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"Crimson And Clover"--Tommy James and The Shondells Whitefang

$40?? For a CAR WASH? Either there must have been some detailing included or you also think it came with the Brooklyn Bridge included. 🥴 The car wash just around the corner from me raised it's price to $5.99 and I thought THAT was outrageous. Whitefang

Have to admire that. No matter how hard I've tried, or whichever suggested method I'd try I never could grill worth a sh!t. And I've tried both charcoal and gas. I gave it up because of my respect for animals. I mean, it's bad enough they got slaughtered in able to feed us humans. But to expose them to the further humiliation of me trying to grill them is just too inhumane. Whitefang

"The Last Time"--The Rolling Stones Whitefang

I would need to have an overbearing desire to develop carpal tunnel syndrome in order for me to type out that list. Whitefang

Obviously, my head was somewhere else musically. But finding out their heyday seemed to be late'80's-early '90's, when I was mostly listening to a station out of Canada that would play a lot of (what they called "new" music) Pearljam, STP, Live, Cranberries, Philter, Our Lady Peace, Silverchair, Alice In chains, Smashing Pumpkins, Veruca Salt, This band never seemed to come up. Another still popular station at that time was WRIF (FM) and they may have played a lot of this band's music, but they also played a lot of that "Cookie Monster" death metal so I usually avoided that station. Too bad. Whitefang

Sure. I know about hearing loss and being loud. Not me personally, but my brother in law Stan had severe hearing loss and wound up talking at the top of his lungs as a result. I think I mentioned him to you before. Never had any hearing aids that did any good for him. I was thinking about this "young people's music/"old people's music" thing this morning. My Mom and I would get into some mock arguments about it. Truth is, I grew up listening to the radio station she preferred(her being in charge of the radio) until a certain age and also the only records in the house were hers from when she was a teen in the '40's. So I grew up liking bands like Benny Goodman's, Woody Herman's Thundering Herds, Chick Webb and such. Then when I was about five and would "steal" listens to my brother's crystal radio I discovered, by tuning into some station from Chicago, the Blues. Then when my Mom remarried an older stepsister stayed with us a while with her record collection of old Hank Williams, Carl Perkins, Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran and such. And too, my Mom did claim to like some Beatles songs, And a bit earlier she said she did like The Everly Brothers, so she really wasn't totally against the music I liked, and I wasn't totally against the music she liked. But those "mock" arguments about music were fun sometimes. And yeah, Noah and his sons dealing with all that dung and the smell in the Ark is something left out of Scripture or any of those biblical movies. Whitefang

"Hurt So Bad"--Little Anthony and The Imperials Whitefang

Wow. That outfit the frontman wore in the first video looked like the one my grandnephew's wife wore this past Christmas. And was That guitarist(and I dug the solo too) wearing FLARED slacks? Where the Hell can you find those these days? Unless they're his Dad's old pair. Not familiar with that band. They ain't all that bad. Whitefang

You might not be though. Over the years I've seen plenty of those much younger than me get excited about bands most of their peers felt were too much of a "throwback" to even care about. Now, I've never been big on The Little river Band, but that's mostly because they weren't my "cuppa". Not because I thought they weren't a good band. I never thought that. Just couldn't get into the tunes. Whitefang

I did and it didn't. And in my case I did have people around that might have helped, if not for them too going through their own rough times. They really didn't need for me to pile my sh!t on top of theirs, and vice-versa. And of course it wasn't hard to see through the trope he utilized. I just thought it was exhibited too over the top. Had he presented it with more analytical retrospection and not petulant introspection my regard for it might have been more positive. My use of the former, in concert with my future second wife's assertive assistance is what helped me most. And I'm still wondering what was up with the Leatherhead orderly. Whitefang

Well, if I sang them it would. And it'd have nothing to do with the lyrics. Whitefang

Betcha Noah wished he had those restrooms on the original Ark. Especially for all those animals! Sounded like a good time. Glad you enjoyed it. 70, eh? Welcome to the club. I'll hit 72(hopefully) near the bottom of July. But like I always tell people, age is just a number, and you're only as old as you feel. And I don't feel a DAY over 95! 🤪 I also remember my wife saying she was secure in the knowledge that I'm not going through my second childhood. saying, "He can't do that until he gets out of the FIRST one!" Happy birthday again my man. Whitefang

"You Better You Bet"--The Who Whitefang

That was a pleasant distraction. They do have quite the imagination. Whitefang

Pshaw! I too once struggled with the contemplation of suicide. Was lucky and wise enough to realize I wasn't the only one in the boat I was drifting in and that not everything in the world around me was about me and ending my life would only hurt those in my life(children, Mother, siblings, etc.) and damn sure wouldn't make things better for me, so I gave up the thought and opened myself up and the woman who became my second wife reached in and pulled me out of that dark place and held on to my heart so tight that going back was never an option. I suppose I was lucky, but over time I pushed it all behind me and dropped the blame game and swore to never fall prey to that weak minded selfishness again. Whitefang

And today is Butch's birthday too.(I'm typing and posting this on the morning of the 22nd) So please pass on my happy birthday wishes to Butch, and a happy anniversary to you and Gael as well. Whitefang

"My Mind"--Mickey Valen Whitefang

Was my pleasure Ruby. And you seem on the right track. Not too many(if any) can pick up a guitar(or sit at a piano) for the first time and start writing songs. Or read their first book and figure, "I can do that." But, read enough books, learn to play your instrument competently and listen to enough songs(and read enough poetry might help too) and you'll be able to write some songs. They may not all be great, or even good, but the old maxim "practice makes perfect" also helps. And you sound like you're full of positive determination. I'm sure you'll wind up doing well in your songwriting and your nursing essays. Whitefang

And in this thread it seems what offends some the most is not having a favorable opinion of something they like. Must be a Brit thing. Whitefang

"Friday On My Mind"--The Easybeats Whitefang

Can't help but admire that level of skill. I know that if I tried something like that, folks would think I did a "relic" job on 'em. 🥴 Whitefang

That's a good attitude to have about a lot of different things. Like I believe I stated earlier on in this topic.... I'm OK with that sort of thing as long as nobody buys those guitars with my money. Whitefang

Debilitating disease for DECADES? Not that guy. He doesn't look old enough to have been around for "decades". But regardless, it's not the alleged disease that makes him a tantrum throwing brat, but his idiotic schizo argument with the Brit/Japanese accent that really sounds stupid. And his fallen short effort to look like Billy Bibbit was all to obvious an attempt to appear mentally damaged. Not to mention the pathetically ridiculous Letherhead orderly pushing his (probably) unnecessary wheelchair. No, I'm not a cancer survivor, but do know a few. And they usually spend ALL of their time reveling in the fact they're still living and go about trying their best to make the most of their second chance. Not screeching at themselves in an affectated voice and arguing with themselves about the bad deal life has dealt them or how great the rest of the world should think they are. You obviously took a HUGE gulp of that Kool-Aide. 🙄 Whitefang

"I Can't Help Myself( Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)"---The Four Tops Whitefang