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The Jingle Cats
Jun 28, 2014
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The Artists
Dear God! Every Christmas we are subjected to this dreck, where we are forced to watch a video (usually because there is one member of the family that finds this cute); where we have cats meowing and playing to Christmas Songs. This was the brainchild of Mike Spalla, a sound engineer who we assume made some serious coin with this idea. The albums actually sold, and resulted into Jingle Dogs and Jingle Babies, both of which stink up our Christmas song rotation.
The Bullet Points:
Albums Appeared:
Meowy Christmas (1993)
Here Comes Santa Claws (1994)
Actors:
None
Songs you might remember:
Jingle Bells and other Christmas Songs.
Why you should vote for them:
The odds are you know who they are. We bet half of the acts on this ballot you are learning for the first time.
Why you should not vote for them:
They are cats…and this sucks!
Jimmy Moore
Jun 28, 2014
Published in
The Artists
With a nice cameo in the “Wedding Singer”, we were treated to Jon Lovitz as a rival wedding singer who sang in his sleaziest best, Ladies’ Night. It was terrible, but it was comedic gold as Lovitz was as arrogant as he was untalented. It may have been brief, but we did love it!
The Bullet Points:
Movie Appeared:
The Wedding Singer (1998)
Actor:
Jon Lovitz
Songs you might remember:
Ladies’ Night
Why you should vote for him:
We did think this one of the better cameos in a movie that we have seen in a while.
Why you should not vote for him:
His band was horrible.
Jimmy "B-Rabbit" Smith
Jun 28, 2014
Published in
The Artists
Hmmmm, we are a little torn on this one. First off, Eminem was brilliant as B-Rabbit, a gifted white rapper from the inner city of Detroit. Despite his talent, a white boy in 2002 trying to make it in the rap world is an uphill battle, but we presume he made it by his powerful victory in the film’s end rap battle.
The movie performed well, was praised by the critics and generated an Oscar for Best Song (Lose Yourself), and again Eminem was brilliant; but how could he not be? Basically, he played himself as the plot was basically his life. How fictitious is B-Rabbit anyway? That question could keep this one out.
The Bullet Points:
Movie Appeared:
8 Mile (2002)
Actor:
Eminem
Songs you might remember:
Lose Yourself
Why you should vote for him:
The movie was great, Eminem was great, and there is more than enough music by this character.
Why you should not vote for him:
Realistically, we watched Eminem’s life story here.
Jim MacLaine
Jun 28, 2014
Published in
The Artists
Well received in Europe, “That’ll be the Day” gave us a great look at the early days of Rock and Roll in the United Kingdom during that period between Elvis and the British Invasion. Starring David Essex as Jim MacLaine, we see how music is an outlet for his anger and creativity; and can easily imagine how it was for so many others back in the day. We especially love the fact that the movie co-starred Keith Moon and Ringo Starr, lending it another subtle texture to the film. As this is relatively unknown in North America, we doubt however that this will do well on our site.
The Bullet Points:
Movie Appeared:
That’ll Be the Day (1973)
Actor:
David Essex
Songs you might remember:
None
Why you should vote for him:
This was a decent film about a time and place in Rock and Roll that has not really been shown better.
Why you should not vote for him:
Ringo and Moon made it big in the United States. Jim MacLaine did not.