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Re: Strummservations

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101Walterton wrote:
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Full admission: I never found any of the Mescaleros records all that good. Not bad by any means, but not stupendous as many here feel. So that would be an excuse to revisit with an explicit point of re-evaluating.
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I would probably get one CD I could really enjoy from their 3 albums.
Interesting because that is how I think of BAD but I love all 3 Meskies albums. Switch to the BHD version of Minstrel Boy and Global is ......as good as CR. I certainly listen to Global more often.
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I vastly prefer the Mescaleros to BAD.
Same.

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Been re-watching Mystery Train after a long long time and, apart from the fact that Memphis has obviously changed a lot in the last 25 years or so, I've got to say Joe is just not a very good actor. Not at all, to be honest.

The other episodes are still great though, especially A Ghost.
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Olaf wrote:
26 May 2019, 3:13pm
Been re-watching Mystery Train after a long long time and, apart from the fact that Memphis has obviously changed a lot in the last 25 years or so, I've got to say Joe is just not a very good actor. Not at all, to be honest.

The other episodes are still great though, especially A Ghost.
Agreed to both points. Joe got by on charisma and an audience just enjoying seeing him in a movie. Still, he was better than Lydon in Corrupt.
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I don't think he was bad in Mystery Train.
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Silent Majority wrote:
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I don't think he was bad in Mystery Train.
I agree especially as Joe wasn't an actor.
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Re: Strummservations

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Dr. Medulla wrote:
26 May 2019, 3:28pm
Olaf wrote:
26 May 2019, 3:13pm
Been re-watching Mystery Train after a long long time and, apart from the fact that Memphis has obviously changed a lot in the last 25 years or so, I've got to say Joe is just not a very good actor. Not at all, to be honest.

The other episodes are still great though, especially A Ghost.
Agreed to both points. Joe got by on charisma and an audience just enjoying seeing him in a movie. Still, he was better than Lydon in Corrupt.
Deserves an oscar just for the bit where he runs.
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Marky Dread wrote:
26 May 2019, 5:49pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
26 May 2019, 3:28pm
Olaf wrote:
26 May 2019, 3:13pm
Been re-watching Mystery Train after a long long time and, apart from the fact that Memphis has obviously changed a lot in the last 25 years or so, I've got to say Joe is just not a very good actor. Not at all, to be honest.

The other episodes are still great though, especially A Ghost.
Agreed to both points. Joe got by on charisma and an audience just enjoying seeing him in a movie. Still, he was better than Lydon in Corrupt.
Deserves an oscar just for the bit where he runs.
I love the bland delivery of the line, "Me," while pointing at a newspaper.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
26 May 2019, 5:56pm
Marky Dread wrote:
26 May 2019, 5:49pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
26 May 2019, 3:28pm
Olaf wrote:
26 May 2019, 3:13pm
Been re-watching Mystery Train after a long long time and, apart from the fact that Memphis has obviously changed a lot in the last 25 years or so, I've got to say Joe is just not a very good actor. Not at all, to be honest.

The other episodes are still great though, especially A Ghost.
Agreed to both points. Joe got by on charisma and an audience just enjoying seeing him in a movie. Still, he was better than Lydon in Corrupt.
Deserves an oscar just for the bit where he runs.
I love the bland delivery of the line, "Me," while pointing at a newspaper.
In fairness to Lydon he admits to being no actor. But boy it's so comical when he runs in that movie I just burst out laughing.
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Re: Strummservations

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Marky Dread wrote:
26 May 2019, 5:59pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
26 May 2019, 5:56pm
Marky Dread wrote:
26 May 2019, 5:49pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
26 May 2019, 3:28pm
Olaf wrote:
26 May 2019, 3:13pm
Been re-watching Mystery Train after a long long time and, apart from the fact that Memphis has obviously changed a lot in the last 25 years or so, I've got to say Joe is just not a very good actor. Not at all, to be honest.

The other episodes are still great though, especially A Ghost.
Agreed to both points. Joe got by on charisma and an audience just enjoying seeing him in a movie. Still, he was better than Lydon in Corrupt.
Deserves an oscar just for the bit where he runs.
I love the bland delivery of the line, "Me," while pointing at a newspaper.
In fairness to Lydon he admits to being no actor. But boy it's so comical when he runs in that movie I just burst out laughing.
Oh certainly. He plays Johnny Rotten very well, but beyond that, stick to your day job, kid.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
26 May 2019, 6:00pm
Marky Dread wrote:
26 May 2019, 5:59pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
26 May 2019, 5:56pm
Marky Dread wrote:
26 May 2019, 5:49pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
26 May 2019, 3:28pm


Agreed to both points. Joe got by on charisma and an audience just enjoying seeing him in a movie. Still, he was better than Lydon in Corrupt.
Deserves an oscar just for the bit where he runs.
I love the bland delivery of the line, "Me," while pointing at a newspaper.
In fairness to Lydon he admits to being no actor. But boy it's so comical when he runs in that movie I just burst out laughing.
Oh certainly. He plays Johnny Rotten very well, but beyond that, stick to your day job, kid.
Johnny Rotten is his own creation...
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Re: Strummservations

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Marky Dread wrote:
26 May 2019, 6:01pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
26 May 2019, 6:00pm
Marky Dread wrote:
26 May 2019, 5:59pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
26 May 2019, 5:56pm
Marky Dread wrote:
26 May 2019, 5:49pm


Deserves an oscar just for the bit where he runs.
I love the bland delivery of the line, "Me," while pointing at a newspaper.
In fairness to Lydon he admits to being no actor. But boy it's so comical when he runs in that movie I just burst out laughing.
Oh certainly. He plays Johnny Rotten very well, but beyond that, stick to your day job, kid.
Johnny Rotten is his own creation...
Sure, but he was a fairly distinct character rarely seen in rock.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
26 May 2019, 6:09pm
Marky Dread wrote:
26 May 2019, 6:01pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
26 May 2019, 6:00pm
Marky Dread wrote:
26 May 2019, 5:59pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
26 May 2019, 5:56pm


I love the bland delivery of the line, "Me," while pointing at a newspaper.
In fairness to Lydon he admits to being no actor. But boy it's so comical when he runs in that movie I just burst out laughing.
Oh certainly. He plays Johnny Rotten very well, but beyond that, stick to your day job, kid.
Johnny Rotten is his own creation...
Sure, but he was a fairly distinct character rarely seen in rock.
...his grand finale his goodbye.

C'mon Doc keep up. ;)
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Marky Dread wrote:
26 May 2019, 6:11pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
26 May 2019, 6:09pm
Marky Dread wrote:
26 May 2019, 6:01pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
26 May 2019, 6:00pm
Marky Dread wrote:
26 May 2019, 5:59pm


In fairness to Lydon he admits to being no actor. But boy it's so comical when he runs in that movie I just burst out laughing.
Oh certainly. He plays Johnny Rotten very well, but beyond that, stick to your day job, kid.
Johnny Rotten is his own creation...
Sure, but he was a fairly distinct character rarely seen in rock.
...his grand finale his goodbye.

C'mon Doc keep up. ;)
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Silent Majority wrote:
26 May 2019, 5:44pm
I don't think he was bad in Mystery Train.
I didn't think he was that bad.

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