HAVE YOU Ever BEEN Top of your Game? In Like Flynn?

[GammaGlobulin]

Dear Friends,

 

How did it feel?

 

Did you ever wish you could be like Albert Finney, every moment of his life?

 

Here, you can find the greatest actor of his generation, according to Sir Lawrence of Arabia....

 

 

SUCH a great series of interviews, showing Flynn's Metamorphosis from a great actor to another totally different personality.

 

Finney was, TRULY, the greatest of them all, my friends.

 

All in all, Albert Finney was truly the greatest, and Sir Lawrence was not wrong.

 

And then....

 

What about the Music World of the past century?

 

All in all, in the end, who was the very greatest of them all?

Mirror, Mirror.

 

Truly, there is only one.

 

Jeff Beck is so much better than any.

 

Centuries from now, even if Organized Civilization exists decades from now,. which is very unlikely,

People will bow down to the memory of Jeff Beck.

 

Truly, Folks, we live at the very edge of the known world, being on the cusp of destruction.

 

Beyond our world, which is soon to end, is the KNOWN UNKNOWNS of the Rumsfeldian World.

 

Therefore, it is likely, that nobody, EVER, will play as well as Beck, forever....

 

 

Let's just face our future, like Men.

 

Enjoy the time we have remaining.

 

Try to be your best,

Just like Beck and Finney.

 

Regards,

Gamma

 

Note: What do you think?

 

 

 

 

 

[GammaGlobulin]

Beck was the greatest of his generation.

 

Albert Finney was the greatest of his generation.

 

One would need to be an absolute Ninny not to know this.

 

Right?

 

Top of their games, in every way.

 

God Bless you Finney.

God Bless you Beck.

 

 

[GammaGlobulin]

God Bless Tiny Tim, and Dickens, too....

 

I am, unabashedly, an anglophile, through and through.

 

 

I want MORE of the British Empire,

Not less!

 

 

 

 

Edited February 21, 2023 by GammaGlobulin

[GammaGlobulin]

One thing I cannot understand.

 

Maybe you can explain it to me.

 

How could BECK be so ALIVE in Tokyo, in 1999,..

 

And, be deceased today?

 

Beck is not dead.

 

He is only deceased.

 

Be this as it may, the question I pose is...

 

How can one be so fantastic on stage in Tokyo in 1999, one day,...

 

And now, not here, today, just so few years later?

 

 

Seems strange to me.

 

 

Maybe you can make some sense of it?

 

 

Doubt it.

 

 

[GammaGlobulin]

Personally, I don't give a darn, Scarlett.

 

I just think it is so unfair that the world has been denied the likes of...

 

Beck and Finney.

 

Before their time.

[GammaGlobulin]

Why am I an Anglophile?

 

Over Seven Decades ago, I was born in New England.

 

In those days, in New England, almost Everybody identified with Old England, still.

 

And, I do, even today.

 

I am also an inveterate tea drinker, just as I am a lover of Gin and Tonic.

 

Life was far better when the world was run by Great Britain.

 

Hong Kong was better, too, for that matter.

 

Yes.

 

I am truly an anglophile of the type you might have seen in the 50s.

 

All good things come to an end, just as it should be.

 

 

[GammaGlobulin]

The basic problem with any Hendrix tunes is that his tunes have become so very outdated over the years.

 

Sure, this might be just a result of his dying.  BUT, probably not.

 

By comparison, Beck's music will live on.

 

Really...

 

So outdated, this tune by Hendrix about living for just today....  I am so tired of it, already.

 

 

 

 

 

[GammaGlobulin]

You know, just as I had been hoping that Beck was the greatest,...

 

Then, Jimi Takes Over.

 

Play it again, Sam!

 

 

 

ACTUALLY, BECK could play the same, and even better.

 

You better believe it.

 

 

 

[GammaGlobulin]

2 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

You know, just as I had been hoping that Beck was the greatest,...

 

Then, Jimi Takes Over.

 

Play it again, Sam!

 

 

 

ACTUALLY, BECK could play the same, and even better.

 

You better believe it.

 

 

 

IN FACT...He DID...In Tokyo...Y'all!

 

Beck is white.

Jimi is black.

 

So, in the music world, Jimi wins.

 

Right?

 

 

[GammaGlobulin]

Look, Man.

 

I am, like, color blind

 

I am completely LGBT tolerant, and then some.

 

But, I am just saying, that Hendrix got a leg-up by being black.

 

Everybody recalls him with such nostalgia, as some semi-black iconic figure, with his huge thing.

 

Beck was better.

But, Jimi's thing was longer.

 

Beck was in awe of Hendrix.

 

So sad, really, because, probably, he died without realizing he was, in fact, even better than Hendrix, in many ways.

 

Beck was better.

Jimi was more flashy.

 

 

Hard to listen to Hendrix, for long.

Maybe to intense.

 

Maybe not good enough.

 

 

 

 

[GammaGlobulin]

Although Beck might not be a total Rostropovich in the strings department,

Still, Beck is definitely a full level above Hendrix in many important ways.

 

Beck seems to have been top of his game in Tokyo,

Even though he probably never thought so.

 

Time will prove this correct, no doubt.

 

Although, Beck was so great in so many ways, in so many venues,

It is difficult to say who is right about this, actually....

 

Right?

 

 

[GammaGlobulin]

Knowing what I know about upcoming Modern Medical Miracles, and just judging by the genes in my family, I figure I have about One-Third of my life still ahead of me, though I already consider myself to be quite old.

 

Sometimes I ask myself:  Will my life never end?

 

Recently, this past week, I have read about the predictions, from IATA, that Thailand will soon see 200 million visitors to Thailand by the year 2031.

 

If this prediction comes to fruition, then what about me?

 

What about you?

 

Whatever happened to the lovely life depicted in the beautiful books, MANEE MANA?

 

Just like you, I am stuck between the culture of the Thai past and present.

 

IF most of Thailand becomes just another tourist site, such as has become the case for all of the islands of Hawaii, then why stay in places like Chiang Mai?

 

I cannot even imagine myself being forced to live another THIRD of my life in this world, until the year 2060, when I can finally lay me down to rest.

 

When I was born, the world's population was 2.5 billion.

Now, the world's population is 8 billion.

By 2060, the world's population is projected to be 10 billion.

 

And, the population pyramid, of Japan, in 2060, is projected to look like this:

 

 

HaHa!

 

Looks good, right?

 

SURE!

 

It looks good.

It looks good, unless you know anything about what the population pyramid is designed to show.  And then, it doesn't looks so good.

 

Maybe this is why Musk is so worried, these days?

 

So...

I ask you.

 

If anybody here, (female), who wishes to head on out to Japan, to establish a home in the countryside, with plenty of animals, maybe set up a kiln to make pottery, please hit me up.

 

Japan is looking great to me, these days.

 

I would love to live in the Japanese countryside, with the snow, and the Spring Snow, as told by Yukio Mishima, for the rest of my life.

 

 

 

I have two options:

 

One option might be to try to find a forgotten village in Japan, where nothing happens all the time.

 

Another option might be to try to find a village, further north, in Thailand, where not much happens all the time.

 

Much of our lives are lived, virtually, anyway.

 

Therefore, why not move to a place in Thailand where there is both beauty and peace, not to mention the last vestiges of มานะ มานี?

 

Just asking.

 

I am sure I would go....

 

 

 

 

 

[zzaa09]

 

[GammaGlobulin]

31 minutes ago, zzaa09 said:

 

Such cinematography as this is rarely seen, granted.

 

The licking of a bowling ball, for example.

 

Jeff Bridges has always been an underrated actor, as was his father.

 

Both actors went off the rails, it seems, when they agreed to appear in the TV series, Sea Hunt.

This is where everything went terribly wrong.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited February 22, 2023 by GammaGlobulin

[GammaGlobulin]

 

[GammaGlobulin]

Compared to Beck, Clapton was always a Bimbo.

 

Anyone who has ever held a guitar knows this.

 

Clapton was the Bimbo.

 

Beck was the MAN!

 

 

[Peterw42]

24 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Compared to Beck, Clapton was always a Bimbo.

 

Anyone who has ever held a guitar knows this.

 

Clapton was the Bimbo.

 

Beck was the MAN!

 

 

I think if you looked up arbitrary comment in the dictionary, it would reference this post.

Its a personal opinion. I would consider Clapton a way better guitarist, at least he steps out of pentatonic scales now and then, and manages to play without a tremolo most of the time.

Clapton has sole, unique phrasing and is immediately identifiable, Beck is very good but mostly just noodles around in pentatonic scales with a tremolo, not much that is uniquely different.

Edited February 22, 2023 by Peterw42

[KhunLA]

4 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

But, I am just saying, that Hendrix got a leg-up by being black. fact,

I don't know about that, as he had to leave the US to get noticed.   

 

And the British invasion, many were playing 'black' blues music that couldn't get air time in the US, unless a white guy was playing it.

[GammaGlobulin]

26 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Compared to Beck, Clapton was always a Bimbo.

 

Anyone who has ever held a guitar knows this.

 

Clapton was the Bimbo.

 

Beck was the MAN!

 

 

In fact:

 

Compared to BECK, Clapton just plays BubbleGum.

 

This is a fact.

 

 

[KhunLA]

55 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Sea Hunt ... classic TV, and probably the main influence that lead me to diving.  

[Peterw42]

3 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

In fact:

 

Compared to BECK, Clapton just plays BubbleGum.

 

This is a fact.

 

 

No, its not a fact, its an opinion.

[ArnieP]

It’s clear the OP is a wind-up merchant. I, thankfully cannot read the clown’s his posts as I have him on ignore. Perhaps others may consider doing so too.

[brianthainess]

Yeh I was top of my Game but it was real job.

[Skallywag]

In the late 70's I saw Jeff Beck group open for Mahavishnu Orchestra, also saw Al Di Meola with Chick Corea on the Return to Forever tour, and later Rory Gallagher.

 

Rory was better than Beck IMO.  John McLaughlin and Al Di Meola were better than both, of course more jazz and avant guard players than the others

Edited February 22, 2023 by Skallywag

[GammaGlobulin]

1 hour ago, Peterw42 said:

I think if you looked up arbitrary comment in the dictionary, it would reference this post.

Its a personal opinion. I would consider Clapton a way better guitarist, at least he steps out of pentatonic scales now and then, and manages to play without a tremolo most of the time.

Clapton has sole, unique phrasing and is immediately identifiable, Beck is very good but mostly just noodles around in pentatonic scales with a tremolo, not much that is uniquely different.

Right.

Clapton has a sole, but ONLY on the bottom of his shoes.

 

Everybody knows this.

 

So solly.

 

Beck is a man for the Ages.

 

Beck's music will endure.

 

BubbleGum will always fall by the wayside, and be trodden upon by the soles of shoes worn by most of Clapton's peers.

 

Mark my words.

 

Here is the sole of Clapton, compared to Beck, for example...

 

 

Edited February 22, 2023 by GammaGlobulin

[KhunLA]

Saw Rory Gallagher open for 10CC .. there's a mismatch.  Amazing who got airplay, and who didn't.

 

Strange bookings & beginnings for many.

Bluesology w/Reg Dwight (Elton John) touring with Isley Brothers, that Hendrix did a stint with ???? Reg also doing a stint with the Hollies.

 

SRV & Bowie never happened, except on 1 album.   SRV only offered $300 per show on tour to play.   Along with not sure if Double Trouble would open all shows.  So they all cancelled the contract.

 

Apparently SRV was 'complicated' at times, as his wife & cocaine seemed to be an issue with Bowie and his manger.

 

Saw Beck & SRV tour, and at the beginning they ended the shows together n stage playing a song.  They alternated headlining, but by the end of the tour, they didn't play together and didn't get along at all.  Egos got in the way, or so reported.

 

 

Edited February 22, 2023 by KhunLA

[GammaGlobulin]

29 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

Saw Rory Gallagher open for 10CC .. there's a mismatch.  Amazing who got airplay, and who didn't.

 

Strange bookings & beginnings for many.

Bluesology w/Reg Dwight (Elton John) touring with Isley Brothers, that Hendrix did a stint with ???? Reg also doing a stint with the Hollies.

 

SRV & Bowie never happened, except on 1 album.   SRV only offered $300 per show on tour to play.   Along with not sure if Double Trouble would open all shows.  So they all cancelled the contract.

 

Apparently SRV was 'complicated' at times, as his wife & cocaine seemed to be an issue with Bowie and his manger.

 

Saw Beck & SRV tour, and at the beginning they ended the shows together n stage playing a song.  They alternated headlining, but by the end of the tour, they didn't play together and didn't get along at all.  Egos got in the way, or so reported.

 

 

Probably not a matter of Egos.

 

You are comparing Apples to Oranges.

 

But Beck was way above these fruits.

 

Beck was a musician.

 

 

[Kaptain Asia]

8 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Note: What do you think?

I think you have got far too much time on your hands  

[Kaptain Asia]

33 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Beck was a musician.

Beck Hansen is still alive and is still a musician.  

 

[GammaGlobulin]

31 minutes ago, Kaptain Asia said:

I think you have got far too much time on your hands  

And, I think what you have stated sounds, again, like the same old refrain one often hears, anytime somebody "thinks too much".