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Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
#21 - 2014-05-03 02:24:06 UTC  |  Edited by: Khergit Deserters
Dimebag! Whatever else he did, he had the cajones and enough connection with the real world to adopt that name.
Slade Trillgon
Brutor Force Federated
#22 - 2014-05-04 05:39:29 UTC  |  Edited by: Slade Trillgon
Khergit Deserters wrote:
Dimebag! Whatever else he did, he had the cajones and enught connection with the real world connection to adopt that name.


He was absolutely one of the nicest guys I have ever metand easily the most down to earth indivduals I have ever met who had so much 'power'. I honestly feel that is where the discord started in Pantera. I believe Dime and Vinney were just lovers of music and heavy music at that and Phil was an individual that just got enveloped by the image. He had to be harder than Dime, Vinney and Rex (granted Rex was never an imposing figure) and then he had to out do every other front man. He was swallowed by and became the 'image' of the hardcore front man. This created a rot within the band. Add in Phil's spiral into 'drug' abuse and it was a recipe for disaster.
jason hill
Red vs Blue Flight Academy
#23 - 2014-05-04 08:10:58 UTC
meh ! ...back in my day when I were a lad our entertainment was sitting around the living room all huddled up staring at the candle for wamth when it was -20C .....now that was entertainment ! and using our tin bath to catch the raindrops coming through the cracks in the roof ... happy daze Big smile
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#24 - 2014-05-04 13:16:41 UTC
Angelique Duchemin wrote:
Akirei Scytale wrote:
Hey, remember when MTV used to actually be good?


No.

Never.

Ever.



I do remember hearing this too and from for about 20 years though so I'm not sure when it was supposed to have been good.



1981 - 1985

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#25 - 2014-05-04 13:19:21 UTC
Slade Trillgon wrote:
I coerced my babysitter to let me stay up late so I could watch the world premiere of ThrillerTwisted



That was such a big deal.

My whole family watched. I was 18. Older sister and both parents were there.

Watching the MJ Downfall over the years afterward was bizarre. I'm still not sure how he got Martin Scorcese to direct his awful video for "Bad".

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#26 - 2014-05-04 13:21:05 UTC
Doc Fury wrote:



Another gem of the era was Night Flight on TBS: The Thing that lurked in the tub




Wow. Glad you found that. I was watching when it was first broadcast too. Made me laugh for months.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
#27 - 2014-05-10 00:26:44 UTC
Slade Trillgon wrote:
Khergit Deserters wrote:
Dimebag! Whatever else he did, he had the cajones and enught connection with the real world connection to adopt that name.


He was absolutely one of the nicest guys I have ever metand easily the most down to earth indivduals I have ever met who had so much 'power'. I honestly feel that is where the discord started in Pantera. I believe Dime and Vinney were just lovers of music and heavy music at that and Phil was an individual that just got enveloped by the image. He had to be harder than Dime, Vinney and Rex (granted Rex was never an imposing figure) and then he had to out do every other front man. He was swallowed by and became the 'image' of the hardcore front man. This created a rot within the band. Add in Phil's spiral into 'drug' abuse and it was a recipe for disaster.

Yeah, a couple of years ago Guitar World magazine interviewed Vinnie, and what he said is pretty much exactly his take on it as well Slade. (BTW, I'd recommend a 14 bucks a year subscription to Guitar World to anybody. Inside the dysfunctional, innocently dumb, but ultimately inspirational minds of pro touring and recording musicians, collated by smart editors).

Very cool that you met Dime, he 100% always comes off as a straight-up guy. North Texas is a fairly rigid and anti-art place, he done good....
Slade Trillgon
Brutor Force Federated
#28 - 2014-05-10 01:09:26 UTC  |  Edited by: Slade Trillgon
Khergit Deserters wrote:
Slade Trillgon wrote:
Khergit Deserters wrote:
Dimebag! Whatever else he did, he had the cajones and enught connection with the real world connection to adopt that name.


He was absolutely one of the nicest guys I have ever metand easily the most down to earth indivduals I have ever met who had so much 'power'. I honestly feel that is where the discord started in Pantera. I believe Dime and Vinney were just lovers of music and heavy music at that and Phil was an individual that just got enveloped by the image. He had to be harder than Dime, Vinney and Rex (granted Rex was never an imposing figure) and then he had to out do every other front man. He was swallowed by and became the 'image' of the hardcore front man. This created a rot within the band. Add in Phil's spiral into 'drug' abuse and it was a recipe for disaster.

Yeah, a couple of years ago Guitar World magazine interviewed Vinnie, and what he said is pretty much exactly his take on it as well Slade. (BTW, I'd recommend a 14 bucks a year subscription to Guitar World to anybody. Inside the dysfunctional, innocently dumb, but ultimately inspirational minds of pro touring and recording musicians, collated by smart editors).

Very cool that you met Dime, he 100% always comes off as a straight-up guy. North Texas is a fairly rigid and anti-art place, he done good....


It was a shame that it happened that way, but if it had not we would not have been granted 3 of the greatest metal albums of all time.

CFH 4 ever!

Having close ties to GWAR has very nice benfits. Speaking of them. You heard about Dave Brokie's death I assume?
Doc Fury
Furious Enterprises
#29 - 2014-05-10 02:53:40 UTC
Slade Trillgon wrote:

Having close ties to GWAR has very nice benfits. Speaking of them. You heard about Dave Brokie's death I assume?

In honor of Dave another great classic MTV show.

GWAR is #3 on my list of fantastic live 80's shows I can barely remember getting home from.

☼

There's a million angry citizens looking down their tubes..at me.
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#30 - 2014-05-10 12:49:50 UTC  |  Edited by: Krixtal Icefluxor
Khergit Deserters wrote:

Very cool that you met Dime, he 100% always comes off as a straight-up guy. North Texas is a fairly rigid and anti-art place, he done good....



I just have to rib you. What about that famous artist colony around Marfa ?? With works on display by many of the more well known minimalist sculptors ?

I like the fake Prada store literally out in the middle of nowhere.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
#31 - 2014-05-15 00:19:41 UTC
I always liked this one: John Fogerty - The Old Man is Down the Road Featuring what must be the longest electric guitar cable in the world. Good concept for a video I thought, and a good song too.
Doreen Kaundur
#32 - 2014-05-15 01:41:28 UTC
MTV defined 80s music.

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Kitty Bear
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#33 - 2014-05-15 01:58:26 UTC
Akirei Scytale wrote:
Hey, remember when MTV used to actually be good?

I do.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfOdWSiyWoc

Right on the tail end of it. 80s-90s were a golden age I say.

This is the thread where people post good music videos and we can all mock each other's terrible taste.


yes I do
these are just are a few of the video's I can remember watching

New Order - True Faith
Deelite - Grove is in the Heart
Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
Strawberry Switchblade - Since Yesterday
A Ha - Take on Me
Ultravox - Vienna
David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#34 - 2014-05-15 14:00:16 UTC
Kitty Bear wrote:

yes I do
these are just are a few of the video's I can remember watching

New Order - True Faith
Deelite - Grove is in the Heart
Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
Strawberry Switchblade - Since Yesterday
A Ha - Take on Me
Ultravox - Vienna
David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes




Siouxsie and the Banshees "Spellbound"

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Kitty Bear
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#35 - 2014-05-15 17:23:48 UTC
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:



Siouxsie and the Banshees "Spellbound"


Reminded me of

The Stranglers - Strange Little Girl



Whilst I wasn't a fan of the New Romantic Movement (the music was ok, it's everything else about it I objected to Twisted)
the Human League and others made some pretty decent vids.
Slade Trillgon
Brutor Force Federated
#36 - 2014-05-15 18:11:11 UTC
Doc Fury wrote:
Slade Trillgon wrote:

Having close ties to GWAR has very nice benfits. Speaking of them. You heard about Dave Brokie's death I assume?

In honor of Dave another great classic MTV show.

GWAR is #3 on my list of fantastic live 80's shows I can barely remember getting home from.



What is funny is above you have a lead singer of such an off the wall band, advocating their fan base as murders of mailmen Lol and general debaucherists, to get on stage; yet no one ever killed anyone and had GWAR blamed for it, unlike a number of other metal bands that came on the scene later.

What is a shame is that GWAR, over the past 5 years stopped playing the local clubs and started playing what is known as The National. The shows were never the same. There is something to say about coming out of a dark alley (Alley Katz Club) in Richmond, Va at 2:00 am covered in red and green food dye walking right into all the straights leaving the night clubs. Many a conversation started with nice looking ladies all dolled up from their night at the club. Some interesting house parties ensued as well after some of their shows.
Slade Trillgon
Brutor Force Federated
#37 - 2014-05-15 18:14:19 UTC
Doreen Kaundur wrote:
MTV defined 80s music.



Video killed the radio star.
Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
#38 - 2014-05-17 00:43:50 UTC  |  Edited by: Khergit Deserters
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
Khergit Deserters wrote:

Very cool that you met Dime, he 100% always comes off as a straight-up guy. North Texas is a fairly rigid and anti-art place, he done good....



I just have to rib you. What about that famous artist colony around Marfa ?? With works on display by many of the more well known minimalist sculptors ?

I like the fake Prada store literally out in the middle of nowhere.

Wow. But that's out in the relaxed part of Texas. Kind of like San Antonio. I grew up in the uptight judgmental/cop/Protestant part of the state. It wasn't until my 30s that I knew Texans were having fun on the other side of the Catholic/Tejano line. That part of the state really is hella fun, for all ages. Smile
Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
#39 - 2014-05-17 00:56:41 UTC  |  Edited by: Khergit Deserters
Kitty Bear wrote:
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:



Siouxsie and the Banshees "Spellbound"


Reminded me of

The Stranglers - Strange Little Girl



Whilst I wasn't a fan of the New Romantic Movement (the music was ok, it's everything else about it I objected to Twisted)
the Human League and others made some pretty decent vids.

Oh man....! I didn't know that one existed. In fact, I don't think we ever had even on Stranglers video on American MTV. Did we? That is so great. Those guys are still gods to me, even after infinite repeated listens.

[P.S. Saw Hugh Cornwell play in a little club a couple of years ago. Very strange. $10 entrance fee, Hugh, drummer from Blondie and session bass player named Fish performing, about 150 people there. Hugh was all over that black Telecaster, and still into the music. Unforgettable, but kind of strange].
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