#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Man created chocolate! We improved upon God, and therefore had no further need of him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melange 446 Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Dark Chocolate is even better right, Stefan? (nudge nudge, wink wink) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Racist! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,512 Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 8 hours ago, petaQ said: That's fudged up. Go fudge yerself, muthafudger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 American chocolate is not the same as world-renowned Belgian or Swiss chocolate. Heck, I once ate some English milk chocolate and it tasted totally unfamiliar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,512 Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 I hate Yankee chocolate! Hate it, you hear? Hate, hate, hate! (did I mention that I'm not too fond of American chocolate?). Apparently the recipe for Hershey Bars was changed during WWII, to accommodate for the lack of ingredients, and it was not changed back after the war. Bloody cheapskates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo 3,709 Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 American chocolate isn't chocolate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 I believe you, yet I do like chocolate bars like Mars and variants. Do they alter those for European markets? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo 3,709 Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 4 minutes ago, Alexcremers said: I believe you, yet I do like chocolate bars like Mars and variants. Do they alter those for European markets? As far as I know they do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 These days I like really dark chocolate. like 90% pure, Don't really go for the sugary sweet stuff anymore. Melange 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 I like the salty chocolate bars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 Salty? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 Like this one for instance: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 I know the brand well. I havent seen that one though. I might have to try it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 How about this?! UK children prefer the US-made version of British chocolate brand 'Cadbury' better than the real UK-made Cadbury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,339 Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 Ditto for me: Dark Chocolate is the way to go. And yes, adding some sea salt REALLLY enhances the flavor greatly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 How much % cocoa? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,339 Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 I'm not picky, any high percentage is good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 Starting from 70 for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melange 446 Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 On 12/12/2016 at 1:40 PM, Disco Stu said: I like the salty chocolate bars. Often viewed, never bought. I'm curious though. On 11/12/2016 at 10:31 PM, Stefancos said: Racist! Appreciation, rather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,512 Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 7 hours ago, Alexcremers said: I believe you, yet I do like chocolate bars like Mars and variants. Do they alter those for European markets? Yeah, they alter the fucking price! 6 hours ago, Disco Stu said: I like the salty chocolate bars. Have you tried chilli chocolate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 I've tried chilli chocolate and I don't like it. I wish someone would show me where to draw the line Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 2 hours ago, Richard said: Yeah, they alter the fucking price! Have you tried chilli chocolate? Yes! Delicious! Mixing salty/savory flavors with chocolate is a great recent trend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Melange 446 Posted December 13, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted December 13, 2016 Bespin, A24 and Naïve Old Fart 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,801 Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Tomorrow I have my last final exam ever and I can't stop listening to this I need help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,512 Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Final..? Wait 'till they make you take the Water Of Life. Many men have tried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Silence! He is not yet ready for the Water! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melange 446 Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 On 15/12/2016 at 10:35 AM, Richard said: Many men have tried. I remember your gummy bear. Now you will remember mine!!! On 15/12/2016 at 1:32 AM, Muad'Dib said: Tomorrow I have my last final exam ever.......................... Muad'Dib and Naïve Old Fart 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,512 Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Just try looking into that candy shop. You'll find me there, staring right back at you! Melange 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melange 446 Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Following my earlier Abba submission, a slight twist. The twist being, I often feel that Jean Michel Jarre tapped into something of The Day Before You Came, for his Chronologie 3 Specifically, starting at 2:27 - 3:00 in the video above.......... Perhaps the same could be said for the deliciously wistful Chronologie 6, that wistful-ness made me a fan of Jarre. 1:56 onwards......... Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,512 Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Not sure what you're getting at, Mel, but you get a "like" for posting JMJ Melange 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,490 Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 I never thought about an ABBA-JMJ connection in those tracks, but I see what you're talking about. I feel that Pet Shop Boys was a major inspiration for Jarre on that album, obviously in "Chronologie 4", but also some other details. CHRONOLOGIE gets a lot of flack, but I ADORE that album. Came out just at the height of my early Jarre love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melange 446 Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 9 hours ago, Thor said: I feel that Pet Shop Boys was a major inspiration for Jarre on that album, obviously in "Chronologie 4", but also some other details. Ha, now that you say that I can also imagine Neil Tennant with a deadpan voice being spoken during that track. "So what did it mean, this TIME that we had? Oh I know you, you're just a CAD!!!" or something of that sort. (I'm thinking the - "But in the back of my head I heard distant feet....Che Guevara and Debussy to a disco beat" voice, on Left to my own Devices) Or - "Left to my own timepieces", in this case. 9 hours ago, Thor said: CHRONOLOGIE gets a lot of flack, but I ADORE that album. Came out just at the height of my early Jarre love. Agreed. I see it somehow as a flawed work in the same way that I feel that he started in a certain style with Revolutions but switched his approach mid stream, with a concert in mind, but it has some superb moments. Several tracks are very - "Meh" for me, but the first is an absolute winner. I'm sure I've related my Wembley 1993 experience on here before about that track and how it affected me experiencing it live. It was a mystical experience, a defining moment for sure. I felt like Deckard being 'melded' in ST:TMP. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,512 Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 This week, I have been playing my "nothing gets me into the Christmas spirit, quite like this CD" CD: OMMADAWN. I'm not sure exactly what it is about this record, it just sounds, and feels Christmasy. It's like a musical nursery rhyme. It doesn't quite scale the epic heights of HERGEST RIDGE, or INCANTATIONS, but, hot damn, if it isn't a darn good listen! The 5.1 mix reveals a lot of hidden treasures. It's MO's most child-like and simple record, and probably his most accessible one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 16 minutes ago, Richard said: The 5.1 mix reveals a lot of hidden treasures. It's MO's most child-like and simple record, and probably his most accessible one. Sure, as if Platinum is so difficult to get. Richard, Richard, Richard, .... You want child-like? Here: Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melange 446 Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 9 hours ago, Richard said: It's MO's most child-like and simple record, and probably his most accessible one Ommadawn is the range of his childhood, in my opinion; the tenderness, wonder, but also a primal scream of traumas. I mean, that end of Part One is a total 'experience' which grabs the listener and make them into a Berserker! I have no hesitation in calling it my favourite work of music, ever. If I could only own one CD, it would be Ommadawn. Did you know that he's releasing a new work in January 2017 called Return to Ommadawn.? I didn't, and only stumbled across it on YouTube tonight, currently unsure from what I heard, if this is a good idea. One excerpt reminded me of Telstar, funnily enough. I guess it all depends what Oldfield is aiming for with this new work. Ommadawn captured Oldfield mid crisis, and that can't be fabricated decades later so I'm guessing this is a 'closure' thing? Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melange 446 Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 Koray Savas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 Beautiful prelude to her album: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melange 446 Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 80s Sunday.................... Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 God! Melange 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 Melange 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melange 446 Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 On the surface, and lyrics wise, yes some might distance themselves from this one as panty moistening teenager fodder. But the first time I heard this, I was grabbed by the music and sure enough the singers are merely tools used by the actual creators. I think it is a superb 'energy' piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,512 Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 4 hours ago, Alexcremers said: God! You rang? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melange 446 Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 1 hour ago, Richard said: You rang? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,512 Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 Mel! This is not the god of Sha Ka Ree, or any other god! On 17/12/2016 at 1:20 PM, Alexcremers said: Sure, as if Platinum is so difficult to get. Richard, Richard, Richard, .... You want child-like? Here: Enjoy! Oh, dear, dear Alex, you really are a "cloth-eared nincompoop", aren't you. OMMADAWN, was released in 1975, got to no. 4 in the UK charts, and went gold. PLATINUM came in at 24, and went...straight down. Even rebranding it AIRBORNE, and adding GUILTY, couldn't stop it from tanking in the USA, even tho' the whole of side one took advantage of the then-popular disco craze. Not even an incredible rendition of I GOT RYTHMN could save it. More commercial? Think not. In fact, it took MO 6 1/2 years (from 1975) to score another top-ten UK album. QED Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 Richard, it merely means that less people were interested in Oldfield's oversimplistic pop record. Just because something doesn't sell as well doesn't mean people didn't get it. They got it alright but they just didn't like it that much. Most Oldfield fans will say Platinum is Oldfield's attempt into a more commercially acceptable format because Mike Oldfield/record companies thought that long instrumental tracks of 20 minutes that people were digging in the early '70s were no longer appreciated by the end of the same decade. Everyone did it. Genesis, Yes, Oldfield, they all tried to make more radio friendly music. You really should know your pop basics, Richard! Going for a more commercial sound doesn't mean it will sell better, especially not when you're no longer at the height of your fame. Trust me, my granny (if I still had one) would love Moonlight Shadow (more commercial attempts by Oldfield) but she would raise her eyebrows with Oldfield's holy trinity (Tubular Bells, Ommadawn, Hergest Ridge). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melange 446 Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 Nostalgia moment here................. Dug out a treasure of mine tonight, the cassette of Ommadawn which my Dad Father purchased decades ago, the very same tape I heard him playing when I was knee high to a grasshopper, and then played for years myself many many times after being hooked by it, played in a variety of audio players in houses, portable cassette players, car cassette players, etc. It is a testament that this cassette is still intact. It has been everywhere, probably all over Britain in its time. Yes sometimes it was left in cars during cold nights and explains how the label has moisture bubbling, but the last time I played this it was still ok though the sound now quite muffled after many years of wear from heavy play. You'll notice that it is half way through, and that is because my old cassette player has a habit of mangling cassettes now., so I won't take the chance with this one. So, that address sticker I was curious to look into. Old photos of the store it was purchased from............. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,512 Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Alex, don't lecture me about "pop basics". I was out there, running around the UK singles charts, while your grandfather was still in diapers! Still, to be fair to you, I guess it all depends on the meaning of the word "commercial". PLATINUM was a successful record in Europe, especially in Germany, so, really, what does the British public know? PLATINUM happens to be my equal third favourite MO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 I know you know your pop basics, Richard, but sometimes you have the tendency to favour the Tormato of the artists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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