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Grogster Admin Group  Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9593 |
I found an orignial Windoze 95B install CD today, and found the classic videos that MS included as a way to demonstrate how great W95 would be at doing video etc. For copyright reasons, I won't link the actual files, but here are the two music videos that most will remember from this distro: Edie Brickell - Good Times I remember being somewhat in love with Edie back then!   Her other popular song was "What I Am" And not forgetting the classic Wheezer song that was also included: Wheezer - Buddy Holly Both of these video links to YouTube, have FAR superior video and sound quality compared to the horrible(by today's standards!) video codec used on the W95 CD, but still....this brings back memories! Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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Mixtel90 Guru  Joined: 05/10/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 7879 |
Oh, love those! Edie was gorgeous - and as Mrs Paul Simon she's still a very attractive and talented lady. :) It's a pity Windows hasn't matured as nicely... Mick Zilog Inside! nascom.info for Nascom & Gemini Preliminary MMBasic docs & my PCB designs |
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twofingers Guru Joined: 02/06/2014 Location: GermanyPosts: 1577 |
oops, is there an update for Windows 95 in the meantime? I still use it actively every day (for emails with Outlook Express). me too!   Kind regards Michael causality ≠ correlation ≠ coincidence |
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9593 |
Here is the other Edie video: Edie Brickell - What I Am This one was NOT on the W95B CD, but....  Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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SimpleSafeName Guru Joined: 28/07/2019 Location: United StatesPosts: 351 |
Yeah, Edie is something else. :) For those banjo lovers out there, she also collaborated with Steve Martin on their album "Love Has Come For You". As for old OSes, check out vetusware. |
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9593 |
As soon as you mentioned Banjo, I could not help but link to this: DELIVERANCE - Dueling Banjos Not really a Banjo fan, but having said that, THIS......was utter brilliance. EDIT: Rumour has it, that they hired Ronny Cox, cos he could play the guitar bit here. Is there any truth to that? Edited 2024-09-02 17:52 by Grogster Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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| Volhout Guru Joined: 05/03/2018 Location: NetherlandsPosts: 5066 |
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| SimpleSafeName Guru Joined: 28/07/2019 Location: United StatesPosts: 351 |
Me neither, my idea of "Perfect Pitch" is when you throw an accordion into a dumpster and it lands on a banjo. :) As for the song, the actual banjo player (Mike Addis) was sitting behind the actor (Billy Redden) and he was playing with his left hand while Billy Redden played with his right hand (so, one half of a banjo player?). The track that became popular was played by Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandell. I remembered the first part, about the banjo player behind the actor, but I didn't know that the recording had been done by others. |
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| twofingers Guru Joined: 02/06/2014 Location: GermanyPosts: 1577 |
@Grogster Thanks for the post. It reminds me to throw away my Windows 2.0 and 3.0, Symphony, GEM, DBase 4 ... disks ... Regards causality ≠ correlation ≠ coincidence |
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| SimpleSafeName Guru Joined: 28/07/2019 Location: United StatesPosts: 351 |
I imagine that more than a few people would love to have them. :) |
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| twofingers Guru Joined: 02/06/2014 Location: GermanyPosts: 1577 |
They are now in the trash, and I have not checked whether the files on the disks are still readable.  Regards causality ≠ correlation ≠ coincidence |
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