Disclaimer: anything that I list is not an impugnment on anybody that enjoys/understands/appreciates what I've listed.


In no particular order:
- I never understood the appeal of the Grateful Dead, or jam bands in general. I know Jam music is supposed to be improvisational, but to me it just sounds like everybody in the band is doing their own thing with their instrument, oblivious to what the other members are playing. Maybe I just haven't been under the influence of the proper substances while listening to them.

- Citizen Kane - you don't know how bad I wanted to like this movie. Heck, isn't it regarded as the best film of all time? Nothing about it interested or captivated me like I expected. The first time I tried to watch, I was so bored, I turned it off. I had to later force myself to finish it.

- The DaVinci Code - I read this fairly in its release and was completely underwhelmed by it. Imagine my shock to see it become as popular as it has. The Holy Grail/Mary Magdalene theory was interesting, but the rest of the story was just an average mystery thriller. Bleh.

How about yous? What pop culture/entertainment phenomena have passed you by.

There are so many I wouldn't know where to start, but I have to agree with the three you've listed.

Btw, Casablanca is the best film of all time and if you want to read a good Dan Brown book try Digital Fortress. If you PM me with a PO Box or something I'll mail it to you.

I don't get piercings. Ok, ear piercings I get, a post or too is not bad. But the eyebrow, lip, tongue, nose and "other" parts of the body.... I just don't get it. Maybe even a belly button dangly thing on girls is ok. But the other stuff... ummm

and I'm not criticising those that have piercings... it's just not for me.

Naval piercings are hawt!

There are a TON of things I just don't get.. but I think that's because I come from a higher plane of exisitence than the majority of mankind.

What's with people driving $1500 cars with triple the amount of body work and paint? Why not just buy a nicer car? And what's with all these ricers with modded mufflers? Do they think they make the cars faster? You aren't foolin' me buddy... it's still just a 4 cylinder Honda no matter how loud you make it!

What's with these evangelists leaving pamphlets on my door? Don't these people realize that I'm just going to eat the candy and throw the scripture away? Waste of paper IMO.

Two things that I just don't get.

Reality TV

NASCAR

Karaoke

Guitar players who make funny faces

Escargot (I know it’s not entertainment but I just don’t get it, IT’S SNAILS FOR GOD’S SAKE!)

I don't like Reality TV either, however, I have to admit... I am a huge fan of The Ultimate Fighter and Who Wants to Be a Superhero on Sci-Fi. Freakin awesome!

I play a mean air guitar.

Tatoos on the neck or face! And these- http://www.needled.com/archives/2005/09/finger_mustache.php WTF!

I could feel that.

Gotta agree with the naval piercings. Hawt!

Speaking of tattoos and piercings...



For more info... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalking_Cat

I was just about to post the exact same thing, but you beat me to it! Those phart mufflers are so frickin' annoying when I'm sitting in my living room trying to watch TV

Nawt!

OK, I really can't understand women, or girls, who wear tight jeans, AND a belly shirt!! I am talking about the ones who have anything from a normal amount of body fat, to those who have an ABNORMAL amount!! The only females who can really pull those off are the ones who have absolutley no body fat whatsoever! Otherwise it just pushes the fat into an unflattering blob over the top of youir pants, ughhhhhh. I try to hide that stuff myself. It amazes me everytime I see a female with fat overflowing out of their pants.

Used to be you tried to wear clothes that helped you to have an hourglass figure. What happened with that??

I guess to each his own, I personally wouldn't be caught dead letting it all hang out.....literally!!

Never could understand, why someone would wear baggey clothes. If they knew, what they look like for behind. Don't think they would wear them, then again, maybe they like looking, like they have a load in their pants.

Tight clothes are just as bad. You might think you look thinner, Think again. If your as least 20 pounds over weight forget it. It don't work.

Never understood, why people listen to music that, you can't even understand what their singing about.

What's up with the tongue piercing, Ouch, that's got to hurt

I heard someone who just had their nose pierced say "It feels like I have a booger in my nose" HA HA HA HA

I bet you, their a picking and a grinning all day long.

Only on a nice, flat stomach...I should clarify further, nice, flat, female stomach!

I don't get the facination with the DaVinci Code either. I think a lot of it is media hype, then people follow.

I don't get animae either, not even sure if I'm spelling it right but you know, the Japanese animation? Bizaar!

And, I'm embarrassed to say, I've never really gotten sci-fi movies or shows. I've always found Star Trek really boring, along with the newer shows that they have on the Sci Fi channel. And don't get me started on Trekkies! The only movie that I did like along those lines was Star Wars. That was cool! Are Batman & Spiderman considered Sci Fi? Those are cool too!

Good ones, Naomi. I definitely don't get anime or Star Trek (though a couple of the movies were OK).

1. Gourmet pet food - my dog could care less whether it's filet mignon or week old road-killed groundhog. Spend that extra money on starving kids in Africa
2. Slot machines - don't let me die in front of one of those
3. Anne Coulter - smart and sexy? Yechh, creepy and insane, if you ask me. Nothing more attractive than an anorexic with a boob job. Somebody give that girl some valium and a cheeseburger. I keep expecting that cross she wears conspicuously around her neck to burst into flames the next time she calls Bill Clinton gay.

lol!!!!!!! oh and I think she was a fatty with tight jeans and a belly shirt on too!

1. Country Music, or even worse, that heavy metal death rock where all you hear is screaming. It sounds so angry!
2. Memorializing your loved one with a sticker on the back windshield of your automobile. Why do people do this?
3. I also have to list Nascar of things I just don't "get". Oh, and since I'm on sports, I should also add curling to that. WTF? I have no idea what the goal is for that sport.
4. I don't get those people who ride around in their car with the bass turned up so loud that it's vibrating MY car! Doesn't that give you a headache? How can you hear anything other than the bass?
5. Hunting. Sorry, I know there are a lot of hunters on this forum, and I mean no offense, but I really don't get how you can bring yourself to shoot another living thing, even if it is "just an animal". Disclaimer: This is only my opinion and I'm not looking to start a hunting debate.

1. Buffets. Restaurants already serve oversized portions... I don't think we need any more than that.

2. I'm with Phish on NASCAR. Actually, I'd say "watching sports" in general. Better to go out and play than sit on the couch and watch.

3. Chocolate. I know people love it. I just don't get the appeal.

4. Bigots/intolerant. I just don't get it. It doesn't even make sense.

5. A car covered in bumper stickers. One or two... ok. More than that, and you're endangering other drivers who are too busy reading your car to pay attention to the road.

6. People who complain about their weight/jobs/life. Why waste time complaining? Go do something about it already!

7. Drinking alcohol til you puke. Where's the fun in that?

8. Beer koozies. Do they really make that much of a difference?

9. Summer heat. I prefer crisp, fall air. Summer heat just makes me hot. And not in a good way.

Mega-dittos.

Oh, Phish & Phrog, I agree with you both on soooo many things!

The bumper stickers on cars...especially when people ruin a brand new car with a bunch of them just slapped not only on the bumper but also on the trunk! I don't get it???

Bass turned up in the car...ugh! How can you hear the music? And dittoes on the angry heavy metal.

Bigots & intolerant peeps...don't get it either.

The memorials on cars are absolutely stupid, and I'm sorry if any of you have them. Er, no I'm not. They're stupid. Tim Rowland recently did a podcast on this specific subject that I found pretty funny.

I checked with a couple of friends that live in other areas of the US (CT, FL and NC), and they have never seen such a thing.

I agree. The poor soul is rolling in his grave knowing that POS '93 Chevy Chevette is in Memorial of him

I just don't get it.

I've noticed on my trips out of town that they're not as prevelant as around here.

I don't get it either

Starbuck's: I mean really, can their beverages be that good ?

Drivers and cell phones: Is your call so important that you have to drive in
the left lane some 5-10mph slower than everyone around you?

Tailgaters: Next time, try leaving a little earlier so you don't have to ride
my bumper for 5 miles every morning.

Jogging: You really enjoy running ?

Wireless networks: For Heaven's sake, answer that e-mail immediately !!!

1, leasing a new car, if you have the money to lease it why not just buy it

2, people with no children building 5000 square feet homes, what could you possibly need all that room for

3, bottled water

4, people constantly talking on cell phones in stores, cars and just about everywhere, what did these people do before cell phones

They're called muffin tops...for obvious reasons. It comes from the newest trend in jeans...low riders. You pull these suckers on and they only go up to your hips, so you don't have to worry about getting them over your belly. Low riders are so popular these days that it's hard to find a regular-cut pair of jeans that cover your belly.

I'm with you, That is so irritating. There the ones that going to be deaf, by the age of 40 they keep up.

Their be talking to someone as and.
WHAT? WHAT? WHAT YOU SAY?, SORRY BUT I CAN'T HEAR YOU. YOUR HAVE TO SPEAK UP.

Some will tell you it's sexual/euphoric. The music they're creating is personal to them and it's coming through them on a device that is sometimes seen as a phallic symbol. At certain points of the song, the notes may hit a feverish climb and when the notes "climax," the face expresses climax also. People's music is very intense and personal...it probably sounds exquisite to them...

I hate to have to bring up "The P," but he's notorious for making funny faces, (and not just on the guitar ). He'll be jamming out to something slow and funky and he'll get this look on his face like he actually smells something funky.



It's all about feelin' it in your soul, brutha!

I get a kick out of you Heather, That was totally funny. LMAO

Is it hot in here?





Don't get me wrongThe Artist is good but when it comes to guitar I prefer Paco de Lucia.

Ah, but I bet you've only heard Prince's commercial stuff.

You're right, and that's a great point. I saw Paco deLucia, John McLaughlin, and Al DeMeola, with Chick Corea on keyboard at the Kennedy Center in ‘82 or ’83. There were twelve guitars staged behind them on stands and it seemed like all 3 of them played each guitar at least once. I didn't recognize one song they played but if the acoustic guitar excites you, you would have had a woody for a week after that concert.

Well, not you... a guy would've. You know what I mean.

actually getting it pierced doesn't hurt at all. It's the recovery process that hurts a bit. Your tongue swells which can be very uncomfortable and you have to almost re-learn how to chew with the barbell in your mouth. Once the swelling has gone down it's back to business as usual...

My list:

1) Girls that dye their hair lighter on the top and darker at the ends or vice-versa. Yes it's different but it's also tacky IMO.

2) Women who wear g-strings and low-waisted pants or a dark bra and a see through shirt. Isn't the whole purpose of clothing to cover areas of your body that you don't want on display? Who wants to see your undergarments on display for everyone?

3) ok so this one isn't a pop culture/entertainment issue but I still don't get it-
Complete strangers that ask to hold your baby. Um ya let me just hand my precious child over to you to even though I don't know the first thing about you or what your intentions may be.

*looks around*

I do!

Back in my day the chicks girls ladies women womyn didn't wear undergarments and we were all better off for it.

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you're not a hillbilly,redneck,white trailer trash . thats why you all don't get it!

Damn marco, even I can't recall those days. You must really be old.

No wonder you know so much about evolution.







Now I get it! I didn't know that's what they were called. I only drink yuengling in a bottle. Do they make them for bottles? I thought you were talking about a new fad for drinking beer, like a keg-stand or something.

So I'm an Idiot.

I'm glad I didn't post what I started to.

Know what I don't get????
People who think their shit don't stink!!!!!!
People who think that every phuckin thing they do is perfect!!
People who think that they have to tear someone or something down to be funny
People who move to an area and procede to biatch about the area?????wtf????
People who have no idea what it is to be polite. or sympathetic(unless it's for their own little circle of snots).
People who are snobs and look down their noses at others not of the same ilk(how do they find each other? there must be a secret club for snobs to meet).
People who think that just because they sat their a$$es at a desk longer than some others and a test said they were smart,that they know all and are a gift from the Blessed Lady(you ain't goofball)

Ouch! I was just scalded by all of the steam you just vented, WVD.



Yep. I have several koozies. Once you start buying them, they multiply like rabbits.

Here's one for bottles. I know you've seen them before, but probably didn't realize what they were. Like a wetsuit for your bottle!

Actually I can't say that I remember ever even seeing one of them before. Now that I know what they're called I'll be on the lookout for one.

Though to be completely honest, I can drink a beer so fast it doesn't have time to get warm.

Now that I think about it, I seem to recall that it was you who educated me about keg-stands. So what are you? The beer answer man?

I don't get why The Beatles and Nirvana are supposed to be so great.

Rolling Stones has The Beatles all over the top albums.

1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles
2. Pet Sounds, The Beach Boys

3. Revolver, The Beatles

4. Highway 61 Revisited, Bob Dylan

5. Rubber Soul, The Beatles

6. What's Going On, Marvin Gaye

7. Exile on Main Street, The Rolling Stones

8. London Calling, The Clash

9. Blonde on Blonde, Bob Dylan

10. The Beatles ("The White Album"), The Beatles

11. The Sun Sessions, Elvis Presley

12. Kind of Blue, Miles Davis

13. Velvet Underground and Nico, The Velvet Underground

14. Abbey Road, The Beatles

15. Are You Experienced?, The Jimi Hendrix Experience

16. Blood on the Tracks, Bob Dylan

17. Nevermind, Nirvana

18. Born to Run, Bruce Springsteen

19. Astral Weeks, Van Morrison

20. Thriller, Michael Jackson

21. The Great Twenty-Eight, Chuck Berry

22. Plastic Ono Band, John Lennon

23. Innervisions, Stevie Wonder

24. Live at the Apollo (1963), James Brown

25. Rumours, Fleetwood Mac

26. The Joshua Tree, U2

27. King of the Delta Blues Singers, Vol. 1, Robert Johnson

28. Who's Next, The Who

29. Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin

30. Blue, Joni Mitchell

31. Bringing It All Back Home, Bob Dylan

32. Let It Bleed, The Rolling Stones

33. Ramones, Ramones

34. Music From Big Pink, The Band

35. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, David Bowie

36. Tapestry, Carole King

37. Hotel California, The Eagles

38. The Anthology, 1947 - 1972, Muddy Waters

39. Please Please Me, The Beatles

40. Forever Changes, Love

41. Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols, The Sex Pistols

42. The Doors, The Doors

43. The Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd

44. Horses, Patti Smith

45. The Band, The Band

46. Legend, Bob Marley and the Wailers

47. A Love Supreme, John Coltrane

48. It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, Public Enemy

49. At Fillmore East, The Allman Brothers Band

50. Here's Little Richard, Little Richard



Reference link - http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/593...ums_of_all_time

I like the old Beatles stuff before they got all trippy.

Darn it. Now I have to buy some beer koozies.

For me, the attraction of using a koozie is not to keep the drink cold. I drink much too fast for that to be an issue. It keeps your hand from getting cold or wet when the drink starts "sweating".

Beer drinking is really an art form.

Oh, come on, ID! Get your brain in gear.....burning bras, halter tops, nobody wore bras? You don't remember that??

Heather,

Most of this music or, the groups, were ones that I remember (last time I heard music) and loved! Elvis was on the scene, and then this weird, lovable group from England stars for the first time on the Ed Sullivan show. This is back when TV was still black and white. Magical days! If I "hear" a Beatles song now, my brain fills in the missing sounds that my ears don't hear, and I just gotta get up and dance! My boys think it is crazy. Such good memories. Before the VietNam War, when things were a little more simple and fun loving. Loved Pink Floyd too. Dark side of the moon.

So much of my life was music-less, that I had forgotten how wonderful music can be. Glad I have all this music in my head from the past. Nostalgia! Ahhhh.....