Rocky Road

Posted by dave c (A) on April 20, 2007 at 18:00:26

In June we mark the 40th anniversary of the release of Sgt. Pepper and a warning is issued to everyone under 40.
For the very sheltered, I will simply state that this was an album (please check Wikipedia to discover what they were) by The Beatles, a singing group.
There will be laughing and smiling. There will be crying. There will be hugging. There will be much cleaning of dentures and singing. And there will be curious mass renderings of an "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" that sounds like too many cats that have had their tails trodden on simultaneously.
There will be chuckling by 64 year olds at a song called "When I'm 64".
And there will be much of what looks like conducting an invisible orchestra (in fact it will be air-piano playing) at the very end of the "record".
You may wish to arrange a stay in a Buddhist retreat in order to avoid this spectacle. Except the people running it will be sharing in the "celebration".

• Re: we are now only 2 months away, everyone under forty please take shelter - zymurgy 16:38:19 04/21/07 (0)
  In Reply to: we are now only 2 months away, everyone under forty please take shelter posted by dave c on April 20, 2007 at 18:00:26:

  I was still in elementary school when Sgt Pep's came out and wasn't into music at all. A friend, who had older brothers, brought a bunch of us into the library and put this album on a record player. we put our headphones on and were instantly hooked! I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Every morning we'd get to school early and fire up the Sgt. Pepper's. This has got to be one of the greatest albums ever made.
  As far as "no songs", DUI has no clue...............
  
  

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• I never liked it; "No songs". - Duilawyer 07:00:26 04/21/07 (1)
  In Reply to: we are now only 2 months away, everyone under forty please take shelter posted by dave c on April 20, 2007 at 18:00:26:

  Now in hi-rez surround, that is something new, as we her on Yellow Submarine and Love.
  
  

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  • Is Yellow Sub on hi-rez?? - Scholl 04:14:04 04/23/07 (0)
    In Reply to: I never liked it; "No songs". posted by Duilawyer on April 21, 2007 at 07:00:26:

    I didn't know that.
    
    

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• We are now only some 2 months away from the 40th anniversary of The Summer of Love... - musetap 21:22:08 04/20/07 (5)
  In Reply to: we are now only 2 months away, everyone under forty please take shelter posted by dave c on April 20, 2007 at 18:00:26:

  and if you remember THAT, you're either lying, confused or just plain weren't there...

  Much like the remainder of the 60's and into the early 70's...

  (and personally, the early 80's... oops!)...
  
  "I always play jazz records backwards, they sound better that way"
  -Thomas Edison
  
  

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  • I went out in the latee 60s and... - dave c 02:27:29 04/21/07 (4)
    In Reply to: We are now only some 2 months away from the 40th anniversary of The Summer of Love... posted by musetap on April 20, 2007 at 21:22:08:

    ... woke up in 1983.
    
    

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    • '83? That's one absent from the memory banks... - musetap 10:49:58 04/21/07 (2)
      In Reply to: I went out in the latee 60s and... posted by dave c on April 21, 2007 at 02:27:29:

      Though friends tell me I was there in body and spirits...LOTS of spirits...

      
      
      "I always play jazz records backwards, they sound better that way"
      -Thomas Edison
      
      

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      • not here... - mhardy6647 12:44:42 04/21/07 (1)
        In Reply to: '83? That's one absent from the memory banks... posted by musetap on April 21, 2007 at 10:49:58:

        Ms P. became Mrs. H. in 1983 :-)

        
        all the best,
        mrh
        
        

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        • Sorry I missed that!...Congrats and many more Happy Returns!...N/T - musetap 12:52:03 04/21/07 (0)
          In Reply to: not here... posted by mhardy6647 on April 21, 2007 at 12:44:42:

          N/T
          
          "I always play jazz records backwards, they sound better that way"
          -Thomas Edison
          
          

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    • Huge difference between waking up - LWR 09:17:27 04/21/07 (0)
      In Reply to: I went out in the latee 60s and... posted by dave c on April 21, 2007 at 02:27:29:

      and coming to.
      
      

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• Huh? - LWR 18:46:11 04/20/07 (11)
  In Reply to: we are now only 2 months away, everyone under forty please take shelter posted by dave c on April 20, 2007 at 18:00:26:

  talk louder.
  
  

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  • "Can you hear it now?" - dave c 20:15:46 04/20/07 (0)
    In Reply to: Huh? posted by LWR on April 20, 2007 at 18:46:11:

    
    
    

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  • Don't you remember? - Finch Platte 20:14:24 04/20/07 (9)
    In Reply to: Huh? posted by LWR on April 20, 2007 at 18:46:11:

    It's 420.
    
    

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    • Dear DC &FP - LWR 20:42:49 04/20/07 (8)
      In Reply to: Don't you remember? posted by Finch Platte on April 20, 2007 at 20:14:24:

      where were we?
      
      

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      • and more to the point... - dave c 02:26:37 04/21/07 (7)
        In Reply to: Dear DC &FP posted by LWR on April 20, 2007 at 20:42:49:

        ... where are we?
        
        

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        • Why are you pointing? - LWR 08:03:56 04/21/07 (6)
          In Reply to: and more to the point... posted by dave c on April 21, 2007 at 02:26:37:

          Who's on first?
          
          

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          • because I'm rude... - dave c 14:56:12 04/21/07 (5)
            In Reply to: Why are you pointing? posted by LWR on April 21, 2007 at 08:03:56:

            ... someone's on first?
            
            

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            • You cannot post here if you are nude - LWR 18:16:38 04/21/07 (4)
              In Reply to: because I'm rude... posted by dave c on April 21, 2007 at 14:56:12:

              put on some diapers or whatever it is that we are supposed to wear.
              
              

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              • disperse to where??!!?? - dave c 19:04:02 04/21/07 (3)
                In Reply to: You cannot post here if you are nude posted by LWR on April 21, 2007 at 18:16:38:

                Are you still here?
                Am I...
                
                
                

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                • You can find me in the reading room - LWR 19:10:22 04/21/07 (2)
                  In Reply to: disperse to where??!!?? posted by dave c on April 21, 2007 at 19:04:02:

                  

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                  • your rooms can read? - dave c 14:10:21 04/22/07 (1)
                    In Reply to: You can find me in the reading room posted by LWR on April 21, 2007 at 19:10:22:

                    I thought "the listening bank" was one toke over the line.
                    
                    

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                    • They can - LWR 14:59:16 04/22/07 (0)
                      In Reply to: your rooms can read? posted by dave c on April 22, 2007 at 14:10:21:

                      and they do it without moving their lips....
                      
                      

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