You know when you're getting old

UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS THE UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUM (INTERACTIVE)
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You know when you’re getting old when you start enjoying the music your old dad liked!
After listening to Johnnie Walker interview Tony Bennett the other week I thought “That’s not bad!” I might download a bit of that.So I did.
Then I thought “Ang’ on a mo”,me dad used to like him.Sad :open_mouth: :open_mouth:

And why is it that Radio2 now plays all the stuff I liked when I was a lad(?) but back then you’d only hear it on Radio1?
In 20 years time they’ll be playing Eminem on ‘Wake up to Wogan’ (Cos’ he’ll still be there,bless him)

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so very true :unamused: :blush: :blush: :sunglasses: :laughing:

simon

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PMSL… :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

I feel exactly the same… R1 is just naff boom-boom whining… (now THAT sounds like my Dad… :open_mouth: )
Steve Wright sounds just like he did 15yrs ago on R1… It’s like a time warp… Good ol’ 80’s music… :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:

I couldn’t stand Wogan before, but after a few late night runs, trying to find a nice voice to listen to, I found that woman who’s on before Wogan… (I still haven’t caught her name… :blush: ) and I kinda forgot to change over after her, and ended up listening to our irish charmer… It’s taken a while, but he is growing on me… :open_mouth:
And I used to love Moyles’, but now I can’t stand him… atleast not that early in the morning… :unamused:

I swear as soon as I reached 30, I ‘turned’ old… :confused:
Can’t listen to ‘top 40 bands’ anymore (metal to classical is OK, but not 'produced bands)…
I laugh at teenagers hair doo’s… (I used to have a ‘Cure’ back-combed sticky up affair… :open_mouth: :wink: )
and now I have, albiet only a few, GREY HAIRS… :open_mouth: :open_mouth: :open_mouth:

Christ, it’s all down hill from here… :cry: :cry: :wink:

Luv
Chrisie… :sunglasses:

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I found that woman who’s on before Wogan…

You mean Sarah Kennedy,Chrisie.

I personally can’t stand the woman.She’s far too hoity toity for me,and I get sick of hearing her go on about her cats.For God’s sake woman,I hate them as I’m allergic to the ■■■■ things,so talk about something else… :angry: Actually,I will take my hat off to her in one sense,she does a 1.5 hour day,for a lot of pay,so she’s not that daft.

Ken.

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It might be age, on the other hand it might just be developing taste in music! Tony Bennet is a great singer, stranger in paradise is my fave by him! Ive never been caught in all the “age” ■■■■■■■■, I loved that stuff as a kid, I still like the clash as well! :smiley:

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Quinny:

I found that woman who’s on before Wogan…

You mean Sarah Kennedy,Chrisie.

I personally can’t stand the woman.She’s far too hoity toity for me,and I get sick of hearing her go on about her cats.For God’s sake woman,I hate them as I’m allergic to the ■■■■ things,so talk about something else… :angry: Actually,I will take my hat off to her in one sense,she does a 1.5 hour day,for a lot of pay,so she’s not that daft.

Ken.

She is as daft as a brush, Quinny… thats why I think she is good at that time of the morning … plus she was a bit of a looker in her younger days!!
I like her

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KW:
And why is it that Radio2 now plays all the stuff I liked when I was a lad(?) but back then you’d only hear it on Radio1?

How true.

My dad has always listened to Radio 2 and back in the '80’s and I always told him it was an old codgers radio station.

Now I listen to it because radio 1 is absolutely rubbish.

So a word of advice: Listen to your parents - they are always right!

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Yep- sad but true.
Somehow though, Radio 2 doesn’t seem like it used to in my Dad’s day.
Oasis can be heard on it now - where’s Jim Reeves■■? Where’s Wogan’s Winner■■? Where’s recipe of the day■■?
Some things do change… but lets have a bit of Jim Reeves for us mid thirty -year old codgers eh?

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ianyng:
… but lets have a bit of Jim Reeves for us mid thirty -year old codgers eh?

When you were a teenager, I bet you thought Jim Reeves wasn’t trendy. Thats how it was back then. Now it’s cool to listen to the oldies - I could listen to Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Nat King Cole etc all day long (and I’m only a 32 year old codger! :open_mouth: )

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And here am I with a playlist encompasing AC/DC and Jive Bunny… :blush: :laughing:
Radio 2! Greatest station in the world!
Never found anything as good in Europe, USA or Canada.

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My latest mp3 cd for the car has the following folders and artists…

80’s
Duran Duran, foreigner, genisis, chris rea, dire straits, level 42, madness, etc…

Chill
Groove armada, spanish flamenco, guitar solo’s (mark knopfler, clapton, gotan project

Funk
John Lee ■■■■■■, BT, Zero 7, portishead, lenny kravitz, more groove armada, kosheen, the streets, hooverphonic…

oldies
bobby womack, bill withers, bee gee’s, louis armstrong, the eagles, CW McCall - Theme from Convoy… :smiley: :smiley:

Rock
Rage against the machine, red hot chillie peppers, BT, Pearl Jam, faith no more, metallica, crystal method, queen :blush: etc…

Classical
Bach, mozart, Samual Barber, plus other I don’t know the name of…

Soft ( dare I say easy listening
Mark Knopfler, rownan keating, portishead, stereophonics, david grey, scissor sisters, seal, bowie…

pop (never listened too, but seemed a waste to leave the cd empty…!! )
The strokes, Black eyed pea’s, Pink, Missy elliot, Kosheen, Nelly furtado, the rasmus, sugarbabes, fat boy slim…

That’s the problem with MP3 players, you can burn so much, you never know what to listen to, or how to find that ‘great’ song… !!!

Luv
Chrisie… :sunglasses: [/u]

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Sarah Kennedy

… plus she was a bit of a looker in her younger days!!

When your 50th birthday’s a distant memory, and your 60th is getting too close for comfort…she’s still is a bit of a looker! …now where did I put my specs…oh yes, next to the zimmer frame…oh zb, dropped em in the chamber pot :open_mouth:

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allikat:
And here am I with a playlist encompasing AC/DC and Jive Bunny…

AC/DC■■?
Bloody headbanging long haired biker boy eh? :laughing:

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You now you’re getting old when someone shows you a heritage lorry magazine and looking through it you discover that you’ve driven a lot of the models covered
:open_mouth:

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Chrisie

JOHN LEE ■■■■■■ is blues, please not funk! :open_mouth:

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Aye, but it’s still ‘Funky’ music… :wink: :stuck_out_tongue:

Luv
Chrisie… :sunglasses:

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ianyng:

allikat:
And here am I with a playlist encompasing AC/DC and Jive Bunny…

AC/DC■■?
Bloody headbanging long haired biker boy eh? :laughing:

Amazed no one has picked you up, ian!!
You should have typed “bloody headbanging long haired biker GIRL”

Thought I would save you anymore embarrassment :slight_smile:

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:laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

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TheBear:
[Amazed no one has picked you up, ian!!
You should have typed “bloody headbanging long haired biker GIRL”

Thought I would save you anymore embarrassment :slight_smile:

we were just waiting for the fireworks :wink: :laughing: :laughing:

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Bloody headbanging long haired biker boy eh? :laughing:
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Nothimg wrong with bloody headbanging music.
At 40 something i still like music to be loud & heavy.
Just don’t bother with the bike now.