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  What Are Some Musical Groups And/Or Songs That Everybody Liked But You?

  by minimus in

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  i never loved the beatles.

  i especially didn't care all that much for john lennon.. bob dylan, i never got his appeal!.

  any songs that just didn't do anything for you?.

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  I'm not afraid to admit that I like The Monkees. Sure, they were put together as a U.S. response to The Beatles and didn't play on their early albums, and had that campy TV show. But they did have talent, and the recent passing of Davy Jones actually saddened me in a way that few celeb passings do.

  As for more of what I don't like, I forgot to mention hip-hop and Country. Now there are some artists who cross over to and/or from Country that do quite well. Elvis Country was a favorite of mine, and my favorite Elton John album is Tumbleweed Connection, which, while not quite Country, does evoke similar imagery and sound. And there are songs from the likes of Eddie Rabbit and Glenn Campbell that cross nicely into Pop.
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  What Are Some Musical Groups And/Or Songs That Everybody Liked But You?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i never loved the beatles.

  i especially didn't care all that much for john lennon.. bob dylan, i never got his appeal!.

  any songs that just didn't do anything for you?.

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  It's funny how our feelings change about music over time too. Undercover mentioned how he views some groups differently now. Through the lense of time, I seem to do the same. Back in the day, while my brother repeatedly spun albums by Led Zeppelin, The Who, Aerosmith, Boston, etc., I was kind of on-board but never shared his enthusiasm. Yet now I find that some of their stuff was really pretty good.

  I was in my late teens during the Disco era and essentially hated the stuff, but now I look back and find a certain charm in at least some of it.

  Another couple of bands I still don't "get" though: Kansas (except for Carry On My Wayward Son) and REO Speedwagon (I call them "Air Supply with an edge"). Foreigner and Styx never thrilled me either except for songs such as Double Vision and Renegade.

  I've also come to realize over time how much the music of Motown has influenced my musical taste. I have a special affection for a lot of stuff that came out on the Motown label or was featured on Soul Train.
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  What Are Some Musical Groups And/Or Songs That Everybody Liked But You?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i never loved the beatles.

  i especially didn't care all that much for john lennon.. bob dylan, i never got his appeal!.

  any songs that just didn't do anything for you?.

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  rocketman

  Hey Minimus, yes, I am a fan of Elton's music; but I understand that while he has many fans, a lot of people either don't like his music or just don't see what the attraction is. It's just like everything else in music - purely subjective.

  By the way, this April was the 40th anniversary of the release of the song Rocket Man as a single.
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  What Are Some Musical Groups And/Or Songs That Everybody Liked But You?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i never loved the beatles.

  i especially didn't care all that much for john lennon.. bob dylan, i never got his appeal!.

  any songs that just didn't do anything for you?.

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  rocketman

  I certainly like the Beatles, but I actually think they're somewhat overrated. I'd catch a lot of flack for that if I said so publicly. I'm not saying they're bad - something can be very good, even great, and still be overrated.

  Bruce Springsteen is another one. Again, I like his songs, but I don't quite understand the attraction his fans seem to have.

  Pink Floyd - Dark Side of The Moon is, to my ears, an album with one great song (Money) and a bunch of strange stuff. Again, I just never bought into the mystique.

  However, one of the great things about music is exactly that - it is very subjective. We each feel its pull in different ways.
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  The tanning mom

  by Frozenout in

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  nice tan.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtwz1qz-ofo.

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  rocketman

  Maybe she's the woman that George Costanza dated so that he could get Mora (the gf who refused to break up with him) to suspect he was cheating (Episode "The Strongbox"). George: "she looks like an orange".
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  Symbols of death!

  by Marvin Shilmer in

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  symbols of death!.

  today i added a new article to my blog addressing symbols of death.

  watchtowers has wasted no expense to document and use one of these symbols to advance its own interests.

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  It could be argued that the policy of not possessing political party cards in Malawi (an encircled card with a slash through it, let's say) would be yet another "symbol" of a botched WTS policy that led to suffering and death.
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  My son was murdered today

  by truman in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i have been on this site daily, almost from its beginning, since i left the jws in 2001, but i have been more of a reader than a poster, as you can see from my post count.

  i know few here know me, although i know many of you through reading your posts.

  maybe it is not right to ask for support, when i generally stay quietly in the background of this forum, but i want only to speak a human misery of the deepest kind.

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  rocketman

  I hope you can somehow find comfort during this extremely difficult time Truman.
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  "Wondrous expansion is now taking place!" - the reality...

  by cedars in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've uploaded a new article to my blog on jwsurvey.org.

  it can be found at the following link:.

  http://jwsurvey.org/cedars-blog/under-the-microscope-the-watch-tower-societys-claims-to-divine-direction-part-1.

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  rocketman

  Good points Blondie...

  The average jw, as well as a good number of elders (like myself at one time) didn't really want to be tied down to s Bible Study. Unless the study was held on a weekend morning, it was one more night of getting dressed and going out. Few Witnesses want to make that effort, and with good reason. Pioneers on the other hand are usually looking for studies, so the expedient thing to do is simply hand them over, hoping a pioneer will accept the offer.
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  Dark Matter's take on Job

  by cantleave in

  1. watchtower
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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=qvgzqnsytji#!

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  rocketman

  Hilarious, but at the same time makes some interesting points.
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  What is the worst date you've ever had???

  by the_raisin in

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  2. relationships

  hey guys, just wanted to hear your stories about the worst dates you have been in or have heard about.. .

  let's see... worst date... hmm.... .

  okay so this didn't happen to me, but i was there lol.

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  rocketman

  Compound Complex - you just won my Favorite Post of The Year Award!