I listened to Blondie's FIRST album! On CD!

John Kuthe

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Feb 10, 2022, 3:21:58 PM2/10/22

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The only pop music I own And damned GOOD pop music too!

And played my Djembe to it too!

John Kuthe, RN, BSN...

Thom

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Feb 10, 2022, 3:54:26 PM2/10/22

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Ghe Ghe Ghe :)))))))))))

Kevin

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Feb 10, 2022, 4:27:56 PM2/10/22

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On Thu, 10 Feb 2022 12:21:53 -0800 (PST), John Kuthe <jwk...@bjc.org>
wrote:

>The only pop music I own And damned GOOD pop music too!
>
>And played my Djembe to it too!
>
>John Kuthe, RN, BSN...

Uhm, Ghe Ghe Ghe. This is my not frogger. Yes. Ghe Ghe Ghe
:)))))))))))

Jeßus

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Feb 10, 2022, 4:38:27 PM2/10/22

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On Thu, 10 Feb 2022 12:21:53 -0800 (PST), John Kuthe <jwk...@bjc.org>
wrote:

>The only pop music I own And damned GOOD pop music too!

It's OK, Parallel Lines is much better, overall.

>And played my Djembe to it too!

Hmm.

Jim

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Feb 10, 2022, 6:06:55 PM2/10/22

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Ghe? Uhm, can you go into more detail? I don't get it

Jim

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Feb 10, 2022, 6:07:38 PM2/10/22

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On Thu, 10 Feb 2022 12:21:53 -0800 (PST), John Kuthe <jwk...@bjc.org>
wrote:

>The only pop music I own And damned GOOD pop music too!
>
>And played my Djembe to it too!
>
>John Kuthe, RN, BSN...

Bryan Simmons

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Feb 10, 2022, 6:13:24 PM2/10/22

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On Thursday, February 10, 2022 at 3:38:27 PM UTC-6, Jeßus wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Feb 2022 12:21:53 -0800 (PST), John Kuthe <jwk...@bjc.org>
> wrote:
> >The only pop music I own And damned GOOD pop music too!
> It's OK, Parallel Lines is much better, overall.
>

I like the first one better than Parallel Lines, but both are
better than Plastic Letters, which was one of those letdown
second albums, like Richard Hell's Destiny Street. Steely Dan's
Countdown to Ecstasy certainly didn't live up to Can't Buy a
Thrill, but IMO, Can't Buy a Thrill was pure genius, one of the
best first albums I can think of.

--Bryan

James

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Feb 10, 2022, 6:21:20 PM2/10/22

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Uhm Yes. Ghe Ghe Ghe :)))))))))))

James

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Feb 10, 2022, 6:24:43 PM2/10/22

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On Fri, 11 Feb 2022 08:38:16 +1100, Jeßus <j...@j.net> wrote:

Jimbo

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Feb 10, 2022, 6:35:34 PM2/10/22

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On Thu, 10 Feb 2022 15:13:19 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons
<bryang...@gmail.com> wrote:

Jimbo

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Feb 10, 2022, 6:37:13 PM2/10/22

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On Fri, 11 Feb 2022 08:38:16 +1100, Jeßus <j...@j.net> wrote:

Bob

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Feb 10, 2022, 6:55:24 PM2/10/22

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On Thu, 10 Feb 2022 15:13:19 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons
<bryang...@gmail.com> wrote:

Uhm, Ghe Ghe Ghe. This is my not frogger. Yes. Ghe Ghe Ghe
:)))))))))))

Wesley Rockhold

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Feb 10, 2022, 7:07:14 PM2/10/22

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Wesley Rockhold

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Feb 10, 2022, 7:10:53 PM2/10/22

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Jeßus

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Feb 10, 2022, 8:24:15 PM2/10/22

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On Thu, 10 Feb 2022 15:13:19 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons
<bryang...@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Thursday, February 10, 2022 at 3:38:27 PM UTC-6, Jeßus wrote:
>> On Thu, 10 Feb 2022 12:21:53 -0800 (PST), John Kuthe <jwk...@bjc.org>
>> wrote:
>> >The only pop music I own And damned GOOD pop music too!
>> It's OK, Parallel Lines is much better, overall.
>>
>I like the first one better than Parallel Lines,

Just looking at the track list again... some of my favourite Blondie
songs are on the first album, but Parallel Lines is a more cohesive
album, and overall has betters songs, IMO.

> but both are
>better than Plastic Letters, which was one of those letdown
>second albums, like Richard Hell's Destiny Street. Steely Dan's
>Countdown to Ecstasy certainly didn't live up to Can't Buy a
>Thrill, but IMO, Can't Buy a Thrill was pure genius, one of the
>best first albums I can think of.
>
>--Bryan

I see John regards it as 'pop music', so he doesn't understand what
they were doing artistically at that time.

John Kuthe

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Feb 10, 2022, 8:51:55 PM2/10/22

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On Thursday, February 10, 2022 at 7:24:15 PM UTC-6, Jeßus wrote:
...

> I see John regards it as 'pop music', so he doesn't understand what
> they were doing artistically at that time.

I know exactly what Blondie was doing at the time! Being a part of the newly emergent Punk scene at CBGB's in NYC!

Don't elevate that to fine art or anything!

John Kuthe, RN, BSN...

Jeßus

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Feb 10, 2022, 9:00:23 PM2/10/22

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On Thu, 10 Feb 2022 17:51:50 -0800 (PST), John Kuthe <jwk...@bjc.org>
wrote:

>On Thursday, February 10, 2022 at 7:24:15 PM UTC-6, Jeßus wrote:
>...
>> I see John regards it as 'pop music', so he doesn't understand what
>> they were doing artistically at that time.
>
>I know exactly what Blondie was doing at the time! Being a part of the newly emergent Punk scene at CBGB's in NYC!

Right. So you described it as 'pop music', which is what someone who
is unsophisticated musically would think it is.

>Don't elevate that to fine art or anything!

Fine art? No. Blondie was just part of a movement reacting against the
established music scene, which was boring as all hell. Vaguely aligned
with punk/new wave.

GM

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Feb 10, 2022, 9:12:18 PM2/10/22

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When I check Blondie's entry in "The Penguin History of Rock Music" I see several pages on them, detailing their importance to the contemporary music scene...

When I check YOUR entry, it simply says "John W. Kuthe: deceased 1979; and presently a failed pervo nurse..."

🐸

--
GM

Pat

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Feb 11, 2022, 1:56:34 AM2/11/22

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You've joined the vultures many months ago.

Gary

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Feb 11, 2022, 6:25:52 AM2/11/22

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I have Blondie's first lp. It's good but I don't consider that "Pop"

Australian water dragon

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Feb 11, 2022, 1:05:41 PM2/11/22

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On Thursday, February 10, 2022 at 2:21:58 PM UTC-6, jwk...@bjc.org wrote:

Tried what? Learn to quote. Also learn to include the name of the
person you're replying to.

So many years of Usenet and still so clueless.

Michael Trew

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Feb 11, 2022, 6:59:39 PM2/11/22

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What else do you call it? I suppose you could consider her music genere
"new wave". She made the song "heart of glass" to make fun of Disco
music... surprise! It hit the top of the Disco charts... Lol

Lesueur agame

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Feb 11, 2022, 7:01:05 PM2/11/22

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Uhm Yes. Ghe Ghe Ghe :)))))))))))

Hank Rogers

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Feb 11, 2022, 7:28:40 PM2/11/22

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Uhm, master, you have Ghe dripping off your nose.

Last time you sniffed, you got too close to that anus.

Dugite

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Feb 17, 2022, 7:15:59 AM2/17/22

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On Thursday, February 10, 2022 at 2:21:58 PM UTC-6, jwk...@bjc.org wrote:

All KFC chicken is tortured Frankenmeat. If you're worried about
animal welfare or "uber-processed" meat, don't eat fast food meat.

Trurtle-Headed Sea Snake

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Feb 17, 2022, 1:53:10 PM2/17/22

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On Thursday, February 10, 2022 at 2:21:58 PM UTC-6, jwk...@bjc.org wrote:

I do not have a Bessemer Aluminum purification machine in my house!

But I have a $859.03 BILL TO PAY!

:-(

bruce bowser

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Feb 17, 2022, 3:31:13 PM2/17/22

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On Thursday, February 10, 2022 at 3:21:58 PM UTC-5, jwk...@bjc.org wrote:
> The only pop music I own And damned GOOD pop music too!
>

I like that late-70s disco Blondie (Debbie Harry) song titled: 'Rapture'.

Small-headed Sea Snake

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Feb 17, 2022, 3:38:59 PM2/17/22

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"The song was the first major hip-hop song to use original music,
rather than samples."
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapture_(Blondie_song)>

Small-headed Sea Snake

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Feb 17, 2022, 3:41:23 PM2/17/22

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We Dutch have a saying about froggers like yoos, which is KILL YOURSELF
you loser. no friends no real job no money no sex and no hope for the
future. Loser. Ghe Ghe Ghe.

Small-headed Sea Snake

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Feb 17, 2022, 3:42:58 PM2/17/22

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Yellow-bellied Sea Snake

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Feb 17, 2022, 5:12:38 PM2/17/22

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Stokes' Sea Snake

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Feb 17, 2022, 5:57:59 PM2/17/22

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On Thursday, February 10, 2022 at 2:21:58 PM UTC-6, jwk...@bjc.org wrote:
> The only pop music I own And damned GOOD pop music too!
>

> And played my Djembe to it too!
>
> John Kuthe, RN, BSN...

Flat earthers must be hard right-wing shock jock followers who don't
believe in facts.

Elegant Sea Snake

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Feb 17, 2022, 10:56:30 PM2/17/22

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Dubois Sea Snake

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Feb 17, 2022, 11:08:03 PM2/17/22

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There R So Many Snakes!

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Feb 18, 2022, 2:01:21 AM2/18/22

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On Thursday, February 10, 2022 at 2:21:58 PM UTC-6, jwk...@bjc.org wrote:
> The only pop music I own And damned GOOD pop music too!
>
> And played my Djembe to it too!
>
> John Kuthe, RN, BSN...

I wonder if Michael realises that he's talking to and being chummy
with one of the big frogger trolls. So much for his good 50s Christian
values.

White-lipped Snake

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Feb 18, 2022, 3:33:26 PM2/18/22

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On Thursday, February 10, 2022 at 2:21:58 PM UTC-6, jwk...@bjc.org wrote:
> The only pop music I own And damned GOOD pop music too!
>
> And played my Djembe to it too!
>
> John Kuthe, RN, BSN...

I was triggered by Jill's unpleasant comment. I notice that you didn't
have a problem with it. You only had a problem with my comment on
Jill's comment. Hence my recurring conclusion:

RFC, For All Your Double Standards

Numbat

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Feb 19, 2022, 5:41:34 AM2/19/22

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On Thursday, February 10, 2022 at 2:21:58 PM UTC-6, jwk...@bjc.org wrote:
> The only pop music I own And damned GOOD pop music too!
>
> And played my Djembe to it too!
>
> John Kuthe, RN, BSN...

You can't get more Western -as opposed to Eastern- Europe than Belgium
and the Netherlands :)