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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Rest in Peace, Ronnie James Dio |
| Arby |
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Posted: 17 May 2010, 8:12 pm
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| As an undiagnosed aspie misfit teenager in the early 1980s, Heavy Metal music gave me and all the other misfits where I grew up a place to belong. To say I'm terribly upset would be a gross understatement. :cry: R.I.P. Ronnie :cry: :cry: "The world is full of kings and queens, who blind your eyes an... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: AS/AD Musical Tastes and Themes By Demographic |
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Posted: 29 May 2009, 12:51 am
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Replies: 43
Views: 3,763
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Male, 40, Australia
Jethro Tull
Yes
Uriah Heep
Beatles
Led Zeppelin |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Do Aspies love Black Metal? |
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Posted: 04 Jan 2009, 7:36 pm
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Replies: 69
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| ok...aside from NIN, I've never heard of any of these...but I'm an old guy; last 'new' metal band I heard was King's X ...;) Man, that group saved my life, musically speaking. I just got their latest studio offering (I've got all 12 albums) and it's as awesome as ever. Back back on topic, I'm not s... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: sad to get old |
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Posted: 18 Aug 2008, 3:05 am
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Replies: 41
Views: 3,629
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I'm 40 on Sunday week and if I've only learned one thing, you're as old as you feel. I got diagnosed only in May last year and I reckon I feel younger now than at any stage in the last 15 years ! !
Age is only a state of mind ! ! |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Do you ever feel like a music snob? |
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Posted: 26 Apr 2008, 8:57 am
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Replies: 50
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| I'm a very proud music snob ! ! I tried for years not to be but I gave up. I have one album (yep, ONE ! !) post 1985 and 90% of my music collection is pre 1945, which includes classical music. My favourite eras are 1900s to 1930s popular, jazz, blues and early 1970s UK progressive rock. I also concu... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Rubik's Cubes |
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Posted: 26 Apr 2008, 8:42 am
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Replies: 95
Views: 9,463
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| I was in year 7 when they first came out in Australia (1981) and quickly learnt how to solve it. I remember there was a kid in year 12 who had his own method. The school had a competition and I came second out of the four kids who took the stage. I still do the cube once every few months, just to ch... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Favorite Guitarist? |
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Posted: 27 Feb 2008, 7:01 am
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Replies: 32
Views: 3,535
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Jimmy Page
Brian May
Blind Lemon Jefferson
Blind Blake
Blind Willie McTell
Dave Murray
Adrian Smith
Martin Barre
Stephen Stills
Paul Simon |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Any Zeppelin fans |
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Posted: 04 Feb 2008, 1:18 am
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Replies: 12
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| Here's what I wrote about Zep a while back ! !! ! Ah Zep ! ! My father brought Zep 1 about the time it came out so I was less than 12 months old and therefore have no cognitive memory of a Zep free life. I've never tired of them despite being nearly 40 and Zep 1 was the first CD I bought when the me... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Progressive Rock/Metal |
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Posted: 04 Feb 2008, 1:09 am
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Replies: 34
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| I pretty much only listen to UK prog rock from the 1970s. Check these out: Jethro Tull (anything between 1971 and 1978 is strong, pick is Thick As A Brick) Genesis (Foxtrot, Nursery Cryme, Selling England By The Pound) Yes (The Yes Album especially is a stunning album but anything to Relayer) Wishbo... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: So who here is a guitar player? |
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Posted: 04 Feb 2008, 1:02 am
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Replies: 106
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| Been playing for 25 years. |
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Forum: Games and Video Games Topic: Who is a Scrabble Geek? |
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Posted: 04 Feb 2008, 12:59 am
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Replies: 19
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| One of my all-time favourite games. My parents has a set where all the tiles and the stands were made from wood. I'd love to have a crack at a tournament just to see how I'd go ! ! |
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Forum: Games and Video Games Topic: New RPGs vs Old RPGs |
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Posted: 04 Feb 2008, 12:56 am
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Replies: 82
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I'm not much into modern computer games but I still have my old DOS computer. I just love Master Of Orion 2 - nothing better on a cold wet day than to play a space game for 12 hours plus ! !!  |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you have Asperger's Syndrome? |
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Posted: 04 Feb 2008, 12:46 am
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Replies: 51
Views: 7,037
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| Diagnosed in May 2007 and I look at it as a true blessing - I've never been so comfortable in my own skin, and I'm 40 later this year ! ! |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Wrongplanet Musicians' Showcase |
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Posted: 21 Jan 2008, 9:00 pm
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Replies: 1,711
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Favorite Decade in 1900? |
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Posted: 21 Jan 2008, 8:57 pm
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Replies: 33
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| 1970s without any question - wonderful time to grow up here in Australia. Mind you, if I could time travel to the 1920s I'd be there as fast as the machine could take me. |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Make A Random List Thread |
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Posted: 21 Jan 2008, 8:55 pm
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Replies: 15
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Favourite UK progressive rock groups 1970 - 1974 - in order ! !
1. Led Zeppelin
2. Jethro Tull
3. Yes
4. Deep Purple
5. Uriah Heep
6. Wishbone Ash
7. Pink Floyd
8. Black Sabbath
9. Bodkin
10. Genesis |
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