Bulletin Board of Bad Behavior

Speaking as an atheist sort (and I've said several times before here I don't believe in God) - I just want to say that I am absolutely certain that if god DID exist, it would be within the music of The Beatles. This is only my opinion, of course.

I mean to me, Jesus Christ resides in the music of The Beatles okay?

Markys on a bender or at least I hope he is.

What about other gods... like ... Aphrodite or Dionysus?

Yeah, and what a bender it was. Jeez. A person can't keep doing that sort of thing. Somehow I managed to avoid any bad hangovers but it's nice to get sober and get your feet on the ground after awhile! I wasn't even eating much of anything, I was way out of control. All gods reside within the Beatles, btw, thanks for keeping me on track, Pixie.

just don't get any blood on those tracks.

Wow McC we must be psychic. I was just thinking of "Tracks Of My Tears" when I got out of the car today! I remembered playing the English Beat version of "Tears Of A Clown" during my bender - it's one of my favorite English Beat tracks. And so anyway of course there's the Linda Rondstat version of "Tracks Of My Tears" I'd played recently too. And the fact that both were done by Smokey Robinson. And I noticed that all my life I'd kindof confused the two songs because they both have this similar thing where the person is actually really sad but they're putting on this happy face as a false front. And they were both done by Smokey Robinson.

And I've been giving Bob Dylan some thought as well. The thing is for me, though the time when I was most a fan of him was this live 1966 thing where he goes electric. Or at least that's the way I remember it, it's hard to recall. I think it was a concert that became available on CD in like the mid 90's maybe. Not sure. Someone taped me it and I really liked it a lot more than I ever had anything of him. I bought another cassette of his after that but I can't remember if it was Blood On The Tracks or something else. I'll most likely get back around to him one of these days. I'll always love "Tangled Up In Blue" for sure.

McC I would be happy to play records together until 6 am even if we are sober. I miss you.

Also has anyone here heard this newish band called Grand National? I decided to check them out and was well and truly gobsmacked by what I heard. I'm going back to the CD shop tomorrow for fun.

And Martino I did give the Dears a go and I don't think they are bad at all, but they remind me so much of Blur I find it hard to separate the two.

i checked out grand national's kingsize cd but could not devote more than minimal attention to it; i think it was not speaking to me, marky.

about the dears. i have decided that any band with a naff name is not worth following. unless they are really, really, good, which the dears, i think, are not.

Gobsmacked. one of the coolest words around, I'd say.

The Grand National is the longest and most prestigious steeplechase event in the world. It is run in a suburb of Liverpool called Aintree. In recent years animal rights protesters have been successful in having some of the jumps made smaller and safer. Every year some poor horse gets a bullet after falling.

The names of the jumps are familiar to the general public. Beechers brook, apart from having a high fence, really does have a stream running along the bottom of it. Another jump called the chair has a short fall on it's landing side. The horses are expecting the ground to be the same height as the side they jump from but the ground comes up too quickly and they are not ready for it.

In a moment of madness back in the 80's the course organisers turned the racetrack over to the general public for a fun run on the day after the race. I ran the course and climbed the jumps. It was an amazing experience. The fences are mature bushes about 3-4 feet wide. They were really tall. The wood inside them was thick. Too thick for a horse to break through. If a horse pulled up and hit one, it would be like hitting a brick wall.

I ran the course dressed as a woman. I had slim hips in those days before the kids. I had a blast. I can't forget the feeling of awe I had, trying to climb over these obstacles, that a beast with a man on it's back could sail right over. The race itself is about four miles and has (I think) over 30 jumps. There is a very good case for calling it cruel but if it does go on and you are in Liverpool then you should go.

Allah & the prophet Mohammed reside in the music of Cat Stevens

What? And Buddha wasn't invited? How rude!

Ha Marky! What about Krishna?