Singer Amy Winehouse found dead in London home

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Wow I bet. I love the movie American Graffiti.

word to Mods: We ain't jackin' we're just nudging
Looking back, some of the funniest stuff now bordered on tragedy then. Lots of rented limos, family cars, tuxes, gowns, and whatever else was in the way at the moment got puked on and in...many parents got called and asked to come pick up their "sick" son or daughter....Proms during the 70s were tough to chaperone....lots of kids knowing more about the drug/booz culture than their tee-totaling teacher-chaperones. back before schools started drug-booz free programs and nights. We never had a problem once they started corraling the kids inside the gym...once they went out the door, they didn't get back in unless someone needed to get something...two of us male and female would accompany the person to their car to get a jacket, camera, or whatever else. Any kid who in any way shape or form suggested he had been drinking or and smoking..easy to smell...and those eyes... :mrgreen:

The hilarity was watching young adults coping with their first demanding adult responsibility where most of them had to be adults interacting socially with other adults..teachers, parents, friends...they were on display for all to watch, and they were usually..I'm speaking about the guys for the most part, wearing some colossally funny looking formal tuxedo in peach, lime, grape....trying to dance slow dances and trying to be a gentleman.....after two hours, they're into it, and the jackets, ties, cumberbunds, and most other stuff they didn't need was somewhere on the floor...just the guys again...most parents had left, and for another couple hours the kids hung in there and had greaat times. Graduation, summer, no more school, no more kids for the summer...best night of their lives to that point at that moment, and we went on vacation the next day...all good. The girls always handled the entire night much easier and with more aplomb than the guys. The girls carried themselves like young ladies...loving the whole experience....Sorry for the rant.
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hmmm, them are some good memories. You can probably recall prom's by the songs that were popular that school year.
Here's some prom songs: http://pulsemusic.proboards.com/index.c ... read=75876


Any good memories?
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oceanvue wrote:hmmm, them are some good memories. You can probably recall prom's by the songs that were popular that school year.
Here's some prom songs: http://pulsemusic.proboards.com/index.c ... read=75876


Any good memories?
1961...Percy Faith..."A Summer Place." Other than my own prom, the music isn't a part of those memories...my buddy and I were cigarette smokers, so we generally opted to work the doors...plus we got along with the kids and generally
wanted to make good impressions...most did. Can't place one tune with any of those other 28 proms...interesting question...but there were several venues....one was the ballroom of a large turn of the 20th century hotel....three different bars had to be patrolled....that was a fun venue.
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oceanvue wrote:hmmm, them are some good memories. You can probably recall prom's by the songs that were popular that school year.
Here's some prom songs: http://pulsemusic.proboards.com/index.c ... read=75876


Any good memories?
My prom was at Lion Country Safari... Bungle in the Jungle :thumbsup:
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SoMelo wrote: My prom was at Lion Country Safari... Bungle in the Jungle :thumbsup:
That's about a mile from here...some of the junk is still back in there.
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Parrotpaul wrote: That's about a mile from here...some of the junk is still back in there.
Along with the gravesites of Fraiser and Bubbles (up on the hill)
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SoMelo wrote: Along with the gravesites of Fraiser and Bubbles (up on the hill)
Frasier the lion is a legend. I read an article about him when I lived on the other side....dude sired thousands of lions, and lay under a shade tree all day...how good is that?
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Parrotpaul wrote: Frasier the lion is a legend. I read an article about him when I lived on the other side....dude sired thousands of lions, and lay under a shade tree all day...how good is that?
He was dubbed: Frasier the Sensuous Lion
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Wiley wrote:Was not a fan. Couldn't get past the garb, appearance, tude and tats to explore her talents. Sadly, with all the folks feeding off of her stardom none could save her. Rest in peace.
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I could never get past Elton John, David Bowie, or Bootsie Collins look either
doesn't mean I couldn't hear and recognize their talents
Back on topic. Sometimes you see a train-wreck coming and you turn away. I became a huge Elton John fan after he got off the junk. I began to attend his concerts. I was a huge Elvis Presley fan well before his life became a train-wreck and suffered the pain when he died. Not many of the music and movie stars of my generation were publicized as drug addicts and alcoholics - we trusted more I guess.
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SoMelo wrote: He was dubbed: Frasier the Sensuous Lion
That hillside was one of my first hikes when I moved here in 98...I wanted to stand where Frasier had reigned. His longevity and productivity are awe-inspiring.
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Wiley wrote: Back on topic. Sometimes you see a train-wreck coming and you turn away. I became a huge Elton John fan after he got off the junk. I began to attend his concerts. I was a huge Elvis Presley fan well before his life became a train-wreck and suffered the pain when he died. Not many of the music and movie stars of my generation were publicized as drug addicts and alcoholics - we trusted more I guess.
I worked with a lady guidance counselor who would trade her son for tickets to an Elvis show...she traveled to see Elvis, and she had tickets for the concert he was to do in Portland the night after he died. She was crushed.

Remember the Christmas 1967 concert Elvis did on TV...minimal stage...black, thin, sideburns, and probably the last time most people saw what we grew up listening to and seeing...I loved Elvis. The Vegas Elvis was not pretty...saw him at he MGM the summer of 73 or 74. Then I pounded highways for years to see Clapton, Buddy Guy, Robert Cray, and a variety of other fusion guys.
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Before Cray opened for Clapton (which had to be the early 80's) he hung around U of O in Eugene playing baby gigs all over town including frat parties. Little known fact he had a roll in the movie Animal House. A young Robert Cray just wouldn't play frat parties he would commonly frequent them and was seen all over campus.
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oceanvue wrote:Before Cray opened for Clapton (which had to be the early 80's) he hung around U of O in Eugene playing baby gigs all over town including frat parties. Little known fact he had a roll in the movie Animal House. A young Robert Cray just wouldn't play frat parties he would commonly frequent them and was seen all over campus.
I'd rather listen to Cray than go to one of his concerts....kind of dull in oerson...great musician.
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