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    9 minutes ago, Fanatique Demon said:

    Just checking that (Shows how much time I have on my hands.)

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    i can find multiple references to Gerry and the Pacemakers doing that song. It’s in their singles list, their greatest hits list and on YouTube.

    As for Freddie et al and that song
 ziltch. Maybe he did a cover version that was released on an obscure LP.

     

     

    You’re absolutely correct, so please accept my apologies
 but I will be having words with my oncologist about the drug regime she currently has me on! đŸ€Ł

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    6 hours ago, Fanatique Demon said:

    I think it was Gerry and the Pacemakers who sang that one. Freddy’s biggest hit was I’m Telling You Now. As in, I’m telling you now
 we won’t go out in straight sets in 2024!

    I thought so too until I did a bit of searching, and it seems How Do You Do
 was a Freddie and the Dreamers number.

    2 minutes ago, rjay said:

    Yes Zappa despite appearances was very anti drug.

    A friend tells the story of some band members sneaking a smoke with him when they were in Melbourne in the 70's.

    Yes, I’m not sure that the term is entirely correct, but Zappa was a bit of an anachronism
 in that he had very conservative views, but at the same time was light years ahead of his time while being a man of his time. Zappa had all of the traits that you’d expect of a genius.

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    15 hours ago, rjay said:

    One story of his that touched me was when asked about his guitars he said he had owned a heap Strats (can't remember the number) but they'd all been stolen over the years.

    He recounted a story of the band staying at a seedy motel and he stayed up all night watching the truck to make sure it wasn't stolen...well he must of dozed off for a minute because when he opened his eyes it was gone along with another Strat.

    This got me to reading his history on Wikipedia, and it turned up a few interesting factoids, such as his first band Lowell George and the Factory, appeared on both F-Troop and Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C.

    His time with Zappa was also interesting as were the circumstances leading to his exit from the Mothers
 from, he was caught smoking dope, to, he wrote a song (Willin) about smoking dope, to, it was suggested by Zappa that he leave the Mothers and form his own band.

     

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    On 19/11/2023 at 17:52, old55 said:

    "The boys finished in the top four
    Thru home finals we will cruise
    I said the girls finished in the top four
    The flag is ours to lose
    But we played like funkin' rubbish
    I got the straight sets red and blues"

    Second verse same as the first ...

    I like the Hermits Hermits ending there
 perhaps segué into his Mersey Beat compatriots, Freddie and the Dreamers with How Do You Do What You Do To Me.

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    I’ve been a bit remiss with my TV show watching of late. I did however, make a very late start on Kim’s Convenience on Foxtel. I love it. It’s full of quirky characters and is presented as a series of moments during each day. Roughly edited but entirely charming. It concerns a convenience store run by a Korean family in Toronto in Canada.

    I have watched a couple of Star Wars related series on the Disney Channel including the Mandelorian (very good) and Andor which was fabulous!

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    5 hours ago, rjay said:

    An incredible talent Lowell George, many, many interesting stories...

    Yes, he played with The Mothers of Invention for a while. Unfortunately he always had weight issues which eventually caught up with him. I was lucky enough to see them at Festival Hall in 1976
 fantastic band.

    For everyone bemoaning the fact that an interstate game means that they are unable to attend, welcome to my world which is spent bemoaning the fact that we can’t easily get to attend most games for the entire season!

    Living in Sydney, this will be the first time in memory, that I may be able to attend a Dees game as a season opener! It’s fantastic!!

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    2 hours ago, dl4e said:

    Went to bed when Stoinis was out in disgust. Just watched Max hit an amazing double in highlights and I am in a bit of shock.

    My sleep patterns are scrambled due to my current medical treatment, so this time it’s something that worked to my advantage as I was able to watch the game in its entirety. At 7 for 91 I figured that it was well and truly gone, but with Maxwell at the crease I just couldn’t stop watching as he’s always capable of doing the unexpected.

    it was far and away the best innings by any individual I have ever seen, including Dean Jones 210 in an early 90’s test in India. Amazing!!

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    2 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

    I’d go one further and say people who don’t make a point of getting tested are selfish, because if they were putting their family first they’d avail themselves of any and every cancer screening test available. 

    It’s not always selfishness, but sometimes life just gets in the way.

    I was distracted by moving my son to Canberra to take up a graduate position, then applying most of my energies into spending time with my Canberra based younger brother who was suffering Aphasia which had become full blown dementia, and which eventually took him from us. Then there was the dealing with the aftermath of that and then, my son relocating back to Sydney after completing his placement.

    By the time I did get around to having a colonoscopy, I was sadly too late to the party. 

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    7 hours ago, Go the Biff said:

    Same. The whole plagiarism litigation makes sense now. Could never understand it before. 

    Hope you're going ok HT

    Thanks GtB
 I’m having my ups and downs, but for the most part doing ok. Missing being able to perform with the band though.

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    If this topic is being raised because of the recent referendum, then I have no issue with it as that was supposed to be apolitical (it was being pushed from both sides of the political fence)
 I would be concerned though if they were pushing a particular political party.

    I would much rather see sporting organisations completely distance themselves from any kind of advertising/promotion relating to alcohol and gambling.

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    On 10/10/2023 at 2:19 PM, Dee Boys said:

    Hawk’s a mate of mine. Sadly he’s just re-signed with Geelong this morning.

    Yet, unless I blinked and missed it, there’s been nothing announced as to his re-signing a day and a half later. Hmmm.

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    With the number of empty places on our list, how can we afford to trade enough picks to get into a position to nab Reid?

    I get the feeling we might look at using what we currently have and what we get from the Grundy trade to end up with a couple of top ten picks without actually improving beyond the Freo pick (I’d assume the JJ late second round pick will go to Adelaide for McAdam) and then look at the Wizard and possibly someone like O’Sullivan or Caddy, as well as a couple of second (and third?) rounders.

    If none of this makes any sense, I’m blaming my medication 😂

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