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| Don Henley pulls Linda Ronstadt |
| 2004-08-03 |
| EFL Singer Don Henley was booed at a concert in Orange County, Calif., after mentioning his friendship with Linda Ronstadt, who gained national attention after alienating much of her audience with a song dedication to leftist filmmaker Michael Moore. That's Reagan country, isn't it? One comment began: "Given what my good friend Linda Ronstadt 
" but was interrupted immediately with a chorus of boos from the audience. According to the Register, Henley responded: "Whoops —Orange County," adding, "We used to be able to have civil debate in this country. Not anymore." Well, we used to be able to go to the movies or a concert and enjoy ourselves. Now, we have a growing group of pompous-ass, self-important, icons of idiocy preaching to us about how evil President Bush is. Hey, Henley: Shut your pie hole and perform like you are paid to do. Otherwise, bugger off. Now where was I... "[Henley] really blindsided everyone," Joshua Owen of Long Beach told the local paper. "There was booing. Some people headed for the exits." That's becuase most people just wanted to enjoy a few songs and have a cold beer (and a pinch of Skoal!). That's all. |
| Posted by:Dragon Fly |
| #13 Beach Boys reference, Lucky? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-08-03 11:24:01 PM |
| #12 Singers like Streisand, Ronstadt, and Henley have acoustics where their brains are supposed to be. |
| Posted by: RWV 2004-08-03 11:14:27 PM |
| #11 "Life in the fast lane, don't it make you lose your mind" Why, yes. Yes it does. Good to see my ol stomp'n grounds "still has the jive to survive among the heroes and villians" |
| Posted by: Lucky 2004-08-03 12:43:25 PM |
| #10 Let's face it - showbiz people are flakes. If I'm not going to take my politics from a doctor, a physicist or a lawyer, I'm certainly not going to take it from a showbiz personality. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2004-08-03 11:56:11 AM |
| #9 According to the Register, Henley responded: "Whoops –Orange County," adding, "We used to be able to have civil debate in this country. Not anymore." Wrong answer. A CONCERT is not a forum for "civil debate". If that's what Henley wanted, he'd do well to organize a round table discussion at some local Ramada Inn or Marriot's or something. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-08-03 11:52:57 AM |
| #8 Amen, badanov. How funny that Henley (whose music I do like) says we used to have civil debate-like he was going to do anything other than cast aspersions on the Bush administration. The left only insults and slanders, which we are to to swallow without thought or question. I said it before, I'll say it again-they think their freedom of speech is our obligation to believe. Nonsense. |
| Posted by: jules 187 2004-08-03 11:48:11 AM |
| #7 I think we are seeing the death of celebrity worship. |
| Posted by: yank 2004-08-03 11:09:53 AM |
| #6 Shut up and sing, and I will give you your coke money. Inflict your politics on me, and I take my money to the next nostalgia act that comes to town. |
| Posted by: BH 2004-08-03 10:31:40 AM |
| #5 Here is an interesting news clip from fox: Consumers Fight Political Stars With Dollars. |
| Posted by: Dragon Fly 2004-08-03 9:26:48 AM |
| #4 Nah, Don. Orange County's got nothing to do with it. When you make your yearly publicity stunt tour to Mass. to "save" Walden Woods, most people here think you're an out of town Hollywood asshole poking his nose in where it don't belong too. But I suppose we could have a civil debate over it. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-08-03 8:48:27 AM |
| #3 Henley responded: "Whoops –Orange County," adding, "We used to be able to have civil debate in this country. Not anymore." Cool! An open mike debate at a concert. Wait a minute. You're telling me there was no open mike and therefore no debate? A captive audience who paid YOU to sing, but you mention a debate, but no open mike?? So I guess Henley is right. There is no debating leftists when their idea of a debate is to pontificate about their views to a captive audience who paid to see something entirely different. Henley just told an egregious lie. Perhaps someone should ask these entertainer clowns if they would pay hard earned money to hear a leftist jerk off about their politics. I wouldn't. |
| Posted by: badanov 2004-08-03 8:14:49 AM |
| #2 Two words for you, Don, Joe F'ing Walsh.. Ironic how Leary's rant against Henley from years ago still rings true.... |
| Posted by: B-ware 2004-08-03 8:02:58 AM |
| #1 I paid to see you sing a song little monkey, perform for me, and keep your halfwitted opinions to yourself while you're on my dime. |
| Posted by: JerseyMike 2004-08-03 7:56:46 AM |