mjmooney Posted March 9, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted March 9, 2019 1 hour ago, tonyh29 said: Think we used to have a thread for best decade for music , but this seemed to be a more generic discussion that the 80’s were horrendous and not just music ? at first when I saw MJ agreeing I thought ah I bet he’s referring to the 1880’s but I suspect it’s a generation thing , i was 10 at the start of the 80’s and it was fantastic , we didn’t care about greed is good , we just got to wear burgundy stay press and Fred perry t-shirts whilst listening to Baggy Trousers and airwolf and the A-team taught us it was cool to blow shit up It is absolutely a generation thing. If I'd been born ten years later, I have no doubt I'd have loved the eighties. Thank **** I wasn't. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 I was also 10 at the beginning of the 80s and I hate almost everything about the decade. Any music I like from that decade is by accident. Not to mention films or games. I have no misty eyed nostalgia for it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pelle Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 Born '75 and I absolutely love the '80's. Everything about it. So does my OH who's 9 years older. Don't know if it was different here, but it was a decade full of hope and happiness. The '90's, though. Dull, early economic crise and music really started to get boring and fabricated. But I'm not sure this is OT. Apart from talking about dead decades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted March 11, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted March 11, 2019 Maybe the 80s was full of hope and happiness in the scandies but I seem to remember spending much of it expecting the bomb to drop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted March 11, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted March 11, 2019 5 minutes ago, choffer said: Maybe the 80s was full of hope and happiness in the scandies but I seem to remember spending much of it expecting the bomb to drop. And Thatcher. Don't forget Thatcher. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 2 hours ago, mjmooney said: And Thatcher. Don't forget Thatcher. that's just one of the many reasons why it was the best decade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 On 09/03/2019 at 11:57, snowychap said: If you thought Airwolf looked terrible, you should have seen Street Hawk. was that the lesser know third brother of Stringfellow and St John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 3 hours ago, tonyh29 said: that's just one of the many reasons why it was the best decade 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddywhack Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 “Scotland’s worst serial killer” Angus Sinclair died in prison this morning. Scotland’s best, surely? Their worst one is probably still dawdling on the first murder. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rjw63 Posted March 12, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted March 12, 2019 Legendary Wrecking Crew drummer Hal Blaine, gone at 90. Probably played on more great tracks than anyone, ever. 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veloman Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 1 hour ago, rjw63 said: Legendary Wrecking Crew drummer Hal Blaine, gone at 90. Probably played on more great tracks than anyone, ever. Was hoping to get in first with that ! Possibly not known by many ,but what a fabulous drummer. Happily, he lived to a good age but there weren't too many like him with talent, taste and versatility. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted March 12, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted March 12, 2019 (edited) 10 hours ago, rjw63 said: Legendary Wrecking Crew drummer Hal Blaine, gone at 90. Probably played on more great tracks than anyone, ever. Indeed.Listen to any US hit record of the 1960s, and chances are you're hearing Hal Blaine, Carol Kaye, Joe Osborn, Leon Russell and Glen Campbell. (In the UK it would have been Clem Cattini, Herbie Flowers, Jimmy Page and Big Jim Sullivan). Edited March 12, 2019 by mjmooney 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 The mention of Carol Kaye makes me insist to any passing reader. Look her up. To have played on a single classic is an achievement, then you look at hers and indeed all of the wrecking crews CV. It blows you away. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sid4ever Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 One for @BOF, Charlie Whiting this morning on the eve of the 2019 F1 season. Suffered a pulmonary embolism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted March 14, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted March 14, 2019 On 12/03/2019 at 05:48, rjw63 said: Legendary Wrecking Crew drummer Hal Blaine, gone at 90. Probably played on more great tracks than anyone, ever. A partial list here. Looking at that, I reckon I own about 70% of them, maybe more. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted March 14, 2019 Moderator Share Posted March 14, 2019 6 hours ago, mjmooney said: A partial list here. Looking at that, I reckon I own about 70% of them, maybe more. Fairly sure I saw a list somewhere bigger than that and they were just the Number One single he's played on 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 Pat Laffan aka Pat Mustard the hairy baby maker of Craggy Island 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 6 hours ago, VILLAMARV said: Pat Laffan aka Pat Mustard the hairy baby maker of Craggy Island One of the best Father Ted episodes 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 (edited) Legendary guitarist Dick Dale has died. I had the pleasure of watching Dick Dale in 2006 in Santa Monica, he was excellent. Edited March 17, 2019 by Seat68 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Rock guitarist Bernie Torme gone at 66 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts