Indeed.
My disdain for some of the popular music of that era is because deejays in my neck of the woods just stopped playing rock music around 1978 or so. They basically replaced rock with disco. You can ask Steve Dahl what I thought of disco.
I remember one year when I came home (to Chicago) for Christmas. My car still had WDAI, a "progressive rock" station, on preset. So I pushed the button and... disco. Next song, disco. Disco, disco, disco. Then the announcer came on and said "Disco DAI"... If I would have had a gun, I would have shot the radio right there. It was as if rock had never existed.
Abba is just no replacement for Pink Floyd or Jimi Hendrix.
I was living in New York when this happened, but I was there in spirit.
ESPN story about Disco Demolition - July 12, 1979 - YouTube
The last Grateful Dead show I attended, sometime in the mid-eighties, they had a banner above the band that said "DISCO SUCKED'.
'nuff said.
'nuff said.
Do you refer to the Bob Moran we have over here, who is a political cartoonist?
He doesn't exactly lighten my mood!
Never heard of him.
Beach Boys song from around '65 "Barabara Ann".
p.s. I've just been informed it was first recorded by The Regents circa 1958
Beach Boys song from around '65 "Barabara Ann".
p.s. I've just been informed it was first recorded by The Regents circa 1958
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Grateful Dead had a quasi-disco song.
Grateful Dead - Shakedown Street (complete) 7-9-1989 Giants Stadium, NJ - YouTube
Yeah, it sucked.
Up with the Lark today. Dunno why. The Weather is Terrible. Rain and Wind! Should have stayed in bed.
But at least our Windmills are spinning away to heat my nice Douwe Egberts Coffee, which is on offer this week. Global warming solved.
Tried to ring Greta to tell her about it, but she has ridden her bicycle to Glasgow for some rave called COP 26.
Got to be up early on Tuesday too, for the Melbourne Cup. Irish horses already smelling strange smells like Eucalyptus and hearing Didgery-Doos. Hoping for a tip from AllenB. I'd fly down for it, but Greta said that would be bad for the planet. 🙂
But at least our Windmills are spinning away to heat my nice Douwe Egberts Coffee, which is on offer this week. Global warming solved.
Tried to ring Greta to tell her about it, but she has ridden her bicycle to Glasgow for some rave called COP 26.
Got to be up early on Tuesday too, for the Melbourne Cup. Irish horses already smelling strange smells like Eucalyptus and hearing Didgery-Doos. Hoping for a tip from AllenB. I'd fly down for it, but Greta said that would be bad for the planet. 🙂
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I find that thought has not lightened my mood.
BTW, has anybody noticed, as I have, the Clocks have gone bonkers this morning. I really have no idea what time it is. Every gadget I have seems to disagree on this simple matter.
Never mind what time the NFL football is on tonight. Or when the Melbourne Cup is running. What is going on? 😕
BTW, has anybody noticed, as I have, the Clocks have gone bonkers this morning. I really have no idea what time it is. Every gadget I have seems to disagree on this simple matter.
Never mind what time the NFL football is on tonight. Or when the Melbourne Cup is running. What is going on? 😕
The Time is the least of my worries. It's chucking it down and the wind gusting 80km/h! 😱
Ventusky - Wind, Rain and Temperature Maps
My plants are blowing over! First the Clocks go bonkers, now the Weather. 😕
Batten down the hatches.
Ventusky - Wind, Rain and Temperature Maps
My plants are blowing over! First the Clocks go bonkers, now the Weather. 😕
Batten down the hatches.
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A friend built a house with 50 cm insulation in walls and floor (and he had a "cellar below the house) and 80 cm in the ceiling. He had no need for heating at all. His issue was electrickery for all his electrickery.
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