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#938169
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Random Thoughts
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moviefreakedmind said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

Why is Peter Gabriel a much better solo artist than Phil Collins?

Peter Gabriel is incredibly talented and made creative music. Phil Collins went the pop star route.

Peter Gabriel has an artistic integrity that Phil Collins hasn’t got.
If you look at Gabriel’s most Pop album So it’s still got challenging material on it and for a long period he churned out many albums of challenging music and championed other artists who were doing the same.
Phil Collins has produced some memorable and musically interesting tracks which are on a par with some of Peter Gabriel’s best work but it’s scattered in with very light weight material and political naive singles, reports of tax avoidance and Conservative party support may be exaggerated and how he spends his millions is not information I have access to but a song like this one : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt2mbGP6vFI is hard to square with certain confirmed aspects of his life. It’s also structurally a lousy song terrible structure, awful pararhymes etc
When Gabriel makes a political song it’s usually backed up with political action and awareness and fund raising. The song tends to be better too. To their credit even Sting (voice sandpapers any melody) and Bono back up any political message they have with some sort of affirmative action. The song isn’t everything.

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#937452
Topic
The Place to Go for Emotional Support
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moviefreakedmind said:

Trident said:

I have a friend who wants to kill herself. In a very violent way. And I can’t seem to talk her out of it.

If you think that she is a danger to herself (or others) then you should call the proper authorities.

^very this. She might not thank you for it but it will give her a bit more time to rationalise these compulsions. Theatrical suicide attempts tend to endanger people other than the instigator. You may save more than one life.

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#936594
Topic
Crazy quotes
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Bingowings said:

A Yorkshireman’s dog has died and he goes to a jeweller’s shop to commission a fitting memorial.
Yorkshireman: Can tha mek us a gold statue of yon dog?
Jeweller: Do you want it 18 carat?
Yorkshireman: No I want it chewin’ a bone, yer daft begger!
Jeweller: Ee, bah gum!