My life does not so much flash before my eyes, but passes at a leisurely stroll. I hope it will take its time. So far it’s only up the the eighties.and has mercifully skipped a few of those evenings that are best not remembered at all. The skip rate will increase as it progresses.
When I truck on down at YouTube, I start out with something fairly modern but soon lapse back into the olden days of actual music. Tonight I came across something I had entirely forgotten even though I once had the entire album – and it was a good one too.
The fragments of the past meme might or might not become a regular here. That remains to be seen.
This fragment can be seen now.
underdogs bite upwards 
They really don’t make songs like that any more, do they?
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These days they sing about death a lot. So it’s not all bad.
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Video not available in germany. Whichis rather fuckin’ annoying for a country that has it specificaly written in its constitution that “There is no such thing as a censor.” (Es findet kein Zensur statt.)
Na, they do not need one, the You tube wankers do it for them.
Wonder how much money in Brown envelopes exchange hands under the table in a back street pub for THAT one then?
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Install foxyproxy Firefox add-on and you are good to go.
http://getfoxyproxy.org/help.html
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Already have it. But thanks for the thought. š
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but soon lapse back into the olden days of actual music
In fair exchange this popped into my mind yesterday. Sadly, I don’t have the album because I didn’t have enough pocket money at the time.
This was followed by a long and frustating search for a copy of “I’m Going Home” by Ten Years After, that didn’t sound tinny.
Hearing my struggles my husband sought out the cd and it being impossible not to dance for the whole 10 minutes, I ended up with a slightly strained ankle and mildly protesting knee, I must be getting old.
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Rose, don’t overdo it š
Keep calm
and
Ramble on….
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Happy days : D
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Going Home, often sung under my crash helmet on long cold wet motorcycle journeys when there are only 100 miles to go……..
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I had all the first four albums, long ago.
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I have Led Zepplin 3 and 4 and I got this single as a thank you present many years later, after knitting a very detailed picture sweater of the Flying Scotsman leaving York Station in all it’s glory for a steam enthusiast neighbour.
I was good with designing on graph paper and he was good at sourcing old records.
Perfect.
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I am forever delving back to the 80’s and finding it an absolutely outstanding era for music, this is my latest best old song:
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Oddly enough, Rose, I have always considered the 80s a cultural desert, musically (with a few notable exceptions). The 60s and the 70s were fertile territory; almost overload; the 80s were dominated by the ‘new romantics’ like U2, Human League, Boy George, Ultravox and many other eminently forgettable bands. Plus of course the highly unmusical punk bands, which had merit in their raw enthusiasm, but little to commend them melodically. The 90s – 00s saw a rise in more lyrically and melodically articulate bands, with the likes of Beck, Sneaker Pimps (which morphed into IAMX), Tool, Portishead, to name but a few, and lounge music from Thievery Corporation, which stretched into the 10s.
The 80s did have it’s highlights, with Blondie, Dire Straits, Pretenders and a few others, but I did feel that there was more dross than good music in those days.
But of course, that’s my personal opinion, and music, more than most things, is very much subjective! š
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You mention Portishead!!
YEEHHAAA! I thought I was their only fan!
BRILLIANT, and PERFECT for a “coming down,” afte a weekend on the joints.
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One of them used to live round the corner from me, as does Grantly from Massive Attack. We borrow sugar and other deadly substances from each other you know.
Try this for a seminal Bristol Band. The reformed roup played Berlin last Saturday…
I’m actually in the background there somewhere…
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Ah yes, Massive attack. Another brilliant band. Gorillaz hit the spot, too. Their last album (I think), Plastic Beach was a tour de force.
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I don’t remember much about the 80’s, Nisakiman, I was too busy looking after my small children.
I do remember this though.
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The 80s, in fact 1984, produced the one song you can’t mess up with nonsense lyrics – it’s entirely composed of nonsense already! Write the tune, use whichever words fit. Many have tried to find the meaning in this song, but there isn’t one.
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Blimey, I thought I was the only one who indulged in memory lane…
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We all think we’re the only ones. Memory is frowned upon these days so we all keep quiet about it.
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“So we all keep quiet about it.”
Bugger that! Kids today ought to be informed who invented all the fun that the Bansturbators are determined to destroy and they will miss out on… The Only Ones? Now you’re talking! More old mates of mine…
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Kids need to know about the Inquisition’s methods in detail. Those are the methods applied now. No wonder the politicians never want real history taught in schools.
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One from your neck of the woods LI
http://aberdeen.stv.tv/articles/261142-willie-young-has-defended-pension-schemes-investing-in-tobacco-firms/
‘Aberdeen finance convener Willie Young defended the practice.
He said: “The first obligation of any pension scheme is to its trustees and making sure that they benefit from being members of the plan.
“I can understand some people having ethical questions about smoking.
“But the fact is that tobacco is perfectly legal at the moment and, until the Government outlaws it, people will continue to invest in it.
“You also have to remember that this isn’t about politics, it is about maximising the pensions of those who are putting their money into the scheme.”
Not about health either.
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I see ASH are incensed that another group of people are not doing as they are told.
He’s right though – the correct way to run a pension fund is to invest where they get the best returns. Not to ignore good investments because some dim bimbo has a hissy fit and stamps her feet.
ASH are losing control very fast now. Their teeth are showing.
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