Just overheard the following over the cubicle wall....

Danny Tse
Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
edited July 2010 in Music & Movies
I overheard one of the supervisors mentioned Stevie Wonder to a coworker sitting in the next cubicle. Then.....silence. I don't think the name "Stevie Wonder" registered with my coworker at all.

Gawd, I feel old :rolleyes:
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited July 2010
    Pffft, I was wearing a Ringo Starr concert hat, and a younger female coworker asked me "Who's that?"
    So, I guess that means I'm older than you?
    I refuse to argue with idiots, because people can't tell the DIFFERENCE!
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,842
    edited July 2010
    I wear my "Electric Mayhem - World Tour '79" shirt and people ask me "Who's Electric Mayhem"?

    I don't feel so much old as I do odd.
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    You're just jealous 'cause the voices don't talk to you!
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  • brettw22
    brettw22 Posts: 7,623
    edited July 2010
    Jstas wrote: »
    I wear my "Electric Mayhem - World Tour '79" shirt and people ask me "Who's Electric Mayhem"?

    I don't feel so much old as I do odd.
    Lets be honest though......that has nothing to do with your t-shirt, right? :D
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  • hagmanm2
    hagmanm2 Posts: 205
    edited July 2010
    Most kids these days just don't have the same enthusiasm for music.... especially when it comes to branching out and discovering the classics. Stevie Wonder has one of the smoothest voices ever. Oh, I'm 25.
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  • Jer.War
    Jer.War Posts: 180
    edited July 2010
    With the mp3 as young people source of choice (and a poor one it is) it is no wonder most don't have the same enthusiams for music. Hard to feel the music when it sounds flat and cold. It sure is convenient though....
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  • setzer808
    setzer808 Posts: 173
    edited July 2010
    You want to feel old? Go see an "old" band now.

    I went to a ZZ Top concert when I was in 3rd grade (and I still remember the whole thing, I was enthralled..Eliminator Tour) and I was surrounded by 35-45 year-olds in leather that rode to the show on their Harleys.......

    ........then a year or so ago I saw them again in concert....now I was surrounded by 50-60 year-olds...still in leathers....but about 50% of which had canes/crutches/walkers/knee or back braces from age and/or motorcycle incidents. Time is not being kind to good ol' rock n' roll fans.



    P.S. God help me in Sept...I'm planning to go see Rush.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited July 2010
    Jer.War wrote: »
    With the mp3 as young people source of choice (and a poor one it is) it is no wonder most don't have the same enthusiams for music. Hard to feel the music when it sounds flat and cold. It sure is convenient though....

    I've got news for you bub, most of the Stevie Wonder LPs I have sound like ****.:eek:
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  • Marcinko7
    Marcinko7 Posts: 121
    edited July 2010
    setzer808 wrote: »
    You want to feel old? Go see an "old" band now.

    I went to a ZZ Top concert when I was in 3rd grade (and I still remember the whole thing, I was enthralled..Eliminator Tour) and I was surrounded by 35-45 year-olds in leather that rode to the show on their Harleys.......

    ........then a year or so ago I saw them again in concert....now I was surrounded by 50-60 year-olds...still in leathers....but about 50% of which had canes/crutches/walkers/knee or back braces from age and/or motorcycle incidents. Time is not being kind to good ol' rock n' roll fans.



    P.S. God help me in Sept...I'm planning to go see Rush.

    Have no fear Rush will be awesome!
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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited July 2010
    I love it when the kids can't figure out how I know the words to one of their "new" songs by a current band. I think the last good one I shocked them with was a remake of the Guess Who's American Woman by some semi-rapper wannabe. There's another remake/remix of a Rare Earth song that came out a while ago. With MP3's there's no album or CD cover to read and see who actually wrote the songs.

    HI - I always thought most of Stevie Wonder's LP's were mixed so they sounded a little hard edged because they were focused on radio play. I thought I heard that Hoffman or someone else was currently remastering his works to release on CD/LP.
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited July 2010
    dkg999 wrote: »
    HI - I always thought most of Stevie Wonder's LP's were mixed so they sounded a little hard edged because they were focused on radio play. I thought I heard that Hoffman or someone else was currently remastering his works to release on CD/LP.

    Stevie Wonder's "Talking Book" has been released on 24K gold CD. I've already got it but haven't open it yet.
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited July 2010
    Some call me "Stevie Wonder" ;)

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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited July 2010
    dkg999 wrote: »
    HI - I always thought most of Stevie Wonder's LP's were mixed so they sounded a little hard edged because they were focused on radio play. I thought I heard that Hoffman or someone else was currently remastering his works to release on CD/LP.

    Dougy, vaguely remember reading that somewhere. Now that would be awesome.
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  • ShinAce
    ShinAce Posts: 1,194
    edited July 2010
    dkg999 wrote: »
    I love it when the kids can't figure out how I know the words to one of their "new" songs by a current band. I think the last good one I shocked them with was a remake of the Guess Who's American Woman by some semi-rapper wannabe. There's another remake/remix of a Rare Earth song that came out a while ago. With MP3's there's no album or CD cover to read and see who actually wrote the songs.

    HI - I always thought most of Stevie Wonder's LP's were mixed so they sounded a little hard edged because they were focused on radio play. I thought I heard that Hoffman or someone else was currently remastering his works to release on CD/LP.

    The wannabe sounds like Lenny Kravitz. Song title - american woman. Riff - american woman.

    There's too many to count. I'm 27 and know that about half of the really good tunes I like are basically covers.
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  • Mike Kozak
    Mike Kozak Posts: 931
    edited July 2010
    Ian Hunter anyone?? Steve Marriott?? Bueller? Hello Bueller.
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