Administrators Eric Posted October 4, 2020 Administrators Share Posted October 4, 2020 2 minutes ago, Historian said: Let me drop the bomb here. Elton and Joel... Yeah, I remember that. A memorable collaboration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 5 minutes ago, Eric said: Reverend Jim was a seventies cultural icon. Christopher Lloyd is a treasure. He was. But it's interesting to note how many good actors were in that TV show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 (edited) Just now, Eric said: Yeah, I remember that. A memorable collaboration. I had friends that made it to that concert. It was two hours away. I should have bit the bullet and eaten beans and rice for a month to go. Now when the Police reunion tour happened a few years ago. If they had been within about 500 miles Id have gone! Edited October 4, 2020 by Historian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted October 4, 2020 Administrators Share Posted October 4, 2020 1 minute ago, Historian said: Some people do time travel in a way. Not physically. Like in a movie. But when a great teacher like Phyfe inspires and teaces....he brings the past to the present...and put us in contact with our past. History books do that for me. I can get lost in a period. A topic. Like...murder...aye Salieri? Did you do it? I think you're guilty. Iwish I knew how much I enjoy learning, when I was a kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted October 4, 2020 Administrators Share Posted October 4, 2020 2 minutes ago, Historian said: He was. But it's interesting to note how many good actors were in that TV show. I remember a Taxi episode where Danny Devito went over to Reverend Jim, grabbed his earlobe with a pair of plyers and yanked. Nothing happened. Fifteen minutes later further in to the episode, during a different scene entirely, Jim jumps up, grabs his ear and screens. That was so damned funny. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 1 minute ago, Eric said: Iwish I knew how much I enjoy learning, when I was a kid. It wasn't until i was in my late teens and i had a really great history teacher that i realized that part of the reason I wake up, is to chew off the leather restraining straps the mistress left me in, and enjoy learning something new. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Just now, Eric said: I remember a Taxi episode where Danny Devito went over to Reverend Jim, grabbed his earlobe with a pair of plyers and yanked. Nothing happened. Fifteen minutes later further in to the episode, during a different scene entirely, Jim jumps up, grabs his ear and screens. That was so damned funny. For me it was his college days. Mr. Formal...must study and do right on his way to Oxford. One marijuana brownie later...he was a taxi driver. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted October 4, 2020 Administrators Share Posted October 4, 2020 A not-quite-one-hit wonder, but I enjoy the song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Historian Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 1 minute ago, Eric said: A one-hit wonder, but I enjoy the song. The year was 1977... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Eric said: A not-quite-one-hit wonder, but I enjoy the song. I always thought there was some issue here. At one point he sings about The Things We do for Love...and later says...I'm Not in Love. Edited October 4, 2020 by Historian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted October 4, 2020 Administrators Share Posted October 4, 2020 It wasn't until very recently that I realized the Gerry Rafferty was also the lead singer for Stealers Wheel when they sang Stuck In The Middle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted October 4, 2020 Administrators Share Posted October 4, 2020 1 minute ago, Historian said: I always thought there was some issue here. At one point he sings about The Things We do for Love...and later says...I'm Not in Love. Seventies version of a celebrity Facebook status change? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Historian Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Just now, Eric said: Seventies version of a Facebook status change? Sounds like it...he might have just been Taking the Long Way Home. But he should at leas stop for Breakfast in America. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Historian Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 (edited) That last one reminds of me of my monthly staff infection. I mean...staff meeting. Whatever we call it. I still feel that way about my management. Edited October 4, 2020 by Historian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted October 4, 2020 Administrators Share Posted October 4, 2020 1 minute ago, Historian said: Sounds like it...he might have just been Taking the Long Way Home. But he should at leas stop for Breakfast in America. I'm a Supertramp fan, but I really liked 1980s Roger Hodgson. "Had a dream. It was war, but they won't tell us what it is for. But it is something they can lie about, something we can die about, you know. Every time, every place, that I look that man in the face, not a face I want to see sleeping with the enemy, you know." That's is a deades-old memory of that lyric, but I'm betting it is pretty close. I love this song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Just now, Eric said: I'm a Supertramp fan, but I really liked 1980s Roger Hodgson. "Had a dream. It was war, but they won't tell us what it is for. But it is something they can lie about, something we can die about, you know. Every time, every place, that I look that man in the face, not a face I want to see sleeping with the enemy, you know." That's is a deades-old memory of that lyric, but I'm betting it is pretty close. I love this song. And for good reason. Music does that. It hits special parts of our minds...and sticks there with meaning. There are songs i can't listen to because they destroy me. And others that lift me. Even the ancient Greeks studied this. Seriously. And i agree Hodgson was amazing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted October 4, 2020 Administrators Share Posted October 4, 2020 GOTG ressurected a lot of great sventies/eighties music. I'll never hear this ELO song again without thinking about this scene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted October 4, 2020 Administrators Share Posted October 4, 2020 1 minute ago, Historian said: And for good reason. Music does that. It hits special parts of our minds...and sticks there with meaning. There are songs i can't listen to because they destroy me. And others that lift me. Even the ancient Greeks studied this. Seriously. And i agree Hodgson was amazing. The Cold War was having an increasing influence on our culture and music at that time. It really showed in pop/rock music. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 1 minute ago, Eric said: GOTG ressurected a lot of great sventies/eighties music. I'll never hear this ELO song again without thinking about this scene. Laugh. Oh yeah. And i can't hear Super Tramp without thinking of long nights on patrol in a rural part of my state listening to Art Bell on the radio. Thinking...this is not place to be listening to some dude talk about UFOs. He once said, "Long after I'm gone you'll remember me by the bumper music I played." And that's what music is. Reminds us of a time and place. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted October 4, 2020 Administrators Share Posted October 4, 2020 Just now, Historian said: Laugh. Oh yeah. And i can't hear Super Tramp without thinking of long nights on patrol in a rural part of my state listening to Art Bell on the radio. Thinking...this is not place to be listening to some dude talk about UFOs. He once said, "Long after I'm gone you'll remember me by the bumper music I played." And that's what music is. Reminds us of a time and place. It is a powerful medium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 1 minute ago, Eric said: The Cold War was having an increasing influence on our culture and music at that time. It really showed in pop/rock music. Springsteen played as the wall fell, Eric East Germany was no more (well except for an island Cuba gave them, that was technically never, given back West Germany or returned to Cuba. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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