kayo

My ex hit me once..

I wonder what she's doing now.

I'll join you (white Dutch 30's)

although if you're headed there look up Florianopolis.

bikini-clad-birds-bathing-on-beautiful-beaches...

I was working a late shift in a hotel in Amsterdam on the turn of the Millenium.

Once the computers all smoothly went from 1999 to 2000 and there was no problems, i went out and wandered around from square to square (Leidseplein, Rembrandt, Museumplein..) and partied with millions of others in the streets of 'Dam.

Awesome night that officially (streetparties) finished in the morning, but if I remember we carried on for a few days. I slightly recall shagging some guy's girlfriend while he lay passed out in the the same room, at some point.

Good times.

By the way, Wish You Were Here! [emoji1]

Granted there is plenty of crappy and crude rap also. Just like anything and everyone. There's the good, the bad, and the Horse with no Name...

Granted there is plenty of crappy and crude rap also. Just like anything and everyone. There's the good, the bad, and the Horse with no Name...

People claim that rap is poetry as well

It is. Lousy poetry.

Oh Uly.... Time and place...

I was never into rap and am still not a huge fan. But my respect for some stuff has grown.

NWA, Dré, Cube, DMX, all that era of rap was exactly what Dylan was doing in the sixties. but relevant to them.

And the world they lived in. But instead of going out shooting people and all that, they rapped about it. And people liked it. because the rappers - again, like Dylan - were saying what people were thinking.

It was relevant to them in their world.

Later most of it became commercial ccrap, like so much.

But it was relevant, and every now and then, can still be.

Just like every type of music, there are still people making relevant music. It has always been drowned out by pop-py rubbish, or pop wannabees (Byrds, Monkees, anyone?)

and it is like that in Folk, Rap, Rock, everything going. The good guys are still out there, but they are definitely being drowned out, and the waters get deeper with every ridiculous increase of population and pop stars.

edit: just Came across this link while googling Dylan Rap fairly interesting (and far as i know accurate)

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Historically yes....he's good at identifying trending possibly lucrative situations and writing sellable verse......to accompany the his other work....Joan Baez - who I have met a couple of times and was absolutely was besotted by with her as a person was good at the same thing.....there are many different styles and people and we all appreciate something different.....

Hi Bob, thanks for joining this topic...

Bob Dylan's music will be just as vital and important centuries from now much like the great, classic composers who have never been surpassed. His musical masterpieces range from huge numbers of individual songs as well as many, many albums. His voice is amazing,

I don't think so, although some of his songs probably will survive but only with other people doing them (all along the watchtower) You can't really call a three chord folk song sung out of tune the work of a classic unsurpassed composer. Much of his output since the mid 60's is forgettable, his last decent album was blood on the tracks. Poor guitar player, bravely made the most of not having a voice and wrote a few great songs= over rated. he was also never an active supporter of equal rights unlike Baez, he was all talk and no action.

It takes talkers to motivate the actioners.

No rebellious folk singer has taken all that much action! name one?? Most of 'em even avoided military service (though in 60's that was probably for sound moral reasons)

Jim Morrison got his cock out.oh and shouted a lot. ***

Marley smoked an enviable amount of pot and snorted excellent cocaine.

Hendrix... see above.

Baez was a performer, a great one, nothing more.

Young, completely brilliant lunatic entertainer.

Joplin, all of the above. (maybe not the cock bit)

***Jimi & Jim jamming in some underground club in new york. Unlistenable but a collectors item.

the list goes on

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I lost all respect for this guy when I watched the Bob Dylan cocert. Sinead o'Connor ripped up a picture of the pope on stage and said something like 'screw the pope'. As things turned out, this was about all the hidden and lied about paedophilia going on in the Catholic church and which she had been a victim of. Chris Christoffen, god bless him, went out to help her out emotionally and Dylan sullenly stayed very visibly in the background, not moving. He was probably thinking about his reputation or something. So, all though I liked some of his early stuff, I regard the guy with revulsion these days.
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/flashback-sinead-oconnor-booed-offstage-at-bob-dylan-celebration-20131119

Wow, that is pretty amazing that you made a conclusion and a decision about the guy based on how he stood in the background. You must be much smarter than me to understand his reasoning and know precisely what he was thinking.

Seeking fame and fortune all his life and suddenly he gets shy? Chris Christoffsen has more humanity in his little finger than this introverted shrinking violet. If you think thatr's the kind of guy you can admire, then ok. I can't.

@ Cooked (1st quote 10 feb at 09:30)

Excuse me? kind of argument is that?

Just thought I should point out, I've got no problem with S o'C. I like some of her music. And what she does on her own gigs is her business, be it political, religious or otherwise. But there's a glaring Factual Omission in your rational here.

It was a Special Concert to celebrate Dylan's 30th year as recording artist. Not Sinead's personal crusade. And how did she react? She made it even more of a personal crusade.

If Dylan stayed in the background it probably had more to do with the fact that he was, if anything, a special guest at the event. And generally speaking, if you're a guest at an event, and somebody else misbehaves, common etiquette is to not get involved (or help kick the troublemaker out).

So I'm sorry but while I agree child abuse and catholics go hand in hand, and should (have, largely, in the interim) be dealt with, it doesn't mean that it has to become a topic for every wedding, funeral, bar-mitzvah, and celebration of somebody.

@ Cooked (2nd quote an hour later) Refer to above. Time and place. And I don't know if you are aware of some of Dylan's music, but he was grinding down the powers that be, long before Kris Kristofferson and Sinead. On a general, Global scale (Blowin' in the Wind, to name but one) and on an individual scale (Hurricane, to name but one)

And by the way, the correct spelling of KK's name is in the article of the link posted. That's just lazy keyboard warrior-ing.

Dylan's recent interview with the AARP was also an interesting read. http://www.aarp.org/entertainment/style-trends/info-2015/bob-dylan-aarp-magazine.html

I like this particular question (which I'll copy here for people who can't read/spell, etc...- by the way, if you can't be bothered to read it, just highlight it and press alt+n to make it noisy...

Q: Do you think of this album as risky? These songs have fans who will say you can’t touch Frank’s version.

A: Risky? Like walking across a field laced with land mines? Or working in a poison gas factory? There’s nothing risky about making records. Comparing me with Frank Sinatra? You must be joking. To be mentioned in the same breath as him must be some sort of high compliment. As far as touching him goes, nobody touches him. Not me or anyone else.

Blood on the Tracks is for sure one of his greatest.

My favourite American is Benedict Arnold.........

My favourite American breakfast is eggs benedict

My Favourite benedict:

I'm easy with folk from every country.. USA, Canada, India, Morocco, France, Italy, Thailand, Mexico, Easter island... the list is endless.

I'll do my best to get along with anyone, what ever their country, religion, gender bias, football team.. at least until I'm not afforded the same..

There are idiots and nice folk everywhere, in every walk of life. Some I like, some I don't..

I do think some of our 'murican cousins are inclined to be a bit sensitive when subjected to criticisms..

Well said MrTee. My sentiments exactly.

lol... Oi! thread Hijackers! Here you go!

lol

This is pretty funny.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bob-dylan-thanks-jimi-hendrix-johnny-cash-in-musicares-speech-20150207

What do you guys make of Dylan? Opinions on his legacy?

A message to you Rudy - The Specials and other ska bands

Message in a Bottle - The Police

The Message - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five.

*tune*

Shine On, all you crazy Diamonds.

long live Floyd. music for all time.

What do you want from me? (Division Bells) still one of my favourites of all time. When you've given your all for someone, and it gets shoved in your face (whatever your own shortcomings, go Gilmour)

Maybe somebody has hidden a porn folder??

Seriously, though, have you checked the "show hidden folders" option?

Changed my mind.

No Comment.

Just a quick note to say:

This is my first post on thaivisa using W7 Prof.

Thanks to all for your comments, I installed about a week ago and it did exactly what you all said.

My previous "C" drive with XP on it became my "D" drive

My previous Spare drive became my "C" drive with W7.

(I did change the boot up values in BIOS - though I doubt it was necessary)

My data storage drive is untouched and beautifully intact,

and I get the option on start up of

*Older windows operating system

or

*Windows 7

I love W7.

With a passion.

My girlfriend gets jealous.

Thank you very much to all who contributed.

So here's the thing.

I've been on XP (Pro/sp3) for years.

I run it from disc C.

I have cleared disc F

I use discs G & H for storage only.

These are all physically different discs.

Before installing Win7 I would disconnect all other discs.

If I were to disconnect C, then install Win7 on F

(a) Would that work straighforwardly?

( Would I later be able to disconnect F and reconnect C to run XP if I wanted to?

Would I be able to switch between the two...

© by physically removing the drive containing the OS I don't want to use?

(d) without physically removing the drives?

NB: Xp is an old hacked copy, but Win7 is a legitimate Home Professional edition. (includes XP mode....)

PS: Drive C is Pata, all other are SATA.

Any suggestions would be meritourious.

Jeff Beck - Stratus - Exhaust Note CD 3

(uses the same fills as the massive attack tune - never knew that)

Californication beats everything out there hands down.

House is fun (but it's the show I watch with the wife, cos she loves it/him)

google 'piratebay'....