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  • Personally i love metal, along side hard rock and punk, music is all about personal opinions, and tastes though, obviously, but it annoy's me when people just say metal is "people screaming downa microphone about death" wich is just not true! if people took time to read lyrics to the songs they'd see the real message's...anyway love the vids, and peace out !

  • I too, love blue. Just discovered it a couple of years ago. If you want to hear blues, particularly on guitar, search for "borny" on youtube. He's a great young blues player.

  • hi Grandpa! I'm getting caught up on videos now and I forgot how much of a calming effect you have on me and how much I like your videos. I agree with your choice of music. You say everything so much better than anyone else can. Your stories are always so fun! Some great memories you have! You're right nothing can soothe better than music, well other than watching your videos of course! Love you Grandpa!

  • E.t phone home

  • im starting to get into the blues now :-) thanks peter

  • I have favourited this video. It is brilliant. YOU are brilliant. I am very pleased you like blues music. This is my favourite style, and my eureka moment was discovering the genius of Stevie Ray Vaughan on Christmas day about two years ago. I also love jazz loads as well!

    Thankyou! You are a legend!

    Alex

  • this mans class

  • i am into music that makes me wanna get lose (Thrash metal mostly and some techno, rarely some hiphop or jazz)

  • I LOVE THAT E.T BACK THERE!

  • keep telling us stories - luv it

  • A BREATH OF FRESH AIR.K-67

  • what is your problem?  LOL do you think you won't "shrival up" when you get old. You'll be lucky to be anything like this gentleman.

  • fuck u reckedfilmz this guy is taking his time to post request from people and anwser theri questions with helpful advice you will never be half as good as a man a he is

  • shut up. hes the best blogger in youtube history

  • shut up to reckedfilms

  • You really are a funny guy Peter, I listen to country music and acoustic music.. Country Music is the best shrink money can buy, If your depressed it cheers you up if your angry it chills you out.

  • My Eureka mement was hearing The Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody when I was about 9 or 10. And I'm 25 now. My friend James borrowed his sisters record player and was going thru them playing hte records. My brother and James tried taking that song off as they hated it but I forced them to keep it going!! Fell in love with the song and it's still my favourite ever song to this day.

  • I believe any music can lift your spirits. It indeed moves us, small, tall, all in all.

  • hey you guys, i thoguht we should all get together and buy peter a new computer! it would only cost a few bucks each split between a few hundred people! and thats for an awsome one!! Tell me what you think!!

  • you are so old!!!

  • My Eureka moment, as far as music is concerned was when I first heard Nirvana when I was 15. I'm 30 now. It made me feel like nothing had before and still does. I love almost all music, but that was it for me. You are awesome by the way!!!

  • cool video

  • "I probably like rap if I could understand what they were saying", nice one! Haha.

  • another good video from you well done dude

  • This is an awesome video.

  • In addition to when you said 'I would like rap too if i could hear what they were saying' you're better off not hearing what they're saying, because its mostly swearing and bad things in general..

  • hehe ET is in the background :p

    i enjoyed this. thank you for posting :)

  • I think this is great.

  • I love it when you did the luther king accent. I HAVE A DREAM! hahaha.

  • Wow!! I wish I could have been there with you! I have long been of the opinion that the music of my generation, for the most part, well, sucks. They don't make anything like they used to, and that applies to the arts, as well.

  • you are one of a kind as loyalgame3 said, what a great representitive to the older generation,

    well done keep up the great work

  • Love vinyl, totally stoked to hear that a thorn works in place of a needle! My only suggestion for these is to make them shorter... I'm loving it! Keep it up!

  • Ah, Blues music is pretty good.

  • enjoyed your vid...transported me into your memory...Im glad this is getting chronicled and spread around the world...this is how technology should be used.

  • honestly i respect ur opinion and all but this was a little on the boring side

  • I listned to vinals when I was a kid, Mostly my dads Johny Cash and beleave it or not War of the Worlds.

  • one of a kind man, one of a kind

  • Pfft... You know he listens to Iron Maiden on Saturday nights in his undies.

  • Damn straight.

  • LAWLz... "I could like rap, If I knew what they were saying."

  • They as in sparkling wiggles he means;P

  • you are the coolest man ever..

  • you just own'd me.

    bam- OWN'd.

  • awesome man.

  • You make great videos. Most people on youtube make videos of them talking but you are the ONLY one who actually interests me...its odd. I like blues music too actually :)

  • wow dude u are great :)

    respect!!!

  • this is a true thing that happens! its not a chain letter! its kinda scary at first but it really works!! paste this message into 3 comments and press ALT F4 and your crushes name will appear on the screen!!! its soo wierd!

  • haha Your a dude man, When ever I try getting my nan to even turn on a computer she needs help ^^

  • A great video as usual! Thank you for posting it! And concerning your wish of getting your corpse dragged by a motorbike! I just say; Don't underestimate the power of celeberacy.

  • the last of the gentlemen

  • your a cool guy man

  • LOL its true. You mostly dont want to know what those guys are saying in the rap videos.

  • Hey Peter! Heavy Metal is good! Oh well, I respect your opinion. :)

    I love you

  • youre so cool :)

  • i love you! u are great ! :)

  • hope your keeping well looking forward to your next youtube chat

  • nice fella!!!

  • I'm so impressed you got to see Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee back then; it was probably during the American Folk Blues Festival in London! Good for you

  • It all depends on the artist for me.. Im pretty loose about genres... except... i cant stand rap

  • You really are quite an interesting person. I so enjoy watching your videos. Hope to see a new one soon.

  • Hi geriatric1927, Did you collect cigarette cards as a boy? I've done some video clips of dance band and 1930-40s movie stars potrayed on old cigarette cards. Please have a look when you have chance, thank you! I might do a clip on some 1920's motorcycle cards soon as well.

  • peter rocks :)

  • I love u!

  • i never liked blues music....but listening to ur videos i have actually listened to alot of blues

  • Would you post some pictures of you when you were younger?

  • My erueka was dead or alive - you spin me round.... still spinning!

  • ya might like heavy metal too, theres lotsa types of metal...its not all screaming haha. but yes this is coming from a metalhead so....

    Tho blues is good, im a fan of stuff like bb king and the blues stuff eric clapton has done

  • Great video!

  • hey, you're 80 years old this year. :D

    my eureka moment was when i got dumped and when my parents were really supportive. doesn't sound like an eureka moment, but after that i felt determined to wanna re-continue my studies in english.

  • sound boxes, diaphragms... wow, and I thought modern technobable was confusing...

  • keep on makin vids mr 80

  • I love, you I accidentally discovered you from JackVo's response on your "first try" video! Your, awesome, you sweet, and adorable. You remind me of my Grandfather, and my dad combined. I will subscribe to you immediately. I also LOVE Blues and Jazz. And your story just makes my day 20 billion times better :]! Good luck, and good day!

    -Hollz

  • Yes, he is the greatest thing to have ever happened isn't he? Almost holy, one might say.

  • Vinyl records! I'd saved enough carfare to ride a trolley and the el to center city to buy a record. I laid it on the seat beside me on the el, to smooth my coat under me, when someone came and sat on it! They did break easily!

  • My own Eureka moment came when I first heard Punk rock music. (1976) It had had a very negative press, but it inspired me and many others to go out and buy a guitar and learn more about music. I joined a band and made many new friends and we had a great time. This isn't to say that that's the only music I enjoy, but I have some great memories of that time, so it shall always be special to me.

  • Yeay for cornets! ^^; I use to play one then I went to a proper trumpet. <3

  • I don't know but i wrote a comment before, but it didn't appear, i just want to say that i think your life was so affected with music, i mean music is so important to you.. well i think i said more than that, what do you think about pink floyd Peter?

  • Peter, you were always good but it's interesting to see what an accomplished broadcaster you've become.

  • you would probably like 2pac

  • Don't remember my Eureka moment, but remember as a tot of about 4 rushing in whenever ragtime was played on the radio or TV in the early '70s. Skip ahead to the mid-'80s and rediscovered it. Early '90s learned of the active ragtime scene. Now I'm a reasonably known ragtime composer (though better known for the videos of ragtime performers that I post on YouTube!).

  • Greate music, great video. Thanks for sharing your life, it always interesting.

  • what about heavy metal blues? You know, the Led foot? Led Zep? You don't like the heavy blues? Wow, I could just picture you up and bouncing about with some AC/DC blaring, you with your AIR-Guitar just jamin!

  • My eureka moment has everything to do with the blues, Robert Johnson (The Man) was my first contact with what I consider "real music" (non pop); I was doing research on Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and, Jimmy Page (all from The Yardbirds).

  • i really enjoy listening to your stories. they just create a sense of joy inside me. keep on talking

    thanks alot

  • You would be good on Just A Minute. Rattling on and on and on and on and on and on and on. Signifying NOTHING.

  • interesting. I saw your mysterious places #3 video and it's ALL about history (and a pretty good video may I add). Don't you think Peter's own experiences during another historical time are just as fascinating? I know I do. And we are getting the stories from the source, not myths or legends. Both kinds of history are valuable. To each their own, I suppose, but I think hearing history from someone who was there is intriguing.

    Besides, he's such a nice fellow. :-)

  • Well there you are: he's nice. Utterly self-absorbed in the way many elderly people are. But nice. I live next door to an 85 year old widower who is not ENTIRELY nice but he is interesting. I prefer my old curmudgeon to this nice fellow anytime. NICE? C'mon!!

  • well, if you read my whole post, "nice" is just one reason I watch Peter...he is also interesting and very funny.

    Lots of people are "self-absorbed", why do you think YouTube is so popular? But I don't see that in Peter's videos, he's just hanging out with us, sharing his stories.

    So, if Peter is "boring", why are you here? Isn't your time more important than to put down a lovely fellow sharing his stories with people who WANT to listen to them? Talk about a boring life, jeroid...

  • I didn't say he was "boring" did I? I came here like everyone else, to see what it was all about. I could have left a 'way to go' comment like most people always do but what would be the point of that? Trouble with me is that when I see an icon I want to challenge it. And I can see an icon. Back to my boring life...

  • Hi from silverstartrucker and I am 67 but look older.

    I am a ex trucker and my language is rich but after all, I am or was a lorry driver.

  • Loved this video as I love Trad Jazz. For the Record it was Chris Barber who brought Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee to England in 1958

  • nasty comments arnt needed

  • if you like blues/jazz look up Yoko Kanno/The Seatbelts

  • great video thanks!

  • This was a very thoughtful video. I enjoy listening to you so much. I hope you get some rest and feel better soon. Cheers :~)

  • Very Nice, You should;'nt do videos when you are tired though!

  • i got a et like your one

  • awesome! my favorite music for the record is rock and australian reggae such as men at work and the newest music by colin hay.

  • hey this guy is still on...

  • Great video. Keep up the great work! Your life is absolutely fascinating.

  • Why is it fascinating?

  • Thank you for making some kool vid's

  • In a word -FAB Loved the Money prog on Friday - congratulation Tony.

  • thx for posting..luving all ur videos

  • This is another great video! The music at the end really has a good beat.

  • you like techno dance trance bangin choon shizzle mix 2006 then ?

    ROFL nah jk that type of music sucks, jazz is my thing

  • It is a great video. I love you.

  • hi peter where did you work in your life. i worked on the track at the beezer and on the silent le at the vellocette geoff

  • you sir, are a joy

  • good god, would this guy just give us all a break and die?

    enough's enough.

  • haha so true, he is well past his sell by date, the fucking idiot cant even keep his eyes opened any more. Its time to die old man, do us all a favour and just hang yourself

  • well...i don't know. that's a bit extreme. i'm not suggesting that the guy do something like that. but there does come a time when one should do the proper thing and resolve to pack it in. there's a lot to be said for them old eskimos who agree to sit on a slab of ice and be pushed off into the ocean when their time comes.

  • I have a suggestion for you, Raul.

    Start recognising the value of the past.

    Otherwise, you will never have a future.

  • For that comment alone I may subscribe.

  • One doesn't hear "lugubrious" very often these days.

  • What about Judy Garland? Do/did you listen to her much? That was my eureka moment of music...

    Your videos are charming and you're enduring. Please continue!

  • Wonderful. 4 stars. Thankyou ~

    ==

  • I like metal music :P

  • do u listen to pink floyd? they are pretty popular in britian

  • I have indeed found a Eureka moment i write this while i am listening , my Eureka moment was my choice to become a teacher , cause of the influence of my design and art teacher had on me , cause i wasn't the greatest at school due to dyslexia but either gave up on me and here i am today only a few months away from teaching my own design class

  • For myself, my favourite music is softer rock such as "My Chemical Romance", "+44", "Alexisonfire" and bands in that genre. My own "Eureka" moment would probably be discovering that kind of genre. Particular songs that have moved me in a peculiar fashion are "Famous Last Words" by My Chemical Romance or "When Your Hearts Stops Beating" by +44.

    P.s Your dream ending reminds me of The Black Parade lol.

  • My Eureka moment: Hearing Tom Waits sing 'Tom Traubert's Blues' on an LP playing in a record store on the Island of Okinawa -- 1982. I've been a fan ever since. Get some rest.

  • Its really nice to listen to you talk, you have a lot to say, and you say it very well.

    Its kind of nice, since everyone in my life with the ammount of wisdom you have.. well, arn't around anymore. Thanks for this video.. :D

  • Love you so much, Long may you continue to youtube!

  • boreing

  • Hi, love to watch you. I am from New Orleans,La. Right now we are in the middle of Mardi Gras!

  • hi ya just picked you, up i am glad to see some of the moore mature people in our world have still have some memoreys and common sence love you wendy

  • my EUREKA moment was when i saw you at the first time...

    you are my idol

  • another great video

  • wahey, can finally watch this video :) its been saying that i hadnt uploaded it correctly . . :S

  • Please turn up your mike...I can hardly hear you

  • lol, my eureka moment was when this very wealthy woman came into our office about 800 million dollars. The doctors told me not to let her wait...lol. I was very busy and I had to let her wait anyway. After taking care of her and she was very pleasant. I asked the docs how she made her fortune...lol. They told me her husband invented the milk carton and made over 400 million off of it.

  • We have funerals in Louisiana like that all the time.The only difference is the band walks in front of the horse drawn bier.A band leader marches and steps in front of the band.Motorcycles would be a part of the procession normally anyways.The motorcycle hearse was done by a harley group when one of their members passed away.Your dream is not so far fetched Peter.

  • How about Joss Stone? She impresses me!

    Oooo! Speaking of motorbikes! I filmed a lovely old motorcycle the other day! Watch for it in one of my future videos - will try to remember to let you know which one - would love to know what it was!

    Hope you are feeling more rested now. Take care of you!

  • another good vid....love to you peter...X

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  • blues is from the spirit like no other form of folk.

  • I really like watching you talking about the old days:)

    Dont think I've had a Eureka moment yet.. But one day:)

    - Ruben from Norway

  • first rating by me! i did 5 stars! i wish u were my grandpapa! xxxxxxxxxx

  • I like practically everything except for most rap and country... I like anything from hardrock, metal, hardcore to slower stuff like classic rock and blues.

  • The blues is cool

  • My favorite teacher was my choir teacher in highschool. He taught me so much about music.Great video.(((HUGS))),Kathie

  • you are the coolest person ever. i love hearing about your life!

    you're the best:D

  • another great video

    U RULE

  • well i have a eureka moment it is being a dj playing spanish makina music i just toatly love tht music dunno wha i would do without it a loved tht music u had on at the end of your video its klass

  • Hi Peter,

    I have followed your video's since you started so I think I have seen them all. I wonder if you realize how much better and more relaxed you are now? Your video's have a more polished look and feel and your choice of music at the beginning is perfect! I enjoy each of your videos, often for different reasons. Thanks so much for sharing your memories, inner thoughts, and a bit of what makes Peter the unique person he is.

  • My Eureka moment occured a long time ago, when I was about 4 years old. My mother used to play records while she cleaned the house, and my favorite piece of music was "Un Bel Di" from Madame Butterfly. That's when I knew I loved classical music. 40 years later, I earned my bachelor's degree in music! By the way, I love the New Orleans Jazz Band, and have seen them many times!

  • Mr.Pete; Well done as usual! Keep them coming plz. I've had many "eureka moments" in life,the the best are time spent with people like you. Have you tried 'streaming radio' lately? It has matured, and is a great source of the Blues! Best wishes, hope ya feel better!

  • I feel the same way about music. At 35, I suddenly feel I can't understand the words to some metal and rap music that I used to listen to some things when I was young and my grandparents didn't get the music I listened to then. I think my main eureeka moment was finding youtube and getting into being able to express myself in videos. I know that's nothing big. Maybe waiting for someting major yet. Love listening to you. Take care!

  • My eurekea moment was shortltly after Im smoked my second joint, and the host of the party said you got to here this, an put on PINKY FlOUD'S DARK SIDE OF ME MOON!! Jonny cash and all the similar music was put aside from then on, and John Mayal and clapton came front and center

  • My eurekea moment was shortltly after Im smoked my second joint, and the host of the party said you got to here this, an put on PINKY FlOUD'S DARK SIDE OF ME MOON!! Jonny cash and all the similar music was put aside from then on, and John Mayal and clapton came front and center

  • Here's hoping you're not played out anytime soon. A few selected Clapton cuts do the same for me. Hang in there, Peter.

  • APART FROM HEAVY METAL AND RAP HAHA UR FUNNY lol

  • Well I'm another that can't go a second without having some kind of music on. I'm mainly into Heavy Metal and Rock, but I also love The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, T-Rex, The Cure etc. A lot of different stuff.

    I'm going through a huge Beatles re-discovery at the moment, even though I'm only 19:) Were you a Beatles fan, Peter?

  • Beatles where my eureka moment too :) I was 5 yesrs old.

  • come on Peter, it's not too late to get the Led out...try 'Since I've been loving you' by Led zeppelin that's meant to be heavy metal but it's steeped in the blues as is all rock/metal if you break it down. My 'Eureka' moment was listening to Remasters by Led Zep and I realised I'd been wasting my time with poodle rock. Quite profound I know...

  • Very delightful visit, once again. I have to admit, I'm more into the blues than I am some of the traditional NO or Dixieland jazz myself, but I like most music and listen to just about anything, with some exceptions as you noted.

    My Eureka moment was reading Tolkien's Lord of the Ring back in 1965. Opened a whole new world of literature to me.

    Get some rest, please, and take care of yourself first and foremost. Visit again when you have the time. We'll be here. :-)

  • the way you discribe the band and the experience, its almost like a jack karouac book. nice. thanks.

  • I wonder if you watch Jools Holland Peter? I would expect you'd really enjoy his show on BBC2

  • Always comforting to hear your voice. We celebrated Chinese New Year today in Australia. My first song that change my world was 'winter' by Tori Amos. I fell in front on the Tv and thought nothing while she was singing, but afterwards I could not believe another human could be so honest. Love you mate.

  • I like the idea of a New Orleans style funeral, i hope you get one.

    Incidentally did you ever indulge in 'Jazz Cigarettes':)

  • I love the tractor pulling a jazz band idea XD

  • Hi Peter, nice to hear you talking. You're such a positive man.

  • YOU are a treasure!! Thanks for your memories.

  • "thorns of hawthorne bushes" wow!!

  • mikey1910, I suppose it's better to ignore people like U but I have to say...

    I would imagine Peter has got more going for himself in his sleep than you probably do fully awake on a very good day!!!(perhaps you still have one of those pine needles up you arse?)

    I just love you Peter and quite obviously so do a lot of others. Cheers until next time. Nancy

  • Why do you waste your time watching and commenting then????

  • "I might like rap if I could hear what they were saying". Word.