Things that make you feel old
Dec 13th 2018 | 10:25 pm
#301
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Re: Things that make you feel old
Great link.
For my 16th birthday it would have been in the US Christoper Cross ' Sailing'
, UK David Bowie 'Ashes to Ashes' 
, Canada - Rolling Stones 'Emotional Rescue'
and the best one in Ireland it would have been The Jam - 'Start'
. That month Germany had Funkytown for the whole month.
Do many 16 year olds these days care what is in the charts? Without sounding like an old crusty fossil with music available at the click of a phone and music stores going the way of payphones there isn't really the buzz of the charts that occurred in the past.
I was always an album guy and even today only really look at the UK album charts although sales are way down on years past.
For my 16th birthday it would have been in the US Christoper Cross ' Sailing'
, UK David Bowie 'Ashes to Ashes' , Canada - Rolling Stones 'Emotional Rescue' and the best one in Ireland it would have been The Jam - 'Start'. That month Germany had Funkytown for the whole month.Do many 16 year olds these days care what is in the charts? Without sounding like an old crusty fossil with music available at the click of a phone and music stores going the way of payphones there isn't really the buzz of the charts that occurred in the past.
I was always an album guy and even today only really look at the UK album charts although sales are way down on years past.
Is Enya typical of a chart artist for songs or albums but nobody can deny she hasn't been successful.
Dec 13th 2018 | 11:20 pm
#302
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Re: Things that make you feel old
Dec 14th 2018 | 12:19 am
#303
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Dec 14th 2018 | 1:55 am
#304
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Re: Things that make you feel old
Great link.
For my 16th birthday it would have been in the US Christoper Cross ' Sailing', UK David Bowie 'Ashes to Ashes' , Canada - Rolling Stones 'Emotional Rescue' and the best one in Ireland it would have been The Jam - 'Start'. That month Germany had Funkytown for the whole month.
Do many 16 year olds these days care what is in the charts? Without sounding like an old crusty fossil with music available at the click of a phone and music stores going the way of payphones there isn't really the buzz of the charts that occurred in the past.
I was always an album guy and even today only really look at the UK album charts although sales are way down on years past.
For my 16th birthday it would have been in the US Christoper Cross ' Sailing'
, UK David Bowie 'Ashes to Ashes' , Canada - Rolling Stones 'Emotional Rescue' and the best one in Ireland it would have been The Jam - 'Start'. That month Germany had Funkytown for the whole month.Do many 16 year olds these days care what is in the charts? Without sounding like an old crusty fossil with music available at the click of a phone and music stores going the way of payphones there isn't really the buzz of the charts that occurred in the past.
I was always an album guy and even today only really look at the UK album charts although sales are way down on years past.
I've also noticed that musicians these days are more than happy to monetise their song in a commercial or jingle, whereas in the 60s/70s that was seen as a complete sell out.
Dec 14th 2018 | 2:15 am
#305
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Re: Things that make you feel old
Dec 14th 2018 | 9:02 am
#306
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Re: Things that make you feel old
I tend to think with so many music genres out there todays youngsters probably dont place much emphasis on the Charts as we would call them. Sure most radio stations still have their Top 20's or 40's but do a lot of them even listen to these stations?
Is Enya typical of a chart artist for songs or albums but nobody can deny she hasn't been successful.
Is Enya typical of a chart artist for songs or albums but nobody can deny she hasn't been successful.
I've always liked Enya - her voice is hauntingly beautiful.
Dec 14th 2018 | 9:07 am
#307
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Re: Things that make you feel old
Ah...going home at school lunchtimes and listening to the chart rundown with Johnnie Walker to find out the number one on a Tuesday. 
And Pop The Question too of course.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73-0mlpZxzQ
And Pop The Question too of course.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73-0mlpZxzQ
He judged a dance contest being held at the Carioca club (the mexican hat disco as was, remember the song 'moonlighting'?).. so there I was in my burgundy velvet hot pants (with bib), white cheesecloth shirt and my knee high 'skating' boots that laced up.... dancing the night away... and I won it
I still have the LP he gave me as part of the prize, which he had signed.
Happy days
Now I feel even older, lol!The same white boots... and the Hot Pants didn't have embroidery, but you get the idea .. this is not me, lol...
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Dec 14th 2018 | 9:58 am
#308
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Re: Things that make you feel old
My mate met him too...but he meets everyone. Puts himself out there he does, bastard, and has the nerve to say he's shy. 
Anyway, JW was on Radio West for a while - not the Eddie Shoestring Radio West, the real one.
So my mate got himself invited to the studio while he was doing an evening broadcast. He was introduced to the delights of a joint and a Guinness if I remember correctly.
Anyway, JW was on Radio West for a while - not the Eddie Shoestring Radio West, the real one.
So my mate got himself invited to the studio while he was doing an evening broadcast. He was introduced to the delights of a joint and a Guinness if I remember correctly.
Dec 30th 2018 | 10:13 am
#309
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Re: Things that make you feel old
I just won my first game of Catan, after twenty-something attempts. I'm feeling a bit of a target now. 
Dec 30th 2018 | 12:30 pm
#310
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Re: Things that make you feel old
Not so much things that make you feel old but rather on being older, this tweet from David Baddiel made me smile sympathetically when I read it this morning:
Dec 31st 2018 | 3:36 am
#311
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Dec 31st 2018 | 7:35 am
#312
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Re: Things that make you feel old
New Year's just isn't the same since Guy Lombardo died.
Dec 31st 2018 | 8:14 am
#313
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Re: Things that make you feel old
The 9 in the year coming up in 11 hours or so... years ending in 9 means starting a new decade age wise.
Dec 31st 2018 | 10:28 am
#314
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Re: Things that make you feel old
As we approached 1960 my parents explained to me what a decade was, and I thought that was really important, along with my going to be 6 years old and starting school.
Dec 31st 2018 | 11:14 am
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Re: Things that make you feel old
Just not looking forward to 40's.
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