings I give the Jerry Reed version of "Patches": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXRfobTuDKE Good work so far guys what else you got that will make you tear up like a man-blubber wearing a tutu? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angusruler Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iAzMRKFX3c Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjimbo Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Nope, this is the all time winner....good luck finding something that beats.... https://youtu.be/b07-yKnKRMQ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nismo Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 None of my examples make me tear up (lol). I just want them to stop playing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Wrong! Unless you have a certain nostalgia for a songs about a guy beating his ho. My bad, I read crappy, not sappy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nismo Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 (edited) Wrong! Unless you have a certain nostalgia for a songs about a guy beating his ho. My bad, I read crappy, not sappy For me they are the same thing. Sappy is Crappy. Edited May 22, 2015 by Nismo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebes Posted May 22, 2015 Author Share Posted May 22, 2015 Now this is how treacle is done. I give you Dean Martin, "That's Amore!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_cOP8y6sWs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjimbo Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 (edited) Now this is how treacle is done. I give you Dean Martin, "That's Amore!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_cOP8y6sWs Oh come on Thebes, that's a classic, that's not schmaltz!! Still waiting for someone to challenge Debby Boone.....not gonna happen.... Edited May 22, 2015 by jimjimbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvu80 Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 (edited) Oh come on Thebes, that's a classic, that's not schmaltz!! Still waiting for someone to challenge Debby Boone.....not gonna happen.... "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Around the Old Oak Tree?" How does that measure up on the 'ol yuchh meter? (Thebes, did I spell "yuchh" correctly?) Edited May 23, 2015 by wvu80 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjimbo Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 Close, but no cigar....ask Monica.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajoker2c Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 https://youtu.be/Xqz9eyakGqY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Moderators Travis In Austin Posted May 23, 2015 Moderators Share Posted May 23, 2015 A Jr. Brown love song can do it: https://youtu.be/YcRWP0zSSP8 Mick singing about a girl with far-away eyes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Travis In Austin Posted May 23, 2015 Moderators Share Posted May 23, 2015 From memory, will have to go to lyrics.fm Well I'm riding along, singing the same cowboy song that's been sung a 100 times before.... Won't you bury me with my chaps on, and my six guns strapped to my side, so I can watch the moon a hiding in the Desert Skies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Travis In Austin Posted May 23, 2015 Moderators Share Posted May 23, 2015 Let's face it. The music world is full of it. Sappy, sentimental, choke your gourd, larded with a healthy dose of pablum, it's an an ode to mediocrity. It's practitioners are either delusional over it's perceived quality or cynical purveyors of bile inducing syrup. Need a good example? Well, as much as I worship Johnnie Guitar Watson, god rest his soul, and his funky grooves, killer lyricism and penchant for the absurd, his 1980 song off the same-titled song, "Love Jones" is schmaltz personified. Give it a listen: So what set's your schmaltz meter off? (barf bags available upon request) Not understanding. Schmaltz is chicken fat. Are you saying songs that tug at yor heart strings or make you want to vomit? I know of no single sone that makes me want to do both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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