RIP Ray Charles

Puester said:

I will admit I felt a lot worse when I heard of his death
than Pres Reagan's, but then I enjoyed RC a lot more when
he was alive than I did RR.

gloria p

Awww, man! He was a LEGEND! Geez. A fantastic artist who
will be greatly missed.

Okay, they always come in threes - who's next?

Jill

"Puester" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I will admit I felt a lot worse when I heard of his
death than Pres Reagan's, but then I enjoyed RC a lot
more when he was alive than I did RR.

gloria p

This really dates me because it was the very first rock
star I'd ever seen - Glasgow 1964. So I asked my daughter
(now 22) if she remembered the first concert she'd ever
been to........... Of course she remembered -- it was
Green Bay. Somehow I doubt if they will be quite as
memorable.

E.

Puester said:

I will admit I felt a lot worse when I heard of his death
than Pres Reagan's, but then I enjoyed RC a lot more when
he was alive than I did RR.

gloria p

I agree.

--
JakeInHartsel

[email hidden] (Puester) Wrote: I will admit I
felt a lot worse when I heard of his death than Pres
Reagan's, but then I enjoyed RC a lot more when he was alive
than I did RR. gloria p -----------------------------------------------------------
---- Response: I agree with you. I rather see Ray Charles
face on Mount Rushmore than ronny's boy.

On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 21:56:08 GMT, Puester <[email hidden]>
arranged random neurons, so they looked like this:

Quoted message said:

I will admit I felt a lot worse when I heard of his death
than Pres Reagan's, but then I enjoyed RC a lot more when
he was alive than I did RR.

ITA, kiddo.

The DH and I had tickets for a Ray Charles concert in SoCal
a couple months ago (+?) ago that was cancelled at the last
minute due to his ill health. Dammit! We figured it would be
our last chance to see/hear him in person and, damn, were we
right. Rats. What an amazing guy. What an awesome musician.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA

"Regime Change Begins At Home."

To reply, remove replace "spaminator" with "cox"

Far as I can tell said:

Okay, they always come in threes - who's next?

I think it's Ted Kennedy's turn.

On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 18:22:38 -0400, "elaine" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

This really dates me because it was the very first rock
star I'd ever seen - Glasgow 1964. So I asked my daughter
(now 22) if she remembered the first concert she'd ever
been to........... Of course she remembered -- it was
Green Bay. Somehow I doubt if they will be quite as
memorable.

I think you might mean Green Day.

Mine, Iron Maiden.

Denise, Brian & Wyatt (May 31, 02)

How much Healthy Choice ice cream can I eat before it's no
longer a healthy choice?

"elaine" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:40c8e015_4@aeinews....

Quoted message said:

This really dates me because it was the very first rock
star I'd ever
seen - Glasgow 1964. So I asked my daughter (now 22) if she
remembered

the

Quoted message said:

first concert she'd ever been to........... Of course she
remembered --

it

Quoted message said:

was Green Bay. Somehow I doubt if they will be quite as
memorable.

E.

Ummm...Green *Day*. Sorry, I just thought it was funny. As a
daughter whose mother is not quite up with Pop Culture, I
imagine what your daughter's reaction would be if she knew
you had said "Green Bay." My first concert was Crowded
House. I still love them!

I, too, feel worse about Ray Charles' death than Reagan's.
Gloria's post was the first I had heard of it and I was
quite shocked.

rona

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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I will admit I felt a lot worse when I heard of his
death than Pres Reagan's, but then I enjoyed RC a lot
more when he was alive than I did RR.

gloria p

This really dates me because it was the very first rock
star I'd ever
seen - Glasgow 1964. So I asked my daughter (now 22) if she
remembered

the

Quoted message said:

first concert she'd ever been to........... Of course
she remembered --

it

Quoted message said:

was Green Bay. Somehow I doubt if they will be quite as
memorable.

E.

Really dumb blonde moment - it wasn't Ray Charles that I saw
but Roy
Orbison --- and he died a few years back! Whew! glad I
figured that out.

E.

jmcquown said:

Awww, man! He was a LEGEND! Geez. A fantastic artist who
will be greatly missed.

Okay, they always come in threes - who's next?

They may come in threes, but I remember them in twos:
Groucho Marx and Elvis Presley, Mother Theresa and
Lady Diana.

--Lia

"Denise~*" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

elaine said:

This really dates me because it was the very first rock
star I'd ever
seen - Glasgow 1964. So I asked my daughter (now 22) if
she remembered

the

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

first concert she'd ever been to........... Of
course she

remembered -- it

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

was Green Bay. Somehow I doubt if they will be quite as
memorable.

I think you might mean Green Day.

Mine, Iron Maiden.

Denise, Brian & Wyatt (May 31, 02)

Damn yes, Green Day - but the very best concert I went to
was Pink Floyd "Dark Side of the Moon" -- awesome! (sigh)
these were the days.

E.

Rona Yuthasastrakosol said:

I, too, feel worse about Ray Charles' death than Reagan's.
Gloria's post was the first I had heard of it and I was
quite shocked.

Yep, me too....

His 1962 album _Modern Sounds in Country and Western
Music_ was a *seminal* album...one of the top 50 albums of
all time....

--
Best Greg

Gregory Morrow said:

His 1962 album _Modern Sounds in Country and Western
Music_ was a *seminal* album...one of the top 50 albums of
all time....

I prefer the albums he made back in the '50s for the
Atlantic label. Terrific R&B that bordered on jazz, and
always with great, soulful bands backing him. Ray was
absolutely the best at what he did.

Leo

Bob (this one) said:

[censored] 'n Span. Shake 'n Bake.

Oh, the humanity...

Pastorio

Okay, Bob - gotta test your knowledge. Do you remember where
that phrase "Oh, the humanity" originated? And please don't
tell me it was on an episode of WKRP in Cinncinnati!

Jill

jmcquown said:

Okay, Bob - gotta test your knowledge. Do you remember
where that phrase "Oh, the humanity" originated? And
please don't tell me it was on an episode of WKRP in
Cinncinnati!

Alex, for 400 points, what is Melville's "Bartleby the
Scrivener?"

--Lia

jmcquown said:

Bob (this one) said:

[censored] 'n Span. Shake 'n Bake.

Oh, the humanity...

Pastorio

Okay, Bob - gotta test your knowledge. Do you remember
where that phrase "Oh, the humanity" originated? And
please don't tell me it was on an episode of WKRP in
Cinncinnati!

Jill

"As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly." --
Mr Carlson

Best regards, Bob (no relation)

jmcquown said:

Quoted message said:

Oh, the humanity...

Pastorio

Okay, Bob - gotta test your knowledge. Do you remember
where that phrase "Oh, the humanity" originated? And please
don't tell me it was on an episode of WKRP in Cinncinnati!

Jill

A reporter describing the fire of the blimp Hindenburg (sp)
in New Jersey . Pan Ohco

Julia Altshuler said:

jmcquown said:

Okay, Bob - gotta test your knowledge. Do you remember
where that phrase "Oh, the humanity" originated? And
please don't tell me it was on an episode of WKRP in
Cinncinnati!

Alex, for 400 points, what is Melville's "Bartleby the
Scrivener?"

I think the quote there was " Ah Bartleby! Ah humanity!"

"Oh the humanity" came from the explosion of the
Hindenburg. The WKRP episode was parodying the on-site
report of that disaster.

Brian Rodenborn

Julia Altshuler said:

jmcquown said:

Okay, Bob - gotta test your knowledge. Do you remember
where that phrase "Oh, the humanity" originated? And
please don't tell me it was on an episode of WKRP in
Cinncinnati!

Alex, for 400 points, what is Melville's "Bartleby the
Scrivener?"

--Lia

BZZZZT! No, sorry, wrong answer! The phrase actually came
from the reporter standing outside what was my house (gawd!)
at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, NJ. Herb Morrison reporting.
You can hear him here:

otr.comhindenburg.htmlOpen ↗

Our house was the former waiting station for the arriving
passengers of the Hindenburg dirigible coming in from
Germany on May 7, 1937. She burned and fell at the airfield
just across the way. I've got some military paperwork from
that day you wouldn't believe.

They used this phrase when television character Les Nessman
reported as staff from 'WKRP in Cinncinnati' tossed live
turkeys out of helicopters over a supermarket, not realizing
turkeys are flightless birds. "Oh, the humanity!"

Jill