I've changed my mind.....

You can't do that @Russ - I don't have any more Deep Purple singles!!

(I do have In Rock, on vinyl, though - it's survived 40+ years in my tender care, though I don't think it's been played in the last 35).

There are so many great tracks on those albums, we could post for days...

@boo Beautiful Girls is such a fun song, I love it! Plus this one:

Somebody get me a doctor - great song although after recent events I’d rather dive the Dr a miss 🤣

So, what are we doing now, just posting every track from an album???

A bit touchy this evening @TV101 ..

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@deej 🤣🤣🤣🤣

when I had very long hair and friends. 

Hair 🙄 struggling to remember having any never mind long

rather dive the Dr a miss

Give...give the Dr a miss....🤬edit button.

You know, sometimes I just can’t get into a band. I’ll appreciate them as musicians and like the bands that they’ve influenced but I just can’t like them.

Deep Purple is one of those bands for me. There will be moments that I really enjoy and certain energies or whatever but as a whole I’m just not into them.

However, things can and do change so I vow that this year I’m going to give them a proper day in court and see if my opinion changes. 

But it will never happen with The Doors.
I fucking hate that band! 🤣🤣🤣

But it will never happen with The Doors.

Heathen @MattBeels.

Ahhhhh - the Doors and the Velvets were definitely two of my "influences" back in the day.  Actually, probably more so than Deep Purple or Led Zeppelin.  

Now you're going to say that you don't like the Velvet Underground either ...

But it will never happen with The Doors.

@mattbeels “This is the end, my only friend the end.” No more doors eh? 

Give...give the Dr a miss....🤬edit button.

Am I the only one that doesn’t complain about the edit button? 🤣

(I do have In Rock, on vinyl, though - it's survived 40+ years in my tender care, though I don't think it's been played in the last 35).

Hey @tv101. Time to play it again. 😁

🙂🎸🙏🎶

Am I the only one that doesn’t complain about the edit button? 🤣

Your spelling and grammar must be impeccable....just like your  rep points..🤣

@tv101

Actually The Velvet Underground are ok, I like songs like Oh Sweet Nuthin but I’m not a big fan of theirs either... it’s that organ sound of those other bands that I’m not a fan of. Plus The Doors didn’t have a bass player, what’s that all about?😂

Your spelling and grammar must be impeccable....just like your  rep points..🤣

@deej Not with my dyslexic brain but I do check everything several times before posting. I am a bit OCD about my spelling and grammar, I have to work a lot harder to get things right than the average person. 

@boo

I have to work a lot harder to get things right than the average person. 

That totally sucks and I understand how difficult it is.

My (soon to be) 9 year old daughter has dyslexia and it’s no fun to say the least.

Yo! Speaking of The Velvet Underground today is Lou Reed’s Birthday, just like someone else we know...

Fun fact: I have the same as Eric Clapton.

Since we’re actually supposed to be posting best songs in here this one’s for you @boo, up the iron’s baby!

“Bruce who?” 😆

Actually The Velvet Underground are ok

The Live, 1969 album is one of my favourites @mattbeels.  I'm not going to link the whole album (track-by-track!!) here, but stick it on Spotify (other streaming services are available) and give it a listen sometime.

That totally sucks and I understand how difficult it is.

My (soon to be) 9 year old daughter has dyslexia and it’s no fun to say the least.

@mattbeels I only found out that dyslexia was the cause of my academic problems when I was half was through my HND, about 10 years ago (a “mature” student 🤣). The college sent me to a dyslexia clinic for an assessment and it turned out to be a classic case of dyslexia, all the actions I did were common for a dyslexic person. They did an IQ test along side it, as a matter of course, and some of the test put me in the higher functioning section, which was interesting and shocking to me. 🤣 
Looking back at my school days, I was always the class clown, the one that messed about and got other kids into trouble. My school work suffered compared to the majority of my peers and I was near bottom of the leaderboard. Back in the 70s dyslexia was known about but they didn’t actually do much about it and there certainly wasn’t the support and recognition for kids with dyslexia as there is now. I only left high school with three GCSEs, English, Maths (only just passing at C level) and Art (at A grade). So, I scraped through school from start to finish, not knowing about my dyslexia. The teachers just dismissed me as a class clown a lot of the time or labelled me as thick or lazy.  
These days it’s much better, even at college level. It was the college that recognised my dyslexia and did something about it. I was totally upset about it when I was finally diagnosed, my school teachers had let me down but my college tutors hadn’t. I felt angry about it for a while but then realised that I had made this far through life without any major problems. Just because I struggle with the written word and calculating numbers, doesn’t mean I can’t do it or that I don’t have any other uses. What happens is that when you are crap at those things is your brain finds a way to cope without it and flourishes in other ways. With me, it was Art. So I say about your daughter, don’t be disheartened or worried that she won’t get on in life, because that is a myth, she will be fine. Just recognise what she is good at and encourage her to run with that, we all have strengths and weaknesses. 

My brain is different to most of my peers’ and I couldn’t do some of the jobs they do, my brain prevents that but I enjoy life with dyslexia, it means I can experience things and do things they can’t. There are so many different types of people on this planet, all spinning through space on this big ball of rock, it would be awfully boring if we were all exactly the same. 

How many famous people are dyslexic? A lot. 

Look back through history and see how many people were dyslexic. A lot. 

It’s always existed and always will. It’s just an alternative wiring of the brain but it absolutely does not mean you can’t be successful in life. 

I actually think it’s an honour to be dyslexic, it’s a super power. 🤘😁👍

Since we’re actually supposed to be posting best songs in here this one’s for you @boo, up the iron’s baby!

@mattbeels Now this really is right up my street. 🤘😜🤘🎸 

I lived and breathed Maiden in my teen years. This is going to be good. 

The first time I saw them live was at Manchester Apollo Theatre in 1988. They opened with Moonchild. It blew my mind. 🤯 

I could go on and on about this concert but I won’t bore you with all of that detail. I’ll just listen to the song instead. Rock! 🤘😁👍🎸