Comments on: Remembering Laci

Remembering Laci

ghastlyfop — Wed, 18 Jun 2003 11:54:52 -0800

Remembering Laci (sans taste) This link leads to a tribute song, in quicktime, to the late Laci Petersen. Sorry to bring things down to a tabloid-filter level, but the sheer hilarity of this song, as well as this leads me to wonder whether these were done (tastelessly) in earnest, or (tastelessly) in mockery.

By: MaxVonCretin

MaxVonCretin — Wed, 18 Jun 2003 12:15:55 -0800

oh. oh my. it's heartfelt, just ghastly.

By: sharksandwich

sharksandwich — Wed, 18 Jun 2003 12:20:34 -0800

Shine on, you Laci diamond...

By: krewson

krewson — Wed, 18 Jun 2003 12:21:42 -0800

Let's keep in mind, people -- this is California we're talking about. It's probably tastelessly earnest.

By: pizzasub

pizzasub — Wed, 18 Jun 2003 12:23:12 -0800

Wow. That's just totally...wow. It's earnest, all right...

By: monkeyman

monkeyman — Wed, 18 Jun 2003 12:26:17 -0800

We knew one day she'd be gone, gone, gone. Unbelievably bad.

By: madamjujujive

madamjujujive — Wed, 18 Jun 2003 12:37:44 -0800

omg, the phrase "insult to injury" has never been better illustrated. This poor woman, not terrible enough she met a hideous and violent death in her prime, but she also faces the ignominy of immortality in that vast wasteland, the pantheon of pop-tabloid martyrs. These are treading dangerously close to lil' markie in creep quotient.

By: ghastlyfop

ghastlyfop — Wed, 18 Jun 2003 12:41:53 -0800

Yeah, the idea that your tragic and violent death could lead to...this...is chilling.

By: Witty

Witty — Wed, 18 Jun 2003 12:47:21 -0800

It was the claves at the beginning that brought me to tears.

By: sageleaf

sageleaf — Wed, 18 Jun 2003 12:51:37 -0800

If Scott is found guilty, they should just sentence him to repeated listenings of these.

By: xmutex

xmutex — Wed, 18 Jun 2003 12:54:49 -0800

Do princesses and angels really live on in Heaven?

By: Witty

Witty — Wed, 18 Jun 2003 13:01:42 -0800

I can't stop listening to it. Is there someone I can call?

By: Ogre Lawless

Ogre Lawless — Wed, 18 Jun 2003 13:18:14 -0800

Let's keep in mind, people -- this is California we're talking about. It's probably tastelessly earnest. As a) a Californian, and b) one living close enough to Molesto for this to be "local news", I find it simply tasteless. I find this tasteless even for the midwest (where it might -possibly- be earnest). Studio karaoke is outlawed here and pay-for-play artists are regularly hunted down and hung in the streets here.

By: creamed corn

creamed corn — Wed, 18 Jun 2003 13:22:27 -0800

Is this more or less evil than casting the made-for-tv movie?

By: orange swan

orange swan — Wed, 18 Jun 2003 13:29:48 -0800

Oh it's tastelessly in earnest for sure. No one would mock Laci's death in such a way. Of course lots of people would mock such a tasteless, maudlin memorial to Laci's death - it's fair game. My question is, was this done by anyone who actually knew Laci? My suspicion is that it wasn't, and that it's basically done by strangers for the perusal of strangers. Of course it's awful that Laci died in such a way - but why this rush to wallow in schmaltzy memorials over a stranger?

By: twiggy

twiggy — Wed, 18 Jun 2003 13:56:38 -0800

Man, I heard the first one and couldn't believe how bad it was.. then there was a second one linked here ("We Remember Laci"), and then, in the little select box at the bottom, I found an equally horrendous third one... Do people really hear these and go "oh that's so touching..."? I sure as hell hope not.

By: mr_roboto

mr_roboto — Wed, 18 Jun 2003 14:02:01 -0800

Good god. I've always considered the empowerment of the individual creative impulse facilitated by advancing technology to be a good thing. Let The People make their own art, democratize the creative sphere, and all that. Maybe I've been wrong. That song in that second link ("We Remember Lacy") is like a nightmare vision of Leonard Cohen. And xmutex: it's not "princesses and angels"; it's "princess angels". As in those angels who are princesses. Or maybe those princesses who are angels. I have no idea. My god.

By: jokeefe

jokeefe — Wed, 18 Jun 2003 14:26:42 -0800

Now the angels hold her gently And little Connor's with her too... This has truly raised the bar of awfulness. Christ in a bucket. If I were a member of her family, I think I'd livid. But maybe they find it touching. God only knows.

By: cortex

cortex — Wed, 18 Jun 2003 15:58:33 -0800

mr_roboto: nice to know I'm not the only person who thought of Leonard Cohen. My first impression is that it seems like the first track has more Awkward Mourning cred than the others -- the vocals are untrained enough that I get the impression this is someone who actually knew her. The other two, especially the Dopplecohen, sound more commissioned. (Note that #2 on the list, Laci's Song, is sung by a Casey Paterson. Name is a coincidence?) Oooh! Source! Here's an article in the Fresno Bee that talks about two of the songs. Looks like they're both unrelated shmoes who shouldn't be allowed near musical equipment, especially when you consider this: "Both men previously wrote musical tributes about other tragic events." And, according to this one, the one sung by Casey Paterson was written by Laci's FedEx delivery guy.

By: Ynoxas

Ynoxas — Wed, 18 Jun 2003 20:44:53 -0800

They seemed earnest enough, just completely lacking ability. I see where the suspicions come from though, as they are so bad that one might assume that it was purposefully awful.

By: Dreama

Dreama — Thu, 19 Jun 2003 06:49:36 -0800

And, according to this one, the one sung by Casey Paterson was written by Laci's FedEx delivery guy. Okay, all the most reason to just sign the thing that lets them leave packages in the mail slot. Worst tribute song, ever. I'd rather listen to 'Goodbye England's Rose" 100 times a day with the treble tweaked high than ever hear a note of any of the Laci songs again.

By: grabbingsand

grabbingsand — Thu, 19 Jun 2003 07:16:33 -0800

the one sung by Casey Paterson was written by Laci's FedEx delivery guy. flash forward to 2047, when police investigators put a deathbed confession together with seemingly unrelated clues and discover that the killer was really the fedex delivery guy. now that's creepy....

By: cortex

cortex — Thu, 19 Jun 2003 16:16:36 -0800

Shit. Someone listen to that recording backwards, and quick!