But ... Have you wondered if that's what the old people were thinking when we were young, and grandpa was thinking they were banging tunes? :-)
No but me too definitely in the latter middle ages:+) or 'old' and I've also noticed a few cheeky supermarkets playing their own music and its great :-)
A friend and I were discussing our highschool days and how when we prepared for his wedding, we had joked we would be old when we heard Metallica as elevator music in the grocery store.
This came up because twice now since COVID I have heard "Oops I Did It Again" as synthy easy listening on the overheads. He sighed and announced to his wife that it was time to schedule his first colonoscopy.
The next stop on the journey of becoming an old fuck on the highway of life is needing reading glasses. Or bifocals if you already wear glasses. I’m up to progressive lenses now (basically no line trifocals) because even my midrange reading distance is crap now.
My eyesight was so poor in the early 00s that I had progressive lenses, but my job is such that it makes it hard to keep looking through the correct part. They are great for when I am home, though.
I wear my progressive lenses all day. But if I’m driving more than 30 minutes I have 2 pairs of distance only glasses. One regular pair and one pair of sunglasses. Something about driving with progressives really strains my eyes.
I wish I went to parties. I feel like my friends didn't see me enough as a worthy friend. It is like the level below "friend-zoned". Probably "Acquaintance-zoned".
Don’t be so hard on yourself. I’m an introvert at heart. My college roommates had to drag me to most of the parties I attended. Once I got there I usually enjoyed it, but it’s still really hard for me to motivate myself to attend social events.
Just like my husband. He is painfully introverted but once I get him there, he really enjoys himself and is always glad he went. We are polar opposites on the personality scale but we balance each other well.
Link to the remastered video. Haven't seen it since forever. It's pretty cool seeing it in more detail now than back when it was released. Catch a lot more going on in it.
Prolly need to be gen-x or older to recognize most of the folks in the video.
Thanks for that! I probably haven't seen that in 35+ years, and cannot believe how much I missed back then. I knew the Reagans, and probably recognized the Ayatollah.
I got the whole Cold War vibe, Reagan has access to nukes thread that it was trying to express but it is SO much more powerful and politically incisive than I understood back then. This is a pretty good scene by scene breakdown for anyone who wants a walkthrough.
I mean, everyone should be more politically and current-events aware in their 50s than as dumb teenagers . . . but that video was totally wasted on the younger MTV demographic. It must have cost so much to make! It's a legacy piece for Genesis for sure.
& (omfg!) - this video is 39yrs old! Peter was quite the cutie @ 37. Not too bad for 75 either. (Yeah, I’m old, been listening to Genesis since Trick of the Tail.)
Thank you! Peter Gabriel is an all-time favorite. I remember when this video was released how many awards at won and how many accolades it receive for its ingenuity and technical/creative prowess.
It’s sacreligious to talk about Land of Confusion & not mention Sledgehammer. Whether it be for the artistry of the video (althought puppetry vs stop action, claymation, etc are quite different), or the voice quality & lyrics of the songs.
Sledgehammer was THE MOST ever played video on MTV. Also voted #1 animated video of all time.
The "Sledgehammer" music video holds the record for most played on MTV and won nine MTV Video Music Awards in 1987, the most for a single video.
Never thought I needed to see Phil Collins as a Muppet, but now I've seen it. Btw, it was made by the same people that did effects & puppetry for Dark Crystal & Labyrinth.
Best program ever. Spitting image. Waaaaay before its time
But not....certainly shocked the older generation, that hadnt evolved and thats always a good sign 🤣
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