Re: The joy of FORTRAN

On Sun, 16 Mar 2025 04:06:04 -0400, c186282 wrote:

On 3/16/25 2:35 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On Sun, 16 Mar 2025 04:32:07 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
 

... Lou Reed's "Take a Walk on the Wild Side".

 
“he was a she” ... bit woke, don’t you think ...

 
   Well, in the late 60s Warhol environment, not such an odd statement.
   It was a, limited, reality.
   Note. Cope. MAGA means even the weirdos get to strut a little ...
   just that they're not "more equal".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN-EZW0Plsg

'Walk on the Wild Side' got more airplay than 'Heroin'. At over 7 minutes
'Heroin' got mostly college FM play although it wasn't a hit by any
means.

The Kinks 'Lola' was earlier than 'Walk' and , at least in the US, charted
higher. It still gets considerable airplay. Even before that the film
'Midnight Cowboy' portrayed the seamy side of life.

It definitely wasn't mainstream but John Water's 'Pink Flamingos' was
subtitled 'A Exercise in Bad Taste' and checked all the boxes. That was
1972. Much more mainstream, also from 1972, was 'Caberet'. It was more
explicit than the stage play.

Nothing was different 50 years ago except the insistence by the special
snowflakes that they be patted on the head.