Reminds me of a CRAMPS dvd I have of them playing a mental institution in Napa. Some of the patients are into it & some aren’t. Check it out if you can.
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"You're terrible!"
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Once played a sixty-minute outdoor gig in a parking lot for a festival. The organizes tossed it together last minute and we agreed to it, the town and local venues had been VERY good to us over the last year. We were the headlining band for the evening before and people were turned away from the venue - it was over packed as it was! There was a good crowd for the outdoor event and everyone seemed to enjoy it. Once we were finished and the crowd thinned out, we began to tear down. I could a voice yelling. Eventually we saw an old guy in the third floor window of a boarding house nearby yelling. I could make out "That's right, pack up your junk and get outta town while you still can! Damn noise! And don't come back". There was more but I remember that bit of a threat, it was hilarious. This was 1996 and we played top forty country (Garth,Blackhawk,etc.) and classic rock. Eventually, someone who was hanging around yelled at the guy to come down and help us pack up if he wanted us gone. That put an end to his rant lol On a side note - the bar we played at was recently up for sale. It has had a couple of different venues pass through it, restaurant, marina club, etc. I found it on a realty website. Someone had scrawled our bands name in chalk on the emergency exit door when we played in the basement. Twenty-seven years later, it's still there!
"Do the Strand" mighta got her dancing, and "Love is the Drug" mighta even got her to wanna party backstage.
That Lady is kinda awesome. I really enjoy old people. And fair enough, she is towards the end of life and shouldn't have to endure the shiz she is not into. You should have listened to records with her during the break.
She may be old but she sure wasn’t afraid of the band.
Dementia can manifest as irritability, rudeness and agitation. She might have been nicer and better at reasoning at a younger age. OTOH that could be her lifelong personality. Luckily you'll never see her again.
Exact same mileage as an M1A1 main battle tank. Apparently the same armament as well.
Origin
On July 18th, 2014, Facebook user Edgard Eleuterio Daza posted a three minute-long video titled "Eternamente joven", Spanish for "Forever young", which features an elderly man with walking sticks dancing at a ball to the tune of Bill Haley's "Rock Around The Clock," before he suddenly drops his sticks and goes on an happy solo dance. As of December 2014, the Facebook post was shared more than 1.85 million times and reached over 163,000 likes. On July 21st, the YouTube channel Daily of The Day re-uploaded the clip under the title "ORIGINAL Old Man Dancing: Throws Away Canes!" racking up more than 265,000 views.
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Origin
On July 18th, 2014, Facebook user Edgard Eleuterio Daza posted a three minute-long video titled "Eternamente joven", Spanish for "Forever young", which features an elderly man with walking sticks dancing at a ball to the tune of Bill Haley's "Rock Around The Clock," before he suddenly drops his sticks and goes on an happy solo dance. As of December 2014, the Facebook post was shared more than 1.85 million times and reached over 163,000 likes. On July 21st, the YouTube channel Daily of The Day re-uploaded the clip under the title "ORIGINAL Old Man Dancing: Throws Away Canes!" racking up more than 265,000 views.
Um...I'd like some of what he's having.
Origin
On July 18th, 2014, Facebook user Edgard Eleuterio Daza posted a three minute-long video titled "Eternamente joven", Spanish for "Forever young", which features an elderly man with walking sticks dancing at a ball to the tune of Bill Haley's "Rock Around The Clock," before he suddenly drops his sticks and goes on an happy solo dance. As of December 2014, the Facebook post was shared more than 1.85 million times and reached over 163,000 likes. On July 21st, the YouTube channel Daily of The Day re-uploaded the clip under the title "ORIGINAL Old Man Dancing: Throws Away Canes!" racking up more than 265,000 views.
Um...I'd like some of what he's having.
Here’s where we’re headed…
My mom lives in assisted living. She's 91. She tells me about the time there when an accordion guy was invited to play them standards. Apparently, during a song, Mom turned to someone and said (loudly), "He isn't very good!" The accordion player stopped playing, stood up, and invited her to leave. "No talking while I play!" So she was kicked out of the performance for the other 90-somethings sitting in their lobby chairs. They all have dementia and have long forgotten the incident ... except for her, oddly. I think she feels deep satisfaction for being known as a musical renegade.
