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A Meerkat that eats chicken
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Location: Cambridge UK
A Meerkat that eats chicken
194 posts
Location: Cambridge UK
Posted:
Ok i was just listening to jefferson airplane and thought who the hell else listens to this sort of stuff ......................SO who else does ??????
AND if so anyone know of anymore music like this wonderful journey of insanity ????
Ok i was just listening to jefferson airplane and thought who the hell else listens to this sort of stuff ......................SO who else does ??????
AND if so anyone know of anymore music like this wonderful journey of insanity ????
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Are we there yet?
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Location: australia
Are we there yet?
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Location: australia
Posted:
you could try russel morris - similar styles
I'm actually listening to Donovan playing early woody guthrie songs that he used to busk with
you could try russel morris - similar styles
I'm actually listening to Donovan playing early woody guthrie songs that he used to busk with
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Posted:
oooh ME! ME! ME!
oooh ME! ME! ME!
i would have changed ***** to phallus, and claire to petey Petey
Rougie: but that's what I'm doing here
Arnwyn: what letting me adjust myself in your room?..don't you dare quote that on HoP...
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Former Raver Invader... Not sure what i am now...
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Location: Southern California, USA
Former Raver Invader... Not sure what i am now...
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Location: Southern California, USA
Posted:
not i...
but i do listen to Mindless Self Indulgence, and noone i've ever met has ever heard of them(outside of the people who i've gotten into MSI)
not i...
but i do listen to Mindless Self Indulgence, and noone i've ever met has ever heard of them(outside of the people who i've gotten into MSI)
Clean for 6 months and counting... ah yeah, that's nice.
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Location: Bendigo, Vic, Australia
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Location: Bendigo, Vic, Australia
Posted:
Who's the band MEERCAT?
Coz I listen to a song occasionly by a band called Relient K, but it wont be the same people.
EDITED_BY: Hanz (1100347100)
Who's the band MEERCAT?
Coz I listen to a song occasionly by a band called Relient K, but it wont be the same people.
EDITED_BY: Hanz (1100347100)
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Ninja (shhhh, don't tell)
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Location: Truro, UK
Ninja (shhhh, don't tell)
420 posts
Location: Truro, UK
Posted:
I love Jefferson Airplane! Somebody To Love is one of the best songs ever. Fact!
I love Jefferson Airplane! Somebody To Love is one of the best songs ever. Fact!
I only wanted to be 16... and free
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Location: Dublin, Ireland
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Posted:
i doubt it Hanz
Jefferson Airplane were a 60's band. one of their greatest hits, and one of my favourite songs, "White Rabbit" more or less personified the Summer of Love, the 60's counterculture and pychedelic rock.
they toured with other such 60's legends as Hendrix, the Doors, Janis Joplin, the Who etc.
singer Grace Slick (and perhaps some other members - not too sure) went on to form Jefferson Starship, who eventually became quite successful 80's band - Starship
neither Jefferson Starship or Starship were ever as good as Jefferson Airplane though, in my opinion....
lyrics to White Rabbit:
one pill makes you larger
and one pill makes you small
and the ones that mother gives you
don't do anything at all
go ask Alice....
when she's ten feet tall
and if you go chasing rabbits
and you know you're going to falla
tell 'em a hookah smoking caterpillar
has given you the call
call Alice....
when she was just small
when the men on the chessboard
get up and tell you where to go
and you've just had some kind of mushroom
and your mind is moving low
go ask Alice....
i think she'll know
when logic and proportion
have fallen sloppy dead,
and the white knight is talking backwards
and the red queen's "off with her head"
remember what the doormouse said:
"feed your head,
feed your head"
i doubt it Hanz
Jefferson Airplane were a 60's band. one of their greatest hits, and one of my favourite songs, "White Rabbit" more or less personified the Summer of Love, the 60's counterculture and pychedelic rock.
they toured with other such 60's legends as Hendrix, the Doors, Janis Joplin, the Who etc.
singer Grace Slick (and perhaps some other members - not too sure) went on to form Jefferson Starship, who eventually became quite successful 80's band - Starship
neither Jefferson Starship or Starship were ever as good as Jefferson Airplane though, in my opinion....
lyrics to White Rabbit:
one pill makes you larger
and one pill makes you small
and the ones that mother gives you
don't do anything at all
go ask Alice....
when she's ten feet tall
and if you go chasing rabbits
and you know you're going to falla
tell 'em a hookah smoking caterpillar
has given you the call
call Alice....
when she was just small
when the men on the chessboard
get up and tell you where to go
and you've just had some kind of mushroom
and your mind is moving low
go ask Alice....
i think she'll know
when logic and proportion
have fallen sloppy dead,
and the white knight is talking backwards
and the red queen's "off with her head"
remember what the doormouse said:
"feed your head,
feed your head"
My mind not only wanders, it sometimes leaves completely
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Posted:
i could never understand how this song got past the censors....
i could never understand how this song got past the censors....
My mind not only wanders, it sometimes leaves completely
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Pooh-Bah
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Location: Southampton, United Kingdom
Pooh-Bah
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Location: Southampton, United Kingdom
Posted:
Too true Fab - Jefferson/Starship were neither as good as the original lineup. They never had the songs after they changed.
J Airplane, however, were a great band!
Edit - you should check out Kula Shaker, my all-time favourite band (well, for a few years back there anyway). They're wicked and pretty psychedelic and chilled too.
EDITED_BY: nearly_all_gone (1099995636)
Too true Fab - Jefferson/Starship were neither as good as the original lineup. They never had the songs after they changed.
J Airplane, however, were a great band!
Edit - you should check out Kula Shaker, my all-time favourite band (well, for a few years back there anyway). They're wicked and pretty psychedelic and chilled too.
EDITED_BY: nearly_all_gone (1099995636)
What a wonderful miracle if only we could look through each other's eyes for an instant.
Thoreau
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Location: vineyards, Vienna, Austria
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Location: vineyards, Vienna, Austria
Posted:
*stands up*
hello my name is konsti and i listen to jefferson airplane
*sits down again*
*stands up*
hello my name is konsti and i listen to jefferson airplane
*sits down again*
"is optimism in austria just a lack of information?"
-Alfred Dorfer
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Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Austin, Texas, USA
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Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
maybe the censors liked it too much and couldn't bring themselves to sully such a fine song with political duress?
And: My name is Vanize, and I listen to Jefferson airplane too (and totally agree that none of the later variations were nearly as good as the original band, but disagree about starship being a "succesful" eighties band, and will only conceed that they were, in fact, an eighties band that managed to make some money - success in some respect I suppose, but not artistically)
Written by: Fabergé
i could never understand how this song got past the censors....
maybe the censors liked it too much and couldn't bring themselves to sully such a fine song with political duress?
And: My name is Vanize, and I listen to Jefferson airplane too (and totally agree that none of the later variations were nearly as good as the original band, but disagree about starship being a "succesful" eighties band, and will only conceed that they were, in fact, an eighties band that managed to make some money - success in some respect I suppose, but not artistically)
-v-
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Posted:
Hehehe! I was listening to White Rabbit today on the train to Uni Melikes!!! Ohh, and last month, when I was in school, in music class, we were watching a video on 'pop musik' and they brought up the 70s hippie/drug bit in New Orleans... Leaned over to a friend, and said they COULD NOT do that without mentioning Jefferson Airplane. Then two seconds later, it came up, and I was happy.
I am Bobo, and I listen to Jefferson Airplane.
As for Jefferson Starship... We Buit this City on Rock and Roll rocks my socks, but a magizine in Halifax named it the worst song ever!
What's wrong with people!!!
~ Bobo
Hehehe! I was listening to White Rabbit today on the train to Uni
Melikes!!! Ohh, and last month, when I was in school, in music class, we were watching a video on 'pop musik' and they brought up the 70s hippie/drug bit in New Orleans... Leaned over to a friend, and said they COULD NOT do that without mentioning Jefferson Airplane. Then two seconds later, it came up, and I was happy. I am Bobo, and I listen to Jefferson Airplane.
As for Jefferson Starship... We Buit this City on Rock and Roll rocks my socks, but a magizine in Halifax named it the worst song ever!
What's wrong with people!!! ~ Bobo
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Pooh-Bah
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Location: Bristol
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Location: Bristol
Posted:
i'd challenege anyone to come up with a popular musician in the eighties who was, as you say 'artistically sucessful'. the very nature of the eighties meanth that everyone turned in to a moron for a decade.
i'd challenege anyone to come up with a popular musician in the eighties who was, as you say 'artistically sucessful'. the very nature of the eighties meanth that everyone turned in to a moron for a decade.
I had a dream that my friend had a
strong-bad pop up book,
it was the book of my dreams.
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Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
well, granted there are lots of worse songs out there, but...
well, granted there are lots of worse songs out there, but...
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Pooh-Bah
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Location: Southampton, United Kingdom
Pooh-Bah
1,626 posts
Location: Southampton, United Kingdom
Posted:
New Order
New Order
What a wonderful miracle if only we could look through each other's eyes for an instant.
Thoreau
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Posted:
er, not quite the same, but I like them too! even saw them in concert once back in '88. never saw jefferson airplane though (would have been very hard to beleive if I said I did anyway, despite my HoP senior citizen status)
er, not quite the same, but I like them too! even saw them in concert once back in '88. never saw jefferson airplane though (would have been very hard to beleive if I said I did anyway, despite my HoP senior citizen status)
-v-
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Pooh-Bah
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Location: Bristol
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Posted:
actually i have no idea, because i never listen to 80's music anyway.
for all i know you COULD actually be right!!! (ha ha ha)
actually i have no idea, because i never listen to 80's music anyway.
for all i know you COULD actually be right!!! (ha ha ha)
I had a dream that my friend had a
strong-bad pop up book,
it was the book of my dreams.
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Pooh-Bah
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Location: Southampton, United Kingdom
Pooh-Bah
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Location: Southampton, United Kingdom
Posted:
Well, I am. So
But no, not quite the same to say the least, ha ha!
I agree, the 80s was mostly dire. But there was Adam and the Ants, with Stand and Deliver!!
"Stand, and deliver (ooh-woh-ee-woh-ee-woh)
Your money or your life (d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-huh!)"
Best backgroundy bits in a song ever
Well, I am. So
But no, not quite the same to say the least, ha ha!
I agree, the 80s was mostly dire. But there was Adam and the Ants, with Stand and Deliver!!
"Stand, and deliver (ooh-woh-ee-woh-ee-woh)
Your money or your life (d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-huh!)"
Best backgroundy bits in a song ever
What a wonderful miracle if only we could look through each other's eyes for an instant.
Thoreau
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Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
artisticly succesful 80's musicians are numbering probably in the hundreds, if not thousands! Not a lot were on the radio in the states though... Loads of great music came out in the '80s!
case in point: the Pixies!!!
artisticly succesful 80's musicians are numbering probably in the hundreds, if not thousands! Not a lot were on the radio in the states though... Loads of great music came out in the '80s!
case in point: the Pixies!!!
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Pooh-Bah
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Location: Southampton, United Kingdom
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Posted:
Were Dinosaur Jr around in the 80s? I think they maybe were..
And the Manics recorded their first single, Suicide Alley, in 88. Total classic.
Were Dinosaur Jr around in the 80s? I think they maybe were..
And the Manics recorded their first single, Suicide Alley, in 88. Total classic.
What a wonderful miracle if only we could look through each other's eyes for an instant.
Thoreau
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Posted:
quite successful meaning of course chart success. they did have #1 hits with "you built this city on rock & roll" and that other awful lament "sarah"..... i won't have you thinking i'm a closet starship fan
80's music, hmmm...... not really my forté. aside from hardcore & indie stuff most of it was indeed shite. i spent the whole decade listening to hardcore punk & heavy metal. there was nothing else decent to listen to
though in hindsight, and although i didn't appreciate some of them at the time, there were quite a few good 80's acts:
the smiths
the cure (though they may been around late 70's, not too sure)
joy division
the pixies
sonic youth
u2 (not particularly my cup of tea but they did reign for more than a decade (if not longer) as most successful rock band in the world)
ok... i give up now....
Written by: vanize
And: My name is Vanize, and I listen to Jefferson airplane too (and totally agree that none of the later variations were nearly as good as the original band, but disagree about starship being a "succesful" eighties band, and will only conceed that they were, in fact, an eighties band that managed to make some money - success in some respect I suppose, but not artistically)
Written by: Fabergé
singer Grace Slick (and perhaps some other members - not too sure) went on to form Jefferson Starship, who eventually became quite successful 80's band - Starship
quite successful meaning of course chart success. they did have #1 hits with "you built this city on rock & roll" and that other awful lament "sarah"..... i won't have you thinking i'm a closet starship fan
80's music, hmmm...... not really my forté. aside from hardcore & indie stuff most of it was indeed shite. i spent the whole decade listening to hardcore punk & heavy metal. there was nothing else decent to listen to
though in hindsight, and although i didn't appreciate some of them at the time, there were quite a few good 80's acts:
the smiths
the cure (though they may been around late 70's, not too sure)
joy division
the pixies
sonic youth
u2 (not particularly my cup of tea but they did reign for more than a decade (if not longer) as most successful rock band in the world)
ok... i give up now....
My mind not only wanders, it sometimes leaves completely
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Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Austin, Texas, USA
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Posted:
faberge - methinks you and I are musical soul twins or something...
faberge - methinks you and I are musical soul twins or something...
-v-
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Pooh-Bah
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Pooh-Bah
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Posted:
I was going to say Joy Division, but I wasn't sure they counted as the band no longer existed when their only release on the 1980s came out..
The Cure are definitely an 80s band, nice one
Can't believe I didn't think of The Smiths. But then their music transcends the decades... That was a good save
I was going to say Joy Division, but I wasn't sure they counted as the band no longer existed when their only release on the 1980s came out..
The Cure are definitely an 80s band, nice one
Can't believe I didn't think of The Smiths. But then their music transcends the decades...
That was a good save What a wonderful miracle if only we could look through each other's eyes for an instant.
Thoreau
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Posted:
yeah, I wasn't going to say Joy Division, as they are really a late 70's phenominon. They did have more than one release in the eighties though - I'm pretty sure the second peel session they did was in 80 for example (or maybe that was the release you meant? I need to brush up on my Joy division history...). but hard to say they were really and eighties band when Ian Curtis died in May 1980...
And speaking of bands that were aroundin the eighties- the Beastie Boys and Helmet (which did release their first album in the eighties if I recall correctly) are coming to berlin next month...
ON THE SAME FRIGGIN DAY!
now there is a tough choice.
EDITED_BY: vanize (1100014337)
yeah, I wasn't going to say Joy Division, as they are really a late 70's phenominon. They did have more than one release in the eighties though - I'm pretty sure the second peel session they did was in 80 for example (or maybe that was the release you meant? I need to brush up on my Joy division history...). but hard to say they were really and eighties band when Ian Curtis died in May 1980...
And speaking of bands that were aroundin the eighties- the Beastie Boys and Helmet (which did release their first album in the eighties if I recall correctly) are coming to berlin next month...
ON THE SAME FRIGGIN DAY!
now there is a tough choice.
EDITED_BY: vanize (1100014337)
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Posted:
cheers!
i've got my rollins ticket
Written by: vanize
faberge - methinks you and I are musical soul twins or something...
cheers!i've got my rollins ticket
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not a stranger
558 posts
Location: wales
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Location: wales
Posted:
My name is Lillie and I love White Rabbit.
And 80's music.
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.
Jesus and Mary Chain
I'll think of some more later I expect.
My name is Lillie and I love White Rabbit.
And 80's music.
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.
Jesus and Mary Chain
I'll think of some more later I expect.
Eat when you're hungry
Sleep where it's dry
No one is ever what they seem
Gabriel King - The Wild Road
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Ninja (shhhh, don't tell)
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Location: Truro, UK
Ninja (shhhh, don't tell)
420 posts
Location: Truro, UK
Posted:
I love nick cave too! I can never listen to him for too long though 'coz it makes me far too down. Such beautiful music though.
I love nick cave too! I can never listen to him for too long though 'coz it makes me far too down. Such beautiful music though.
I only wanted to be 16... and free
not a stranger
558 posts
Location: wales
558 posts
Location: wales
Posted:
I like depressing music,
It cheers me up.
Leonard Cohen, brilliant.
I like depressing music,
It cheers me up.
Leonard Cohen, brilliant.
Eat when you're hungry
Sleep where it's dry
No one is ever what they seem
Gabriel King - The Wild Road
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Posted:
oh, i love leonard cohen.
"then fire, make your body warm
im gonna give you mine to hold
saying this she climbed inside
to be his one, to be his only bride..." (when i logged on HOP for the first time i had a nickname "joan of arc" - because of this song )
oh, i love leonard cohen.
"then fire, make your body warm
im gonna give you mine to hold
saying this she climbed inside
to be his one, to be his only bride..." (when i logged on HOP for the first time i had a nickname "joan of arc" - because of this song
) Down from my ceiling
Drips great noise
It drips on my head through a hole in the roof...
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Location: without class distinction, Australia
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13,215 posts
Location: without class distinction, Australia
Posted:
apparently Leonard Cohen got voted the most depressing singer by Britons
i like him tho. but i havent heard his version of Halleluja, even though im in love with the jeff buckley one!
apparently Leonard Cohen got voted the most depressing singer by Britons
i like him tho. but i havent heard his version of Halleluja, even though im in love with the jeff buckley one!
i would have changed ***** to phallus, and claire to petey Petey
Rougie: but that's what I'm doing here
Arnwyn: what letting me adjust myself in your room?..don't you dare quote that on HoP...
not a stranger
558 posts
Location: wales
558 posts
Location: wales
Posted:
People who say he's depressing don't know what depression is!
Music to slash your wrists to.
Loverly.
People who say he's depressing don't know what depression is!
Music to slash your wrists to.
Loverly.
Eat when you're hungry
Sleep where it's dry
No one is ever what they seem
Gabriel King - The Wild Road
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