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  8. LIVE 8

    in Music Discussion

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    So yesterday afternoon, I shut the house up, pulled the shades, turned off the lights, and just shut down completely. No thinking, no chores, no people. Nothing. Just sat in my big blue chair and let myself just...sink in. I needed the break.

    So, I did something I rarely ever do...watched tv. I mean, for like, 4 hours straight. I originally intended to find a ball game, but I got to MVT, and it was the very beginning of Live 8. I thought "Perfect. The last thing I want to do is think about anything. I can just veg here and listen to some music. Which is what I did. Turns out, as a bonus, it was commercial free, with not a single host or vee-jay in site. I truly, truly, sank into my chair and just listened to the music.

    I needed the escape, and music gave it to me. I never turned the channel. I watched bands I would never dream of ever buying. Here are some thoughts:

    Michael Stipe has true presence

    I actually enjoyed the Black Eyed Peas. They had good, positive energy.

    Snoop Dogg, I don't get it. They bleeped him 23 times in one song. (I counted) Art? I think not.

    Stevie Wonder, oh man, I'd actually go see him in concert. He's great!

    Pink Floyd. Roger Waters seemed very excited to have a crowd in front of him again.

    Anyway, just thought I'd share that.

  11. Your Favorite Movies

    in Movies and TV

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    I'm sick to death of Napoleon Dynamite. If it wouldn't have gotten so big and talked about until it was dead and bleeding in the street, I wouldn't have gotten so annoyed with it. But people just went to damn far.

    That could be said of a lot of movies. Bands, too.

  13. rock music!

    in Music Discussion

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    too many school projects going on!

    We here at SF are always getting people coming in here with school projects. Most times, we help out, because the kids are usually pretty polite. I think it's cool that they get to use music as a learning tool.

    Sigh. Just part of being a Songfactor, I suppose.

  18. Coming of Age

    in Music Discussion Classic

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    Since this is in the classic music forum, it will probably pertain to mainly the ..ahem....more 'mature in years only' posters. But it's not exlusive to just that crowd, though. Anyone can post their thoughts on the subject.

    My question is this....when did it dawn on you that "man, today's music sucks!!"

    Now, that is not at all what I am inferring. What I'm getting at, is when did you grow away from what was on the radio, and start leaning more and more on what you already knew you liked?

    I read a quote somewhere, and I wish I knew who said it, so I could cite the person, but in essence, they said "When you turn 30, music starts to suck."

    In my case, it was probably around 26-27 years old for me. That's when that rap and grunge and stuff showed up. I finally gave up and programmed my radio for the classic rock and easy listening stations.

    Anyone else?

    Keep in mind, this isn't a thread to thrash today's music, rather to share with us when you began to 'not relate so well' to the music that was coming out.

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