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Crow Jane posted:See, I think what determines whether or not something becomes dad music is the content, not the age. If you can imagine it being played on a lovely boombox while a dad is sitting in the yard, drinking beer, it's dad rock. This is the natural state of the music-listening dad, and he doesn't like to be interrupted by neighbors or moms while in it. Therefore, music that's too musically weird or too obviously about sex, drugs or violence is right out. The music dad still has and sometimes listens to that stuff, but no one associates it with him, and it escapes the dad-rock stigma. It's why something like The Velvet Underground will always be a young persons' band, despite their age. No dad is gonna sit out on the lawn listening to Venus in Furs without at least one talking-to from someone or some uncomfortable questions from the kids. John Cale is a dad. I don't yet have confirmation on whether or not he has a lawn. Or whether he listens to his old stuff.
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Happyloony posted:We need to define when music becomes dad music so we can stay young forever. I'm going to use this knowledge to be a dad without having any kids. Why the hell would you want to stay young forever?
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Aug 7, 2013 19:48
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Crow Jane posted:No dad is gonna sit out on the lawn listening to Venus in Furs without at least one talking-to from someone or some uncomfortable questions from the kids. Uncomfortable questions like 'tell us again about the time they showed weird poo poo and bondage-wear on prime time TV with this song as backing music'. Link For the record my dad doesn't like music that much at all, my mother on the other hand listens to anything from metal to pop, and from anywhere from 50s to current top-40 - she's past retirement age.
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Aug 7, 2013 19:59
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Tulip posted:My favorite is either nonexistence of monopoles because i'm too into Taoism I thought that monopoles existed but there would be like one in the entire observable universe
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Aug 7, 2013 21:16
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Tulip posted:I'm going to use this knowledge to be a dad without having any kids. You'll see when my plan comes to fruition. What worries me though is that my friend's teacher said he'd rather take suicide than become young again. Maybe all those teenage songs lied to me 
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Aug 7, 2013 21:40
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While we're at it, what would be considered mom rock? I don't think when the music was made is a deciding factor, though it does help. When I think mom rock, the first bands I think of are Maroon 5, Train, and Rob Thomas.
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Aug 7, 2013 22:02
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Ironically (Grand?)dad musician Bob Dylan has a song called 'Forever Young'
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NienNunb posted:While we're at it, what would be considered mom rock? I don't think when the music was made is a deciding factor, though it does help. When I think mom rock, the first bands I think of are Maroon 5, Train, and Rob Thomas. My mom recently texted me asking if I'd heard the newest Beirut record yet. Her favorite band is probably REM, and she was kinda jealous when I saw Belle and Sebastian a few weeks ago. She has had lifelong crushes on Willie Nelson and Neil Young, though.
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Aug 7, 2013 22:13
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ABBA is momrock.
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Aug 7, 2013 22:14
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Momrock through the ages: Elvis, The Beatles, Neil Diamond, Heart, Blondie, Wilson Phillips, Bon Jovi, Nickelback, Creed, N'Sync, Justin Bieber,
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Aug 7, 2013 22:36
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Don't forget showtunes, Ricky Nelson, every band in the 70's with mustaches...
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Aug 7, 2013 22:51
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What about The Monkees?
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A GLISTENING HODOR posted:Don't forget showtunes, Ricky Nelson, every band in the 70's with mustaches... Ricky Nelson was so dreamy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2ssbgThljU I like this song because I'd like to think that it's about someone taking a my little pony out behind a shed and shooting it.
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Aug 7, 2013 23:07
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Coffee And Pie posted:What about The Monkees? My mom LOVES the Monkees.
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Aug 8, 2013 01:47
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I think I may go camping out of an SUV near the beach later this summer for a few days.
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Aug 8, 2013 02:40
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My dad pretty much listens to boring jazz. He was pretty big into prog as a teenager though. My mum is embarrassingly a fan of lovely 80s rock one hit wonders like Turning Japanese and Echo Beach, which she repeats like 50 times it pops up. It's weird how mumchat never seems to happen.
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Aug 8, 2013 03:17
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NienNunb posted:While we're at it, what would be considered mom rock? I don't think when the music was made is a deciding factor, though it does help. When I think mom rock, the first bands I think of are Maroon 5, Train, and Rob Thomas. Those are all good but I'll add to it Dave Matthew's Band.
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Aug 8, 2013 03:34
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Noni posted:Momrock through the ages: Elvis, The Beatles, Neil Diamond, Heart, Blondie, Wilson Phillips, Bon Jovi, Nickelback, Creed, N'Sync, Justin Bieber, Dadrock and momrock are things that young people who are convinced that all modern music is terrible listen to. So Bieber wouldn't be on there.
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Aug 8, 2013 04:20
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The Beatles are the greatest and most important musical group in history.
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scary ghost dog posted:Dragonforce are the greatest and most important musical group in history. 
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Aug 8, 2013 05:01
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I wonder if anyone would actually argue that seriously and not be COMPLETELY retarded. Maybe some form of idiot savant?
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Aug 8, 2013 05:03
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Music has been more important to the advancement of society than religion in the last few decades, and given that The Beatles effectively changed the way we listen to music, I would argue that today's society is more influenced by The Beatles than it is by Jesus. John Lennon was right.
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VanSandman posted:I wonder if anyone would actually argue that seriously and not be COMPLETELY retarded. Maybe some form of idiot savant? An old friend from high school used to attempt exactly this. He had these really intricate arguments comparing them to guys like Beethoven and Wagner. He also spent an hour a few weeks ago describing in detail how Mackelmore is the greatest rapper in history and how. He's a good guy but Jesus he has a poo poo taste in music.
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scary ghost dog posted:Music has been more important to the advancement of society than religion in the last few decades, and given that The Beatles effectively changed the way we listen to music, I would argue that today's society is more influenced by The Beatles than it is by Jesus. John Lennon was right. Happiness is a Warm Gun. 
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Aug 8, 2013 05:19
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My mom likes Ricky Nelson. Best gift I ever got her was his box set. My favorite cocktail is a bourbon manhattan (basil haydens if available) without cherry, on the rocks, unshaken or stirred. My favorite cocktail to make is a caipirinha. Just thought I'd throw that in.
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scary ghost dog posted:Music has been more important to the advancement of society than religion in the last few decades, and given that The Beatles effectively changed the way we listen to music, I would argue that today's society is more influenced by The Beatles than it is by Jesus. John Lennon was right. If you define it by modern influence, then sure, I'd agree. If you define it as overall influence then you're comparing Christianity's effect on the world, which has touched basically everything everywhere in some way or another, including guiding the philosophy of the ruling powers of Europe for a long time, to some guys who made us listen to something different for a few decades.
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Aug 8, 2013 10:34
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I'm surprised nobody linked the dad-rock ep yet http://satellitehigh.bandcamp.com/album/the-dad-rock-ep
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Saw this in the local paper today, a pool forced to close 15 times this year because of people making GBS threads in the water. My personal favourite part is;quote:“I sympathise with the trust as it is costly if a pool has to close. It is not just children who cause this, and all the trust can do is offer advice to parents and other pool users.” Is this story symptomatic of a slow news cycle and I was just unaware that pool poops were so common or is this as hosed up as I think?
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Aug 8, 2013 15:32
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I didn't know Scotland had pools or even "summer."
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Aug 8, 2013 15:43
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Francodipshit posted:I didn't know Scotland had pools or even "summer." Our pools are nothing like the romanticized anime or hollywood types, they're dreary chlorinated hellholes without much fun, and apparently people now poo poo in them.
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And what the gently caress is entropy's problem, anyway?
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paragon1 posted:And what the gently caress is entropy's problem, anyway? The poster or the concept?
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Concept
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paragon1 posted:Concept It's always breaking down.
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jalopybrown posted:Is this story symptomatic of a slow news cycle and I was just unaware that pool poops were so common or is this as hosed up as I think? As a former pool lifeguard, I can attest that the following three groups will poo poo in a public pool: 1. non-toilet-trained babies (who shouldn't be in the real pool anyway, gently caress you, lovely parents) ; 2. olds with broken digestive systems; 3. kids aged 8-13 who were dared to do it by friends. Only Group 2 will apologize.
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I just came home to a neighborhood-wide power outage. I was just about to pour myself a glass of wine and sit on the deck with a book, but it came back on. Now I'm probably just gonna play around on the internet and watch Netflix all night.
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Crow Jane posted:I just came home to a neighborhood-wide power outage. I was just about to pour myself a glass of wine and sit on the deck with a book, but it came back on. Now I'm probably just gonna play around on the internet and watch Netflix all night. Storms here for the rest of the evening though so maybe it'll go back out again and I can toss out everything in my freezer
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Yeah, I'm kinda hating the weather this week. However, did you hear there's a free Matt and Kim concert downtown tomorrow? Friend of mine told me about it today. I'm still undecided about whether or not I want to deal with the Otakon crowd or Power Plant in general, but it should be a fun show. edit: If you've been with someone for years, and own animals and furniture together, but have no plans to get married, what is an appropriate descriptor? Boyfriend/girlfriend sounds kinda adolescent, but partner sounds too clinical. Crow Jane has a new favorite as of 23:31 on Aug 8, 2013 |
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I took melatonin for the first time today and I still feel like I'm drunk and high after sleeping all day. This poo poo is weird.
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A GLISTENING HODOR posted:I took melatonin for the first time today and I still feel like I'm drunk and high after sleeping all day. I've been taking melatonin every night for like six years, which probably explains a lot. Still, it works better for me than every prescription sleep aid I've ever tried, and being somewhat fuzzy throughout the day isn't necessarily a bad thing.
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