OT: Your FAVORITE STUFF Growing Up....
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@"Vanguard83" said:@"MaroonBells" said:@"Vanguard83" said:
When I was 12 I decided I was going to save my allowance and buy every single Elton John album. Started with Honky Chateau, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road was 2nd. By the time I was 14 I had them all. Man I miss the days of album art and liner notes. Not long after, I discovered punk and new wave and let Elton go. It wasn't until recently that I began to appreciate again just what a genius he was in those days.
Money well spent my brother...."Blue Moves" one of my all time favorites - Not well received by the critics, but this is the album where he went from pop star...to a composer... The song "Tonight", for my money it doesn't get much better from his entire catalogue. watch on Youtube with full orchestration. WOW .
Loved Blue Moves. Bought it in Marshall Fields in Chicago. I think how it was received by critics is why Elton went into seclusion for a couple years. But I agree it's underrated. There is a lot of filler on that album, but Tonight, Idol and Chameleon are three of the best songs he's ever written IMO.
@"savannahskol" said:My goodness, I forgot how drop dead gorgeous she was...
That poor dear died way too young and in a really terrible way too.
@"Vanguard83" said:
My older sisters had that album. :p
J/K. That album had Funeral/Love lies bleeding. Rock masterpiece , imo.
EJ collaborated with Eminem who was under fire as being homophobic, at the time.
That took courage.
EJ: “I know I’m going to get a lot of flak from various people who are going to picket the show I’d rather tear down walls between people than build them up.” Asked if he believed the then-28-year-old rapper really was “hateful,” he replied: “If I thought for one minute that he was, I wouldn’t do it.”
Word on the street is, EJ collaborated with Metallica (GOAT) during the lockdown.
Today's Pop culture needs more folks like EJ
Bravissimo! The last minute of this is phenomenal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z314pQhLb2Q
Other than Farrah...lol....
Persimmon Chattanooga Peerless Driver by Arnold Palmer.
Got it my sophomore year of HS (1979)
Po boys from all over wanted to see...."Excalibur". *genuflexion*
Still have it, one of my proudest possessions. (we couldn't afford it, somehow I got it).
Thanks & RIP Dad.
@"BarrNone55" said: AFX slot carsHell yeah! Been a Vike Fan for over 50 years and a longtime lurker here, yet this post is the one that brought me out of my shell. I was into HO and then Auroa AFX cars big time as a kid. I was in heaven the year I got the Daytona high banked turns for Christmas! Thanks for jogging my memories of those good times!
@"BigAl99" said:That and cutting across Mr. Newton's lawn
https://youtu.be/N99ee1umzQE
@"Vanguard83" said:@"BigAl99" said:That and cutting across Mr. Newton's lawn
https://youtu.be/N99ee1umzQE
yeah we had some modified rules with jarts, never took one directly but there were a few glancing hits.
@"JimmyinSD" said:@"AGRforever" said:I was and am still into Lego. "Bricks in Space" facebook group (rebuilding the space race in 1:110 scale) got me back into them. It a dangerous rabbit hole though. It can get quite expensive.Past that, I enjoyed growing and selling sweetcorn and fishing and I'm doing all that stuff. I guess I never really grew up.
I do miss snowmobiling from my later teenage years. TN doesn't really have to many days that work for it.
get a jetski... its about the same except you dont get stuck.
Theres something about jumping 10-20 ft drifts on the line fences and that fresh powder after a big snow. But yes we’re very close to a massive lake.
@"BarrNone55" said:@"MaroonBells" said:@"Vanguard83" said:
When I was 12 I decided I was going to save my allowance and buy every single Elton John album. Started with Honky Chateau, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road was 2nd. By the time I was 14 I had them all. Man I miss the days of album art and liner notes. Not long after, I discovered punk and new wave and let Elton go. It wasn't until recently that I began to appreciate again just what a genius he was in those days.
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road was the second album I ever purchased. Can't remember if it was lawn mowing money or snow shoveling. Then I discovered Led Zeppelin, the Stones, and the Who.
Here was my first lp ever...
@"PurpleReign_61" said:@"BarrNone55" said: AFX slot cars Hell yeah! Been a Vike Fan for over 50 years and a longtime lurker here, yet this post is the one that brought me out of my shell. I was into HO and then Auroa AFX cars big time as a kid. I was in heaven the year I got the Daytona high banked turns for Christmas! Thanks for jogging my memories of those good times!
Well glad we found a topic to pull you out of the shadows!! WelcomeI still remember the xmas I got one of these...Not as cool as the HO and Aurora stuff. I loved it so much I found one on Ebay as an adult and have it to this very day.
I'm a nerd and actually have quite the 60's/70's toy collection.
Next time your kid bitches about their entertainment options, maybe explain how you used to play this for hours at a fucking time. pic.twitter.com/QT42DmPqf5
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