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Thread Author: Tooslow Replies: 93

 I didn't need to know that - Tooslow
I read at the weekend that Debbie Harry is 65. Sorry if I've just ruined your day :-) This was supporting information in an article, not really necessary, and I'd rather they'd not told me as;
1. that means that I am, errr, umm, yes got it, 21 and several months! Again.
2. I suppose I ought to stop going "phwoar" as that picture rolls across the back of my eyes :-(

I'd still let her adopt me though.

JH
 I didn't need to know that - BiggerBadderDave
I'd still do her
 I didn't need to know that - Bromptonaut
Do you know I remember being gobsmacked at 18 to discover me & mates were drooling over a 30 year old . Some teachers calssed as far too old to possibly be attractive, were far younger than that!!
Last edited by: Bromptonaut on Mon 28 Jun 10 at 17:01
 I didn't need to know that - Bellboy
the new debbs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX253FmsxJw&feature=related
 I didn't need to know that - Runfer D'Hills
Not in the same league BB. There is only one Debbie. When she hits that top note in "Maria".........phew !
 I didn't need to know that - Zero
>> the new debbs
>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX253FmsxJw&feature=related

Ooo no

This is the new DH

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki0xBb2wbr4
 I didn't need to know that - Runfer D'Hills
Aye....well....not bad. Not bad at all.
 I didn't need to know that - Focusless
>> This is the new DH
>>
>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki0xBb2wbr4

Not sure about being a DH, but definitely one of the top tunes of last year. And gave a fantastic performance whenever I saw her do it live, which was quite a few times (on TV). Hope she can keep it going.

Back to DH - my favorites are 'Alway touched...', and 'Atomic', espcially where the drums come back in after the bass solo. Worth turning up the volume for.
 I didn't need to know that - Fenlander
>>This is the new DH
>>
>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki0xBb2wbr4

A few of us went to see Paloma at The Cambridge Corn Exchange earlier this year. Good tunes, amusing lady (well girl really) and a very tight band with good backing singers. A real fun show.

On the tour she did a remix version of *Do you want the truth*... this is it at Manchester a few nights before Cambridge... it was truly excellent.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=52nrBrRzjmE&feature=related
 I didn't need to know that - Focusless
>> On the tour she did a remix version of *Do you want the truth*... this
>> is it at Manchester a few nights before Cambridge... it was truly excellent.
>>
>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=52nrBrRzjmE&feature=related

Mmm.... perhaps you had to be there :-)

Obviously a great performer, must try to see her some time soon in case she gets too big (and she deserves to).
 I didn't need to know that - Fenlander
>>>Mmm.... perhaps you had to be there :-)

You might tell me you have extra speakers anyway but I find many youtube links I send to friends fall a bit flat their end... for the reason they listen through PC desktop speakers or even worse view/listen on a laptop. I use a modest but pokey extra amp/speakers with a sub under the desk which really brings stuff to life.

Also you're right about being there because the event atmosphere is a powerful addition to how you remember the gig.

Do see Paloma if you can... she (like many I go to see) isn't my core musical interest but I like anyone who is more than half decent and puts on a show with a good band.
Last edited by: Fenlander on Mon 28 Jun 10 at 21:02
 I didn't need to know that - Focusless
>> >>>Mmm.... perhaps you had to be there :-)
>>
>> You might tell me you have extra speakers anyway

Well I do on the desktop - hooked up to an old hifi - but most of the time (like now) I'm on my work linux laptop, which has a rubbish mono speaker that won't even turn off when you plug headphones in :(

>> Do see Paloma if you can...

I've mentioned it to SWMBO, and she did drag me to see Paolo Nutini last year, so perhaps come birthday/Christmas time... (actually Paolo was pretty good - another good performer and top band)
 I didn't need to know that - spamcan61
>> A few of us went to see Paloma at The Cambridge Corn Exchange earlier this
>> year. Good tunes, amusing lady (well girl really) and a very tight band with good
>> backing singers. A real fun show.
>>
>> On the tour she did a remix version of *Do you want the truth*... this
>> is it at Manchester a few nights before Cambridge... it was truly excellent.
>>
>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=52nrBrRzjmE&feature=related
>>
I was hoping to see her here in sunny Stockholm a couple of weeks back, but found it difficult to work out what stage she was playing on and when amongst all the other stuff going on here that week. ho hum. Did ge to see the lovely lovely Katie Melua close up, but nowhere near as interesting musically.
 I didn't need to know that - Soupytwist
I was at that gig too Fenlander. One of the widest age spreads I'd ever seen at a concert. My daughter was just a bit too young to go really but she would have loved it.
As for the girl / lady bit she's definitely a bit older than the record company would have you believe and all the better for it.

Oh, meant to add it was a really good gig even though I'd seen most of the set a couple of months before at the Forum in Kentish Town.
Last edited by: Soupytwist on Thu 1 Jul 10 at 13:18
 I didn't need to know that - Fenlander
>>>>One of the widest age spreads I'd ever seen at a concert...... she's definitely a bit older than the record company would have you believe

Ha I was one end of that age spread!

Regarding her age thought it was an undisputed fact at 25??
 I didn't need to know that - Focusless
>> Regarding her age thought it was an undisputed fact at 25??

Not sure whether Wiki counts as 'undisputed fact' but according to that it's her 25th birthday later this month:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paloma_Faith
 I didn't need to know that - Fenlander
Oh Wiki must be a fact or all the teens homework would be wrong :-)
 I didn't need to know that - Focusless
>> Oh Wiki must be a fact or all the teens homework would be wrong :-)

Depends where the teachers get their answers from...
 I didn't need to know that - Fenlander
I'd asumed Wiki... that's how it all works out.
 I didn't need to know that - Soupytwist
Well, I can't claim any specific knowledge but she's done well to fit the whole back story into 25 years IMHO. Not that I care whether she's 25 or 45.

My wife has, perhaps foolishly, decided to sing Stone Cold Sober and Upside Down (and that rubbish Journey song Glee appears to have rehabilitated) at the end of term concert with the staff band at the school where she works.
 I didn't need to know that - Zero
>> I'd still do her
Too late mate, been there.

Well almost. In the late 70s I had a gf, blonde, american, more than a passing resemblance, she let me call her "debbie" in the throes of passion.............
 I didn't need to know that - Kevin
>Well almost. In the late 70s I had a gf, blonde, american, more than a passing
>resemblance, she let me call her "debbie" in the throes of passion.............

She was from Dallas and let everyone call her Debbie.

Kevin...
 I didn't need to know that - Zero
>> She was from Dallas and let everyone call her Debbie.
>>
>> Kevin...

In my dreams she would have been, this one was from philadephia.

Did yu ever see candy striped nurses?
 I didn't need to know that - Kevin
>Did yu ever see candy striped nurses?

No, but I saw Candy Stripers which may have been similar ;-)

Kevin...
 I didn't need to know that - teabelly
Jeez! I can't believe she's that old now!
 I didn't need to know that - Dog
I much prefer the 'sugar & spice' type of gal myself ~
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P92M5s3MMto&feature=related
 I didn't need to know that - R.P.
I'm with BBD but I'd word it differently......a little.
 I didn't need to know that - Runfer D'Hills
Me too, but only if I could be first.
 I didn't need to know that - Zero
Dont worry about it, BBD only wants to show her his boots.
 I didn't need to know that - BiggerBadderDave
Boots and an XJS pretty much guarantees you the girl
 I didn't need to know that - Runfer D'Hills
Yeah well, I guess Englishmen need props. Being Scottish, charming, witty, handsome and hung like Mr Ed achieves much the same objectives without dressing up as a cowboy....

:-)
 I didn't need to know that - Harleyman
Hate to tell you this Humph but Mister Ed was a gelding! ;-)
 I didn't need to know that - Zero
we know that humph travels in Ladies shoes, so it figures.
 I didn't need to know that - Runfer D'Hills
>> a gelding! ;-)

Technicality
 I didn't need to know that - Fenlander
>>>> much prefer the 'sugar & spice' type of gal myself ~
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P92M5s3MMto&feature=related


Ahhh.. have that video in my youtube faves.

And this one...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhvjTNQyEzM
Last edited by: Fenlander on Mon 28 Jun 10 at 19:03
 I didn't need to know that - PeteW
The only pop star both me and my dad fancied. Always thought it a bit odd until I realised she was the same age as him!
She's still got it though - brilliant live in the Isle of Wight the other week. Just a shame the TV showed so little apparently.
 I didn't need to know that - RattleandSmoke
I saw Blondie back in 2003 and even then she was looking a bit tired. I was probably expecting her to look just like she did in the late 70's though!

It was a good show though.

Never really got why Blondie was supposed to be a punk band though, its more electro disco to me. I suppose the style was quite punky.
 I didn't need to know that - Focusless
>> Never really got why Blondie was supposed to be a punk band though, its more
>> electro disco to me. I suppose the style was quite punky.

I think they started off a bit more punky - 'rip her to shreds' is AFAIK the oldest track on 'Best of Blondie' and has a bit more of a raw edge to it, although not what you'd call 'real' punk.

EDIT www.we7.com/#/song/Blondie/Rip-Her-To-Shreds
Last edited by: Focus on Mon 28 Jun 10 at 20:02
 I didn't need to know that - Focusless
>> Never really got why Blondie was supposed to be a punk band though

Wiki call them a 'new wave' band - perhaps that got mis-translated into 'punk' as it crossed the Atlantic.
 I didn't need to know that - smokie
I'd have said they pre-dated punk
 I didn't need to know that - Focusless
>> I'd have said they pre-dated punk

First album in 1976, which was when 'Anarchy in the UK' came out.
Last edited by: Focus on Mon 28 Jun 10 at 20:13
 I didn't need to know that - RattleandSmoke
Well Blondie used to hang out with the Ramones and were apart of the 'New York' scene in the 70's.

New Wave is probably a better description of it.

My main music tastes are really indie/punk/electro/new wave and classic rock and I like most of Blondie's stuff if that means anything. I think Blondie though simply made good music. They are one band which your parents like but yet can still be played in indie or punk clubs.

Atom is always the big crowd filler - at least it was in my student days.
 I didn't need to know that - Dog
>>>Ahhh.. have that video in my youtube faves.

And this one...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhvjTNQyEzM<<<

Nice one Fenlander, you might like Tori Amos, maybe ~
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gZzkGvyqzc
 I didn't need to know that - R.P.
I like the Ramones but not in the same way....
 I didn't need to know that - Runfer D'Hills
I've got a Ramones T-Shirt on at this very moment.
 I didn't need to know that - Fenlander
Hmmm mine tonight is a Doors t-shirt... my Rolling Stones one is pressed on a hanger ready for tomorrow's sun.
Last edited by: Fenlander on Mon 28 Jun 10 at 21:11
 I didn't need to know that - Runfer D'Hills
Another old geezer who can still stir it up a bit.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggWZUm1ETNo
 I didn't need to know that - Focusless
>> Another old geezer who can still stir it up a bit.
>>
>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggWZUm1ETNo

...and another: www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_M9zWORBuA

Brought tears to my eyes just thinking about it for days after the first time I saw this.
 I didn't need to know that - Zero
>> Brought tears to my eyes just thinking about it for days after the first time
>> I saw this.

And me, never heard such tuneless rubbish.
 I didn't need to know that - Focusless
>> >> Brought tears to my eyes just thinking about it for days after the first
>> time
>> >> I saw this.
>>
>> And me, never heard such tuneless rubbish.

Did I forget the :-) ?
Last edited by: Focus on Mon 28 Jun 10 at 21:45
 I didn't need to know that - Pat
We caught the sound of a Bob Segar song on someone's radio yesterday, and it was one I hadn't heard before even though I thought I knew most of his stuff.

Listening while trying to look as though we were doing something else, we waited to be told the title, but all we caught was 'new album'??

Anyone know anything about this?

Pat
 I didn't need to know that - smokie
The best Wikipedia can do is en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Seger_Vol._1 which was released last year and includes "archive material"
 I didn't need to know that - Pat
We think the title may have been Final Reel of Final something to do with the end of a film/story?

It was haunting and beautiful, but I can't see it on Wikki Smokie!

Pat
 I didn't need to know that - Focusless
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHn063Zv5fU ?
 I didn't need to know that - Pat
That's the one:)

Seger i a pensive mood is almost better than when he's rocking.

Now, as we're heading home today, where can we buy this CD on the A38/M5 ( with a caravan in tow) to play on the way home?:)

Funny how hearing something from someone you used to play so much of, reawakens the urge to play their entire catalogue again.

Thanks F!

Pat
 I didn't need to know that - Focusless
>> Now, as we're heading home today, where can we buy this CD on the A38/M5
>> ( with a caravan in tow) to play on the way home?:)

Well it's off 'Stranger in Town' (apparently) which is available in a 'remastered' edition (Capitol CAP35232B.2). Good luck!
Last edited by: Focus on Tue 29 Jun 10 at 08:47
 I didn't need to know that - Pat
Ordered from Amazon:)

Pat
 I didn't need to know that - R.P.
Just checked |I have an Archers of Ambridge one - how very sad.
 I didn't need to know that - Runfer D'Hills
I've never actually seen Shula but there's something about her voice......
 I didn't need to know that - Zero
mine is plain black, unadorned with anything.
 I didn't need to know that - Runfer D'Hills
You need a flat stomach to wear a printed T-Shirt well.....
 I didn't need to know that - Zero
so why do you then?
 I didn't need to know that - Runfer D'Hills
44" chest and 34" waist, same for 30 years. Booze rarely, excercise regularly and eat reasonably sensibly. Smoke too much though.

:-(
 I didn't need to know that - Fenlander
>>> 44" chest and 34" waist, same for 30 years

Hey we can wear each others clothes Humph... I need a loan of a wedding suit next year if it's OK.
Last edited by: Fenlander on Mon 28 Jun 10 at 21:58
 I didn't need to know that - Runfer D'Hills
I've got a kilt if that's any good ? Sporran's a bit tatty mind.
Last edited by: Humph D'bout on Mon 28 Jun 10 at 22:00
 I didn't need to know that - Fenlander
Funny every wedding has a man in a kilt but no-one ever knows who he is :-)
 I didn't need to know that - Runfer D'Hills
Tartan Pimpernel ?
 I didn't need to know that - Zero
And he is rarely a Jock.
 I didn't need to know that - R.P.
Since my enforced diet I've stopped using a wok to iron my tee shirts.
 I didn't need to know that - devonite
Not when you`ve got a "D" shaped one like me! - that sports the logo:

"Sex, Drugs, an Sausage Rolls"
 I didn't need to know that - CGNorwich
Her brother, Dirty Harry, is 80.
 I didn't need to know that - RattleandSmoke
The Ramones T-shirts are a bit of a joke. The label even says Ramones on it. I reckon they sell more t-shirts than albums! That said most saturday nights I do wear my Ramones t-shirt.

A while back four of were in a pub and we suddenly realised three of us had Ramones t-shirts on, and one was a girl who dosn't even like punk.

Blondie t-shirts are also popular, but you have to a girl to wear them!

I've got a Ramones CD in my car at the moment. Its actually quite relaxing to listen to, I couldn't really imagine driving with the Clash because I would just want to dance and drive at the same time - it might get err a bit banned.
 I didn't need to know that - Bellboy
i have a ramones t shirt
had it 20 years at least
its got a few holes but i wont throw it away
wife also knows not to throw it away too
 I didn't need to know that - RattleandSmoke
I think they are one of those things, it dosn't matter if you're a old school rocker knocking on 70 or an 18 year old students all age groups can wear them.

I hope mine lasts twenty years!
 I didn't need to know that - BiggerBadderDave
"wife also knows not to throw it away too"

The moment I knew it was all over with my first wife was when she admitted throwing away my Scooby-Doo pillow case that I got when I was seven.

That and getting caught fooling around with an Emma Bunton look-a-like.
 I didn't need to know that - Zero
>> That and getting caught fooling around with an Emma Bunton look-a-like.

your wife turned lesbian?

must have been those boots of yours BBD, turned her off.
 I didn't need to know that - BiggerBadderDave
she was never turned on...
 I didn't need to know that - Roger.
I loved to hear Ottilie Patterson when she was with the Chris Barber band (Not his later manifestations, but when played REAL trad. jazz.)
That girl could sing.
OMG she's OLDER than me by three years.
 I didn't need to know that - Dog
I'm strictly Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath (and other colours)
But, if I had to listen to a Woman, then this would be no great hardship ~

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ5VlOl6tj4
 I didn't need to know that - R.P.
My 16 and 21 year old nieces were twittering yesterday that they were raving to Bohemian Rhapsody - told them to find their own music !
 I didn't need to know that - Tooslow
The one that goes "Scallaboosh, Scallaboosh, will you do the banned tango"?

:-)

JH
 I didn't need to know that - Zero
and

she keeps her mower and shovel in a pretty cabinet
 I didn't need to know that - Ted
>> The one that goes "Scallaboosh, Scallaboosh, will you do the banned tango"?

Also,,,' Beelzebub has a devil of a sideboard ' ?

Ted
 I didn't need to know that - Focusless
>> My 16 and 21 year old nieces were twittering yesterday that they were raving to
>> Bohemian Rhapsody

We play an arrangement of that in one of the wind bands I play in. Shut your eyes and you'd never know it was a bunch of staid amateur musicians playing one of rock's classic tracks. Er, not.
 I didn't need to know that - Zero
there are some timeless classics tho, I hacked into my sons music library the other day ( I didnt really - the tele latched on to his media player and accessed it). He is 20

In there he has Queen, James Taylor, Led Zepplin, Thin lizy. and he very much assumed them as contemporary, not of his fathers era. When I brought out the Vynl albums and he saw the cover art, he suddenly realised where itunes got its cover art from, having wrongly assumed it was internet era art.

We then perused the Album cover of "thick as a brick" - those of you who had it will realise there was no way that could be reproduced in cd or itunes format.....
 I didn't need to know that - Crankcase

>> We then perused the Album cover of "thick as a brick" - those of you
>> who had it will realise there was no way that could be reproduced in cd
>> or itunes format.....


An interesting concept. Did you tull it like it is?
 I didn't need to know that - Focusless
>> We then perused the Album cover of "thick as a brick" - those of you
>> who had it will realise there was no way that could be reproduced in cd
>> or itunes format.....

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thick_as_a_Brick#Cover
 I didn't need to know that - Fenlander
Indeed ITunes is very poor at things like the postcard set within Exile on main street and the paper pants that fell out of the first UK released Alice Cooper album.

So what my kids say.... there's no telling them.
 I didn't need to know that - Dog
I think I might be falling in love (again!)

~ www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWmETxWM0h0
 I didn't need to know that - BiggerBadderDave
A pale imitation of the legendary Kate Bush.








Whom I would also do.
 I didn't need to know that - Fenlander
Re-listening to old Kate Bush albums brings back just how good her writing/music was.... apart from The Red Shoes which I struggled with.
 I didn't need to know that - Dog
>>A pale imitation of the legendary Kate Bush.<<

That's what SWMBO said last nite, without the pale bit.
 I didn't need to know that - helicopter
My word that Tori Amos hair is vivid.

So you admit you like Gingers / Redheads then Dog :0)

I had a redhead girlfriend once...

No hair - just a red head.............

( Joke copywright Frank Carson- circa 1974 )
 I didn't need to know that - Dog
>>So you admit you like Gingers / Redheads then<<

They tend to be fiery, do redheads ... dunno if I could handle that, being a gutless wonder ~

Napoleon Bonaparte
Cleopatra
Oliver Cromwell
Vincent Van Gogh
Winston Churchill
Lenin
Elizabeth I
Lucille Ball :D


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