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Edna Bucket Jun 11th 2007 5:36 am

Who are these guys?
 
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A Canadian friend in my house the other day studied this picture and really didn't know who they were. I was so shocked I couldn't speak!!!!:rofl:

steve666 Jun 11th 2007 5:48 am

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Originally Posted by Edna Bucket (Post 4900931)
A Canadian friend in my house the other day studied this picture and really didn't know who they were. I was so shocked I couldn't speak!!!!:rofl:

How old was this friend?

Madmac Jun 11th 2007 5:57 am

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Originally Posted by Edna Bucket (Post 4900931)
A Canadian friend in my house the other day studied this picture and really didn't know who they were. I was so shocked I couldn't speak!!!!:rofl:

Magic 106.1 - the local station in Guelph is just promoting these guys as 'The Next big thing.' ;)

or4ngecrush Jun 11th 2007 5:59 am

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Originally Posted by Madmac (Post 4901006)
Magic 106.1 - the local station in Guelph is just promoting these guys as 'The Next big thing.' ;)

he he when I worked in HMV Princes street in Edinburgh there was Dj that used to play the music on the shop floor he mentioned that Santana were the next big thing too.

lol

Madmac Jun 11th 2007 6:14 am

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Originally Posted by or4ngecrush (Post 4901017)
he he when I worked in HMV Princes street in Edinburgh there was Dj that used to play the music on the shop floor he mentioned that Santana were the next big thing too.

lol

Yes, I believe he is the new DJ at Magic. That or some old dosser has managed to wangle a job at the station.

Canadian Radio and Modern Music are the ultimate oxymoronic statement.

Beebop Jun 11th 2007 6:18 am

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Originally Posted by Edna Bucket (Post 4900931)
A Canadian friend in my house the other day studied this picture and really didn't know who they were. I was so shocked I couldn't speak!!!!:rofl:

Err, who are they then?

Edna Bucket Jun 11th 2007 6:38 am

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Originally Posted by steve666 (Post 4900979)
How old was this friend?


About 63 and not suffering from alzheimers as far as I am aware.

Edna Bucket Jun 11th 2007 6:40 am

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Originally Posted by Beebop (Post 4901113)
Err, who are they then?

According to my mother they are the guys who's music would be completely forgotten about very soon after they made it :rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

Piff Poff Jun 11th 2007 3:51 pm

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Am I the only one who hasn't got a scooby who these peeps are? :o Or is just because I can't make the piccie big enough to see?

Alberta_Rose Jun 11th 2007 6:14 pm

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Originally Posted by Piff Poff (Post 4902564)
Am I the only one who hasn't got a scooby who these peeps are? :o Or is just because I can't make the piccie big enough to see?

Just wave your cursor over the piccie ..... the title sort of gives it away :rofl:

or4ngecrush Jun 11th 2007 6:59 pm

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Originally Posted by Piff Poff (Post 4902564)
Am I the only one who hasn't got a scooby who these peeps are? :o Or is just because I can't make the piccie big enough to see?

I think you may be the only one :)

Edna Bucket Jun 12th 2007 4:48 am

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Originally Posted by Piff Poff (Post 4902564)
Am I the only one who hasn't got a scooby who these peeps are? :o Or is just because I can't make the piccie big enough to see?


HELP!
(That's a clue)

hot wasabi peas Jun 12th 2007 4:59 am

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Originally Posted by Edna Bucket (Post 4900931)
A Canadian friend in my house the other day studied this picture and really didn't know who they were. I was so shocked I couldn't speak!!!!:rofl:

Ok.... here's a (very lame) inverse test/example... guess who this is? :p

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...5/Guesswho.jpg

Notiaink...honest Jun 12th 2007 5:05 am

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Originally Posted by hot wasabi peas (Post 4905129)
. guess who this is? :p


Having a problem with your slydexia again I see.

clynnog Jun 12th 2007 5:07 am

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Originally Posted by Madmac (Post 4901094)
Yes, I believe he is the new DJ at Magic. That or some old dosser has managed to wangle a job at the station.

Canadian Radio and Modern Music are the ultimate oxymoronic statement.


CHEZ FM here in Ottawa reflect that statement to a tee. CHEZ is the place that old bands go to die. Never have I heard so much Supertramp, Bob Seger, Max Webster, Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, Springsteen, music day after day, with nary a nod to anything new, innovative or interesting. Needless to say, I never listen, but when I go in a store here in Ottawa and they are playing Supertramp, it is always CHEZ that is on.

Piff Poff Jun 12th 2007 5:31 am

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Originally Posted by Morwenna (Post 4902811)
Just wave your cursor over the piccie ..... the title sort of gives it away :rofl:

Oh:o Now I feel stupid:o When I just double clicked the title didn't come up - poor excuse I know (but true, just sepnt ages studying the thumbnail:confused:). Personally can't stand them and not old enough to recognise them that well:rofl::rofl:

Mum only had one album and that was a Best of - no piccie on the front if I recall.

Steve_P Jun 12th 2007 5:54 am

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Originally Posted by hot wasabi peas (Post 4905129)
Ok.... here's a (very lame) inverse test/example... guess who this is? :p

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...5/Guesswho.jpg

Oh gee let me guess.

Would it be Burton Cummings and the Guess Who.:p:p

clynnog Jun 12th 2007 6:00 am

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Originally Posted by Edna Bucket (Post 4900931)
A Canadian friend in my house the other day studied this picture and really didn't know who they were. I was so shocked I couldn't speak!!!!:rofl:

When I was at University I volunteered on the campus radio station. This was back in the days of LP's and each LP had a piece of paper put on top of it, covering about 1/3 of the cover. It was intended that DJ's on the station were to write comments about the music to give clues/hints to other volunteer DJ's. On the station copy of Sgt. Pepper, somebody wrote 'These guys are going nowhere. They will amount to nothing and are one hit wonders at best'. To do this, that cracks me up everytime I think of it.

Steve_P Jun 12th 2007 6:04 am

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Originally Posted by clynnog (Post 4905335)
On the station copy of Sgt. Pepper, somebody wrote 'These guys are going nowhere. They will amount to nothing and are one hit wonders at best'. To do this, that cracks me up everytime I think of it.

Very obviously written as a joke seeing as the Beatles had already been "somewhere" by the time that album was released in 1967.;):p:rofl::rofl:

Edna Bucket Jun 12th 2007 6:08 am

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Originally Posted by clynnog (Post 4905159)
CHEZ FM here in Ottawa reflect that statement to a tee. CHEZ is the place that old bands go to die. Never have I heard so much Supertramp, Bob Seger, Max Webster, Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, Springsteen, music day after day, with nary a nod to anything new, innovative or interesting. Needless to say, I never listen, but when I go in a store here in Ottawa and they are playing Supertramp, it is always CHEZ that is on.

Don't you just yearn to hear a female voice occasionally?

clynnog Jun 12th 2007 6:09 am

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Originally Posted by Steve_P (Post 4905351)
Very obviously written as a joke seeing as the Beatles had already been "somewhere" by the time that album was released in 1967.;):p:rofl::rofl:

Oh yes, it was a joke. That is for sure. In my opinion, the Beatles best output was Rubber Soul and after that....Revolver, Sgt. Pepper, MMT, White, Yellow Submarine OST, Abbey Road, Let it Be. Pre Rubber Soul is a bit too 'yah yah, love me do' for my likening.

Edna Bucket Jun 12th 2007 6:09 am

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Originally Posted by Steve_P (Post 4905321)
Oh gee let me guess.

Would it be Burton Cummings and the Guess Who.:p:p

So which one is Randy Bachman?

clynnog Jun 12th 2007 6:11 am

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Originally Posted by Edna Bucket (Post 4905373)
Don't you just yearn to hear a female voice occasionally?

They may play Joni Mitchell or Alannis once in a while. Believe me it is torture listening to it while at the dentists. They have the demographics all wrapped up with their 'toys for boys' contest (ie. giving away snowmobiles, ATV's, plasma TV's, motorcycles, beer etc).

Give me campus radio, internet radio and CBC Radio anyday.

Edna Bucket Jun 12th 2007 6:16 am

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Originally Posted by clynnog (Post 4905385)
They may play Joni Mitchell or Alannis once in a while. Believe me it is torture listening to it while at the dentists. They have the demographics all wrapped up with their 'toys for boys' contest (ie. giving away snowmobiles, ATV's, plasma TV's, motorcycles, beer etc).

Give me campus radio, internet radio and CBC Radio anyday.

I'm online with BBC Radio 2 all the time. I knew I had had enough of Canadian radio stations when I found myself ordering Joe le Taxi as a download :rofl::rofl::rofl:

Notiaink...honest Jun 12th 2007 6:20 am

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Originally Posted by Edna Bucket (Post 4905373)
Don't you just yearn to hear a female voice occasionally?

Oh, If its like the stations around here I'm sure they play Heart "Barracuda" at least three times a day, and Joan Jet too.

Notiaink...honest Jun 12th 2007 6:21 am

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Originally Posted by Edna Bucket (Post 4905379)
So which one is Randy Bachman?

The good looking one. I guess.:p

Laowai79 Jun 12th 2007 10:23 pm

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Originally Posted by clynnog (Post 4905385)
They may play Joni Mitchell or Alannis once in a while. Believe me it is torture listening to it while at the dentists. They have the demographics all wrapped up with their 'toys for boys' contest (ie. giving away snowmobiles, ATV's, plasma TV's, motorcycles, beer etc).

Give me campus radio, internet radio and CBC Radio anyday.

I know! Canadian radio really does suck. I'm Canadian and have always lamented over this fact. I seem to hear the same songs by the same artists over and over again! And it's been the same for as long as I can remember. I still hear the same stuff now that I heard 10 years ago when I graduated from high school.

I always listen to a CD I've made when I'm in the car. A number of my friends back in Canada have invested in Sirius Satellite Radio for their cars because the radio stations are so bad. I guess some people really do like the music they play....but those people wouldn't be me or my friends...

ann m Jun 14th 2007 2:15 am

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I think the Calgary stations I have found only have about 30 songs each anyway, and there really is a limit as to how much Nickleback a girl can take! I bought myself a Sirius yesterday - Radio 1, here I come. Plus lots of other (advert free) stuff to play around with. I can only hope I can find something vaguely decent on there. :)

Purley Jun 14th 2007 2:29 am

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Nothing to do with music - but there is a slight "dumbness" connection here. My friend was chatting with a physical therapist from work and the discussion turned to Victoria, BC, which was on Vancouver Island, whereupon the therapist said "Oh I didnt know Victoria was on an island!"

Edna Bucket Jun 14th 2007 5:40 am

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Originally Posted by lizwil98 (Post 4913581)
Nothing to do with music - but there is a slight "dumbness" connection here. My friend was chatting with a physical therapist from work and the discussion turned to Victoria, BC, which was on Vancouver Island, whereupon the therapist said "Oh I didnt know Victoria was on an island!"

My hairdresser asked me where England was:zzz:

neill Jun 14th 2007 5:59 am

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Originally Posted by Edna Bucket (Post 4900931)
A Canadian friend in my house the other day studied this picture and really didn't know who they were. I was so shocked I couldn't speak!!!!:rofl:

I guarantee you ask anyone under 30 in the UK and 95% of them wouldn't know either.

or4ngecrush Jun 14th 2007 6:28 pm

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Originally Posted by neill (Post 4914800)
I guarantee you ask anyone under 30 in the UK and 95% of them wouldn't know either.

Lets do a poll lol

or4ngecrush Jun 14th 2007 6:29 pm

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Originally Posted by Edna Bucket (Post 4914690)
My hairdresser asked me where England was:zzz:

My new employer keeps saying that I live in England and that I'm English. I'm not really bothered though.

karla03 Jun 22nd 2007 9:25 pm

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Originally Posted by neill (Post 4914800)
I guarantee you ask anyone under 30 in the UK and 95% of them wouldn't know either.

I'm 26 and I know who the Beatles are, my sister in law is a major fan still (26 also).

I was brain washed as a child - my mother always had the 50's/60's rock and roll on, she is only 46 now:)

Can't beat them.

Hamsterhouse Jun 22nd 2007 9:36 pm

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Originally Posted by Edna Bucket (Post 4900931)
A Canadian friend in my house the other day studied this picture and really didn't know who they were. I was so shocked I couldn't speak!!!!:rofl:

Well obviously they are the last four contestants in Canada's Next Top Model.


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