Re: Ian

by Harry H Sun Apr 04, 2010 12:50 pm

Spotted at stalham car boot today. Found some nice mini models there today Smile

by Ian Nicholls Sun Apr 04, 2010 2:39 pm

Yes I confess, I wuz there.
I bought a couple of Decca Tom Jones LP's, from before he went Las Vegas and am listening to them as I write, some DVD's, some books including one on the Vietnam war and a Stranglers CD.
There was a stall selling military memorabillia, but I baulked at buying a yellow Waffen SS armband !
I will make a few observations about car boot sales. If 1980's music is so good why is is it being offloaded in huge quantities at car boot sales ?
Answer; because eighties music was crap ! It was the triumph of marketing over substance, where image was more important than sound.
Also at car boot sales there are copious amounts of what I would call cash-in products. Stuff marketed to tie-in with some hip TV show in an effort to extract every last penny from the public until we finally tire of it. X-File books anyone ?

by Dan Sun Apr 04, 2010 3:11 pm

Ian Nicholls wrote:I bought a couple of Decca Tom Jones LP's

Don't worry, we've all done something embarrasing in our lives..

Ian Drunken_smilie

by Ian Nicholls Sun Apr 04, 2010 3:26 pm

I\'m now listening to another of todays vinyl purchases.
\"Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy\" by Elton John.

by Dan Sun Apr 04, 2010 3:32 pm

Ian Nicholls wrote:I'm now listening to another of todays vinyl purchases.
"Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy" by Elton John.

For the younger ones out there, we used to buy music on a vinyl record which spun round on a turntable which then had a needle on an arm, which extracted the sound, put on it.

Everyone connected to Elton John is a brown dirt cowboy.. Wink

I still buy my music on LP, Arctic Monkeys sound so much better being played on dad's old record player..

Ian 60266

by Ian Nicholls Sun Apr 04, 2010 3:34 pm

In 1983 we were introduced to the wonderful world of CD's , which because they sounded crap, have had to be remastered every 5 years in an effort to resell the same product and extract more money from us. This Elton John LP sounds perfectly good, even taking into account that it is an Elton John record.......

by johnnie Mon Apr 05, 2010 10:05 am

Ian Nicholls wrote:Y
Answer; because eighties music was crap ! It was the triumph of marketing over substance, where image was more important than sound.

Every decade since the fifties is guilty of that, when it comes to pop/chart music. From the created rock & rollers of the late fifties (Billy Fury Marty Wild) to the X factor pap. The public wants what the public gets.

by Ian Nicholls Mon Apr 05, 2010 11:34 am

I forgot to mention that at the car boot sale you could have bought the autobiographies of Martine McCutcheon, Kerry Katona and David Dickinson.......

by **Keith** Mon Apr 05, 2010 11:55 am

A David Dickinson autobiography at a car boot sale - is that irony?

by Dan Mon Apr 05, 2010 12:07 pm

Ian Nicholls wrote:I forgot to mention that at the car boot sale you could have bought the autobiography of Kerry Katona.......

How the f**k has that fat cow got a bloody autobiography??

It must be the most boring book, ever..

"Married some bloke from Westlife, got divorce, had child, done drugs, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat.."

Oh, if anyone hasn't gathered, I can't stand her..

Ian 829460

by robtheplod Mon Apr 05, 2010 12:56 pm

Ian Nicholls wrote:In 1983 we were introduced to the wonderful world of CD's , which because they sounded crap, have had to be remastered every 5 years in an effort to resell the same product and extract more money from us. This Elton John LP sounds perfectly good, even taking into account that it is an Elton John record.......

tell me about, still trying to get all the jam off mine as i tested Judith Hanns theory!!

by Ian Nicholls Mon Apr 05, 2010 1:11 pm

I'm now listening to the LP "Bridge over Troubled Water" by Simon and Garfunkel, bought for peanuts. God knows how many times the CD version has been remastered.

by Ian Nicholls Mon Apr 05, 2010 5:16 pm

I is now listening to a Music For Pleasure LP "Lennon and McCartney Tijuana Style" which although is terminally groovy, sounds like something out of a bad sixties film.

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