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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Neubob on September 21, 2006, 09:14:37 PM
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I'm watching the Running Man right now, recalling the early days of my youth. My favorite aspect of the 80s had to be the music. Maybe not the most talent and skill, but certainly the most enthusiasm and imagination.
What about you perverts?
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The running man? You mean the movie where the directors smeared feces over the great book that stephen king wrote?
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Originally posted by lasersailor184
The running man? You mean the movie where the directors smeared feces over the great book that stephen king wrote?
No, the other one.
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I got that on tape here, great movie
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Aliens
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Red Dawn
American Ninja
Delta Force
First Blood
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I see the 80's as a 10 year hiatus taken by all musicians in the world... but that's just me.
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Originally posted by FUNKED1
Red Dawn
HELLL YESSS
Also, Going to Iron Maiden Concerts at Long Beach,
Judas Priest at the L.A. Sports Arena,
Metallica opening for Ozzy Osbourne.
Yngwe Malmstien at the Forum (most boring but fascinating concert ever).
The Movie BLUE THUNDER!
The First Space Shuttle Mission - John Young and Bob Crippen.
Making a 7 foot pyramid of beer cans at my friend Corey's house when his parents were on vacation.
Losing my Virginity to that skank Rhonda...
My 25th Anniversary Laney Half Stack amps with 12 inch Celestrons... mmm.
My 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th car... And my first three motorcycles...
My first Computer.. A Z80 based Apple ][ Clone. Actually I owned about 3 computers at various times all the way up to a Intel 286 on which I played my first flight sim.
God, the list goes on and on... Bring back the 80s...
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VCRs and the pron section at the Video store:D
was too busy to notice much else form the 80s
Last I remember Regan was running for president.
How'd he do anyway?
Excuse me now as I have to go shave my palms. Gotta go get a new perscription for glasses too.
and some Icy Hot for my arms.
And I think Im outa baby oil too.
Man those 55 gal drums go fast
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Originally posted by midnight Target
I see the 80's as a 10 year hiatus taken by all musicians in the world... but that's just me.
You obviously don't know who the hell Rush are, then. Their 80's work was brilliant stuff. Sure, it wasn't the guitar hero material they had in the 1970's, but it was so much more. They experimented with soundscapes, atmospheric textures, and incredibly complex rhythms.
To this day, Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures, and Power Windows are still some of my favorite records ever. I also happen to own the first two I mentioned on vinyl, both in outstanding condition.
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Originally posted by Kurt
...My 25th Anniversary Laney Half Stack amps with 12 inch Celestrons...
iirc, Celestron was making 5", 8", 11" & 14" Schmidt-Cassegrains back then, but I guess you're not talking catadioptric telescopes...
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Originally posted by midnight Target
I see the 80's as a 10 year hiatus taken by all musicians in the world... but that's just me.
It's been more than 10 years..the crap all through the 90's and even today takes alot less talent/ability than previous decades. I can't tell one band from another..they all sound EXACTLY the same.
Early to mid 90's: Dress like you got your clothes from what Goodwill threw away, learn 3 chords and whine about how it sucks to be popular. Then be so childish as to shoot yourself in the face (if you haven't overdosed already) because you didn't have anythhing better to do with your money than spend it on drugs.
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Originally posted by Debonair
iirc, Celestron was making 5", 8", 11" & 14" Schmidt-Cassegrains back then, but I guess you're not talking catadioptric telescopes...
Well, dammit, now I'm wondering who the hell I'm thinking of... Uno Momento
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No Problem I am sane..
I just had a spelling malfuction..
Celestion 12's... it was a 4x 12' celestion box.
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Originally posted by ASTAC
It's been more than 10 years..the crap all through the 90's and even today takes alot less talent/ability than previous decades. I can't tell one band from another..they all sound EXACTLY the same.
Early to mid 90's: Dress like you got your clothes from what Goodwill threw away, learn 3 chords and whine about how it sucks to be popular. Then be so childish as to shoot yourself in the face (if you haven't overdosed already) because you didn't have anythhing better to do with your money than spend it on drugs.
That's true (Kurt Cobain was a ****), however... Not all 90's music was like that. Ever heard any Kyuss?
And here's a Rush clip for you guys, circa 1985: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iONLKn5VHY4
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Originally posted by midnight Target
I see the 80's as a 10 year hiatus taken by all musicians in the world... but that's just me.
And you're implying that they back from this alleged hiatus in the 90s, or since then, for that matter?
As for movies, these come to mind as a very short version of a very long list:
First blood
Platoon
Predator
The Terminator
Commando
and yes
INVASION USA!!!!!
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Originally posted by Neubob
I'm watching the Running Man right now, recalling the early days of my youth. My favorite aspect of the 80s had to be the music. Maybe not the most talent and skill, but certainly the most enthusiasm and imagination.
What about you perverts?
Concerts & the punk scene, hooking up with blue hair chicks. Even today 20 years far removed, there's nothing hotter than a skinny blue hair chick with tattoos and animus.
Going to the now defunct Starwood, Rajis, Palladium or Madam Wongs to see FEAR, X, Circle Jerks, Black Flag, 999, The Untouchables, Dead Kennedys.. ahhh...fond memories of the slam pit and being beaten up by the Sherffs. The FEAR shows always drew dozens of helmet sporting Sheriff Deputies.
I was out there hanging out at the infamous Okie Dogs on Santa Monica Blvd, fresh mohawk, combat boots, leather jacket... as the whole LA punk scene was at the apex.. My buddies sister was a KROQ intern for Rodney on the Rock, we went to all the cool shows... I used that to get laid several times too. Man, it was a fantastic time.
Oingo Boingo, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, NoFX, Flock of Seagulls, Plimsouls all played at my High School, one of the NoFx founders sold me his "new" bands t-shirt out his locker. Whichever one when to Beverly High.
The school told Danny Elfman not to play Nasty Habbits, Wild Sex, or Little Girls.. those were the 1st songs they played... Danny Elfman did the air hand job on stage during nasty habbits while looking at the platoon of Beverly Hills Police that were ordered to stop the show... but stood by and let it go.
The 80's ruled
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Carnivore, Morbid Angel, Ministry, Black Flag, and Misfits.
80's had excellent choices of music.
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I think when people think of 80s music they think of Poison, and Madonna. There was so much more.
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Originally posted by Fruda
Kyuss?
Mr. Everything (Rex to friends), a titan of Rock & Roll...as for early 1990s grunge rock, i like it. Was the last new sound for R&R and the last time Rock was really big. Anyone who think Kurt Cobain was a whining never actually listened to Nirvana, just their pop songs on the radio (which they heard sandwiched between a brittney spears tune & an add for clearasil:rofl :rofl :rofl :D)
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80s sucked ... xcept for Miami Vice:aok
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One word.
SKA.
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80s clothing.
:rofl
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Best:
Stripes
The Seige at Firebase Gloria
Full Metal Jacket
Worst:
Iron Eagle
Iron Eagle II
An Officer and a Gentleman
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Originally posted by rpm
...An Officer and a Gentleman
i have a hillarious alternative ending for that flick (maybe not alternative, i've seen more than 3 minutes of it at a time)
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Originally posted by Fruda
You obviously don't know who the hell Rush are, then. Their 80's work was brilliant stuff.
LOL..
Rush was just a hollow try at duplicating the work already done by much better bands in the 60's and 70's. Go listen to Genesis pre-Peter Gabriel exit, or Yes or even some of the orchestral contributions by the Who. Rush is just a bunch of Pretenders (another 80's band that sucked).
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Red Dawn...
Funny thing, I'm totally "that guy" in terms of training, ability, resources, and willingness to take a cause all the way.
The thing is, I never though it would be my own govt that would make me think "those thoughts" though. But in the last 20 years the ONLY people I've ever considered actually shooting were US federal agents overstepping their legal and constitutional authority. A BLM agent took on me, my brothers, father, and a family friend one day waaay out in the California desert. To this day he has no idea how close he came to death. If he'd pulled his gun, he would have been buried right there because he chose that day to go all John Wayne on 2 CHP officers, an Army private, a USAF Lt., and a standard one-each gun enthusiast citizen.
It's a funny world...
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Where's the beef?
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Originally posted by eagl
Red Dawn...
Funny thing, I'm totally "that guy" in terms of training, ability, resources, and willingness to take a cause all the way.
The thing is, I never though it would be my own govt that would make me think "those thoughts" though. But in the last 20 years the ONLY people I've ever considered actually shooting were US federal agents overstepping their legal and constitutional authority. A BLM agent took on me, my brothers, father, and a family friend one day waaay out in the California desert. To this day he has no idea how close he came to death. If he'd pulled his gun, he would have been buried right there because he chose that day to go all John Wayne on 2 CHP officers, an Army private, a USAF Lt., and a standard one-each gun enthusiast citizen.
It's a funny world...
What happened and how'd the confrontation end?
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The BLM guy gathered our 16 firearms on the hood of his blazer and started calling in serial numbers. After the 4th serial number came back as legit (we had some SCAAAAAARY looking AR-15 knock-offs), he started feeling a little foolish. After the 8th, the radio dispatcher asked him what he was trying to accomplish. He saw our IDs and the 2 badges, but just wouldn't back down. After he ran the serial numbers on 16 perfectly legal guns, he tucked his tail back between his legs and left us to continue our day shooting dangerous 2-liter bottles and hunting jackrabbits with weapons eerily suited for hunting... well... jackrabbits.
He never took my .40, and the .22 in my Dad's waistband didn't get collected either. He knew he'd made a mistake 2 minutes into the encounter but just wouldn't back down until he'd been thoroughly humiliated. We just sat around and watched the comedy unfold because he was doing far more damage to his own ego than we could ever do.
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Yeah... Sounds like the guy's gonna get what he deserves simply by living his life the way he chooses. No need to go Wolverines on his ass.
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Best WWII movie of the 80's:
Empire of the Sun
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Originally posted by eagl
Red Dawn...
Funny thing, I'm totally "that guy" in terms of training, ability, resources, and willingness to take a cause all the way.
The thing is, I never though it would be my own govt that would make me think "those thoughts" though. But in the last 20 years the ONLY people I've ever considered actually shooting were US federal agents overstepping their legal and constitutional authority. A BLM agent took on me, my brothers, father, and a family friend one day waaay out in the California desert. To this day he has no idea how close he came to death. If he'd pulled his gun, he would have been buried right there because he chose that day to go all John Wayne on 2 CHP officers, an Army private, a USAF Lt., and a standard one-each gun enthusiast citizen.
It's a funny world...
Thats not unusual, 1993 ish while motocrossing with about 15 guys from 5 So Cal police Depts, myself included, a lone BLM (Bureau Land Management) warrior decided my buddys spark arrestor was a desert felony... he started fing with us all relentlessly after that.
This was during the 'Baker to Vegas' run, off duty cops everywhere, this guy, wow.. had no business in uniform, total loon. My guess he couldnt get hired by good dept and had a huge chip on his shoulder.
BLM dudes... they are a rare breed. I'll bet you it was the same f'er.
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Originally posted by Kermit de frog
Best WWII movie of the 80's:
Empire of the Sun
I think you may be right about that. It's one of Spielburg's best movies, IMHO, and the most under-rated.
Still, most of his movies are pure garbage. I am curious to see how AI had turned out if Kubrick (AKA "Best Director Evah") had been able to make it.
As for the '80's, all I can say is video DID kill the radio star... I like 80's music for the nostalgia, but to be frank, if I hadn't heard it as a kid, I wouldn't listen to it at all voluntarily.
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Originally posted by midnight Target
I see the 80's as a 10 year hiatus taken by all musicians in the world... but that's just me.
what an intolerant statement to post. I'm sure some people who liked the music from the 50's felt the same about LedZep et al. still I understand how you feel. who knows maybe you'll vote republican next, I applaud your conservative stance. how's the nagant shooting going?
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Originally posted by midnight Target
LOL..
Rush was just a hollow try at duplicating the work already done by much better bands in the 60's and 70's. Go listen to Genesis pre-Peter Gabriel exit, or Yes or even some of the orchestral contributions by the Who. Rush is just a bunch of Pretenders (another 80's band that sucked).
I would go farther back MT. Like Emerson, Lake, and Palmer. Not sure if there was a precursor to them, but there certainly were a lot of wannabes afterwards.
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Not to argue the point too much Skuzzy, but I'm pretty sure all the bands I mentioned predate ELP. - Yep, I looked it up.
ELP - 1970 November
The Who - 1964 July
Yes - 1969 July
Genesis - 1968 February
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Whoa, you are correct. I knew the Who did, but I dunt know why I thought ELP was earlier. Oops. Thanks for the correction.
Dunno why I had ELP pegged to 67.
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The best part of the 80's was the 18/19 drinking age. I can't imagine being a college student and having to worry about getting caught with a beer.
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Don't worry MT, it sometimes takes additional decades to come around to 80s music. My best buddy, who swore that nothing good ever came after the 70s, now swears by it. He's on what we call, a 20-year delay. Eventually, the light will be seen.
How's the Nagant?
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Bad music?
Hellooo....Van Halen!
More good...awesome TV!
A-Team , Airwolf, Blue Thunder, Knight Rider, Dallas, Dukes of Hazzard, The Transformers, GI Joe, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, ALF, Voltron, Star Blazers....and the list goes on!
(Check RetroJunk.Com for video clips of some of those old shows)
And of course, M-TV....when they actually played music videos!
Bad part of the 80s... Valley Girls, Iron Eagle, etc
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Well... so much memories... wow..
Ok, very short version:
1980 , I was 12 years, going to higher degrees in school, most memories of very cold winters that time.
1982, my first love (true) , Rainbow concert in Oulu, Ritchie Blackmore..., +lots of finnish bands you wouldn know about. :)
And she was so beautifull.! (And she still is)
I listened lots of differend music, Procol Harum, Simon and garfunkel, Hector(finnish) and many many more.
1983 , I was stupid, I left my first love because I wanted to try everything that moves. :D
Almost got killed by shotgun, a friend played with one...(accident)
Genesis time started, tried to play guitar--... , Dire Straits was one of the best... Waiting Nuclear War to start...
And Ofcourse, Miami Vice !!!!!!
1984 ... eh... I must have been very drunk, did everything stupid (dont remember what life was)
1985 ... eh ... I must have been very drunk , did everything stupid
1986 ... eh ... I must have been very drunk , did everything stupid
1987 ... eh ... I must have been very drunk, did everything stupid
Music: Kylie Minogue, Madonna etc!! (was it that time???) WHITESNAKE!! And really wild summerparties!!!!!
1988 Graduated from highschool and went to army. 11 months in army made me a little better boy... ( I wanted to go to Airforce and I was stupid enough to say that to my commander... goodbye army courier)
1989 Lots of drinking and having fun, I remembmer mostly warm and nice summer, lots of girls...
And the rest is 90's show...
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Originally posted by Skuzzy
I would go farther back MT. Like Emerson, Lake, and Palmer. Not sure if there was a precursor to them, but there certainly were a lot of wannabes afterwards.
Just because bands influence others doesn't mean the ones they influenced are "knock-offs" or "wannabes".
Early Rush sounded a lot like a mix of The Who and Led Zeppelin (Fly By Night!), sure. But pretty much nothing can hold a candle to their work after 2112... In the Progressive genre, at least.
I've noticed that a lot of Prog songs (bands themselves, really) seem to lack what we call "heart" or "soul". Rush had (and still have) it in spades. How many lyricists can write such textured songs as Neil Peart? Also, how many bassists can claim to have the skill of Geddy Lee? And then, how many guitarists can claim Alex Lifeson's virtuosity with the guitar? Not many. Speaking of Neil Peart, he's a whole other monster when it comes to percussion. Youtube has plenty of video clips that show this.
And calling Rush "another 80's band" and "a bunch of pretenders" is rather lame, considering they formed in 1968, and released their first album in 1974... I hate going on rants like these, but sometimes it's necessary. I don't take kindly to idiocy in any form.
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Originally posted by LePaul
Bad music?
Hellooo....Van Halen!
Ehh, Van Halen were decent. Husker Du were a hell of a lot better, in my opinion. Solid songwriting beats full-on guitar wanking in my book. :p
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Originally posted by Fruda
You obviously don't know who the hell Rush are, then. Their 80's work was brilliant stuff. Sure, it wasn't the guitar hero material they had in the 1970's, but it was so much more. They experimented with soundscapes, atmospheric textures, and incredibly complex rhythms.
To this day, Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures, and Power Windows are still some of my favorite records ever. I also happen to own the first two I mentioned on vinyl, both in outstanding condition.
AMEN
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Originally posted by Ikeprof
AMEN
At least somebody agrees with me here... For once. :p
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Originally posted by Fruda
And calling Rush "another 80's band" and "a bunch of pretenders" is rather lame,
One of us brought up Rush in a thread about 80's bands... I'm pretty sure it wasn't me.
And, I may have said bad things about Rush, but not about the people who like them. Attacking someone for their opinion is idiotic. Are you related to Rush or maybe president of the fan club?
BTW, the Nagant is still a virgin, I'm hoping to take her out tomorrow.
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Originally posted by midnight Target
Not to argue the point too much Skuzzy, but I'm pretty sure all the bands I mentioned predate ELP. - Yep, I looked it up.
ELP - 1970 November
The Who - 1964 July
Yes - 1969 July
Genesis - 1968 February
Heck. Wanna hear something funny? Listen to "Live at Leeds" and then listen to "Song Remains the Same". It'll explain alot of where Led Zeppelin got their sound, especially since Jimmy Page was known for having amps hidden inside of a "case". He was so paranoid of someone "finding his sound" and exploiting it he refused to give the engineer of the DVD specifics on what amp he was using 30 years ago to keep the sound good. Page's response "You'd love to know what I was using wouldn't you?!"
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Theremin Sol0!!!11
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2b/Pagetheremin.jpg)
lololololorof
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Originally posted by FiLtH
Aliens
Thats what I was gonna say.... Dam you and your future ESP Filth :furious
Ok My favorite thing about the 80's
Aliens
Robotech
Millenium 2.2
Oh and theres about half a dozen things in lepauls post I could include....
:)
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Atari ST & Amiga computers
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boobs.
lots and lots o' boobs.
:cool:
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Originally posted by JB88
boobs.
lots and lots o' boobs.
:cool:
I think we had those in the 50's, 60's, and 70's too.
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80's music? Air Supply. 'nuff said
Now, ELP, Bachman Turner Overdrive, Traffic, Zepplin etc. was music.
I also like to go a little earlier: Bach, William Byrd, Vivaldi, Torelli, Purcell, etc.
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oh like you old timers didnt have your pat boones.
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Originally posted by midnight Target
One of us brought up Rush in a thread about 80's bands... I'm pretty sure it wasn't me.
And, I may have said bad things about Rush, but not about the people who like them. Attacking someone for their opinion is idiotic. Are you related to Rush or maybe president of the fan club?
1: Ah, so just because somebody brought them up in a thread about 80's bands, it makes them an 80's band and nothing more? I've seen this "tactic" used far too many times on far too many forums.
2: Calling what you've written about Rush "idiocy" is hardly a personal attack (and it was indeed idiocy, showing just how little you know about them).
3: Now this, my friends, is a personal attack! Way to go, bro.
Don't get me wrong, I love Rush --- but I defend any band that gets pissed on for no real reason. I've done this for the Sex Pistols (almost too often) and Husker Du in the past; two bands that get loads of crap slung their way for no reason but the fact that said crap slingers know next to nothing about them.
Oh, I've gone and ranted again... Sorry guys.
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see what happens when you purchase a fire arm. soon he'll hate hillary as well.
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Put me in the "Rush is great" camp as well. Considering that the band started in the late '60's with their first album in '74 (IIRC), I'd hardly call them "copycats."
As far as I'm concerned, Rush has pretty much done their own thing since the beginning. Very few bands have matured like Rush has. I'll put them in the same camp that Pink Floyd and Queen are in. They're constantly changing and reinventing themselves.
IMHO, it's a damn shame that the mainstream music industry has become completely afraid to try new things. The stuff coming out today by the "popular" mainstream bands is all exactly the same as the rest...
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Originally posted by Neubob
I'm watching the Running Man right now, recalling the early days of my youth. My favorite aspect of the 80s had to be the music. Maybe not the most talent and skill, but certainly the most enthusiasm and imagination.
What about you perverts?
Christy Canyon
Magnum, P.I.
Cliff Burton era Metallica
Raiders of the lost ark/Close encounters/Color of money/Amadeus/The Right Stuff/hell I could go on forever here, lots of good movies from the 80s...
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Ian Freebairn-Smith (http://www.magnum-memorabilia.com/dl/magpil.mp3)
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Originally posted by Debonair
Ian Freebairn-Smith (http://www.magnum-memorabilia.com/dl/magpil.mp3)
Also why he got fired for that tripe.
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Originally posted by DiabloTX
Cliff Burton era Metallica
CLIFF 'EM ALL!!!
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i own an autographed copy of Larry Manetti's autobiography/cookbook
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Originally posted by lukster
Atari ST & Amiga computers
Commadore64 and
Amiga 2000 Was using windows (was known as workbench) before there was a windows
Amiga was a classic example of a GREAT machine with piss poor marketing
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The Amiga was a great games machine that Commodore tried to sell as a business machine, whereas the ST was a great business machine that Atari tried to sell as a games machine.
I suppose they both paid for their mistakes.
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Originally posted by AKH
The Amiga was a great games machine that Commodore tried to sell as a business machine, whereas the ST was a great business machine that Atari tried to sell as a games machine.
I suppose they both paid for their mistakes.
the Amiga had the ability to do both
Was also the first to do true multitasking and multimedia (actually they first coined the term)
with the right add ons, namely an IBM bridgeboard. and a Mac Rom chip and drive.
It had the ability to Run Amiga Stuff, IBM stuff, and Mac stuff.
And run them all at the same time.
Had Commodore done more agressive and better marketing on all fronts.
The computer world might be much different today
Some interesting AMY notes.
"The platform also introduced other innovations. For example, the Amiga CDTV was the first computer to feature a CD-ROM drive as standard.
The Amiga was also one of the first computers for which one could buy cheap accessories for sound sampling and video digitization. This means that not only can the Amiga produce computer-generated images and sound, but users can input "real" images and sound for editing, composition, and use in computer games."
"The Amiga could display graphics in 32, 64 (EHB Mode) or even its full complement of 4096 (HAM Mode) colours long before the IBM PC compatible or the Apple Macintosh. Its revolutionary visual processor made it one of the first home computers used to do digital effects for a TV programme"
"The sound chip, named Paula, supports four sound channels (2 for the left speaker and 2 for the right) with 8 bit resolution for each channel and a 6 bit volume control. The analogue part of the chip is connected with a low-pass filter, filtering out the many high frequencies often created in computer systems
In the PC/Amiga/ST rivalry, the quality of the Amiga's sound output, and the fact that the hardware is ubiquitous and easily addressed by software, were standout features of Amiga hardware that the PC lagged behind for years. "
"Phase5 designed the PowerUp boards (BlizzardPPC and CyberstormPPC) featuring both a 68k (a 68040 or 68060) and a PPC (603 or 604) CPU, which are able to run the two CPUs at the same time (and share the system memory). The PPC CPU on PowerUp boards is usually used as a coprocessor for heavy computations (a powerful CPU is needed to run for example MAME, but even decoding JPEG pictures and MP3 audio was considered heavy computation in those years). It is also possible to ignore the 68k CPU and run Linux on the PPC (project Linux APUS), but a PPC native Amiga OS was not available when the PPC boards first appeared."
Perhaps the most famous video card in the North American market was the Newtek Video Toaster. This was a powerful video effects board which turned the Amiga into an affordable video processing computer which found its way into many professional video environments. Due to its NTSC only design it did not find a market in countries that used the PAL standard, such as in Europe. In PAL countries the Opalvision card was popular, although less featured and supported than the Video Toaster.
Various manufacturers started producing PCI busboards for the A1200 and A4000, allowing standard Amigas to use PCI cards such as Voodoo graphic cards, Soundblaster sound cards, 10/100 ethernet and TV tuners.
PowerPC upgrades with Wide SCSI controllers, PCI busboards with ethernet, sound and 3D graphics cards, and towerised cases allowed the A1200 and A4000 to survive well into the late nineties as modern and competitive machines.
At the time of release AmigaOS gave the average consumer the experience of an OS quite ahead of its time. It was one of the first commercially available consumer operating systems to implement pre-emptive multitasking [2] Other features included combining a graphical user interface with a command line interface, and allowing long filenames permitting whitespace, not requiring a file extension
Emulating other systems
Main article: Emulation on the Amiga
The Amiga is able to emulate other computer platforms which were in its same price range, most notably the IBM PC, the Apple Macintosh and the Atari ST. There are also emulators available for many 8 bit systems such as the Commodore 64, Apple II and even the TRS-80. MAME (the arcade machine emulator) is also available for Amigas with PPC accelerator card upgrades
Amigas are still used in many theme park installations, mainly at Universal Studios in Hollywood and Florida and Disney World, using Richmond Sound Design's show and sound control software (see the related Wikipedia article on Amiga software
Early episodes of the television series Babylon 5 were rendered on Amigas running video toasters [4]. Other television series using Amigas for special effects included SeaQuest DSV and Max Headroom
Todd Rundgren used an Amiga with a Video Toaster to produce a full-length video for "Change Myself" in 1991.
Source (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga)
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Hey I wasnt gonna mention Ginger Lynn and all those 80 porn babes lol
Ah those were the days a scantily clad bikini girl on your wall calendar wasnt a sure fire trip to Human Resources
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Originally posted by LePaul
Hey I wasnt gonna mention Ginger Lynn and all those 80 porn babes lol
Ah those were the days a scantily clad bikini girl on your wall calendar wasnt a sure fire trip to Human Resources
Already commented on the pron.
Personally I always had a thing for Kay Parker and Nina Hartly
As for the calander,
Amen, Brother
But I have always tried to not let PC effect me too much.
Not that I go out of my way to offend anyone.
But I dont do backflips and spit quarters just to not offend anyone either.
My most common RL responce to someone telling me something "offended" them is.
"Damn shame. Grow a thicker skin."
Which only tends to piss em off more :D