I'm really saddened about the move from Windy Hill which was steeped in history and tradition, but then I was sad when we moved our games from Windy Hill to the MCG. Has the game gotten too big these days, should it still be like years gone by? When I became a member back in 1978 (the good old days) the Club only had about 5,000 members and that was a lot. Yes, my friends, the times they are a changing as Peter, Paul and Mary once sang (if you youngsters don't know who they are/were, I'll start a whole new thread for you and explain it further)and we must move with them or be left behind. I don't suppose I'll ever see the boys training at the new facility as I come from deep in the eastern suburbs and found it difficult to get to Windy Hill let alone the new facility. Yes, I'm saddened at the changes, however, I hope they will assist us with a bit more silverware in the not too distant future, now that would take away all my sadness!
Waynef, have you ever heard of Bob Dylan. I think you might find he was the authour of the song and his version has been much more enduring. And you will see them train if we are training in last week of September. You may need to catch a cab from the end of the 59 tram, but you will be there.
In waynef's defence Dylan can't sing.
Once upon a time i would have told you you were mad. Fast forward to a couple years ago when I saw him live and all I could hear was "ach hughhh agnnn huhrrrrr.. achhhhh ungghhhh hunggh uhhhh". Awful, just awful.
I'm really saddened about the move from Windy Hill which was steeped in history and tradition, but then I was sad when we moved our games from Windy Hill to the MCG. Has the game gotten too big these days, should it still be like years gone by? When I became a member back in 1978 (the good old days) the Club only had about 5,000 members and that was a lot. Yes, my friends, the times they are a changing as Peter, Paul and Mary once sang (if you youngsters don't know who they are/were, I'll start a whole new thread for you and explain it further)and we must move with them or be left behind. I don't suppose I'll ever see the boys training at the new facility as I come from deep in the eastern suburbs and found it difficult to get to Windy Hill let alone the new facility. Yes, I'm saddened at the changes, however, I hope they will assist us with a bit more silverware in the not too distant future, now that would take away all my sadness!
Waynef, have you ever heard of Bob Dylan. I think you might find he was the authour of the song and his version has been much more enduring. And you will see them train if we are training in last week of September. You may need to catch a cab from the end of the 59 tram, but you will be there.
In waynef's defence Dylan can't sing.
Once upon a time i would have told you you were mad. Fast forward to a couple years ago when I saw him live and all I could hear was "ach hughhh agnnn huhrrrrr.. achhhhh ungghhhh hunggh uhhhh". Awful, just awful.
Agree, it was bearable once upon a time, even strangely engaging (Nashville skyline) BUT not now!
Checked it out the other day. Wandered around with a huge smile on my face. I love Windy Hill and have many fond (and not so fond) memories from there, but this place is so right. Exactly the professional environment needed for a professional football team to train in. Long gone are the days of pre-season laps around Cross Keys oval!
How you train is how you play. This place is aspirational and will take us to the next level. The paint is still drying it will gain character over time.
So glad we have a coach at the helm with red and black blood pumping through his veins in the first year. By this time next year the Essendon spirit will be evident and it will hopefully have exorcised a 17th cup!
One of the next ten, yet to be voted in state governments could pull their fat ■■■■■■■ finger out and...get this for a crazy idea...build a train line which accesses Tullamarine Airport. Sounds crazy I know, not only would it make things easier for a few million folks accessing the airport, but we could drop in on the boys via this means.
Some of my most cherished memories are of Windy Hill, it was real but this is something which obviously had to happen. How we existed with a stuffy old Bowls club, let along a friggin croquet club on the same block for so many decades, I find both unusually quaint, yet ultimately frustrating in the end. It's a move in the right direction.
I'm really saddened about the move from Windy Hill which was steeped in history and tradition, but then I was sad when we moved our games from Windy Hill to the MCG. Has the game gotten too big these days, should it still be like years gone by? When I became a member back in 1978 (the good old days) the Club only had about 5,000 members and that was a lot. Yes, my friends, the times they are a changing as Peter, Paul and Mary once sang (if you youngsters don't know who they are/were, I'll start a whole new thread for you and explain it further)and we must move with them or be left behind. I don't suppose I'll ever see the boys training at the new facility as I come from deep in the eastern suburbs and found it difficult to get to Windy Hill let alone the new facility. Yes, I'm saddened at the changes, however, I hope they will assist us with a bit more silverware in the not too distant future, now that would take away all my sadness!
Waynef, have you ever heard of Bob Dylan. I think you might find he was the authour of the song and his version has been much more enduring. And you will see them train if we are training in last week of September. You may need to catch a cab from the end of the 59 tram, but you will be there.
In waynef's defence Dylan can't sing.
Once upon a time i would have told you you were mad. Fast forward to a couple years ago when I saw him live and all I could hear was "ach hughhh agnnn huhrrrrr.. achhhhh ungghhhh hunggh uhhhh". Awful, just awful.
Agree, it was bearable once upon a time, even strangely engaging (Nashville skyline) BUT not now!
l am firmly in the Dylan can't sing camp, has never been able to do anything more than whine, with a couple of notable exceptions like the Hurricane album and Slow Train Coming. He has a terrible voice, sounds like he has had a cold his entire adult life.
Rang them today, apparently they don't do tours yet because it isn't completed. Spewing, really want to see what it looks like in real life.
How have you guys who have gone in and seen it been able to do it? Do you just rock up and see parts of it or does the club organise some groups for those with certain membership packs.
I'm really saddened about the move from Windy Hill which was steeped in history and tradition, but then I was sad when we moved our games from Windy Hill to the MCG. Has the game gotten too big these days, should it still be like years gone by? When I became a member back in 1978 (the good old days) the Club only had about 5,000 members and that was a lot. Yes, my friends, the times they are a changing as Peter, Paul and Mary once sang (if you youngsters don't know who they are/were, I'll start a whole new thread for you and explain it further)and we must move with them or be left behind. I don't suppose I'll ever see the boys training at the new facility as I come from deep in the eastern suburbs and found it difficult to get to Windy Hill let alone the new facility. Yes, I'm saddened at the changes, however, I hope they will assist us with a bit more silverware in the not too distant future, now that would take away all my sadness!
Waynef, have you ever heard of Bob Dylan. I think you might find he was the authour of the song and his version has been much more enduring. And you will see them train if we are training in last week of September. You may need to catch a cab from the end of the 59 tram, but you will be there.
In waynef's defence Dylan can't sing.
Once upon a time i would have told you you were mad. Fast forward to a couple years ago when I saw him live and all I could hear was "ach hughhh agnnn huhrrrrr.. achhhhh ungghhhh hunggh uhhhh". Awful, just awful.
Agree, it was bearable once upon a time, even strangely engaging (Nashville skyline) BUT not now!
l am firmly in the Dylan can't sing camp, has never been able to do anything more than whine, with a couple of notable exceptions like the Hurricane album and Slow Train Coming. He has a terrible voice, sounds like he has had a cold his entire adult life.
Not sure about that CJ.
Go and listen to the Blood on the Tracks album (the one preceeding the "Hurricane" album, Desire) - absolute classic and Dylan is in fine voice. Particularly tracks like Tangled Up In Blue, Shelter from the Storm and If You See Her, Say Hello.
Granted, his voice has diminished to a thin rasp these days (probably for the last 10 years+) but back then he was fine.
And talking about Hurricane, was actually thinking about that song when all the News Ltd articles appeared dumping on Vlad/AFL the past week.....you could really re-write those lyrics with Hird as Hurricane.
Dylan was never a good singer in the technical sense, but who cares? He is able to emote and tell a story with his voice. There are plenty of other singer-songwriters who would have never made it fronting a cover band - Tom Petty, Bruce Spingsteen, Mark Knopfler, Neil Young, Lou Reed.... None of them are great singers, but I could listen to them all day long. Sometimes I do!