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Post by Rum » Mon Nov 27, 2017 7:17 pm

Roy Orbison. Effin pop genius. I thought he was an uncool twat in my yoof.

Also Georgie Fame - the same.

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Post by Brian Peacock » Mon Nov 27, 2017 7:32 pm

Georgie Fame is a twat. Nasty piece of work.

Thomas Hardy. Used to think his paragraphs were boring - now I don't.
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Post by Svartalf » Mon Nov 27, 2017 7:45 pm

never understood why people went bonkers over the beatles, still don't
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Post by Rum » Mon Nov 27, 2017 7:46 pm

Brian Peacock wrote:Georgie Fame is a twat. Nasty piece of work.

Thomas Hardy. Used to think his paragraphs were boring - now I don't.
I know nothing about him as a person, just his music.


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Post by L'Emmerdeur » Mon Nov 27, 2017 7:54 pm

I've come to appreciate the work of Anthony Trollope. I used to dismiss it as Victorian soap opera, but have decided that while that may be true, Trollope provides an interesting window into British society of that era.

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Post by Sean Hayden » Mon Nov 27, 2017 8:01 pm

I can listen to all kinds of music, but I would call very little of it good. When I was younger it was easier to find good music. But now I get bothered by silly ideas like truth, which is usually the first thing killed when an artist opens their mouth. I guess it's not surprising then that I enjoy a lot more instrumental pieces than I used to.

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Post by pErvinalia » Tue Nov 28, 2017 12:39 am

Tony Abbott. I used to think he was a conservative arsewipe. Now I think he's a top bloke.
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Post by pErvinalia » Tue Nov 28, 2017 12:44 am

Sean Hayden wrote:I can listen to all kinds of music, but I would call very little of it good. When I was younger it was easier to find good music. But now I get bothered by silly ideas like truth, which is usually the first thing killed when an artist opens their mouth. I guess it's not surprising then that I enjoy a lot more instrumental pieces than I used to.
I was just thinking the same thing (about instrumentals vs lyrics) last night!

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Post by Tero » Tue Nov 28, 2017 2:22 am

Svartalf wrote:never understood why people went bonkers over the beatles, still don't
You had to be there. Everything I heard before that was the equivalent of How Much Is That Doggy In The Window?
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Post by Hermit » Tue Nov 28, 2017 2:47 am

Tero wrote:
Svartalf wrote:never understood why people went bonkers over the beatles, still don't
You had to be there. Everything I heard before that was the equivalent of How Much Is That Doggy In The Window?
And Mantovani with his cascading violins. Ergh. Typewriter song?

The likes of Bill Hayley, Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis were already knocking out some decent rock 'n roll for the times, but no radio station in Europe played their stuff until the Beatles busted the broadcast studio doors off their hinges.
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Post by Tero » Tue Nov 28, 2017 3:31 am

The most exciting on Finnish radio was maybe a once a day Shadows tune, Apache usually. I sampled my parents 10 LPs. The only playable thing was the Kingston Trio.

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