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Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: dm1333 on January 06, 2018, 10:45:08 PM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoWCWQARzp0
Blackberry smoke tearin it up!
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Huh?
I'm one o' them olde phartes. Is that video supposed to mean something to me? I've never even heard of the band. You sure you're not looking for some young whippersnappers?
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The original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFhM1XZsh6o
Yeah, it's old. Not Rolling Stones old, but old enough.
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I went down your rabbit hole, then I wandered off on this side tunnel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64swVmq_XPk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64swVmq_XPk)
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Sorry, I just don't get it. Probably my fault, though. Did not chase down any followup vids.
Skipped through it to see if I could abstract a message.
Straight progressions, heavy, simple beat... so?
Explain, please?
And none of this "If you don't get it, I can't explain it" stuff.
Terry
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The original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFhM1XZsh6o
Yeah, it's old. Not Rolling Stones old, but old enough.
Old enough for what? Never heard of them, either.
I don't think most of you know how old one needs to be to qualify as an olde pharte. If it doesn't pre-date the Rolling Stones by at least a decade, it can't be "old."
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If you've never heard Mississippi Queen, where the heck were you back in the day?
You sure as hell don't know what I mean. ;)
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If you've never heard Mississippi Queen, where the heck were you back in the day?
You sure as hell don't know what I mean. ;)
:laugh:
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If you've never heard Mississippi Queen, where the heck were you back in the day?
You sure as hell don't know what I mean. ;)
"Back in the day"? According to Wikipedia, their first hit was in 1970. I wasn't much interested in music by 1970. You're showing your (lack of) age. You can't go calling on "olde phartes" with post-1970 music. Does not compute. If you want to address us olde phartes, you need to be talking about The Drifters, Ronnie and the Del Vikings, the Everly Brothers, The Coasters, Frankie Lyman and the Teenagers, Richie Valens, Dion and the Belmonts, Buddy Holly, the Platters, ...
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You need more cow bell
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You need more cow bell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClQcUyhoxTg
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High School. Junior. 1955:
https://youtu.be/ZgdufzXvjqw
Commuter ride to college:
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Mom's car. 1950 Plymouth. Yes. (Back seat.) (If she knew...)
Terry
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See, now there's a man who knows what I'm talkin' 'bout. My first car was a 1950 Hudson. Most of you whippersnappers have probably never even heard of that make of car.
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I know what a Hudson is and can remeber starting a car pushing the foot pedal but I likes me some mountain and boc.
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Now THIS ought to qualify as an oldie . . .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYBNoFcvcWI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYBNoFcvcWI)
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Here's 1000 years' worth to choose from:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDZdU-snqTs
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"My first car was a 1950 Hudson."
"...and can remember starting a car pushing the foot pedal..."
Then you guys also remember cleaning out the wet oil air filter, right?
"Somewhere there's music... how faint the tune,
Somewhere there's heaven... how high the moon?"
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Then you guys also remember cleaning out the wet oil air filter, right?
Of course.
The proper terminology for it was "oil bath air cleaner," and it worked VERY well.
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I still have one here with an oil bath air filter. It's a tractor not a car.
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Yeah. Heh. Concept of "back in the day" as being 1970.
By 1970 I had had one kid already and had moved out to Colorado and begun reloading on a "Rock Chucker Bullet Swaging" company press. The old city dump north of Boulder was the local informal range... and still had an underground fire going.
"Back in the day..." hah!
And Son2 now has that old RCBS press.
Terry
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My oldest was a 47 Chevy Sedan Deluxe with vacuum assisted 3 on the tree shift, floor starter "button" and oil bath air cleaner on a babbit bearing inline 6.
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And a bright-dim headlight switch on the floor as well, right?
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And a bright-dim headlight switch on the floor as well, right?
IIRC, my '71 Mustang had one. I for sure remember them in my Mom's '66 Mercury and my Dad's '70 F-100.
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Hmmmm...this "olde pharte"'s hearing is so frelled up today that the only music coming in even moderately clear is Röyksopp rave performance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPZJkKscK9M
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Used stomp switches for high beams for YEARS before it was moved to the blinker stalk! Started driving 1966 year model cars and that 47 Chevy in high school.
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Hmmmm...this "olde pharte"'s hearing is so frelled up today that the only music coming in even moderately clear is Röyksopp rave performance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPZJkKscK9M
Come on man, growing up, Deep Purple was billed as "The World's Loudest Rock Band!"
1972 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudest_band
Deep Purple held the record and were recognized by The Guinness Book of World Records as the "globe's loudest band" when in a concert at the London Rainbow Theatre their sound reached 117 dB. Three of their audience members were rendered unconscious
Later though:
2008
Manowar achieved an SPL of 139 dB during the sound check (not the actual performance) at the Magic Circle Fest in 2008.
2009
On July 15, 2009, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Kiss achieved an SPL of 136 dB measured during their live performance (not the sound check). After noise complaints from neighbors in the area, the band was forced to turn the volume down.
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First car I drove with headlight switch on colum was a rental chevy back in the 80's. It was on high beam the first night and couldn't figure out how to turn them down.
And I'm sure deep purple had it turned to 11.
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Hadda look up "frell."
http://farscape.wikia.com/wiki/Frell
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When column dimmers came out, the running joke around here was that there was a recall on them because the Texas Aggies kept getting their feet hung up in the steering wheel!
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(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/4101Xdty6SL.jpg)
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Still see those on trucks and tractors (The road and farm kind)
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Used to call them "Necking Knobs" IIRC...
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I guess they're illegal for passenger cars in most States. Yes, we used to call them necking knobs, too. Not 100% sure why they're supposedly unsafe if you're driving normally in the first place. Sounds like one of those switchblade laws. Made illegal because someone just didn't like them. Or a movie was made about them. "Blackboard Necking Knob" or something. "See it now! He had one hand on the wheel and one hand on the girl !"
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-M6mBTRUq1WU/WKrjKZkrheI/AAAAAAAASNg/bdVjo_P1dn8Fk0DAEeS2IqKbleqe_aqMACLcB/s1600/Blackboard%2BJungle%2Bposter%2BVic%2BMorrow.jpg)
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We called them suicide knobs. Still have them on a couple tractors
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Necking Knobs" Grope with one hand, steer with the other.
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Apparently they're illegal for passenger cars, so I looked up "how come?"
Found this from 2009, a review of the reasons:
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/why-are-suicide-knobs-called-so.321496/
HeroHog, you ought to like that site. Cars ! Trucks !
I guess one concern is with chest impacts in a high speed crash... but of course nowadays we've got crash bags, so...
Here was a smart remark from a member of that site:
"I've heard of broken wrists and accidents caused by them but I never experienced any such thing so as my pop used to say, if you're gonna be dumb you gotta be tough! "
Anyhow, there you have it.
Terry
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See, now there's a man who knows what I'm talkin' 'bout. My first car was a 1950 Hudson. Most of you whippersnappers have probably never even heard of that make of car.
Of course they have heard of it. They grew up watching the animated movie cars.
Being a Jr. OLDE PHARTE there weren't too many such around in the affordable range when I started driving. But I do remember dad's '62 Chevy II.
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There isn't really a need for them these days what with power steering. Which is why you only see them on (older) tractors these days...no power steering.
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We called 'em Necker Knobs. I had one on my first car...summer of 1961...'53 Chevy 210 2dr sedan. Had mohair upholstery and steel and chrome dash. white top and light blue bottom. 6 cyl stick shift on the column.
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There isn't really a need for them these days what with power steering. Which is why you only see them on (older) tractors these days...no power steering.
I put one on my 1973 John Deere 1020 years ago, and it has power steering. Very handy when you're maneuvering around with a loader hanging off the front, and a brush hog on the back. We called them suicide knobs, and you can still get them at the John Deere dealer.
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I have a nice silicone knob that I bought off Amazon last year at the recommendation of an occupational therapist at work. It was when my wife broke her left shoulder; I clamped the knob on her steering wheel, and she was able to make turns with just one hand. I liked it so much that when she recovered, I put it on the Tacoma. It is at the three o'clock position on the steering wheel.
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Heard of and have seen a Hudson, a Hupmobile and a (Hudson) Terraplane!
Also, my favorite Foghat song
https://youtu.be/eaUBmWrILrI
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Heard of and have seen a Hudson, a Hupmobile and a (Hudson) Terraplane!
Actually, Terraplane was a separate brand name. They had three: Hudson, Essex, and Terraplane. The collectors club for the marque (to which I belonged for many years) is the Hudson-Essex-Terraplane club. All my vehicles were Hudsons, though.
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Hm. By Terraplane, I thought you meant this:
http://www.strangebirds.com/SB-WU-Aerocar.html
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Hm. By Terraplane, I thought you meant this:
http://www.strangebirds.com/SB-WU-Aerocar.html
Nope
(https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse2.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.2sc7JxIuDSzH9Lmkzoh8AwHaE8%26pid%3D15.1&f=1)
I had one just like this, but mine was a 1939 so it wore the Hudson badge
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Huh, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terraplane said: "The Terraplane was a car brand and model built by the Hudson Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan, between 1932 and 1938. In its maiden year, the car was branded as the Essex-Terraplane; in 1934 the car became simply the Terraplane."
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It-tJ8DOjIk
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Of course they have heard of it. They grew up watching the animated movie cars.
Being a Jr. OLDE PHARTE there weren't too many such around in the affordable range when I started driving. But I do remember dad's '62 Chevy II.
Funny. Missed that the first time around. :D