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I think the point I've somehow not been able to get across is I never stated there is no talent or good music today. What I did say is not a lot of it is mainstream. For example, ages ago I was recommended some modern psychedelic bands and I checked them out to see if they really did sound like Jefferson Airplane. Well, some of these bands were cool and, sure enough, they would have been liked by sixties fans. Even so the big point is here you're talking about experimental bands who are doing progressive music but they are not mainstream. Neither are they famous and I doubt making much money because the record labels want safe, X Factor groups to pull a mass audience.
Also, the guy who posted to say he thinks the Beatles would make it today, I still disagree. I was at work one afternoon where I was subjected to hours of awful, tinsel music that all sounded the same and was maddeningly boring. Late in the afternoon, some risky radio DJ put on A Day In The Life. About half way into the song, some worker went up to the radio and turned it off. Yes, I was stunned.
My rant isn't finished yet either - there is more:
If you listen to The Beach Boys, you know it's the Beach Boys. Nobody else sounds quite like that. Same goes for The Stones, The Who, Hendrix lead guitar, The Byrds, Early Santana and many of the old Woodstock bands. Also, you notice the material is diverse - compare Blackbird with Helter Skelter, Mothers Little Helper with Paint It Black.
Also, music was at one time hugely powerful. It was more than just a synthetic song but had cultural movements behind it. Even Bob Dylan had followers who were tuned into his message and style.
Sorry folks but today's music bored the pants off me. Yes, I take the point there is still talent to be found but the real talented bands would get buzzed off XFactor in no time.
....and if you try telling that to the young people of today........(alltogether now)...........they don't believe you!
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The idea that the beatles or the stones would not make it today is proposterous. Not to mention the fact that if they had not been around in the sixties the music of today would be so different. I am sure they would find an audience. Many bands now release music on blogs and so unless you are into them you will miss out. Royal Blood are an example of that but there are many more.
Often the bands that influence are not always that well known Joy Division in the late 70's were quite obscure but are often sighted as an influence by bands in the 90's.
I also disagree with the ascertion that young people like music that their parents don't. A couple of years ago I went to a Pendulum gig in Cambridge and the age audience varied from teens through to people older than me in their sixties, with lots of middle aged. A great contrast tto the bands I saw in the sixties and seventies in Brum town hall who seemed to be 90% teenage boys ( from memory)
I have a theory that for most people music is important for only a short time, maybe ten years from 15 to 25 and then other things take over so that you can get stuck with a limited selection of musical taste which you may always refer to as if that was the golden age. Not true for everyone but just a theory. I often put on an old album I thought was great at the time and it now sounds, well crap. Eg a band called Esperanto, occasionally the album still sounds good eg A band called Quiet Sun.
Please keep the suggestions for good music coming....
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I was going to say the same, I am far from a musical connoisseur, but while I dont like half of what radio1 plays (or for that matter, and other station) a lot of it is enjoy about to listen. Some of it in a 'enjoy today, forget tomorrow' sort of way, other in a 'looking forward to the next album, still listening 5 years later' sort of way.
Random list off stiff off the top of my head
Snow Patrol
Florence and the Machine
Macklemore
Ellie Goulding
Ed Sheeran
Daniel
Ed Sheeran ............you cannot be serious!!!!!!!
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Looking at getting a boat but still not sure about what form of heating to use. Get at least two
I feel a daft question coming on....
Do you need to have the heating on 24/7? No but if you ahve a soild fuel heater it is just as easy and cost wise to keep it going 24 hrs
In our (old) house the central heating is off at ten and on again half an hour before I get up no matter what the temp. outside. Do narrow boats lose so much heat that it has to be on all night or you freeze? You will not freeze, boats probably loose less heat than many houses, as they are usually better insulated
That's a great help...thanks
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And I would completely disagree with that. I think the Arctic Moonkeys produced a couple of good tracks and that was that, the rest was rubbish. I guess we all have different taste.
Thats why I tried not to post!
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24/7 solid fuel heating circa £20 per week (through winter)
24/7 diesel heating will be 6 to 8 times dearer (with a system such as Webasto/Eberspacher)
Looking at getting a boat but still not sure about what form of heating to use.
I feel a daft question coming on....
Do you need to have the heating on 24/7?
In our (old) house the central heating is off at ten and on again half an hour before I get up no matter what the temp. outside. Do narrow boats lose so much heat that it has to be on all night or you freeze?
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I've tried to avoid posting but I can't resist......Every generation thinks that their music was better than that of the current young generation. We're not supposed to like their music, that's the point!
There was lots of rubbish music around in the 70s when I was a teenager
I ask my half-sister who's 22 what she listens to and it's stuff like Queen, David Bowie and the Smiths. I'm not sure if that's typical but it seems odd that the music of her era doesn't appeal to her and she's listening to music from mine.
I was also a teenager in the seventees and can remember my girlfriends sister hearing the Ramones and moaning it was rubbish, they all sound the same! Things have not changed. i still listen to the Ramones, Clash, Dury and Joy Division and it sounds as fresh as ever to ME.
But music is constantly evolving changing and reinventing itself. You only have to watch an episode of TOTP fom the seventies to see how much dross was in the charts then and that is still true today.
I think the pop music at the beginning of the century ( sic ) was better than in the 70's with bands like Pendulum, Arctic's and Muse, just to name a few.
My son who is a DJ loves hip hop but admits things have gone off the boil in the last ten years so who knows what is around the corner.
I will certainly be checking some of the above recommendations although I need a bigger ipod if any of them are good!
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Yes i do plan on doing my own servicing. Diesel is an interesting one as this really was a finger in the air. I plan to be based in a marina connected to main power CURSING at weekings and for some holidays. But i like the idea of a diesel heater so not sure how much diesel this will all consume.
I find using a spanner leads to cursing no matter what day it is......
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Anyone choosing Harold Shipman for his avatar deserves treating with suspicion.
MtB
Hey what about Jimmy Durante.....eh
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What was the name of the steerer, I must have missed it?
Richard Head?
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A fundamental part of being out and about on the canal is that one can switch off, and that goes for the phone or being attached to central command by a device to spoil that sense. A right to hide and tell others to f*ck off for the moment.
Why?
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Got to go, celebrity big brother has started.....
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It refers to grown up people spending their time pretending to have a wide and varied social life on a computer?
Spot on!! Not forgetting the adolescent banter......
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Yes it is rather sad that people who use alcohol in a convivial adult and responsible way may not banter about it without being subject to the attentions of judgemental minorities. In answer to the obvious riposte, no it is not necessary to have alcohol to have a good time; sometimes drugs or a firm blow job works just as well!(The hamster slightly over extends his credit here and might be in line for his first warning)
I hope your mummies aren't reading this...
i am curious about this, is this some sort of light S&M or something completely different to a normal blow job an innocent monkey has never been introduced to?
i got the feeling the 'how sad' comment was perhaps made by someone who has previously used alcohol in a non-adult irresponsible and non-convivial way and found it to be detrimental to their own well being so they stopped altogether. this abstinence can be followed by the tendency to judge others who choose to use alcohol in their own way as 'self medication' 'getting bolloxed' or whatever they want to do.
might have got that wrong though! I do at times get things wrong (as the other half keeps telling me...)
Sorry...you have got it wrong again. The sad did not refer to the drinking of alcohol, which is fine.
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I bet my tankards bigger than yours.....
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Your lucky. While walking fast along the towpath on the Caldon I was was told to slow down by an irate boater as my particularly fast walking style had torn out his centre line. I think this is getting out of hand.........
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They only moved 100yds down the road though!
Amazing that they don't do that with travellers ?
The police don't like confronting travellers. A bit too scary me thinks.
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Time for Hobnobs already?
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why the need for verbal communication
Exactly! Just like a good marriage!
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Isn't this just the way life is? Last week on the Caldon I met one of the owners of Towy and he was a very friendly chap. Not at all aloof. Whereas another chap on a similar old boat was. Can't the same be said for all types of boats. I don't see why boaters should be any more or less varied than other people.
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Sorry for the decor!
Cheers
John
Looks fine , not everyone likes chintz!
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31. You're not a real boater until you wear a panama hat, have a muffin top and can ignore passing walkers who smile and say hello because your shiny boat means your considerably richer than they are.
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I was answering his question... no need to be a knob.
Very tempted to do a knob joke with all this talk of urethras but would that just be taking the p....
Why I Hate Modern Music
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