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Post by ReturnToPepperland on Oct 8, 2012 12:16:36 GMT -5
I don't blame Joe for not liking that comparison because no one in the U.S. wants to be compared to Rush anymore(even those on the Right) I am not a staunch conservative "righty" like Rush is. I consider each situation on its own and decide accordingly; thus, I am an "Independent". I am also Pro-Choice, and probably many other things different from Rush. The thing is, I despise Rush Limbaugh, and I change the radio dial as soon as I hear him. And what's more, I look nothing like him and have tons more hair. I don't like being compared to Rush either. Its not so much his politics--I don't think Sandra Fluke is entitled to free birth control either. I moved all other discussion to another area.
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Post by ReturnToPepperland on Oct 8, 2012 12:59:15 GMT -5
By the way, when I get nostalgic, I take a bi-carbonate.
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Post by acebackwords on Oct 8, 2012 13:05:45 GMT -5
Who was the wag who said Paul is starting to look like an aging lesbian?
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Post by acebackwords on Oct 8, 2012 13:08:52 GMT -5
I kinda' agree with the basic premise of the article. As a guy who came of age in the '70s (born in 1956) I got damn tired of hearing the '60s generation -- Wavy Gravy, Ken Kesey, the Woodstock Generation -- endlessly touting the greatness of the '60s and the greatness of themselves for bringing us the '60s. The basic premise of my latest book -- "ACID HEROES: The 60s and its Aftermath" -- is that the '60s basically had a destructive effect on western civilization. Its been all downhill since then thats for sure. Maybe thats why so many people look back on that era fondly. Because things hadn't quite gone to hell yet.
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Post by John S. Damm on Oct 8, 2012 14:24:47 GMT -5
Whoa, RTP last I looked your post only had the Fluke reference. Now its grown tenfold on the non-controversial topic of abortion. Let us not go there but rather let's tackle Ace's argument that the Beatles and other leaders of the counter-culture help destroy Western Civilization as that's one we can all basically agree upon!
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Post by mikev on Oct 8, 2012 14:29:46 GMT -5
That is a good one Mike what with your deadpan humor and all! I had in mind though Stallone: Sold!
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Post by John S. Damm on Oct 8, 2012 14:44:09 GMT -5
Okay Ace, I have perfectly matched Steve to Pacino; uncannily paired vectis to Connery when folks thought the former's dad looked like the real Bond; heard no objection from the lovely scousette when informed that Salma Hayek would play her; and Mike is "sold" on Stallone playing him in the Board's movie(I cheated as I knew Mike's neighborhood nickname was the "Italian Stallion"). I am doing well as a casting director. But you pose a problem. I am thinking: or
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Post by John S. Damm on Oct 8, 2012 14:54:01 GMT -5
And Sayne can only be played by: And I have given some thought to JoeK. Who would be a tough, in-yer-face kind of NYC guy. Why: Andrew Dice Clay
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Post by scousette on Oct 8, 2012 15:00:31 GMT -5
I approve of Salma!
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Post by Joe Karlosi on Oct 8, 2012 15:22:07 GMT -5
So do I. But I must warn you, she has always been my ideal go-to-woman when I describe my type!
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Post by vectisfabber on Oct 8, 2012 15:27:50 GMT -5
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Post by Steve Marinucci on Oct 8, 2012 15:39:06 GMT -5
I guess this is my fault this thread has gotten very personal all of a sudden.
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Post by scousette on Oct 8, 2012 18:52:16 GMT -5
So do I. But I must warn you, she has always been my ideal go-to-woman when I describe my type! Uh-oh.
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Post by scousette on Oct 8, 2012 18:53:17 GMT -5
I guess this is my fault this thread has gotten very personal all of a sudden.
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Post by Steve Marinucci on Oct 8, 2012 19:58:20 GMT -5
I guess this is my fault this thread has gotten very personal all of a sudden. I was joking. Sorry I didn't make that clear.
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Post by sayne on Oct 8, 2012 23:06:03 GMT -5
And Sayne can only be played by: Redrum
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Post by coachbk on Oct 9, 2012 9:38:17 GMT -5
I think the author is wrong. Lots of young people like the Beatles and music from the 60's/70's. There is something special about it. Contrast this to when I was in high school nobody was listening to music from the 1920's (the same number of years ago as the 60's is for today's kids. I also think there is a backlash among intelligent youth against the mindless music that has been popular. As JSD noted Mumford & Sons and The Avett Brothers are branching out from the fringes to mainstream. Other acts like Gotye, Of Monsters And Men and The Black Keys are getting top 40 airplay.
On another topic, people say I look like John Ritter. Unfortunately he passed away. Maybe Mark Hamill could fill the role of coachbk?
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Post by John S. Damm on Oct 9, 2012 10:28:49 GMT -5
I think the author is wrong. Lots of young people like the Beatles and music from the 60's/70's. There is something special about it. Contrast this to when I was in high school nobody was listening to music from the 1920's (the same number of years ago as the 60's is for today's kids. I also think there is a backlash among intelligent youth against the mindless music that has been popular. As JSD noted Mumford & Sons and The Avett Brothers are branching out from the fringes to mainstream. Other acts like Gotye, Of Monsters And Men and The Black Keys are getting top 40 airplay. On another topic, people say I look like John Ritter. Unfortunately he passed away. Maybe Mark Hamill could fill the role of coachbk? If anything, the explosion of young singer/songwriters of Rock/Pop/Folk influence is proof that The Beatles live! I agree with you CoachBK that young people are increasingly looking for smarter popular music. LOL, when you first joined here I thought that you might be Coach Bobby Knight formerly of I.U. although Knight is a Country & Western music fan. I still have though that image of you as a young Coach Knight who was fit and trim and one volatile dude! JSD's image of our CoachBK(Young Coach Bobby Knight in Photo) But you must be more laid back! Mark Hamill it is for you in the movie version of this Board!
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Post by johnforthewin on Oct 9, 2012 14:00:55 GMT -5
As a younger Beatles fan born in the 80's. It not nostalgic at all. Its new. If anything the article is presumptuous and to compare the media of the Beatles to James Bond is like comparing a 60's Mustang to an iPod. One is a solid product that will always be around with minor tweeks and prods here and there but still retains its original appeal (The Beatles) while the other is something that is based on an idea but has changed drastically over time to fit the needs of the current generation (James Bond). If they were releasing some dubstep remix of "When I'm 64" under Apple records along with Skyfall then perhaps the author has a point, but since they're not...well...there ya go.
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Post by acebackwords on Oct 9, 2012 14:17:27 GMT -5
Okay Ace, I have perfectly matched Steve to Pacino; uncannily paired vectis to Connery when folks thought the former's dad looked like the real Bond; heard no objection from the lovely scousette when informed that Salma Hayek would play her; and Mike is "sold" on Stallone playing him in the Board's movie(I cheated as I knew Mike's neighborhood nickname was the "Italian Stallion"). I am doing well as a casting director. But you pose a problem. I am thinking: Ha ha. Yeah, I'm like a much better looking and more stoned Ignatowski. When I was younger people often told me I reminded them of that John Lennon fellow. In my 30s people often told me I reminded them of Alan Alda (a guy I hated -- just my luck). Now in my 50s people often tell me I remind them of Steven Speilberg. To which my response is: "I don't know who should be more insulted, me or Speilberg."
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Post by andyb on Oct 9, 2012 14:27:23 GMT -5
I will continue to listen to music I like.
I don't go for the nostalgia side because I wasn't alive then. I find their story very interesting.
End of.
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Post by sayne on Oct 9, 2012 20:39:03 GMT -5
. . . Lots of young people like the Beatles and music from the 60's/70's. . . . I agree. When I'm near schools (no, I'm not lurking), I notice the t-shirts kids are wearing and I see lots of Beatles shirts. More than any other single performer. I also see a fair share of "classic rock" bands: Doors, Pink Floyd, Stones, Led Zep, etc. After the Beatles, I see lots of Ramones shirts. I think metal (old and new) is the second most represented genre. I hardly see any current bands or too many post-90s bands. I was at the store today and overheard two kids behind me and one of them had a birthday today. I told her, you know you share a birthday with a famous person. She said "who?" I said, "Do you know who John Lennon was?" She said no, so I said do you know the Beatles?" She said "yes." I said, "He was one of the Beatles." She said, "Oh, I like them." Cool 12 year old, if you ask me.
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Post by Panther on Oct 9, 2012 22:31:50 GMT -5
It's important to bear in mind that even in the 60s, there were countless people -- including youth -- who didn't really know who The Beatles were, didn't care, and weren't interested even if exposed.
On the celebrity front, here are various famous people that at least one person in my adulthood has told me I look like: - Leonardo Dicaprio - Robert Sean-Leonard - Damon Albarn - Michael Jackson - Prince
Don't you have a clear image of me now??
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Post by John S. Damm on Oct 9, 2012 23:27:52 GMT -5
It's important to bear in mind that even in the 60s, there were countless people -- including youth -- who didn't really know who The Beatles were, didn't care, and weren't interested even if exposed. Unfortunately that included my parents who graduated from high school in 1952 so they were too old for even Elvis(they were in college or done when he broke big). Thus I grew up in a non-Beatles home in the 1960's yet they were so big that they still crept into my consciousness from television and other media sources. LOL, Leo will play Panther! I was thinking Tom Cruise for some reason but he is too old to be you. Leonardo is closer in age maybe. He is mentioned in Dylan's "Tempest" so that is cool too.
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Post by wooltonian on Oct 10, 2012 7:26:43 GMT -5
It's important to bear in mind that even in the 60s, there were countless people -- including youth -- who didn't really know who The Beatles were, didn't care, and weren't interested even if exposed. On the celebrity front, here are various famous people that at least one person in my adulthood has told me I look like: - Leonardo Dicaprio - Robert Sean-Leonard - Damon Albarn - Michael Jackson - Prince Don't you have a clear image of me now?? England fast-bowler, Jimmy Anderson?
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Post by andyb on Oct 10, 2012 7:48:26 GMT -5
I'd love to be played by my hero Galen from "Planet- er - thapes" or as other people say "Planet of the Apes". That's a local joke!
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Post by John S. Damm on Oct 10, 2012 9:54:54 GMT -5
I'd love to be played by my hero Galen from "Planet- er - thapes" or as other people say "Planet of the Apes". That's a local joke! I don't get it but I laughed anyway! I was picturing you being played in the movie version of this Board by Giles Martin in his acting debut! I would love you to be played by Sir George Martin because of your connection to recording music professionally but Sir George is too old and would be saying "What?" all the time on the set. Giles would be perfect for you: suave, younger, in the music business and he has met Paul(and Heather Mills) like you have!
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Post by lowbasso on Oct 10, 2012 11:48:13 GMT -5
. . . Lots of young people like the Beatles and music from the 60's/70's. . . . I agree. When I'm near schools (no, I'm not lurking), I notice the t-shirts kids are wearing and I see lots of Beatles shirts. More than any other single performer. I also see a fair share of "classic rock" bands: Doors, Pink Floyd, Stones, Led Zep, etc. After the Beatles, I see lots of Ramones shirts. I think metal (old and new) is the second most represented genre. I hardly see any current bands or too many post-90s bands. I was at the store today and overheard two kids behind me and one of them had a birthday today. I told her, you know you share a birthday with a famous person. She said "who?" I said, "Do you know who John Lennon was?" She said no, so I said do you know the Beatles?" She said "yes." I said, "He was one of the Beatles." She said, "Oh, I like them." Cool 12 year old, if you ask me. She knew the Beatles but not John Lennon. Does that say that 100 years from now, solo contributions of the Fab Four will fade while The Beatles music will forever remain popular?
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Post by John S. Damm on Oct 10, 2012 12:25:54 GMT -5
I agree. When I'm near schools (no, I'm not lurking), I notice the t-shirts kids are wearing and I see lots of Beatles shirts. More than any other single performer. I also see a fair share of "classic rock" bands: Doors, Pink Floyd, Stones, Led Zep, etc. After the Beatles, I see lots of Ramones shirts. I think metal (old and new) is the second most represented genre. I hardly see any current bands or too many post-90s bands. I was at the store today and overheard two kids behind me and one of them had a birthday today. I told her, you know you share a birthday with a famous person. She said "who?" I said, "Do you know who John Lennon was?" She said no, so I said do you know the Beatles?" She said "yes." I said, "He was one of the Beatles." She said, "Oh, I like them." Cool 12 year old, if you ask me. She knew the Beatles but not John Lennon. Does that say that 100 years from now, solo contributions of the Fab Four will fade while The Beatles music will forever remain popular? What sayne didn't say was the young lady, when asked about The Beatles, said, "Oh yeah, isn't that Paul McCartney's band?" But it wasn't Paul's birthday yesterday! ;D I wanted to say that as we celebrate "Love Me Do," isn't it amazing that the #1 album in the U.S. is by Mumford & Sons, the closest popular music has been to skiffle since, well skiffle!
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Post by mikev on Oct 10, 2012 12:43:58 GMT -5
She knew the Beatles but not John Lennon. Does that say that 100 years from now, solo contributions of the Fab Four will fade while The Beatles music will forever remain popular? What sayne didn't say was the young lady, when asked about The Beatles, said, "Oh yeah, isn't that Paul McCartney's band?" But it wasn't Paul's birthday yesterday! ;D I wanted to say that as we celebrate "Love Me Do," isn't it amazing that the #1 album in the U.S. is by Mumford & Sons, the closest popular music has been to skiffle since, well skiffle! They were on SNL a couple of weeks ago-didn't realize they were that big here but that is encouraging. As for Paul McCartney and the Beatles wouldn't it be funny if the "yoot" said isn't the Beatles the band where Paul McCartney writes all the songs and sings and plays on all the instruments? ;D
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