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serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on January 29, 2020, 02:29:36 pm ---Youth is no guarantee against fogey-ishness.
--- End quote ---
Well, that's true. I just looked it up and it specified that it's not necessarily old but "old-fashioned or conservative in attitude or tastes." So yes, one could be a fogey-ish youth.
In this case, I think it was that the guy called "boomer" as an insult had compared an older rapper to a newer rapper -- something like that. The term "boomer" didn't mean they were literally pining for the good old days of the Beatles.
CellarDweller:
Kenny Rogers is Dead at the Age of 81
Kenneth Ray Rogers (August 21, 1938 – March 20, 2020) was an American singer, songwriter, actor, record producer, and entrepreneur. He was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2013. Though he was most successful with country audiences, Rogers charted more than 120 hit singles across various music genres, topped the country and pop album charts for more than 200 individual weeks in the United States alone, and sold over 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time.
He acted in a variety of movies and television shows, most notably the title roles in Kenny Rogers as The Gambler and the MacShayne series for The NBC Mystery Movie, and the 1982 feature film Six Pack. He was a co-founder of the restaurant chain Kenny Rogers Roasters in collaboration with former Kentucky Fried Chicken CEO John Y. Brown Jr.. Although the stores closed in the United States, they are still a fixture in Asia.
Billboard Top 40 Hits
(as Kenny Rogers & The First Edition 1968-1973)
Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) - #5
But You Know I Love You - #19
Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town - #6
Something's Burning - #11
Tell It All Brother - #17
Heed the Call - #33
(Solo & Duet singles as Kenny Rogers 1970-1999)
Lucille - #5
Daytime Friends # 28
Love or Something Like It - #32
The Gambler - #16
She Believes in Me - #5
You Decorated My Life - #7
Coward of the County - #3
Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer - #4 (Duet with Kim Carnes)
Love the World Away - #14
Lady - #1
I Don't Need You - #3
Share Your Love with Me - #14
Through the Years - #13
Love Will Turn You Around - #13
We've Got Tonight - #6 (Duet with Sheena Easton)
All My Life - #37
Islands in the Stream - #1 (Duet with Dolly Parton)
This Woman - #23
What About Me? - #15 (with Kim Carnes and James Ingram)
Buy Me a Rose - #40 (with Alison Krauss and Billy Dean)
Front-Ranger:
Kenny knew when to fold 'em.
Jeff Wrangler:
Bad news. :(
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on March 21, 2020, 03:09:33 pm ---Kenny knew when to fold 'em.
--- End quote ---
I wonder if he thought about how that often song would be quoted in his obituary/ies.
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