The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[Cesar R M]

We are much more sophisticated in Europe...

Awww, that's so cute

 

[Cesar R M]

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reminds me, I need to raid my fridge for icecream.
Gotta love buying in bulk with heavy discounts

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

Ebony and Ivory was Paul & Stevie Wonder.

Paul & MJ did The Girl Is Mine and Say, Say, Say. (Paul released an alternate version of Say, Say, Say a few years ago where they traded some verses.)

I knew making a music artist mistake would get you back on the thread. Actually I knew that, but apparently had a brain fart when I wrote that it was MJ and Paul. I always wondered actually where the music industry would be now if MJ never would have died. I also heard that George Michael was planning on getting back together with Andrew Ridgely right after the Christmas he passed. I wonder what they could have created.

 

[donaldtoo]

Those schools are the “in” to many Ivy Leagues. Nonetheless Michael Eisner and Bob Iger just went to ordinary run of the mill colleges. You don’t need to go Ivy League to be successful but it does give you an advantage in many circles and helps with securing a really lucrative career path. You know all this though. I must be over-tired as I have been up since 3:30am. Time to hit the hay.

Whole discussion, for some reason, reminds me of this...!!!!!

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

Whole discussion, for some reason, reminds me of this...!!!!!

Great movie!

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

One of my favorite duets.

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

Another great duet in my opinion.

 

[donaldtoo]

Great movie!

Indeed...!!!!!

 

[donaldtoo]

I started HS at 7:45 am. I think elementary and junior high was 8:45. It is too long ago to remember. 22? That is funny.

Yea, elementary and junior high are sooooo long ago I’m tryin’ to remember if I actually ever even went, and HS is a bit blurry too...?!

 

[ddbowdoin]

Missed the Tool ticket sales as I was camping with students... now they’re 7x face value on stubhub! Agh

 

[donaldtoo]

I did, and I also remember them. (Oh, I attended some free public schools, too!)

The only state Capitol I can remember is Austin, Texas.
If I ever need to come up with the others I’ll just Google...

 

[donaldtoo]

It has one hand from one person next to another persons foot. Just weird.

If you look closely, the dude has his left hand close to his own shoe and his right arm around the chick.
And, their heads didn’t get smaller, their bodies just got larger together...!!!!!

 

[donaldtoo]

I recall when we adopted Jack (about 10 years ago), that we essentially paid the spay fee up front to the shelter,and signed a form that he'd see the vet for that, within 30 days. (Also, we paid extra above that, to add the chip.) The shelter then gave us a prepaid form to take to the vet, to have the procedures done.

All in all, he was an expensive little critter (close to $500 I think) to adopt from the shelter. And since, he's also eaten us out of house and home for the past 10 years, too.

All that chip tracking tech, and y’all still don’t know when he’s in the kitchen knockin’ off food items...!!!!!

 

[21stamps]

I knew making a music artist mistake would get you back on the thread. Actually I knew that, but apparently had a brain fart when I wrote that it was MJ and Paul. I always wondered actually where the music industry would be now if MJ never would have died. I also heard that George Michael was planning on getting back together with Andrew Ridgely right after the Christmas he passed. I wonder what they could have created.

I liked George Michael’s music a lot.

I’ve been listening to MJ’s entire discography for the past few months.. from the J5 days all the way thru the Cirque Immortal soundtrack (which is technically a mix, but an amazing one). There was a lot of music that I had never heard, I hadn’t bought his last few albums when he was alive.
What’s impressive in all of them is the sound, every detail of it, and the emotion of the singing, artists just don’t make music like that anymore. Sad that we never got to hear the final album that he was working on in 2008/2009, I do think that would have changed music today imo.

Interestingly, I listened to an interview with Tito Jackson, he said something that I didn’t know.. he said that Bruno Mars still records the “old fashioned way” and “it’s one of the reasons why his music is so great”. Made a lot of sense after learning that.


I have the Queen Forever album that was released a couple of years ago.. they had a remix of the following song, but the original version here is SO MUCH better. I can’t think of any two artists alive today who could sound anywhere near as good.. I hope someday this version gets officially released...





I sound like a total old person, but kids today really don’t have the best music options. I think we were lucky to have so many great artists/music during our lifetimes.

 

[21stamps]

Missed the Tool ticket sales as I was camping with students... now they’re 7x face value on stubhub! Agh

They’re still touring??? I haven’t thought about them in so long. Last Tool concert I attended was in the 90s I’m sure they would still be a lot of fun!


I saw Violent Femmes a few years ago..
O M G I Felt Old, seeing them old made me realize that I’m old.lol. Didn’t look like the guys I remembered seeing live 2 decades ago, but still amazing music nonetheless.

 

[Tony the Tigger]

I knew making a music artist mistake would get you back on the thread. Actually I knew that, but apparently had a brain fart when I wrote that it was MJ and Paul. I always wondered actually where the music industry would be now if MJ never would have died. I also heard that George Michael was planning on getting back together with Andrew Ridgely right after the Christmas he passed. I wonder what they could have created.

There is a movie coming out later this year called “Last Christmas.” It’s a rom com, but featuring all George Michael/Wham music - including 2 previously unreleased songs!

 

[wdwfan4ver]

Reminds me of swimming lessons. I learned from a Red Cross course in my town when I was 5. I was like a fish in water! Always was a great swimmer.

Now, my mother never was taught how to swim, and she was terrified of water (that's why she enrolled me at 5 to take swimming). Also, hubs never learned how to swim either, and he tried to learn a little, a few years ago, but bailed. Just couldn't get the coordination together, and I think fear set in. Yup, it's a whole different learning curve for adults. I've seen the same type of scenario with skiing -- many kids pick it up so quickly, and have no fear.

I took swimming lessons as a kid before eye medication forced me to stop. I was forced to take a special type of an eye drop as a teenager that had warnings against some stuff. The eye drop in question was used for preventing my vision from getting worse.

The catch is I sucked at swimming even before my eye problems and I had problems keeping myself float. I'm guessing it was due to my motor skills being so bad.

My younger brother on the other hand was a better swimmer. The only catch is he is never was meant for competitive swimming due to asthma.

My parents knew how to swim and were very good at it and I'm the odd bird as a result when it comes to swimming.

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

I sound like a total old person, but kids today really don’t have the best music options. I think we were lucky to have so many great artists/music during our lifetimes.

I was actually going to say the same thing, but I didn't want to sound old.

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

They’re still touring??? I haven’t thought about them in so long. Last Tool concert I attended was in the 90s I’m sure they would still be a lot of fun!


I saw Violent Femmes a few years ago..
O M G I Felt Old, seeing them old made me realize that I’m old.lol. Didn’t look like the guys I remembered seeing live 2 decades ago, but still amazing music nonetheless.

I liked OMG too. I know you didn't mean the band of course. I wonder if the musicians from the band OMG find it funny that OMG gets used all the time nowadays, of course meaning something completely different.

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

I liked George Michael’s music a lot.

I’ve been listening to MJ’s entire discography for the past few months.. from the J5 days all the way thru the Cirque Immortal soundtrack (which is technically a mix, but an amazing one). There was a lot of music that I had never heard, I hadn’t bought his last few albums when he was alive.
What’s impressive in all of them is the sound, every detail of it, and the emotion of the singing, artists just don’t make music like that anymore. Sad that we never got to hear the final album that he was working on in 2008/2009, I do think that would have changed music today imo.

Interestingly, I listened to an interview with Tito Jackson, he said something that I didn’t know.. he said that Bruno Mars still records the “old fashioned way” and “it’s one of the reasons why his music is so great”. Made a lot of sense after learning that.


I have the Queen Forever album that was released a couple of years ago.. they had a remix of the following song, but the original version here is SO MUCH better. I can’t think of any two artists alive today who could sound anywhere near as good.. I hope someday this version gets officially released...





I sound like a total old person, but kids today really don’t have the best music options. I think we were lucky to have so many great artists/music during our lifetimes.

That is a beautiful song. I had never heard it before. A shame both died so young and tragically.