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[Guinevere]

No offense intended Guin, but if you're not middle aged, just how far past the average life expectancy for American women are you certain of living?

I'll be 42 in November; I'm middle aged.

Middle age, to clarify, is generally defined as ages 40-60.

I know you're older than me; sorry to break it to you, but you are a middle aged gal.

You, of course, are free to refer to yourself however you chose. "Middle-aged" is not description that I chose to use for myself, and no one has ever referred to me that way before (and wished to repeat it)

[Gob]

The "mercy killing" comment was a joke, esp around McCartney who must be 108 by now. The "corporate" comment referred to the sponsors of the event, see my previous post on that.

Your second statement, with regard to age and maturity spilling over into the body of work is entirely correct.

[Jarlaxle]

No offense intended Guin, but if you're not middle aged, just how far past the average life expectancy for American women are you certain of living?

I'll be 42 in November; I'm middle aged.

Middle age, to clarify, is generally defined as ages 40-60.

I know you're older than me; sorry to break it to you, but you are a middle aged gal.

You, of course, are free to refer to yourself however you chose. "Middle-aged" is not description that I chose to use for myself, and no one has ever referred to me that way before (and wished to repeat it)

You do not like "middle aged"? perhaps you prefer "old fart", then?

*ducks and runs*

[Joe Guy]

...."Middle-aged" is not description that I chose to use for myself, and no one has ever referred to me that way before (and wished to repeat it)

Being "Middle-aged" is not something that you have any control over. You either is or you ain't.

I suspect you technically is - but only in years because when you appear here you present yourself to be a lovely young & intelligent woman.

[Sue U]

50 is the new 30. (That's what I'm going with, anyway.)

[Gob]

Works for me.

[Guinevere]

Well I could possibly agree that a Sir Paul mercy killing might be justified -- at least with respect to us young lovelies (to combine two dueling strands of this thread into one lumpy knot)

[The Hen]

it is sad though that strict adherence to time curfews, which I can well understand why they are in place, could potentially rob the world of one of those rare and magic music moments when everything comes together to make it more than just the individuals, and instruments involved.

[Lord Jim]

it is sad though that strict adherence to time curfews, which I can well understand why they are in place, could potentially rob the world of one of those rare and magic music moments when everything comes together to make it more than just the individuals, and instruments involved.

To me that's the whole point....

It's not really about the rule per se; it's about the inflexible, no exceptions, slavish and mindless adherence to the rule....

[Gob]

Ah well, seeing as it was the organisers decision to pull the plug, we should blame them then;

The festival is organised by Hard Rock Cafe and Live Nation.

Hard Rock Cafe is a chain of theme restaurants founded in 1971 by Americans Peter Morton & Isaac Tigrett in London.

Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE: LYV) is an American entertainment company, formed from the merger of Live Nation and Ticketmaster.

[loCAtek]

Nazis!

[Scooter]

It's not really about the rule per se; it's about the inflexible, no exceptions, slavish and mindless adherence to the rule....

I imagine that risking the loss of their license would be a strong disincentive to being "flexible" about breaking the curfew they agreed to as a condition of obtaining it.

[Sean]

Precisely! If Springsteen and Macca wanted to create 'magic' they should've done so a bit earlier. Nobody else is at fault here.

And now for something vaguely different...

Why does everyone seem to rave about what a great song Born to Run is? To me it is a collection of ridiculous rock 'n' roll/car/motorcycle cliches strung together over a forced and tedious melody.

I just don't get it...

[The Hen]

Oh I see.

"Excuse me, sir. Please restrict any potentially outbursts of genius to before 10:30 pm. Curfew, don't you know."

I'm not sure "creativity" works that way Sean?

[Gob]

Why does everyone seem to rave about what a great song Born to Run is? To me it is a collection of ridiculous rock 'n' roll/car/motorcycle cliches strung together over a forced and tedious melody.

I just don't get it...

It's a parody.


In the day we sweat it out in the streets of a runaway American dream
At night we ride through mansions of glory in suicide machines
Sprung from cages out on Highway 9
Chrome wheeled, fuel injected and stepping out over the line
Baby, this town rips the bones from your back
It's a death trap, it's a suicide rap
We got to get out while we're young
Because tramps like us, baby we were born to run

Wendy let me in, I want to be your friend
I want to guard your dreams and visions
Just wrap your legs around these velvet rims
And strap your hands across my engines
Together we could break this trap
We'll run until we drop, baby we'll never go back
Will you walk with me out on the wire
Because baby, I'm just a scared and lonely rider
But I got to find out how it feels
I want to know if love is wild
Girl, I want to know if love is real

Beyond the Palace hemi-powered drones scream down the boulevard
The girls comb their hair in rear-view mirrors
And the boys try to look so hard
The amusement park rises bold and stark
Kids are huddled on the beach in a mist
I want to die with you Wendy on the streets tonight
In an everlasting kiss

The highway's jammed with broken heroes on a last chance power drive
Everybody's out on the run tonight but there's no place left to hide
Together Wendy, we'll live with the sadness
I'll love you with all the madness in my soul
Someday girl I don't know when we're going to get to that place
Where we really want to go and we'll walk in the sun
But until then tramps like us, baby we were born to run

[Sean]

Why does everyone seem to rave about what a great song Born to Run is? To me it is a collection of ridiculous rock 'n' roll/car/motorcycle cliches strung together over a forced and tedious melody.

I just don't get it...

It's a parody.
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Is it? I've come across a lot of Sprinsteen fans who take it very seriously and claim that it is a work of genius!

[Sean]

Oh I see.

"Excuse me, sir. Please restrict any potentially outbursts of genius to before 10:30 pm. Curfew, don't you know."

I'm not sure "creativity" works that way Sean?

Well, unless it was entirely unplanned and he only noticed McCartney in the audience at 10:25 it would work exactly that way!

[The Hen]

Get really. They are both old.

Creativity, like getting out of a chair, takes longer.

[dales]

Leonard Cohen, anyone?

[Joe Guy]

Leonard Cohen, anyone?

Stories we'd like to see....

PLUG PULLED AT BEGINNING OF LEONARD COHEN CONCERT

San Francisco, California - A concert at the Masonic Auditorium in San Francisco almost ended before it began. Leonard Cohen was only half way through his opening song - "We're Gonna Rock-a-bye Baby This Town Tonight" - when the promoter, Rip Van Winkle, noticed that the entire audience had fallen asleep. Deciding to take advantage of the situation, Rip turned of the electricity, "in order to save energy", he was quoted as saying.

Cohen didn't notice the change and continued crooning for an hour and a half (with a 15 minute intermission).

As Leonard reached the end of his last encore, a newly written song, "Dormendo Con I Pesci" the promoter turned the electricity back on. The audience seemed to wake up all at once and slowly left the arena. Many of them seemed to have thoroughly enjoyed the experience.

One concert goer, who was asked as he was leaving what he thought of Mr Cohen's performance replied, "It was like a dream. Surrealistic!"

-JG Press