Yes it's true I'm a 50's/60's/70s tragic - that longs for the romance of yesterday but regails in the thought of an exciting tomorrow. A firm believer that everyone in this world puts their trousers on 'one leg at a time' - we'd all be better off if there was a little more humour, understanding and respect for one another.
Ever had to go to a fancy dress party as a famous couple?
Ever had to decide which famous pop culture couple would would truly offer a wow factor at said party?
Ever had to list your most iconic five pop culture couples?
OK - well perhaps no.1 and no.2 have come into the picture - but now's your chance to voice option number 3!
Mickey and Minnie, Lois and Clark, Fred and Wilma, Haselhoff and Hasselhoff - pop culture is littered with famous couples both men and women that have graced our screens, our lives.
Dagwood and Blondie, Abbott and Costello, Mr Ed and Wilbur - the list goes on and on and well on . . .
But who deserves top billing?
Who would rate in your top 5 favourite or iconic pop culture couples - either real or show reel?
Besdies helping me out with a party selection - it would be great to get your feedback.
This year marks my third with the Orble network - and while I most definitely wasn't the first on board - I have seen hundreds - in fact thousands of new Orblers join the community in that time.
Some, whom I've come to know personally have since moved on to greener pastures, some are still with us and some still drop by occassionally to pass comment or simply say hello.
After 469 posts and over 6200 comments - I've enjoyed just about every moment of my connection with Orble - which in the main is one of the more community minded groups of civil-thinking individuals I've come across.
But it got me to thinking . . .
Who is our longest serving disciple?
Who are among our oldest Orblers?
And who is our youngest Orbler?
Who can lay claim to having the most number of votes for a single post?
They say you can buy a watch - but you can't buy time - but would someone tell that to Mike Love and Bruce Johnson of The Beach Boys - who surfed into Sydney last night for the first of their Opera House concerts with the Sydney Symphony
Featuring all their hits - the vocal harmonies are still there - albeit without the legendary Brian Wilson, his brother Carl or original BB - Al Jardine, the boys performed all their greatest hits including Good Vibrations, Wouldnt It Be Nice and Kokomo with the full rich sound of the Symphony.
With a smattering of Hawaiian shirts and Seniors Discount cards infiltrating the iconic concert venue - it would be a harsh critic that would choose to have anything other than admiration for the two front men - who played a key role in helping earn the group the title "America's Band".
With thirty-six U.S. Top 40 hits (the most of any U.S. rock band) and fifty-six Hot 100 hits, including four number one singles - the The Beach Boys are still the No. 1-selling American band of all time.
And so it was.
A packed Sydney Opera House - with fans of all ages once again proving that feel good music (no matter which era) transends both social and cultural genres, dancing, singing and generally losing their inhabitions in the aisles as both Love and Johnson (along with their polished though much younger Beach Boys Band) turned back the clock for those who lived through the bands first coming and reignited the legend for those of us who feel an affinity with a simplier, harmonious time.
Bands will come and go - today's stars no doubt will be tomorrow's gossip sheet fodder - few if any will produce music and lyrics which in 40 years will still be remembered with reverance - even fewer will still pull a capacity crowd of all ages at venues around the world - and hold their own.
The Beach Boys, in Mike Love and Bruce Johnson are all that and more (in spite of their 69 years - yes that's right) and still crusin after all these years.
To get just a taste of what transpired at the Opera House last night - check out this clip from their concert last week in Melbourne.
Who have been (or are) the greatest pop culture icons of our era?
Living or dead, real or fiction - to name just one would hardly be fair - but to even get it down to the five most identifyable Pop Icons of the last 75 years is almost as tough
After almost 30 years, a friend of mine admitted on the weekend he had an almost insatiable crush back in the time of Melissa Sue Anderson from Little House on The Prairie.
How did information come to light you might ask - well it appears that his son is totally smitten with Hannah Montana herself - Miley Cyrus and thought it prudent to include his own piece of teen crush history to the conversation
If the terms 'budgie smugglers', 'banana bender' or 'drongo' mean something to you then chances are - you're an Aussie.
In fact, whether you're a Bloke or a Sheila, enjoy a Bundy or just a Cold Longneck - here's the Good Oil . . . we can speak in tongue so virtually no other nationality can understand us
Ever heard the saying - life's hardest lessons are learnt outside of school?
Sure - we pick up alot of the basics from putting our collective noses to the grindstone in the classroom - but some of life's best learnt wisdoms come from living
The first time that most Londoners heard the words Spandau Ballet was on the London Weekend Television arts programme Twentieth Century Box, in May 1980.
Presented by Danny Baker, Twentieth Century Box was the place you went to for your youth culture fix
One of my more quirky sides is to start micro-cliches and slip these into conversations with unsuspecting but easily swayed colleagues and see where it ends up.
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Comment by Mr Nice Guy
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BTW - it's a worry when you start contemplating how many posts you've devoted your time to isn't it?
714 - now that's impressive!