Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

[BassmanPaul]

Logged on, looked here and found a bunch of milk duds.

Unfortunately they're the cream of the crop!!

 

[GonePlaid]

Unfortunately they're the cream of the crop!!

After all this I'm gonna need cownseling.

 

[BassmanPaul]

The airlines can take a hike. Charge me €100 for luggage half a kilogram over "limit", charge me again for the legroom I would have had in the first place, charge me again for technically edible [something] on a CBF (crying baby flight) that's 2 hours late just to take off, and charge me again for something they'll think up just now. Used to be everyone had legroom, and elbow room, but noooooooo

Come on Morrighan love, tell us what you really think!!

 

[ahc]

"They got a good beat and you can dance to it. I rate it an 8."

 

[beans-on-toast]

Do any of you recall a show from the early eighties called "Night Flight"?
On early cable services, usually around 3 a.m.
Heavily featured punk and club bands. Introduced me to Wendy O. Williams and her chainsaw of love, filmed in an L.A. club, 3 feet from the audience!

Never saw it but looks interesting. Alternative and cutting edge is good.

 

[beans-on-toast]

My younger sister had a 45 of "Sugar, Sugar" and played it incessantly. Anytime an earworm discussion came up in later years I'd always sing the opening to it and people would cover their ears and yell "Noooo, STOP!" Thus I continue to avenge myself for those hundreds of times I heard it in the house while growing up. (Is there not a wicked evil grin emoji available here?)

For me it's Blonde on Blonde by Dylan that drove me nuts. It was put on the record player by someone who should have known better and one side repeated incessenntly until it was flipped.

 

[BassmanPaul]

After all this I'm gonna need cownseling.

That's a load of BULL and you know it!!

 

[GwenOnBass]

The woorstest pizza I ever had was in Boston. Canned mini mushrooms and beef fat on top.

Sure it was Boston and not Worcester ?

My younger sister had a 45 of "Sugar, Sugar" and played it incessantly. Anytime an earworm discussion came up in later years I'd always sing the opening to it and people would cover their ears and yell "Noooo, STOP!" Thus I continue to avenge myself for those hundreds of times I heard it in the house while growing up. (Is there not a wicked evil grin emoji available here?)

A gentleman of more than passing acquaintance weaponizes earworms. The game is to transmit an earworm woven into daily conversation

"I wish it would stop raining"
Waiting for the sun ...

is a not very subtle, but effective example. Real life earworm battles require more subtle nuances of language, such as earworm phrases that don't go off right away. This often leads to brinkmanship in his household, until a sort of Mutually Assured Destruction détente is declared.

 

[Charlie Tango]

Sure it was Boston and not Worcester ?



A gentleman of more than passing acquaintance weaponizes earworms. The game is to transmit an earworm woven into daily conversation

"I wish it would stop raining"
Waiting for the sun ...

is a not very subtle, but effective example. Real life earworm battles require more subtle nuances of language, such as earworm phrases that don't go off right away. This often leads to brinkmanship in his household, until a sort of Mutually Assured Destruction détente is declared.

Arrrrgh!! Now I have Can you feel it, now that Spring has come... on repeat.

Followed by Dun-dun-DEH-de-duh-deh, Dun-dun-DEH-de-duh-deh...

So thanks a whole group for that.

 

[GwenOnBass]

Come on Morrighan love, tell us what you really think!!

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For me it's Blonde on Blonde by Dylan that drove me nuts. It was put on the record player by someone who should have known better and one side repeated incessenntly until it was flipped.

My roommate's Deep Purple Machine Head album
the only counter is Wagner

 

[BassmanPaul]

My roommate's Deep Purple Machine Head album
the only counter is Wagner

Tannhäuser one of my most favourite pieces of music!!

 

[Sbassman Scratch]

For me it's Blonde on Blonde by Dylan that drove me nuts. It was put on the record player by someone who should have known better and one side repeated incessenntly until it was flipped.

A Dylan ear worm is a separate disease, should have it's own name. But I never had that problem. I couldn't tell one Dylan album from another.

 

[Charlie Tango]

Tannhäuser one of my most favourite pieces of music!!

Sometimes Wagner is a little like birthday cake for breakfast.

 

[GwenOnBass]

Uncertain how many dweeb points I score for sitting through a live performance of Parsifal at the Munich Opera House.

Like many here, I grew up in a household where classical was considered the only proper music to listen to. My older sister married an opera singer, and it was into this den of intrigue I was thrown. Every attempt was made to teach me why Janis Joplin "can't sing" &c &c but did nothing to steer me away from buying my own copy of Tommy.

 

[beans-on-toast]

The closest many got to classical music was 101 Strings. Well that and Zorba the Greek.

 

[BassmanPaul]

The closest many got to classical music was 101 Strings.

Didn't they play the big parade?

 

[BassmanPaul]

My Father had a plethora of classical music all on 12" 78 RPM recordings. I think I wore Tannhäuser out. LOL

 

[GwenOnBass]

The closest many got to classical music was 101 Strings. Well that and Zorba the Greek.

Night at the Pops draws a lot more people than a night of Mahler.

 

[bobyoung53]

They were a studio band made up of top notch studio musicians hired to record the songs. The players were not a group but hired separately for each recording. Ron Dante was consistently the lead singer. He tours the oldies circuit, either a backing band is provided, I recall JimmyM saying that he worked with Ron. Some performers hire their own band. These tours are a revue made up of many artists performing a few of their hits. Their numbers are always decreasing due to age. People enjoy seeing them.

Sugar Sugar, as an example, was written by Andy Kim. The producer, Jeff Barry got a writing credit. Andy sometimes tours and performs his songs. The backup singer was Toni Wine. Interesting to note that Ray Stevens took part adding handclaps. He was known for doing comic songs such as The Streak and Guitarzan as well as serious songs such as Everything Is Beautiful. Typically the studio musicians would record dozens of backing tracks, people like Ron would come in and sing on all the songs over a couple of days. They had to be pros to pull that off.

Sugar, Sugar was covered by such notables as Wilson Pickett, Gladys Knight, Bob Marley, Tom Jones, Ike and Tina Turner, and Olivia Newton-John.

First song I ever heard by Ray Steven's was Ahab the Arab complete with Tic Tac bass.

 

[bobyoung53]

They were good. I admit to watching the Mickey Mouse Club.

Dick Clark's American Bandstand ran from 1952-1985. It was lip syncing but it was a big deal to get on the show. Where The Action Is was another show that ran for a few years, 65-67 featuring Paul Revere and the Raiders with guests and filmed clips. Dick Clark was behind that show. Soul Train ran for 35 years.

Of course there was Ed Sullivan but he was more variety. For the older crowd, there was Lawrence Welk, The Andy Williams show, Perry Como, John Denver, Moma Cass, The Osmonds, The Carpenters, country shows including Barbara Mandrel, Johnny Cash, Hee-Haw and a host of other shows and specials. Many Christmas shows.

There was a lot of music on TV when I start thinking about it. But the Midnight Special and the Concert shows were late night for the kids. I didn't like it when Helen Reddy was hosting.

Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon, a Boston boy did the original Theme "Action"



And Paul Revere and the Raiders version: