She was probably on with Jay Leno.
A lot of us oldsters still called it the Johnny Carson show for a LONG time after Johnny turned the reigns over to Jay.
Old habits die hard (especially for us old people)
Taylor Swift
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She was probably on with Jay Leno.
A lot of us oldsters still called it the Johnny Carson show for a LONG time after Johnny turned the reigns over to Jay.
Old habits die hard (especially for us old people)
WHAT! There are kinds of music you DON'T like?!?
Based on the wide range of things you've shared in the "music you enjoy" thread I didn't think there was such a thing!
THE PILGRIM
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I don’t like Rap cause it rhymes with ****.
You ain’t gonna put me in that trap,
You ain’t gonna put me in that trap.
You ain’t gonna put me in that trap,
You ain’t gonna put me in that trap.
She wrote this in 2014. According to Billboard it is her most popular song.
Her original video is a bit too risqué to post here but the late Tim Akers covers it brilliantly.
[ame]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv39xT8L0dA[/ame]
Her original video is a bit too risqué to post here but the late Tim Akers covers it brilliantly.
[ame]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv39xT8L0dA[/ame]
I saw Reba many years ago, at a free concert, at Bush Gardens Williamsburg, Va. There were maybe a couple hundred people there in the rather small amphitheater at BG for an early afternoon show. I forget what we paid to get into the park, but it wasn't much. Of course this was when Reba was just starting to make a name for herself. I walked down to the stage, and shot a 36 exposure roll of 35 MM film. I wish I still had those pictures.
One person's anthem is another person's earache.
Told to me by my teacher, who wrote the charts for Radio City Music Hall etc etc, as a student at Juilliard long long ago.
I played bass guitar with some buddies, two on guitar, 50 Watt Marshall heads with two 4x10" cabs each and a drummer.
We were a cross between the Allmans and the Mahavishnu Orchestra, but could play most anything.
Set up at a major NYC college and just as we were starting to play, the lead guitar/vocals said, "forget everything and follow me."
Two hours of Elvis and some Chuck Berry followed.
He made the right call.
Told to me by my teacher, who wrote the charts for Radio City Music Hall etc etc, as a student at Juilliard long long ago.
I played bass guitar with some buddies, two on guitar, 50 Watt Marshall heads with two 4x10" cabs each and a drummer.
We were a cross between the Allmans and the Mahavishnu Orchestra, but could play most anything.
Set up at a major NYC college and just as we were starting to play, the lead guitar/vocals said, "forget everything and follow me."
Two hours of Elvis and some Chuck Berry followed.
He made the right call.
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I've thought about this. Back when my daughter was young, if she'd been a hard core TS fan and the only way I could get her tickets was to sell a 27-2 any barrel length. I'd have done it.
Hard to put a price on the happiness some of these kids get out of seeing her.
A gun I could replace, for something my daughter would never forget. Yeah...she'd have got tickets.
When my youngest graduated in 2005 I provided transportation, 4 canopy area tickets for her and her 3 besties to see Jimmy Buffet at Riverbend. I also got them 2 suites at the Hampton 4 miles away so they could continue parroting after the show.
It wasn't cheap by any stretch of the imagination but I scored huge dad points.
They still talk of that night.
It wasn't cheap by any stretch of the imagination but I scored huge dad points.
They still talk of that night.
Is that a forum stampede to YouTube I hear?
All I know about Taylor Swift is that she writes and sings songs about her poor choices in men. That's all I need to know.
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My grandmother had a saying = Be ware what you want. lest you get it.
Give the money to something worthy, like me, kidding.
No person on earth is worth that much money, just to watch them an hour and a half.
Offer the daughter or granddaughter half that much money to spend it on anything else, but you have to show the kids the money these days before they know what it is.
Give the money to something worthy, like me, kidding.
No person on earth is worth that much money, just to watch them an hour and a half.
Offer the daughter or granddaughter half that much money to spend it on anything else, but you have to show the kids the money these days before they know what it is.
Pisgah
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She's gone from being a whining teen waif to a shrieking adult harpy. No, thanks...
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Not bad for a harpy.
While I understand the sentiment, I can't say I agree with you.
There comes a point where the value proposition is so unbalanced that it no longer makes sense.
$2k for a Taylor Swift concert ticket? That just seems too far past the "good sense" line for me.
We all want to give good things to our children. But when the cost so far exceeds the value, there has to be a point where we draw the line, IMO.
But each of us has to make those kind of judgements for ourselves.
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I guess she would have had to been in a John Wayne movie to score points around here.
Nope. I wouldn't have even considered paying $2k to meet John Wayne in person, much less just to see him on stage from the nosebleed seats.
While he was a far more iconic figure than Taylor Swift will ever be (IMO), the thrill of meeting him still wouldn't justify spending $2k per person.
In the grand scheme of life, celebrities just aren't that important AFAIK.
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Yeah, I got your "point" such as it was.
Basically the oldsters around here aren't "with it" enough to appreciate the value of attending a Taylor Swift concert. We're more likely to appreciate the stars of the "big screen" from the 20th century - like John Wayne.
I don't think I'm as dense as you seem to think I am.
My point is that you're wrong.
The value of those kind of memories is NOT unlimited IMO.
In my mind, there is a limit to what common sense says is reasonable to spend to watch some celebrity "do their thing". It doesn't matter whether it is Taylor Swift or The Duke.
FWIW, common sense doesn't have an age requirement or an age limit - or at least it shouldn't. Just my opinion.
Get my point?
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Then there's the price of Super Bowl tickets.
Plus, if you do not want to fly on a commercial jet and don't own one, you can rent one.
Plus, if you do not want to fly on a commercial jet and don't own one, you can rent one.
In 2009 I paid $325 for my then girlfriend and I to see Fleetwood Mac at was then called The Pepsi Center (now Ball Arena) in Denver, 10 rows center from the stage. Unfortunately that was before the late Christine McVie had rejoined the band.
They were the only act-a 2 hour show that was outstanding. Worth it to me. I had never seen them live and Lindsey Buckingham’s guitar skills blew me away. Stevie Nicks had family in attendance and pointed them out to a rousing applause. It really was one of the best concerts I’ve ever been to.
They were the only act-a 2 hour show that was outstanding. Worth it to me. I had never seen them live and Lindsey Buckingham’s guitar skills blew me away. Stevie Nicks had family in attendance and pointed them out to a rousing applause. It really was one of the best concerts I’ve ever been to.
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