Popular Post #SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 30, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted September 30, 2016 http://www.ebay.com/itm/JOHN-WILLIAMS-1950-HIGHSCHOOL-YEARBOOK-COMPOSER-STAR-WARS-ET-HARRY-POTTER-JAWS-/252549132731?hash=item3acd19f1bb%3Ag%3AJG0AAOSwvzRX1BxJ Discovered by Donna Lackluster Cerebral Cortex, nightscape94 and Will 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,472 Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 Handsome. I'm sure he "scored" a lot. Cerebral Cortex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mstrox 6,637 Posted September 30, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted September 30, 2016 His neck looks cold. airmanjerm, Gruesome Son of a Bitch, crumbs and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 5 minutes ago, mstrox said: His neck looks cold. The obvious reason to wear all those turtlenecks later! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,451 Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 Yeah, I saw Donna's discovery on Facebook. Very cute -- and his good looks and talent must surely have been instrumental in nailing him a senior (Ruick) when he himself was a freshman two years prior to this photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,472 Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 6 minutes ago, Incanus said: The obvious reason to wear all those turtlenecks later! I think it's more because he had a bad taste for ties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 He looks kinda like Macaulay Culkin there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 30, 2016 Author Share Posted September 30, 2016 43 minutes ago, Bespin said: I think it's more because he had a bad taste for ties. Those were haute couture in the 1950's! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Damien F 1,742 Posted September 30, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted September 30, 2016 I'd love to see JW's reaction if someone presented that picture for his autograph at a concert. rpvee, crumbs, airmanjerm and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will 2,215 Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 6 minutes ago, dfenton85 said: I'd love to see JW's reaction if someone presented that picture for his autograph at a concert. Yes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,451 Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 He actually looks quite a bit like my own grandfather at the same age. And -- dare I say it -- a bit like myself a few years back (only more handsome). Or maybe I'm just imagining things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 30, 2016 Author Share Posted September 30, 2016 Thor, you do not look like John Williams. You aren't even ginger! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,249 Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 Why did you tilt your head so much when posing for that picture? Ricard and crumbs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,451 Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 He, he...because I'm leaning towards two other gorgeous young women to fit into a camera angle: https://scontent.fosl1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/1929107_4640876277_2702_n.jpg?oh=3185594601d9ff1d7cc64ec392147b10&oe=58AD0F31 By the way, pretty hefty price on that year book. Do you think someone will pay that much for it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 Well hello Karen and Miriam! Also, Les, you should have paid better attention in geometry, maybe you wouldn't have suffered so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 You can see his hairline in the early stages of recession. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thx99 1,740 Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 "Where's Williams?" (from the 1949 North Hollywood High School yearbook) Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 Too many pompadours. I can't take it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karelm 2,901 Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 I think he's the brooding looking guy in the back row (near the bushes on the upper right). thx99 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thx99 1,740 Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 @karelm wins a gold star!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 The James Dean years. Loert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,451 Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 Are you Doug Lacey, thx? I saw this picture in his Facebook feed. Anyways, great find. I was going to brag about finding him, but I see that someone beat me to that as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thx99 1,740 Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 Okay, so here are the 10th graders from the 1948 North Hollywood High School yearbook, grouped by "A"/"B" and "GIRLS"/"BOYS". Having trouble ID'ing Williams in either picture, assuming that he's in there at all. Spoiler LOL, I'd love to think this was him, throwing up the bunny ears behind this poor unsuspecting fellow... 4 minutes ago, Thor said: Are you Doug Lacey, thx? I saw this picture in his Facebook feed. Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,451 Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 A couple of faces obscured by other people's heads, but, in the A10 picture, could it be boy 5th from right, in front, in chequered shirt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karelm 2,901 Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 I think this guy in A10: kind of looks like this guy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,451 Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 I think my suggestion was closer in look, to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkgyver 1,645 Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Ok, stop stalking this guy. What's next, a sex tape with Karen Allen? Gruesome Son of a Bitch and crumbs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 1 hour ago, gkgyver said: What's next, a sex tape with Karen Allen? That footage got cut from Animal House. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,451 Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 7 hours ago, gkgyver said: Ok, stop stalking this guy. Written in jest, I assume. I say 'keep 'em coming'! We need to have some grasp of Williams' early life, like all major composers throughout history. crumbs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkgyver 1,645 Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Who is "we"? Try digging up more recording sessions if you want to devote your day to something Williams. Nobody gives a damn about high school photos. I say try find out what he had in his lunch box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,451 Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 35 minutes ago, gkgyver said: Who is "we"? Try digging up more recording sessions if you want to devote your day to something Williams. Nobody gives a damn about high school photos. I say try find out what he had in his lunch box. OK, so NOT written in jest, then. By 'we', I mean anyone interested in and/or chronicling the work AND life of any major artists throughout history. Who do you mean with 'nobody'? Miguel Andrade 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,232 Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 There are more than a few composers throughout history whose early lives have escaped history altogether or are only broadly sketched out. And there are some living ones of whom the same is true, out of a desire for privacy on their part, and/or a mutual sense that the music is what they have chosen to share with the world, and the rest is not necessary for plundering and study, at the very least not while they still live. Miguel Andrade 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thx99 1,740 Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 So is my posting of the publicly-available yearbook images above considered "plundering"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,232 Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 I was trying to elucidate for Thor why some might find this sort of thing distasteful - I know that I would be uncomfortable, at my age or Williams' to know there is an ongoing analysis of these parts of my life. This is just my perspective, though I understand the historical appeals. I said nothing about you. The indignant response is hardly necessary. Not Mr. Big 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thx99 1,740 Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Just asking for clarification, @TheGreyPilgrim, which you provided, so I thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 8, 2017 Author Share Posted March 8, 2017 12 minutes ago, TheGreyPilgrim said: There are more than a few composers throughout history whose early lives have escaped history altogether or are only broadly sketched out. And there are some living ones of whom the same is true, out of a desire for privacy on their part, and/or a mutual sense that the music is what they have chosen to share with the world, and the rest is not necessary for plundering and study, at the very least not while they still live. I kinda agree with this. Williams is a public figure, but also a rather private man. I certainly don't feel just because we are fans of his music we are entitled to anything more than that. Not Mr. Big 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,451 Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 51 minutes ago, thx99 said: So is my posting of the publicly-available yearbook images above considered "plundering"? Absolutely not, and don't let naysayers convince you of otherwise. It is, in fact, quite the opposite. As long as the information is publically available in some form, we owe it to history to assemble as much information as we can on one of the greatest artists of the last 100 years. That includes both professional works and some degree of personal life, and especially where the two intersect. I do the draw line at some point (in fact, I possess several pieces of information on Williams that I would need to consider carefully before I published it), but since there is practically nothing at this point, all we can do is collect the threads ourselves. Photos like the ones you posted are VERY welcome, and I hope both you and I and others can continue to share them for years to come. Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkgyver 1,645 Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Posterity surely wants to know everything pertaining to his musical life and education, but his private life is nobody's damn business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,451 Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 21 minutes ago, gkgyver said: Posterity surely wants to know everything pertaining to his musical life and education, but his private life is nobody's damn business. You assume that there are no links between personal life and musical works, which is simply false. Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 8, 2017 Author Share Posted March 8, 2017 No one said otherwise. But it simply is none of our business! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 This thread is creepy. Not Mr. Big and Will 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Luke Skywalker 1,791 Posted March 8, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted March 8, 2017 it's fun to see famous people young photos. TV programs do it all the time to embarrass their guests...for example. These are all public photos i think..it is not as if someone just got into Williams house and stole a box of old photos.... thx99, Ricard and Will 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will 2,215 Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 8 hours ago, Thor said: (in fact, I possess several pieces of information on Williams that I would need to consider carefully before I published it) Way to tantalize us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 9, 2017 Author Share Posted March 9, 2017 6 hours ago, Mr. Breathmask said: This thread is creepy. Well I started it, whattaya expect! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 Figures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,451 Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 10 hours ago, Stefancos said: No one said otherwise. But it simply is none of our business! Quite the contrary, it's everyone's business -- and OBLIGATION -- to have a full understanding of the lives of the greatest minds and public figures of our time; people who shaped our popular culture. It's not like we're chronicling Williams' toilet frequency or what he does in the weekends. No, it's more getting a grasp of a timeline (illustrated by this wonderful thread) and a persona behind the music, especially where it intersects with professional output. I mean, the trademarks of every auteur director out there are shaped by their own history. It helps to know that Spielberg grew up as the only Jewish kid in his neighbourhood, that he used film to steer clear of bullying, that he was frustrated by his father who left the family (hence the deceptive father figures in his films, and the strong female characters), that he was told stories from the war by that same father (thus nurturing his interest in the period and in flight) and so forth. Some of this Spielberg has said in interviews, some he has not. But not knowing these personal details would rob us of half the values of his films. I don't see how it should be any different with Williams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 9, 2017 Author Share Posted March 9, 2017 So it must follow that it is our obligation to find out everything about you, right? Even the things you would prefer to keep private? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,451 Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 50 minutes ago, Stefancos said: So it must follow that it is our obligation to find out everything about you, right? Even the things you would prefer to keep private? Last time I checked, I was not a major cultural figure of the last century. But I thank you for the backhanded compliment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 Ricard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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