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Post by geneweigel on Sept 15, 2008 12:16:13 GMT -5
Pink Floyd's Richard Wright died.
2008 just isn't my year. Jerry Reed just died last month too.
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Post by Scott on Sept 15, 2008 13:05:50 GMT -5
Jerry Reed was a bummer.
Not really a Pink Floyd fan, though.
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Post by geneweigel on Sept 15, 2008 13:16:23 GMT -5
I like old Floyd but wasn't a fan of stuff after the break up. Sounded like something from a TV commercial.
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Post by ghul on Sept 15, 2008 14:17:29 GMT -5
Love the old Floyd before and after the Crazy Diamond went crazy. But after Water left, I was done with Floyd, because he was the heart and soul, IMO. I also like some of the solo Waters stuff, though, especially Pros and Cons.
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Post by geneweigel on Sept 15, 2008 15:42:22 GMT -5
I've found the more "BEHIND THE MUSIC" that one knows it slowly dissolves one's taste for it. For example, I still like old Bowie music but I can't figure out why he can't get me to like anything past LET'S DANCE. I can't even swallow post-Black Sabbath Ozzy. What about The Police? They broke up and were great then they had that Don't Stand So Close To Me remake that sucked and that was it. I couldn't even listen to the Synchronicity album, that I used to love, after that. What about those who died at their apex? What would Hendrix sound like today? The Doors? Can you imagine them resurfacing i nthe late 80's? Ouch! How about the "King"? Shit, that would've been a nightmare. "80's Presley"...SHUDDER...  |
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Post by GRWelsh on Sept 15, 2008 16:35:36 GMT -5
It's because you're getting old, Gene. That's not supposed to be depressing, it's just an observation. It's like my old philosophy professor used to say:
"You are -- right now -- older than you have ever been."
- Richard M. Gale
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Post by geneweigel on Sept 15, 2008 18:01:48 GMT -5
My tastes are all over the map. One thing I don't like though is live concerts. I don't see the point anymore. I can't even sit through a live HD surround sound without the urge to go do something else (read, study art, etc.).
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Post by GRWelsh on Sept 15, 2008 19:24:40 GMT -5
I'm the same way. I went to the "Metal Masters" concert a few weeks ago, and it was the first concert I've been to in about five years. Although I liked it, it just seemed like a marathon that took up my entire Saturday, when you include driving, picking up and dropping off other people, parking, etc. Ugh. I think I left at 4 PM and got home at 2 AM. That sort of thing just wears on me and annoys me after a while. I prefer to do something active, or at least where my mind is actively engaged.
But, back to Pink Floyd...
I heard there are some pretty good cover bands -- especially some band simply called "Australian Pink Floyd." I work with a guy who is in his mid-twenties, yet is this huge Floyd fan, and he tells me about this stuff. I think he's one of those guys who smokes pot while watching "Wizard of Oz" and listening to Dark Side of the Moon.
The closest I ever came to seeing Pink Floyd was "laser Floyd" at the Planetarium (don't ask).
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Post by geneweigel on Sept 15, 2008 19:48:32 GMT -5
heh, I remember that. They also had Laser Zeppelin at the Hayden Planetarium. I remember the last time I went it was a new wave laser show around 1988. Too bad we can't describe illicit behavior on forums because that was quite a night of debauchery and violence! |
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Post by Rhuvein on Sept 15, 2008 21:17:15 GMT -5
R.I.P. Richard Wright. He's gone to the great beyond ~ that "Great Gig in the Sky!"  |
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Post by Rhuvein on Sept 15, 2008 21:18:08 GMT -5
Love the old Floyd before and after the Crazy Diamond went crazy. But after Water left, I was done with Floyd, because he was the heart and soul, IMO. I also like some of the solo Waters stuff, though, especially Pros and Cons. They have a few gems, IMO. "Learning to Fly" was a monster hit and a great song. |
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Post by Rhuvein on Sept 15, 2008 21:20:09 GMT -5
It's because you're getting old, Gene. That's not supposed to be depressing, it's just an observation. It's like my old philosophy professor used to say: "You are -- right now -- older than you have ever been." - Richard M. Gale My Dad is looking at '79 years old and told me he's getting old. I said, "Dad, that started the day you were born! "  He had a laugh and a chuckle and felt much better. |
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Post by amalric on Sept 22, 2008 9:54:06 GMT -5
One thing I don't like though is live concerts. I don't see the point anymore. I can't even sit through a live HD surround sound without the urge to go do something else (read, study art, etc.). Same here. I used to go to gigs every week some 10-20 years ago, either at the local club or actual gigs and festivals (Glastonbury '98) ~ there are far more I've forgotten than I can remember. All kinds of bands - The Pixies and Sonic Youth among them. I even saw Dick Dale (of Dick Dale & The Deltones/Pulp Fiction fame) in Edinburgh once ~ his opening line, as the guitars subsided to a mere deafening screech for a moment, was "We're gonna melt your ears!" He wasn't kidding. Nowadays, I can imagine only a few things I'd rather not do, than attend a gig. Live music - or music in general - is something I prefer as a background to what I'd rather be doing. The days of going to bed at 3am with my ears ringing are long gone (okay, they're not, but the ringing now is caused by the wife and kids ). |
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Post by Scott on Sept 22, 2008 10:39:41 GMT -5
When I was pretty young (late grade school/early high school) I would go to all of the big heavy concerts that came around. I was part of a group that would regularly camp out to get good tickets, and I usually ended up in the first couple rows. By the end of high school, I was in a band and worked at a record store. I usually had free tickets and backstage passes for the big concerts, but by then I preferred the small venue gigs, and when I went to the big shows, it was mainly to schmooze. I haven't really been to a good show in about 5 years.
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Post by geneweigel on Sept 22, 2008 10:44:56 GMT -5
I just had a pack of old fossils (myself included) out on my balcony Saturday night talking about the golden days of crawling home. I didn't even drive a car for 14 years, now thats a partier.
The worst "all night story" for me was getting so drunk that we forewent going home and instead stayed at various all night bars then went out for brunch at 12 noon to get the "hair of the dog" with Bloody Marys. The following night felt like I had just been indoctrinated into vampirism as my bones were cracking in places that I never heard crack before.
The one thing that I've noticed is that people always remember the most sensational angle of a story. The last few bar fights that I was in I didn't even fight. The tale-teller does the rounds on who was doing what and I usually get placed right in the middle doing something. But I usually have to inject that I was "just finishing my drink"! I got tired of defending drunken stupidity on my "team" and usually just stood there at "ringside" (between any innocent bystanders) instead of having to leave when the cops showed up.
Thats all over now I punched out the night my daughter was born 7 years ago and that was quite a night.
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Post by geneweigel on Sept 22, 2008 11:17:39 GMT -5
When I was pretty young (late grade school/early high school) I would go to all of the big heavy concerts that came around. I was part of a group that would regularly camp out to get good tickets, and I usually ended up in the first couple rows. By the end of high school, I was in a band and worked at a record store. I usually had free tickets and backstage passes for the big concerts, but by then I preferred the small venue gigs, and when I went to the big shows, it was mainly to schmooze. I haven't really been to a good show in about 5 years. I was one of those kids whose parents were total squares but they were so weird that I developed my own taste in music instead of subscribing to anything. When I was 14 I seen my first concert because my godmother who became very very wealthy overnight it seemed had bought the entire 1983 summer lineup of concert tickets in Saratoga. So I remember seeing things that I would never payed for. Rick Springfield with the opening act being The Sparks. I was like...what the hell is this concert thing about? As I listened to The Sparks come out with this..what can only be described as cacophony...the absurdity of everything since has just been to the beat of that drum. I moved in with my godmother, her daughter and her father into this huge mansion in hills of northwest Connecticut that Summer and they had a slew of music equipement. By 1985, I was playing everything without education and no idea what musical notes meant. Some guys from the city had that "lets start a band" thing going for years but I could never subscribe to it. About 8 years ago, one of those guys was in a band and had me sit in for a studio session and he wanted me to get up and grab something. But his band was very reluctant so I just sat out. Ever since then I thought about getting some musical instrument to "get it back" but its not happening right now... |
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