To All the young folks here.

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Dundee

Fading day by day.
Well I am going to give you some advice you would not expect from an old bloke.
I have learned that through your life there will be special moments in time.
They might be a birthday, an lovely afternoon with Nana,
A beautiful moment with a partner, or
A Musical event.
I am old, so I wont pretend to tell you what is important to you all.
Only you know what is important to you.
For all of it (Dad talking here) use good judgement, be safe, take risks but, make them calculated ones. :)
But I am only going to talk about music here. The other stuff is your memories to make :)
There are moments in time that although you may not realize it at that time, will become very significant in years to come.
And, they will never come twice.
Like....
Woodstock
Live Aid
Sunbury
Oh so many...

And I have missed so many because I said, naa cant afford it, can't be bothered.
Those missed times will never come again.

So when a friend says, hey lets go see....PINK???
Don't say no, say yes. (Dad here again, Be careful)
I guess what I am saying is that most folks when you get to my age and older tend to no so much regret the things we did.
But we regret the things we didn't.
So above all, be safe, But say yes. Enjoy every moment on earth you can.
Because some special moments in time only come once, you can either be there...or not.
And you probably won't realize how special they were until your old like me :)
So go for it, never miss a moment. EVER, No Matter what,
Stuff a day off at school, take the night off from work. Do what you have to do to be there.
Yours might be Pink, Metallica, I dunno, that crappy doomph, doesn't matter.
It just has to be yours.

Here is one of mine...
Your probably expecting Johnny Cash.
Nope, Not this time.
I was here, Right of stage, hands on the front rails, front row in the mosh pit, right of center.
I still Love Kiss,
Still have the ringing in my ears 27 years later

First Song.
Detroit Rock City.

Don't regret the things you didn't, brag about the things you did, they might only come once in your life
Don't miss them.
Go for it.

The Video is Sydney because all the ones I was at at VFL park Melbourne (where i was 1980 aged 18) are crap.
Above all, listen to Mum and Dad when it comes to safety, they are your best allies,
But when it comes to your world of music and they say "Turn that Shit Down"
Turn it up and dance on your bed with your best friend.
Never miss a moment...

 
michael59

michael59

Celestial
I'm old, but I'm going to post here anyway. The fact that this is my 100th post is quite fitting.
The best part about being there is the memories. I went to lots of concerts as a teen and young adult. There are so many songs that take me back in time, instantly, as soon as it starts playing, I am back where I was in the moment and the emotional feeling I was having at that moment is just as real today as it was when I attended.

Last week I was at a dinner/BBQ and the teenage boy was having a tough time deciding whether or not to attend a live band get together with friends he didn't really know yet because he had just moved here. My advise to him was to never give up the opportunity to meet someone new. They could end up being your best friend for life or even the person you will choose to spend the rest of your life with.
 
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Dundee

Fading day by day.
Age is a number.
That's it, time is cruel, wise people know that when an elderly person speaks, you shut up and listen with all you have. There is so so much wisdom stored in an older persons memories. If you are young, suck up there wisdom and tales like a sponge. Commit them to memory , make them a cuppa and beg for more talk.

You know the bit I hate the most about getting old.
I am only 55, meh, old enough.
But do the math. I dunno about you but most of my pre 20 year old memories are about school, crashing cars, and trying to get into girls pants (Sorry girls, if it is any consolation I was crap at it and had mostly very very poor results :) )
So, that takes me to 20, then you have....5 years of, hey maybe I am growing up a bit, some of us get married, have kids... so lets be conservative and say most kids don't learn the value of shut up and listen till 25 or after.
So on this dodgy equation, we don't begin to even get glimmers of wisdom till 25.
SO.... I am 55, for me to get ...so called wisdom I need to talk to people 25 years older than me.
I am 55
55+25=80 !!!!!!!!!
I remember the 70s and later, I remember the cold war, I remember the mood, and feel and love the music of the 60s, I grew up on the Beatles, Elvis, and so on. And, I have a decent feel for the 50s....
So given our life expectancy is roughly 80ish these days.
Who the hell does a 55 year old talk to to hear a great old tale, a gem of wisdom when 90% of folks have already handed in there knives and forks by 80is.
I am not saying I am wise, I am saying that most of the Oracles that I used to look up yo are....well, already dead.
So for me, i accept aches and pains of getting old, the memory lapses etc.
But I hate not having the oracles to turn to for wisdom.
I feel like I know nothing, and I now seem to have no one to ask. Dads been gone for 12 years, mum for 6.
So you kids out there.
Listen with all your heart to Nana and Pa, and the of lady next door when she is cutting her roses.
Make her a cup of tea and bring her a cake and LISTEN !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Listen with everything you have.
Because one day, she won't be there to listen to.
That.'s is what you will miss most 3 years from now.
There you go, for what little it is worth, that's my thoughts on getting old.
 
Ras

Ras

Honorable
I never been to a concert before, i'm not a music lover but I like to do other things like travelling, reading books, cooking and etc.
 
Ras

Ras

Honorable
Dundee said:
most of my pre 20 year old memories are about school, crashing cars, and trying to get into girls pants (Sorry girls, if it is any consolation I was crap at it and had mostly very very poor results :) )
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:eek: Crashing cars? Why crash cars and how many cars have you crashed?
 
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Dundee

Fading day by day.
Diva said:
:eek: Crashing cars? Why crash cars and how many cars have you crashed?
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Oh dear,
My answer to that is...I must have a guardian Angel. If you knew the records I have set, and the cars I have parked upside down, or into trees, or through fences. You would surely call me an idiot. Which I was...perhaps am.
All I can say is that through those crazy teenager years I had Asbergers but did not know w it till now, (55). So I was not good at people and even less than successful with the opposite sex. My compensation for this was an absolute lack of fear, of anything. My Father was a WW2 Commando that fought in New Guinea and Borneo, and they are big shoes to fill. Thus for me, no challenge unmet for me then. Utterly no fear.
I once described it as this. If you have ever had an accident by driving too fast. that 20 milliseconds second before you crashed . That's where you have to drive to win, but you have to drive there from start to finish, no breaks, no slowing, no thought, just 20milliseconds short of death. If you can see the car in front, how can you not catch it. You can, always, it was just easy. Sadly I have destroyed more cars, and put more lives at risk than most folks should ever do. It is at the time all I had.
So, I never lost, ever, no matter what, I just did what needed to be done. I have local records that stand to this day 30 years on. But by the grace of the universe, for as many friends I lost to car accidents that thought like me, I luckily killed no one.
So, crashing cars....was like changing tires. Its just something you did on a regular basis. You knew it was going to happen, it was no big deal. Shallow yes, but it is all I had at the time.
Hey at least some of my records stand 30 years on. :)
I know that makes no sense to a sensible person.
But it is all I have by way of explanation.
:) Sorry If you think me an idiot, i was, but you had to b there :)
 
michael59

michael59

Celestial
Diva said:
So sorry for your loss.
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Thanks, Diva

I really do feel lost without her. She was my social worker assigned to me at age 12. We stayed in touch and she became the mother I never had. Our friendship was unconditional, I could share anything and everything without fear of judgement, and it lasted 46 years.
 
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