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    Would you go to see this?

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    1 hour ago, US Egg said:

    Like I mentioned Cheap Trick wasn’t considered “cool” by most in my group. First I heard ‘In Color’ was at my friends house where we parked for Bills games. His older brothers were biker types and always there with their pals, they apparently liked the album since they played it every game. The irony being Zander and Petersson on the album cover are sitting on Harleys, so maybe that was why they liked them? Being younger we didn’t say they weren’t cool, for obvious reasons. But that was when I started liking them.

    Cheap Trick was really popular when I was in my first year of college- 1978. Lots of people at college were really into them. I think they had a really great shtick. 2 guy that look like rockers. 1 guy who dresses like a geek but runs around stage, jumping off speakers like a maniac.  And a drummer who looks like a manager of a Radio Shack but plays the drums fiercely, all the time with a lit cigarette hanging out of his mouth. 

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    Would you go to see this?

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    1 hour ago, US Egg said:

    That’s a great story, I can see Bun E Carlos sitting, eating at McD’s. Never saw them. They didn’t catch on with my circle back then, I think it had to do with Rick Nielsen and Bun E’s look, but, I too listened to that album a lot.

    I can see Bun E chowing down at McDonald's too. The other people there, unless they know Cheap Trick, would never in a million years think that he is a rock star. 

    We have the same taste in music. The 3 albums you mentioned are in my all- time favorites. Cheap Trick’s "In Color" is an awesome album too, imo. I bought Cheap Trick’s first album but I didn't get into it like the other 2. The only song on it that I really love is "Oh, Candy."

     

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    Would you go to see this?

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    7 hours ago, US Egg said:

    Cars 1st album, Cheap Trick’s ‘Heaven Tonight’ and Police ‘Zenyatta Mondatta…..they were their best albums imo.

    I was in college when "Heaven Tonight" and the Cars 1st album came out and me and my roommates played them almost everyday. We saw Cheap Trick in December 1978 at the Stanley Theater in Utica. It was general admission so we got there 3 hours early to get great seats. When we got there, there was about 7 other people already there. One kid was dressed up just like Rick Nielson... baseball cap, red cardigan sweater buttoned up with a bunch of things pinned to it like buttons and other stuff, just like Rick used to wear back then. He even looked like Rick must have looked when he was 15. The door opened and Robin Zander and Bun E Carlos walked out. Robin went up to the kid dressed like Rick and said: "Hey, Rick, great to see you. You're lookin' great" and he shook his hand. We asked them for an autograph and they were both happy to give them. Bun E said: You guys are standing in this freezing cold to see us. We appreciate that. Then they walked to the McDonald's down the street.

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    Calling All Fans of Rap Music

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    5 hours ago, Brand J said:

    Suge may not sound the same, but if he was let out, I’d bet the farm he’d go back to his criminal ways. That’s what he knows, it’s what brought him great success. 

    I saw part of an interview of him from prison and he was smoking a big cuban cigar. I didn't know you could get cuban, or any kind of cigars in prison.

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    5 all time favorite Movies- name them

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    12 hours ago, Pete said:

    The General

    The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly

    The Blues Brothers

    Nanook of the North

    Apocolypse Now


    bonus- every Coen Brothers film

     


    these 5 films- if they are ever on- I have to watch them.

     

    Name your personal 5 favorite films.

    "The General" would have made my list if it was top 10. Also love Buster Keaton's "The Cameraman."

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    Things that are good about living in 2025

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    The Bills

    You can hear any song you want on YouTube. Also, If you don't want to spend $300 - $1,000 plus for one concert ticket, someone will tape the whole show and post it on YouTube for free and you can watch it in the privacy of your own home.

    Paying bills on your cell phone.

    You can get organic foods anywhere now, not just specialty stores.

     

     

     

     

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