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Post #115,616 by broomberg 8/27/03 8:41:40 PM Reply	Must be nice Wish I could forget it all so I could discover it again. I was about 13 years old when my 17 year old brother started feeding me Yes, Pink Floyd, Zep, Rush, Zappa, Cream, Hendrix, Doors, Airplane, Janis Joplin, Dead, Deep Purple, Tull, Black Sabbath, ELP, etc, etc, etc. A day didn't didn't go by that I did not discover yet ANOTHER GODDMAN GREAT SONG!!! And almost all of them were touring!! I could go to 10 concerts a year and not scratch the surface of available great music. And the tickets were affordable! I can't wait for Alheimers to kick in do I can do it again.
Post #115,620 by Another Scott 8/27/03 8:51:06 PM Reply	"Ignorance is precious-Once you lose it, it's gone forever!"
Post #115,634 by tuberculosis 8/27/03 10:11:13 PM Reply	Of your list "Yes, Pink Floyd, Zep, Rush, Zappa, Cream, Hendrix, Doors, Airplane, Janis Joplin, Dead, Deep Purple, Tull, Black Sabbath, ELP" This is pretty much the (entire) heavy rotation playlist from every Detroit rock station from 1976-82. With a few variations - J Geils for instance did very well and I think you could add the Who and the Stones (both of which I still enjoy). Of your list - I can no longer stand to hear Zep, Doors, Cream, and Dead. I still enjoy the others from time to time but I'll flip the channel if a tune from any of these comes on. AOR Format was PURE EVIL. Give it a rest please. Smalltalk is dangerous. It is a drug. My advice to you would be don't try it; it could ruin your life. Once you take the time to learn it (to REALLY learn it) you will see that there is nothing out there (yet) to touch it. Of course, like all drugs, how dangerous it is depends on your character. It may be that once you've got to this stage you'll find it difficult (if not impossible) to "go back" to other languages and, if you are forced to, you might become an embittered character constantly muttering ascerbic comments under your breath. Who knows, you may even have to quit the software industry altogether because nothing else lives up to your new expectations. --AndyBower
Post #115,638 by broomberg 8/27/03 10:52:42 PM Reply	Then it was perfect for me Since I was 13 in 1977. And yes, the Who and Stones were in the Etc. But the songs they played on the radio was a very small subset of the albums. And I was never disappointed with all the other songs when I bought them. Now I rarely listen to music or any sort. Usually NPR. But there is a new 70s station in Philly, 94.5, and i like it!
Post #115,636 by Silverlock 8/27/03 10:40:35 PM Reply	A couple more from that time. Spirit, It's a Beautiful Day, Hydra, Blue Oyster Cult, Grand Funk Railroad, Uriah Heep, Deep Purple, Jethro Tull, David Bowie, Hawkwind, Humble Pie. The best band of all time? Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention after the core of the Turtles joined them. ----------------------------------------- [link\|http://www.talion.com/questionw.html\|?W] Where were you in 72?
Post #115,640 by tuberculosis 8/27/03 11:01:14 PM Reply	Saw Zappa in Detroit with a 16 YO Steve Vai - kicked bootay Until some clown in the front rows threw some coins at the stage and Frank cut the show short. There's an asshole in every crowd. Smalltalk is dangerous. It is a drug. My advice to you would be don't try it; it could ruin your life. Once you take the time to learn it (to REALLY learn it) you will see that there is nothing out there (yet) to touch it. Of course, like all drugs, how dangerous it is depends on your character. It may be that once you've got to this stage you'll find it difficult (if not impossible) to "go back" to other languages and, if you are forced to, you might become an embittered character constantly muttering ascerbic comments under your breath. Who knows, you may even have to quit the software industry altogether because nothing else lives up to your new expectations. --AndyBower
Post #115,642 by bepatient 8/27/03 11:13:06 PM Reply	Saw same tour in Brussels No coin toss, so I got the full show...and an autograph on the ticket. Little Stevie Vai was playing a strat attached to a rubber strap....and it was amazing. I have been a monumental Steve Vai fan ever since... If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. _{Fudd's First Law of Opposition} [link\|mailto:bepatient@aol.com\|BePatient]
Post #115,741 by gdaustin 8/28/03 8:28:06 PM Reply	What no Cars? Devo, Dire Straits, Stray Cats, B-52's, Jefferson Starship, Stevie Ray Vaugn, ZZ Top, Van Halen II, Foreigner, The Eagles I still crave listening to Hotel California. The whole album. We listened to Houses of the Holy on vacation on 8-Track. Over and over and over again. I think I was about 14 or 15 at the time. Listened to Pink Floyd The Wall, but it depressed me. But I listen to just about everything except for Opera. (If only I knew German and Italian?) Rachmanimonoff Piano Concertos. Beethoven. Tchaikovsky. Verdi. But, you know, I can listen to Robert Plant just as well. But I draw the line at Ozzie. Glen
Post #115,742 by gdaustin 8/28/03 8:33:27 PM 8/28/03 9:04:25 PM Reply	Music Match I just went through the Classic Rock on Music Match and got some more. I could be here all night. Manfred Mann Dire Staits ELO Bachman Turner Overdrive Creedence Clearwater Revival Lynyrd Skynyrd (if you're a Southern Rock buff) Molly Hatchet Night Ranger Bob Segar Boston Kansas Steve Miller Band Todd Rundgren REO Speedwagon Rush So MUCH music! I like rythm guitar, blues piano, fast beat. Some synthesizer. The Kinks, Wow Come 'Dancin. Glen Edited by gdaustin Aug. 28, 2003, 08:43:11 PM EDT Edited by gdaustin Aug. 28, 2003, 08:43:44 PM EDT Edited by gdaustin Aug. 28, 2003, 08:53:46 PM EDT Edited by gdaustin Aug. 28, 2003, 09:01:50 PM EDT Edited by gdaustin Aug. 28, 2003, 09:04:25 PM EDT Expand All History
Post #115,769 by broomberg 8/28/03 11:57:52 PM Reply	The Wall I almost died at the Wall concert. Really. Nassau Colliseum, NY. Accoustics were PERFECT. Took the WMMR bus up. I was 15 (or so), with my older brother who was 18. On a large mixture of chemicals. LSD (or some very close equivalent, green windowpane), very mellow, no speed. Triple dose. Both eaten and liquified and snorted. A bottle of wine. A couple of codiene. A lot of pot. Not like it really dents your head when you are on acid, but it was a habit at that point. Great seats. Exact center, 1st row of "boxes". The had built the wall, and someone was standing on top, playing "Comfortably Numb". Appropriate, ehh? The player was backlit by a spotlight which shone into the audience. On us. My brother hands me a whippet. Nitrous oxide. Laughing gas. I take the hit and pass the balloon. Time passes. I start to sweat. The stage gets further away. The music gets muffled, like I've got earplugs in. But then there seems to be a rushing noise. My heart starts flutter. The stage gets REALLY far away, and the tunnel vision kicks in. I start to wonder is anything is wrong. I rationalize that it must be because the spotlight is on us. I start to worry. Then I realize. SHIT! I'M NOT BREATHING!!!!!! EXHALE!!! INHALE!!! Tell my brother: NO MORE WHIPPETS!!! Another minute I'd be brain damaged. Another after that and I'd be dead.
Post #115,758 by boxley 8/28/03 11:02:05 PM Reply	hawkwind? Shouldnt do that America, Love it or give it back questions, help? [link\|mailto:pappas@catholic.org\|email pappas at catholic.org]

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