tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post747978917008094959..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Things were more like they used to be, back then.Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-71921986030740119772011-12-07T00:49:05.604-05:002011-12-07T00:49:05.604-05:00Will, IIRC, he was riding in a Noorduyn Norseman, ...Will, IIRC, he was riding in a Noorduyn Norseman, an airplane designed for flying in the boonies of Canada.Justthisguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17277333206171756636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-54884894545752024772011-12-02T02:59:03.626-05:002011-12-02T02:59:03.626-05:00Saw this in the news today(different place, had to...Saw this in the news today(different place, had to find an english one), couldn't help but think of this post:<br /><br />http://www.contactmusic.com/news/bono-annoyed-by-own-voice_1266731Mikaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04894602732468692375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-57665331275188238192011-11-29T20:20:33.111-05:002011-11-29T20:20:33.111-05:00Iron Butterfly (In a Godda-da-vida) sounded much b...Iron Butterfly (In a Godda-da-vida) sounded much better when played on a record player that was turning maybe 10% slower than spec. When I heard it on a jukebox, I was like, WTF?<br /><br />BTW, researchers have figured out that Glen Millers's single engine transport was hit by a bomb(s) from a flight of bombers dumping their loads after an attack was aborted due to weather over their target.<br /><br />His plane was small and at low altitude over the Channel, and the bombers were much higher. I wonder how many times something similar happened during the war?Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722792638246578812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-26728613121754632372011-11-29T17:25:25.458-05:002011-11-29T17:25:25.458-05:00After *seeing* The Dead at Winterland, is there re...After *seeing* The Dead at Winterland, is there really anything else left (in the brain-pan)? First was the SNACK concert at Kezar in '75 - the last was Sting at Shoreline with his mirror-image/clone-band Geggy Tah (bleh!) in 1996 because my wife always wanted to seem him. I hate musicians.NotClauswitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14358707844087117280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-76186207098682171232011-11-29T15:04:13.897-05:002011-11-29T15:04:13.897-05:00Nah, Devo is a kids band now.Nah, Devo is a kids band now.Woodmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17258502914515356626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-32054238656357080872011-11-29T12:47:50.235-05:002011-11-29T12:47:50.235-05:00Last night on the way to the hardware store, WITT ...Last night on the way to the hardware store, <a href="http://www.919witt.org/" rel="nofollow">WITT</a> played "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_Muzik" rel="nofollow">(Talk About) Pop Muzik.</a>" <br /><br />I found myself chanting along. <br /><br />Has senility finally set in?Old Grouchhttp://oldgrouch.mee.nunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-73002335853814164012011-11-29T11:31:26.031-05:002011-11-29T11:31:26.031-05:00By stinging copper along the ridge pole for the an...By stinging copper along the ridge pole for the antenna and grounding the Grundig to the cold water pipe I could pick up WABC out of NYC. The were the first to play the latest Beetles releases. I'd sing the song one the way to school and people wouldn't believe it was a real Beetles tune until the local rock station (WPGC) would air it later that day. <br />First concert was Spooky Tooth and Humble Pie.Stretchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-84915203576577437292011-11-29T06:45:08.309-05:002011-11-29T06:45:08.309-05:00In my 20's I was already listening to talk rad...In my 20's I was already listening to talk radio and yelling at the dashboard. <br /><br />Once Brian Eno got his mitts on U2, they just got weird. I never bought any of the albums and in retrospect, "One" is about the only U2 song I can listen to all the way through anymore; odd enough that it's an Eno produced song.oghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07551049745184408924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-50306125541976222982011-11-29T02:06:44.934-05:002011-11-29T02:06:44.934-05:00Hell, back during my high school days in the early...Hell, back during my high school days in the early ninties, I was all about Floyd, Zep, Hendrix, Yes, Rush... as were pretty much all my classmates at the time.Joe in PNGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-83842812141577406952011-11-29T01:44:38.597-05:002011-11-29T01:44:38.597-05:00My gateway drug was alice cooper... then onto meta...My gateway drug was alice cooper... then onto metallica, and from there to iron maiden, from there to tons of other bands.<br /><br />Mind you, I sang along to twisted sister songs in the playground in pre-school... (we're not gonna take it, I wanna rock).Mikaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04894602732468692375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-69945057675416151042011-11-28T22:36:50.497-05:002011-11-28T22:36:50.497-05:00I went with my friends in college repeatedly to Sp...I went with my friends in college repeatedly to Springsteen concerts--something like four in as many years, which was a lot for me.<br />Now the same exact music bores me to death. <br /><br />Although twenty years is not that old for a recording. Probably half of my CDs were originally recorded before 1990--and some of them go far back enough that they're in mono. Yes, there was a time when stereo was a new fangled thing that not everyone had...<br /><br />KishneviAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-86437897605153213882011-11-28T21:38:46.011-05:002011-11-28T21:38:46.011-05:001. I feel so old. I remember hearing "Itsy-Bi...1. I feel so old. I remember hearing "Itsy-Bitsy-Polka-Dot Bikini" when it first came out.<br /><br />2. My Pastor went to elementary school with the members of U2, in Ireland, and later jammed with them. He also rode an RD350 when he was young. He wields a Kaman guitar in church, and sometimes a claymore. The man is kewl.Justthisguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17277333206171756636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-91423156751687240222011-11-28T21:22:02.359-05:002011-11-28T21:22:02.359-05:00Oh, and "weltschmerz", eh?
Newly single...Oh, and "weltschmerz", eh?<br /><br />Newly single again at 24, a new career, a new black '79 280ZX, and a case full of painstakingly recorded-from-vinyl TDK cassettes to set the night roads of Palm Beach County and the angst in my young heart and mind to music.<br /><br />So that's what that was.the pawnbrokerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16643081755036536592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-81971219695073673972011-11-28T20:58:45.154-05:002011-11-28T20:58:45.154-05:00Heart. Hollywood FL, '79.
Best live guitar ev...Heart. Hollywood FL, '79.<br /><br />Best live guitar ever.<br /><br />And the last concert I attended just for me. <br />33 frickin' years ago. Groanthe pawnbrokerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16643081755036536592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-89907142342310613522011-11-28T20:13:09.676-05:002011-11-28T20:13:09.676-05:00Anon 6:41,
I hate to say it,
Coldplay, "Viv...Anon 6:41,<br /><br />I hate to say it,<br /> Coldplay, "Viva la Vida"<br /> Lily Allen, "22", even the Porter Waggoner parody "Not Fair" (Golly, I like watching the drummer's expressions, and the redhead, too)<br /> Adele, Rolling in the Deep<br /> Natasha Beddingfield, Pocketful of Sunshine, Sweet Escape<br /> <br /><br />And then there is the whole CD, "The Unforgettable Glenn Miller". Some of the highest energy music I found when I was programming at 2:30 am. 20 years ago. Ada,PL/1,Fortran/Unix/Cray-2. Also the "For the Last Time" Bob Wills CD.Brad K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18378344866487206569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-37378738988753254712011-11-28T19:49:16.412-05:002011-11-28T19:49:16.412-05:00"Metal? Please, chimps with instruments"..."Metal? Please, chimps with instruments"<br /><br />You've obviously never sat down and given the genre an honest listen.thesouthtexaspistoleronoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1859216831496812472011-11-28T18:41:28.343-05:002011-11-28T18:41:28.343-05:00Bye bye Miss American Pie! Hasn't been any re...Bye bye Miss American Pie! Hasn't been any real music since then! Metal? Please, chimps with instruments! <br />Old GrumpAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-39668599195873762152011-11-28T17:45:26.251-05:002011-11-28T17:45:26.251-05:00The first time I heard U2 on a classic rock statio...The first time I heard U2 on a classic rock station I kinda got an inkling I might be getting on in years. Out of Time is actually in the cd player right now, grist for the road trip mill. Near Wild Heaven. Damn.rolandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-17680826102069267132011-11-28T17:41:16.126-05:002011-11-28T17:41:16.126-05:00My first concerts were groups like The Moody Blues...My first concerts were groups like The Moody Blues, The Doors, Paul Revere and the Raiders, The Byrds, and The Beach Boys. Great music during my high school years.BobGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405172215849046373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-73127766981248276112011-11-28T17:37:01.158-05:002011-11-28T17:37:01.158-05:00Same as it ever was.....<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1wg1DNHbNU" rel="nofollow">Same as it ever was.....</a>Jeffrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06873138122305060834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-14666318093650347342011-11-28T17:26:40.084-05:002011-11-28T17:26:40.084-05:00"Eventually, you gotta get to the Big Bores, ..."Eventually, you gotta get to the Big Bores, like Motorhead. ; )"<br /><br />And err, Motorhead was already cutting albums in '76. So, KISS was still bubble gum. Lemmy IS God.<br /><br />If it was Jefferson Airplane you'd be old, the Jarship were still recording when we had the Grenada FTX. "Find Your Way Back" SPANKS that "Ride the Tiger" gaiety:-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-72413270351988538402011-11-28T16:33:55.191-05:002011-11-28T16:33:55.191-05:00My first real concert experience was U2, the Joshu...My first real concert experience was U2, the Joshua Tree tour, in Vegas -- heck, the whole album sounded as though it was written ABOUT Vegas. <br /><br />When Achtung Baby came out, it put me off U2 for a while; it seemed as though the boys discovered their blues roots during the Rattle & Hum period, and ran screaming in the opposite direction.Beaumontnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-35562822552310906252011-11-28T14:50:26.837-05:002011-11-28T14:50:26.837-05:00Funny that Brian should say that; I was thinking t...Funny that Brian should say that; I was thinking the other day about how interesting it was that so many folks al least from my generation (I was born in '77), listened to that older music. I'd think it hadn't changed that much with later generations, especially considering the folks I went to college with, born in the mid '80s, were listening to stuff like the Beatles, Black Sabbath and ZZ Top.<br /><br />BL and Dave, Metallica was my gateway drug. The Black Album, then Ride, Master and Justice, and later on I discovered Priest, Megadeth, Queensryche & Iron Maiden. And Motorhead too.southtexaspistoleronoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-53087543266716382022011-11-28T14:42:58.855-05:002011-11-28T14:42:58.855-05:00I did work for that tour (U2's ZooTV/Zooropa T...I did work for that tour (U2's ZooTV/Zooropa Tour). I think I *stopped* going to concerts about then -- burnt out.<br /><br />MMark Algerhttp://www.babytrollblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-56301958052172624332011-11-28T14:37:17.907-05:002011-11-28T14:37:17.907-05:00There's a radio station in Fort Worth that'...There's a radio station in Fort Worth that's run at a high school, and the students on the staff choose all the music: almost all is 70's, some early 80's.<br /><br />Things do chase around a bit, do they not?Firehandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.com