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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"
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I've got plenty of both, but my stories aren't epic enough to be interesting. Trying to fix a vacuum cleaner is not the stuff of legends. Wouldn't even make a good tale in a bar.
Moving on to a possible hip hop name, "Young Emergency Medical Care" doesn't really do it for me.
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And because I don't believe I want to hear the Yellow Dog story again.
Weren’t you warned about putting your fingers in the wrong place? Sorry for your misfortune, I hope you heal well and quickly!
I seem to remember the Rattles but perhaps they were just baby talk!
Or perhaps not:
Once upon a time in the early 60's, they couldn't press enough Beatles records to satisify the demand. Kids would line up outside stores to buy new releases, but they would run out. Bootleggers stepped in and supplied, not so up to par, copies of the original records. They could tell by the weight of the vinyl and the packaging. Some bootlegs simply came in a paper sleeve, like was used for 45's at the time. I knew the brother of a guy who worked for Capital in the early 60's. His sole job was tracking down bootleg Beatle records being sold at retail outlets and out of the back of vans. People made a lot of money dealing in vinyl bootleg records and tapes.
In the 1980's, this new thing called the CD opened a new outlet for bootleggers. Yellow Dog was one of them, founded in 1989. There were many other labels releasing bootlegs but Yellow Dog did a particularly good job sonically. What helped these companies out was the introduction of ProTools and other digital editing programs. There were also tools for removing noise. This allowed them to provide better quality audio than that found on the vinyl records.
Yellow Dog had an extensive list of Beatles bootlegs, many other bands were represented as well. These companies sold their illicit products world wide. They did so well that the record companies took note and started reissuing studio outtake tracks as part of expanded, repackaged, special edition, remasters. The bootleg tracks posted on YouTube don't help either. The Beatles released 12 albums, 13 EP's and 22 singles in the UK, yet there are literally hundreds of studio outtake bootlegs out there.
Yellow Dog (bootlegger) - Wikipedia
Bootleg scars on the industry have faded as Yellow Dog and many other bootleggers from the time are long gone. Today, kids just steal digital music from the ether. Record stores are mostly closed as well.
Artists have turned to recording their own music and marketing it themselves. Some make a living being paid by YouTube when people watch their videos. For a premium, they will sign copies of their CD's. There are services that collect digital royalties on their behalf and provide digital distribution. All but the bigger artists don't need a record company these days to make a living. Life goes on, just in a very different way. The record companies do still exist and they continue to whine about lost sales relative to the glory days when they were the big bad wolf, scaring artists by huffing and puffing, and ripping everyone off. So there is a happy ending.
The story doesn't end here, time will tell how it evolves.
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Well done.
... and the Yellow Dog story I recall is the one Bob Weir tells as someone is frantically making repairs to a piece of equipment. The tall tale regards an incredibly mean yellow dog (alligator). Very droll.
... and the Yellow Dog story I recall is the one Bob Weir tells as someone is frantically making repairs to a piece of equipment. The tall tale regards an incredibly mean yellow dog (alligator). Very droll.
I have a vague memory of that!
Oh that yellow dog story. Here's the video version. The Grateful Dead aided and abetted the bootleg industry by supplying audio feeds from the mixing desk.
Grateful Dead Lyric And Song Finder
Yeah, well he used to be an alligator before I cut his tail off and painted him yeller.
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ohnoes its come back to haunt me
Just to add a note that the Rattles were touted as the German answer to the Beatles.
In the sixties the band I was playing with were offered a trip to Hamburg to play a stint at the Starr Club. Merseyside bands were much in demand at the time. You can confirm this by the sheer number of bands from Liverpool who were signed. I didn’t go as I was in engineering school and didn’t want to lose completing that education. I also didn’t see the point as the band had a residency at what was the 21 Club on Croxteth Road for Thursday and Friday and another at the Latin Quarter down town on Saturday and sunday.
In the sixties the band I was playing with were offered a trip to Hamburg to play a stint at the Starr Club. Merseyside bands were much in demand at the time. You can confirm this by the sheer number of bands from Liverpool who were signed. I didn’t go as I was in engineering school and didn’t want to lose completing that education. I also didn’t see the point as the band had a residency at what was the 21 Club on Croxteth Road for Thursday and Friday and another at the Latin Quarter down town on Saturday and sunday.
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Nothing says street cred like "hold the mayo."
Things have come full circle. You ditched your job working for the man at the power company, and are now back to playing bass with mates and singing with an english accent. If only Opportunity Knocks was still on the BEEB.
I admit that Dorothy and my accents have suffered with the separation but i’m sure they’ll emerge full force after our trip back home next month! 
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Yeah, I don't think I ever had much cred, much less road oriented.
And, you know, mayo goes well with tasty morsels off the road-kill grill.
Young Chicken Pot Pie.
His newest hit, "Best Results Use Conventional Oven Beyoooches"
His newest hit, "Best Results Use Conventional Oven Beyoooches"
Animals like alcohol and getting drunk. In the wild, they keep an eye on rotting fruit and when the time is right they party.
Now for dogs that are too young or can’t hold their liquor, there’s non-alcoholic beer. It has things in it that are good for dogs.
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Now for dogs that are too young or can’t hold their liquor, there’s non-alcoholic beer. It has things in it that are good for dogs.
Good Boy Dog Beer: Link Removed
I guess my rap name would “Young Colonoscopy Prep”
Somehow, I doubt that name will catch on.
Somehow, I doubt that name will catch on.
What happens when the Young hippity hoppers get some gray hair coming in?
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