How times (and words) have changed..

[jb stanislas]

Stumbled upon this musical group today.

http://tinyurl.com/nktcbvu

Couldn;t help but find it a bit funny at the choice of name. I suppose, back in the 60's or at least, in the circles these guys mixed in, to be called a "Mainliner" was rather innocuous and they found nothing untoward about calling themselves that. Interestingly, only a few years later, the band from UK, Second Hand, released a track on their debut album called "Mainliner". They were talking about something quite different.

Another example is the use of the word "Gay".

http://tinyurl.com/omduzc5

The other meaning of the word is also quite different, these days.

Any others????

[Brainbomb]

[Cacapo]

A very convinced shop owner tried to convince me that the "Lever Brothers Gay Flamingoes" were an all homosexual steel drum band from barbados. They did cover Elton John.

[Paul-K]

what does mainlining mean then?

[Filthy Rich]

Probably injecting something I guess.

[Filthy Rich]

I guess these guys would probably choose a different name if they were operating now

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bummers_Gang

[Milesago]

I never understood how anyone could call themselves The Floaters.
HAHAHAH
Still makes me laugh.

Big Tom (& The Mainliners) was THE KING of Irish country & western in the 70s and 80s.

[jb stanislas]

what does mainlining mean then?

Most commonly, it is another term for a heroin addict. Alternative term to "junkie"....coming from the act of injecting heroin into your veins. I suppose also. as opposed to snorting it.

[jb stanislas]

I never understood how anyone could call themselves The Floaters.
HAHAHAH
Still makes me laugh.

Big Tom (& The Mainliners) was THE KING of Irish country & western in the 70s and 80s.

yes but not something I want to think about for more than a few seconds.
What genius, marketing department thought to call Omega's lp "Hall of Floaters in the Sky" ?
Ironically, because the lp was such shite, it "sank" without a trace!

[Agnes_Guano]

I think this Larry Grayson record may have been a turning point.

[jb stanislas]

I think this Larry Grayson record may have been a turning point.

Probably. In Sydney, Australia, a gay day is the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. Do an image search if you don;t know it already. About 500,000 people attend on the night.