"Music legend" Pat Boone is ripping into the Dixie Chicks

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

Music legend Pat Boone is ripping into the Dixie Chicks for withdrawing their apology for a previous attack on President Bush.

"I have four daughters, and I taught them to respect their elders, even if they weren't president of the United States," Boone told Fox News host Neil Cavuto today. "I think it's outrageous for any of these performers to be bashing our president the way they are."

At a London concert in 2003, Dixie Chicks singer Natalie Maines sparked controversy by stating, "Just so you know, we're ashamed that the president of the United States is from Texas."

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"If I were the president of Iran, if I were Osama bin Laden or any of the terrorist organizers and I could have my wish list totally," Boone said, "I couldn't ask for anything better than for America's entertainers to bash their president, denigrate him, make him seem like an idiot and a self-serving fool, and then have the media go along with it and promote it like crazy and try to undermine the whole war effort."

http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=50330

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Wow, that's what Bin Laden's plan was all along...to turn country musicians against Bush! And here i thought it had something to do with the U.S. presence in the Middle East and support for Israel. And it's at the top of Iran's list, too. Wow. Considering that neither of these two HAVE ANYTHING TO WITH THE IRAQ WAR, PAT!!!

[OldLeftieLawyer]

1. Pat Boone,

who managed to raise a set of daughters with eating disorders? Ah, yeah, he would know about all sorts of things, wouldn't he?

Bite me, Pat. You wish you had Natalie Maines' talent - and youth.

Cripes, he's older than I am. I remember when Elvis kicked his ass.

heh heh heh

[Dr.Phool]

14. You're not revealing anything

I think he's older than everybody! He was singing when I was a kid. And I'm old!

[saltpoint]

16. You know, with their coming under attack from no less a personage

than Pat Boone, I'm sure the Dixie Chicks will charter a plane and flee under the cover of darkness to self-imposed exile in the Czech Republic. You don't want to mess with Pat Boone.

[OldLeftieLawyer]

37. True

I just threw up that bag of Cheetos and those two containers of Ben and Jerry's that I just ate.

His power is mighty, indeed.

I could take him, ya know.

Nighty-night, champ ...........................

[saltpoint]

45. My money's on you in any bout with Boone. Or even a recording

session. Either one.

'Night, good person.

[linazelle]

60. I'll put him in the Backwash column. nt

[cantstandbush]

95. A President who disrespects our Constitution deserves no respect!!

That should be the Chicks mantra!

[SeattleGirl]

2. Um, Pat, I was taught the same thing too, but I was ALSO taught

that respect is something one must earn. My parents did not expect me to respect those who did not respect me. Guess you didn't know about that part, huh?

[wtmusic]

3. What if your elders ARE idiots and self-serving fools?

Do I still hafta pretend their swell as a new pair of white loafers, Pat?

[Humor_In_Cuneiform]

42. Great progressive guru say "They who demand respect the most almost always

deserve it the least."

[The_Casual_Observer]

4. All this concern about "respect" now days since people aren't

afraid to speak out publicly at those assholes. They don't like it, it makes them out to be just what they are, weak slimy bastards who can't defend what they have done.

[rodeodance]

5. geesh, doesn't he have anything better to do!

[tuvor]

18. You know what? Probably not!

[tuvor]

6. Yeah, and Patty sings Judas Priest songs. Fucking devil-worshiper.

Not to mention Ozzy, Metallica, Deep Purple, Dio, Guns 'n' Roses, and Led Zeppelin.

All hail Satan, Patty!

[TexasLawyer]

10. Tuvor! You beat me to it!!!

great minds think alike!

[tuvor]

17. By two whole minutes!

Sometimes memories of "Christian" hypocrisy just rush to the forefront of your mind, y'know?

People like him sometimes make me embarrassed to admit my beliefs, 'cause even if they appear the same on the surface--they aren't the same at all.

:toast:

[TexasLawyer]

29. OMG! You have got to listen

to what he did to these songs. Never in my wildest imagination.....

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wps9keztkq7q~T1

[tuvor]

39. Believe me, I heard enough when it first came out!

Worked in a record store and needed a larf. :)

[warrens]

106. Read Little Richard's biography

Patty covered virtually every song he ever did and got it on the radio within a week or two. In a lot of cases, Little Richard's version then died on the charts. Not even mentioning how pathetic Boone's versions were (and they are pretty much hilarious), he's just an evil bloodsucker.

[bedazzled]

78. shudder!

how cruel -- i just ate!

[shadowknows69]

79. Even back in his metal days

I think the Dixie Chicks could kick Pat's ass. Let's have a celebrity deathmatch on MTV!

[Jigarotta]

105. hee hee. I was hoping someone would post that album cover.

mwahahahahahahahah!

what a corny doofus.

[TexasLawyer]

7. Awwww, he's just jealous!

In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy is 1997 album by Pat Boone in which he covers heavy metal songs in a jazz style. The album includes covers of songs by Metallica, Guns N' Roses, Led Zeppelin, Ozzy Osbourne, AC/DC and others. It is also the soundtrack of a 1996 music documentary co-starring Deep Purple, Lemmy, and Dweezil Zappa. This album was criticized in the Christian Conservative community, as they felt that Pat Boone had sold out by embraced what they felt was dangerous rock and metal music.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_a_Metal_Mood:_No_More_Mr._Nice_Guy

Tracklisting :rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

1. You've Got Another Thing Comin' (Original: Judas Priest) 4:19
2. Smoke On The Water (Original: Deep Purple) 3:53
3. It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock 'N Roll) (Original: AC/DC) 4:37
4. Panama (Original: Van Halen) 5:15
5. No More Mr. Nice Guy (Original: Alice Cooper) 3:06
6. Love Hurts (Original: Nazareth) 4:57
7. Enter Sandman (Original: Metallica) 3:52
8. Holy Diver (Original: Dio) 4:44
9. Paradise City (Original: Guns N' Roses) 4:41
10. The Wind Cries Mary (Original: Jimi Hendrix) 4:12
11. Crazy Train (Original: Ozzy Osbourne) 4:32
12. Stairway To Heaven (Original: Led Zeppelin) 4:59

[RoyGBiv]

11. Holy Crap ...

Pun intended.

:puke:

[Dr.Phool]

21. Take a look at what he did to Tutti-Frutti.

If Little Richard were dead, he'd be rolling in his grave.

For now he just has heartburn, and a headache.

[0rganism]

34. I gotta admit...

the idea of Pat Boone covering those songs is pretty goddam hilarious.

However, I also suspect that what I'm imagining is more entertaining than the actual album.

[rodeodance]

8. I wonder if he bashed earlier protest singers?--Peter, Paul, Mary, others?

[Dr.Phool]

9. Yes he did!

[tuvor]

12. I don't imagine he's too old to enlist if he's so adamant.

Go for it, Patty!

[rodeodance]

15. was before my time--but I like their music--. thanks

[liberalpress]

75. In fact, from one who remembers,

... Joan Baez was the big target of the late 60's and early 70's. We survived thst, we'll survive this.

Let 'em rant and rave, but don't let the noise break your concentration on the things that are important.

[saltpoint]

19. Run for your lives! It's Peter, Paul & Mary! Fire-belching socialists!

[Raster]

13. Two words: Go the fuck away!

[Ringo84]

20. Re:

Uh huh. The only idiot here is you, Boone. They're not "seem" to make * anything; that's the way he really is.

Man! Some Americans are so scared after 9/11 (and justifiably so) that they will even trample on the free speech of other Americans. Seems that Al-Qaeda achieved its goal of terrorism.
Ringo

[nadinbrzezinski]

22. ah, methinks I will go get the latest CD tomorrow

as well as my mag... thanks chicks... now to put it into the PS 2 as MP 3

[OneAngryDemocrat]

23. Anti-War Music

Picture this scenario...

You are sprawled out in the middle of your living room floor, surrounded by colored pens, markers, glue, and poster board, busily putting together your latest protest sign.

To get yourself into your, ''I am going to single-handedly end the War in Iraq with this as-of-yet-unfinished protest sign'' mood, you turn on the radio for inspiration, and hear...

BRITNEY SPEARS?!?!?!

No more, friends!!!

http://www.shockedandawful.com/Tunes.html

Updated to include the sreaming audio of the Dixie Chicks', ''Taking the Long Way,'' CD in it's entirety, as well as the YouTube video performance of the Dixie Chick's, ''Not Ready to Make Nice,'' live, on the David Letterman Show.



Other artists spotlighted include Neil Young, P!nk, John Cougar Mellencamp, Country Joe McDonald, Bright Eyes, Lizzie West, Chicago's own Ministry, and grunge super group, A Perfect Circle...

As well as many, many, others!!!

http://www.shockedandawful.com/Tunes.html

I ain't askin' for money, folks... just an end to the war.

[Gman]

24. ...make him seem like an idiot and a self-serving fool?

But he is and the whole world knows it anyway. Its not like the DC's said anything no one didn't already know.

Jeez..!

[Canuckistanian]

25. I thought he died on that plane with Buddy Holly

So, he's still around, huh?

[Humor_In_Cuneiform]

26. Interesting reading by his daughter

"Starving for Attention"

by Cherry Boone O'Neill


http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0826402097/002-9399081-9873649?v=glance&n=283155

[progressivebydesign]

32. His daughter's book tells what a miserable failure he was..

he was a total, strict, control-freak. What an asshole.

[Humor_In_Cuneiform]

36. Thank you. It has been some time since I read it, so I didn't want

to say it.

But I agree completely.

[niyad]

27. censorship in arts healthy, says boone

Censorship in arts 'healthy,' Boone says


By Steve Miller
THE WASHINGTON TIMES


A healthy society needs censorship to survive, 1950s musical icon Pat Boone said yesterday. He added that he would welcome strong content restrictions governing movies and other artistic works.
"I don't think censorship is a bad word, but it has become a bad word because everybody associates it with some kind of restriction on liberty," said Mr. Boone, who is in Washington making the rounds as the national spokesman for the 60-Plus Association, a conservative senior citizen lobby.
(none)
"But we do know that at some point a line that has to be drawn between one man's liberty and another man's license."
. . . .
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20040420-114829-2076r.htm

[Mythsaje]

30. Great, Pat...

You offend me. So shut the fuck up before someone does it for you. How do you like THAT censorship?

[0rganism]

38. "everybody associates it with some kind of restriction on liberty"

I hate to break it to ya, Pat, but there's a reason for that association.

[ForrestGump]

109. You damned commie

Are you saying that censorship is restrictive?

Naive fool. That's doubleplus f***ed up... :P



Censorship protects liberty. These are not the droids you're looking for...

[Mythsaje]

28. "Legend?"

In his own mind, perhaps.

Puh-leeze. He's never been more than a novelty act.

The Chicks are superstars.

Shuddup, Pat. Nobody cares what you think. And, btw...respect has to be earned. Given freely it isn't worth shit.

[Zodiak]

76. Thank you

No one thinks Boone is a "legend"

But the Boon in my sig line IS a legend.

[upi402]

31. DUCK! He's gonna toss his slipper again!

This putz pretended he was Alice Cooper trying to sell a record. He's a whore that wears too much bright red lipstick.
The tarrists aren't getting inspiration from the Dixie Chicks. They are inflamed from the Reichwing's war on oil availability. Cuz when oil is scarce, the price goes up. Oh, and there are 100's of thousands of innocent Arabs dead for the oil men's profits too. They hate that. (geez, like they love their kids too -PAT, you dumass!)

So Pat, shut up and sniff you hairpiece until you go nappy time again.

[Initech]

33. You guys know the reason Pat Boone recorded albums?

It was an attempt by white supremacists in the 1950's to whitewash black music during the civil rights movement. How else do you explain his god-awful cover of Tutti Frutti?

[Binka]

65. BINGO! I've Always Thought of Pat As The Klan's Crooner

KKK SuperStar! Also isn't it time for this numbnuts to come out of the closet?

[Warren DeMontague]

35. Pat Boone. LOL. Talk about relevance.

Hey, I wonder what Ted Nugent's take on this whole thing is!

Although, I have to say, from a purely surrealist perspective, I did admire his "Rough Trade" phase a few years back. Mmmmrrrrrrrawr!

[upi402]

44. Yeah, no more mr nice guy. Time for some yummy punishment!

:spank:
I'm pretty sure he's disobeyed.

[Rosemary2205]

40. TALK ABOUT SUCCESS!!

3 blond moms say a few words - sell millions of records -- get O'Rielly to suck up and give Pat Boone a nice outrage fit all in the same week. Now that's no small feat!!!

Bet the wingdings are firing off the death threats as we speak.

[alphafemale]

41. Pat, to paraphrase a member of the BFEE. "No one cares what you think."

Literally.

[aden_nak]

43. Pat Boone: Singing other people's songs poorly for half a century.

[Hissyspit]

46. Yes, Pat "Steal Black Folks' Songs" Boone lectures us...

whatever... you dick.

[Monk06]

49. Has he apologized to Little Richard for Tutti Fruiti yet? .....

Finger snappin', sexless, white bread, golf shoe wearin', country club motherfucker.

(inhaling deeply)

Senior prom goin', bible beatin', Rock and Roll hatin', Flag wavin', blubberin' Baptist honky.

(inhaling deeply again)

Pompous, LA GOP cock suckin', 700 Club couch warmin', chicken hawk war mongerin',Fundy Lounge Lizard.

(inhaling deeply turning blue)

Towel snappin', shower stall ass slappin', virgin lovin', key party wife swappin', SBC sex degenerate.

[ForrestGump]

110. When Elvis returned to live performing in 1969, he told audiences how

he'd gone to New York with his two sidemen to try out for Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts in 1955, before he hit the big time and when he was still with Sun records, and how they "turned me down and took Pat Boone...you know...with his white shoes and everything." That's what launched Pat Boone's career. Apparently, Arthur Godfrey was not exactly a musical visionary...

Pat Boone is getting worse and worse, though, and I'm not talking in terms of his vocals...

[Vidar]

47. He's been a joke for forty years.

[blonndee]

48. "make him seem like an idiot and a self-serving fool"

Careful, Pat! You're getting WAY too close to the truth for Faux!

Oh, and BTW, how could the Chicks' statements alone make someone SEEM this way? Seems like old Pat is well aware of what his "president" is, but he still wants to defend him, for some strange reason.

[987654321]

50. Oh yeah, Pat Boone

He's the one that used to take the songs written and sung by African-Americans and sing them to white people as his own. He basically got famous by ripping off the minority entertainers because he knew many white people would buy the songs if they were sanitized.

He has the right to say what he wants. But I really think he is too much of a nobody anymore to get as much notice as he does.

Oh yeah, why is it that when an entertainer makes public political statements that go against the president, they are just liberal elitists who should keep their opinions to themselves, yet when right wing entertainers give their opinions, they are somehow given respect from a large segment of the population. If George Clooney is supposed to keep his mouth shut because he is just an actor, then Pat Boone should keep his mouth shut because he is just a has-been singer.

[gauguin57]

103. George Clooney and Pat Boone are sort of related, amazingly enough.

George Clooney's cousin, Gabriel Ferrer (son of Rosemary Clooney and Jose Ferrer) is married to Pat Boone's daughter, Debby "You Light Up My Life" Boone.

[degreesofgray]

51. he's an inconsequential has-been,

which is what I wish for the pack of dickheads who are running this country into the ground.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

52. Legend or fossil?

[ignatius 2]

53. Go to hell Pat Boone and you will have plenty of company from th

busheviks and their enablers.

[OneBlueSky]

54. "I have four daughters, and I taught them to respect their elders" . . .

oh yeah? . . . then how did you ever allow Debbie to inflict "You Light Up My Life" on unsuspecting adults of all ages? . . .

[Flubadubya]

55. Pat Boone has his own little stable of RW whores...

These little ladies are part of the Mothers Against Illegal Aliens... Bwahahaha!! :rofl:

Ain't Pat cute in that loud salmon blazer? ...NOT! :puke:

[PA Democrat]

63. WOW! Who dresses that guy? That outfit should be in the dictionary

under the definition of "tacky".

[Binka]

66. You Would Find That Jacket Under "FLAMING"

Only a 70+ year old queen would wear that fucking salmon abortion!

[Flubadubya]

67. Yep, it's a long way from Pat's leather days...

[Raine]

56. I wonder if he told his daughters

to respect Clinton when he was President.:eyes: I would bet money that he didn't. :-(

[burythehatchet]

57. boone

debbieboonedebbieboonedebbieboonedebbieboonedebbieboonedebbieboonedebbieboonedebbieboonedebbieboone

Zappa!

[LynneSin]

58. Guess what Pat - Dixie Chicks are a hot-selling crossover music success

Whereas you tried to revamp your career by singing badly done versions of Led Zeppelin, Mettalica and Deep Purple songs. At least the Dixie Chicks don't need a schtick to sell their music

[LostinVA]

61. Come on, Lynne -- you know you loved his LZ covers

[LynneSin]

83. I love it just like I love a rousing douse of the bubonic plague

:eyes:

[LostinVA]

93. That's what I figured...

[hyphenate]

59. Pat Boone

is an ancient relic which needs to be buried like all ancient relics. And here's a guy who thought he was going to alter his reputation by wearng leather pants for awhile! He's just such a RRR whacko in full regalia.

[SammyWinstonJack]

62. ** doesn't seem like an idiot and a self serving fool, He is an idiot

and a self serving fool. I think that fact is obvious to the majority, world wide.

[Jigarotta]

107. plus he's extraordinarily dullwitted.

a slo mo of cheese turning green in your fridge has more dynamics.

[Orsino]

64. Hey, Pat...

The Chicks' courage might have faltered, but you never had it. Punk.

[tlsmith1963]

68. I Bet He Bashed Clinton in the '90s

So Pat's a hypocrite. Hell, all the conservatives are because they bashed Clinton all the time!

Tammy

[Hubert Flottz]

69. "Music legend Pat Boone"

WHO?

Who is Pat Boone?

[bunkerbuster1]

70. Pat Boone did one good thing, in 1976. Remember Earl Butz?

Had to dig around to find a cite...

http://www.believermag.com/issues/200310/?read=article_dean

and a quote follows, but what it doesn't mention is, Pat Boone did back up the Butz quote. He could've claimed it was bogus, but he owned up to having heard what he heard.

I'll grant that simple honesty shouldn't matter so much, but this is politics we're talking about.

That Butz would hoist himself on his own pitchfork in October 1976 was probably cold comfort to the farmers pushed off their land during his tenure. On a campaign flight with the singer Pat Boone and former White House legal counsel John Dean III, Butz was reputedly asked why the Republican Party was unable to attract more African American voters. Dean leaked Butz’s reply to Rolling Stone—no other publication would print it, though anyone familiar with Beltway politics could “have not the tiniest doubt in your mind as to which cabinet officer” uttered it, according to The Washington Post.

Only two years earlier, Gerald Ford had forced Butz to apologize for chastising the Pope for his stand on birth control (“He no playa the game, he no maka the rules,” Butz had said). Greg Critser describes a wooden sculpture Butz had in his Washington, D.C., office. It showed two elephants copulating. “That’s what it was like trying to multiply the farm vote for Nixon!” Butz would say “with an infectious belly laugh.”

What Earl Butz told Boone and Dean on the plane in 1976 was this: “I’ll tell you what the coloreds want—first, a tight pussy; second, loose shoes; and third, a warm place to shit.”

He resigned two days after this side-splitter was published, and a month after that, Ford lost his bid for reelection.

[wicket]

71. Oh that's rich considering this asshate writes for World Nut Daily

What a hypocrite :nopity:

[dogday]

72. I thought Pat Boone was in the nuthouse

thinking he was some kind of biker christian....

[proud2BlibKansan]

73. Well his daughter Debbie is a Stepford Wife

Pat should be so proud.

:sarcasm:

[DancingBear]

74. Pat truly IS a cretin

But (watch this) the damn fool has more business being in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame (which he isn't, BTW) then Lynyrd Skynyrd does.

18(!) Top Ten records, including 6 at #1.

That said, I still hate him. :)

Him and Anita Bryant. Peas in a pod.

[lonestarnot]

77. Pat Boone, now is he the one who assaulted a police officer while under

the influence in AZ? Or who was that?

[The Stranger]

80. Who is Pat Boone?

[bedazzled]

81. actually, he's a major talent and a dazzling success

compared to most of the other so called right-wing "talent" bruce willis/britney spears/ricky martin, anybody?

he should rot for trashing some of my favorite songs, however

[Libby2]

82. Yep, a legend in his own mind. (nt)

[bedazzled]

84. just found the funniest website - entertainers for bush!

what a bastion of legendary talent. most of the so-called republican talent listed are dead, and can't defend themselves.

abbott and costello?

telly savalas?

harold lloyd?

zeppo marx? the one marx brother with NO TALENT?

the list of ancient republicans is still head and shoulders above the recent additions. who is lee ann womack? never mind, i probably don't want to know...

[ificandream]

85. The biggest non-story of the year

Wow, who really cares what Pat Boone thinks.

[rocktivity]

86. I guess he's no longer in a metal mood

:headbang:
rocknation

[ForrestGump]

111. He's in a

mental mood, apparently.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

87. I never considered Pat Boone a "music legend" but that just my opinion

otherwise it's a reasonable OP

[Bethany Rockafella]

88. hmm...

What about all the disrespect directed toward President Clinton back in the day? Did he feel the need then to chastize those entertainers for speaking their mind about Clinton?

[Xenotime]

89. Dixie Chicks are the only band that has taken a stand.

Way to go girls!

[mtnsnake]

90. Music legend? His music sucked so bad, that's why rock & roll got invented

I think a bunch of kids were sitting around getting that awful music by Pat Boone rammed down their throats by their parents, so they decided to start Rock and Roll to give people something good to listen to for a change, something uplifting instead of depressing!

[Javaman]

91. Wow and here I thought he was dead. nt

[kskiska]

92. Did Pat Boone show respect for President Clinton?

CRITICS TOAST END OF CLINTON ADMINISTRATION IN FAUX “FUNERAL”

Bozell To AP: “It’s Our Way of Celebrating the Fumigation of Washington”

(snip)

“We have two days before we have to become compassionate,” he cracked. A large video monitor showed unflattering pictures of Clinton, including one in which he appeared to be behind bars.

The Rev. Jerry Falwell, a social conservative activist and founder of the now-defunct Moral Majority, gave the invocation, thanking God “a new wind is blowing.”

(snip)

Rep. Bob Barr, R-Ga., one of Clinton’s toughest critics in Congress, was featured on the program, along with entertainer Pat Boone and a video from comedian Jackie Mason.

http://www.mediaresearch.org/press/2001/press20010119.asp

[cantstandbush]

94. Being able to "bash our President" is why our children go off to war

(supposedly). A President who disrepects our Constitution deserves no respect.

[Jim__]

96. Adolp Hitler is your elder Pat.

Do you respect him?

[diamondsndust]

97. Pat Boone is still alive?!?!?!?.........n/t

[spanone]

98. Boone has been a fundie for decades. He was never a rock & roller

He took Little Richard songs and scrubbed them clean for the 'white folks' to hear. WHO CARES what this old fart has to say?

[rniel]

99. This is way out of proportion

Neil Young just did a whole album bashing bush, but you get one comment from some country singers (who happen to be women) and the whole right wing world goes apeshit even 3 years after the comment happened. This is crazy.

And somebody should shove a stinky sock in Pat Boone's mouth.

[Bridget Burke]

100. Pat Boone--Lame from the beginning, still Lame!

Back at the beginning of Rock & Roll, artists like Chuck Berry & Little Richard showed white kids what black artists could do. Southern white kids from the wrong side of the tracks--Elvis, Jerry Lee, etc.--answered back with sweat & soul. Pat Boone recorded lame "cover versions" that emasculated the original songs. His bland image made him "safer" than those bad boys (of any color.) I never cared for him; even Ricky Nelson was far better!

Some years ago, I happened to tune into an award show. Pat was a presenter--in full "metal" gear. Will I ever recover from the dreadful image?

Here's his newest look:

"Indeed, "Ready To Rock" boasts an extremely impressive cast of like minded pioneers, including Three Dog Night frontman Danny Hutton and one-time collaborator Ritchie Podolor on mandolin and acoustic guitar, the Lewis And Clarke Expidition's Boomer Castleman on guitar, the Eagles' Timothy B. Schmidt on backing vocals, keyboard legend Don Randi and veteran producer Ray Ruff. " "Boone rises to the occasional handsomely here with considerable conviction on such countrified hard rockers as "NASCAR Time" (which owes a tremendous aesthetic debt to the Tigers' May 1965 mega-classic "Gee To Tiger").

http://patboone.com/

Kids! Go to the site & get a Daily Devotional Message from Pat on your Cell Phone!

Apparently he has no bookings--even in Branson. Guess he needed the publicity.

[ForrestGump]

112. I like his new look. Trying to figure out if it's inspired by "Brokeback

Mountain" or the Village People...either way, I think it's probably got a bunch of his 'base' -- whoever they are, these days -- confused.

I like your post, too. It's one thing to 'cover,' pay tribute to, or otherwise record someone else's song, but what he did to the likes of "Tutti Frutti" is just inexcusable. The horror...

[gauguin57]

101. Hey, George Clooney! Go straighten out your cousin's wife's father!

Pat Boone, you can go pound (love letters in the) sand.

[Cha]

102. pat freak show boone

has to show how dense he is everytime a Patriot speaks out against der frueher.

Who knew he was such a creep back in the day when he wore his white bucks and sang "Tammy"?

[Jigarotta]

104. maybe Pat should listen to His elder - JC.

can't keep up with all the nonsense of those that support the illegal home invasion of Iraq, but I believe Pat is one of them. slimey bastard.

[ificandream]

108. Wait, did someone say "music legend"?

This is a man whose biggest hit record came from whitewashing a black artist's record.

[ForrestGump]

113. Nah, he had some legitimate pop hits

and sang a lot of them very nicely (most were somewhat bland, to put it mildly, but they had their place), but he should never have touched real rock 'n' roll. I'd like to be charitable, in the absence of actually knowing much about his career, and say that perhaps his producers and label coerced him into desecrating "Tutti Frutti" (not that it's exactly a work of art, but it was exuberant early rock 'n' roll), but he's since proven over and over again that he is essentially a doofus, and not just politically.

[ificandream]

115. Too much credit

I think you're giving him more credit than he's due, though I have to admit "Speedy Gonzales" is a guilty pleasure for me. "Love Letters in the Sand" was a nice if syrupy ballad, but it was not the landmark tune many of his contemporaries were putting out at the time.

[PublicRadioVet]

114. Why do any of us care about celebrity politics?!

That is my question. Who cares what some actor or singer says about this or that poltical issue, or this or that politician? Actors and musicians are notoriously shallow and ill-informed people. This is true across the entire political spectrum. I can't imagine anyone getting their personal politics from their favorite movie star or rock group. This is why America wears a dunce cap when it comes to being politically aware. Too many people just parrot what someone famous else says or thinks. Too few people are doing original synthesis or analysis on their own.

[sendero]

116. It's not our fault..

.. he's an idiot and a self serving fool. We didn't elect him, he was appointed.

[HeeBGBz]

117. Fucking has-been

Trying to suck up some kind of interest in his pathetic bottom feeder career.