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Post by dscarter1975 on Jan 14, 2016 8:48:36 GMT
I'll admit that I think Dan Tanna is the coolest. He's just an effortless tough dude who is also very cool, laid-back and most of all no-nonsense. He has the feel of a veteran who has seen it all before and generally, I thought he took on a lot more cases that were dangerous than Magnum did. Worth mentioning also that Robert and Tom starred in something together back in 1977.
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Post by dscarter1975 on Jan 12, 2016 10:24:19 GMT
I've watched the first 50 or so minutes of this. Very poignant and they sum the man up very well. Lemmy was a proper rock star and a gent.
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Post by dscarter1975 on Jan 12, 2016 10:19:42 GMT
It's true, he was a musical chameleon handling whatever genre he could find. I remember back in the late '90s I was looking around Our Price and they were playing a Greatest Hits selection of his and most of these tracks I'd never heard before sounded very good.
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Post by dscarter1975 on Jan 11, 2016 20:10:26 GMT
What did you think of Tin Machine, David's late '80s/early '90s band? I remember seeing them on TOTP in 1991.
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Post by dscarter1975 on Jan 11, 2016 19:26:50 GMT
He was the same age as my mum.
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Post by dscarter1975 on Jan 11, 2016 10:49:47 GMT
Ashes To Ashes, Dust To Dust, Good Old Major Tom's A Junkie...
So long, David. RIP Ziggy Stardust, The Thin White Duke, etc.
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Post by dscarter1975 on Jan 6, 2016 23:07:19 GMT
I liked Guns 'N Roses' cameo appearance during the funeral scene in The Dead Pool.
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Post by dscarter1975 on Dec 31, 2015 15:51:15 GMT
I read Lemmy's autobiography a few years ago (White Line Fever). Very revealing and quite shocking in some places. Back in the late '90s, I used to go to a second hand store just near the Royal Infirmary called Sound Bytes and the guy who owned it was a big rock/heavy metal fan, but said that he wasn't too big on Motorhead although he liked Lemmy as a character. That's what another guy I knew told me when I mentioned Lemmy to him. He was more into Hawkwind.
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Post by dscarter1975 on Dec 31, 2015 14:40:16 GMT
Like Terry's Gunga Din comment for example.
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Post by dscarter1975 on Dec 30, 2015 18:04:12 GMT
This is a great episode and contender for one of the best, particularly the punch up at the end. Terry very much in detective mode again. I feel like The Old School Tie, this is one of those episodes that could have been a Sweeney story along with You Need Hands and Back In Good Old England. TOST could have been about an old colleague of Carter's who needed his help after being fitted up by the gangsters and in In, Regan could have been the one framed on drugs charges as revenge for putting someone away years previously. Now Brian Cox is one actor who would have fit the show like a glove.
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Post by dscarter1975 on Dec 30, 2015 18:00:32 GMT
Alternatively 'lemonades'. Often the only thing that dates classic TV from the 70's and 80's is the language. Things have changed and good for that. In The Sweeney, Regan would use terms like Schwarzers and for Middle Easterners eh-rabs. Reminds of a time when my sister asked me if I know what "Schwarzenegger" meant. She went on to explain in no uncertain terms....
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Post by dscarter1975 on Dec 30, 2015 17:46:10 GMT
I'm sure he would have done. Fair point that.
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Post by dscarter1975 on Dec 29, 2015 18:32:48 GMT
He also kept a lot of WW2 memoribilia, although unfortunately, most of it was associated with the Germans. That's one of the things that made him a controversial figure to some. He also featured in the movie The Decline Of Western Civilization : Part 2.
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Post by dscarter1975 on Dec 29, 2015 10:34:50 GMT
One of heavy metal's leading forefathers who began cutting his teeth on bands like Rocking Vicars and of course Hawkwind with whom he had scored a major hit in the form of Silver Machine which reached no. 2 or 3 in 1972. He added a raw, groovy edge to their space rock music before getting kicked out in 1975 (he claimed he slept with all their wives!) when he formed Motorhead and the rest as they say is history. He once said his blood would kill anyone else because it was filled so much with illegal substances. It was in the late '90s and early '00s when I really got into the 'head. The Lemmy/Clarke/Taylor line-up was my favourite but they weren't bad with Wurzel and co. either. Not so long ago I listened to their 1987 album Rock & Roll in the car. I also liked Lemmy's appearance in the 1990 movie Hardware. To this day, I think Motorhead's best album was Ace Of Spades - not a duff track on it at all. Another Perfect Day from '83 was underrated IMHO.
A worthy tribute to Lemmy here.
I watched this the first time round back in '99 with my brother and taped it too.
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Post by dscarter1975 on Dec 22, 2015 22:19:45 GMT
Still, What's Good For The Goose Have you ever seen that movie jno? Nowhere near as bad as some make out. Sadly, you can't get the Uncut Edition where Sally Geeson goes topless. Great location footage though. Not a bad movie. I think I saw Norman (maybe a double?) and Sally's bare backs on daytime TV back in '89 or '90 when it was the school holidays.
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Post by dscarter1975 on Dec 22, 2015 18:59:16 GMT
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Post by dscarter1975 on Dec 19, 2015 23:54:51 GMT
He at least knew his stuff and managed Coventry City in the '70s. In an old annual of Shoot from either '78 or '79, they predicted that they would be the team to watch in the '80s and their only trophy from that decade was the 1987 FA Cup.
I'll never forget Jimmy falling out almost with Alan Hansen at half-time during the '92 FA Cup Final. I think he was criticizing the Reds' style of play and being a former Red, Hansen stood up for his old team mates.
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Post by dscarter1975 on Dec 19, 2015 20:25:54 GMT
Oh, he was also a sometime escort to Mary Millington in the 1970s, so for that, I applaud him. That's why my sister said he was a dirty old man.
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Post by dscarter1975 on Dec 19, 2015 20:24:21 GMT
Hahahaha, that's a great tale, ace. Blimey, he must have been having a really bad day. And John Sillett had no bl***y right to say that to you guys. You should have responded by saying that it wouldn't have done his profile any good at all if he had killed someone on his land! What a p1ll0ck.
My brother and sister didn't like Jimmy Hill at all. He said that when he used to present Match Of The Day, he would usually only show brief highlights of games won by Liverpool and there would be extended highlights only if they played another top team like Man. Utd., Everton, Arsenal or Forest. I think my brother said he would show mostly matches where Liverpool lost. I also remember Michael Thomas being interviewed after the 1992 FA Cup final, saying that he had hoped that his spectacular goal against Sunderland would shut Jimmy Hill up.
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Post by dscarter1975 on Dec 19, 2015 18:22:49 GMT
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Post by dscarter1975 on Dec 18, 2015 10:22:16 GMT
Suggested by: me.
Who do you think is cooler? Magnum, P.I. or Dan Tanna in Vega$?
As a show, I prefer Vega$ because that's more action-driven with some very exciting, intriguing storylines. Robert Urich is machismo personified as Dan Tanna and like Magnum, he drives a nifty red car too which is more of a vintage. On the other hand, Magnum has its moments, Tom Selleck is a good romantic lead who can also excel in action scenes and it has more of a laid-back atmosphere although it still had its intense, gritty, action-oriented moments.
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Post by dscarter1975 on Dec 10, 2015 19:09:12 GMT
Lewis Collins had known John Lennon and the rest of the Beatles from his time in Liverpool during the 1960s.
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Post by dscarter1975 on Dec 8, 2015 21:49:09 GMT
She played a detective in one of the last ever episodes Charlie's Brother's Birthday from 1982.
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Post by dscarter1975 on Dec 8, 2015 11:37:08 GMT
I was only 21 months old but my mum will remember it and so does my dad.
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Post by dscarter1975 on Dec 5, 2015 17:50:39 GMT
Sex Type Thing was a very controversial single back in its day. I think it was banned from youtube at one time because of its suggestive lyrics.
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Post by dscarter1975 on Dec 4, 2015 21:23:21 GMT
It is a great album. Not a single weak track. STP also contributed to the soundtrack for Brandon Lee's last film The Crow.
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Post by dscarter1975 on Dec 4, 2015 10:35:46 GMT
The singer of rock group Stone Temple Pilots has died at the age of 48. I only have their first album and the debut one of Velvet Revolver which featured Weiland and several former Guns 'N Roses members. Back in the '90s, STP were seen as part of the grunge movement spearheaded by Nirvana and Pearl Jam as well as Soundgarden. Weiland had a lot of personal problems, including drug addictions but he was a fine singer.
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Post by dscarter1975 on Dec 2, 2015 20:33:30 GMT
I reckon he should have been in The Sweeney. A wasted opportunity. He was also a gangster in The Fear. I remember him as an escaped convict in an episode of Thriller.
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Post by dscarter1975 on Nov 22, 2015 23:50:25 GMT
The star of Bless This House is no longer with us.
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Post by dscarter1975 on Nov 21, 2015 0:23:06 GMT
Each actor brought a little something to Bond, giving a unique interpretation to the character.
Moore's best performances as 007 were in The Spy Who Loved Me and For Your Eyes Only. He was a bit more ruthless in The Man With The Golden Gun.
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