I just think it sucks.

I guess you had to live through this shit to enjoy it.

Its a parody of itself when heard now. 

I guess you had to live through this shit to enjoy it.

Its a parody of itself when heard now. 

nobody prances around in a codpiece and a flute quite like ian anderson.

I think this is what happens when you take swords away from pirates and give them flutes instead.

I guess you had to live through this shit to enjoy it.

Its a parody of itself when heard now. 

What's Ian Anderson up to these days?  Did salmon farming work out for him? (Or did he lose money hand over fist?)

What's Ian Anderson up to these days?  Did salmon farming work out for him? (Or did he lose money hand over fist?)

NP. It seems the Boomer generation has a higher proportion of dumb ideas than previous generations. I think some of this is due to the sin of hubris. We have a tendency to think our ideas are JUST ABSOLUTLY FABULOUS just because they happen to be rattling around in our skulls. It is characterized by a belief that a valid test of truth is the random firing of our personal neurons instead of a skeptical application of objective analysis of external phenomena. There doesn't seem to be enough of the intellectual distrust of one's own thoughts, amongst us Boomers, necessary to have a reasoned understanding of reality.

another craptastic ensemble by Tull.... 

It's always great to hear Tull on RP.

YES!

...is it my imagination or is he wearing a codpiece?..

Well, you seem to have turned out pretty level-headed. Maybe it's living in Manhattan, I dunno.

Anyway, I apolgize for any comments that make it seem like all Boomers hold such dumb ideas. Of course, that's not so. But the ones who do really need their brains vacuumed out and replaced with something that actually sees reality.

 

Yeah, I know, I know.

Case in point: When Reagan and Gorby signed the INF Treaty there were "anti-this and that" hippie activists running around my neighborhood breaking their arms patting themselves on the back about how this achievement was somehow all their doing. These were some of the same folks that not that much earlier that year were out on Broadway "activisting" for unilateral disarmament as viable strategy to getting the Soviets to give up their nukes. It still makes me chuckle.

I don't take anything I post here especially seriously, actually — it's all just recreational typing. But when some aging hippie starts dithering about how his Great Generation was responsible for Nixon's resignation — I mean, come on.

Oh dude, you ruined it. Now who is taking themselves WAY too seriously.

Your taking to the streets didn't stop the war, sweets — it was the Tet Offensive and the Viet Cong that did that, and they didn't need a bunch of pampered middle-class radical-wannabes marching through the streets in tie-dyed shirts to do it. And do you seriously contend that Nixon fell because the hippies didn't like him? You've got to be kidding. You might want to read the history books again — this time try doing it when you're not stoned.

I don't know why I continue to be so stunned by the the Baby Boomer's wildly-inflated self-regard and sheer obnoxiousness, but it never ceases to amaze me. Just never does. When you guys start taking credit for your real legacy — the greed and arrogance that got this county into the mess it is right now as you did whatever you had to do to keep on buying your McMansions and SUVs — then we can talk.

Oh, and you guys did a great job with the Iraq War there, too, dude. Nice work on that one. Thanks very much for that, too.

The only difference is that Tull fans are trying desperately to relive their Boomer glory days, when they could sustain the illusion that their generation actually mattered,


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Wow, yeah. Like when we actually took to the streets to stop a war, and kicked our lame-ass Nixon to the curb. Good times.  How's your record there, Ace?

...relive their Boomer glory days, when they could sustain the illusion that their generation actually mattered...