Title: Another childhood icon falls
Post by: bethalize on January 16, 2002, 11:46:45 am
I see that yet another hero from the past has proved to be all too human. I wish my memories of Adam as a highway man could have been left in tact (sob!).
Another one bites the dust
Bethalize
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Another one bites the dust
Bethalize
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Title: Re: Another childhood icon falls
Post by: donnap99 on January 16, 2002, 01:57:48 pm
He was one of my favorites! I thought he was soo hot! Does anyone remember when MTV used to have live concerts on (I think it was) Saturday nights? I can still remember the night they did Adam Ant, and my girlfriend and I dressed (like an Ant) for the occasion. It was such fun!
DonnaP99
Title: Re: Another childhood icon falls
Post by: dedlered on January 16, 2002, 03:25:30 pm
Okay, now I am singing
"Don't drink don't smoke what do you do, goody two goody two, goody goody two shoes."
*sigh*
Laura
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"Don't drink don't smoke what do you do, goody two goody two, goody goody two shoes."
*sigh*
Laura
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Title: Re: Another childhood icon falls
Post by: lems on January 16, 2002, 04:55:13 pm
Have to say old Adam wasn't really a favourite of mine but oh you've set me into reminisce mode now - there I was aged 10 and drooling over my first love, Donny Osmond, then aged 12 and falling Truly Madly Deeply for Les McKeown of the Bay City Rollers, then aged 14 my heart belonged to Dave Bartram of Showaddywaddy. I speak as a teenager of the 70's - oh those were the days!!!!
Love
Lemmie
Love
Lemmie
Title: Re: Another childhood icon falls
Post by: akara on January 16, 2002, 05:41:39 pm
I was a teenager of the 80s....
Simon Le Bon from Duran Duran did it for me (especially in the video for Wild Boys...phwoar!!)
I used to quite fancy Paul Young as well...
Ah how young and foolish I was back then...
Simon Le Bon from Duran Duran did it for me (especially in the video for Wild Boys...phwoar!!)
I used to quite fancy Paul Young as well...
Ah how young and foolish I was back then...
Title: Re: Another childhood icon falls
Post by: donnap99 on January 16, 2002, 06:07:36 pm
Speaking of Duran Duran... "Hungry Like the Wolf" used to be / still kinda is DH & my song - in certain situations... Let's just say I can't hear the song without getting this ear-to-ear, cat-ate-the-mouse grin on my face. 
DonnaP99
DonnaP99
Title: Re: Another childhood icon falls
Post by: radaro on January 16, 2002, 06:20:13 pm
Paul Young! The things that boy did with a microphone.
"Everytime you go away..."
"Everytime you go away..."
Title: Re: Another childhood icon falls
Post by: akara on January 17, 2002, 09:58:20 am
Ah yes! I remember the video well. I used to watch some after-school chart video show every day, and 'Every Time You Go Away' was on a lot.
I think the microphone thing was part of the attraction...I was about 15 at the time.
I think the microphone thing was part of the attraction...I was about 15 at the time.
Title: Re: Another childhood icon falls
Post by: catsmeat on January 17, 2002, 10:16:41 am
Paul Young was on the recent "Here and Now" tour over the UK - a band of Eighties acts reliving past glories. The highlight for the first tour was Heaven 17 - as if the last twenty years hadn't happened!
Adam was supposed to be headlining the up and coming H & N tour .... whether he will now is another matter.
And on the subject of Eighties stars coming to grief ... on Top of the Pops 2 last night (retro music show in the UK), they featured The Skids - late 70s New Wave band, with a guitarist by the name of Stuart Adamson
Yup, I'm just another Eighties child.
Adam was supposed to be headlining the up and coming H & N tour .... whether he will now is another matter.
And on the subject of Eighties stars coming to grief ... on Top of the Pops 2 last night (retro music show in the UK), they featured The Skids - late 70s New Wave band, with a guitarist by the name of Stuart Adamson
Yup, I'm just another Eighties child.
Title: Re: Another childhood icon falls
Post by: lems on January 17, 2002, 12:44:09 pm
Another 80's child! Where are all the other 70's children? or 60's for that matter. I must be getting really old but then I can remember when a Mars Bar cost only thruppence!!! And what about Amazin Raisin Bars and Milky Lunch Bars and Jamboree Bags ... and the list goes on and on.
Lemmie
Lemmie
Title: Re: Another childhood icon falls
Post by: catsmeat on January 17, 2002, 01:06:33 pm
I remember Amazin Raisin bars! And when a Curly Wurly out-chewed everything else for 3p ....
I suppose I consider myself an Eighties child as that's when I was first really aware of Life, the Universe and Everything - born in the Sixties, so a lot of the Seventies was a blur and rather above my head.
I suppose I consider myself an Eighties child as that's when I was first really aware of Life, the Universe and Everything - born in the Sixties, so a lot of the Seventies was a blur and rather above my head.
Title: Re: Another childhood icon falls
Post by: lems on January 17, 2002, 03:04:43 pm
Of course! Curly Wurlies - we used to have Curly Wurly stretching contests - put one end in your mouth and slowly pull the other end. The chocolate used to slowly crack and drop off! Not one to boast but I was a Curly Wurly stretcher supreme!!!
Lemmie
Lemmie
Title: Re: Another childhood icon falls
Post by: akara on January 17, 2002, 05:05:11 pm
You can still buy Curly Wurlies...but is it me, or are they a lot smaller than they used to be???
Title: Re: Another childhood icon falls
Post by: countrigal on January 17, 2002, 05:22:33 pm
I fall in the Eighties range... born in early 70's and never really aware of anything till the 80's. And even then, growing up where I did we didn't get many movies, it was a big deal when VH1 finally was shown on our TVs, so my music memories of the time are more country'ized. Though when I hit Freshman in HS I started rebelling a bit and listened to Georgia Satelites and a couple of ACDC songs (the more ballad types). Sade was a fav singer of mine for a while, too. But I was more interested in older music (for the times) such as Jan and Dean, Beach Boys, and other beach or drag-type music. My father swore he must have been the only parent in town who had to fight his kids for his records. I kept them all in my room and played them often. Then Conway Twitty, Dave and Sugar, Hank Snow, and other country artists were available if I wanted a change. (See why Georgia Satelites was rebelling?
Must admit to being left in the dark regarding some of what y'all have discussed.
But I'm glad we have such a mish-mash of tastes and styles cause it makes life (and these boards) more fun and interesting.
CountriGal
Deskdemon Editorial Board Member
Must admit to being left in the dark regarding some of what y'all have discussed.
But I'm glad we have such a mish-mash of tastes and styles cause it makes life (and these boards) more fun and interesting.CountriGal
Deskdemon Editorial Board Member
Title: Re: Another childhood icon falls
Post by: chris68 on January 17, 2002, 06:01:28 pm
Well CG, looks like you and I are almost in the same category here, except I always stood by my Country Music roots (think country music fan in Upstate New York, NOT GOOD) here and alot of folks gave me flack for it in high school. But ya know that didn't stop me from listening to other stuff once in a while like AC/DC, Pat Benetar (sp), Kiss, Poison (brothers influence here). But give me my good Country music and I am a happy camper.
While in Junior high and high school til' it went off the air is John Schneider and Tom Wopat (Dukes of Hazzard), yup every Friday night). It was a sad day when they went off the air, but understood why. Until TNN picked them up a while ago, but I see now they are gone from the line up under the new (The National Network).
Favorites for me in the 80's I guess would have to be Conway Twitty, Barbara Mandrell, Loretta Lynn, Tanya Tucker, Reba McEntire, Dolly Parton. Later in the 80's would be Randy Travis of course, Alan Jackson, Clint Black, Dwight Yoakam. But there are the all time favorites such as George Jones, Tammy Wynette, Glenn Campbell.
Chris68
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While in Junior high and high school til' it went off the air is John Schneider and Tom Wopat (Dukes of Hazzard), yup every Friday night). It was a sad day when they went off the air, but understood why. Until TNN picked them up a while ago, but I see now they are gone from the line up under the new (The National Network).
Favorites for me in the 80's I guess would have to be Conway Twitty, Barbara Mandrell, Loretta Lynn, Tanya Tucker, Reba McEntire, Dolly Parton. Later in the 80's would be Randy Travis of course, Alan Jackson, Clint Black, Dwight Yoakam. But there are the all time favorites such as George Jones, Tammy Wynette, Glenn Campbell.
Chris68
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Title: Re: Another childhood icon falls
Post by: ozbound on January 18, 2002, 12:30:00 am
Oh, man, my locker-partner in High School adored Adam Ant! (I was much more a fan of her other favourite group, U2)
Ah well aren't many artists, as they say, a bit temperamental by nature?
Ah well aren't many artists, as they say, a bit temperamental by nature?
Title: The Answer Is...
Post by: ozbound on January 18, 2002, 12:30:48 am
42
Title: Re: The Answer Is...
Post by: catsmeat on January 18, 2002, 10:17:28 am
Thank you ozbound! As the partner of a long-time Douglas Adams fan, that number is already engraved on my mind in all perpetuity.
Title: Re: Another childhood icon falls
Post by: daisylee on January 21, 2002, 10:10:52 pm
Hey, we children of the 70's are "Stayin' Alive" out here, Lems! Just can't shake the groove thing as well as I once was able!
(Ah, to have known music before MTV and CD's!....give me my old 8 track and vinyl!)
Daisylee
(Shake, shake,shake, shake your booty, shake your booty!)
(Ah, to have known music before MTV and CD's!....give me my old 8 track and vinyl!)
Daisylee
(Shake, shake,shake, shake your booty, shake your booty!)
Title: Re: Another childhood icon falls
Post by: lems on January 22, 2002, 10:11:11 am
Goodness yes, the 8 track! My mum had one in her car - she used to play Diana Ross and the Supremes over and over again. Did you find that the tapes, if played too much, used to corrupt and spew out into the system you were playing them on and you then had to spend what seemed like an eternity retrieving them. Yards and yards (whoops sorry I should say metres and metres) of tape everywhere!
Groove on 70's kid.
Love
Lemmie
Groove on 70's kid.
Love
Lemmie
Title: Re: Another childhood icon falls
Post by: mlm668 on January 22, 2002, 01:36:38 pm
I'm definately a child of the 80's but had 3 older siblings who were children of the 70's so I was exposed to the best (and worst) of both growing up. As for music, my favorite has always been classic southern rock like Lynyrd Skynyrd and 38 Special but I've always listened to a little bit of everything. I was never a "fan" of Adam Ant, but I remember liking what I heard of his.
These days though I've been doing the typical mother thing - hollering for my daughter to turn that radio down. Wouldn't be so bad if she would listen to the music I like.
These days I would give anything to have a turntable so I could torture her with my old albums - Prince, Bonjovi, Cinderella......I have to settle for Flashback Fridays on the local station.
For all you children of the 80's, Fox has a new show starting this week. I groan everytime I see a commercial, but I can't wait to see it. Can you believe we really dressed like that???
Michelle
These days though I've been doing the typical mother thing - hollering for my daughter to turn that radio down. Wouldn't be so bad if she would listen to the music I like.
These days I would give anything to have a turntable so I could torture her with my old albums - Prince, Bonjovi, Cinderella......I have to settle for Flashback Fridays on the local station.For all you children of the 80's, Fox has a new show starting this week. I groan everytime I see a commercial, but I can't wait to see it. Can you believe we really dressed like that???
Michelle
Title: Re: Another childhood icon falls
Post by: daisylee on January 22, 2002, 04:01:05 pm
Oh, yes....the spewing of tape...something like Linda Blair and the pea-soup in the Excorist! And I still have my turn-table. But I had to go on a major man (as it were)hunt to find a belt for it! I still have my original copy of "Jesus Christ, Superstar" on vinyl...and finally broke down and replaced it with the ORIGINAL cast CD remaster! Cost me $32.00! It's an expensive hobby, trying to replace those old albums! (if they indeed have even been re-mastered!) Still trying to find Traffic's album...the one with "Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys" a particular favorite of my SO. He had that one on both 8 track and vinyl...and both are long gone!
But I'll tell ya, you don't have to go to far to see the clothes of the 70's...I've seen my 11 year old niece wearing things that could have come out of my closet 25 years ago!
Oh, now I'm gonna start waxing nostalgic...but thanks for the memories!
Daisylee
But I'll tell ya, you don't have to go to far to see the clothes of the 70's...I've seen my 11 year old niece wearing things that could have come out of my closet 25 years ago!
Oh, now I'm gonna start waxing nostalgic...but thanks for the memories!
Daisylee
Title: Re: Another childhood icon falls
Post by: chris68 on January 22, 2002, 04:05:43 pm
Daisylee,
Do a google search on the internet, I am sure you can probably get some of those oldies off the net, maybe some for free and maybe others you may have to pay for. Yes, I do agree it's an expensive hobby, especially now with CD's costing 20.00 plus a crack. I thought vinyl was expensive and only bought singles for a long time to get what I wanted to buy, so I have TON's (thousands) of vinyl 45's at mom and dad's just waiting to be played on a recorder. I just don't have one yet on our stereo system. We are slowly building up our system for the current day, and eventually a turntable will be needed for all my oldies but goodies. I sure hope they are still in playable condition.
Chris68
Deskdemon Forum Board Staff
Do a google search on the internet, I am sure you can probably get some of those oldies off the net, maybe some for free and maybe others you may have to pay for. Yes, I do agree it's an expensive hobby, especially now with CD's costing 20.00 plus a crack. I thought vinyl was expensive and only bought singles for a long time to get what I wanted to buy, so I have TON's (thousands) of vinyl 45's at mom and dad's just waiting to be played on a recorder. I just don't have one yet on our stereo system. We are slowly building up our system for the current day, and eventually a turntable will be needed for all my oldies but goodies. I sure hope they are still in playable condition.
Chris68
Deskdemon Forum Board Staff
Title: Re: Another childhood icon falls
Post by: countrigal on January 22, 2002, 05:03:44 pm
Chris, I never left my country roots either. Just finally branched out from them. Sounds like we could have been sisters.
As for record players... I have 2, one my mother is keeping for me and one on my old stereo system in the garage. We haven't gotten it hooked up yet here, but in LR we had it hooked up to the computer so that I could transfer the record to the computer, and from there to CD. Not as good of quality as a CD would be normally, but you get the full effect that you were used to hearing on the song, with all the record's hiss's and static. Then I got smart and hit some of the Napster take-offs out there. Found a lot of my songs that I have on album floating around out there (can you say almost every one of CW McCall's songs?!) and downloaded them for my enjoyment once again. Instead of me transferring it from record to computer, someone else did it for me. Man I love the internet!
CountriGal
Deskdemon Editorial Board Member
Just finally branched out from them. Sounds like we could have been sisters. As for record players... I have 2, one my mother is keeping for me and one on my old stereo system in the garage. We haven't gotten it hooked up yet here, but in LR we had it hooked up to the computer so that I could transfer the record to the computer, and from there to CD. Not as good of quality as a CD would be normally, but you get the full effect that you were used to hearing on the song, with all the record's hiss's and static. Then I got smart and hit some of the Napster take-offs out there. Found a lot of my songs that I have on album floating around out there (can you say almost every one of CW McCall's songs?!) and downloaded them for my enjoyment once again. Instead of me transferring it from record to computer, someone else did it for me. Man I love the internet!
CountriGal
Deskdemon Editorial Board Member
Title: Re: Another childhood icon falls
Post by: chris68 on January 22, 2002, 05:26:15 pm
CG...and BTW, that would be fine by me, Sisters part that is! Anyway, need to get me a vinyl record player, maybe hubby will take note and decide on either a tape deck or a record player for my birthday in April. I think he mentioned that this year. Besides we spent way too much on entertainment equipment this Christmas and am still paying that off. But we needed to upgrade. We had a mini stereo system with a VCR and that was 8 years old and starting to show signs of wear and tear. The display on the VCR is starting to fade out, and I think DH says once it goes were done with it. Thankfully we have a new VCR this year, anafter Christmas sale. We also bought a new receiver and a CD/DVD player. So we have to slowly build from there.
But CG, you were mentioning about some websites you can pull up music and record from, now you burned CD's correct? If you wouldn't mind would you either post or pm me some of those sites you went to? I have an alphabetical index card list by artist of all the music I have at mom and dads house at my house (no room for the vinly and no place to play them except at mom and dad's) and I miss hearing some of that old stuff.
For what it's worth, it was mentioned a while ago about internet radio and I really enjoy Spinner. It has lots of variety of music and can select what I am in the mood for. Thanks to whoever mentioned that.
Chris68
Deskdemon Forum Board Staff
But CG, you were mentioning about some websites you can pull up music and record from, now you burned CD's correct? If you wouldn't mind would you either post or pm me some of those sites you went to? I have an alphabetical index card list by artist of all the music I have at mom and dads house at my house (no room for the vinly and no place to play them except at mom and dad's) and I miss hearing some of that old stuff.
For what it's worth, it was mentioned a while ago about internet radio and I really enjoy Spinner. It has lots of variety of music and can select what I am in the mood for. Thanks to whoever mentioned that.
Chris68
Deskdemon Forum Board Staff