mmmm 1995. I think I was in Florida. That was Tool, and Seven Mary Three. On 8/18/06, Chesty Puller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > +100 > > Especially Barracuda. There's a radio station in Jacksonville, NC that I > used to call the Barracuda station. Everytime I turned it on, it was > ba-ba-ba-Barracuda! I got so I would never listen to it again if I could > help it. > > In between Barracudas, it was a John Mellencamp song and then a Doors > song, > then back to Barracuda. > > True story: > > I came to the realization that you could be driving anywhere in NC in 1995 > and if you were hitting the seek button on your radio, there was a 100% > chance of hearing something by John Mellencamp. It proved true time and > time again. > > - Matt > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dana" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 2:26 PM > Subject: Re: classic rock that is actually classic > > > > yeah you know, I was thinking about this and maybe there should be > classic > > (musical excellence), classic (just a good song), classic (evokes the > > period) and classic (nooooo. not again). Maybe also classic (celebrity > > whine). > > > > For instance, when Money came out (yes I was alive) I lived in Chantilly > > France and the kids used to hang out at this one cafe. The jukebox had > two > > English-language songs which were viewed as being cooler than the French > > songs, which were perhaps the things that the parents listened to. So > > those > > two songs were played over and over and over and over and over. When I > > hear > > Money I am right back there, but ummmm, really, I have heard it enough. > > (The > > other one was Angie, which you never hear anymore for some reason). > > > > Not a bad song originally, but now makes my ears bleed - Stairway to > > Heaven. > > For another example. Barracuda by Heart. > > > > But there were songs I hated when they came out and they are STILL being > > played. Double Vison, for instance. Feel my eyes with that double > > vision... > > No surprise, with that double vision... what does that even *mean*? > > Material > > Girl. Rock and Roll Fantasy. Anything by Journey. Boston. > > > > Celebrity whines? Well, how about "My Maserati does 185... I lost my > > license, now I don't drive." Or Have a Cigar? > > > > > > > > On 8/18/06, Paul Vernon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> Money - Tell me about any other rock track with that time signature > that > >> even gets close to being in this conversation.... > >> > >> Whether or not you like it, for several musical, technical and (at the > >> time) > >> social reasons, *it is* a classic. > >> > >> Paul > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > >
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