What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Cavcraft]

I've hammered the 'Best of The Specials' CD, and 'Ghost Town' sounds as hauntingly good now as it did when it was first released.Found a reggae love songs double CD which I'd bought just for one track (Good Thing Going by Sugar Mynott) in the boot of the Merc and I keep finding some really good tracks on it.

[retrogeezer]

There was a great Specials live Cd free with a paper last year, did you get it Billy??And the Sugar Mynott track is good too...

[dollywobbler]

Watching BMWs struggle in a few mm of slush while my £266 Autoshite just calmly drives past. Even when I started chucking it around on the back lanes, it merely understeered a little bit. WIN!

[Cavcraft]

There was a great Specials live Cd free with a paper last year, did you get it Billy??And the Sugar Mynott track is good too...

Didn't get the CD mate but recall seeing it. The 'best of' CD is superb.On reggae love songs 'You don't love me (no no no)' and 'Stop that train' are fantastic if that sort of music is your bag.

[Mr H Sceptre]

About £12 gets you any of the numerous Trojan Records 3CD box sets. The 'Ska' one is superb.

 

A personal favourite:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rwSPmT3ujU

[Pillock]

The F**k Fiat thing was a link from b3ta, in their childish names section which also gave us Mr Helmut Knoblich a few pages back.

@PillockThe freind stuff sounds cool, kinda know what you mean. i think.But G&T and ska fucking rule.

Yeah, it's cryptic but a friend has just helped me from a very bad place to being able to dance around my living room last night, spilling G&T on the carpet and just generally having a ball.Another friend was supplying the musical suggestions, I was hammering the Specials and the Skalatones, she put me onto Chris Murray Combo and we went to See Spot from there. And some newer stuff like Pama International, The King Blues and I always like to finish up with the Mighty Mighty Bosstones.

[retrogeezer]

There was a great Specials live Cd free with a paper last year, did you get it Billy??And the Sugar Mynott track is good too...

Didn't get the CD mate but recall seeing it. The 'best of' CD is superb.On reggae love songs 'You don't love me (no no no)' and 'Stop that train' are fantastic if that sort of music is your bag.

I can do you a copy of the cd if you like??And yep, I know 'you don't love me' too.

[Mr H Sceptre]

The F**k Fiat thing was a link from b3ta, in their childish names section which also gave us Mr Helmut Knoblich a few pages back.

@PillockThe freind stuff sounds cool, kinda know what you mean. i think.But G&T and ska fucking rule.

Yeah, it's cryptic but a friend has just helped me from a very bad place to being able to dance around my living room last night, spilling G&T on the carpet and just generally having a ball.Another friend was supplying the musical suggestions, I was hammering the Specials and the Skalatones, she put me onto Chris Murray Combo and we went to See Spot from there. And some newer stuff like Pama International, The King Blues and I always like to finish up with the Mighty Mighty Bosstones.

Aha, Parma Internation eh? Fuzz Townsend, who is on the Practical Classics team (top bloke), is the drummer for Parma International (formerly of Pop Will Eat Itself and Bentley Rhythm Ace).The Easy Star Allstars are well worth a listen. Theyve done very high quality versions of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon & The Bealtes' Sgt Pepper. Great live band too.

[Pillock]

And yep, I know 'you don't love me' too.

Awwwww. How sad. Group hug for retrogeezer?Mr H Sceptic.... saw Pama live a couple of years ago, really good set. Never realised the Practical Classics link though! I shall Spotify Easy Star Allstars now, cheers.

[retrogeezer]

[M'coli]

Wednesday I was in the Highlands and got shown round a hydroelectric powerstation. I had to stop myself from grinning as I was shown around it!

[Richard]

Is that Ben Cruachan? I've been meaning to go to that for years.

[Mr H Sceptre]

I shall Spotify Easy Star Allstars now, cheers.

Cool. 'Dub Side of the Moon' is the one to go for IMHO

[M'coli]

Is that Ben Cruachan? I've been meaning to go to that for years.

No, although I'd love to have a look at Cruachan myself. This one (Fasnakyle) isn't open to the public that way. It's having some work done on one of the turbines and I drove past it at lunchbreak as the workforce was outside having a natter/cigarette. So I asked what they were doing on it, and mentioned I was studying engineering with the OU. They said they were lining the compersation water turbine up with the generator and would I like a look round - I didn't need asking twice!

[Rusty Pelican]

Dinorwig HEP station in Llanberis has an open weekend once a year , its like a James Bond film set , fasinating

[barrett]

I just remembered this (whilst watching footlose )

i think this was my favourite thing when i used to get stoned a lot...

[mk1_4dr]

I shall Spotify Easy Star Allstars now, cheers.

Cool. 'Dub Side of the Moon' is the one to go for IMHO

Awesome album.Get some Skatalites, The Heptones, Skavoovie and the Epitones, all fantastic bands.I've just bought a David Hillyard and the Rocksteady Seven album on the strength of their song 'the fool' (its on youtube for those that don't know what Im talking about.)Hopefully that'll be good.

[Minimad5]

Most probably off topic but :I hate violenceBut when it's been cartooned (forgetting any story behind it)It can sometimes be funny

[M'coli]

Dinorwig HEP station in Llanberis has an open weekend once a year , its like a James Bond film set , fasinating

My tutor has said we should try to go there. He used to work for the old CEGB, and was sent there once to see a Mr Jones. His boss neglected to tell him which one!!!

[mattblack]

 

'History Today' still makes me ROLF!

[pogweasel]

History today is, I believe, one of the funniest things of ever. When you watch the ones from the live/stadium shows, by which time they could hardly bear to be in the same space as each other, and within seconds they are both corpsing and struggling to get through it... then you know it's good. "that's you that is"

[RedSparrow]

Haven't seen that before, top stuff, fanks!

[Mr Lobster]

Absolutely brilliant! Somewhere I have that on video, released to coincide with the tv stuff iirc which must be about 16 years ago

[seth]

Dinorwig HEP station in Llanberis has an open weekend once a year , its like a James Bond film set , fasinating

Funny that because I think it was used for one of the James Bond films. Probably a Roger Moore or Timothy Dalton one.We went in while on holiday in the area when I was about 10 or so, probably not long after it was first producing power. I think Mrs_Seth's uncle sold them the turbines. Thanks for the History Today reminder Matt

[Guest]

I like History Today so much that I based a joke around Pogweasel having a Metro on it.

[Guest]

I shall Spotify Easy Star Allstars now, cheers.

Cool. 'Dub Side of the Moon' is the one to go for IMHO

Awesome album.Get some Skatalites, The Heptones, Skavoovie and the Epitones, all fantastic bands.I've just bought a David Hillyard and the Rocksteady Seven album on the strength of their song 'the fool' (its on youtube for those that don't know what Im talking about.)Hopefully that'll be good.

EDNA'S GOLDFISH!!!!! 111!

[retrogeezer]

this made me rofl earlier....

 

[Guest]

THIS:

 

Hirst Cabs moves into the 21st century.

[seth]

Hirst, can you pick Mrs_Seth up from Heathrow on Tuesday?

[pogweasel]

THIS:

Literally LOL'd my arse off!