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bad things happen to good places

Post 1

tonemonkey(Steve Cooper, of BLiM fame (?!) contact me!)

Oh Man! That kind of thing kills me. I have seen that happen to places I have known, and it rips the heart of the things you held dear. Still as with last time smudger youseem to have touched on something pretty universal, so well done!
TKsmiley - biggrin


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Post 2

Smudger879n

Hi TK, Glad you liked it, its about time we stood up against these sort of things happening! I mean, where can I take my Grandkids now? certainately not to the places I knew as a kid, coz they are all gonesmiley - grrsmiley - steamsmiley - coolsmiley - winkeye
smiley - cheersSmudger.


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Post 3

tonemonkey(Steve Cooper, of BLiM fame (?!) contact me!)

Same with me and my Megan, none of the places that were special to me as a child are left now.


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Post 4

Smudger879n

I know what you mean TK, what do you say to your Grankids when they ask you what it was like? Especially when there is nothing they can compare it tosmiley - ermsmiley - coolsmiley - winkeye
smiley - cheersSmudger.


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Post 5

tonemonkey(Steve Cooper, of BLiM fame (?!) contact me!)

Even the places I used to play with my band are gone, turned into fashionable pubs for 16-18 year olds that can't hold their drink, and wear a uniform of jeans, trainers, button down shirt, sweatshirt (by NIKE) and short over gelled hair. One of these was even the original crawdaddy club where bands like the stones and the yardbirds got their breaks.smiley - yuk


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Post 6

Smudger879n

Ah! the joy of youth TK smiley - erm Yep! I remeber the days when bands toured the clubs to promote their records, and if I recall we all had Beatle haircuts (Honeyconbs for women) and winlkle picker shores with blue jeans.
A kind of uniform as well I suppose? but at least the music was smiley - magic
smiley - oksmiley - coolsmiley - winkeye
smiley - cheersSmudger.


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Post 7

tonemonkey(Steve Cooper, of BLiM fame (?!) contact me!)

I have recently been having a discussion with RAF about this( or at least it came up). I pointed out that because we have so much of our heritage around us in our everyday lives, it can seem not to matter if we break bits off here and there, and throw them away. But it does matter when all the places you remember from your youth are gone or changed and there is nothing to share with the next generation.


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Post 8

Smudger879n

Yep! your right TK thats exactly what I was saying earlier! Have you noticed how the kids are buying up our old 60s music these days?
Just goes to show, what goes around comes aroundsmiley - oksmiley - coolsmiley - winkeye
smiley - cheersSmudger.


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Post 9

tonemonkey(Steve Cooper, of BLiM fame (?!) contact me!)

I think you may class me as one of those kids smudge, being as I'm 28! But then my idea of great music is from 1950's/60's chicago clubs in the form of blues. The beatles, the stones, the who, hendrix and clapton still do it for me.


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Post 10

Smudger879n

Ah! TK, That just shows that you a good ear for musicsmiley - oksmiley - laughand a better tastesmiley - ok They will still be playing that kind of stuff for years, long after all this modern stuff is forgottensmiley - ok
I remember when they were using 60s music in a Jean advert, and I told my daughter that I actually had that track! I had to go and get it and let her listen before she would believe mesmiley - erm
Then she went and recorded onto tape my whole collectionsmiley - laughsmiley - cool
smiley - cheersSmudger.


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Post 11

tonemonkey(Steve Cooper, of BLiM fame (?!) contact me!)

So you educate as well, nothing like being able to pass on the best bits of your youth to the next generation.


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Post 12

Smudger879n

Naw! TK, I dont educate? I used to be a welding instructor, does that count??smiley - laugh BTW I got my record collection back, after she had put the lot onto a casette tapes, so she could play them!smiley - oksmiley - coolsmiley - winkeye
smiley - cheersSmudger.


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Post 13

tonemonkey(Steve Cooper, of BLiM fame (?!) contact me!)

I still have a soft spot for vynil records, warmer and friendlier sounding than a cd, somehow more human. Problem is that I don't have a way to play my collection in the front room, so I don't often get to hear the crackle. Tapes and other modern media are not the same.
In some ways I am the biggest tech head in the world, in others a total luddite!smiley - laugh
And as for not educating....you do even if you don't know it.
Your post articles this week and last have a message, and more people than you know pay attention.


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Post 14

Smudger879n

Ah! yes TK, Vynil, I have a complete set of LPs ranging from the 50s -70s, and I have not yet played them all smiley - wah As you say, no record player either. I did once read on the net, how to transfer them all to CD, but there was a need for special cables??smiley - erm
As for the instruction side of things, I really did enjoy that when I was training welders, Ah! but all that seems like a life time ago nowsmiley - oksmiley - coolsmiley - winkeye
smiley - cheersSmudger.


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