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   brilton to The old geezer   
   Re: The Monkees.........   
   10 May 06 22:00:07   
   
   From: notlirb@notlirb.not.yet   
      
   The old geezer wrote:   
   > ......There I wuz...in the local used CD store....holding a copy of The   
   > Monkees Greatest Hits (25 cuts; Rhino records) in my   
   > hand........wondering if I should buy it or not.  I HATED the Monkees   
   > when they were out in '66 - '69 & mocked out any teenybopper who liked   
   > them.  They were "made up"...not a "real" band.  But now 40 years   
   > later..... I'm thinking that their music wuzn't so bad after all   
   > (except the Davy Jones tunes).  Always enjoyed "Randy Scouse Git" with   
   > Mickey Dolenz on lead though would never admit it back when.   
   >   
   > Well, I didn't buy it 'cause I woulda been too embarrased to take it to   
   > the 20 something chick working the cash register.   
   >   
   > Should I go back & buy it or not.  Or is it just an attack of   
   > nostalgia?????   
   >   
   > the old geezer   
   >   
   > NP: Kicks - Paul Revere & The Raiders Anthology   
   >   
   >   
      
   I think that if you really are an "old geezer" then you should be old   
   enough to not worry about what people think about you or the kind of   
   music you buy. But that's just me, only aspiring to be an old geezer at   
   this point.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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