Predators and Prey

[Pygmepatl]

I feel so stupid for not knowing anything about music.

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[Thrashy]

I feel so stupid for not knowing anything about music.

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Why? Everyone has different tastes!
The 70s and 80s are where most of the bands I listen to were most active. If these years are over, I don't have much more to add anymore ^^

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[Simo]

I feel so stupid for not knowing anything about music.

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Ah, don't feel bad! We all have our areas of interest! Me, when things turn to computers and tech...I'm pretty lost! Well, at least fairly lost : )

And the good thing about music is that tastes can evolve over many years, and there's a TON of amazing music to discover: in ways, you're at a tremendous advantage, being able to hear so may things, for the first time: )

 

[Cosmic-FS]

I feel so stupid for not knowing anything about music.

Don't feel bad. I didn't start really listening to music till the early 00's. Looking back, I had come s***y taste. It was also during a not too great decade music wise.

 

[Thrashy]

Ah, don't feel bad! We all have our areas of interest! Me, when things turn to computers and tech...I'm pretty lost! Well, at least fairly lost : )

Didn't we want to talk about how to set up a DNS Server for our Active Directory?
(Sorry) ^^

in ways, you're at a tremendous advantage, being able to hear so may things, for the first time: )

Yes! How much would I pay to be able to forget Pink Floyd and listen to them for the first time again


(Seems that the prey won)

 

[Thrashy]

*restarts to get faster to page 1975*

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[Pygmepatl]

I guess you are right. I was just starting to feel a little excluded from all this interesting conversation about music you were having. You never cease to amaze me with all the music you are always sharing. I've even been listening to some of the songs you share lately and I've been planning on making a playlist to save all of them. Maybe I will develop a music taste.

Thanks guys!

*Hugs tightly*

 

[Thrashy]

I guess you are right. I was just starting to feel a little excluded from all this interesting conversation about music you were having. You never cease to amaze me with all the music you are always sharing. I've even been listening to some of the songs you share lately and I've been planning on making a playlist to save all of them. Maybe I will develop a music taste.

Thanks guys!

*Hugs tightly*

If you like single songs, tell me which, maybe I can suggest you some similar ones.

For the experimental stuff, that isn't played in radio you might wanna have a look here:
forums.furaffinity.net: Psychedelic Rock

 

[Groggy]

*sees 1977 is not upon us yet*
boo

1974 marks the releases of...
'Crime Of The Century' by Supertramp
'Red' by King Crimson
'Queen II' and 'Sheer Heart Attack' by Queen
'The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway' by Genesis
'Bridge of Sighs' by Robin Trower
'Secret Treaties' by Blue Öyster Cult
'Pretzel Logic' by Steely Dan
'Autobahn' by Kraftwerk
...and so on.

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[DRGN Juno]

This year in aviation history: A Turkish Airlines DC-10 named Ankara (tail number TC-JAV, operating as Turkish Airlines 981) crashes shortly after takeoff from Orly International Airport in Paris. The culprit is a cargo door that was designed to swing outwards, done so to maximize usable cargo space. The worn out locks (which rarely worked properly) allow the door to swing open from the pressurization with enough force to pass its safety stops, hitting the side of the fuselage and caving in part of the floor. Six occupied seats are sucked out of the plane, and the collapsed floor cuts off all tail-mounted controls, causing the plane to nose down. The speed picked up from the dive breaks the plane apart mid-air.

This accident is notable for two things:
1) It's the third highest death toll (and was the worst at the time) of any aviation accident, with 346 fatalities.
2) A 'smoking gun' memo from contractor Convair highlighted Convair's concerns with the cargo door and latches, and explained with frightening accuracy what would happen if the latches were to fail. This memo went ignored by manufacturer McDonnell-Douglas, leading to the largest civil lawsuit at the time.

Note for point 2: An American Airlines DC-10 suffered a similar cargo door failure almost two years earlier. By pure chance, the collapse of the floor did not sever all of their controls, nor did any seats get lost to the hull breach, and the plane landed safely.

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[Groggy]

I guess you are right. I was just starting to feel a little excluded from all this interesting conversation about music you were having. You never cease to amaze me with all the music you are always sharing. I've even been listening to some of the songs you share lately and I've been planning on making a playlist to save all of them. Maybe I will develop a music taste.

Thanks guys!

*Hugs tightly*

My advice: Don't listen to anything you don't really feel like listening; if you don't like it, don't feel compelled to like it. Go your own way, music taste develops differently from person to person, so don't feel pressured to know or like all the bands/genres/albums/songs we've been citing these last few pages. That, and taste for music usually changes with time.
As an example, I only started really liking metal about 5 years ago. If you asked my opinion on a band like Sepultura back then, you'd get a reply like "I don't like it, it's just noise", nowadays my opinion on the band and its genre has changed completely.

That aside, I'm glad you've been listening to some of the songs that we've been sharing here. Sometimes I think I'm a little obnoxious with the way I share unsolicited music around here; it's good to hear you like it.

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[DRGN Juno]

Sometimes I think I'm a little obnoxious with the way I share unsolicited music around here; it's good to hear you like it.

I get that. It's hard sometimes talking about something you like in a random forum like this if there's no other lead-in to it. But that's why I like it here, it's like a little history dump from a diverse bunch of topics that everyone else is interested in.

So with that said: This year in aviation history, the SR-71 Blackbird sets two records for non-rocket aircraft - altitude (85,069 ft.), and airspeed (1,905.81 kts/2,193.2 MPH/3,529.6 km/h) at approximately Mach 3.3.

Side note about the SR-71: For an aircraft capable of flying to the edge of space, you'd think that it would be nothing but clinical - absolute perfection, and nothing less in construction, maintenance, and operation. But there was an SR-71C variant, which was hacked together with the aft fuselage of an early Blackbird that was damaged, and the forward fuselage of a static test unit never meant for flight. Allegedly, this SR-71C never flew straight, and was nicknamed "The Bastard." Some jurisdictions don't even allow cars to be registered if they're "zippered together" like this, but here we had Lockheed, basically making the used car special out of two questionably airworthy Blackbirds.

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[Cosmic-FS]

*noms on some food. What is it? You decide*

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[DRGN Juno]

*Offers a buy 1 get 1 free promotion on facts*

This year in aviation history, a Boeing 747, owned by Lufthansa named Hessen (tail number D-ABYB), crashes after takeoff from Frankfurt Nairobi. Of the 140 on board, 59 are killed. The accident is determined to be both improper configuration (slats on the wing were not extended, leading to a higher stall speed), and a lack of warning that the plane was out of configuration for takeoff. It's the first hull loss of a 747.

Also this year in aviation history, SAAB's first turbine fighter, the JAS 35 Draken, ceases production. Despite its discontinuation decades ago, it remains the premier fighter of the Dragon Gulch Air Force to this day. Yes, we really are that vain.

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[Cosmic-FS]

*preens my feathers*
Gotta keep looking sharp

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[Thrashy]

*adds a point*

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[Simo]

*preens my feathers*
Gotta keep looking sharp

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*plucks out a few feathers to use as quills for writing*

Gotta admit...these are the height of elegance!

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[Thrashy]

Almost at a legendary page ^^

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[DRGN Juno]

*preens my feathers*
Gotta keep looking sharp

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*Sends a birb to preen with you*

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[Thrashy]

1975!

Newly formed bands:
- Motörhead
- Iron Maiden
- Praying Mantis
- Rainbow

Albums released:
- Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here (In my opinion one of the best albums in general ever made)
- Rainbow: Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
- Queen: A Night At The Opera
- Black Sabbath: Sabotage
- AC/DC: T.N.T. (only released in Australia. Most of these songs were internationally released on "High Voltage in 1976. Not to be confused with the Australian "High Voltage", that was also released in 1975)

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[Cosmic-FS]

*while preening I decide to go to the spa and get the full works*

Ahhhh. I earned this.

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[Thrashy]

As mentioned, AC/DC albums in the Bon Scott era were a bit complicated, when it comes to the international and Australian versions.
Here's the Auatralian version:

Songs:
A1 Baby Please Don't GoWritten-By – Broonzy*
A2 She's Got Balls
A3 Little Lover
A4 Stick Around
B1 Soul Stripper
B2 You Ain't Got A Hold On Me
B3 Love Song
B4 Show Business

International Version:

Songs:
It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll) 5:10
The Rock 'N' Roll Singer 5:00
The Jack 5:50
Live Wire 5:45
T.N.T. 3:30
Can I Sit Next To You Girl 4:06
Little Lover 5:26
She's Got Balls 4:46
High Voltage


Some of these Australian edition songs have never been released on an international record.

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[DRGN Juno]

This year in aviation history (in what sounds like the lead in to an extraordinarily dark joke), a USAF C-5A Galaxy participating in Operation Babylift crashes in Vietnam after the rear cargo door blows off. Of the 138 killed, 78 are war-orphaned children on their way to their new families in the US.

And because that fact was super depressing, also this year in aviation, Eastern Airlines flight 140 is hijacked by 46 year old Laughlin Wright, demanding the flight be diverted to San Juan, Puerto Rico. The pilots convince Wright to allow them to land at Washington Dulles for fuel, at which point he is caught off guard by an off-duty cop and shoved into the lavatory. The unnamed cop leans on the door until the flight lands, where Mr. Wright ends up being arrested.

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[Thrashy]

*adds a point before blacking out* ^^

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[Pygmepatl]

Good night!

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