He did actually express interest in the job at one point! But by 92 he probably had his eye on being Texas Governor. Just one of those baseball history contingencies, like what if Castro had made the Yankees....,
I love the story this week about how the Dalai Llama is considering not reincarnating and the Chinese government has told him he has no choice:
"Zhu Weiqun, a Communist Party official who has long dealt with Tibetan issues, told reporters in Beijing on Wednesday that the Dalai Lama had, essentially, no say over whether he was reincarnated. That was ultimately for the Chinese government to decide, he said" (NY Times)
Your paste somehow got a lot of extra formatting markup in it that caused weirdness. It'll probably fix itself in the end. Appropriate for a WTF thread though.
Had to laugh at this "aging Boomer" article, 8 Songs From the ’80s That Perfectly Sum Up My Current Life. Glad my life isn't perfectly summed up by this collection of 80s worst hits...including not only 'Don't Stop Believin' but also 'Jump'
When Our Lips are Sealed by The Go-Go’s is the best song on a list, it is a very bad list indeed. But then, the 80s was not a great decade for pop music in general.
Too, all respect to Chaka Khan. Otherwise, all that's missing for a true worst of the 80s list is 'Safety Dance.' Well, and 'Puttin' on the Ritz' by Taco...
"The Safety Dance" wasn't so bad. If you want really bad, then you have to go with Night Ranger's "Sister Christian" or the theme song from "Saint Elmo's Fire" by John Parr, stuff like that. Or even Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up," which is so bad the video for it has become an internet phenomenon to represent the thing you least want your browser to land on.
Besides, this wasn't meant to be a list of worst hits, it's a list of 80's hits that this particular baby-boomer felt were relevant to her life today. You should go with the Rolling Stone list - that has both "Puttin' on the Ritz" and "The Safety Dance" on it.
Don't forget, XTC made some of their best records in the 80's, so it can't have been all that bad.
The 80's were awesome for music (pop or otherwise - I was mostly in the otherwise area and had to suffer through the pervasiveness of the pop stuff (I remember going to a party where the theme was "Putting on the Ritz" gah.... it still makes me shake my head in disbelief).... (anyway, here's the corrected link for ScissorMan's Rolling Stones link (adjusted to start at the beginning too)). But I'll admit the 80's had their fair share, if not more, of some real stinkers.
I'll freely admit that I'm in the camp of liking Our Lips are Sealed and Safety Dance and some of the other songs in the original link to a much lesser extent (I wonder if I still have my Journey tour t-shirt from back then).... however Jump totally sucked.... but the Aztec Camera cover of that was awesome (to a large degree only because of how much the original sucked)... I pretty much stopped listening to Van Halen after that song/album... and had been looking for a copy of the Aztec Camera version ever since I first heard it from my brother way back then.
To be honest, I usually hate "pop music" on general principles, whatever the decade. I really think the convergence of pop forms of "new wave" and low-budget MTV videos is the culprit. Vids for "Come on Eileen" or Thomas Dolby, "Blinded me by Science," etc.
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Craig
Craig
I love the story this
week about how the Dalai Llama is considering not reincarnating and the Chinese
government has told him he has no choice:
"Zhu Weiqun, a
Communist Party official who has long dealt with Tibetan issues, told reporters
in Beijing on Wednesday that the Dalai Lama had, essentially, no say over
whether he was reincarnated. That was ultimately for the Chinese government to
decide, he said" (NY Times)
Fascinating on so many
levels.
Craig
Now I know what I need to do.
I am so disgusted that someone would name a podcast after this thread without our permission
Craig
Craig
Besides, this wasn't meant to be a list of worst hits, it's a list of 80's hits that this particular baby-boomer felt were relevant to her life today. You should go with the Rolling Stone list - that has both "Puttin' on the Ritz" and "The Safety Dance" on it.
Don't forget, XTC made some of their best records in the 80's, so it can't have been all that bad.
I'll freely admit that I'm in the camp of liking Our Lips are Sealed and Safety Dance and some of the other songs in the original link to a much lesser extent (I wonder if I still have my Journey tour t-shirt from back then).... however Jump totally sucked.... but the Aztec Camera cover of that was awesome (to a large degree only because of how much the original sucked)... I pretty much stopped listening to Van Halen after that song/album... and had been looking for a copy of the Aztec Camera version ever since I first heard it from my brother way back then.