Last post wins!!!!!

[lostinidlewonder]

A person can die without water for 3 days.

[perfect_pitch]

Oh don't worry, I was very refreshed in terms of my hydration needs.

[lostinidlewonder]

I've been to the toilet 5 times what are fluids going to do?!

[j_tour]

Winner of what now?

Now you're just complaining because other people don't quick-draw their loads as fast as you, youngblood.

[perfect_pitch]

Hey - I lasted 3 days. You barely lasted more than an hour.

[j_tour]

Hey - I lasted 3 days. You barely lasted more than an hour.

Yeah and I still got more in the bank.

Wisdom of the elders:  always keep the good stuff to yourself.

You're doing fine in this thread, BTW.  Hang in there.  You'll get it!  I believe in you.

[perfect_pitch]

I've always figured it will be a battle between you and me to the death.

I'm just glad you don't know where I live. Also, given that Trump may be President soon, I thought I would take to a little poetry.

Remember, remember the 5th of November
where the people elect Harris or Trump;
To lead the US into 4 more years of
Paradise, or just leave it a dump.    

Also, why do you have a picture of what I think is Robotussin as your avatar???

[j_tour]

Also, why do you have a picture of what I think is Robotussin as your avatar???

Uhhhh....I'm ill a lot?  Certainly not any recreational uses I can think of.

[perfect_pitch]

Uhhhh....I'm ill a lot?  Certainly not any recreational uses I can think of.

Really??? I thought it was all about the recreational uses... doesn't it contain Pseudoephedrine?

I thought the Meths heads were all about the Pseudo...

[j_tour]

Really??? I thought it was all about the recreational uses... doesn't it contain Pseudoephedrine?

I thought the Meths heads were all about the Pseudo...

Yeah, but no.

Dextromethorphan can be a powerful hallucinogen when used against medical advice.

I've heard.

Pseudoephedrine is, I suppose, a possible precursor to synthesizing a methamphetamine, but I use that as well...for its intended purpose.

Call me a square but not into all these cheugy drugs the child people are into.

[perfect_pitch]

I'm not into any of them... so I wouldn't know. Hell, to this day I haven't even partaken in a marijuana cigarette.

[j_tour]

Hell, to this day I haven't even partaken in a marijuana cigarette.

You may be right.  It's said that some hop-heads will indeed take that Mexican left-handed desert weed and roll it within paper, and consume it by smoking, as if it were a cigarette.

And the "squares" would be none the wiser, were it not for their insane, derelict behavior.

They call it a "mary janes" or "having a reefer" when in public.

[perfect_pitch]

Meh - I respect my brain; hence why I never touch the stuff.

[lostinidlewonder]

[perfect_pitch]

Just because you can, doesn't mean you should.

[lostinidlewonder]

[perfect_pitch]

[j_tour]

'Member that time John Waters was on that tv cartoon with orange people?

That was awesome!

[perfect_pitch]

In case you're wondering what this is... it's a picture to represent all the people who get that reference.

 

[j_tour]

it's a picture to represent all the people who get that reference.

That's the Microsoft logo on the floor, right, now?

[perfect_pitch]

Nope - the Microsoft Logo only has 4 panes; not 20.

Nice try though.

[j_tour]

Nice try though.

You're a nice try, fella!

[perfect_pitch]

I am nice... aren't I?

[j_tour]

I am nice... aren't I?

[perfect_pitch]

They made only 1 great song, and it was used for a terrible crime scene investigation TV...

Never was a fan.

[j_tour]

They made only 1 great song, and it was used for a terrible crime scene investigation TV...

Never was a fan.

Sounds like a rocker to me.

Yep, I agree that song "Teenage Wasteland" was a banger, though.

[perfect_pitch]

This was my first taste of teenage rebellion...

Before then, I had been listening to Debussy, Beethoven & Chopin pretty much constantly.

Ahhhh... they were simpler times.

[ajlongspiano]

This was my first taste of teenage rebellion...

Before then, I had been listening to Debussy, Beethoven & Chopin pretty much constantly.

Ahhhh... they were simpler times.

Simpler times, indeed!

[lostinidlewonder]

[j_tour]

Who started playing this Billy Joel crap in here anyway?  Technically proficient, but aesthetically deficient.

Trust me, I can read minds and take souls.

[perfect_pitch]

Who started playing this Billy Joel crap in here anyway? 

WOW...





Yeah... totally not a man you could relate to:



Best musician in the last 40 years. Better than *** Wesley Willis any day of the week.

[lostinidlewonder]

Billy Joel is great entertainment.

[perfect_pitch]

Hey - I would be like that to... you ever had to accompany someone or perform in the dark???

*** annoying it is.

[j_tour]

you ever had to accompany someone or perform in the dark???

Yeah, I perform in the dark about six times a day.  Never get any applause for my performances, though.

Who knew that Billy Joel, the artist behind that perennial favorite classic, the one that inspired countless neckties with keyboard keys, scarves with piano motifs, &c., would be controversial.

Jeez.  He is a good musician, as I said (one can look up various occasions when he shreds a bit), but all that is negated by "Sing me a song, piano man" and such, which can never have been tolerated.

That was a sick bit of stagecraft, though.

[perfect_pitch]

Jeez.  He is a good musician, as I said (one can look up various occasions when he shreds a bit), but all that is negated by "Sing me a song, piano man" and such, which can never have been tolerated.

HEATHEN...

SYCOPHANT...

VILE TRAITOR...

Piano Man is a Legendary song. It transcends time and will go down as one of those songs people still sing in 200 years much like Schubert's Lieder.

[rachmaninoff_forever]

WOW...





Yeah... totally not a man you could relate to:



Best musician in the last 40 years. Better than *** Wesley Willis any day of the week.

In the last 40 YEARS??

[perfect_pitch]

In the last 40 YEARS??

Yep... and I quote:

The popular songs "She's Got a Way" and "Everybody Loves You Now" were originally released on this album, but went largely unnoticed until being released as live performances on Songs in the Attic (1981). Columbia released a remastered version of Cold Spring Harbor in 1983, with certain songs shortened or re-orchestrated

He only really made it big in the 80's.

[j_tour]

Oh, Judas Christ, are you people still on about Billy Joel and his craptacular "songs" like "Italian restauarant."?

Well here's a new "hot take."  Similarly, in the 1970s, "Sir Elton" was a very fine, double-fisted rock and roll piano picker.

And then we get this little wisp of a creature doing crap like "Candle in the Wind."  Renewed and rededicated to his supposed "new" muse, the adulteress Diana.

Even his pop songs from the mid 1970s, like "Rocket Man."  Hell, I remember learning that one off a CD like thirty years ago or whenever.  It's a good song, with solid bassline that can work as solo piano, or with a bassist.

I don't think I've ever played that live, but I sometimes play that just at home..not for a while, but it's memorable enough that one doesn't really forget it once one's learned it.  I'm sure there's sheet music from the publishing company, but the best tunes, including all the great American songbook/Tin Pan Alley ones, you learn them from recordings and you never forget them, really.

[perfect_pitch]

Oh, Judas Christ, are you people still on about Billy Joel and his craptacular "songs" like "Italian restauarant."?

Well here's a new "hot take."  Similarly, in the 1970s, "Sir Elton" was a very fine, double-fisted rock and roll piano picker.

And then we get this little wisp of a creature doing crap like "Candle in the Wind."  Renewed and rededicated to his supposed "new" muse, the adulteress Diana.

I've never liked Elton John... his music is a little poxy for me. Candle in the Wind, Rocket man - meh.

Billy Joel at least speaks from the heart - Leningrad, Lullaby.

[j_tour]

Yep, this is definitely the debate of....last century.

Way to stay hep and current, folks!

Anyway, why aren't we talking about legitimate studio pianists and keyboardist, like Richard Tee, Pig Robbins, even Mac Rebennack and such?

IOW, people who instead of being mere singer-and-sometime-songwriters, always tailor their styles to fit the song, with complete mastery of professional tools of the trade?  Who nevertheless had their own core "sound" or style which they brought to any given session.

You kids are bothering me!  Stop it!

[perfect_pitch]

Yep, this is definitely the debate of....last century.

Billy Joel was still touring and performing just 5 months ago in Madison Square Garden... don't give me that last century crap. Elton John is last century... same with most of his outfits.   

Anyway, why aren't we talking about legitimate studio pianists and keyboardist, like Richard Tee, Pig Robbins, even Mac Rebennack and such?

Because they're all DEAD!!! Who's last century now...

Way to stay hep and current, folks

Bit of an oxymoron, don't you think - especially since people haven't used the word 'hep' since the bloody 60's... not very current, is it?

[j_tour]

Was shutting the hell up ever a concept your creators conceived of?

Well, let me introduce you to the wildlife version of such.

[perfect_pitch]

If you are intellectually incapable of telling apart a meat loaf from a cat, then you need serious help.

Or an expert optician...

[j_tour]

If you are intellectually incapable of telling apart a meat loaf from a cat, then you need serious help.

Agreed.  It is a sign that one's incisors require examination by a doctor of medical dentistry.

[perfect_pitch]

That's why I'm glad I'm a meat-eater. I figure that if the apocalypse does come and food does run short - first thing people are going to do to survive is eat all the vegetarians.

[j_tour]

That's why I'm glad I'm a meat-eater. I figure that if the apocalypse does come and food does run short - first thing people are going to do to survive is eat all the vegetarians.

Exactly.  That's why a meat loaf is identical to a small animal or human.

[perfect_pitch]

Exactly.  That's why a meat loaf is identical to a small animal or human.

And probably has the same IQ score as each other.   

[j_tour]

And probably has the same IQ score as each other.   

Better taste in music than some, however.

[perfect_pitch]

How do you know is somebody is a vegan?

Wait 6 seconds and they will tell you.

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Looks like liszt-and-the-galops might be gone for now. I'm still here though.