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elkid
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 Posted: 08/29/03 - 12:17 Post subject: it's like rain on your wedding day
... because it's so ironic that on the day of the gender-based thread I change both my avatar and my signature to support some of my opinions there BEFORE I even wrote them! I'm like, psychic, or something! 
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coachmarkos
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Posted: 08/29/03 - 12:20 Post subject:
It rained on my wedding day.
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Posted: 08/29/03 - 12:23 Post subject: Re: it's like rain on your wedding day
| elkid wrote: | | ... I'm like, psycho, or something! |
truuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuue dat!
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rolling rock
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Posted: 08/29/03 - 12:26 Post subject:
why just last night i found a black fly in my chardonnay.
who is your avatar? in fact, who was the one before him (the Jesus clone)
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elkid
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Posted: 08/29/03 - 12:26 Post subject: Re: it's like rain on your wedding day
| shelflifers wrote: | | ... I'm like a, schmucko, or something! |
truuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuue dat!
| rolling rock wrote: | | who is your avatar? in fact, who was the one before him (the Jesus clone) |
Current - the late, great Tupac Shakur.
Previous - the one and only Viggo Mortenson. Incidentally, my boss's twin sister often double-dated with Viggo in college (he dated her roommate). He's really a blonde.
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jrjo
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Posted: 08/29/03 - 12:33 Post subject:
I'd have nevah guessed you'd quote Rush...
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Posted: 08/29/03 - 12:34 Post subject:
| jrjo wrote: | I'd have nevah guessed you'd quote Rush...
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Posted: 08/29/03 - 12:46 Post subject: Re: it's like rain on your wedding day
| elkid wrote: | | shelflifers wrote: | | ... I'm like a, schmucko, or something! |
truuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuue dat!
| rolling rock wrote: | | who is your avatar? in fact, who was the one before him (the Jesus clone) |
Current - the late, great Tupac Shakur.
Previous - the one and only Viggo Mortenson. Incidentally, my boss's twin sister often double-dated with Viggo in college (he dated her roommate). He's really a blonde. |
I'm curious as to why people consider tupac or for that matter kurt cobain "great". neither of them was around long enough to establish greatness. Talented yes, great, no way.
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elkid
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Posted: 08/29/03 - 12:51 Post subject: Re: it's like rain on your wedding day
| robp wrote: | | I'm curious as to why people consider tupac or for that matter kurt cobain "great". neither of them was around long enough to establish greatness. Talented yes, great, no way. |
They were prolific, talented, and influential to many other artists. Both changed the direction, and the face, of music, and were way ahead of their time. That's why they're great. On the flip side, there are plenty of acts that WERE around long enough to establish greatness that simply weren't great, like the Beatles, the original three-chord wonder boys.
I reject longevity as a benchmark for musical greatness. Several shorttimers in addition to Tupac and Cobain come to mind. Jimi Hendrix is a prime example, as is Randy Rhoads.
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Posted: 08/29/03 - 13:07 Post subject: Re: it's like rain on your wedding day
| elkid wrote: | | robp wrote: | | I'm curious as to why people consider tupac or for that matter kurt cobain "great". neither of them was around long enough to establish greatness. Talented yes, great, no way. |
They were prolific, talented, and influential to many other artists. Both changed the direction, and the face, of music, and were way ahead of their time. That's why they're great. On the flip side, there are plenty of acts that WERE around long enough to establish greatness that simply weren't great, like the Beatles, the original three-chord wonder boys.
I reject longevity as a benchmark for musical greatness. Several shorttimers in addition to Tupac and Cobain come to mind. Jimi Hendrix is a prime example, as is Randy Rhoads. |
I believe longevity in addition to the other things you listed is part of the equation to achieve greatness. I personally can't stand the Beatles and Paul McCartney most of all.
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Posted: 08/29/03 - 13:12 Post subject:
I can mark exactly the day I was offically an old guy. Cobain committed sucide and lots of people went  but only went 
Now Lynyrd Skynyrd's plane crash? THAT was a day, kids.
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elkid
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Posted: 08/29/03 - 13:15 Post subject:
| AlaninTX wrote: | | Now Lynyrd Skynyrd's plane crash? THAT was a day, kids. |
I remember thinking that, too, as it happened the day before I turned seven years old. 
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shelflifers
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Posted: 08/29/03 - 13:16 Post subject: Re: it's like rain on your wedding day
| elkid wrote: | | robp wrote: | | I'm curious as to why people consider tupac or for that matter kurt cobain "great". neither of them was around long enough to establish greatness. Talented yes, great, no way. |
They were prolific, talented, and influential to many other artists. Both changed the direction, and the face, of music, and were way ahead of their time. That's why they're great. On the flip side, there are plenty of acts that WERE around long enough to establish greatness that simply weren't great, like the Beatles, the original three-chord wonder boys.
I reject longevity as a benchmark for musical greatness. Several shorttimers in addition to Tupac and Cobain come to mind. Jimi Hendrix is a prime example, as is Randy Rhoads. |
The Pixies were a great band's band...despite never really getting huge, so many artists were influenced by them.
That's really all I have to say.
I. Go. Now.
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Posted: 08/29/03 - 13:30 Post subject:
I like Cobain's music very much, I also like the Pixies.
2Pac, no so much, the duet he did with Dr. Dre was good. "California"
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Posted: 08/29/03 - 14:59 Post subject: Re: it's like rain on your wedding day
| shelflifers wrote: | | elkid wrote: | | ... I'm like, psycho, or something! |
truuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuue dat! |
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