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Post by Joe Karlosi on Feb 8, 2014 8:35:17 GMT -5
I agree with Joe here. I think sometimes we're too ready to be critical of each other when we read a post we don't like, me included. . And me included too. Let's forget it, sayne. This is the 50th Anniversary Weekend.
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Post by sayne on Feb 8, 2014 10:56:23 GMT -5
If any ONE person who rereads what I wrote agrees with you that I was being needlessly critical of you, rather than having fun, or that I wrote a post that was snarky or that I was starting a quarrel, I WILL be surprised. No offense was given, but offense was taken. If we were talking about sexual harassment, I'd be guilty because the intention of the sender is irrelevant. But, that's not we're talking about. It was a tease that should have been and could have been taken as so, but was chosen not to be taken that way. I agree with Joe here. I think sometimes we're too ready to be critical of each other when we read a post we don't like, me included. There's a lot of sarcasm floating around, including the post Joe took offense to...read it objectively, you'll see it. People today get so uptight and emotional when it comes to "political correctness," but they get all in a tizzy when anyone kids about them. It is a fact, yes, a fact, that just as Paul is showing his age more and more, and so are many of the Boomers and post-Boomers (and I'm not talking physically). They've become ornery, stale, rigid, narrow-minded, curmudgeonly, grouchy, impatient, and dull. People here are now perceiving the world through old eyes and ears. I think they need new glasses. Glasses that will allow them to see the world as they did when they used to be open-minded and inquisitive and daring. Irony is dead. Just to be clear. This is not about one person. There is a shoe sitting here waiting to see whose foot fits in it. This board needs sarcasm. I know that a lot of my posts are provocative, in the full spectrum use of the term. But, this board would be a lot less interesting without me. More enjoyable for some of you? Maybe, but not as engaging. My, gosh! George once said, "The Beatles saved the world from boredom." What happened to some of you?
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Post by sayne on Feb 8, 2014 11:00:19 GMT -5
I agree with Joe here. I think sometimes we're too ready to be critical of each other when we read a post we don't like, me included. . And me included too. Let's forget it, sayne. This is the 50th Anniversary Weekend. Okay. I saw your post after I sent mine. Feel free to blast it and have the last word. i won't respond. I'll respect the detente in honor of the weekend.
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Post by John S. Damm on Feb 8, 2014 12:28:42 GMT -5
Tonight was Lauryn Hill taking on "Something." It was okay, I think she was having problems with her earpiece the first half of the song. Hey, I read up on Lauryn Hill not having heard much about her in like 15 years and maybe her tribute to The Beatles(and George Harrison) should have been "Taxman" as she spent three months in Federal Prison for tax evasion! All in all the Letterman week of Beatle tributes failed to generate any excitement in my real world, the world beyond this keyboard. No buzz on it at all at work, at the local tavern or in the gym(okay, I am kidding there, I don't go to a gym). Sean Lennon was amazing but I'll leave it at that. When did Sting get so old?! When Lenny Kravitz did McCartney, I knew right then that the rumors were true and he's ended his decades long secret affair with Yoko Ono. If anyone should be interviewing Paul and Ringo for the Sunday nigtht show it is Howard Stern but he is not connected to CBS I don't think. Old grumpy, sarcastic(look out fellows) Dave will be better than Larry King doing it but not by much.
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Post by theman on Feb 8, 2014 14:33:48 GMT -5
Really, JSD, you thought Sean was amazing? I thought his performance with Flaming Lips was the worst of the week (maybe I was turned off by the theatrics of the performance). Also, I really thought Sean was trying to put on an English accent?!? But then again, I've never really heard any of his stuff and can't say I ever heard him speak, either.
Anyway, overall, I thought it was a nice touch that Letterman dedicated a week to the Beatles. I wouldn't have expected that a full 60 minutes of each show would revolve around them, but they seemed to have the right mix. Letterman's Top Ten Lesser known Beatles songs also had its moments:).
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Post by John S. Damm on Feb 8, 2014 18:50:16 GMT -5
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Post by John S. Damm on Feb 8, 2014 18:57:16 GMT -5
Really, JSD, you thought Sean was amazing? I thought his performance with Flaming Lips was the worst of the week (maybe I was turned off by the theatrics of the performance). Also, I really thought Sean was trying to put on an English accent?!? But then again, I've never really heard any of his stuff and can't say I ever heard him speak, either. Anyway, overall, I thought it was a nice touch that Letterman dedicated a week to the Beatles. I wouldn't have expected that a full 60 minutes of each show would revolve around them, but they seemed to have the right mix. Letterman's Top Ten Lesser known Beatles songs also had its moments:). Yes, I thought Sean and the Flaming Lips nailed it! "Lucy" is a very theatrical song and trippy. I thought the other artists were karaoke. Thank God Sean was there to see some John Lennon played this week on Letterman. Put the Lennon back in "Lennon/McCartney!"
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