Big cities or small towns?

Tralala · Post by **Tralala** » 21 Jan 2012, 01:58

Back on topic (sorta)! I tend to drift...like Snow White.
I grew up outside a tiny, podunk, yappy little town. The music "everybody" listened to drove me nuts. Tesla's version of "Signs", Bon Jovi's "Boys Are Back In Town", the Crue's "Smokin' in the Boys' Room", Faith No More's "War Pigs", countless others....they all loved 'em. "so original!" "never heard anything like that!" "awesome!!!" Aaaaaaaaaargh! They've been done before! Usually better! These things really got to me, in the late eighties. I've since learned to relax.

Just thought of another one! Van Halen's "Pretty Woman". Wasn't even that I didn't like the remakes (some of 'em); it was my peers' ignorance that killed me.

Bighuey · Post by **Bighuey** » 21 Jan 2012, 09:31

My kids listened to that stuff in the 80's. Ozzy Osborne, Motley Crew, stuff like that. They would crank it up full blast, my wife would holler "Turn off that damn devil music, you'll burn in Hell listening to that s---!" They have kids now, they probably tell them the same thing.

Tralala · Post by **Tralala** » 22 Jan 2012, 03:16

Hey, I liked that stuff okay. It's just that I listened to a lot of other music, too. And, c'mon...Debbie Gibson, Nightranger, Howard Jones, Huey Lewis, Phil Collins....? Laaaaaaaaaame. Obama has more soul. Hahahahahaha

My son listens to '70s/early 80s pinball, and my daughter's into speed punk. Could be a lot worse.

Bighuey · Post by **Bighuey** » 22 Jan 2012, 11:18

I like Huey Lewis, and Nightranger made some good ones. One I always liked was that Twisted Sister song, Were Not Going To Take It Anymore. My kids are into country now, thats all they listen to. I used to sing one at parties called The Strawberry Patch, it was crude and vulgar and nasty, my kind of music. I only sang it when we thought they were asleep or outside or something, but I guess they heard it a few times. When I was in Utah last year, they wanted me to sing it for them. My oldest sang it along with me, word for word. He said that was one of their favorite songs, had been for years. Cant hide anything from them. I was out with Dick Jones in the strawberry patch, he offered me a quarter to feel of my...... and so on.

Tralala · Post by **Tralala** » 22 Jan 2012, 19:15

Whoa! Who recorded that one? Or is it like a "Diggin' My Potatoes" thing?
Kids are aware of way more than we want them to be. And yet, they're rather vague on academic things, like World War II.

TimeKeeperApprentice · Post by **TimeKeeperApprentice** » 22 Jan 2012, 19:21

I would go for small town. Probably because I like it quieter (Less pollution xD). I live in NJ(So far away from everyone xD) and when I visit New York, New York I can't stand forced to dodge people, get pushed, smell cigarettes everywhere I go, and all the trash and cars everywhere. Eh, what can you do, New York still rocks.

Bighuey · Post by **Bighuey** » 22 Jan 2012, 20:07

Tralala wrote:Whoa! Who recorded that one? Or is it like a "Diggin' My Potatoes" thing?
Kids are aware of way more than we want them to be. And yet, they're rather vague on academic things, like World War II.

My kids arent into academic things. There into sports, 4-wheeling, hunting and fishing, that sort of thing. Ask them about anything else, they act like huh? My daughter can tell you everything about soap operas and all the gossip on Facebook but not much else. That Strawberry Patch song, its been around since I was a kid, about 140 years ago. Its a parody of Gene Autry's Strawberry Roan.

Tralala · Post by **Tralala** » 23 Jan 2012, 03:19

Kids. Whattayagonnado? My son thinks I have him trapped in a small town, 'cause we're not in Madison. He doesn't have a clue!

alexjames72 · Post by **alexjames72** » 04 May 2014, 19:28

I grew up in a small town and I loved it. The downsize is everyone knows your business. I now live in a big city and I miss the closeness of the smaller town.

TrishaAnn92 · Post by **TrishaAnn92** » 05 May 2014, 05:58

I grew up in a small town, even had horses and chickens and other animals. Now I live right outside the city and I hate it. I much prefer the small town living.

PashaRu · Post by **PashaRu** » 05 May 2014, 06:39

Big cities for me. My wife's parents live in a small town in the mountains of North Carolina. Nice place to visit, but I'd go crazy if I lived there. I love New York City, Chicago, Atlanta, Miami. Also Toronto, London, Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin, Munich, Vienna, St. Petersburg (Russia), and others. I lived in Moscow and loved it. Still miss it.

subzerowon · Post by **subzerowon** » 05 May 2014, 09:20

I've lived in large cities all my life. Small towns just bore me to death.

robind13 · Post by **robind13** » 11 Nov 2014, 08:37

small towns, its more quaint and less hussle and bussle

ALynnPowers · Post by **ALynnPowers** » 24 Nov 2014, 04:43

Small towns are nice to visit, but I can't live there anymore! I love public transportation too much!

ylisa7 · Post by **ylisa7** » 24 Nov 2014, 06:44

I love small towns. I'm a NY girl turned country:)

-- 24 Nov 2014, 07:45 --

PashaRu wrote:Big cities for me. My wife's parents live in a small town in the mountains of North Carolina. Nice place to visit, but I'd go crazy if I lived there. I love New York City, Chicago, Atlanta, Miami. Also Toronto, London, Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin, Munich, Vienna, St. Petersburg (Russia), and others. I lived in Moscow and loved it. Still miss it.

What town in NC? My stepdaughter is near Boone which is a college mountain town.