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The Blind Boys of Alabama - "Spirit In The Sky"
Posted on December 13, 2005 8:13 AM
Oh, yes. It's time for a curveball!
Why are we discussing this? Well... I found this in the R&B section on Blastro. Needless to say I was immediately won over in an "Aww, these panhandlers are soooo heartwarming!" kind of way. Legendary gospel collecitve The Blind Boys of Alabama have a new video out entitled "Spirit In The Sky." [watch it now] It brought me to a revelation of my own: This is the lamest rock-gospel I’ve ever heard or seen. I’m not afraid to say it!
First off, the only "Spirit In The Sky" I fucks with takes me from NY to Orlando for $79 round-trip.
Secondly, luckily for them they can't see how badly their video blows. I guess since they are blind the director could tell them anything and they'd be cool with it.
"Did they put the green screen beach shot with Jesus resurrecting behind us like I asked?"
"Suuuuuure, Clarence. It's in there!"
They also must have had zero input on the dress. I think they wore those suits with their intentions set on making us blind right along with them. What color is that? Ruby Red Graprefruit? Somebody made a run to the pimp store before the shoot? Someone's gonna have to tell them the brown suits they asked for didn't quite make it. I don't have the heart to do it.
I don’t know why these guys made it and the Arkansas Amputees didn’t. The Blind Boys went pop anyway. The Pennsylvania Paraplegics and the Detroit Deaf Duo were much more authentic and street. Let me know if you need them mixtapes!
Psssh @ these blind-ass Temptations… They got new members and everything. That's weak! The young niggas in the back ain’t even blind! They are just gettin themselves some work in. No... wait... Maybe they ARE blind. Look at that one nigga's cornrows! If he's blind, he must have done them himself.
Continuing in the tradition of letting these dudes look like fools, the director (who needs to be shot by the way) let them have dance solos. Nooooooooo! Then for the group number what do they do? They do the fucking locomotion! Why? All jokes aside, it's probably the only dance a group of blind niggas can do in unison (since they have to lead each other).
Don’t feel bad for them. Uncle Ruckus & Co. have been working the pity angle for over 60 years. They get no pity from me. Yes, they’re blind but dammit, they’re SINGING! If anything they should be better at this shit than the rest of us with those heightened senses of hearing! I’d be impressed if these niggas were archers or something.
Shit, they didn’t need your pity when they fucked your grandmother. They don’t need it now. They might need a change cup though. This video is sad on many many levels. Thanks again, Blastro!
Revelation #2: The director must be blind him/herself!
Questions? Comments? Requests? Where are we going and why are we in this handbasket? ronnie_mexxx@yahoo.com
Comments
Plain and simple Fam you cross the line maybe you needed a good laugh I usually rock with you but ease up fam that was tasteless and pointless.
damn cuz...whats next...u gon talk about the video of Christopher Reeves falling off the horse??? How bout a talkin' bloggers segment about ron mexico??
Those dudes are fine. i would loveto fuck all 6 of them in theree old, shriveled up, stinky buttholes.
Ron
I must say you are going to hell by your damn self on that one. Humor can not justify this one. Nothing is set in stone. You could get into a car accident and become a paraplegic, or a disease can take over your body and cause YOU to lose your sight or hearing. You can get caught up in a house fire or get shot in the face while leaving the gas station and become disfigured. You know maybe it's just me. I fear GOD and I fear his WRATH. For the wrongdoing and ignorance YOU have your children and their children might be cursed with misfortunes or disabilities you just never ever know. Just because you weren't born that way doesn't mean you can't SPEAK IT INTO EXISTENCE. You're still living and ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN.
LOL... Yo gang, that shit you wrote was funny but you goin' straight to hell on a scholarship. I'd HATE to stand next to you in a thunder storm. But that shit was funny. I didn't even watch the video because I'm not tryin' to be at work laughing at blind people. Shit, I work at a rehabilitation hospital so I see lots of disabilities and pain everyday. You know you're dead wrong, but I'm chuckling.
Ron quit that job, your humor is wack... you suck man...what is the next episode? you laughin' @ poor lil african dying or disabled person sufferin'?
God bless you
"this is mean and vicious... mean and vicious" - Jay-Z
ron,
is that herp actin' up? you are mad cantankerous today! hatin on the blind... damn.
yo Ron be careful, them niggaz is gonna read this and sue ur ass.
wait... nevermind, that shit was funny
shout out to foxy brown by the way. Foxy if u can hear me good luck
Ronny,
Now you know exactly what you were doing when you wrote this review...and you know that you went too far kid.
ONE...
how the fuck is she gonna hear your words on the screen?
you fuckin christmas cookies with pink sprinkles eatin ass nigga.
DAMMNNN Ron thats some funny shit. I mean im blind too and I had someone tell me what was happening as they sung. They sounded like bags being popped with fart gas all up in that son a bitch. You funny you little half black mexican. We'll call you a blaxican!! Haha I need a blog. Jesus that was some weird stuff I mean I don't think they could carry a tune if they had 20 hands all holding a walkman. Well I just wanted to say thanks for that funny shit now I can go back to petting my dogs asshole and calling it a woman... I mean pussy has no face.. RIGHT?
Blindly yours,
"I" sight the blindman
I actually heard some of their music a few times. If you're into classic RnB Soul, and Gospel (and I mean "Classic"), give their music a shot. I didn't find it half-bad. Amazing that they made music of that calibre, let alone even being blind musicians.
Fuck that... Ray Charles wasn't "The Blind Nigga Ray Charles" he was Ray Charles. He ain't play the sympathy card. His mama told him not to ever be no cripple.
I don't care, these cats line-stepped FIRST with this video. They shoulda stuck to 45s and shit.
Watch the video first! Then someone tell me the point of this video other than to make you feel sorry for them. That's just as unethical a marketing tactic/blatantly a gimmick as some of the other mainstream bullshit we criticize.
If these niggas could see they wouldn't have even pressed this record. No label would send a song like this out there to get shitted on by the Donnie McClurkins and Yolanda Adamses of the world.
Which reminds me... Kirk Franklin might have to get got on the throwback tip.
Ron excuses are monuments of nothing disrespect is disrespect. And they ask for Sympathy???? Why because of their name. Their ORIGINAL name was The Happy Land Jubilee Singers (Growing up in the Bible Belt yes I would know). There was a group called The Five Blind Boys of Mississippi who was the Jubilee Singers Competition. They competed so much against each other in concerts and various shows that it became The Five Blind Boys of Mississippi vs. The Five Blind Boys of Alabama and that name was the name that stuck by them all of these years. Not for SYMPATHY purposes. Trust I've heard the story over and over. And they sing TRADITIONAL GOSPEL. Not CONTEMPORARY Gospel with Donnie and Yolanda. That's like comparing Pop to Jazz. BIG difference. Their touching souls and singing praises unto THEE not worried about Donnie or Yolanda marketing strategies. I don't think their career would have lasted OVER 60 YEARS any other way. Wrong is wrong and you are still going to hell by yourself.
This was like watchin that guy get waxed in 40 year old virgin...so wrong yet so damn funny. Ron makes valid points. People do whatever they want to blind people (I know you guys have wondered about Stevie's people and think "What in the hell..?"). I don't think they were asking for sympathy but this video was wack. Plain and simple. Blind or not. Luckily for them we can't blame them...we blame the director, stylist, first and second AD, and the seeing cats in the group. But that lightskinned dude...homeboy was gettin down! He was on that Stevie wonder 2-step level. Go Head!
BUT I still won't go to hell with you homes...I'll send you an ice pack though :D
R U SERIOUS,
Thanks for the history lesson... The name is STILL one that I (and Nietzche) would say is a blatant attempt to incur sympathy, even if 2 handicapped groups used it facing off against each other. (As they could have just been The Mississippi Boys vs. The Alabama Boys, etc.)
But good to know know where it INITIALLY came from.
The song and video are still anus. They (and their supporters) should blame their publicist for puttin that shit in the CONTEMPORARY R&B section where Ronaldo Horacio Mexico lurks.
I stand by the jokes on the clothes, hair, dancing and plain white background they thought was gonna have some powerful imagery on it.
Stylezz,
Thanks for the ice pack. I'll be under Satan's throne... not for THIS shit though.
This is disrespectful and unfunny. You're a loser.
Hey Ron u just bought yoyrself a one way tix to hell-abama. man u foul u really foul I can smell u all the way in Cali( Black Wall treet)(GGGGGGG-Unot)
You better repent man, gode can make u the unofficial sixth member of the blind boys. Lifes a test so watch it.
Asalamu Alaikum brothers, (Today is the last day i use the word nigga)
R.I.p Richard Pryor(He stoped using that word after a visit to Africa in 1980, Soon he was castedm in the movie Superman 3 and also got paid 4 million for it, more than the star of the Movie, Christopher Reeves)
Asalamu Alaikum brothers
I like this group. They do alot of great cover songs. They're probably most famous for doing a Tom Waits cover song (The Wire Season 1 theme)
How could you say something like that?? It wasn't even funny I GUESS YOUR LOSING GROUND becasue for you to stoop that LOW just goes to show why WHITE PEOPLE THINK BLACK PEOPLE ARE IGNORANT AND STUPID
This sh*t ain't funny man. This sh*t is just sad. What's so funny about crackin' jokes about Blind people?? Yeah the video was "wack" but that's still no excuse. I'm sorry but I don't find any humor in this at all.
Oh so sad... >:0(
The thing you niggas don't realise is that Ron Mex is tryin to get a rise out of your stupid asses, which judging by your feedback, he quite successfully did. It still don't make it right, Ron Mex, this is comin from the whole of England, go eat a big fat, smegma encrusted, cheesy-like-3-year-old-Stilton, dick.
What people will do for a laugh; amazing you do know that criticizing is the easiest job in the world, focus on the GOoD that they do prick
First of all England is fill with a bunch of HOMO'S therefore ENGLAND IS IRRELEVANT. England is a bunch bull shit. Everyone is either GAY, Racist,Ugly or Schizophrenic. Yup I said it you know it's REAL TALK. EnglandRepresent YOU FAKE ASS BITCH stop frontin everybody and their mama knows that you're HOMO you Fuckin HOMO DYKE BITCH. Who cares what Ron Mexico was trying to do. Ron is obviously uneducated to make those type of silly comments without giving consideration to how ignorant and insensative comments. Ron on some stealin Michael Vick alias for HERPES MEDICATION BULL SHIT. Not funny.......well maybe you homo gay ass don't know who Mike Vick casue ya gay as don't watch the NFL. YA ASS STAY ON QUEER EYE FOR THE ST8 GUY. Basically when it comes down to it Ron Mexico and "England Represent" ya both on the wrong blog you both belong on the AOL I'M GAY AND NOT ASHAMED OF IT BLOG.........REAL TALK
NYC ALL DAY EVERY DAY /KEEP IT REAL
What did a blind nigger tell a deaf nigger
nothing niggers cant talk
Wow, I guess everyone on this blog went to Church today. Usually threatening to kill each other and making fun of any different thing about a person is par for the course (being white, or homosexual, or retarded). But how dare Mr. Mexico make fun of the blind!!!
Personally I'll be looking forward to when we get to make fun of Pharrell's newest signee, Robin "Jr. Growing Pains" Thicke- the psuedo-Timberlake.
Ronnie Mexxx,
oh no! you crosed the line kid, and i don't mean making fun of 5 blind dudes. I mean calling out their publicist! He didn't put this in the contemporary R&B Section, the marketing people at the label did. Don't get it twisted. Their publicist is the one who's happy you made fun of them because now all these people saying you're going to hell are going to buy their music.
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