AND THE BEATLES ARE THOSE GUYS ON GUITAR HERO

From nursecindy:

Steven Tyler is retiring for a while.  I was at the store where 2 infants, 17 years old, were discussing this.  One of them told the other they had heard that Steven Tyler was retiring. The other asked who he was. The first one said, " He's Liv Tyler's dad!  I think he used to have a band or something."  I wanted to drag them to the car and make them listen to 'Dude Looks Like A Lady' and 'Walk This Way' until they admitted he was one of the greatest rock and roll singers of all time. I was afraid of going to jail if I did that but if the judge were our age I believe he would have understood and dropped the charges.

Comments

[Guin]

*gestures Cindy to empty seat on Geezer Bus*

[Siouxie]

cindy, I feel your pain. I'd have helped you hide the bodies. Really.

[Dad-O-Lot]

Did you know that Paul McCartney was in another band before "Wings"?

[Annie Where-but-here]

Nursecindy, maybe Liv's dad will hire you as his archivist.

[Cheesewiz]

Who's Liv Tyler?

[nursecindy]

Annie I would be happy to work with him. I wanted to cry when I heard them. *sits next to Guin on Geezer Bus*

[Diva]

(((((ncindy))))) I feel your pain. One of my teen friends (14) is doing a report on the 80s. Fully 90% of my references were totally unfamiliar to her. She'd never seen 16 Candles, The Breakfast Club or Ferris Bueller's Day Off. I feel like I need an IV of Geritol™ now, please.

[queensbee]

crosby, stills, nash, and who?? bing crosby was in a band??
never mind. save my geezer seat.

[jon]

I remember after hearing a song on the radio a few years ago that, "That was Paul McCartney's old band, Wings."
Just about choked.

[Bernard Scooper]

My niece once pointed to a picture in the newspaper and asked "Who's that nice-looking older man?" You guessed it. Paul McCartney. Any more seats on the geezer bus?

[Meanie the Blue]

Bye, bye Miss American Pie .....

[Mr Death]

Dad-O-Lot: I tried that line out on one of the more modern youngsters, who shot back at me, "Paul McCartney was in a band?"

At least I didn't get, "Paul Who?"

[Allen at Division]

Cheesewiz, get serious! Arwen from Lord of the Rings. Mmmm, elves...

[Meanie the Blue]

Just to balance things a bit, my 14-year-old daughter asked me last weekend if we had any Simon & Garfunkel albums, seeking particular songs that she wanted to load onto her Ipod.

[jon]

Wow, that page for Arwen has a link to "Cleavage Galleries"!
Which, of course, WBAGNFARB.

[crossgirl]

glad to know you're raisin' 'em up right there, meanie!

it's not the kids fault, the parents should have indoctrinated brainwashed exposed them to music at a defenseless impressionalble young age.

[Steve (The 24 Guy)]

On the plus side, on Tuesday Steven Tyler appeared on stage to say that Aerosmith wasn't breaking up. Haven't heard anything since then though, so they might have broken up and reformed a few more times.

[Horace LaBadie]

That's nothing. Somebody was suspicious of that scruffy looking guy wandering around the neighborhood in New Joisey and called the cops. The cops came, stopped the guy and asked him what he was doing. "Just walking around." They asked him who he was. "Bob Dylan." Never heard of him.

[Georg]

Lots of poor parenting going on out there. If we don't introduce our kids to the great music of the 60's and 70's, who do we think will?

[Siouxie]

Meanie, I must say that my two have been properly brainwashed taught to appreciate good music. They love The Beatles and a lot of the classics as well.

[mudstuffin]

as for allen's link: humminahumminahummina boing! bbbb wacka wacka coo-coo!

oh yeah. my kids like the beatles. and devo, go figure. but you guys are really late getting on the geezer bus. back in '78 or so i had a poster of jimi hendrix' face on the wall at work. one of the youger fellas that worked there, probably seventeen, asked "who is that?" i shot back, "you're kidding, you don't know?" to which he replied "i dunno... david bowie?"

[ubetcha]

I never missed an Aerosmith concert in the 70s and being a New Englander, there were around often. My personal favorite is "Lord of the Thighs."

And let me state for the record -- Joe Perry is HOT! I'd risk breaking a hip for him.

[Meanie the Blue]

"Oh, by the way, which one's Pink?"

[Brian]

Never saw Ferris Bueller's Day Off !!!

That was a "new generation of kids" movie for me, and I bet I've seen all or parts of it a hundred times. I bet it will wipe that P-p-p-poker face, P-p-poker face off any of the young unknowings of today and replace it with a grin from ear to ear.

*Can I get a transfer stamp on my bus pass please?

[Meanie the Blue]

Brian - you are so on the money! That same 14-year-old daughter of mine just saw that film for the first time last week, and demands that we own it. And she does the gag signal every time she hears Poker Face.

[Cheryl Howard]

From my FB News Feed.
Who's Greenpeace? Are they a band?

[Olo Baggins of Bywater]

I heard a rumor Steven Tyler fell off the wagon. Hope he's ok.

And speaking of Beatles, this is likely why they broke up. If you can make it past 25 seconds, you'll likely go deaf.

[Meanie the Blue]

C'mon, Cheryl - where have you been?

[wiredog]

Paul McCartney is 67.

This is my favorite recent story of someone dealing with annoying teens.

[Elon]

Just wanted to point out this is not my fault. I know who he is.

[Elon]

I know who Steven Tyler is. These people did too. They just think tormenting you is funny.

[Elon]

And the bot thinks tormenting me is funny.

[Slightly Askew]

The standing arrangement at our house for our Netflix account is that for every new release movie we watch, we get a classic from mom and dad's youth. This week it's "Up" and "The Journey of Natty Gann". It's fun to try to come up with a classic that has a similar theme to whatever is being pushed by Hollywood. Some recent pairings:

17 Again and Big
Marley and Me and Where the Red Fern Grows
Inkheart and The Princess Bride

Now, if you'll excuse me.

♫Dream on, dream on, dream on, dream on;
Dream on, dream on, dream on,
AAAAAAAUAAAAAAUAAAAAAUAAAAAUAAAAAUAAAAAUAAAA ♫

*Voicebox ruptures*

[ScottMGS]

My daughter surprised me last week by singing along with George Benson's On Broadway.

[Slightly Askew]

...sorry, lost consciousness on that high note before I was able to close my italics.

[The Dread Pirate Chris]

This one's Pink.

This one used to be Pink, but then she went blond.

[NotSherly]

We all see slightly askew's point of view.

[The Dread Pirate Chris]

And just to round out the references...
This one's NOT Pink.

[Steve]

A friend and I saw the Stones a few years ago. I guarantee that I was the only one there outside the band who remembered listening to their first 45. But the crowd was really into it. That, and really, REALLY high. Or as one guy said to me at the gate, "Man, is it drunk out tonight!"
Good to see young folk keeping up tradition.

[Horace LaBadie]

Aerosmith? Wasn't he the pilot of Jefferson Airplane?

[Tash]

Last year's graduating class voted "A Little Help From My Friends" as their class song.... (of course we know why, heh heh)... For a "Visual Poem" assignment several kids choose a Beatles' song every time ...on the other hand, I almost called off my wedding when my husband admitted he didn't know who Jim Morrison was (ultra geezer, Kingston Trio type.)

ya just never know.

[Milt]

Old and bold and proud to have made it this long with the abuse I have put myself through. Happy to say I was around for the greatest Rock n' Roll! The Beatles were the best. Lynyrd Skynyrd ruled America in the mid 70's. The Stones will never die, they'll only get a new transfusion. Rap is crap. Now I only know how my Dad felt when he heard the Doors for the first time. Still miss Jim, Jimmy and Janis. I tell people youth is curable; you grow out of it. But not me, I'm 13 and holding and I have a lot of CD's I have to buy.

[Elon]

See, and you thought we actually listened to Kanye.

[Elon]

And you actually thought we listened to Kanye!

[Elon]

Italics be gone!

[Meanie the Blue]

Excellent referencing, DPC. You get a reserved window seat on the Geezer Bus.

Plus, a bag of raccoon food.

[Siouxie]

Meanie, Brian - I OWN Bueller!! LOVE IT and so does my youngest.

[Siouxie]

mommmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Slightly Askew broked the blo ogggggg!!

[MOTW]

Horace L' - seriously, didja see that officer's name? Office Buble? I think Dylan should have (not of) asked to see HER I.D.

[insomniac]

you don't know who steven tyler is? "you're not worthy! you're not worthy!"

party on, ncindy!

[insomniac]

oh, many years my son (around 10 or so) was checking out movies from the library. that night he said , "i was watching this neat movie. it had king arthur in it, but they were all banging coconuts together, and a killer rabbit and..."
(a proud moment)

[Punkin]

My Hubby takes care of Joe Perrys' dogs.

Aerosmith played at my HIGH SCHOOL back in the early 70's after our school won a battle of the bands competition. We were only 2 towns away from Lynn, MA where the guys started.

Of course, they were new and I was too young to appreciate the brush with greatness.

[Witchie-coo]

Like Meanie The Blue (no Beatles reference there, eh?), my daughter was raised correctly. She was raised on The White Album, Sergeant Pepper, Pet Sounds, The Doors, The Clash, The Ramones, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Breakfast Club, The Who, The Rolling Stones, U2, Psycho, Cream... and I took her to the blues festive any chance I got. She'll be 22 next week.

Any seats left on the geezer bus?
In the town where i was born,
There lived a man,
Who sailed the seas,
And he told us of his life,
In the land of Submarines,
So we sailed into the sun,
Till' we found a sea of green,
And we lived beneath the waves,
In our yellow submarine,

All together now!
We all live in a yellow submarine,
A yellow submarine,
A yellow submarine,
We all live in a yellow submarine,
A yellow submarine,
A yellow submarine.

[Diane]

My 17-year-old has been thoroughly indoctrinated and is a huge fan of the Beatles. Also the Rolling Stones. He has seen Chaplin movies, loves Ferris Bueller, and quotes Monty Python.

I like Liv Tyler better than Steven.

[Siouxie]

*jumps on the geezerbus...Gus*

[Meanie the Blue]

There's plenty o' room, W-c.

Funny, you don't look Bluish..... ;)

[Leetie]

I remember winning the "Toys in the Attic" LP (that's a vinyl album, kids) at a 7th or 8th grade dance. Still have it! And Joe was hot.

[gjd]

glad to know you're raisin' 'em up right there, meanie!

it's not the kids fault, the parents should have indoctrinated brainwashed exposed them to music at a defenseless impressionalble young age.

Posted by: crossgirl | November 12, 2009 at 10:56 AM

That's why I homeschool. :-D

My middle son chose going to Graceland as his 10th birthday present.

[Brian]

I would bet that Steve and Joe and the boys have watched this on the bus a time or two, so....

In memory of John Hughes,
one of the best scenes from one of the funniest movies ever made.

Danke Schoen.

[The Dread Pirate Chris]

I grew up on "Famous 56" radio. "Wibbage" peaked and was on the way out before I really got interested in music.

A window seat on the bus. Cool.

[Braniff]

"On the plus side, on Tuesday Steven Tyler appeared on stage to say that Aerosmith wasn't breaking up."
Posted by: Steve (The 24 Guy)

Steven Tyler is the Brett Favre of rock.

[Slightly Askew]

♫
Siouxie, don't understand
Why you go run to mom when this wasn't planned.

This post, may be the last I fear
Unless I find a way to clear, the broken code.
Oh oh oh

So take, this broken blog
And learn to <I> again, learn H-T-M-L.
And when we see the dialogue,
Without the slanted font we'll open up and give a yell.
Take, this broken blog.
♫

[Braniff]

My 21 yr old son's favorite band is Van Halen. My 18 year old has his Ramones poster on the wall of his college dorm room. My wife and I must have done something right!

[Miss Chevious]

True story: I am a Barry Manilow nut, and always throw a birthday party at work for him on his birthday (June 17th) complete with cake and ice cream. (Everyone who has worked with me for a long time knows I'm not right in the head.)

We had a really young engineer who was new, however, and he actually asked me, "who is this 'Barry Manilow'? You're awfully fond of him, did he used to work here?" Everyone (but me of course) busted out laughing! I, however, was not amused.

As for Nurse Cindy, if I was on your jury, you would have been found innocent.

[queensbee]

my teen neice and neph are huge beatles fans. but they also know the current crop of whatever is singing out there. whoever they are. Pink is a person?
hope you alls are saving me a geezer seat.
and i wouldnt give it up for all the skinny thighs and good hearing and vision in the world.
pass the lipitor.
what'd ya say?

[Hammond Rye]

This conversation took place in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1968:

My cousins: "Hey, we have tickets to see the Beatles! Do you want to go?"

Me (age 8): "No, I want to stay home and play with my new Batmobile."

*Sigh*

[Slightly Askew]

Braniff,

Congratulations, your son has good taste...assuming, of course, it's the Roth era.

[Braniff]

SA: Yes, definitely Roth. And Eddie Van Halen is his rock hero.

[mudstuffin]

punkin - aerosmith played at my high school too - as the warm up act for glass harp, who was the warm up act for the joe vitale band... i know!

that was the first time i heard of aerosmith, and just weeks before they were on the radio all day long.

[Dorakay]

Both of my boys have more music from Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Aerosmith, etc. on their IPods, than any music from today. They both can probably quote Monty Python better than I can. If I taught them right, my grandchildren will be forced to listen exposed to the same great music....but not for another 10 years or so, because I'm too young to be a grandma!

[bonmot]

Let's not forget Queen, Led Zeppelin, Linda Ronstadt, (skipping the whole disco thing) Blue Oyster Cult, ELO, ELP, the Doobie Brothers, Steve Miller Band, Chicago, slow dancing to "Freebird" and dreading the fast part, Edgar Winter's "Frankenstein" (best use of a synthesizer ever), moving into New Wave with Deborah Harry, "Turning Japanese", Adam Ant, the Clash, the Jam, the Specials, the Bangles, the GoGos, Siouxie (!)and the Bashees, Thompson Twins, Flock of Seagulls, Devo, Duran Duran, Squeeze, etc. . . . good times.

[magicgirlfriend]

\,,,/

[WriterDude]

Better now?

[WriterDude]

Fixed now?

[WriterDude]

I tried.

[Diva]

mommmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Slightly Askew broked the blo ogggggg!!

Posted by: Siouxie | November 12, 2009 at 01:02 PM

He was just living up to his name, Siouxie. :-D

[trustf8]

Breaking News: NFL announces Super Bowl half time performers: The WHO!

We won't Get Fooled Again!

awesomeness

[frodolives]

This trip down Reminiscence Lane has been wonderful, but for a few potholes:

Tash, "Kingston Trio" makes me an "Ultra-geezer?" Well, then, I guess hand me the keys to the bus! (Or throw me under it!!)

Miss C, HOW have you survived on this blog at all?

How in the name of all that is Darwinian did Liv spring from the loins of Steve Tyler (Is this ALONE not proof that there is a merciful God???)

And on a closing note, though I like many of their songs, I think the Beatles' contribution to great music has to take a number of back seats to Les Paul, Elvis, Ray Charles, the Back Porch Majority, and Johnny Lee Hooker, among others...

[Jeff Meyerson]

Hey geezers, I saw The Beatles, February 1964 at Carnegie Hall, between the two weeks on Ed Sullivan.

God, I'm old.

*tries to remember where geezer bus is parked*

[Tash]

Oh-ohhhhhh, Frodo, I hope we don't start a "best" fight.... so many greats, yup -- and the Beatles were direct about the sources of their sound.
No one's an Ultra Geezer if they HAVE heard of Jim Morrison.

[frodolives]

No, no, no, Tash, no "best" fights here... and that was my point, the Beatles did acknowledge their influences, so for those who think "the Beatles started great music," well, they need to research more! As for Jim Morrison, I just wish I could have buddied up to him to remind him the crash was coming, and we the audience wanted him to continue. He chose, he lost, and may he rest in the peace he never found in life...

[The Dread Pirate Chris]

trustf8 - Staring Zombie John and The Ghost of Keith?

[trustf8]

DPC:
Who's on first
butt

i don't know who's on 2nd

[Meanie the Blue]

*Tosses some Live At Fillmore East onto the blog.*

[magicgirlfriend]

Who is the more wrecked member of this band who stayed stoned 24/7 smoking 2 inch diameter joints during the entire year of '71. Dave. This video was shot right after Dave's longtime secret lover Janis Joplin was busted for ladedah'ing his Baton with Rouge.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZMmV6xXYFw

\,,,/

[Elon]

Frod, she got her mother's genes.

[mare bear]

I turned my kids on to the greats and they returned the favor. Any one listen to SHINEDOWN??

[frodolives]

I can only guess so, Elon, but I'm still going with the "merciful God" theory!!!

[pogo]

"All of Chuck's children are out there playing his licks" - Seger, "Rock N Roll Never Forgets"

[Punkin]

Jeff - When you saw the Beatles at Carnegie, I was 19 months old.

I was gonna say I still peed in my pants, but now that I'm older, that is, ocassionally, still true.

[Loudmouth]

I was surprised to find Aerosmith in my death metal son's iPod. He was surprised to find Rammstein in mine.

[pogo]

I was old enough to drive to see the Beach Boys in Indy in the summer of '65. Brian Wilson had already quit going on the road and they had this guy named Glen Campbell filling in on bass. I think he was on TV later...

I get great respect from my Deadhead children when I remind them I saw the Dead in concert at Purdue in the spring of '68.

And in my dotage, I have explored backward and now I know most everything Bob Wills ever did, and Ernest Tubb is a hero.

What a long, strange trip it's been.

[Guin]

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[magicgirlfriend]

Went to a great Rock concert in '71. Sat in the second row left. Lit up. Noticed eveyone was s=taring. Realized it was a magic show!

[Siouxie]

Slightly Askew - LOVE the song LOL You are forgiven!!

[frodolives]

Aaahhh, Pogo, "The Rose of San Anton'"... Also brings up the late great: Waylon! "Bob Wills is still the King!"

[Siouxie]

Dirt = old
Jeff = older

I was but a wee babe of 4, BFF. I'm sure I still peed in my pantalones.

What about now, you ask?? That Depends.

[Siouxie]

Hammie - OH NO!!! (I would have been playing with my new Barbie).

bonmot - what is WRONG with the "whole Disco thing??" Back in the day..I was listening to The Beatles, Cat Stevens AND Donna Summer! (yes, I have admitted to liking Barry Manilow and going to a concert back when drugs were abundant I was young and stoopid).

I do agree that the 80's had some very cool and impressive punk/rock bands. I loved the music at the time. I lived in California from 81 to 84 and those groups were HUGE. Needless to say that my moniker comes from being a fan of Siouxsie and the Banshees (which I saw live).

[Snarky Comment]

Frodo - You will recall that Waylon played bass for Buddy Holly.

[Merri Lee]

1) Paul McCartney is Stella McCartney's dad. Duh.

2) I'm a little younder that Nicole Ritchie, so I did hear Lionel a lot as a child. My dad was mortified at the E! Hollywood Story that was called "Nicole and Lionel Richie" Clearly, the two are of equal importance.

3) Recently a family friend was going through his son's iPod, irate at his son's love of teenaged rapper Soulja Boy Tell 'Em. "In my Day we had REAL music. NWA, Public Enemy, EPMD, Ice-T." Family friend = 40s. Son = 12. My dad laughed at the whole thing saying, "wait, rap fans are OLD now?"