Joan Baez - Do I just not get it?

>>Yeah you really have to hate this low inflation, great housing market, low mortgage rates, good stock market, and low consumer prices. Yup, it sucks or maybe you were thinking of France?<<

Maybe inlation has been low for a record amount of time, and yeah more people own houses then ever in the history of America, and yes mortgage rates have continued at record lows, the stock market keeps rising and not because of some dot com ponzi scheme like in the '90s, and yes consumer prices have taken a record drop. But, the state of the union still sucks compared to France, Germany, Italy, etc. We only have 5% unemployment, which is essentially full employment which means we all go to work. That sucks, at least in France they get to b**ch about the world while sipping coffee and waiting for the government to take care of all their needs. And in Italy young men are smart enough to stay home and let their mommies take care of them. And Germany, well so what if their economy is near collapse, just don't screw with the summer vacation. At least we have Air America to keep us informed about no matter how much everything is going well it really isn't.

Wc65mustang, it's not just France, it's the entire E.U.! "Bush Bashers" [regarding economic issues] should compare GDP, CPI, unemployment, worker productivity, projected economic growth, and taxes of the American and the E.U. economies. I'm a registered Republican, but I do not agree with many of the President's policies. But try to form opinions from facts not tainted by rabid emotions and political posturing. Far too often, BOTH parties engage in Machiavellian tactics!

>>At least we have Air America to keep us informed about no matter how much everything is going well it really isn't.<<

You bet and all 10 listeners depend on them for the truth.

I agree with you. That vibrato is horrible. Ludicrous. Inexplicable.
I guess it was

I'm a violist, so I know a thing or two about vibrato. Her vibrato sounds like she's using one of those old-time "weight loss" belts that were moved by an electric motor (Back in the forties or so; you'd see commercials for these contraptions with some model who had this rubber belt about six inches wide wrapped around her waist, and at each end it was attached to a motor. As the motor rotated, the belt would be pulled from one side and then the other. Sorry if you didn't need that explanation). Like she's in a car going down a VERY bumpy road.
I am offended by it! Which is totally irrational. I react as if she exaggerated that vibrato on purpose. As if, with all that protest music, she had included an extra ingredient. Now protest THIS! Joan and I will never reconcile on this; there's no way I can not hear that voice bouncing around.

Personally, I would have felt that anyone who responded to that complaint with, "You should listen to X or Y CD" had missed the mark. They're trying to be helpful but ignoring the complaint out of hand. They don't care about the excess vibrato; they just need to not let anyone not like an artist they have some personal preference for. Bless their little hearts!

Bob, you're talking to people 16 years in the past, lol. But, welcome aboard!