I wish I was allowed to exercise my old pastime here, when things were lean !
I wish I was allowed to exercise my old pastime here, when things were lean !
Monster...
Is it a monster?
I don't know if you are referencing that track, but it reminds me of a holiday in Cornwall. Ended up with Radio 1 breakfast show in the morning every day because there was no TV and very limited signal. They played the same tracks constantly, of which Monster was one.
Now I'm thinking about walking along cliff paths at dusk through persistent drizzle after eating local just-caught crab at a little pub in the cove. Fun times!
It is a great track. There can be little doubt of that?!
You are lucky to be able to remember a time of no TV and very limited signal!
I love the fact that you now write of "walking along cliff paths at dusk, through persistent drizzle" because that evokes loads of happy memories for me too.
On a darker note (just to keep things real)......the only thing that upset me about "coves" and caves/overhangs in those locations......is that flipping humans ALWAYS seem to use them as secluded toilets!!!.....Hence, they smelt less of the "submerged by the sea" smell (that I love).....and more of pooooooooooooo!?
You are lucky to be able to remember a time of no TV and very limited signal!
I remember it all too well - only 3 channels on the TV, 99% of which was rubbish and all on schduled programs.
I hated it - always wanted more freedom to choose what I watched / listened to so when video recorders came along I would record my favourite TV shows and archive them to watch again at my convenience.
It may have been a form od demand avoidance in retrostpect but the limits and controls always chaffed with me.
After 3 decades of having built extensive libraries and access anything I wanted as soon as it was released I now find it nice to have more breaks from it and just let my mind have its own inner monologue for hours at a time while I do something useful like painting a house.
I just hit the wrong button - sorry!
Coolio.....I only mentioned that because you had down-voted my comment. It confused me.
Monkey deserves its place in any list. All good :)
You mention some cracking shows there, friend. All good. I am sorry if you misinterpreted my "why have you missed ouy Monkey".....it was not a criticism, just a jape!
So many great TV shows... MacGyver, Knight Rider, Quantum Leap, Box of Delights, Terrahawks... lol. Nostalgia central here!
Why have you missed out "Monkey".....on BBC 2.....at about 6.30pm......on weekdays? Surely, that was a lasting pinnacle of "televisual" broadcast achievement?!
Sorry all, but I adored (some) 1980s TV. I remember TV being Spitting Image, 'allo 'allo, The Avengers (Steed & Peel not comic book), Blackadder, Red Dwarf, Tomorrow's World, News Round, Yes Minister/Prime minister - this last being why I wanted to be Cabinet Secretary "when I grew up" as related to my mum's divorce solicitor when I was 12 - etc.
My dad was fascinated by gadgets but had a terrible attention span - really intense focus and interest followed by abandonment and zero engagement (nerodiversity of some description??) However, this made me the only member of my family who could program the video. Very useful. Very good for my TV "addiction". Some of my best socialising script lines were learned from 1980s TV...
Unlike most of our age, I try not to "rose tint" the past too much (although I find that difficult)......because like you say......telly was decidedly rubbish in the late 70's early 80's....if nothing else!
I find that these days, I MUST take a break from the digital overload of options! It seems that we can all become so "streamlined" in our respective "recommendations/'because you liked/wrote this, we think you will like that'" culture!
Like you say, being 'out of it' for a while, is a very good thing! I should, perhaps, do that more......but wish that others could adopt the same approach.....because I fear for the souls!!
Unlike most of our age, I try not to "rose tint" the past too much (although I find that difficult)......because like you say......telly was decidedly rubbish in the late 70's early 80's....if nothing else!
I find that these days, I MUST take a break from the digital overload of options! It seems that we can all become so "streamlined" in our respective "recommendations/'because you liked/wrote this, we think you will like that'" culture!
Like you say, being 'out of it' for a while, is a very good thing! I should, perhaps, do that more......but wish that others could adopt the same approach.....because I fear for the souls!!
I just hit the wrong button - sorry!
Coolio.....I only mentioned that because you had down-voted my comment. It confused me.
Monkey deserves its place in any list. All good :)
You mention some cracking shows there, friend. All good. I am sorry if you misinterpreted my "why have you missed ouy Monkey".....it was not a criticism, just a jape!
So many great TV shows... MacGyver, Knight Rider, Quantum Leap, Box of Delights, Terrahawks... lol. Nostalgia central here!
Why have you missed out "Monkey".....on BBC 2.....at about 6.30pm......on weekdays? Surely, that was a lasting pinnacle of "televisual" broadcast achievement?!
Sorry all, but I adored (some) 1980s TV. I remember TV being Spitting Image, 'allo 'allo, The Avengers (Steed & Peel not comic book), Blackadder, Red Dwarf, Tomorrow's World, News Round, Yes Minister/Prime minister - this last being why I wanted to be Cabinet Secretary "when I grew up" as related to my mum's divorce solicitor when I was 12 - etc.
My dad was fascinated by gadgets but had a terrible attention span - really intense focus and interest followed by abandonment and zero engagement (nerodiversity of some description??) However, this made me the only member of my family who could program the video. Very useful. Very good for my TV "addiction". Some of my best socialising script lines were learned from 1980s TV...