Anything you look back on fondly that hasn’t aged well?

[Bill from NYC]

20 hours ago, Rico said:

Also Genesis, The Eagles, Nirvana, and Rush.

Agreed except for Nirvana. I think that they were excellent.

20 hours ago, Rico said:

I think Creedence and The Doors are relics of their era….also The Cars.

With you all the way on Creedence, even moreso with the Doors. Cars? Not so bad.

[Rico]

6 minutes ago, Bill from NYC said:

Agreed except for Nirvana. I think that they were excellent.

I also thought they were excellent in the 90s, very influential too. It’s been a very long time since I’ve played their albums though, no desire to do so.

Edited July 31, 2021 by Rico

[BarleyNY]

Too many bands for me to list.  Agree with pretty much every one listed so far and there are many, many more.  So many movies too.
 

I’ll add: Kraft Mac & Cheese.  Damn near inedible now.  Though a grilled cheese with white bread and Kraft American cheese still brings back fond memories.

[Just Jack]

Tori Amos

 

 

Then...

 

 

 

Now

 

 

[thenorthremembers]

On 7/30/2021 at 11:06 AM, May Day 10 said:

 

Yeah, Im a Nirvana guy, but it isn't aging particularly well.  

 

Alice In Chains on the other hand is absolutely brilliant and gets better and better.

Disagree to a point, Nirvana albums In Utero and Unplugged in NY still sound great to me, both are classics.  In the context of straight ahead rock maybe they sound outdated but they are more artsy than that.

 

Agree on the Alice thing.  Still stands up.

11 minutes ago, Just Jack said:

Tori Amos

 

 

Then...

 

 

 

Now

 

 

Thats the problem with being full of crap.  Sometimes it surfaces.

[rockpile]

22 hours ago, Rico said:

I enjoyed watching Happy Days when I was a kid, but it’s unwatchable now. Laverne and Shirley can still make me laugh.

 

A lot of "old" television shows that were very popular, were really only good for one (sometimes two) seasons before they jumped the shark.

17 hours ago, DrW said:

When I got seriously into listening to music in the mid-70s, I began to worry how far my favorite LPs would last; frequent playing tended to increase background noises. Thus, I got an AKAI reel-to-reel recorder and taped my LP collection. Using the tapes to listen to the music worked well for a while, but after several years I had to realize that that the sound quality of the tapes had deteriorated faster than that of the (now rarely used) LPs.

 

Also, threading that AKAI with new tape when you were stoned could take quite a while. 😁

 

[rockpile]

22 hours ago, HereComesTheReignAgain said:

I had a pretty sweet mullet back in the day! 

 

I was a pony tail with braids kind of guy. Now I just shave what little hair is left. BTW, in the 90's, kids were calling bald top old guys with gray pony tails hair style

a "skullet".

[Chandler#81]

On 7/30/2021 at 11:53 AM, Augie said:

 

It seems we are fighting like France….  

 

[dpberr]

Hollywood movies.

 

If you prohibited sequels and superheroes, Hollywood would stare blankly out the window for a year.

[RaoulDuke79]

32 minutes ago, dpberr said:

Hollywood movies.

 

If you prohibited sequels and superheroes, Hollywood would stare blankly out the window for a year.

This is another good one. Maybe it's just me, or the fact I'm getting old and cranky and think most of the people in Hollywood are #######s. I remember growing up and movies were a huge part of my life. Probably watched 2 or 3 a week. I can't remember the last movie I watched end to end. Today  I was scrolling through Netflix and turned on "The Dirt", the Motley Crue movie and turned it off within 10 minutes. 

[ExiledInIllinois]

2 hours ago, rockpile said:

 

I was a pony tail with braids kind of guy. Now I just shave what little hair is left. BTW, in the 90's, kids were calling bald top old guys with gray pony tails hair style

a "skullet".

I got a bit more on top than a true skullet.  But that's only where the bed post rubs. That's my story and I am sticking to it! 😆🤣 😉... Gotta take the bad with a little good!

[RaoulDuke79]

On 7/30/2021 at 10:53 AM, Rockpile233 said:

I’m with you on these. I do like Nirvana, but always preferred Alice in Chains when it came to Seattle grunge.

AIC >Nirvana.  Lane Staley was an amazing singer. I've said it before, I'll take AIC and STP over Nirvana and Pearl Jam 7 days a week.

Edited August 1, 2021 by RaoulDuke79

[LeGOATski]

41 minutes ago, RaoulDuke79 said:

AIC >Nirvana.  Lane Staley was an amazing singer. I've said it before, I'll take AIC and STP over Nirvana and Pearl Jam 7 days a week.

I'd go

 

1a. PJ

1b. AiC

3. Nirvana

4. STP

[LeGOATski]

8 hours ago, dpberr said:

Hollywood movies.

 

If you prohibited sequels and superheroes, Hollywood would stare blankly out the window for a year.

Maybe if you're specifically talking about the Big 5 in Los Angeles. Movies as a whole are still shining bright for me.

[US Egg]

15 hours ago, BarleyNY said:

I’ll add: Kraft Mac & Cheese.  Damn near inedible now.

....."cheese" is bland and slimy like now.

 

15 hours ago, BarleyNY said:

 Though a grilled cheese with white bread and Kraft American cheese still brings back fond memories.

As a kid, grill cheese with slab like slices of Velveeta off the brick, oozing out, was nirvana like.

[Another Fan]

I think someone mentioned it before but MTV.  It's 40th anniversary is actually today but it's been irrelevant in my life the past 20 years.

 

 

I'd add TV as well as most series I watch are on Amazon/Netflix/Hulu, etc...   While it makes me sound like a spoiled kid I realize I don't have much attention span anymore for commercials 

[US Egg]

39 minutes ago, Another Fan said:

 I think someone mentioned it before but MTV.  It's 40th anniversary is actually today but it's been irrelevant in my life the past 20 years.

One of the great ironies, MTV killed the Video stars.

 

The very 1st video MTV played on their premier show:

 

[Pete]

Canadian Tuxedo.  I wore it frequently in 8th grade

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

On 7/31/2021 at 6:09 AM, EmotionallyUnstable said:

I had this state-of-the-art skip proof Discman for my killer CD collection. Top of the line audio player for the time.

 

I remember getting it and thinking how  sick it was that I could walk, run, bike all around listening to my music in transit. Now everyone does it. 
 

btw skip proof my a**

haha— this is a great one. I bought a disc man for my sweet 1988 Chevy Celebrity, which did not have a tape player/adapter. So I had to get this radio transmitter adapter to use with the disc man, where it would pick up on a super low FM channel. Between the disc man and the radio adapter, I could barely move in that car for fear of skipping or losing the signal. 

[Pete]

13 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

haha— this is a great one. I bought a disc man for my sweet 1988 Chevy Celebrity, which did not have a tape player/adapter. So I had to get this radio transmitter adapter to use with the disc man, where it would pick up on a super low FM channel. Between the disc man and the radio adapter, I could barely move in that car for fear of skipping or losing the signal. 

I'm older than you.  I used to play Ain't Talking About Love on my Sony Walkman while I skied moguls as a youth, thinking that was coolest thing ever

[EmotionallyUnstable]

Be Kind, Rewind

[RaoulDuke79]

The Olympics Thread

Edited August 1, 2021 by RaoulDuke79

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

EDIT: Total cost in taxpayers? Bills select sports firm to represent ownership in building new open air stadium in OP, targeted for 2025

👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆

Yes, about the last eleven pages of that thread.

On 7/31/2021 at 6:09 AM, EmotionallyUnstable said:

btw skip proof my a**

Wear that really heavy duck denim, like Carhartt work jeans.  Maybe that will work.

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

5 hours ago, Pete said:

I'm older than you.  I used to play Ain't Talking About Love on my Sony Walkman while I skied moguls as a youth, thinking that was coolest thing ever

did you used to watch those Warren Miller 80s ski movies? My Buddy and I would watch them on repeat. 

[BillsPride12]

As much as I hate to say it but Sports in general.  They just haven't felt the same to me over the more recent years.  I was as big of a sports nut as you can imagine growing up but I find myself less interested each passing year.  

[stuvian]

Popular Culture and Rock n Roll

[Pete]

1 hour ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

did you used to watch those Warren Miller 80s ski movies? My Buddy and I would watch them on repeat. 

yes sir.  I still do.  I'm old, but still a kid

[Another Fan]

I still remember this commercial!  But yes sadly newspapers 

 

 

 

I actually liked following all sports standings on a paper versus the Internet 

[Marv's Neighbor]

On 7/30/2021 at 11:44 AM, Johnny Hammersticks said:

To build off what the OP posted, Nixon’s “war on drugs” didn’t work out so well, did it?  I’d say we lost that one miserably 😁

 

 

 

 

Government programs in general are a waste of our $$.  Too many hands on the money, and it never reaches its destination.  

[May Day 10]

On 8/1/2021 at 8:40 PM, BillsPride12 said:

As much as I hate to say it but Sports in general.  They just haven't felt the same to me over the more recent years.  I was as big of a sports nut as you can imagine growing up but I find myself less interested each passing year.  

 

I think this is just the natural progression of things and part of getting older.  You have seen nearly everything.  Seasons, champions, players, etc come and pass seemingly overnight.  You get to a point where you are older than most/all athletes.

 

With that said too, things arent as good as 'in my day' which my dad used to try to tell me and I scoffed at it.  Im sure his dad told him that, and I tell my kid that too.

 

 

[teef]

On 7/30/2021 at 7:44 PM, RaoulDuke79 said:

Grow it back. They're coming back around. What's old is new again 

dude...i saw an amazing one this weekend, and this guy when way out of his way to pull it off.  long, beautiful blond hair in the back, very shaved along the sides, with a nice mustache.  he had the look on point.  

 

 

to answer the question, and it may have been said, but the simpsons.  i just cant watch anything made in the last 20 or more years.

[Just Jack]

40 minutes ago, teef said:

 

to answer the question, and it may have been said, but the simpsons.  i just cant watch anything made in the last 20 or more years.

agreed. The Simpsons should have ended about 15-20 years ago.  South Park has reached that point also.  

[Another Fan]

1 hour ago, May Day 10 said:

 

I think this is just the natural progression of things and part of getting older.  You have seen nearly everything.  Seasons, champions, players, etc come and pass seemingly overnight.  You get to a point where you are older than most/all athletes.

 

With that said too, things arent as good as 'in my day' which my dad used to try to tell me and I scoffed at it.  Im sure his dad told him that, and I tell my kid that too.

 

 

I’m at the same point with sports.  I’d add as well understanding the business side to it more.  John Starks was never my favorite basketball player but as a kid I thought how messed up it was when he got traded.  Plus per the post above I miss a good sports section in a newspaper.

 

That being said I’d still contend sports in general were better 15-30 years ago 

[dpberr]

I'll add another:  Men's suits *and* a man's desire to wear them correctly. 

 

I have lots of suits of different materials.  You can feel and see the quality in the older ones, whether they are full wool, seersucker cotton, blends.    I always purchased off the rack and then had them tailored.  Back in the day, you could get a well made suit off the rack from a variety of places you could dry clean many times and stores often carried a variety of styles and sizes.  Stores often had people who *knew* what they were talking about when it comes to suits.  

 

Today, off the rack suit quality is quite poor but you're paying back in the day price.  If you find a suit that's 70% wool, you're in luck.  A suit under $200 may last 2 dry cleanings.  If you spill something on it, you're probably SOL.    

 

On my second point, if men wear suits at all ,they often skip the often necessary step of having them tailored to their bodies which makes for an unflattering appearance.  It's ok to be skinny or have a belly.  Bodies aren't ideal.    Just make sure what you wear accentuates your appearance, not detract from it.

[BillsPride12]

6 hours ago, May Day 10 said:

 

I think this is just the natural progression of things and part of getting older.  You have seen nearly everything.  Seasons, champions, players, etc come and pass seemingly overnight.  You get to a point where you are older than most/all athletes.

 

With that said too, things arent as good as 'in my day' which my dad used to try to tell me and I scoffed at it.  Im sure his dad told him that, and I tell my kid that too.

 

 

Sadly I think your right.  Although I'm not a fan I was listening to Mike Schopp on WGR one time and he did hit the nail on the head with this one when he said "You just wish sports could always look and feel the same way they did when you were 12 years old"

[Rico]

Roller derby and championship wrestling.

[That's No Moon]

Little House on the Prairie

[gomper]

Professional Wrestling.  I was spoiled back the day. Wrestlers with great mic work who could really sell and well thought out story arcs. I watched WWE a few weeks ago.  I lasted 8 minutes.  Horrible. 

 

As a kid, Buffalo TV was great on Saturdays.  Mid-Atlantic at Noon on 29. Maple Leaf on 11 at 1. WWF at Midnight.  Plus, MSG. Philly and Cap Center house shows on International Cable 10.

 

Ah. memories. 

[Richmond_Bills]

Kodak; Car GPS units

[Another Fan]

Outside of The Wedding Singer, most Adam Sandler comedy films