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| somerled | Apr 14 2004, 12:11 PM Post #16 |
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Yes - USE BY DATE definitely exceeded. I lived though the 60s and 70s and there was not very much worth preserving in the music of the time (if you can call it music). I never could understand why my sisters were so excited by the Beetles, the Monkeys and other groups. Nor could see what was so good about Elvis. Mind you I liked ABBA ( the girls were spunks ), but I have never bothered accumulating a singles or LP collection or tape collection. Better things to spend my money on. No - I never have had long unwashed hair, though I have been pretty hairy. Yes - I wore flairs, and body shirts, and platforms (that was about all you could get) apart from jeans or school uniforms at the time for kids and mum thought I might like them at the time. Yes - I wore lambs-skin Ug-boots - everywhere ! I could at the time really really related to "The Newcastle Song" national #1 hit single `The Newcastle Song'/`Ventriloquist Love' (March 1975), as a surprisingly accurate if funny depiction of youth car culture in Newcastle at the time , which I was living. Thought you might enjoy the lyrics, they music was good too : "Newcastle Song Lyrics I can remember - there were more : Yes up in Newcastle They have very strange mating habits All the young women of Newcastle Walk down the main street Which is called Hunter Street For reasons that will become obvious Later on in the song. All the young men of Newcastle Drive down Hunter Street In their hot FJ holdens with chrome plated grease nipples and double reverse overhead twin cam door handles Sitting eight abreast the front seat And they lean out the window and say real cool things To the sheilas on the foot path like: "ahhh g'day" And every now and then of course one of the young ladies thinks to herself "Ummmm" she thinks, "ummmmm" Don't you ever let a chance go by oh lord don't you ever let a chance go by. Anyway there was the mob of blokes Driving down Hunter Street In the front seat of the hot FJ with chrome plated grease nipples And twin overhead fox tails And the coolest of them all Who got to sit near the window Was young Norm. And they pulled up otside the Parthenon milkbar And standing outside the partenon Was this beautiful sheila "ooh! Ohhh!" said young Norm Who'd come top in his class in Englilsh, "Ohhh!" he said. So he leaned out the window And he said, real suave like he said "G'day". This nine foot Hell's Angle Came out of the Parthenon milk bar Looked at Normie and said "Arrr, what are ya?" Norm said "What are you?" Bloke on the footpath said: "D'ya want a go, do ya, mate? eh?" Norm said "Yeah, d'you want a go mate?" Bloke on the footpath said "Yeah, I'll have a go" Norm said "Do you know who you're picking?" Bloke on the footpath said "Nah, who am I picking?" Norm said. "Find out" And all of a sudden There was a break in the traffic And as any young Newcastle lad knows When you're being molested By a nine foot tall Hell's Angel And there's a break in the traffic Don't you ever let a chance go by oh lord don't you ever let a chance go by. " Norm sounds like one of my mates of the time (in fact most of my mates of the time). The teen culture was more like "Happy Days" than that stupid "70's Show" currently airing. (I doubt the writers of that show were actually alive in the 70's as they have no clue.) |
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| Fesarius | Apr 14 2004, 12:34 PM Post #17 |
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No offense, Somerled, but your knowledge of what makes music good or bad is lacking. I still respect your opinion whether I agree with it or not. Of course, I suppose I could provide some reasons why carbon dating is flawed, but your acceptance of my reasoning on that topic would similarly be null and void.
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| somerled | Apr 14 2004, 12:45 PM Post #18 |
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Isn't all just a matter of personal taste ? You could be right , and I think my wife might agree (with you as she loves music). |
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| Fesarius | Apr 14 2004, 12:46 PM Post #19 |
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^^^ No, but for the purposes of our discussion here, yes. To be a little clearer, there is a difference between saying one likes this or that music (which is fine, and is governed in large part by personal taste) and saying something like 'If one can call it music.' There are specific criteria which when woven together (whether intuitive, composed, or by accident) makes something 'music' as opposed to 'noise.' Then again, you may not have been saying this.
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| Minuet | Apr 14 2004, 01:38 PM Post #20 |
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Fesarius, all he was trying to do was convince himself that he was better then we are - hence the UBD comment. Somerled - If you don't care for Rock and Roll then simply stay out of the discussion. All you have done is come in and insult those who do like it. It is totally unnessesary. I think you are past your UBD in this topic. |
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| Fesarius | Apr 14 2004, 01:46 PM Post #21 |
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^^^ And here I was, thinking UBD had to do with having old posts resurface. Thanks for the info.
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| Minuet | Apr 14 2004, 01:49 PM Post #22 |
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What old post? This was posted 4 days ago and he made his insulting comment one day later. |
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| Fesarius | Apr 14 2004, 02:12 PM Post #23 |
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^^^ Minuet, Yes, but I didn't check the date of the thread. I must be getting this one mixed up with another music-related thread.
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| somerled | Apr 16 2004, 01:38 AM Post #24 |
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She's really got the poops !
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| captain_proton_au | Apr 16 2004, 12:00 PM Post #25 |
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^^^ what is the little guy for?!?!?, that is usually reserved for when someone says something funny, or someone is responding to something funny, niether description applies to your post!?!!?And listing that newcastle song, who the hell is going to be interested in that? I'm getting sick of this, just about every thread, you bag someone out, pretend to be better than the rest of us, but as shown in this thread, you give the opposite effect of represenrting yourself as a weirdo. Why are you even on this board, you dont really like trek and you have to always defend yourself?!. At least just stick to the Politics forum, thats the only forum where I see you give a considered and thoughtout response, every where else remember THE BUFFER!! |
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