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Decaying Pop Culture
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Posted on 12/06/2004 8:10:19 AM PST by Chaffer
My parents' generation was represented by Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, John Wayne ...
My generation, sadly, is represented by this.
TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: 20somethingslist; drudge; elton; filth; genx; jackson; john; michael; music; queers
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To: TonyRo76; qam1; ItsOurTimeNow; PresbyRev; tortoise; Fraulein; StoneColdGOP; Clemenza; malakhi; ...
Xer Ping Ping list for the discussion of the politics and social aspects that directly effects Gen-Reagan/Generation-X (Those born from 1965-1981) including all the spending previous generations (i.e. The Baby Boomers) are doing that Gen-X and Y will end up paying for.
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posted on
12/06/2004 10:03:20 AM PST
by
qam1
(Anyone who was born in New Jersey should not be allowed to drive at night or on hills.)
To: Chaffer
Much as I love him as a performer, the late Frank Sinatra was not what I would consider a good role model for his time. Same goes for Sammy Davis (orgy devotee and erstwhile occultist), Eddie Fisher (the Clinton of performers as far as his treatment of women was concerned), to the world of sports where you had Mickey Mantle (drunken gambler) and going back all the way to Babe Ruth (whore-mongerer, glutton for booze and food, etc.).
This GenXer had Michael Jackson, Madonna, Darryl Strawberry, and countless others as potential role models. My parents raised me right and I learned early on that such people were mere entertainers, nothing more.
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posted on
12/06/2004 10:05:53 AM PST
by
Clemenza
(Gabba Gabba Hey!)
To: Chaffer
83
posted on
12/06/2004 10:06:25 AM PST
by
qam1
(Anyone who was born in New Jersey should not be allowed to drive at night or on hills.)
To: Hildy; pissant
Clemenza's fave babes: Catherine Zeta Jones, Sofia Vergara, Rudi Bakhtiar, Queen Raina of Jordan, Natalie Portman, Salma Hayek.
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posted on
12/06/2004 10:07:57 AM PST
by
Clemenza
(Gabba Gabba Hey!)
To: qam1
I think bringing back the duel would solve a lot of social problems.
85
posted on
12/06/2004 10:08:27 AM PST
by
NeoCaveman
(http://route-82.blogspot.com (Now with 20% more stuned beebers))
To: Clemenza
My parents raised me right and I learned early on that such people were
mere entertainers, nothing more.
Well said. And kudos to your parents.
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posted on
12/06/2004 10:11:20 AM PST
by
Chaffer
To: agere_contra
Jeez, another of my faves!
87
posted on
12/06/2004 10:20:07 AM PST
by
Rummyfan
To: Chaffer
If you look to a different genre, we're also represented by:
88
posted on
12/06/2004 10:39:00 AM PST
by
TChris
(You keep using that word. I don't think it means what yHello, I'm a TAGLINE vir)
To: Hildy; Skooz
"Yea, now, there was a big talent. Nothing against Genie..but..come on."
I have had a few dreams where she called me "master"!
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posted on
12/06/2004 10:41:16 AM PST
by
brownsfan
(Post No Bills)
To: Hildy
The difference between "then" and "now" is that "outlaw culture" has become the dominant culture (thanks to Baby Boomers).
In the 1930s we were close to this scenario when gangsters robbing banks, gunning down the opposition, and illegally selling liquor, drugs, and girls in real life became the stuff of folkheroes and the big screen. There is no pride in dying gunned down in a gutter.
The 1960s embraced the "do your own thing" of tune in, turn on, drop out, protest, revolution, and in a different political stripe, the Hell's Angels and other one percenters who were proud that they were among the "1%" who gave the rest of the biker community a bad image. Movies celebrated the anti-hero.
Hunter S. Thompson was actually still clear headed enough in the mid-1960s when he wrote Hell's Angels to see the negative aspects of an American society that all wanted to be "the outlaw".
Cars/clothes/etc are sold these days in terms of "freedom" and "independent". I'm not saying "follow the herd" but it is hard to be different "just like everybody else". Kids don't want to wear a uniform to school yet that is exactly what "blue jeans, a t-shirt, and the right brand of sneakers" is.
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posted on
12/06/2004 10:42:34 AM PST
by
weegee
(WE FOUGHT ZOGBYISM November 2, 2004 - 60 Million Voters versus 60 Minutes - BUSH WINS!!!)
To: superiorslots
Julia Roberts... I've never seen what anyone finds remotely attractive about her.
91
posted on
12/06/2004 10:43:37 AM PST
by
acad1228
To: Skooz
92
posted on
12/06/2004 10:44:28 AM PST
by
acad1228
To: acad1228
Of course, no one will ever replace Dawn Wells.
If you gotta ask, you wouldn't understand.
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posted on
12/06/2004 10:48:06 AM PST
by
acad1228
To: Chaffer; Skooz; All
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posted on
12/06/2004 11:03:04 AM PST
by
missyme
To: missyme
Fran was hillarious in "Hollywood Knights." One of the most hillarious scenes ever in the back on Newbomb Turk's van.
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posted on
12/06/2004 11:05:27 AM PST
by
dfwgator
(It's sad that the news media treats Michael Jackson better than our military.)
To: dfwgator
My 2 Favorite Bands GREAT TALENTS of Funky Jazz and Rock n'Roll Tower of Power and Chicago!
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posted on
12/06/2004 11:09:52 AM PST
by
missyme
To: dfwgator
Yes she was..I think she is one funny lady!
97
posted on
12/06/2004 11:10:45 AM PST
by
missyme
To: Chaffer
The New Bands need lessons from these 2 how to play music...
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posted on
12/06/2004 11:16:12 AM PST
by
missyme
To: rcocean
Sophia Loren wins. I'll watch a movie with no sound. If she's in it.
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posted on
12/06/2004 11:17:57 AM PST
by
TomHarkinIsNotFromIowa
(For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.)
To: missyme
Doobie Bro. Tom Johnson, the guy on the far left, was a childhood
friend of mine.
His dad was my dad's boss. His band at that time ( not Doobie Bros. )
played at my Junior High graduation dance.
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posted on
12/06/2004 11:32:28 AM PST
by
Chaffer
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