Ugly Canada 2 (Only architecture, planning and design faux pas)

[Wigs]

You and Molson are a bit older than me I suspect. I'm at the beginning of the Millennials.
Capri-stang is funny.

Molson, he's still performing at 71! This video is almost like an NFB mini doc with the voiceover heheh
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[ScreamingViking]

I'm solidly Gen X (late 1970 birth). I appreciate the 70s rock, and both the bad and good of the 1980s. Plus the early '90s grunge.

(PS: Gino has traded the flowing locks for an "up-do".... ugh but good on him for still being a performer!)

[MolsonExport]

early Gen-Xer here (1969).

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by Wigs

now it's probably Monster energy or Mtn Dew code red and a Jos Louis or Ah Louis (Jos Louis/Ah Caramel mashup that I tell everyone to try once lol)

And yes in southern Ontario we called those guys "Ginos" as well. They went from driving I-ROCs in the 80s/90s to more like their Jersey Shore brethren over time.
Which is unfortunate because Montréaler, Gino Vannelli is the greatest Gino of all. I still love "Wild Horses" as tacky as that 80s song may be to others (I was a child when it played on the radio, originally)

I still love Wild Horses and my son likes it too. Makes me nostalgic and happy. The rest of his stuff seems meh though I’m not overly familiar with it. Had no idea Gino was from Montreal (and he’s a double Gino!)

[Wigs]

Originally Posted by ScreamingViking

I'm solidly Gen X (late 1970 birth). I appreciate the 70s rock, and both the bad and good of the 1980s. Plus the early '90s grunge.

(PS: Gino has traded the flowing locks for an "up-do".... ugh but good on him for still being a performer!)

Originally Posted by MolsonExport

early Gen-Xer here (1969).

I was born in '81 and O-tacular is younger than me but identifies as an X-ennial. I do not. I graduated HS in 2000 aka the Millennium
You guys can have Gen X to yourselves or share the tail end with O-tacular.

O-tacular, he's Gino². Still has a good voice.

I'm glad to hear that you can show your boys any music you like to see if they also enjoy it. I know your eldest is a wild child and listens to Rammstein

[MolsonExport]

Originally Posted by Wigs

I was born in '81 and O-tacular is younger than me but identifies as an X-ennial. I do not. I graduated HS in 2000 aka the Millennium
You guys can have Gen X to yourselves or share the tail end with O-tacular.

O-tacular, he's Gino². Still has a good voice.

I'm glad to hear that you can show your boys any music you like to see if they also enjoy it. I know your eldest is a wild child and listens to Rammstein

I graduated high school in...1987!! My son will be attending university next fall. I am technically 11.5 years away from retirement. I haven't been called an "old fart" yet, but its in the mail.

My kids used to love my music (I am really into music from 1965-1985, which is 95% of my collection...and it is a big one at that). As they became teenagers, however, they went on to other things. I haven't a clue what they listen to as they only listen to music on their headphones (unlike me, when I was that age.,,,I had a massive stereo system, with 500 watts/channel speakers x 4, two turn tables, a CD rack system, double cassette, big assed amplifier, equalizers, etc....my neighbours 4 blocks away knew what I listened to!)

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by O-tacular

Irkutsk is calling!

Here's a cluster from Calgary. I will note that much of it is affordable housing but design mistakes were definitely made. Just follow the street all the way to the end.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Mu...n-US&entry=ttu

The area in question from above:

Had an appointment yesterday and saw this soviet cluster from a different angle up close. Some real Hong Kong / mega city vibes going on in that canyon of apartments:

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by Wigs

I was born in '81 and O-tacular is younger than me but identifies as an X-ennial. I do not. I graduated HS in 2000 aka the Millennium
You guys can have Gen X to yourselves or share the tail end with O-tacular.

O-tacular, he's Gino². Still has a good voice.

I'm glad to hear that you can show your boys any music you like to see if they also enjoy it. I know your eldest is a wild child and listens to Rammstein

I don’t identify necessarily as Xennial it was just something I read about where there’s a potential micro generation that we would fit into.

I played Wild Horses for my son before bed last night and he freaked me out by saying “He’s from Montreal”, just after we had that chat here. I never read it out loud so there’s either a glitch in the Matrix or he’s psychic.

[harls]

Originally Posted by MolsonExport

He was a staple of Montreal radio stations. One of his songs (I just wanna stop!) began with mentioning Montreal (I mean, it wouldn't have the same effect if he substituted Pickering or Medicine Hat)

If Gino was stranded on a desert island like Tom Hanks, he would become a sasquatch.

[O-tacular]

Not Canadian but how about this New Orleans castle for $500k!

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by harls

If Gino was stranded on a desert island like Tom Hanks, he would become a sasquatch.

Become a sasquatch?

[harls]

Originally Posted by O-tacular

Become a sasquatch?

I envy those guys that can grow a beard in one afternoon.

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by harls

I envy those guys that can grow a beard in one afternoon.

I'm one of those guys. My chest isn't as hairy as Gino's though. I rock the 5 o'clock shadow almost immediately after shaving.

[MolsonExport]

Originally Posted by harls

If Gino was stranded on a desert island like Tom Hanks, he would become a sasquatch.

Isn't it possible that he actually is a sasquatch?

[Gresto]

Originally Posted by O-tacular

I still love Wild Horses and my son likes it too. Makes me nostalgic and happy.

Same here. The 1980s were the pinnacle of rock/pop. But, by George, Vanilli was hirsute! Cut those locks, man! Button up your shirt! No woman wants to bed a gorilla.

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by MolsonExport

Isn't it possible that he actually is a sasquatch?

Almost looks like a bust of Mozart with the fake wig. Except that ain't fake.

[kwoldtimer]

Originally Posted by Gresto

Same here. The 1980s were the pinnacle of rock/pop. But, by George, Vanilli was hirsute! Cut those locks, man! Button up your shirt! No woman wants to bed a gorilla.

They certainly did, back in the day. Chest hair was always on display. Times were much simpler before manscaping became a thing. It's surprising that Vanelli didn't have the moustache back then.

[Wigs]

Originally Posted by MolsonExport

He was a staple of Montreal radio stations. One of his songs (I just wanna stop!) began with mentioning Montreal (I mean, it wouldn't have the same effect if he substituted Pickering or Medicine Hat)

He's in full ItaliAfro mode here at 26-27 years old in 1978!
I didn't know this was his song. He has more famous songs than I realized.
(Gotta admit at 71 in 2023 his voice still sounds pretty damn good)
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[ScreamingViking]

Sasquatch. lol

I've gotta admit that when the chest hair went grey it was more traumatic than the experience of the follicles on my scalp and face producing less colour. For Gino it must have been terrifying (I didn't have the luscious black locks... red to brown to grey, or "Arctic Blonde" as one hair styling professional graciously put it)

The eyebrows are my last line of defence. When they go, it's over.

[ScreamingViking]

And that "castle" needs a moat.