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Think the 2 Floyd albums have a different feel so its probably just down to your own personal taste or maybe even something as simple as what album you heard first. For me i heard DSOTM first and it amazed me. Dave

At my age i'd rather be safe than dead. Its a bummer trying to play when your fingers are disintegrating. We are now looking at mid 2021 before things pick up. Of course a vaccine can't be far away now that Donald Trump has been cured. Dave

Its easy to forget that the age group 50-75 lived thru 60-70's music scene. You're talking everything from the Beatles to Jimi Hendrix, to Floyd and Genesis. And don't forget the 70's chart hits by bands like Sweet, T.Rex, Bowie, Alice Cooper, Steve Harley, Slade, Bay City Rollers. You then had punk & funk thrown in. It was a great time to be a teenager. There was such a wide variation of music styles when they were young that it has probably given that age group (i include myself in this) a more open acceptance of most musical styles. Just my own experience of course but i play in a 70's Glam Rock covers band and our audience age varies from 20's thru to 70's (typically 40-60's) but they all get up and dance and enjoy the music Great to hear some bands are starting to gig. Nice one. Dave

What happened last year. Can it get much worse

I've just never really taken to WYWH for some reason. Prefer Animals which is my 2nd choice. Dave

Hope you are coping ok. Not a good time for you but we are all thinking of you. Dave

As everyone else has mentioned already he was truly an inspiration for so many guitarists. The full VH band at the start in 78 was simply an incredible show to watch. EVH and DLR were both the ultimate showmen. Add to that the incredible Mike Anthony on bass and Alex VH on drums you had a wall of sound to back EVH showmanship. For me the ultimate fun rock band. Dave

I kinda thought that too until i listened to IQ album Road of Bones 2014 which for me was their high point. Not bad for a band that's been around since circa 1980. Genesis peaked at Seconds Out IMO. Rush was Moving Pictures Yes was Going For the One Marillion i just remember the hits Pink Floyd was DSOTM Not to say that these bands all had some excellent albums after they peaked. Dave

In an attempt to get back on thread have a listen to this popular YES songs that even reached No7 in UK charts in 1977. For me this was their best album "Going For The One"

I've seen several signature Squier P & J basses.

I've seen CS use a PJ set up on a bass..........honest i have.

For some odd reason I thought this was about the OP listening to YES and not really getting them. How did we manage to get on to weird jazz. ? We should start a BC side-track thread just to see where & what we get into. As bassists we seem to have a tendency to drift away from the main theme. Hope we don't all do that in a band setting. Aaaahh that's where the weird jazz comes in. Now i get it. Dave

Head-banging is a form of dance

Me too. I had just put new strings on my main basses meaning the MB LongEvos will sit on the shelf for few mths and then i'll need to choose what bass they go on. Dave

So spoke the Wizard in his Mountain home. The Vision of his wisdom means we'll never be alone Dave

Sorry FAKE NEWS.

I've never been a huge fan of Yes but i liked Close To the Edge in its day but can't really listen to it now. My fav album of theirs is Going For The One. For me the production on that particular album sounded better than the others. I do like Gates of Delirium but i need to be in the right mood for it. Some parts of Close to the Edge i can listen to now and again. Oddly enough when i come across them when sifting thru Youtube clips i always enjoy them. I really like Jon Anderson's voice. Did see them as Yeggles in Glasgow. Was good but not quite the same. Dave

For me that's more about feel for a song. No expert and hopefully someone will come along and explain in more detail.

Its not something i think about when playing. It just sort of comes naturally but knowing my own personality and style of playing i know that when i'm driving a song it powers thru any minor mistakes. I tend to shut them out and just keep going no matter what. However i am versatile enough to follow a change in structure when a mistake is made. Perhaps its a case of "if you look like you know what you're doing others won't notice the mistakes" Dave

I've only ever known a few drummers that were 100% confident enough to add fills properly but they were the drummers i enjoyed most. It seems to bring out a more creative side of me on bass. I can add fills over some of their little fills. Dave

Was he suggesting you were subconsciously dragging a bit behind the drums. I'm talking milliseconds here and not something an audience in general would notice. That's just my curiosity asking. Dave

Think i should have added that to the options. Its probably more realistic for most bands. Dave

Not something i've ever really bothered about. Typically my bass notes will sustain for a bar or at end of a song just run out but even then its usually just a few bars worth. Dave

Can you give us a bit more detail

What i have noticed is that i don't count bars from start to finish but certain parts of the song i will count thru the bars. Usually the vocal parts are easy its the guitar solos i tend to count bars. Dave