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CGII · #**2261** Posted **Nov 11, 2011, 5:27 PM**

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Originally Posted by LMich

So, I go into the "Queen of pop" debate thread in the skybar, not to post (not interested), but knowing how these things turn out. I was expecting entertainment, and boy if it didn't disappoint!

As usual, bnk was the total star, here. In a not-so-serious thread, and one based on one's opinion, we get lines like these:

This "very important topic and serious debate", indeed. LOL! This man is a national treasure. One of the most unserious forumers we have, he can go from making totally inappropriate jokes to replying with such venom that if the internet weren't between us I could imagine him punching someone out during a very mild and unserious conversation.

Just took a look out of curiousity and wo, this is going to need to be reposted:

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Originally Posted by bnk

Sorry again I am changing my vote again to the best of the best that there ever was.

Linda Ronstadt

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Ronstadt

Why it took me so long to remember this gal is well...

In the early 80's LR was the....anyone over 45 would know instantly that the rest are chum bait compared to her.

She had

well

with a one-time standing as the Queen of Rock,[4][5] where she was bestowed the title of "highest paid woman in rock",[6][7] and known as the First Lady of Rock, she has more recently emerged as music matriarch,

you can not do much more than she did in america.

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In total, she has released over 30 solo albums, more than 15 compilations or greatest hits albums.

Ronstadt has charted thirty-eight Billboard Hot 100 singles,

twenty-one of which have reached the top 40, ten of which have reached the top 10, three peaking at #2, the #1 hit, "You're No Good". In the UK, her single "Blue Bayou" reached the UK Top 40[13] and the duet with Aaron Neville, "Don't Know Much", peaked at #2 in December 1989.[14] In addition, she has charted thirty-six albums, ten Top 10 albums, and three #1 albums on the Billboard Pop Album Charts.

yep from the 60's to even into modern era

Linda Ronstadt

Is one of the best of the best... Only Madonna and Celine are even in the ballpark.

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Disney has used her voice for years without you cumps all even knowing about it...

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one of my favs

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I have carried a lot of water for this woman in the past and I will do it for as long as I can, for she deserves it. She was an icon of the early 80's. She is mentioned in the movie Fast Times At Ridgmont High [ not that that was a big thing, but she was a cultural icon and part of song and music at the time, not that she was famous from the movie, quite opposite, the movie was great on it's own standing and it just showed how popular she was at the time ]

and was an influence on entire generation.

I hope this post educates some of the younger posters out there that did not even know her name or how famous she was and still is with the older posters...

This is why I am into black and white silent films of late. Do not disrespect your elders.....

vid · #**2262** Posted **Nov 11, 2011, 10:57 PM**

"This is why I am into black and white silent films of late. Do not disrespect your elders....."

Always a good piece of advice at the end of a bnk post.

vid · #**2263** Posted **Nov 13, 2011, 3:46 AM**

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Originally Posted by M.K.

Never found a country which is really a 1st world for sure. All are so human primitive in behaviours... I tell you what, i don't know from what World are you talking about. For sure Canadá it is not, mainly Thunder Bay, which maximum is a small village middle nowhere. UAE has problems also.

Well... I just have to steal that!

rockyi · #**2264** Posted **Nov 13, 2011, 1:52 PM**

^A future problem must can defeated for because I am not their be the task at hand......Yep! I'm going to use M.K. speak for the rest of the day!!!

vid · #**2265** Posted **Nov 14, 2011, 2:59 AM**

Was my fridge machine, it the dysfunction can be for what is. Landlord will tomorrow a new fridge from Kenmore get, for thank. Also is issue toilet the. All at once the things.

rockyi · #**2266** Posted **Nov 14, 2011, 3:53 AM**

I understand completely.

touraccuracy · #**2267** Posted **Nov 14, 2011, 4:41 AM**

does anyone actually like/not mind hearing their own voice on a recording? i can't stand it.

Ayreonaut · #**2268** Posted **Nov 14, 2011, 4:44 AM**

Yeah, I'm always like "holy shit, my voice sounds goofy", but that's probably just because I'm not used to hearing it. The voice that I hear kicks ass.

Nobody else seems to notice anything though, so it must be alright.

Buckeye Native 001 · #**2269** Posted **Nov 14, 2011, 5:41 AM**

I don't like my voice, but that's probably not anything earth-shattering.

touraccuracy · #**2270** Posted **Nov 14, 2011, 7:13 AM**

and having met both of you, you guys have completely normal voices. and i probably do too because nobody comments on it, but when i hear a recording, i sound retarded.

ryan, i remember being surprised that you had an accent!

LMich · #**2271** Posted **Nov 14, 2011, 8:59 AM**

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Originally Posted by touraccuracy

ryan, i remember being surprised that you had an accent!

But, everybody has one. What would be really surprising would be to hear that he'd given birth to a dolphin or something.

mobyhead · #**2272** Posted **Nov 14, 2011, 2:10 PM**

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Originally Posted by touraccuracy

does anyone actually like/not mind hearing their own voice on a recording? i can't stand it.

I work for a small accounting firm. Whenever someone calls into our back-door number or calls after hours they get to hear my voice on the recording. It's weird. Also we have an overhead paging system in the office. I used to feel awkward when I had to make an announcement but after doing it about 1,000 times you get use to it.

Buckeye Native 001 · #**2273** Posted **Nov 14, 2011, 4:25 PM**

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Originally Posted by touraccuracy

ryan, i remember being surprised that you had an accent!

I'm curious, because other people have told me this as well, primarily people I know from the Western US (Colorado, Arizona and California) where there are no discernable accents.

Centropolis · #**2274** Posted **Nov 14, 2011, 4:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by Buckeye Native 001

I'm curious, because other people have told me this as well, primarily people I know from the Western US (Colorado, Arizona and California) where there are no discernable accents.

On western accents, I've heard a plains accent before, but it varies according to how far north in the US you are. The Dakotas sounds more like MN, but away from the cities in NE and KS and maybe WY (and probably CO at one time, listing to old recordings of people even in Denver) words like hunting seem to always be changed to huntin' or fishin' and I can't quite put my finger on it, but I'd call it the "old prospector" accent. I imagine that the prevalence of any "western" accent depends on the area being rather isolated. I remember watching a "Cops" like show set in Montana, and they clearly had a northern midwestern derived accent, coupled with that "old prospector" huntin fishin thing.

Cleveland Brown · #**2275** Posted **Nov 14, 2011, 7:08 PM**

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Originally Posted by touraccuracy

does anyone actually like/not mind hearing their own voice on a recording? i can't stand it.

Hate it! I've got a Mike Tyson issue in that I'm a big guy (5'11" and north of 200 lbs), but I have a light and high pitched voice. And when going through a drive-thru I always make sure to deepen my voice after being called "ma'am" more than a few times in college (with a car full of people).

I should just recorded it and post it so everyone can see how bad it is.

Buckeye Native 001 · #**2276** Posted **Nov 14, 2011, 7:21 PM**

I get called "Ma'am" on the phone all the time.

touraccuracy · #**2277** Posted **Nov 14, 2011, 7:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by LMich

But, everybody has one. What would be really surprising would be to hear that he'd given birth to a dolphin or something.

i know everybody has an accent, but for some reason it was more pronounced/different than i was expecting.

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Originally Posted by Buckeye Native 001

I'm curious, because other people have told me this as well, primarily people I know from the Western US (Colorado, Arizona and California) where there are no discernable accents.

maybe it's an ohio accent? it just sounded... american to me. but more so than the people i'd talked to washington, oregon, california, nevada, and colorado. it sounded a little bit drawly/southern like the carolinas but quicker. maybe just mid-west/middle-american?

even with washington vs. bc, i can hear the difference though. especially the news anchors.

mobyhead · #**2278** Posted **Nov 14, 2011, 8:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by Buckeye Native 001

I get called "Ma'am" on the phone all the time.

Before my voice changed when I was little I used to get called Mrs. Coleman if I answered our phone at home.

mobyhead · #**2279** Posted **Nov 14, 2011, 8:57 PM**

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Originally Posted by Cleveland Brown

Hate it! I've got a Mike Tyson issue in that I'm a big guy (5'11" and north of 200 lbs), but I have a light and high pitched voice. And when going through a drive-thru I always make sure to deepen my voice after being called "ma'am" more than a few times in college (with a car full of people).

I should just recorded it and post it so everyone can see how bad it is.

You could take up smoking. That stuff does wonders with your vocal cords.

Centropolis · #**2280** Posted **Nov 14, 2011, 11:12 PM**

Milwaukee fucking rules, the only thing that sucked about the weekend was getting stuck in Chicago traffic picking up my friend. OH MY FUCKING GOD it took 2 hours to get from Bolingbrook (Chicago suburb) to his house in Logan Square, while it took under 1.5 hours to get from Logan Square Chicago to downtown Milwaukee.