Becky's T-Blog

Friday, April 06, 2007

A connected series of statements intended to establish a proposition

How Not to Argue, from Stephanie's Pillowbook.

Helen G Yes but - she listens to Ashford & Simpson...
*shudders*
I mean, like, *rilly*. Y'know?
;-)

Stephanie Delacey And what's wrong with Ashford & Simpson, I'd like to know! Nothing like a bit of silky soul music on a Friday night... and I won't hear a word against "Stay Free" :)

Helen G A-n-n-n-d-d-d... (all together now)

Ashford & Simpson is nothing like a bit of silky soul music...

BOOM! BOOM!

:-)

Stephanie Delacey ??? Are we talking about the same artists here? I can understand if its not your cup of tea but I've never come across anyone before who looks done on them. They've written and produced many of the biggest and best soul records ever made for people like Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, Chaka Khan. So what makes you sneer?

Stephanie Delacey That's "down" not done...

Helen G Not sneering just giggling.

Since you ask, I don't believe their own output (which was on the playlist) is a patch on the earlier (Motown) work they did for other people. I think their music is over-produced and just a teensy bit self-indulgent.

But, as befits this post, I'm not going to argue with you.

Like a glass of wine? I'm just going to open a bottle.

Stephanie Delacey I don't want to argue - but I don't like having my taste impugned because I really don't think it can be described as bad - and, really, I have never heard of Ashford & SImpson being dismissed as "uncool" before - but, I am never one to turn down an offer of a glass of wine...

Stephanie Delacey btw may I just complain about the word verification? How the hell am I supposed to type g with an umlaut? I daresay there is a unicode equivalent but I'm damned if I'm going to look it up :)