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Title: How "old" are you?
Post by: Justin Tonation on July 23, 2013, 08:08:41 pm
(http://www.hersutah.com/sites/hersutah.com/files/imagecache/630x630box/2012/09/17/story-monica-lewinsky-5353.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monica_Lewinsky)

40 years old today. The central figure of the most fallacious impeachment ever.

I wouldn't doubt that some of the younger lurkers have no idea who she is (click the pic to find out).

So, what else makes you aware of your age and however advanced it seems?
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Post by: kosmo vinyl on July 23, 2013, 09:21:10 pm
The age of the Beatles and The Rolling Stones
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Post by: James Ford on July 23, 2013, 09:52:45 pm
old enough to remember watching Nixon resigning on all the tv sets when we were in Sears. young enough to have no clue why he would be resigning.
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Post by: sweetcell on July 24, 2013, 12:34:26 pm
the missus reminds me how old i am on a daily basis, it seems sometimes.  the other day she had no idea what a Walkman was.
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Post by: atomicfront on July 24, 2013, 12:38:42 pm
the missus reminds me how old i am on a daily basis, it seems sometimes.  the other day she had no idea what a Walkman was.

How much younger is she?
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Post by: DeathFromAbove1979 on July 24, 2013, 01:29:13 pm
the missus reminds me how old i am on a daily basis, it seems sometimes.  the other day she had no idea what a Walkman was.
....Is she 20?
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Post by: sweetcell on July 24, 2013, 01:37:32 pm
the missus reminds me how old i am on a daily basis, it seems sometimes.  the other day she had no idea what a Walkman was.
....Is she 20?

in her 20's, yes (but just barely).  admittedly this particular case could have been due to her relatively rural and sheltered upbringing.  but still...
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Post by: Yada on July 24, 2013, 01:53:09 pm
the missus reminds me how old i am on a daily basis, it seems sometimes.  the other day she had no idea what a Walkman was.
....Is she 20?

in her 20's, yes (but just barely).  admittedly this particular case could have been due to her relatively rural and sheltered upbringing.  but still...

Breaking Amish??

I kid.
Title: Re: How "old" are you?
Post by: atomicfront on July 24, 2013, 02:14:46 pm
the missus reminds me how old i am on a daily basis, it seems sometimes.  the other day she had no idea what a Walkman was.
....Is she 20?

in her 20's, yes (but just barely).  admittedly this particular case could have been due to her relatively rural and sheltered upbringing.  but still...

How old are you?
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Post by: DeathFromAbove1979 on July 24, 2013, 02:15:15 pm
the missus reminds me how old i am on a daily basis, it seems sometimes.  the other day she had no idea what a Walkman was.
....Is she 20?

in her 20's, yes (but just barely).  admittedly this particular case could have been due to her relatively rural and sheltered upbringing.  but still...
Hillbillies had tape decks in their hot rods. Come on.
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Post by: i am gay and i like cats on July 24, 2013, 05:11:03 pm
i remember being in school and watching the space shuttle blow up.  everything else, was a blur.
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Post by: lily1 on July 24, 2013, 05:15:25 pm
I remember when AIDS didn't exist, at least in the mainstream media.
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Post by: i am gay and i like cats on July 24, 2013, 05:16:05 pm
yes . . . i remember when ryan white, changed everything.
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Post by: Relaxer on July 24, 2013, 05:33:11 pm
I remember Elvis dying. I didn't quite understand the significance of the guy but I could see that my dad was sad and my mother was just devastated.
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Post by: Relaxer on July 24, 2013, 05:36:56 pm
yes . . . i remember when ryan white, changed everything.

I still get misty, and am now because it's been years since I saw it, when I remember this:

(http://ww4.hdnux.com/photos/10/22/72/2174627/7/628x471.jpg)
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Post by: i am gay and i like cats on July 24, 2013, 05:42:56 pm
what does that have to do with ryan white?  how odd of you . . . but you are odd, so there is that.

if i dont stop getting the top of pages, good lord and gravy.
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Post by: Relaxer on July 24, 2013, 05:46:23 pm
It was my watershed 'AIDS awareness' moment. I'm not saying it's the best one but it's the one I had.
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Post by: DeathFromAbove1979 on July 25, 2013, 10:27:23 am
I remember when TRL was just Total Request with Carson Daly.

Man.
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Post by: Yada on July 25, 2013, 10:30:49 am
(http://www.grayflannelsuit.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/barth.jpg)

I enjoyed this TV show.
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Post by: i am gay and i like cats on July 25, 2013, 11:39:44 am
greatest tv show ever, when i was growing up!
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Post by: sweetcell on July 25, 2013, 11:53:57 am
(http://www.grayflannelsuit.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/barth.jpg)

I enjoyed this TV show.

wow, what a flashback.  this show was produced in my hometown (or close enough), i knew one of the actors on YCDTOTV.
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Post by: Justin Tonation on July 27, 2013, 10:24:46 pm
Truth: "[A] rock life spent ignoring Big Star and Pere Ubu and listening to The Beatles and the Stones loads of times over and over is a blinkered and diminished one."

The above is from this pretty good essay: Rock Of Ages: Mick Jagger At 70 & The Rise Of Pop's Elders (http://thequietus.com/articles/12913-rock-of-ages-mick-jagger-at-70).
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Post by: Justin Tonation on July 27, 2013, 10:25:43 pm
(http://www.grayflannelsuit.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/barth.jpg)

I enjoyed this TV show.

And I have no idea what the show is.
Title: Re: How "old" are you?
Post by: azaghal1981 on July 28, 2013, 12:44:20 am
I wondered about those accents for years as a kid. Then I found out it was produced in Canada.
Alanis Morrisette was on it for a bit.

(http://www.grayflannelsuit.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/barth.jpg)

I enjoyed this TV show.

wow, what a flashback.  this show was produced in my hometown (or close enough), i knew one of the actors on YCDTOTV.
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Post by: i am gay and i like cats on July 28, 2013, 04:30:42 pm
i remember seeing star wars on the opening day with my family, and it was my brother's birthday.  i think i was four or five or something.  we went to mcdonalds afterward and i had lightsaber battles with other kids that had seen the movie, with french fries throughout the restaurant.  bliss.  pure bliss.
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Post by: RatBastard on July 30, 2013, 09:23:43 am
I remember watching John Kennedy saluted his father's casket as it passed by on its way to Arlington Cemetery.  Back then I thought it odd.
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Post by: i am gay and i like cats on July 30, 2013, 09:37:45 am
are you the real ratbastard?
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Post by: Yada on July 30, 2013, 09:38:47 am
I like how walky gets excited when random people post.
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Post by: i am gay and i like cats on July 30, 2013, 09:43:38 am
im trying to figure out who my fav randomite is.  i think it is nkotb.
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Post by: azaghal1981 on July 30, 2013, 09:44:45 am
This is the real Rat Bastard. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuGg6NaY8eA)
I think it is safe to say he lies slightly to the left of ours.
Legend.
are you the real ratbastard?
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Post by: i am gay and i like cats on July 30, 2013, 09:47:42 am
ratbastard the man . . . interesting and fun

rat bastard the band . . . uhm, annoying noise

yes, azag, you may switch those at your leisure

new page, again
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Post by: azaghal1981 on July 30, 2013, 09:52:50 am
The Rat Bastard in the video is the guitarist.
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Post by: atomicfront on July 30, 2013, 10:07:24 am
I remember watching John Kennedy salute his father's casket as it passed by on its way to Arlington Cemetery.  Back then I thought it odd.

You mean John Kennedy Jr? I wonder if anyone saluted his casket.
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Post by: vansmack on July 30, 2013, 12:37:44 pm
I remember when TRL was just Total Request with Carson Daly.

I remember when Carson Daly was just a late night shift DJ at KROQ in LA.
Title: Re: How "old" are you?
Post by: azaghal1981 on July 30, 2013, 02:06:58 pm
I first heard of him when he took over MTV's summer daytime programming. Think they were still airing videos regularly.
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Post by: atomicfront on July 30, 2013, 02:25:58 pm
Michael Stipe makes me feel old. 

Here is a photo of him around the time when I first saw him perform live:

(http://www.somekindofawesome.com/storage/post-images/rem-michael-stipe-02.jpeg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1325591640466)

Here is a recent photo:

(http://www.blouinartinfo.com/sites/default/files/michaelstipe_1_0.png)
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Post by: Relaxer on July 30, 2013, 02:43:53 pm
Yup, people age over several decades, it's true.
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Post by: James Ford on July 30, 2013, 02:44:54 pm
I'm old enough to once have foolishly thought that Magic Hat made good beer.
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Post by: i am gay and i like cats on July 30, 2013, 05:20:17 pm
michael stipe then -  looks like a stoner loser who is a roadie for the grateful dead or phish.

michael stipe now -  fucking hot and older hot and style hot and serious hot and established hot and manly hot and cool glasses hot and knows what to do with that cock hot.
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Post by: Chip Chanko on July 30, 2013, 11:13:13 pm
I watched this all the time in first grade...

(http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/greatestamerican.jpg)
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Post by: eltee on July 30, 2013, 11:43:09 pm
someone criticized/teased me the other day when I referred to "The Talk" as "Talk Soup". Kids.
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Post by: Yada on July 31, 2013, 09:08:32 am
and Chip Chanko!
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Post by: i am gay and i like cats on July 31, 2013, 11:41:04 am
i did get a boner when i saw that new name.  chip chanko!  how awesome it rolls off the tongue.  chip chanko.  go go chip chanko power rangers.
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Post by: atomicfront on July 31, 2013, 11:49:20 am
I watched this all the time in first grade...

(http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/greatestamerican.jpg)

And for reference ( he has aged better than stipe)

(http://monstersfromthebasement.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/days-of-the-dead-048.jpg)
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Post by: James Ford on July 31, 2013, 12:04:54 pm
Why, because he has (older men always look stupid with long) hair?

I'm going to agree with Walkonby. Stipe looks better now.
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Post by: hutch on July 31, 2013, 01:30:13 pm
get out of here! stipe looks like shit.. he has for like 20 years when he turned into a human lightbulb..

Stipe really looks like Peter Gabriel does now... not a compliment...  he looks old for his age
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Post by: atomicfront on July 31, 2013, 01:46:42 pm
Why, because he has (older men always look stupid with long) hair?

I'm going to agree with Walkonby. Stipe looks better now.

Stipe is 10 years younger but looks 20 years older. 
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Post by: grateful tagle zuppi pizzaboli on July 31, 2013, 01:50:35 pm
(http://rockcountdown.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/michael-stipe.jpg)
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Post by: atomicfront on July 31, 2013, 01:52:36 pm
As for old guys looking stupid with long hair I guess you are right.  There is no way this guy would ever be able to find a chick:

(http://olorisupergal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Brad-Pitt-at-the-65th-Ann-010.jpg)
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Post by: grateful tagle zuppi pizzaboli on July 31, 2013, 02:00:29 pm
Also James Ford (not #that# James Ford).

(http://newspaper.li/static/30251dca0052e33f3079a1f270d9f998.jpg)
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Post by: Yada on July 31, 2013, 02:02:20 pm
(http://www.nachi.org/forum/attachments/f13/54502d1334414578-recent-picture-axl-rose-welcome-bakery-axl-rose.jpg)
Title: Re: How "old" are you?
Post by: atomicfront on July 31, 2013, 02:04:17 pm
(http://www.nachi.org/forum/attachments/f13/54502d1334414578-recent-picture-axl-rose-welcome-bakery-axl-rose.jpg)


I would put Axl in the hasn't aged well category. 
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Post by: James Ford on July 31, 2013, 02:20:14 pm
I'm sorry, but that (lack of a) haircut looks stupid on a guy his age. Johnny Depp as well. They both look much better with shorter hair. To say nothing of the white V-neck t-shirt with a suit jacket.

As for old guys looking stupid with long hair I guess you are right.  There is no way this guy would ever be able to find a chick:

(http://olorisupergal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Brad-Pitt-at-the-65th-Ann-010.jpg)
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Post by: James Ford on July 31, 2013, 02:26:19 pm
That's the most 2005 looking haircut I've seen since, oh about 2005.

Also James Ford (not #that# James Ford).

(http://newspaper.li/static/30251dca0052e33f3079a1f270d9f998.jpg)
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Post by: atomicfront on July 31, 2013, 02:49:34 pm
That's the most 2005 looking haircut I've seen since, oh about 2005.

Also James Ford (not #that# James Ford).

(http://newspaper.li/static/30251dca0052e33f3079a1f270d9f998.jpg)

If you looked that good you wouldn't be so bitter.
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Post by: atomicfront on July 31, 2013, 02:51:58 pm
I'm sorry, but that (lack of a) haircut looks stupid on a guy his age. Johnny Depp as well. They both look much better with shorter hair. To say nothing of the white V-neck t-shirt with a suit jacket.

As for old guys looking stupid with long hair I guess you are right.  There is no way this guy would ever be able to find a chick:

(http://olorisupergal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Brad-Pitt-at-the-65th-Ann-010.jpg)

I am sure they really care about your opinion.  How old is too old in your bald-headed opinion?
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Post by: James Ford on July 31, 2013, 02:55:58 pm
34

http://www.11points.com/Misc/11_Ages_When_Men_are_Too_Old_For_Certain_Fashion_Choices


I'm sorry, but that (lack of a) haircut looks stupid on a guy his age. Johnny Depp as well. They both look much better with shorter hair. To say nothing of the white V-neck t-shirt with a suit jacket.

As for old guys looking stupid with long hair I guess you are right.  There is no way this guy would ever be able to find a chick:

(http://olorisupergal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Brad-Pitt-at-the-65th-Ann-010.jpg)

I am sure they really care about your opinion.  How old is too old in your bald-headed opinion?
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Post by: atomicfront on July 31, 2013, 03:43:56 pm
My wife loves this guy Father John Misty.  So in 2 years he will be to old for long hair and he will have to cut it?  That would be good.  I don't think she would like him as much with short hair.

I think Jim James looks better with long hair than short hair and he is 35. I think your list might be wrong.  Maybe you should just decide how to look on your own. 
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Post by: RatBastard on August 05, 2013, 08:57:07 pm
are you the real ratbastard?

Yes
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Post by: hutch on August 05, 2013, 10:28:34 pm
my thoughts on hair



there are a few factors at play:

1. men as they age lose their hair.. A LOT of men..so of course these men are going to argue about how great short hair is...they have no choice! its a natural defense...

2. long hair has always been associated with hippies and rebellion and kids and rock stars etc etc.. its not considered appropriate to be an older man with long hair...its just not viewed as professional but rather than say to themselves "I keep my hair short due to peer pressure and in order to fit in at my job" people ratiionalize that long hair in men looks terrible.. sometimes its easy to lie to oneself........ i'm also reminded of how post 9-11 hair seemed to get shorter very quickly...

3. longer hair is higher maintenance.. people not willing to put in time are going to rationalize that they look better with short hair..

i guess what i'm saying is that when people say they think long hair is stupid their view is really being influenced/formed by above even if they don't realize it or want to admit it...

personally i'm pro-long hair.. short hair in men is so boring.. its like taking hair out of the equation.....are there men who look great with short hair? sure.. but few... can i find pictures of people who look like shit with long hair? of course

and think about it this way... why should long hair be any different in men than women?

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Post by: grateful tagle zuppi pizzaboli on August 06, 2013, 09:50:05 am
There is a peculiar notion that elegant plumage and fine feathers are not proper for the male when actually
that is <a href="http://youtu.be/6v1IsOQhEH4>the way things are[/url] in most species.

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Post by: atomicfront on August 06, 2013, 09:54:51 am
At Newport this year Beck was the last artist to play.  Lumineers were right before him and after they finished there was a mass exodus of the crowd.  We were able to walk right up 15 minutes later and be 10 rows of people back right in the center. 

I realized that Beck fans are basically in the 32 to 40 age group.  All the younger people left and all the older people left.  I had to stay because my wife is 35.  Weird how someones fans just are in one small age group.
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Post by: grateful tagle zuppi pizzaboli on August 06, 2013, 10:00:50 am
Weird how someones fans just are in one small age group except for the Mountain Goat.


FTFY
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Post by: atomicfront on August 06, 2013, 10:25:00 am
Weird how someones fans just are in one small age group except for the Mountain Goat.


FTFY

Mountain Goats fans were thin dudes in their early 20's with big glasses.
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Post by: hutch on August 06, 2013, 01:25:13 pm
in addition few countries have men generally keeping their hair so short as the US..it really comes from the whole militarization of the culture....

take men in Italy.. they work on their hair and they look good


nobody ever accused American men of being good looking or sexy and their boring short hair doesn't help.


American men are also so terribly short...ugh..
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Post by: i am gay and i like cats on August 06, 2013, 01:41:15 pm
ive had enough, this is my prayer
that ill die livin just as free as my hair
 
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Post by: vinly-Hatch lııllı|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 06, 2013, 03:35:36 pm
I remember Elvis dying. I didn't quite understand the significance of the guy but I could see that my dad was sad and my mother was just devastated.

When I was a kid, I remember hearing that Elvis died.  All I remember is my friend told me "the found rugs in his stomach" (that is what I heard) and for a while I can remember thinking.  What did Elvis do...did he cut them up and eat the rugs in little pieces or did he just he just try to eat a rug whole and that's what killed him.
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Post by: killsaly on August 06, 2013, 03:37:13 pm
I remember Patrick Swayze dieing... Never forget...
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Post by: eros on August 06, 2013, 03:55:40 pm
I spent this past weekend at Lollapalooza.  I'm feeling somewhat old right now.
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Post by: atomicfront on August 06, 2013, 04:13:18 pm
I remember Patrick Swayze dieing... Never forget...

Wait!! Patrick Swayze died?????
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Post by: kosmo vinyl on August 06, 2013, 04:56:22 pm
My first CD ever purchased was Sade
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Post by: lagas on August 06, 2013, 06:12:54 pm
Until I was 14, Pinochet was the only president of my country I knew...
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Post by: dyecraig on August 06, 2013, 07:30:54 pm
I remember Elvis dying. I didn't quite understand the significance of the guy but I could see that my dad was sad and my mother was just devastated.

When I was a kid, I remember hearing that Elvis died.  All I remember is my friend told me "the found rugs in his stomach" (that is what I heard) and for a while I can remember thinking.  What did Elvis do...did he cut them up and eat the rugs in little pieces or did he just he just try to eat a rug whole and that's what killed him.

I was at band camp (!) when he died - I was upset as Elvis was my first concert ever in 1970something - I was the 13th caller to 13Q AM in Pittsburgh - it was awesome and I was hooked for life on live shows.  I know it sounds corny, but if you make it to Memphis, the Graceland and Sun Studio tours are totally worth it.  Yes, I am ancient.
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Post by: atomicfront on August 07, 2013, 09:58:38 am
I remember Elvis dying. I didn't quite understand the significance of the guy but I could see that my dad was sad and my mother was just devastated.

When I was a kid, I remember hearing that Elvis died.  All I remember is my friend told me "the found rugs in his stomach" (that is what I heard) and for a while I can remember thinking.  What did Elvis do...did he cut them up and eat the rugs in little pieces or did he just he just try to eat a rug whole and that's what killed him.

I was at band camp (!) when he died - I was upset as Elvis was my first concert ever in 1970something - I was the 13th caller to 13Q AM in Pittsburgh - it was awesome and I was hooked for life on live shows.  I know it sounds corny, but if you make it to Memphis, the Graceland and Sun Studio tours are totally worth it.  Yes, I am ancient.

I went to Memphis and I saw Graceland and Sun Studio which I agree are both worth seeing.  Actually must sees for people who love rock music.  Plus go to Beale Street and see where Martin Luthur King was shot. Beale Street isn't as cool as Broadway in Nashville but I was able to find one small bar where someone was doing original blues music. 
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Post by: atomicfront on August 07, 2013, 10:02:08 am
My first CD ever purchased was Sade

Well at least you had good taste once. 

My first CD was by Flesh For Lulu.  I didn't have a CD player but some record company Rep gave it to me.  When I complained about the lack of CD player someone gave me a KMFDM record.
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Post by: grateful tagle zuppi pizzaboli on August 07, 2013, 11:56:10 am
My first CD ever purchased was Sade

Mine was U2 War.  I also think I won Jethro Tull Aqualung from DC§101
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Post by: hutch on August 07, 2013, 12:00:54 pm
mine was YES 90125 ... AMAZING sounding...this would have been the original German made import for the US market..

this CD sold me on CDs but I thought they would all sound like that and boy was I wrong
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Post by: chaz on August 07, 2013, 12:02:35 pm
For my birthday in 5th grade (1982) my dad bought me a boom box.  He took me to the pawn shop (i'm not joking) and let me pick it out.  I got a sony.  for my birthday that year I got the following tapes from friends and older brothers/sisters:

Squeeze - singles 45's and under
Squeeze -  East side story
Eddie Grant - Killer on the Rampage
David Bowie - Changes ONe

there were more that i can't remember.  But that was the year i started really digging music.
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Post by: i am gay and i like cats on August 07, 2013, 12:41:20 pm
my first music purchase . . .  was thriller and quiet riot.  on tape.  i was in the fifth grade. 
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Post by: atomicfront on August 07, 2013, 12:46:32 pm
The first album I ever bought was "Rhinestone Cowboy" by Glen Campbell.  First single I bought was "You sexy thing" by Hot Chocolate.
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Post by: vansmack on August 07, 2013, 01:38:49 pm
I had 45's of Michael Jackson's "The Wiz" and Queen's "Bicycle Race" (though the B-side was "Fat Bottom Girls," which I didn't come to appreciate until much later. Come to think of it, maybe "Bicycle Race" was the B-Side - who knows when you're 6).

My first album was Synchronicity by the Police.

My first tape was a double purchase - Van Halen's 1984 and Huey Lewis and the News' Sports for my 10th birthday.  It was the first time I didn't ask for Star Wars action figures for my birthday.

My first CD was New Order's Substance.

EDIT: Just a little bit of investigation solved the question:

Quote
"Bicycle Race" is a single by the English rock band Queen. It was released on their 1978 album Jazz and written by Queen's frontman Freddie Mercury. It was released as a double A-side single together with the song "Fat Bottomed Girls"."
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Post by: sweetcell on August 07, 2013, 01:42:54 pm
first tape: bryan adams, "reckless"

first cd: ozzy, "no more tears"
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Post by: grateful tagle zuppi pizzaboli on August 07, 2013, 01:55:01 pm
Mine was U2 War.  I also think I won Jethro Tull Aqualung from DC§101

First LP I ever owned was given to me by a friend - Def Leppard Pyromania.  First LP I ever bought was VH 1984.
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Post by: atomicfront on August 07, 2013, 02:04:00 pm
First show you made out with a random chick or dude?

I would say it was a Romeo Void show in 1984 at Girards in Baltimore.  Some girl asked me to dance and then...
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Post by: chaz on August 07, 2013, 02:15:16 pm
first tapes are above
first lp was Frampton Comes Alive, given to me by my older juvenile delinquent brother
first cd I bought was the first Misfits best of, called Collection I

But the earliest records I remember spinning on my own were from the family collection in the living room:
Rubber Soul and Meet the Beatles
Bookends and Bridge over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkle
Endless Summer by the Beach Boys.

I've loved all 3 acts ever since.

I lost the big V listening to Walk Among Us by the Misfits

My wife walked down the isle to Ladies and Gentleman we are floating in space.

First concert was Prince on the Purple Rain Tour.

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Post by: atomicfront on August 07, 2013, 03:34:53 pm
First concert I went to by choice was Missing Persons.  I tried to get tickets to that Purple Rain tour but they kept selling out. 
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Post by: i am gay and i like cats on August 07, 2013, 05:33:51 pm
how does anybody remember their first cd.  good.  lord.  wait a minute . . . wait a minute . . . mine was, no wait, its gone.
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Post by: chaz on August 07, 2013, 05:37:30 pm
how does anybody remember their first cd.  good.  lord.  wait a minute . . . wait a minute . . . mine was, no wait, its gone.
I remember because cd's were a pretty exotic item at the time...was mostly into punk and hardcore and those bands def were not putting out cd's yet, so when the misfits released one it was kindof a big deal....to me.
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Post by: i am gay and i like cats on August 07, 2013, 05:38:26 pm
i dont remember last year . . . so theres that.
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Post by: atomicfront on August 07, 2013, 05:58:00 pm
I remember because the people made fun of me because I didn't have a CD Player.  I don't have one now either.  Except in my car. 
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Post by: Bombay Chutney on August 07, 2013, 10:17:47 pm
I knew I was getting a cd player for my birthday, so I bought a handful of cds at once, so I'd have something to play when I got the player.  I think this was 1984.  My first ones were:

The Psychedelic Furs - The Psychedelic Furs
Laurie Anderson - Big Science
David Bowie - ChangesOneBowie
The Moody Blues - Days Of Future Passed
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Post by: StoneTheCrow on August 14, 2013, 03:16:40 pm
Cant decide how "old" I am.

on the one hand....I missed my first show last night.  Show that I had a ticket to, that is.  Old age? Maybe.

on the other hand....I'm driving up to the Jersey shore to catch the next night of the tour. I have to drive back afterwards. Haven't done anything like this in 7-8 years. Dumb? Probably.

Not acting my age, either way.
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Post by: atomicfront on August 14, 2013, 03:29:02 pm
The first show I missed that I had ticket to was "We have a fuzzbox and we are going to use it".  I think that was quite a while ago so I don't think age is the main concern.
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Post by: grateful tagle zuppi pizzaboli on August 14, 2013, 03:47:07 pm
I'll be 44 next month.  Also, got carded last month.  WIN!
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Post by: i am gay and i like cats on August 14, 2013, 03:57:59 pm
when i shave . . .  i get carded for asking for a pack of matches at seven eleven.  win.