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Nothing Ever Happens, Nothing Happens At All

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  • 19-02-2015 2:22am
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    The Backwards Man
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    The needle returns to the start of the song
    And we all sing along like before
    And we'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow

    That's not really true though, things happen all the time, even though we are so saturated with 24 news channels and online chatrooms and the world of knowledge at our fingertips.

    We all remember the big stories from when we were kids, as an 80s kid it was the Cabbage Patch Kids, Rock Hudson dying from AIDS, the Lockerbie bombing, Chernobyl and the fall of the Berlin wall, for 90s and 00s kids there were many pivotal moments too.

    What are the standout stories for the kids of today? The water charges? I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here?

    I remember having a bad bug at the time of the first Gulf War, and the sheer excitement of being off school for round the clock news coverage.

    How naive I was.


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    FloatingVoter
    Registered Users Posts: 6,133 ✭✭✭FloatingVoter


    The kids of today do not have Del Amitri to worry about. Lucky little twats.


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    fleet_admiral
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    Probably the x factor :mad:

    I really weep for the kids of today


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    thelad95
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    9/11, 2005 tube attacks, Charlie Hebdo, war in the Middle East, potential nuclear war with North Korea, Black president.

    Nah nothing ever happens these days.


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    The Backwards Man
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    FloatingVoter wrote: »
    The kids of today do not have Del Amitri to worry about. Lucky little twats.
    Del Amitri were class man:(


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    fleet_admiral
    Registered Users Posts: 3,747 ✭✭✭fleet_admiral


    thelad95 wrote: »
    9/11, 2005 tube attacks, Charlie Hebdo, war in the Middle East, potential nuclear war with North Korea, Black president.

    Nah nothing ever happens these days.
    Dont forget the little lad meeting Robbie Keane on the toy show


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    AlanS181824
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    Very very good and very very cheap £1 FEEEEEESH!


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    FloatingVoter
    Registered Users Posts: 6,133 ✭✭✭FloatingVoter


    The Rise of Stalin Part II in the east. Random bombings in European capitals. London and Dublin are bound to get a smack this year. A future with no employment as the information age begins to show its teeth. A global economy that exists on belief alone. And yes, increasingly plastic pop. Even Bob Dylan has resorted to Sinatra covers,


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    deco nate
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,340 ✭✭✭deco nate


    When I saw the thread title I knew this can only be the work of one man............................................And that man is........... (drum roll please)

    BACKWARDS MAN!!!!


    Or am I the only one??


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    WoollyRedHat
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    fleet_admiral wrote: »
    Dont forget the little lad meeting Robbie Keane on the toy show

    WHAT, WHEN?!


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    deco nate
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,340 ✭✭✭deco nate


    WoollyRedHat wrote: »
    WHAT, WHEN?!

    Around Christmas??


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    fleet_admiral
    Registered Users Posts: 3,747 ✭✭✭fleet_admiral


    deco nate wrote: »
    Around Christmas??
    yeah the toy show, last easter like


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    The Backwards Man
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    deco nate wrote: »
    When I saw the thread title I knew this can onwork of one man............................................And that man is........... (drum roll please)

    BACKWARDS MAN!!!!


    Or am I the only one??

    The one and only!!

    Chesney Hawkes, oh how we thought he'd be big


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    deco nate
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,340 ✭✭✭deco nate


    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    The one and only!!

    Chesney Hawkes, oh how we thought he'd be big

    Damit! Foiled again!! Why only for backwards man and his pesky dog, I would have got away with it!


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    The Backwards Man
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    deco nate wrote: »
    Damit! Foiled again!! Why only for backwards man and his pesky dog, I would have got away with it!

    Just stuck google play on I'm feeling lucky there

    You're my favourite waste of time by Owen Paul

    I must be out of my mind


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    Jordan 199
    Registered Users Posts: 11,636 ✭✭✭✭Jordan 199


    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    Just stuck google play on I'm feeling lucky there

    You're my favourite waste of time by Owen Paul

    I must be out of my mind

    Do you have any Rose Royce?


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    The Backwards Man
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    Jordan 191 wrote: »
    Do you have any Rose Royce?

    Don't do requests, sorry.


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    FloatingVoter
    Registered Users Posts: 6,133 ✭✭✭FloatingVoter


    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    Del Amitri were class man:(

    You've had time to think on that. Any regrets or sideburns you need to let off your chest ?


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    lazybones32
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,647 ✭✭✭lazybones32


    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    The needle returns to the start of the song
    And we all sing along like before
    And we'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow

    That's not really true though, things happen all the time, even though we are so saturated with 24 news channels and online chatrooms and the world of knowledge at our fingertips.

    We all remember the big stories from when we were kids, as an 80s kid it was the Cabbage Patch Kids, Rock Hudson dying from AIDS, the Lockerbie bombing, Chernobyl and the fall of the Berlin wall, for 90s and 00s kids there were many pivotal moments too.

    What are the standout stories for the kids of today? The water charges? I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here?

    I remember having a bad bug at the time of the first Gulf War, and the sheer excitement of being off school for round the clock news coverage.

    How naive I was.

    I'm pretty sure our economic crash and the bank bailout will be written about in Irish history books of the future (the readers will probably still be paying for it!). How will history view our response?
    There is loads of memorable stuff happening but I guess were bombarded with so much, it's getting harder to remember.


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