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JoesterVT
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JoesterVT

nothing more than an American Bryan Adams

Posted: 01/28/2026 at 12:46 PM ET
(In response to this post by astrohokie)

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what's your "there I said it" hot take of the day?
HokieMacDaddy • 01/28/26 10:08 AM ET
"Charlie; don't, surf!!!"**
bourbonstreet • 01/28/26 07:32 PM ET
Tried 5 times but couldn't get past page 50 of "The House of Seven Gables"**
TomTurkey • 01/28/26 05:53 PM ET
as an aside, just finished "Handling Sin" a little longish but enjoyed it.**
`lag • 01/29/26 06:20 AM ET
We read "Fathers and Sons" for VT English Lit
TomTurkey • 01/29/26 09:19 AM ET
Maybe they should have stuck with six gables.**
EDGEMAN • 01/28/26 06:19 PM ET
I've only seen parts of Game of Thrones and just don't like it.**
UTPr0sim • 01/28/26 05:10 PM ET
I've only heard 30 seconds of "I Am The Walrus", but the Beatles are crap.**
HokieNoVA • 01/28/26 06:41 PM ET
I dislike those that dislike the Beatles....**
UTPr0sim • 01/28/26 05:02 PM ET
Die Hard IS, without a doubt, a Christmas movie**
MAHokie69 • 01/28/26 05:02 PM ET
Proof...**
Brown Water • 01/28/26 05:30 PM ET
All the people on the lounge are losers
turkeywinghokie • 01/28/26 02:05 PM ET
Oh the irony; you can't even spell "looser" correctly.**
Tank • 01/28/26 03:53 PM ET
Thinks they are a grate speller though.....**
RTFC • 01/28/26 04:10 PM ET
I agry**
TomTurkey • 01/28/26 05:55 PM ET
💥**
astrohokie • 01/28/26 04:05 PM ET
No argument here. **
Hurley09 • 01/28/26 03:31 PM ET
American Psycho is a stupid movie. **
Hurley09 • 01/28/26 02:02 PM ET
😱😱😱😱😱😱**
capitals1 • 01/28/26 02:07 PM ET
Dude looks like a lady.**
MikeVT85 • 01/28/26 02:01 PM ET
Beer sucks. All of it**
HokieAl • 01/28/26 01:32 PM ET
All the zennials agree. Bunch of dudes these days drinking seltzers...**
BG Hokie • 01/28/26 05:48 PM ET
Duuuuddeee 🍻!!**
astrohokie • 01/28/26 04:08 PM ET
Not a huge beer fan but the German stuff I've had was pretty good**
HokieMacDaddy • 01/28/26 02:08 PM ET
I can't stand AC/DC and Aerosmith--by the way, I'm listening...
vthhhi • 01/28/26 01:14 PM ET
*shakes fist***
HokieMacDaddy • 01/28/26 02:09 PM ET
Blazing Saddles is overrated...as is Monty Python.
Tank • 01/28/26 12:58 PM ET
How dare you!**
HokieGator • 01/28/26 04:23 PM ET
These are fighting words...
MBHokie90 • 01/28/26 02:09 PM ET
Co-sign**
hoosnowahokie • 01/28/26 01:05 PM ET
Farts aren't all that funny**
JoesterVT • 01/28/26 12:56 PM ET
Especially lumpy ones...**
ShortFatHokie • 01/28/26 05:49 PM ET
My farts are. Other peoples….nope. **
HokieGator • 01/28/26 02:55 PM ET
Titanic (the movie) is nothing more than Lady & the Tramp.**
Spud • 01/28/26 12:38 PM ET
James Cameron pitched it as 'Romeo and Juliet on a sinking ship'.
HokieDan95 • 01/28/26 12:49 PM ET
Every politician should be drowned in their own excrement. All of them.**
Hokebury • 01/28/26 12:27 PM ET
That's a hot take?**
MAHokie69 • 01/28/26 05:01 PM ET
I'd add one word..."professional" politician. Go serve, back to a real job**
RTFC • 01/28/26 12:54 PM ET
Include in that all chefs on the Food Network, broadcast journlists and
Hokebury • 01/28/26 12:35 PM ET
I don't like U2. Friend said you just don't know you like them. I said, no,
soldcokesatLane • 01/28/26 12:05 PM ET
I'm a fan
HokieMacDaddy • 01/28/26 02:56 PM ET
Never got 'em either. Asked some kids once...
`lag • 01/28/26 02:42 PM ET
this is a test**
`lag • 01/29/26 05:56 PM ET
I'm with you. U2 is really overrated.**
MCL3 Hokie • 01/28/26 02:32 PM ET
Bruce is not anybody’s boss. Once a jerk, always a jerk.**
PhotoHokieNC • 01/28/26 12:02 PM ET
Ditto... right place, right time IMO**
WestyHokie • 01/28/26 12:01 PM ET
Neil Young is a hack**
bigbadbird • 01/28/26 11:52 AM ET
I skimmed over this and thought it said "Neil Young is black." "I never
Hurley09 • 01/28/26 02:01 PM ET
Many of today's TV commercials use the good old Motown hits I grew up with**
HokieHi71 • 01/28/26 11:24 AM ET
Rush is proof that technically proficient music that is more boring than a
BG Hokie • 01/28/26 11:03 AM ET
+ Geddy's voice**
HokieDan95 • 01/28/26 05:46 PM ET
I like Limelight, but that's about it.**
HokieNoVA • 01/28/26 05:31 PM ET
I like "Tom Sawyer"**
Atlee Hokie • 01/28/26 04:07 PM ET
Oh, now you're just trolling me. Tom Sawyer and Roundabout by Yes are the
BG Hokie • 01/28/26 04:28 PM ET
Not trolling. I do like it.**
Atlee Hokie • 01/28/26 05:13 PM ET
!!boring!! 🫤 Que up "The Camera Eye" & tell me you were bored!**
astrohokie • 01/28/26 03:59 PM ET
I am a dude but I have always liked Duran Duran's music.**
OrlandoHokie • 01/28/26 10:59 AM ET
Rare 80s pop that has actually improved with age
Beerman • 01/28/26 12:40 PM ET
Beatles so so but like the Dude I can't stand the Eagles. Their music
jdkhokie • 01/28/26 10:48 AM ET
Can add one song - Stone Temple Pilots Interstate Love Song it was
jdkhokie • 01/28/26 11:10 AM ET
I'll see your Beatles and raise you one Dave Matthews. Never figured out
HeisenBurg13 • 01/28/26 10:36 AM ET
Isn't he a Hoo?**
TomTurkey • 01/28/26 05:58 PM ET
I know he hails from Hooville, but I don't know if he identifies as one. **
HeisenBurg13 • 01/28/26 05:59 PM ET
Long time ago I worked with a group of guys that loved on DMB like they
HokieDan95 • 01/28/26 03:24 PM ET
This^^^^**
Spudnut • 01/28/26 11:11 AM ET
I never thought Jennifer Aniston was all that...there I said it**
capitals1 • 01/28/26 10:29 AM ET
oh my!**
UTPr0sim • 01/28/26 05:04 PM ET
I agree with you 100%**
BWS • 01/28/26 01:50 PM ET
^^^outta whack^^^**
Chris ColemanAdmin • 01/28/26 01:42 PM ET
... and she doesn't seem to be aging much.**
Atlee Hokie • 01/28/26 04:05 PM ET
Inconceivable!**
TomTurkey • 01/28/26 02:21 PM ET
I know I have studied her for many a year! Sometimes hours at a time!**
vthhhi • 01/28/26 01:40 PM ET
You take that back!**
Brown Water • 01/28/26 11:27 AM ET
And I thought the Billy Joel & Beatles posts were wacky, but this???? ^^^**
RhinoVT • 01/28/26 10:38 AM ET
Pearl Jam, Grateful Dead, Rolling Stones. Don't hate 'em, but all very meh
Late 80s Hokie • 01/28/26 10:18 AM ET
Always thought the RS had a whiff of fraud about them...
`lag • 01/28/26 02:06 PM ET
This is a test</>**
`lag • 01/29/26 05:54 PM ET
popularity doesn't necessarily equal quality - people are idiots after all**
HokieMacDaddy • 01/28/26 02:15 PM ET
Has to be top 3**
TomTurkey • 01/28/26 10:20 AM ET
The Boss, sounds excruciatingly generic to me **
astrohokie • 01/28/26 10:17 AM ET
That's a biopic that I have zero interest in seeing.**
Jackie VT • 01/28/26 01:43 PM ET
yeah, at least with the Dylan one you had a lot of lore...
`lag • 01/28/26 02:57 PM ET
nothing more than an American Bryan Adams** ◄
JoesterVT • 01/28/26 12:46 PM ET
Adams had 1.5 good albums and then turned in crap for 30+ years**
HokieMacDaddy • 01/28/26 12:52 PM ET
You ain't rong, I stand by what I said**
JoesterVT • 01/28/26 12:55 PM ET
Yep, always sounds like he's constipated**
Hokerer • 01/28/26 10:43 AM ET
Some great songs but I've been annoyed by the band worship over the years
HokieDan95 • 01/28/26 10:12 AM ET
I am similar to you with Billy Joel (can semi-tolerant Piano Man at most)**
Tuckahokie • 01/28/26 10:11 AM ET
We do strictly 80s Joel sir**
ValveHokie • 01/28/26 05:28 PM ET
OK I'm curious - how much of his discography have you listened to?
HokieMacDaddy • 01/28/26 10:38 AM ET
A good amount...I have no major issue with the man, just not much into his
Tuckahokie • 01/28/26 03:49 PM ET
He writes his own stuff and 95% is A+ .**
PhotoHokieNC • 01/28/26 12:05 PM ET
Billy Joel wrote almost everything himself. He has like 1-2 co-writer
RhinoVT • 01/28/26 10:40 AM ET
and their collab "Code of Silence" is great**
HokieMacDaddy • 01/28/26 10:53 AM ET
It's hard to choose, but that might be 1 of his top 5 songs. **
RhinoVT • 01/28/26 10:57 AM ET
I've hated 'We Didn't Start the Fire' since its release because it pretends
HokieDan95 • 01/28/26 10:18 AM ET
Billy said it's his least favorite song
KeithHokie89 • 01/28/26 11:38 AM ET