tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10214458.post1056779281919334473..comments2024-03-27T13:10:17.362-07:00Comments on The Luna Park Gazette: Shore LeaveRob Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04741955202727936194noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10214458.post-2051338296999557622018-06-05T07:41:10.134-07:002018-06-05T07:41:10.134-07:00Hey, Bijoux, I'm older than you!!
And, look, ...Hey, Bijoux, I'm older than you!!<br /><br />And, look, in my own defense, disco did clog up the music scene--at least in my circle. You had people like Rod Stewart and Paul McCartney cranking out lame disco tunes.<br /><br /> And finally people started wearing "Disco sucks" buttons and a local radio station, WPLJ, ran an ad saying "Come Back to Rock." That's how we knew disco was finally dead!<br /><br />But I still need to brush up on my musical history...before you guys kill me!Rob Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04741955202727936194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10214458.post-56352692419543800512018-06-05T06:11:49.527-07:002018-06-05T06:11:49.527-07:00Haha! Love ya right back, Rob! :DHaha! Love ya right back, Rob! :DJayhttp://www.sparkingsynapse.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10214458.post-84356732680412298862018-06-05T06:00:59.035-07:002018-06-05T06:00:59.035-07:00Us old folks don't appreciate our music being ...Us old folks don't appreciate our music being dissed . . . 😂😂😂Bijouxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05788630004051883635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10214458.post-62042638023310076002018-06-04T19:01:17.200-07:002018-06-04T19:01:17.200-07:00Wow, you guys certainly set me straight on the Sev...Wow, you guys certainly set me straight on the Seventies music scene!<br /><br />It's amazing what one's memory can do. When I think of music from that era my mind automatically goes right to disco and doesn't one inch beyond.<br /><br />There are some important lessons here and I think the most important one is to delete all the comments from all you wise apples who don't agree with me! :)<br /><br />Just kidding, of course! You know I love ya. I clearly have a lot to learn about music, but I'm kind of happy that this post got such a strong reaction. I should be completely wrong more often!Rob Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04741955202727936194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10214458.post-90845464025277328792018-06-04T14:03:51.466-07:002018-06-04T14:03:51.466-07:00Never heard of this movie so thanks for the introd...Never heard of this movie so thanks for the introduction. I notice that two of the movies you mentioned had Jack Nicholson in them. :-) <br /><br />Re the music from that period, forget disco. Rock was where it was at, mate. beginning of the 70s saw the end of the hippy era with some god classics thrown in by the likes of Zep and Purple. Queen got things started in '73 and by the end of the decade The Clash was one o fthe best bands around. Not to mention Patti Smith's '75 Horses album. Springsteen's Born to Run certainly springs to mind as a highlight. And this is not even getting into the whole prog-rock business. :-)<br /><br />Greetings from London.A Cuban In Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10214458.post-77573020244505962672018-06-04T12:43:17.529-07:002018-06-04T12:43:17.529-07:00I agree with you on the many fine movies which ca...I agree with you on the many fine movies which came out of the seventies (I do love sci-fi on the level of Star Wars, Star Trek, Babylon Five et al), but music? C'mon, Rob, the seventies gave us the rather wonderful Roxy Music and that seminal glam rock album "For Your Pleasure" (interestingly, A had a lot of records when we got married, I had very few, but we both had a copy of For Your Pleasure). Leonard Cohen didn't start his musical career until the late sixties, and the Beatles released Sgt. Peppers, Magical Mystery Tour and Abbey Road in the 70s. David Bowie was still right up there, too. Queen, The Eagles, Abba, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, The Undertones, Police ... The Clash, for goodness' sake, all formed in the 1970s. OK, I'll stop now... :DJayhttp://www.sparkingsynapse.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10214458.post-60767097171530720972018-06-04T07:59:04.478-07:002018-06-04T07:59:04.478-07:00Um, ever heard of LED Zeppelin and Aerosmith? Lol!...Um, ever heard of LED Zeppelin and Aerosmith? Lol! I love 70's music!Bijouxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05788630004051883635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10214458.post-39656866307964110522018-06-04T06:14:58.240-07:002018-06-04T06:14:58.240-07:00" Pacino was incredible in that movie and yea..." Pacino was incredible in that movie and years later I met him backstage when he was doing "American Buffalo" in the Village and I shook his hand!!!"<br /><br />OMG...that's incredible!!!! For the past several years I've been watching recent interviews with him and he seems like such a genuinely nice and down to earth guy. Not at all pretentious.<br /><br />I loved him in the very first "Godfather." How handsome!Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17332843200079013172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10214458.post-15489511362013349302018-06-03T19:45:08.179-07:002018-06-03T19:45:08.179-07:00Wow, Ron, Marsh Mason wrote to you?!? I am mightil...Wow, Ron, Marsh Mason wrote to you?!? I am mightily impressed!!<br /><br />I enjoyed this film so much, especially now that I'm older. There was so much I missed when I was a teenager. I'm glad I decided to record the movie and watch it again.<br /><br />Dog Day Afternoon was another great flick! Pacino was incredible in that movie and years later I met him backstage when he was doing "American Buffalo" in the Village and I shook his hand!!!<br /><br />The Seventies were indeed a trip and probably the last good decade for movies.<br /><br />Take care, buddy!<br />Rob Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04741955202727936194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10214458.post-80356283315708571022018-06-03T18:47:28.026-07:002018-06-03T18:47:28.026-07:00Rob, I freaking LOVE the movie, Cinderella Liberty...Rob, I freaking LOVE the movie, Cinderella Liberty! What a great story! And it's also a film with two of my favorite actors, James Caan and Marsha Mason. I am such a huge fan of Marsha Mason, who I feel was not celebrated as she should have been because she is such a FABULOUS actress! I wrote her a letter many, many years ago and she was kind enough to send me a handwritten letter back. And I still have it!<br /><br />"Dog Day Afternoon, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Chinatown, and Serpico."<br /><br />Yes! And you're right...the 70's was such a great time for films that have becomes classics.<br /><br />I remember seeing Dog Day Afternoon while still living in Manhattan. What a GREAT film. And one of Pacino's best roles!<br /><br />I don't think I appreciated the 70's then, as I do now. Looking back, it was such a wonderful decade.<br /><br />Have a super week, buddy!<br />Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17332843200079013172noreply@blogger.com