The pros and cons of YouTube

@TheHorse (220408)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Dec 17

Do you think they were controlled by Russia back then?

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@TheHorse (220408)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Dec 17

@JudyEv Me neither.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (342277)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Dec 17

@TheHorse

I hope you're joking. No I didn't think that.

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@TheHorse (220408)

• Walnut Creek, California

5 Dec 17

Heh--why the movie Spinal Tap is so good? When I was young (like 14), I always wondered what rocks stars did when they got old (like 35).

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@TheHorse (220408)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Dec 17

@josie_ Well, I've made it past 27. But I'm not a rock star.

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BellaDoc

@BellaDoc (762)

• San Diego, California

6 Dec 17

@josie_ lol. Word.

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josefina

@josie_ (10032)

• Philippines

5 Dec 17

Some don't grow old. They overdose.

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ddnj2006

@ddnj2006 (652)

• Philippines

5 Dec 17

Really agreed to that. Like when the air supply as you hear it sounds really nice but when you saw their MTV's, it's like, uh-oh! Really awkward cause maybe it's too old to appreciate since we are in millenium now. Also, for pros and cons, personally the pros, is about my daughter. She is getting fluent watching peppa pig, sofia the first and many other good english cartoons. But the cons was, she is really sleeping late that she cant wake up early in that morning, expecting she was always being late for school. So I'd rather restrict the youtube domain on our router and allow it only every no-school-tomorrow days.

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@Fleura (30541)

• United Kingdom

6 Dec 17

There are advantages as you say, but you do have to be careful what they watch, YouTube automatically goes on from one thing to the next and before you know it they could be watching something horrible.

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@TheHorse (220408)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Dec 17

@josie_ I like to sing the ABC song and point out letters when I read to littlies.

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josefina

@josie_ (10032)

• Philippines

5 Dec 17

Our youngest grandson (2yrs old) is learning the ABC's already through You tube. He likes to watch a variety of shows for children including peppa pig. But we also limit the time duration so as not to affect his eyesight and encourage other activities.

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koopharper

@koopharper (7601)

• Canada

5 Dec 17

Back in the day, I didn't know what most bands actually looked like either. Those were the days. The music brings back a lot of memories.

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koopharper

@koopharper (7601)

• Canada

6 Dec 17

@Fleura Too many to count. Where I was living we regularly heard European, American and Canadian bands. There were a lot of them. There was an advantage to living between two major cities, one Canadian and one American.

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@Fleura (30541)

• United Kingdom

6 Dec 17

It certainly does! What were your favourite bands?

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@Fleura (30541)

• United Kingdom

6 Dec 17

@koopharper That sounds cool - where did you live?

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John Roberts

@JohnRoberts (109846)

• Los Angeles, California

6 Dec 17

You Tube is fantastic for music.

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@TheHorse (220408)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Dec 17

It's fantastic for a quick listen. But the fidelity is not that great.

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josefina

@josie_ (10032)

• Philippines

5 Dec 17

You don't have to watch the video and still listen to the audio.

Seeing the hair style and the fashion trends of the 60's make me nostalgic but also make me chuckle at the way we dress then.

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BellaDoc

@BellaDoc (762)

• San Diego, California

5 Dec 17

Yes - I like this idea.

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@TheHorse (220408)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Dec 17

The late '60s still seem "cool" to me. The '70s? Sort of like suburbia tries to imitate the '60s. I remember the horror of "feathered" hair.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (113001)

• El Paso, Texas

6 Dec 17

It was the 80s, that's what they thought viewers wanted to see. Hey, I still like the way the Beatles finally morphed from the business suits and clean cut not too long hair into the really long hair, beards and normal clothes ..... yeah yeah, I know, only a hippie would say that, right? Just sayin....

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (113001)

• El Paso, Texas

6 Dec 17

They started kool I think or was it Robert Plant @TheHorse ?

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@TheHorse (220408)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Dec 17

Yep, the Beatles were cool when they went cool.

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Four Walls

@FourWalls (69136)

• United States

6 Dec 17

The MTV era pretty much ruined music in my one-sided opinion, because of what you said: musicians didn't have to be "pretty" (only teenybopper idols had to be) to win fans. I love the song "Brunin' for You," BTW.

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@Fleura (30541)

• United Kingdom

6 Dec 17

I love it too - and yes it's a shame if musicians have to be judges on their looks as well as their musical talents.

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@TheHorse (220408)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Dec 17

When did MTV go over the edge into jive monkey teeny bopper rap garbage? I stopped following MTV a long time ago.

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Anne Marie Guyer

@LeaPea2417 (37384)

• Toccoa, Georgia

6 Dec 17

When videos started coming out more with MTV, it was a treat for my sister and I. Before that, we only had magazines and posters to read and look at.

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Cahaya

@cahaya1983 (11116)

• Malaysia

6 Dec 17

I grew up in the era when MTV and all the other music video channels existed already, so I usually would know who I was listening to. But I agree, with Youtube there's the advantage of seeing how their looks have changed over the years.

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Cahaya

@cahaya1983 (11116)

• Malaysia

6 Dec 17

@Fleura Haha actually you're right. Can be a huge disapppointment too.

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@Fleura (30541)

• United Kingdom

6 Dec 17

Sometimes it's not an advantage!

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@DaddyEvil (137763)

• United States

6 Dec 17

Oh, that was funny! Especially after reading what you thought of their "look"! I don't normally watch YouTube for music or bands, although I do watch the ones starring @TheHorse. (grinning at you!) (Were you aware that @vandana7 claims pony said those of us on myLot who subscribe to his channel don't actually count?

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vanny

@vandana7 (100632)

• India

6 Dec 17

Claims? Give me a break...Pony said he wanted real people to be liking visiting and subscribing ...we did not count as real people..those were his words...pony said that...

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@DaddyEvil (137763)

• United States

6 Dec 17

@Fleura Poor guy! I'd feel sorry for him if that would make you like his mustache, Fleur!

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@Fleura (30541)

• United Kingdom

6 Dec 17

My partner would love a moustache like that, he should have been born a decade or two earlier. Now he constantly feels hard done by because he knows he won't get any kisses if he's covered in facial hair!

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