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Emily_Babbelhund

Emily_Babbelhund

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M.F. said:
Remember? REMEMBER???? Oh my word, he’s a legend. It was an incredibly sad day on 16 July this year, here in SA, when he died. Too soon. He had this incredible ability to unite people, and that is something we so desperately need in South Africa.

I saw him several times in concert, first as a teenager in the 80s. Such a fun concert!! His lyrics are exquisite. Although I also need translation cos I don’t understand Zulu either!!
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That makes me really happy to hear that he was a legend in SA too. You never know, sometimes people are more popular abroad than at home. I discovered him in France, where he was a superstar in the 80's/early 90's. I saw him in concert in France and also in California. It made me really sad to see that he'd passed away this summer - as you say, way too young. He's forever on my 'best of' playlist.
 
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I’ve seen Elton John! He came to Darlington for some reason so I went. Not a particular fan but after a few wines I quite enjoyed it.

I’ve also seen Bon Jovi. And I ALWAYS go and see the Queen 🐝 when she comes (Beyoncé).

I really really wanted to go and see Celine Dion when she’s over but the tickets were a fortune and I couldn’t afford them being on maternity 😭
 
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Emily_Babbelhund said:
sometimes people are more popular abroad than at home
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Yeah, like the American, Rodriguez. He was a most popular singer in South Africa in the 70s/80s. Yet unknown in the US. His record was the soundtrack of my youth. When he was “found” in Detroit some years ago, he was poor and still unknown. Lovely movie made about him—Sugarman.
 
Lisa

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M.F. said:
Yeah, like the American, Rodriguez. He was a most popular singer in South Africa in the 70s/80s. Yet unknown in the US. His record was the soundtrack of my youth. When he was “found” in Detroit some years ago, he was poor and still unknown. Lovely movie made about him—Sugarman.
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LOVE that movie!! Such a fascinating story! Did you see him when he went back to play in South Africa?
 
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We go to at least one rock concert every year in the beautiful Hunter Valley wineries. You sit on the grass with several hundred new drinking buddies and listen to 5 or 6 bands from the 80's and 90's. We have seen various combinations of, amongst others, Pseudo Echo, Devo, The Proclaimers, Simole Minds, INXS, The Angels, Carol King, Midnight Oil, Hunters & Collectors, icehouse, Noiseworks and the best of all The B52's. We've seen them twice, both in searingly hot days in the high 40's sadly but we still love love loved them
 
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Emily_Babbelhund said:
My other faves were Peter Gabriel and Johnny Clegg. @M.F. may be the only other person here who remembers Johnny Clegg, but he and and his band were amazing. I can still sing along to Zulu lyrics that I have no idea what they mean.
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I actually grew up with Zulu as one of my second languages (in Durban or should I say eThekwini) and remember Johnny Clegg well from before I moved to Sydney!

My best concert ever... Hmm. Since we are talking about Canada I've seen the Tea Party about five times and they are fantastic every time. And such good guys.
 
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Lisa said:
LOVE that movie!! Such a fascinating story! Did you see him when he went back to play in South Africa?
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I did see him. Dare I say it, he was so disappointing!!!! He was drunk on stage and seemed to forget what he was doing, long breaks between songs while he drank, and appeared to prefer to sing covers of other people’s songs rather than his own!! When he did sing his famous Sugarman, he couldn’t reach some of the notes.

Some people said he was just an old man. But he was only 70 years old, and even though he needed assistance walking, it was clear he was drinking.

Part of me wished I’d not seen him. Rather remember the music as I knew it from my youth and the mystery that was Rodriquez then.

The Rolling Stones—as old as they are, and who knows how drunk and drugged up—were completely different!! Saw them a couple of years ago in Berlin, and wow!! I’d love to have their energy at any age!! They really know how to put on a show.
 
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Lab_adore said:
We go to at least one rock concert every year in the beautiful Hunter Valley wineries. You sit on the grass with several hundred new drinking buddies and listen to 5 or 6 bands from the 80's and 90's. We have seen various combinations of, amongst others, Pseudo Echo, Devo, The Proclaimers, Simole Minds, INXS, The Angels, Carol King, Midnight Oil, Hunters & Collectors, icehouse, Noiseworks and the best of all The B52's. We've seen them twice, both in searingly hot days in the high 40's sadly but we still love love loved them
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Carol King??? Oh wow!! I saw a Broadway musical about her life. Such exquisite songs. When I was a little girl, my mother bought the album, Tapestry, and I loved listening to it then.

Did you see Steely Dan in the Hunter? My cousin went. She loved it. (She and I were massive fans when we were teenagers.) Her account of the audience was hilarious—an older crowd, let’s leave it at that!! :)
 
Lab_adore

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We didn't see Steely Dan unfortunately @M.F. I'm sure they would have been awesome. Carol king was the first concert we saw up there (about 9 or 10 years ago) and she was absolutely incredible. My sister is 7 years older than me and introduced me to Carol King when I was a young teenager and I have loved her since. We also saw the musical when we were in NY for our 25th wedding anniversary. Wonderful
And re the crowd - that's the best bit! Because we target 80's bands mostly the crowd is our age (early 50's) and boy can we all rock!!
 
Lisa

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M.F. said:
I did see him. Dare I say it, he was so disappointing!!!! He was drunk on stage and seemed to forget what he was doing, long breaks between songs while he drank, and appeared to prefer to sing covers of other people’s songs rather than his own!! When he did sing his famous Sugarman, he couldn’t reach some of the notes.

Some people said he was just an old man. But he was only 70 years old, and even though he needed assistance walking, it was clear he was drinking.

Part of me wished I’d not seen him. Rather remember the music as I knew it from my youth and the mystery that was Rodriquez then.

The Rolling Stones—as old as they are, and who knows how drunk and drugged up—were completely different!! Saw them a couple of years ago in Berlin, and wow!! I’d love to have their energy at any age!! They really know how to put on a show.
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Ugh too bad Rodriquez was such a disappointment. Sometimes it’s just not worth seeing the “oldies”.
 
Lisa

Lisa

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Ugh...we’ve had a flood in our condo. A pipe on the third floor burst because of the cold weather and there was water everywhere. Thankfully our daughter was there and so contents didn’t get damaged (not that it would have mattered, they are all second hand/old stuff) but bottom line is that they are going to have to replace ceilings, walls, flooring in most of the unit. It will be 3-4 months until it’s livable. :(

It’s the place where OH stays when he’s in the city for work - next stint will be end of Feb., so this will affect that. He can stay with his parents, so that’s ok. But, it’s still a bummer. The whole point of this place was so that I could spend more time in the city with him when he was there because I could bring Simba. Oh well...his work stint will be be until June so at least (hopefully) we’ll get back in before then.

It also sucks for my daughter, who was staying there while she looks for work in the city. She has lots of friends/family in the city so I’m sure she’ll be able to make do somewhere, but it’s a little tricky as she can’t pay rent to anyone, being without a job.

Sigh. It’s not the worse thing to happen, but it’s a pain, even so. :cautious:
 
Lisa

Lisa

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Yes, the repairs will be paid for by the building insurance, thankfully. If there had been damage to the contents, it would be covered by our personal insurance....however, we don’t have any.:eek:

We just moved in at the beginning of September. It was an extremely busy time with lots going on, so we hadn’t got to this yet. (Excuses, excuses, I know. Should have known better). But as I said, all of the contents are not that important...except for my daughter’s paintings, which are hanging on the walls. Thankfully she was there and took any down that might have been affected, so they are fine. But insuring those wouldn’t have mattered, really. Not like they are replaceable.

Before we left on our vacation (we’re still here in California) we got our house insurance renewal reminder. I told OH that when we got back we should look into all this and add the content insurance to the policy, anyway, as I feel better with it even if we don’t necessarily need it. A few days into our vacay and the water damage occurs. Of course. :rolleyes:
 
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