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"Burden In My Hand" is my favorite Soundgarden song (and what a great song it is), so I'll say "Down On The Upside," just because of that.
Like the others have said here, the answer is "no." They were judged pretty much solely by their play and actions on the court (Sampras received criticism from a few people because he was thought to be "boring," while Agassi was the opposite...he was criticized for being too flamboyant).
I will say that Michael Chang was part of that era and there was some discussion about his heritage/background. However, it wasn't covered back then like it would have been today. He was also pretty much judged by what he did on the court.
1) "Inside Out"
2) "In The Air Tonight"
3) "I Don't Care Anymore"
Yes...Penny Marshall's death affected me as well. She and Cindy Williams just had such great chemistry together.
I was talking to one of my older sisters and my brother the other night and we were talking about Penny Marshall/Cindy Williams and "Laverne & Shirley." For the most part, besides being funny, it was an "optimistic show." The theme song reflected that...it summed up the show perfectly. Not every episode was perfect and the show had its flaws (especially in the last couple of seasons)...but you usually felt better after watching it. Cindy Williams' passing is just another sad reminder of that era being gone.
I thought "Slippery When Wet" was great and "New Jersey" wasn't nearly as good. The last song that Bon Jovi did that I really liked was "Blaze Of Glory" for the "Young Guns Ii" soundtrack. I liked early Bon Jovi a lot..."She Don't Know Me" was one of the better songs/videos in the days of early MTV.
I also hope he's OK and that he and the other long-time posters mentioned return.
"Bull Durham" (1988)
Written by Bob Dylan, but memorably covered by the great Jimi Hendrix: "All Along The Watchtower."
What a great song this is..."Shape Of My Heart" by Sting. Some tremendous guitar playing on this song by Sting's long-time guitarist Dominic Miller on this one (I figured out how to play it some years back...not the easiest song to play, but it sure is beautiful).
"The Long And Winding Road"--The Beatles
I like to listen to music while I'm walking. I'm a huge music fan...sometimes, I'll try to watch TV, but then I start getting distracted and almost fall off the treadmill! 😃 Treadmills have come a long way from when I was a kid!
Congratulations! That is outstanding and I feel the same way you do about "good old-fashioned exercise/weightlifting."
I lost about 30 lbs (from over 250 lbs down to 220) over a 4-month period back in early 2019. I cut back quite a bit on my portion sizes (I was putting away the food pretty good back then) and I walked for about an hour a day. I'm a big advocate for walking...I am not a fan of walking on a treadmill (although I have to do it now sometimes since it's Winter) and try to walk outside as much as I can ( I've cut back to around 3-4 times per week now, since my boys are getting older). I don't drink alcohol either.
Also, when the weather gets nicer, I try to make it to a golf driving range at least once a week and hit golf balls. I know golf isn't thought of as being a "workout," but it's surprising how many calories one can burn hitting golf balls for an hour or so on a warm Summer day.
Wow, I'm so sad to see this. Like others have already said, I loved "Laverne And Shirley." She and Penny Marshall made an appearance a few years back on "Sam & Cat" (the series starring Jeannette McCurdy and Arianna Grande)...I think that was the last thing I saw her in. RIP. 😢
ecarle wrote: "Also, this about Topaz: it got a lot of bad reviews or unimpressed ones, but one particular critic at a very important newspaper - Vincent Canby of the New York Times -- wrote a review with the title: "Topaz: Alfred Hitchcock at his Best" and put the movie on the Top Ten of 1969. So THAT critic thought Topaz was great. The National Board of Review awarded Hitchcock Best Director for Topaz...possibly for his body of work. So...it has its fans. I like it very much and it was a BIG deal seeing it with my family at Christmas in 1969...I was a very young Hitchcock fan thanks to TV broadcasts of Rear Window, Vertigo, North by NOrthwest and Psycho(that one I wasn't allowed to see) and here was my first chance to see a NEW Hitchcock after seeing those movies. It was a big deal.
Thank you for reading it. You might want to rent Topaz and watch Browne's sequence early on. Then you can turn it off after that if you want!"
If and when (hopefully "when") I get to watch "Topaz," I will let you know. 1969 was the year I was born...again, I really enjoy reading your posts so much and the perspectives/frames of references they provide! I'm sure Roscoe Lee Browne and Alfred Hitchcock would both get a kick at us still talking about "Topaz" over 50 years later! 😃
ecarle wrote: "Helluva show, and never had a better actor/character than Jerry Orbach. I keep up with L and O often on the road in hotel rooms or on weekend marathons. Its like eating peanuts, the whole thing gets wrapped up in one hour(much easier on the brain than these multi-seasons series.) I love how in the "Law"(cops) part of the show, the murder seems to be about ONE thing, but turns out to be about ANOTHER thing entirely. Then the Order(lawyers) take over for the second half hour, after the cops solve the case in..one half hour! What a formula! Like eating peanuts, I can't get enough of these quick shows."
Awesome! 😃 Again, I agree wholeheartedly with you regarding Jerry Orbach.. I have tried to watch the L & Os after he left the show, but I just can't do it. I really thought L & O was going to be canceled early in its run (like a lot of the shows that I really like) because its ratings weren't very good. Yes, it was such an interesting show to me...it was different than "Matlock" (which I liked). 😃 I'm like you...I still watch the episodes today (Well, Seasons 1-14) when I can. It's like a time machine in some ways...I will be watching an episode that I remember watching when it originally aired and think, "I can't believe this episode is 30 years old now!" 😃
ecarle wrote: "He was a real "great" of sorts -- never rising to the level of stardom that Poitier and other African American actors reached, but always there to do what a great character actor does -- "take over the movie and our attention." He did this in support to John Wayne in The Cowboys(and moves into the lead when Wayne prematurally leaves the movie) and his sequence in Topaz is like a "small mini-movie" STARRING Roscoe Lee Browne. He is in the movie early, for about 20 minutes, and then leaves it forever when it leaves New York City(Harlem) for places like Cuba and Paris."
Thank you again for that. I hope to watch "Topaz" one day and it will be interesting for me to see Roscoe Lee Browne as a younger actor. He was older in just about everything I saw him in...but he was so memorable when he showed up on the screen (be it TV or movie screen).
ecarle wrote: "Well in the "critical world of Hitchcock" those five movies after The Birds -- Marnie, Torn Curtain, Topaz, Frenzy, and Family Plot -- are considered "the films of Hitchcock's decline" except for one of them -- the British psychothriller "Frenzy" of 1972 which got a lot of rave reviews and was considered a big comeback for Hitchcock. "Frenzy" really "throws off the narrative" of a decline for Hitchocck. Its like "OK, he got sick and old and out of it and couldn't make great films anymore -- except ONE TIME right near the end, he got all his powers back? Huh?" Well, the answer is that Frenzy isn't quite THAT great, he just finally did a "psycho movie" again -- with a "wrong man" plot and...audiences and critics responded to that and nostalgia kicked in.
Topaz was right ahead of Frenzy and seemed to be "the worst of the worst." It had no major movie stars in it (Torn Curtain had Paul Newman and Julie Andrews.) But there is some back and forth: Torn Curtain and Topaz are BOTH Cold War political thrillers, with Communists as villains , and thus are somewhat similar in look and feel and...some people like Torn Curtain better(with the two big stars) and some people like Topaz better (with a bunch of great character actors like Roscoe Lee Browne stealing the movie from its dull unknown star Frederick Stafford.)"
Thank you for that. Yes, I really want to watch "Frenzy" at some point. It does seem like that is the best of his last 5 films. I'd really like to see them all...even "Hitchcock on the decline" is better than most directors at their peaks! 😃
ecarle wrote: "Hey, Golfnguitars, thanks for stopping by! Isn't it amazing that this particular thread started FIFTEEN YEARS AGO, but the owners of Moviechat lifted it from the old imdb boards and put it here, and we can still talk from it. Very nice."
Yes, that really is amazing to think about! To put it in perspective for me, my oldest son turns 15 later this year. This thread is older than he is! 😃
That really is something I really like about this site...reading some of the old IMDb posts. I never posted there, but I would "lurk" and read posts...I sure enjoyed reading your posts there and all the interactions you had with certain users (swanstep, telegonus, Eric Barker, Gubbio, et.al.).
I think I finally placed this one: "The Boxer" by Simon & Garfunkel. What a great song!
This one I know: "Aw, My buddy Jim Bass...." 😃
Great song: "Gold" by John Stewart (RIP).
P.S. Your "ragged people" clue has been driving me crazy...but I think I just placed it!