tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post8687261109616936516..comments2024-01-01T16:01:35.711+00:00Comments on Dick Puddlecote: A Nation Cowed?Dick Puddlecotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-17893095323596101072009-06-24T12:57:51.464+01:002009-06-24T12:57:51.464+01:00The Go-Between? I still bear the psychological sca...The Go-Between? I still bear the psychological scars from reading that piece of crap..BTSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-39543297396583491492009-06-22T20:28:07.299+01:002009-06-22T20:28:07.299+01:00I am of the generation that had the most wonderful...I am of the generation that had the most wonderful free living style ever. It is not my generation that are now the po faced elf & safety health freaks that ban everyting. We are now in our 60's and coming up to 70 as we were the teenagers of the late 50's and early to mid 60's.<br />It is the next generation of the 40-50 year olds that are the puritans and nazis. NOT US.. We are mostly the free thinkers and rebels still. So why are the people that were BORN in the good times the ones that hate it so. Could it be jealousy that their parents had such good times ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-62603641425110748052009-06-22T19:49:57.885+01:002009-06-22T19:49:57.885+01:00I saw this at the NIA. Slightly better audience r...I saw this at the NIA. Slightly better audience reaction than it sounds like you got at the O2. Never been to the O2 and never want to. I have stopped going to the NEC as it is, in my opinion, an airport hangar beside the airport....<br /><br />However, what made me laugh is that my friend and I decided to buy a 30th anniversary mug. During the break we stood in line only to find, on asking for a couple of mugs, that we couldn't buy them until the show had finished. Yup, more elfin safety. I have to say that after spending that much on a mug, I would be wrapping it in cotton wool rather than throwing it at anyone.<br /><br />I tell you, the world has gone stark raving bonkers.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17969767902477233674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-6044271173700766892009-06-22T13:24:00.755+01:002009-06-22T13:24:00.755+01:00You're right, Dick, we are cowed.
I've ju...You're right, Dick, we are cowed.<br /><br />I've just posted on the Forest site that defiant smokers on train platforms have been bullied into behaving like naughty kids behind the bike sheds.<br /><br />Do they still allow rice throwing at performances of the Rocky Horror Picture Show or has that been banned in case someone is hurt by a grain?<br /><br />JayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-51289381670260276732009-06-22T12:37:50.452+01:002009-06-22T12:37:50.452+01:00Very well said, and a very sad read. I was thinkin...Very well said, and a very sad read. I was thinking about this the other day- in my yoof, an evening out might be at the dark, sticky original Marquee on Wardour Street. I'd drink beer from a bottle- a <i>glass</i> bottle, surrounded by smoke (of both kinds), and the next day I knew I'd been to a gig because of the state of my hearing. This was little more than 20 years ago. So much has changed, that is, been banned, in a single generation.<br /><br />"The audience can still enjoy the music with controls in place". No, not really. Not as much. That's why music got to be loud in the first place. It's supposed to be an all-enveloping experience. Loud is better than quiet. Could rock'n'roll or metal or punk have developed and become what they were in the modern world where safety must be prioritised over enjoyment every time? I doubt it.<br /><br />And it's the generation who lived the freest youth imaginable- the boomers- who got old and did this to us. It is they who had their fun and decided that those who followed them would not be allowed to do the same. Could the counterculture have ever flowered in such a stifling environment? It would seem unlikely.<br /><br />Fun's over, kids.Ian Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15436369802742523036noreply@blogger.com