BETTER HATE THAN NEVER
It does not matter much what a man hates provided he hates something. –Samuel Butler
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Eight days from today, much of the civilized world will celebrate Valentine’s Day. Between now and then, the candy kiss and chocolate industry will make nothing short of a mint, selling sweet somethings to buyers to treat lovers….what some might call a vast capitalist conspiracy to take advantage of the lovesick. I* call it, “Bah! Humbug! A poor excuse for picking a man’s pocket every 14th of February!”
Therefore and mean-while, I’m proposing to you the need for a date — a day to counterbalance that upcoming day of over-commercialized romance and mushy love with a date which celebrates its opposite: hot-blooded, hard-boiled HATE. And what better way to inspire a hateful frame of mind than appropriate mood music:
*and Ebenezer Scrooge
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Still not feeling the hate? All right, ladies, repeat after me: I Hate You, Darling….
However, being the sensitive soul that I am, I’d rather you not hate me personally. So let’s broad-en the scope and close on this e-gal-itarian note:
Hold on. We can’t close without a name for this hate date. Down With Love Day? Cupid Sucks Day? Miss Ogamist Day? Better Hate Than Never Day? Wait a sec — now we’re back where we started.
This is the end.
Rakkelle 12:08 am on February 6, 2019 Permalink |
😂😂😂 You said “picking men’s pockets”. I’ll have you know that women purchase Valentine’s card, candy and even flowers for their men too.
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mistermuse 12:14 am on February 6, 2019 Permalink |
I plead guilty (to quoting Charles Dickens’ Ebenezer Scrooge)!
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Catherine Haustein 12:28 am on February 6, 2019 Permalink |
I usually don’t like it but I want to send out cards this year if I can find appropriate or maybe inappropriate ones.
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Rakkelle 12:35 am on February 6, 2019 Permalink |
😂
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calmkate 7:27 am on February 6, 2019 Permalink |
lol can’t endorse a hate day as it’s too strong a negative emotion … how about a friendship day like the Indian’s celebrate … and agree it’s purely a commercial exercise but that’s an idiot tax
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mistermuse 10:01 am on February 6, 2019 Permalink |
My ‘excuse’ for this post is that, like all my satirical posts (well, except for those dealing with Trump), it’s written in good fun. As for a Friendship day, my good friend, you’ll be happy to know there already is one — it’s the first Sunday in August in the US and a number of other countries. 🙂
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calmkate 6:21 pm on February 6, 2019 Permalink
aha then we must campaign for it in oz … makes more sense to me until they commercialise that too …
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rivergirl1211 9:16 am on February 6, 2019 Permalink |
Tamp down your inner Grinch and enjoy the holiday! Stuff yourself with chocolate and roll naked in the roses… Cupid would approve.
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mistermuse 10:16 am on February 6, 2019 Permalink |
Well, I, for one, don’t need Valentine’s Day to stuff myself with chocolate — I need a Willpower Day (at least six days a week) to keep from stuffing myself with chocolate. As for rolling naked in the roses (ouch!), one look at me and Cupid would definitely NOT approve (though I’m sure, in your case, his reaction would be highly favorable). 🙂
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scifihammy 9:44 am on February 6, 2019 Permalink |
I think it’s called Anti-Valentine’s Day! 😀
Nice post. 😀
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mistermuse 10:23 am on February 6, 2019 Permalink |
As it happens, I know a guy who has an Aunty Valentine 🙂 —
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Elizabeth 12:46 pm on February 6, 2019 Permalink |
Don’t forget Tina Turner’s wonderful “What’s Love Got to Do With It?” What’s love but a second hand emotion? Not explicitly hate, but the next best thing.
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Richard A Cahill 10:02 am on February 7, 2019 Permalink |
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mistermuse 1:11 pm on February 7, 2019 Permalink |
Love stinks? Not to skunks (speaking of which, I wonder how The Donald is making out?).
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Silver Screenings 6:55 pm on February 10, 2019 Permalink |
I’ve never been a fan of Valentine’s Day, even when I was a kid, so I was glad to read your thoughts on it. 😉 Plus, beautiful music besides. You think of everything!
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mistermuse 10:30 pm on February 10, 2019 Permalink |
Thank you for thinking I think of everything — now if I could only get my wife to come to the same opinion, I’d consider getting her something for Valentine’s Day (like my favorite candy, for instance).
As for the music — the first song in particular — I was struck by the contrasting styles of Luciano Pavarotti and Celine Dion. He sang to the audience, hardly looked at her, and was ‘all business,’ while she never took her eyes off of him and emoted like ‘nobody’s business.’ Nonetheless, they both sang beautifully and I think the overall effect was quite captivating (but there I go, thinking again).
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etiliyle 5:52 am on February 11, 2019 Permalink |
✨💕✨💕✨💕✨
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pjlazos 9:34 am on February 12, 2019 Permalink |
Ah, but love (and not necessarily romantic love) is the strongest force in the universe so why would I fight that?
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mistermuse 10:52 am on February 12, 2019 Permalink |
PJ, I can’t say “Bah! Humbug!” to that, so all I can say is….
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America On Coffee 9:46 am on February 22, 2019 Permalink |
Another non available
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mistermuse 1:57 pm on February 22, 2019 Permalink |
You didn’t indicate which of the post’s 3 clips is non-available. If you’ll be specific, I’ll try to find a substitute for the song. Thanks.
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America On Coffee 2:19 pm on February 22, 2019 Permalink |
My mistake. Luciano pavarotti does not show.
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mistermuse 6:15 pm on February 22, 2019 Permalink |
AOC, there are a number of clips of this performance, so if this one doesn’t take, you can Google Luciano Pavarotti Celine Dion I Love You Then I Hate You for others to choose from. It would be worth the effort because it’s a powerful emotional performance which gave me a new appreciation of Dion’s voice (of course, Pavarotti’s voice ‘speaks for itself’):
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America On Coffee 12:32 am on February 23, 2019 Permalink |
Got it. Thanks. Love Pavarotti, he is so opera I love Celine too, she is so modern classic. Unique combo.
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mistermuse 11:35 am on February 23, 2019 Permalink |
Agree 100%!
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moorezart 10:54 am on February 23, 2019 Permalink |
Reblogged this on From 1 Blogger 2 Another.
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mistermuse 11:49 am on February 23, 2019 Permalink |
I hate to tell you, but I love you when you reblog my posts (strictly platonically, you understand).
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moorezart 10:19 pm on February 23, 2019 Permalink
I’d hate it if you didn’t, love.
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America On Coffee 7:10 pm on February 23, 2019 Permalink |
Listening to Jane Walsh and Kathryn Grayson’s version, i cannot imagine how the song has remained a classic. My guess, it has to be because of the lyrics.
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mistermuse 10:21 pm on February 23, 2019 Permalink |
Actually, they are three different songs. The first is a 1997 adaptation by Celine Dion of an earlier song titled NEVER, NEVER, NEVER by Shirley Bassey. The other two were composed (both music and lyrics) by the great Cole Porter: I HATE YOU DARLING (1941) is from his musical “Let’s Face It” and I HATE MEN (1948) is from one of my favorite musicals, “Kiss Me Kate,” which was made in 1953 into a film starring Kathryn Grayson and Howard Keel. Pardon me if I disagree, but I like both the music and lyrics of his songs — it doesn’t get much better than Cole Porter!
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America On Coffee 9:16 pm on February 24, 2019 Permalink |
Mistermuse you’ve really hit on some memories here. Kiss Me Kate… I love it. Mistermuse, you are classic!
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