Awww gee... Keith Emerson..

[tomsk]

yes..

[Icey]

Are you jesting Archie? I was!!!

[tomsk]

Me too..

[Icey]

Thank goodness for that!

[tomsk]

although the poor man had problems with his hand...

[Icey]

What was up with them?

[tomsk]

paralysis,
He couldn't perform as he used to and he was a perfectionist ...x

[Icey]

Oh dear. That doesn't sound good. What caused that then - a nervous complaint?

[tomsk]

old age,
alcohol and drug usage.....

DANG....drug sare crap...........

[Icey]

Oh blimey. Terrible, yes.

[tomsk]

things catch up with you over the years..

[Icey]

They do. Look at Joe Cocker - and even Ozzy.

[tomsk]

Rick Wakeman did well to turn it around then he did'nt have much choice..

[Icey]

Those who managed to come back from the brink - like Alice Cooper as well - are lucky. Then there was poor Sid Barrett .....

[tomsk]

there were many hippies..

[Icey]

Well it seemed that they chose to imbibe quantities of mind-bending drugs back then, the same as some choose to spiral out of control on meth, crack and whatever else today.
I can sort of understand why some people want to experiment and experience the effects for themselves, but it's pathetic and dangerous really. Why want an altered state of mind, or to feel happy? You can get that just by embracing life, without taking chemicals to induce the same or enhanced feelings.
None of my family take drugs, and that includes antidepressants, which can be evil things. My friends don't take them either, although one or two've tried weed, but I consider that the least dangerous one - if you can say that. It still leads to psychosis in some people, but I'm not into the druggie scene. There's really no need for it.

[tomsk]

well said..
That could've been me talking!

[Icey]

There you go then. Sensible.

[tomsk]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=291ET6Py6H8

Sensible indeed..

[Icey]

Good grief!