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Post by Timeblue on Feb 6, 2018 23:28:12 GMT
I like a story about him that I once read,on doctor's advice he was told to give up the booze,so to get around this he used to inject oranges with vodka and suck on them instead! At one high school where I taught years ago, a couple of students were caught bringing some similarly "doctored" fruit to school and partaking during class breaks. Full marks for inventiveness surely?
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Post by eloneen on Feb 6, 2018 23:35:33 GMT
Timeblue I remember that there were some serious repercussions (can't remember specifics, though), especially since those two had a history of causing trouble anyway.
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Post by babyzoomer on Feb 7, 2018 1:56:55 GMT
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Post by Helmut83 on Feb 9, 2018 4:46:18 GMT
Some JL songs (Evil Woman, Dirty To The Bone, Do Ya) display a kind of almost-misogyny with which I am somewhat uncomfortable. Whilst I understand that he has had his share of woman troubles, and that the lyrics of those songs (and maybe a few others) refer to individuals rather than 'all women' - nevertheless I must admit to a slight prickliness (perhaps not the best choice of word!) about them. I've long had a bone to chew over 'Save Me Now' - JL refers to humans as "guests" of the Earth; in fact we are just as indigenous as any other animal or plant. I agree entirely with the sentiment and intent of the song; my quibble is with his attempt to portray humans as a kind of second-rate alien invader. We are not. We're stuffing up the Earth, but we are not aliens. Well, considering how long the Earth has been around, and in relation to that how short the homo sapiens sapiens (humans) have been around, I'd say Jeff has his point in calling us guests. You are right, we didn't come from anywhere else, but in terms of the Earth's age, we've only appeared 5 minutes ago. As for the almost-misogyny, it's just lyrics. The guy was angry with those girls so he wasn't going to say good things about them. You wouldn't say Jeff Lynne hates men because of all the shit he threw at "Dear Joe", would you? Yet it's pretty much the same but with a man. Come on, babyzoomer , the last thing this world needs is male guys enrolling into the feminazi insanity movement, so pesky these days.
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