This performance of "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" is considered one of the great moments in Grammy history. I'm not sure why, but it could be that there's nothing funnier than watching two ugly Jews (I have license to say that being a Jew myself) trying to figure out why the romance has faded. In Barbara's case, it speaks to her utter narcissism that she doesn't understand why she doesn't get flowers anymore. Who would bring this woman flowers? This clip was from 1980...i would imagine that Barbara's flower receiving days have come and gone.

The song itself is a pretty good song I suppose, although it seems pathetic listening to Neil Diamond sing to Barbara at the 1:58 mark that she assisted with his learning "...how to laugh, and I learned how to cry." If it took Barbara to help you "learn how to laugh", you are one unamusing little fellow,  Neil. But Barbara's response is both pathetic, and a bit of a dig at her lover "I learned how to love, I even learned how to lie".  Basically, she didn't even KNOW how to lie before she met this dude. Interesting...not often you hear a real insult in a song like this.

OK--I just watched it again. Barbara sings at the 1:10 mark that after a moment of intimacy Neil wanted to go to bed. "...well you just rolled over and turned out the light." WTF is her problem?  Would you want the lights ON when hanging out with a naked Barbara Steisand? Why were the fucking lights on to begin with? Very poor planning on Neil's part.

The Jeremy Lin of Music

Javier won the voice last season, but this is a video of him warming up for Joss Stone in 2007. I guess judging talent is tough, but after watching this performance it's hard to believe it took another 4 years for him to break through.

So I've been seeing a lot of this poster the past couple of days.

I'm not sure what the creator of this poster was going for, and I have NO doubt that it was well-intentioned, but I think it's off base for a couple of reasons. First the simple facts....

A) "Witney" is spelled "Whitney"

B) Whitney is not "famous for going into rehab", rather, she is famous for having one of the greatest voices of our or any generation.

Now as it pertains to the media ....
 

The problem with the media (in my opinion) is not that they are covering the death ...of one of the most iconic singers of  any generation, rather the way they covered her drug abuse for the past 10-15 years. When people with that much God-given ability die too early, it's heartbreaking. ...it gets coverage...and it should I suppose, and it always will. I simply don't equate Whitney's talent/reason for being famous the same way I view the Kardashians..or Chris Brown for that matter. It seems to be a relevant distinction in this case. 

 The great thing about our real heroes is they go to battle with honor, not needing or wanting any fanfare. They are the true heroes indeed. Nobody would ever deny that they are more deserving of our praise and hopefully more cherished than ANY celebrity...Whitney, Michael Jackson, Michael Jordan etc.....

 

As it pertains the the media's irresponsible coverage of our heroes, it seems they are more willing to cover their deaths to make some kind of political point, rather than to honor them. I do recall for 7 straight years when W was President the running death tally in the nightly news. I don't see that anymore...hmmmmmm...I wonder why that is?  SO if this post is about how big of a disgrace the media is---I'm ALL IN!!!!