fuzzywzhe (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

> Fuzzybrain I will agree to disagree ok?About what?The Boomer Generation that brought us, Disco, Leisure Suits, the Pet Rock, added 9 trillion dollars to the national debt, allowed us to go to war with Iraq Twice, is ruining the nation now, and whose net contribution to society is a bunch of STDs and drugs?You mean agree to disagree over that?It's not called the Worst Generation without a reason.

Mrsbogglewart (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Fuzzybrain I will agree to disagree ok?

fuzzywzhe (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

> Nah, the 80's were much more camp! at least> the 70's bands wern't effiminate, most where> just aving a great time and still very manly!What? Like the Village People?The boomer generation was nothing more than an entire generation of fashion victims. They were faddish materialists who screamed to end the Vietnam war and in 2002 wanted to turn Iraq into a glass desert.The 80's was just the remnants of trash from the 70s. It took until the 1990s before music started to be made again.

Mrsbogglewart (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Nah, the 80's were much more camp! at least the 70's bands wern't effiminate, most where just aving a great time and still very manly!

gav240z (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

There's a video on youtube where he states this, but I can't find it.

gav240z (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

But it was great and I wish I lived during this great period (80's kid).Music was rockin' back then. Its gone to shit in the last few year particularly.

DarwinianLogic (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

If you listen closely enough you can clearly hear him say Grrooosss so it just takes a discerning ear to pick it out. Thanks for the info though, never knew that!

CharlesNigro (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Thanks for that Wikipedia entry....

fuzzywzhe (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

> the beginning is like ttl GAY! It was the 70's.Everything looked gay. It was the most tasteless decade ever seen on Earth. From leisure suits, to men with mustaches with open shirts and giant gold medallions.

tdhbard2002 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

A misconception of this song is following the title line, Jeff Lynne shouts "Bruce!" According to liner notes, he is actually saying a made-up word "Grroosss". This is similar to a German word for "greeting", Gruß possibly referring to the Bavarian greeting Grüß Gott the group would have heard while recording the album in Munich. After the song's release, so many people had misinterpreted the word as Bruce that Jeff Lynne actually began to sing the word as Bruce at live shows