Messymascot's faith in humanity and ginger safe haven

@messymascot
Too many to mention in one post but a good quantity of delirium was produced by:
Clinching title v WBA, April 1970
Beating Moenchen Gladbach on pennos in European Cup the next season.
The Andy King Derby 1978
The Imre Varadi Derby 1981
Various victories vs Utd with special mention to the night match Duncan scored diving header
Bittersweet v Fiorentina
Sharp away at Anfield 1984
Clinching the league 1985 and 1987
League cup final replays 1977 especially Hillsborough in the moment we scored equaliser
Spurs SF at Elland Road
Cup Final 1984 vs Watford. I lived there at the time so the craic in the lead up was brilliant.
Berne away that @anjelikaferrett mentioned
Various Tim Cahill moments!!
That will do for now.
Stay strong mate. You are an inspiration to us all.
 

Barnfred 55 said:
Fully agree mate. Music encaptures a whole host of memories. When it came to choosing songs for Cal's funeral, I had no problems deciding which I wanted. One of them was I got you under my skin by Sinatra. This was indeed the first dance at our wedding nearly 30 years ago. We didn't actually choose the song ourselves. We asked a mutual work mate of ours (who had a fantastic singing voice) if he would sing at our wedding, and he chose it. Outside the crem after the funeral service I was pleasantly surprised to see our friend was one of the mourners. I probably hadn't seen him in about 5 years or so. I said I'm surprised to see you mate. I half expected you to join in the singing if you were here. He said I would have done if I wasn't crying. I just filled up when the music started. I said so did I mate. :)

It isn't just old memories either. During the summer Cal and I were lucky enough to see the Human league live down here in Cornwall. They were absolutely brilliant and we had a great night. The first week I was home after Cal passed away, I was doing some cooking. When I'm cooking I always play music, usually an 80s playlist from my CD which I have on random play. I turned it on and the first song was Don't you want me baby by the Human League and I instantly felt like she was there with me. Same when I saw the latest John Lewis xmas advert which has a remix version of Electric Dreams as the music. Human League finished with this song at the summer concert.

But like you, I often cry when listening to certain music, even before Cal passed on. We were having a barbecue last summer, having spent the day at the beach. It was a lovely evening, we'd had a few cocktails and had the TV blasting away with a Genesis concert on Youtube whilst sausages and burgers were cooking on the BBQ. I just spontaneously started crying, and I realised it was because I was so happy. The combination of factors had just got to me.
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What a pair of soft old gets we are, eh? lol Seriously though, I found that very touching, mate.

I went through a phase of not listening to music that much. Before that I used to put an album on and do nothing but listen to the album for 45 minutes or whatever, and just really appreciate all aspects of the music. I find if I'm doing other stuff I get distracted and then miss big chunks of songs.

I didn't notice at the time, but I listened to music less and less. Probably due to a combination of a busy life and the way I preferred to listen, with no distractions. Then my music loving teenage son started listening to Spotify and I rediscovered my love of music. Now the whole family, wife and daughter too, are on it.

The beauty of Spotify is you can just listen to any song ever made at the touch of a button. Would have loved that when I was a teenager. I'm resisting the urge to say "They don't know they're born these days, do they?"

I expected my kids to only like newer stuff, but they have a lot of old stuff on their playlists, too. Quite a few times I'll hear my son playing something and I'll say, "I love that song. I bought the album in 1985," but teenagers don't really listen to albums when they have so much choice.

Me and my son both have very broad taste. Some of the stuff he likes doesn't appeal to me, such as what he calls untz untz music, but there's also a lot of stuff we both like. I was driving him to Uni in September and I had my indie playlist on, and it was quite spooky how so many of the songs were on his playlist, too. When my 19 year old son says, "Bangin' tune, Dad" it makes me feel quite cool.

Thanks son, for helping me rediscover my love of music.
 
Bluetintedspecs said:
What a pair of soft old gets we are, eh? lol Seriously though, I found that very touching, mate.

I went through a phase of not listening to music that much. Before that I used to put an album on and do nothing but listen to the album for 45 minutes or whatever, and just really appreciate all aspects of the music. I find if I'm doing other stuff I get distracted and then miss big chunks of songs.

I didn't notice at the time, but I listened to music less and less. Probably due to a combination of a busy life and the way I preferred to listen, with no distractions. Then my music loving teenage son started listening to Spotify and I rediscovered my love of music. Now the whole family, wife and daughter too, are on it.

The beauty of Spotify is you can just listen to any song ever made at the touch of a button. Would have loved that when I was a teenager. I'm resisting the urge to say "They don't know they're born these days, do they?"

I expected my kids to only like newer stuff, but they have a lot of old stuff on their playlists, too. Quite a few times I'll hear my son playing something and I'll say, "I love that song. I bought the album in 1985," but teenagers don't really listen to albums when they have so much choice.

Me and my son both have very broad taste. Some of the stuff he likes doesn't appeal to me, such as what he calls untz untz music, but there's also a lot of stuff we both like. I was driving him to Uni in September and I had my indie playlist on, and it was quite spooky how so many of the songs were on his playlist, too. When my 19 year old son says, "Bangin' tune, Dad" it makes me feel quite cool.

Thanks son, for helping me rediscover my love of music.
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Yeah. Cal was getting into Spotify. I'm sticking to my Ipod for now, I mean it's taken years to put together and I'm quite proud of it.

I don't think music has aged much since the late 70s, which is why it's still popular today and so many groups of the era are still touring.
 
Bluetintedspecs said:
What a pair of soft old gets we are, eh? lol Seriously though, I found that very touching, mate.

I went through a phase of not listening to music that much. Before that I used to put an album on and do nothing but listen to the album for 45 minutes or whatever, and just really appreciate all aspects of the music. I find if I'm doing other stuff I get distracted and then miss big chunks of songs.

I didn't notice at the time, but I listened to music less and less. Probably due to a combination of a busy life and the way I preferred to listen, with no distractions. Then my music loving teenage son started listening to Spotify and I rediscovered my love of music. Now the whole family, wife and daughter too, are on it.

The beauty of Spotify is you can just listen to any song ever made at the touch of a button. Would have loved that when I was a teenager. I'm resisting the urge to say "They don't know they're born these days, do they?"

I expected my kids to only like newer stuff, but they have a lot of old stuff on their playlists, too. Quite a few times I'll hear my son playing something and I'll say, "I love that song. I bought the album in 1985," but teenagers don't really listen to albums when they have so much choice.

Me and my son both have very broad taste. Some of the stuff he likes doesn't appeal to me, such as what he calls untz untz music, but there's also a lot of stuff we both like. I was driving him to Uni in September and I had my indie playlist on, and it was quite spooky how so many of the songs were on his playlist, too. When my 19 year old son says, "Bangin' tune, Dad" it makes me feel quite cool.

Thanks son, for helping me rediscover my love of music.
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Barnfred 55 said:
Yeah. Cal was getting into Spotify. I'm sticking to my Ipod for now, I mean it's taken years to put together and I'm quite proud of it.

I don't think music has aged much since the late 70s, which is why it's still popular today and so many groups of the era are still touring.
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Songwriters were much better too in the previous decades, lots of songs were proper stories. Though I wasnt a big fan I always liked Mike+the mechanics the living years, i read the lyrics the other day- Powerful - so checked their silent running lyrics they're class too. Jim Morrison and Springsteen imo though the best singer/ Songwriters.
 

Earwigjoe said:
Songwriters were much better too in the previous decades, lots of songs were proper stories. Though I wasnt a big fan I always liked Mike+the mechanics the living years, i read the lyrics the other day- Powerful - so checked their silent running lyrics they're class too. Jim Morrison and Springsteen imo though the best singer/ Songwriters.
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Never a Springstein fan but loved The Doors.
 

Hi if you are a regular visitor to this thread can you like it please. I just want to see who has been looking. Don't worry if you are shy and don't want to I just have too much time on my hands. I can't tell you how much all the kind words have meant to me over the last few months. When you see all the bad things that go on its refreshing that a bunch of people that have never met me have tried so hard to keep me going. Whatever will be will be but if I ever needed a reason to keep fighting you have given me one.

My best memory is oddly staying up in 1998. We were a mess and might never have got back. Whenever I watch highlights of that match I get a tingle in my spine. Another game that brings tingles to my spine home game against United in 2005 when Ferguson scored. I could feel that stadium rocking and I wasn't even there. I'll try and think of some more and post them in a bit.
 
messymascot said:
Hi if you are a regular visitor to this thread can you like it please. I just want to see who has been looking. Don't worry if you are shy and don't want to I just have too much time on my hands. I can't tell you how much all the kind words have meant to me over the last few months. When you see all the bad things that go on its refreshing that a bunch of people that have never met me have tried so hard to keep me going. Whatever will be will be but if I ever needed a reason to keep fighting you have given me one.

My best memory is oddly staying up in 1998. We were a mess and might never have got back. Whenever I watch highlights of that match I get a tingle in my spine. Another game that brings tingles to my spine home game against United in 2005 when Ferguson scored. I could feel that stadium rocking and I wasn't even there. I'll try and think of some more and post them in a bit.
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Whatever we have given is nothing compared to the feelings we have for you as a person , who despite it all shows strength beyond normal .You truly are an inspiration to us all. If perchance it helps that is our bonus and long may it continue .
 

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